..::Warning..quite abit of O/C ness for Draco i think, im not sure but whatever. I'm sorry this is taking so long but my hearts not in the story anymore. But there will be one more chapter after this. Hey my birthdays next tuesday lol! the 23rd of november! lol im all excited. IM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG! im trying to get used to this new text editing document manager thingie so i dunno what this is gonna look like::..

The usual crowd walked busily around the streets of Hogsmeade, walking in and

out of shops with large arm fulls of packages and bags with logos on them. Ginny smiled

as her and Draco walked down the street hand in hand, feeling rather content at being

back at a place she enjoyed so much while she was at Hogwarts.

Draco lead her around a large gathering of teenagers and together they squeezed

their way into the busy Three Broomsticks and sat down at one of the last remaining

booths.

"It's mad out there." Draco huffed unbuttoning his cloak and setting it down

beside him.

"It usually is." Ginny smiled taking off her cloak and folding it down neatly

beside her. Ginny stretched a little and looked around at the familiar place. "Nothing's

really changed." she smiled. She looked over to the counter where she found the pretty

witch who owned the Three Broomsticks, Madam Rosmerta where she could almost

always be found, cleaning glasses with her wand and serving customers.

"Want me to get the drinks?" she asked. Draco shook his head and stood up.

"No I'm ok, Butterbeer I'm assuming?" he asked. Ginny nodded and watched him

gracefully make his way to the counter. She felt herself smirk a little as Madam

Rosmerta looked at him curiously for a little while, then moved her upper body and head

so she could see over his shoulder and looked at the booth he had come from. She

looked curiously at Ginny, Ginny gave a small wave and laughed a little at the puzzled

look onthe witches face.

Draco came back shaking his head with a small grin.

"What'd she say? She looked pretty shocked." Ginny said quietly, taking a small

sip of the cold drink he had given her.

"She was a little stunned at first, then shrugged and said she had seen more

peculiar things in her life and gave me our drinks." he shrugged. Ginny smiled picking up

her stuff and squeezing into the same seat on the same side of the table as him.

"Wonder what's more peculiar then us?" she asked, Draco looked pensive as he

put his arm around her shoulders.

"Boy bands.." he started.

"Ooo and Turkey Gravy ice cream.." Ginny added.

"What about models..?" he suggested. Ginny blinked.

"Your not a modelizer?" she said, a little surprised. Draco wrinkled his forehead a

little.

"A what?"

"A modelizer, someone who like will only date models." she shrugged.

"Well I'm dating you aren't I...wait! No that came out wrong.." he stammered.

Ginny smirked smacking him in the chest with the back of her hand.

"I certainly hope so." she shot, taking another sip of her Butterbeer, feeling sort of

at home back in the place she'd spent mostly all her weekends when she was at

Hogwarts.

"Hmm what about chickens? Chickens are pretty peculiar. I mean what do they

really do?" Draco continued, Ginny laughed, this was going to be one odd day.

When Ginny emerged from Honeydukes, a changing flavor lolly in her mouth she

was basically downright giddy. Her and Draco were having an almost normal day, and

even though she had done a little shopping Draco really seemed like he was enjoying

himself.

"So," she said slipping her free hand inside his larger hand. "Shall we take a walk

up to Hogwarts and see if anyone's about?" she suggested.

Draco shrugged. "What if your friend Hagrid is there, I almost got his Hippogriff

cut up, I doubt he'd be too thrilled to see me."

"You were pretty horrid to him though Draco." Ginny added. Draco sighed.

"Yeah I guess."

They walked rather quietly up the hill towards Hogwarts rather silently, looking

about and eating random pieces of candy seemed to take away the awkwardness to the

silence. Ginny was a little short of breath by the time they reached the top but her breath

was taken away by the time they reached the gate, by the mere sight of the castle.

It was as though both of the we're seeing Hogwarts for the first time again, its

lush, bright green hills, crystal blue lake, enormous and stunning towers and turrets and

stained glass windows in some rooms.

"Wow." Ginny breathed, Draco just nodded, he seemed a little stunned.

"Hey there's smoke coming from Hagrid's hut, maybe he's home." Draco said,

shaking his head to take his gaze away from the magnificent castle.

"Maybe. But he couldn't hear us even with a Sonorous charm even from here."

Ginny said. She carefully pulled her wand out of her sleeve and pointed it at her palm

and clearly said "Dagistle." A small but thin silver whistle appeared in her hand, and

picking it up Ginny took a deep breath and blew on it.

She smiled a little as she heard loud barking, she saw the door to Hagrid's hut

slam open and saw the large black boarhound come bounding down the hill towards the

gate. Hagrid lumbering after him.

Ginny waved then let fang sniff her hand through the gate and gave him a

apologetic scratch behind the ears.

"Well, well, if er ain't lil' Ginny Weasley. An..who's e'?" Hagrid said in his usual

booming voice, his beard was just as bushy and his eyes just as warm and dark as they

had ever been. His moleskin coat he still wore and his hair was still the same length.

"Er..um I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Draco said putting out his hand to try and be

polite.

"Malfoy eh? Bloody prat that tried to ruin all me classes? Same one?" Hagrid

asked, scratching his chin a little.

"Um yah..that'd be me." Draco said, letting go of Ginny's hand gently and

running a hand through his hair.

"So it's true eh? Heard summit' about this from yer brother. Didn't know if it was

a joke er summit. Well come on in." he said. He took out a enormous ring of keys and

fitted several into the padlock and the doors swung open easily.

Smiling Ginny stepped inside, feeling more at home already.

"I used to sit here a lot, usually with Crabbe and Goyle guarding me like dumb

trolls." Draco said, sitting on one of the ledges in the courtyard. Ginny smiled and sat

down beside him.

"You say that like I don't remember, you whistled once when I went by and when

I looked back you looked at me like you were disgusted and said "what the hell not

you, like I'd whistle at a Gryffindor."' she said looking over the lush green courtyard, so

used to seeing it full of black robed students.

Draco nodded a little, remembering silently to himself. Ginny sighed.

"It seems so much bigger now, with no students around...not being apart of the

student body anymore I guess. Now that I'm back here, I see how much I miss

Hogwarts." she said quietly.

"I don't think I miss it that much." Draco shrugged, "We better get going though,

we've been here two hours and I want to show you something back at the Manor." He

said, standing up holding his hand out to her. Looking around again Ginny took a deep

breath and took his hand and they left to see Hagrid before leaving.

"Is something wrong?" Ginny asked, lazily putting a crown of small rosebuds on

her head she had made in the late afternoon since they arrived in the garden.

Draco was laying down beside her, eyes closed and brow creased his face looking

pensive. He shook his eyes. "No, I'm just thinking."

"You sure?" she asked, looking down at him. He opened his eyes for a minute,

looking at her and nodding.

"What time is it Gin?" he asked quietly, running his hand over the palm of her

hand gently. Ginny looked at him a little worried, his mind seemed elsewhere, like he

was thinking about something serious.

"Almost three thirty, why?" she asked. Draco sat up and ran a hand through his

hair.

"I have something to tell you, but I don't know if I'm doing the right thing. I don't

mean to just put this on you but I think you should know before it happens." he said, his

eyes weren't on her but the door to the garden. Ginny blinked, feeling a little

apprehension, but nodded for him to go on.

"My grandmothers coming..today, at four. I'm going to bring her into the garden

to see what effect it'll have on her." he said. Ginny seemed to loose all hearing after that,

for what seemed like ages she just sat there, staring blankly at Draco.

"Ginny.."

"Uh, er...well it's just..now, like now now? As in this coming four o clock?

Or..er...It's just sudden that's all. What if..I mean.. What am I supposed to say? I mean

how is she?" she waved her hands a little. "No that's not important, I mean do you want

me to go? Because if you want me to go..not that I don't want to meet her it's just I

don't know how to act, I mean I don't want to make her offended or or...upset or

something..."she blinked as Draco shoved his hand over her mouth.

"Your turning purple. I don't know what to expect but I know I want you here.

You're the reason this gardens open again." He cupped the back of her head gently,

looking at her panicked stricken face, smirking a little he kissed her forehead gently. "I

can't do this without you."

Ginny sighed, "I do want to be here to meet her. I feel like I know her, I'm just

nervous that's all."

"I think we both are."

Ginny braced herself as she heard the iron door to the garden slowly creak open,

her hands were sweating like mad. She was standing by the pond, her knees felt like

they were going to give way but she knew if she sat down she'd more the likely faint.

It seemed a million clocks were ticking inside her head, since the few brief

moments Draco had been gone. Anticipation and anxiety were almost like the same

emotion, inter-wined together and drumming inside her.

But when she saw a simple, red woman's shoe she felt her heart seemed to stop.

When she heard a voice, it seemed like she'd heard it every day of her life. She felt like

she knew Sherise so well, the voice was exactly like she'd imagined it. Clear like crystal,

with the softness of a light summer rain, just beginning to have the sound of aging in it.

"Where are we going Draco? Are we having tea? I've always loved tea...Lizzie

used to steal my crumpets...dear Lizzie. Did you see how weary Lizzie looked this

morning when she dropped me off? No no no, not like Lizzie, Lizzie always had cheery

pigtails tied in red and blue ribbon when we were little.

Mother would always say for her to wear ribbons that matched, but Lizzie would

always...oh what a pretty young lady."

Ginny let her hand fly up to her mouth, Sherise didn't look a day over fifty. With

golden blonde cascading ringlets down her back, and a couple discreet wrinkles around

her blue grey eyes. She was of medium height, slender with aged hands.

She wore a antique looking white dress with a lace overlay, a silver necklace hung

around her neck. Suddenly her head shook a little, and as she began to look around

deep sobs echoed out around her.

"Who did this?" she choked, clinging onto Draco.

Ginny's heart sunk, feeling tears come to the corner of her eyes. She never

thought Sherise wouldn't have wanted to see the garden open again, and now Ginny

would have to deal with breaking Sherise's heart again.

"Who did this?" Sherise cried again, slipping out of Draco's embrace and walking

down the steps shakily. Her tone seemed angry, and devastated at the same time, her

eyes had an emotion Ginny couldn't recognized.

"I..I did.." Ginny said, a couple tears slipping out of her eyes. Sherise looked at

Ginny, and darted towards her faster then Ginny would have believed possible for a

woman of her age. Ginny stepped back a little, expecting to be strangled or something,

but it was then she felt Sherise throw her arms around her and begin to sob on her

shoulder.

Before she knew it, Ginny was crying too.

Draco stood stunned, she couldn't tell what Sherise's reaction had been at first.

Was she crying because she hated the garden being back to life, or because it brought

back so many bad memories.

"Draco..I told you...I told you.." Sherise said, stepping away from Ginny and

coming towards Draco, pointing her finger at him. Draco blinked walking down the rest

of the stairs slowly.

"True..True..True love! I told you it would break his curse! I told you I told you!!"

Sherise then hugged Draco, kissing him on the cheek.

"So that's what you said!" Draco smiled. Ginny looked up behind him to see a

woman who was the spitting image of Sherise, but with dark brown curls and a little

more aged looking.

Draco looked up over his shoulder.

"Aunt Elizabeth?" he asked. The woman nodded.

"Every day since your grandmother came here I have heard about this garden, I

had a suspicion what she was talking about." she walked down the stairs and raised

Ginny's chin with her finger and looked in her eyes delicately.

"Did you do this child?" she asked gently. Ginny swallowed hard, attempting to

find her voice.

"I did." she said. Elizabeth had light blue eyes, high cheekbones, dressed in a dark

blue gown, her hands smelt of Hawaiian Ginger and were a little cold to the touch.

Elizabeth's face split into a smile.

"You did wonderfully dear." and to Ginny's surprise she kissed her lightly on the

forehead. Ginny smiled, Draco seemed rather lost for words.

"So? Tea now?" Sherise said a little unsurely.