Draco kissed her right back. Harry had cheated on her, she now had every right to kiss him. His consience was clear. Ginny was kissing him as though her life depended on it. If Ron had turned up at that moment, he would have hit Malfoy. Not to mention the roof. But thankfully he was on the train back to London.
Ginny's little hands were fisted into Draco's black robes, pulling him tight against her. He was kneeling between her knees as she sat, back against the wall, sitting on her heels. Her braid had come undone and red hair was spilling over her face. Draco's hands wandered over her back, through her hair. They carressed her neck and cradled her face.
This was what Harry Potter walked up on. "Ginny?" he asked disbelievingly. Draco pulled slowly away from her, not looking round at Harry, not wanting to look at him.
"What are you doing!?!" Harry asked, eyes wide.
"You cheated on me. You cheated on me with Eloise Midgen." said Ginny, looking up at him. The scorn in her voice when she said Eloise's name was evident. Draco watched Ginny, her hands still bunched in his robes.
"That's what I came to tell you. I didn't. We were hugging. From your angle it looked like kissing, Ginny, but it wasn't. She kissed my cheek. And if you had bothered to find that out instead of running off to MALFOY..." shouted Harry. He was breathing hard, as though he was running a marathon.
As he said his name Draco turned to look at Harry. "What would be wrong with her coming to me?" he asked, throwing each word at him with spite.
"This isn't yor shouting match, Malfoy." said Harry coldly. "Ginny, goddamn it, you wonder why you get left behind! Only a rash little kid would do something as stupid as this!" said Harry. He would never have said something like that, but he was hurt that Ginny would assume something like that, that she wouldn't trust him, or at least give him a chance. That made Draco's blood begin to boil. Why couldn't she come to him, why was it stupid? His eyes narrowed dangerously on Harry.
"I'm sorry." Ginny choked out. "I... I thought you were cheating on me. You have no idea how it looked, Harry. I thought you were gone, you had told me you were gone, and then there you were, in the common room, seemingly kissing Eloise and..."
"It doesn't matter Ginny. I don't give a shit who you run to although, heh, my biggest rival at Hogwarts, insteresting choice, don't you think? But you shouldn't have run at all. There's supposed to be trust in a relationshi-"
"Don't you DARE give that bullshit. I am no more guilty of not trusting than you. Who the hell is sneaking around with a letter, and some secret project?" said Ginny. Harry opened his mouth. "Don't bother." snapped Ginny.
"Fine. Gin, I can't trust you, and you obviously can't trust me. This is over."
Draco just sat there listening, he had no input in this, but the letter part, that intrigued him slightly.
"Fine." said Ginny. Harry turned and left. Draco turned back to Ginny, his blond white hair falling into his face.
"What's my family going to say?" moaned Ginny, burying her face in her hands.
"They'd say: I don't believe golden boy would ever do this to my daughter." He replied, resting a hand on her arms gently.
"You don't get it, Harry's like another son to my parents... If he tells them I cheated on him, even if it was because I thought he was cheating on me... Specifically cheating with a Malfoy. Hell, the whole family will pitch in and get me a nice padded cell at Saint Mungo's." she shuddered.
Draco pushed a lock of hair from her face and tucked it gently behind her ear. "If he goes running to your parents about you, that just confirms that he really needs to work out how to sort his own head out." he said.
Ginny sniffled. "Sorry I kissed you." she said.
"Don't be."
"Ron's going to kill me."
"He's going to try." said Draco, slightly protectivly.
"Don't be stupid, Ron's bigger than you." said Ginny. "And anyway, the last thing I need is one more over-protective brother." she said reprovingly. "I seem to gain them rather a lot." she was, indeed, being deliberately stupid. Yeah, Draco wanted to be her brother. That was it. One of Ginny's faults was that she did, indeed, tend to use being little and cute to play dumb and get away with things.
Draco shrugged, "If you don't want another brother, how about a boyfriend?" he asked.
Ginny blinked. "I'm sorry, what?"
Draco raised an eyebrow. "How about a boyfriend?" he said slowly.
"Draco... That would never work."
"Why wouldn't it?" asked Draco, slightly annoyed that she'd willingly kiss him like that, then not go out with him.
"Draco, snogging is one thing but... A relationship..." He watched, waiting for what possible reason she could give, other than that he was a Malfoy.
"We're opposites. I'm cute, you're sexy, I'm a red head, you're blonde, I'm sweet, you're mean." her mouth twitched at that last as she knew perfectly well that she sometimes had a tongue like a can of mace.
"Opposites attract." Draco simply replied.
"Mmmhmm. But do they stay together?"
"You don't know until it's tried."
"We'd spend our lives sneaking around."
"Don't we do that anyway?"
"Are you going to give up on this?" asked Ginny. Draco shook his head.
"Why do you like me?" Ginny asked.
"You've always fascinated me. You're probably the only Weasley who's ever tried to talk to me without insulting me." said Draco
"Then why were you always mean?"
"It's ingrained, I had no idea what do around you." said Draco, matter of factly.
"You know, you're not a nice guy." said Ginny, matter of factly.
"I've never been told otherwise." said Draco
"Well... I suppose we can try it..." said Ginny slowly. "After all, dating nice guys hasn't exactly worked for me."
"So, you will go out with me?" said Draco quietly, watching her face, waiting for a direct reply.
"Yes." said Ginny, slowly, so that it sounded more like y-e-s... Draco's face curled into a smile.
"Finally!" came Blaise's voice. He stepped out of the library, holding the hand of a very tall, very blonde, very curvy someone. Daphne Greengrass.
"Would you stop doing that?" Ginny said irritably to Blaise.
Draco looked around at him. "Merlin, are you stalking me?" he said.
"No, actually, there's a dark alcove in the library and I think books are sexy." said Daphne, smirking. Ginny giggled. Draco raised an eyebrow at her, looking slightly disturbed. She was turned on by books? Daphne looked at Ginny and they both burst out laughing.
Blaise cocked his head to one side. "I'm not sure what's funny." he said to Draco.
"I have no idea either." replied Draco.
"Your faces." said Ginny. "She was joking."
"Indeed." put in Daphne.
Draco shook it off. "Confusing, to say the least."
"We're girls." said Ginny, as though that explained everything.
"It's our job." said Daphne.
"I can think of better jobs for you." said Blaise with a little smirk. Daphne rolled her eyes and Ginny glared at him. Draco linked his hand with Ginny's, looking up at Blaise.
"Ahhh, they're ganging up on me." said Blaise, throwing his hands over his face dramatically.
"We shouldn't sit in the middle of the hall.." said Ginny.
"Dungeons?" asked Daphne. Draco, got up gracefully.
Ginny stood up, stumbling a little. "It's not fair that my boyfriend is more graceful than me." muttered Ginny.
Draco steadied her, taking her hand again. "Dungeons." confirmed Draco.
They wandered down to the dungeons, Ginny feeling light headed. Once they got down there, Daphne looked at Draco. "We could go to the common room." she said. It would be ok because they were the only three Slytehrins left.
Draco nodded. "Alright." He said, muttering the password as they got to the door. It swung open and Ginny stepped through, after Draco. They were followed by Blaise and Daphne.
The common room was unusually quiet, owing to the fact that nobody was there. "Very green and silver. And grey." said Ginny, referring to the color scheme and the abundant stone everywhere.
"I'm sure your common room is very red, and gold, and well, grey." thought Draco, the fire leaping into life as green flames rose from the wood.
"Red and gold, yes, grey, no. The brick there is kind of yellow. And it sure as hell isn't this cold up there."
"It's cold here?"
"Yes, actually." said Ginny, looking slightly amused. Blaise and Daphne had disappeared. Ginny sat down in a big green arm chair, pulling her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around herself. Her hair was falling everywhere, she really needed a haircut, or at least so she thought. She wasn't used to having her hair so long. Her face was pale and she looked pensive, staring into the fire. The fact that the fire was green cast an eerie sort of glow over her. It made her hair look almost yellow.
"Usually the rest of the school is unbearably hot." replied Draco thoughfully.
"Ice block." taunted Ginny amiably. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Seriously." said Ginny. He smiled slightly. "Whaaaat?" whined Ginny.
"Thinking." replied Draco, looking at her.
"About what?" asked Ginny, wondering if he'd even tell her.
"You." replied Draco, placing the tips of his fingers together. Ginny blinked. He smiled a little wider.
"What are you thinking about me, because right now you're kind of looking like I'm something to eat."
Draco raised an eyebrow. "I'm thinking about how hot you are." he said, cocking his head slightly confusedly to one side.
"I am not. Cute, maybe... Hot is your job. I'm not hot. Besides which, I'm currently green."
"So am I." said Draco, he was infact a very odd shade of green, the white of his hair relfecting well. "You are incredibly hot, and cute."
"Right. Because I'm at my best when I resemble sickly seaweed."
"You do not resemble seaweed!" Ginny just rolled her eyes.
"If you're seaweed, I'm a green... ferret?" Draco couldn't think of anything else. Ginny started giggling uncontrollably. He laughed slightly.
"I still say I'm not hot." said Ginny. "I have freckles, for one thing."
"I like them." said Draco, having pallid flesh got a bit boring. Besides, Ginny's freckles were very light and only on her nose.
"And nonexistent boobs."
"Which I found, may I remind you." said Draco with a cheeky curl to his lip
"Oh shut it, you." said Ginny. "Oh, and I'm too short."
"Not you're not." said Draco. He had a slight feeling of Deja-vu.
"Am too. Come on, you have to think there's something wrong with me. Honestly."
"Probably do, I just haven't found it yet."
"You don't think I'm too skinny?" asked Ginny, who had shrunk considerably over the past month, due to the dreams.
"Could be a little more filled out, yeah. Why have you got so thin lately?" asked Draco.
"I haven't felt like eating." said Ginny reluctantly.
"Why not?" asked Draco, scowling slightly. Ginny shrugged.
"Fair enough." Ginny was surprised he was letting it go.
"Those dreams." said Draco. "Thats what made you stop eating."
"I thought you were dropping it." said Ginny flatly.
"Thought wrong." said Draco, mocking her tone.
"Look, pools of blood are not exactly conducive to eating. Oops." said Ginny. Draco raised an eyebrow. "I didn't say that, okay? Okay." Draco looked curiously at her. Ginny avoided his gaze.
"What else are in the dreams?" asked Draco.
"I am not about to tell you, Draco, as you well know." said Ginny impatiently.
He rolled his eyes. "I still don't understand why.."
"Because you are in them. You know that. and I am not going to tell you, and that is all."
"Fine." said Draco shortly, curiosity kept getting the better of him.
Ginny got up out of her chair and cross the room over to him. "I feel neglected." she said, pouting. Alright, it was a silly method of distraction, but it worked.
" Aww." said Draco, threading his arms around her. Ginny leaned into him, her head resting on his chest. She weighed almost nothing leaning against him. Even when she was eating, she normally didn't weigh more than ninety five pounds, which was actually quite normal for only five feet tall. He kissed her on the head gently.
"You weigh nothing." whispered Draco. His whisper wasn't a kind one, he didn't know how to be like that around anyone.
"Well I'm only five feet tall you know."
"Still, you're too light." replied Draco in that 'I know everything' tone.
"I've lost weight, I know." Draco leant his head on hers. It was a long way to lean. He wasn't overly fussed how far it was... The green fire flickered lazily in the hearth, there were no other noises in the room apart from the sound of their breathing.
"Why the hell is the fire down here green?" she asked suddenly.
Draco shrugged slightly. "Always has been." replied Draco lazily. "I think it was to go with the rest of the green in this room." Ginny rolled her eyes. Draco played with a lock of her hair. "What was that for?" he asked slightly defensively.
"Slytherins are so weird." said Ginny.
"Gryffindors think too much of themselves." replied Draco.
"You have the nerve to say Gryffindors are arrogant? Mister family and Slytherin pride."
Draco looked at her dead pan. "And?"
"Oh for Merlin's sake." said Ginny, laughing and rolling her eyes. She went over to the couch and plopped down. Draco raised an eyebrow, walked over, going and gracefully placing himself on the couch next to her.
"I'm tiny, why couldn't I be graceful?" asked Ginny, mouth twitching.
"Much practice." said Draco, sliding an arm on the top of the couch.
"All my brothers are like elephants, so I didn't exactly have great role models."
"Well, now you have the best to learn from." said Draco with a smile.
"You're so incredibly full of yourself." said Ginny lightly, reaching over and running her figners through his hair.
"I know." said Draco, looking at her, thinking to himself.
"What?" said Ginny.
"Wondered what would happen if I changed a few things."
"Change what?" asked Ginny. Draco muttered a few words, and her hair straightened itself instantly. Ginny looked at her hair. All the waves were gone. "My hair, for starters?" she asked. He muttered a few more words, and her robes got strangly longer, heavier and blacker. "Hey, I like my robes!"
"Just seeing something." said Draco. He whispered a final incantation and she felt strangely light.
Ginny blinked. "Is my butt touching the couch?"
"It is. Get up and try and walk." said Draco impatiently. He had a grace charm on her. Ginny stood up in one smooth motion. Draco smiled. He then got up in exactly the same way, no charm effecting him though. Ginny started walking. Her whole body swayed and it was a smooth, beautiful motion. The way her robes swept the floor, combined with the way she was walking made her look as though she was floating. He folded his arms, congratulating himself on a job well done.
She turned and looked at him. "How do you do this charm? The one that's making me walk like Daphne does, I mean."
"Pio Leviosa." said Draco, tucking his wand away.
Ginny smiled. "Thanks." she said.
"Anytime." said Draco, Ginny looked like a Slytherin, completely and utterly. She turned the smile up a notch, making it into her best seductive smile. He raised an eyebrow, floating over to her.
"Hi." said Ginny, still smiling.
"Hey." said Draco, threading an arm around her. Ginny stood on tiptoe and placed her hands on his shoulders. She pushed up and wrapped her legs around Draco's waist so she could reach his lips. She leaned in and kissed him. "It's hard to do that in a skirt and a robe." she informed him.
"I would imagine." replied Draco with a slight smile, before he held her up, kissing her back.
Blaise came out of the girl's dorm room. Depsite the activites he had almost certainly been engaged in her was dressed, looked perfect. Every hair was in place and his robes were perfectly draped. "Cheating on her already?" he asked wryly. Then he realized that there were no other redheads at Hogwarts over Christmas break. "Ginny?" he asked disbelivingly.
Draco pulled back from their kiss. "Welcome back." he said, slightly breathlessly. Ginny turned her head.
"What happened to you?" asked Blaise.
"Draco. And thanks, makes me feel lovely about how I looked with wavy hair and short, faded robes."
"Want me to take the charms off?"
"No Draco. I was being sarcastic." said Ginny. She slid down him. He lowered her gently to the floor.
Daphne came out into the common room, wrapped in a sheet. Ginny had decided that she liked Daphne, but it made her feel like a frump whenever she came into the room.
She would always look better just wrapped in a sheet, no make-up, lips kiss-swollen and hair rumpled then Ginny ever would, even in an evening gown and full makeup. Ginny looked over at Draco, wondering how he'd react to Daphne, standing in the middle of the room, wrapped in a sheet. He glanced at her, before looking back at Ginny. Blaise seemed to be more focused on Daphne. Draco, funnily enough, had never ever got with Daphne. Out of everyone he had been out with, she wasn't one of them.
"Blaise, are you coming back or should I get dressed?" asked Daphne, after smiling at Ginny.
"Be there in a minute, Daph." said Blaise.
"Ok." said Daphne. "Oh, and Ginny, cute hair, but I think it looks better wavy."
"Thanks." said Ginny. Daphne disappears.
Draco watched her leave, before turning his attention to Blaise. "You're to good at making it look like nothing has happnened to you."
Blaise grinned. "Sheets look better on her."
"And to you, even better off." replied Draco. Ginny giggled.
"Oops, I'm being summoned." Blaise left.
Draco raised an eyebrow. "Remind me to not go in there anytime soon."
"Mmhmm." said Ginny. Draco leaned down and kissed her again. Ginny backed up until she bumped the couch arm and let herself fall over it, Draco on top of her. He ran a hand through her hair, it eventually fell to the side of her. Ginny ran her hands over Draco's back. He parted his lips, a hand running down her side. Ginny kissed him back. Ginny wasn't a bad kisser, in Draco's opinion.
They heard a thumping sound coming from the dorms. "Oh ewwww!" said Ginny. "Use a silencing charm, please!" she shouted.
Draco looked slightly disturbed. "Rabbits, I swear." Uproarious laughter rang out of the dorms. Then they just heard silence.
"Thank Merlin." said Draco, leaning in and kissing Ginny again. She kissed him back.
Gradually, the day went on, and a rather agitated Harry was the only person who was sitting in the Gryffindor common room. "Why'd she have to go to Malfoy, OF ALL THE PEOPLE!" Harry ranted bitterly to himself. Ginny came back to the common room around midnight and went past Harry.
Harry looked round, the charms were on the verge of wearing off, but she still floated, her hair was curled ever so slightly, and her robes billowed behind her. Harry, looked confusedly at her. She ignored him, plopping into an armchair by the fire.
"Harry?" she turned to him a smile. When he looked at her, she qukcly drew her wand. "Obliviate." Ginny was very careful to obliviate only their break-up, and led Harry to blieve they had had a mutual break-up after discussing the entire Eloise debacle. A few moments later, Harry had completely lost all memory of what had happened.
"Goodnight Harry." said Ginny.
"Night." he said, with a slight smile.
Ginny went up to bed. She got undressed and laid down on her bed. She was quickly asleep.
Black owls. Black owls, circling over the huge table in the Great Hall. Each clutched a letter in it's talons, or in it's beak. Every letter had a green seal on it. A green snake seal.
The letters dropped to many different people, but only two were seen clearly. One with black hair, and green eyes, a grim expression on his face.
The other with silver blonde hair and steely eyes. When the letter dropped into his hand his face looked determined, unsurprised.
The scene went black, there was nothing. Then the black slowly started to fade into shades of gray. Gray faded until it was blinding white. Everything was blinding white. But in the middle of all this whiteness was a pool of red. And in the middle of the pool lay two bodies, side by side. One with silver hair. The other with black.
A letter dropped into her own hand. Her fingers closed around it and she opened it. She kept trying to read it, but the letters were blurred.
Ginny saw a row of coffins. She sped past them, too fast to see names.
Everything went black. Then it was red and she saw Draco. His left arm was held up, bare. A skull with a snake coming out of it's mouth was tatooed there.