1A/n: I'm writing this and have no idea when it is your reading it as my net is down at the moment but here we go to occupy my time. Ok for the fifteenth time I KNOW Ginny is short for Ginevra not Virginia but for the sake of a pun earlier in the story it will remain Virginia in this story!!!!!!!! now stop correcting me!!!!

Disclaimer: if I owned it I'd be rich and my internet would work so you can figure this one out.

Chapter 12.

Draco walked down the Hogwarts halls Crabbe and Goyle in tow. Blaise on one arm Pansy on the other a cocky smirk on his lips. They walked down the hall and into the great hall. Which was decked out in Red, gold and Blue for the Gryffindor verses Ravenclaw match that morning.

As he and his Slytherins entered the great room the Gryffindor quidditch team was leaving. Through the usual exchange of smirks and insults. Draco managed to catch Ginny's eye unnoticed and winked at her to which Ginny gave a small smile before turning to Blaise and informing her that she was as about as a piece of dry toast.

Draco and Ginny had seen each other regularly inside and out of lessons which after an incident that involved them almost being caught by sprout had been limited to learning ONLY, but since Christmas neither of them had brought up or discussed the 'L' word again. (And no I do not mean the show on Showtime)

Ginny buckled the front of her quidditch robes and sat down to do up her boots as Harry finished another riveting pre-game pep talk.

"- ok guys if we just stick to what we practiced and how we practiced it we should be fine. Remember you two," he turned to the beaters Alan and Ricky Smith. "Ignore me and focus on Ginny especially in possession monomania the Ravenclaws go after chasers more so they'll be all over Ginny seen as she's our best Chaser." They nodded in understanding.

Harry took a deep breath, even now quidditch gave him a nervous thrill. "Ok let's go."

The team left the Red and Gold changing room and walked onto the field for their Final Quidditch of the year. They walked onto the to their usual applause. The Ravenclaw team waited on the pitch. Madam Hooch gave the word and the captains shook. They mounted their brooms and Madam Hooch released the balls. Her whistled shrieked through the still atmosphere and the game began.

Fourteen players rose into the air. As the quaffle was thrown into the breeze, but Ginny was on point catching it with ease and streaking off towards the Ravenclaw goals. As Harry had said Rowena's beaters were on her.

The game drew on, Ginny threw the quaffle and it went through the center hoop with ease. She almost fell off of her broom celebrating they were up by 50 and if they kept possession of the ball until Harry caught the snitch they would win the cup for the fifth year in a row.

Ginny looked at Harry who shook his head. Ginny felt something gently brushing her cheek her face froze as her eyes ,over to her right, Harry followed her line of vision and they both caught sight of the snitch. She looked at Harry who nodded. He turned his broom to face her and began flying as stealthily as well as quick as possible.

As he closed in on Ginny who was hovering a still as she could so as not to disturb the snitch, Dean streaked past her accidentally knocking into her broom she stumbled slightly before regaining composure she looked beside her it was gone and Harry streaked after it.

"Shit!" Ginny cursed.

She spun her broom and flew after Dean she hadn't spoken to him since he hit her and wasn't sorry about the hard time everyone was giving him, he deserved it. He was just lucky she hadn't let Draco get to him... she was beginning to regret that decision.

"Thomas!" She yelled.

"What?"

"What the hell is your problem? Or are you actually that retarded?"

"Huh?" Dean looked throughly confused but what could you expect.

"Harry was about to catch the snitch, you dolt, that's why I wasn't moving it was by my head, I mean what did you think I was catching some z's or something?"

"How was I suppose to know!"

"What ever Thomas I don't have time for this-" she turned to fly off but Dean's words stopped her immediately.

"Of course we must get back to our precious Malfoy."

Ginny spun around in midair, glaring at Dean she neared him dangerously. "Listen carefully Thomas because the next time you hear this it will be from under my boot. I don't care what you think you saw. All you need to know is that I'm not with you ok? It's my life and that is none your business and if you talk to me like that again I will personally see to it that the Thomas line ends with you. Are we clear?" she spoke in a low dangerous voice.

"What are you gonna do kill me?" Dean taunted foolishly.

"Oh no, I'll do something much worse," she leaned up "I'll castrate you." she said simply raising her hand and catching the quaffle Dean hadn't even seen. She finally stopped her glare and flew off.

As she streaked towards the Ravenclaw goals, she was within three feet of the goals when her broomstick began to shudder under neath her but at this moment she took no notice.

She feinted throwing the ball through the right hoop scoring through the left. The Gryffindors cheered and Ginny waved. Just then her broom shook violently beneath her. She grabbed onto it quickly to steady herself but at that moment it began to buck.

It vaulted violently before sending her hurtling to the ground fifty feet below.

Ron paced beside his baby sister's bed. She had been unconscious for the past two days and he had only left her side when Linda had forced him to sleep. He and Linda had stopped hiding since Ginny's accident, since she had been the only person he would talk to for awhile.

Linda entered the hospital wing with a tray of sandwiches and a flagon of pumpkin juice.

"Ron you really should eat something" she commented resting the tray on Ginny's bedside along with the juice.

"I'm not hungry" he mumbled.

"Oh my mistake your stomach must be asking for to day's paper not nourishment you know I always get those mixed up." she said sarcastically.

She sighed pitifully and pulled Ron towards her into a hug. "Come on," she whispered into his shirt. "You need rest."

She silently led Ron to the door and out into the hallway she turned to close the infirmary door.

"You too." she spoke before closing the door and leading Ron away.

Draco sat in the chair beside her bed. Underneath his invisibility cloak where he had been the past two days. He pulled the shimmering cloth off of himself and let it fall to the ground, as he leaned closer to her bed.

He took one of her petit hands into his and watched the comatose girl. Her fiery crimson mane haloed her face. She was slightly pale but her hands still held a comforting warmth.

Draco let unabated silent tears run down his cheeks. He licked his lips and spoke to her as though she was there. "You have to come back Ginny." he spoke softly. "I mean you promised me and you're a bloody Gryffindor they don't break promises."

McGonagall made her rounds, through the halls. She checked the classrooms and bathrooms as she made her way to the infirmary to check on her student.

She opened the large wooden doors silently and entered the dark room. The only light was the moon outside that flooded the east windows. They illuminated the beds along the west wall where her student lay.

The moon glinted on a silver headed figure. He was sitting by her bed head bent down. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who the head belonged to but what boggled Minerva was the fact that he seemed to be here to visit her student a sworn enemy of him and his family. She approached cautiously.

"Mr. Malfoy." she spoke clearly but the boy didn't move.

"Mr. Malfoy." she called again. "May I help you?" she approached the bed as he shook his head.

"Then might I ask hat your doing here?"

Draco opened his mouth and found his throat dry, he swallowed and tried again. "I'm not leaving her" he said simply.

"And why on earth not?"

"Because I want to make sure she's ok" he said in the same low dry voice.

"Mr. Malfoy she'll be fine there is no need to be out of your bed at this time now would you please leave?"

"No." he said simply.

"And why on earth not? I mean you have absolutely no connections to the girl so why do you care what happens to her." McGonagall asked.

Draco took a deep breath. He wasn't in the mood to make up a lie the truth was just much easier. "She's my girlfriend." he answered.

"Excuse me?" McGonagall was definitely not expecting that.

"She's my girlfriend" he repeated wishing McGonagall away.

"Mister Malfoy this is really not the time or thing to joke about"

"I'm not joking, look ask Linda if you want she knows but other than her my only other piece of evidence is lying unconscious in front of me. So I guess your just gonna have to take my word for it." Draco said anger seeping into his steadily raising voice.

McGonagall was speechless she looked at the slytherin who had finally decided to look at her. She could she the tear stains down his cheeks and the truth that glinted in his eyes. This was not the Draco malfoy projected to the world. Oh no. this was the real Draco Malfoy the one Severus kept on trying to convince them existed. She had finally seen it for herself as she had taunted Snape so many times about.

"That won't be necessary Mr. Malfoy." She said finally. She sighed quietly realizing what an affect the one girl had had on the school. Mcgonagall sent up a silent prayer to any god that might be listening.

She turned to leave and reached the door before turning back to the other student. "May I share this information with the other teachers for our investigation of Virginia's sudden fall?"

Draco nodded anything to get her out.

She turned back to the door. "Oh and Mr. Malfoy get some rest Virginia will be fine she wouldn't want you losing sleep over her." with that she disappeared through the doors. Leaving Draco with Ginny. Alone.

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