Chapter 1
Ginny sat looking out the window of her bedroom into the darkening sky. The pink was fading into a dark blue quickly, and the shadows in her yard grew even larger. A lavish carriage pulled into the drive, and Ginny curiously got up and went downstairs. No one else was home; they'd all gone to see a Quiditch game in Ireland, her father had luckily won four tickets at work. When she said that she didn't want to go, they invited Harry. She had somehow convinced her parents that'd she'd be all right staying home alone for four days.
A knock sounded at the door, and Ginny cautiously approached. They person on the other side knocked again. Ginny reached out, unlocked the door, and opened it. She took a step back, surprised at who stood in front of her.
"Evening Weasley." Draco Malfoy stood in front of her. She hadn't seen him since he gradated. He was tall, and had the same cold features she remembered. She could see now why all the girls had fawned over him at school. His silver-blonde hair hung loosely around his face, and his eyes were deep, and when he looked at her she felt like he was looking through her. The moonlight made them gleam silver.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, gazing up at him. He pushed aside her and wrinkled his nose as he entered her house.
"We need to talk." He said simply.
"About what?" Ginny snapped. "Why are you here? Get out of my house!" She stood looking up at him, hands on hips. He smirked.
"Be nice Weasley." He sneered. "I'm a guest."
"An unwanted guest." She snarled back at him, not moving. He laughed.
"Let's talk." He then gave her a push into the living room.
'Why the hell are you here?" she asked him, growing angry. He didn't answer; he sat gingerly on her couch. "Malfoy!" she yelled at him. He smiled.
"I need to get married." He said.
"That's very nice. Now that you have informed me, you may leave." He laughed again.
"Virginia." He said smirking. "I need to get married to you."
"What?" Gunny said blankly.
"O.k. I'll explain slowly so your small brain can process what I'm saying." He said sarcastically. "You-need-to-"he started going very slow.
"Malfoy!" she said impatiently, stomping her foot.
"Alright." He said. "You and I need to get married."
"No." she said. "Why would I marry you?"
"Because you don't have a choice." He said, standing. Ginny stepped back.
"Yes, I do think I have a say in this!" she shouted at him. He laughed and moved closer to her.
"Virginia...don't you understand? I need to marry a pureblood!"
"So?"
"Your are very stupid." He said. Ginny glared at him. "I need to marry a pure-blood, and you're a pureblood. It was either you or Pansy Parkinson." He added.
"Well marry Pansy then." Ginny hissed. "Everyone knows she's in love with you." He laughed.
"But I want you"
"You can't make me. I say no....so there!" she said childishly. Malfoy laughed again. "Stop laughing!" she yelled at him.
"I can make you if I want." He whispered in her ear. She shuddered, and he smiled at feeling her fear. "I can ruin your life." Ginny looked up at him wide-eyes.
"How-?"
"Remember the little fiasco that occurred in your first year?" Ginny went pale, remembering when she'd opened the chamber. "What if it were to slip- that you opened it?" he hissed in her ear. He leaned forward. "You would never get a job, be plagued by the press" he said calmly. Ginny's face grew red with anger.
"You wouldn't," she said in barley a whisper.
"He leaned forward into her ear again. "Try me." Ginny stepped back into the wall, and looked up at his face, set in a smug smirk.
"Also you wouldn't wasn't your family in danger, now would you?" his mouth was curled into a cruel smile.
"Why me..." She said weakly.
Draco sighed impatiently "Did I not already explain?" he said. "I need a pureblood...and you're a pure blood"
"But what about Pansy-"She started but he held up his hand to silence her.
"I also need to tone down my 'bad boy' image. I need people to think I'm good....unlike my father, and marring someone like you-a commoner will do that for me." Ginny stared blankly.
"But you're not good." She said quietly. Draco nodded her head.
"Yes, yes I know." He pulled her away from the wall, pushed her roughly on the couch. He stood over her, and then crouched down so he was face-to-face with her. "I'll owl you the day after that family of yours gets back. You'll tell them that you've secretly been seeing me...and that we are engaged." He handed her a gold ring with a large diamond on it. "Put it on, it's our engagement ring." He dropped it in her lap.
"But-"Ginny said. "I can't tell them...it'll break their hearts! Ron will kill me!" Malfoy laughed coldly.
"You'll tell them that we're in love, that you can't stand not being with me." He smirked. He then turned and with a swish of his black and silver cloak was at the door. "See you later Weasley" then left. Ginny sat motionless on the couch, staring at the closed door.
"Oh..." was all she would say. She looked at the ring in her lap and placed it on her finger. She started crying. "I don't want to marry Malfoy!" she sobbed out loud. She thought of her family, and what Malfoy was capable of doing to them. She immediately pushed the thought out of her mind, and lay down on the couch, and curled into a tight ball.
"I can't let him hurt them," she thought miserably to herself. "I guess...I'll have to marry the little bastard!" she started crying a even harder, and then fell asleep.
As Ginny sat eating a piece of toast in the kitchen when a large gray owl flew into the room, and dropped a piece of parchment on the table, circled then flew out again. She quickly grabbed it and read it.
Dear Ginny,
Hope you're well! Good news, Brittan beat Ireland! Your mother, Ron and I will be home On Friday at three o'clock pm. We'll be traveling by a portkey. See you soon, Love Dad
"Tomorrow?" Ginny muttered under her breath. "I have to tell them this awful new...tomorrow!" she propped her elbows up onto the table, and dropped her face into her hands. She'd have to appear happy, and excited to be marring him. "How am I going to lie to my whole family like that?" she wondered aloud. She got up, and left her toast on the table. She'd lost her appetite.
"Ginny!" Ginny heard her mother's voice ringing from downstairs. "Ginny dear, we're home!" Ginny hopped of her bed, and rushed downstairs to see them. They hugged them all.
"How was it?" she asked.
"Fantastic!" Ron said. "Absolutely brilliant!"
"Were you alright here by yourself dear? "Her mother asked her, brow furrowed.
"Yes mum." She said sighing. "I think being nineteen I can stay home alone for a couple of days."
"Yes, yes I know," she said, pulling her into a tight hug. "You're just growing up so fast."
"What's this?" Ron said suddenly, grabbing her wrist and examining her hand. Ginny's heart stopped. She'd forgotten about the ring.
"Ginny!" her father said. They all crowded around her. "Where in earth did you get that-"
"Is this an engagement ring?" Ron asked angrily.
"Yes." Ginny said, freeing herself from his grasp.
"WHO!" he spat at her. Harry grabbed his shoulder.
"Calm down Ron." He shook off Harry's hand.
"Well dear?" Molly said her hand on her chest. "Who is it?"
"Well...umm...I've been seeing him for quite a while now..." she started, and inhaled deeply. "Secretly."
"Why secretly?" Ron hissed.
"Because I didn't want you to act like a lunatic!" she spat at him. "Look at you...I haven't even told you yet and you're already acting like a maniac." Ron's ears reddened.
"Ginny..." came her father's voice.
"Spit it out." Ron said, and received a glare from his mother.
"It's...Draco Malfoy." Complete silence followed. Her mother slumped into a chair, clutching her heart, her father stood mouth open, Ron was very red, and was clenching his fists. He seemed lost for words. Harry stood head titled slightly, staring at her.
"MALFOY?" Ron seemed to have found his voice, and was yelling. "THAT BASTARD?" he went up to her, and grabbed her by the shoulders. "YOU CAN"T MARRY HIM, WHAT CAN YOU POSSIBLE SEE IN THAT-THAT PRICK?"
"RON!" Harry yelled jumping forward, and pulled him back. He looked up at her. "Really? Malfoy...?" he said blankly. Ginny nodded, and Ron looked like he was about to explode. Her parents still sat silently.
"Oh." Her mother said, trying to remain clam. "Are you sure...it's a wise choice dear?"
"Yes." Ginny said curtly.
"Ginny...you don't love him do you?" came her father's voice.
'Yes! Of course I do!" she said. "Very much so, other wise why do you think that I'd agree to marry him? And he loves me back." She added, she felt tears sting her eyes, and brushed them away furiously. Luckily everyone seemed to think the tears were because of their reaction and said no more. Ron opened his mouth, but Ginny shook her head.
"I'm going up to bed." She said, and turned and left.
There was a knock on her bedroom door.
"Go away." Ginny said. She was lying in her bed, curled tightly in a ball. She looked over at her alarm. It read 10:05.
"Ginny, it's me, Harry" Came the voice from the other side of the door. "Can I come in?" Ginny didn't say anything, but heard the door creak open, and the weight of someone sitting beside her.
"What do you want?" She said. She sat up and looked at him. A look of worry clouded his face. He ran a hand through his untidy hair and looked at her.
"Ginny..." he started, and looked down, not meeting her eyes. "Are-are you really marring him?"
"Yes." Ginny answered. Harry looked up at her again.
'You don't...love him do you?" He stared at her, his emerald eyes focused on her. She felt dizzy staring into them, a broke her gaze.
"Yes, and he loves me back." She said quietly. She felt his hand under her chin, and lifted her face up. She found herself looking again to those eyes, and getting lost in them. He lifted his hand, and brushed a piece of hair away from her face.
"Ginny" he said in barely a whisper. "Why Malfoy?" before she could say anything, his lips met hers. He kissed her deeply then drew away. "Do you really love him?" Ginny stared blankly at him, then suddenly came to her senses.
"Harry...don't." she said. "Leave." she said.
"Ginny do you love him?" he repeating, not looking away from her. He leaned in again, but Ginny leaned back.
"No Harry...Don't," she said quietly. "Yes...I love him." Harry looked at her in shock. He stood up.
"But I love you." He said, then turned and left swiftly. Ginny sat staring at the open door, and started crying. She rushed up and closer her door then fell onto her bed, sobbing uncontrollably.
The next morning Ginny came downstairs for breakfast, not having slept well at all. She arrived at the table, and saw everyone was up, except Harry. She stood, hovering over the small wooden chair.
"Hungry?" Mrs. Weasley asked her.
"No." she said shortly. Just then a clicking at the window drew everyone's attention away form her. An owl hovered there, knocking at the window with its beak. Her dad quickly opened the window and it flew in. It had sleek chestnut brown feathers, and Ginny knew instantly whom it belonged too. It landed the back of the chair, and stuck out its leg. Ginny untied the parchment then the owl spread it wings, and quickly flew back out the window.
Ginny, I trust you've told your parents the news. Well I'll be at your house to pick you up to for a meeting with my mother and father. You'll tell you parents in taking out for lunch. I'll be there at one o'clock
DM
Ginny stared blankly at the parchment.
"Ginny?" Her mom said. "What is it?" Ginny snapped her head up, and plastered a fake smile on her face
"Ma-Draco is picking me up for lunch," she said. Her mother's face fell. Ginny looked at her family, all staring at her. "Umm...I'm not very hungry." She said. "I'm going to go and take a shower." She turned and headed up the stairs. As she passed the room Harry was staying in, she peaked through the crack in the door. He lay on his back with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling.
"Harry?" she said quietly, pushing the door a bit more open. Harry turned over and didn't answer. Ginny stared at him for a moment before turning and leaving.
Ginny's stomach knotted tightly when she heard her mother voice call her downstairs.
"Ginny! Malfoy...I mean Draco is here!" Ginny looked out the window at the top of the stairs. She'd rather him not come in the house again, and rushed out to meet him.
"Hello dear" he smirked. Ginny glared at him. He grabbed her waist and pulled her into a deep kiss. Ginny tried to objected, and push him away by putting her hands on his chest, one clenched his robes tightly. But it only gave the incorrect impression of her enjoying the kiss, and he smirked slightly on her lips knowing this. He turned her slightly, and slipped his tongue in her mouth. Ginny felt dizzy, she wasn't expecting him to be this close, the smell of his cologne made her feel faint. He pulled back, and clamped her tightly so his side, arm wrapped around her tightly.
"What the hell was that for?" she hissed at him He smirked again, and leaned in her ear.
"I've got to make it look like we're getting married...like we actually don't hate each other." He said.
"Why'd you stick your disgusting tongue in there?"
"To piss of your brother and Potter." He said slyly. Ginny turned her head, and saw Ron, standing very red-faced at the doorway, with a pale faced Harry behind him. Ginny turned her head back, and looked at the ground as he led her to his carriage, and helped her in.
!ok so this is the first chapter....I hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!
Ginny sat looking out the window of her bedroom into the darkening sky. The pink was fading into a dark blue quickly, and the shadows in her yard grew even larger. A lavish carriage pulled into the drive, and Ginny curiously got up and went downstairs. No one else was home; they'd all gone to see a Quiditch game in Ireland, her father had luckily won four tickets at work. When she said that she didn't want to go, they invited Harry. She had somehow convinced her parents that'd she'd be all right staying home alone for four days.
A knock sounded at the door, and Ginny cautiously approached. They person on the other side knocked again. Ginny reached out, unlocked the door, and opened it. She took a step back, surprised at who stood in front of her.
"Evening Weasley." Draco Malfoy stood in front of her. She hadn't seen him since he gradated. He was tall, and had the same cold features she remembered. She could see now why all the girls had fawned over him at school. His silver-blonde hair hung loosely around his face, and his eyes were deep, and when he looked at her she felt like he was looking through her. The moonlight made them gleam silver.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, gazing up at him. He pushed aside her and wrinkled his nose as he entered her house.
"We need to talk." He said simply.
"About what?" Ginny snapped. "Why are you here? Get out of my house!" She stood looking up at him, hands on hips. He smirked.
"Be nice Weasley." He sneered. "I'm a guest."
"An unwanted guest." She snarled back at him, not moving. He laughed.
"Let's talk." He then gave her a push into the living room.
'Why the hell are you here?" she asked him, growing angry. He didn't answer; he sat gingerly on her couch. "Malfoy!" she yelled at him. He smiled.
"I need to get married." He said.
"That's very nice. Now that you have informed me, you may leave." He laughed again.
"Virginia." He said smirking. "I need to get married to you."
"What?" Gunny said blankly.
"O.k. I'll explain slowly so your small brain can process what I'm saying." He said sarcastically. "You-need-to-"he started going very slow.
"Malfoy!" she said impatiently, stomping her foot.
"Alright." He said. "You and I need to get married."
"No." she said. "Why would I marry you?"
"Because you don't have a choice." He said, standing. Ginny stepped back.
"Yes, I do think I have a say in this!" she shouted at him. He laughed and moved closer to her.
"Virginia...don't you understand? I need to marry a pureblood!"
"So?"
"Your are very stupid." He said. Ginny glared at him. "I need to marry a pure-blood, and you're a pureblood. It was either you or Pansy Parkinson." He added.
"Well marry Pansy then." Ginny hissed. "Everyone knows she's in love with you." He laughed.
"But I want you"
"You can't make me. I say no....so there!" she said childishly. Malfoy laughed again. "Stop laughing!" she yelled at him.
"I can make you if I want." He whispered in her ear. She shuddered, and he smiled at feeling her fear. "I can ruin your life." Ginny looked up at him wide-eyes.
"How-?"
"Remember the little fiasco that occurred in your first year?" Ginny went pale, remembering when she'd opened the chamber. "What if it were to slip- that you opened it?" he hissed in her ear. He leaned forward. "You would never get a job, be plagued by the press" he said calmly. Ginny's face grew red with anger.
"You wouldn't," she said in barley a whisper.
"He leaned forward into her ear again. "Try me." Ginny stepped back into the wall, and looked up at his face, set in a smug smirk.
"Also you wouldn't wasn't your family in danger, now would you?" his mouth was curled into a cruel smile.
"Why me..." She said weakly.
Draco sighed impatiently "Did I not already explain?" he said. "I need a pureblood...and you're a pure blood"
"But what about Pansy-"She started but he held up his hand to silence her.
"I also need to tone down my 'bad boy' image. I need people to think I'm good....unlike my father, and marring someone like you-a commoner will do that for me." Ginny stared blankly.
"But you're not good." She said quietly. Draco nodded her head.
"Yes, yes I know." He pulled her away from the wall, pushed her roughly on the couch. He stood over her, and then crouched down so he was face-to-face with her. "I'll owl you the day after that family of yours gets back. You'll tell them that you've secretly been seeing me...and that we are engaged." He handed her a gold ring with a large diamond on it. "Put it on, it's our engagement ring." He dropped it in her lap.
"But-"Ginny said. "I can't tell them...it'll break their hearts! Ron will kill me!" Malfoy laughed coldly.
"You'll tell them that we're in love, that you can't stand not being with me." He smirked. He then turned and with a swish of his black and silver cloak was at the door. "See you later Weasley" then left. Ginny sat motionless on the couch, staring at the closed door.
"Oh..." was all she would say. She looked at the ring in her lap and placed it on her finger. She started crying. "I don't want to marry Malfoy!" she sobbed out loud. She thought of her family, and what Malfoy was capable of doing to them. She immediately pushed the thought out of her mind, and lay down on the couch, and curled into a tight ball.
"I can't let him hurt them," she thought miserably to herself. "I guess...I'll have to marry the little bastard!" she started crying a even harder, and then fell asleep.
As Ginny sat eating a piece of toast in the kitchen when a large gray owl flew into the room, and dropped a piece of parchment on the table, circled then flew out again. She quickly grabbed it and read it.
Dear Ginny,
Hope you're well! Good news, Brittan beat Ireland! Your mother, Ron and I will be home On Friday at three o'clock pm. We'll be traveling by a portkey. See you soon, Love Dad
"Tomorrow?" Ginny muttered under her breath. "I have to tell them this awful new...tomorrow!" she propped her elbows up onto the table, and dropped her face into her hands. She'd have to appear happy, and excited to be marring him. "How am I going to lie to my whole family like that?" she wondered aloud. She got up, and left her toast on the table. She'd lost her appetite.
"Ginny!" Ginny heard her mother's voice ringing from downstairs. "Ginny dear, we're home!" Ginny hopped of her bed, and rushed downstairs to see them. They hugged them all.
"How was it?" she asked.
"Fantastic!" Ron said. "Absolutely brilliant!"
"Were you alright here by yourself dear? "Her mother asked her, brow furrowed.
"Yes mum." She said sighing. "I think being nineteen I can stay home alone for a couple of days."
"Yes, yes I know," she said, pulling her into a tight hug. "You're just growing up so fast."
"What's this?" Ron said suddenly, grabbing her wrist and examining her hand. Ginny's heart stopped. She'd forgotten about the ring.
"Ginny!" her father said. They all crowded around her. "Where in earth did you get that-"
"Is this an engagement ring?" Ron asked angrily.
"Yes." Ginny said, freeing herself from his grasp.
"WHO!" he spat at her. Harry grabbed his shoulder.
"Calm down Ron." He shook off Harry's hand.
"Well dear?" Molly said her hand on her chest. "Who is it?"
"Well...umm...I've been seeing him for quite a while now..." she started, and inhaled deeply. "Secretly."
"Why secretly?" Ron hissed.
"Because I didn't want you to act like a lunatic!" she spat at him. "Look at you...I haven't even told you yet and you're already acting like a maniac." Ron's ears reddened.
"Ginny..." came her father's voice.
"Spit it out." Ron said, and received a glare from his mother.
"It's...Draco Malfoy." Complete silence followed. Her mother slumped into a chair, clutching her heart, her father stood mouth open, Ron was very red, and was clenching his fists. He seemed lost for words. Harry stood head titled slightly, staring at her.
"MALFOY?" Ron seemed to have found his voice, and was yelling. "THAT BASTARD?" he went up to her, and grabbed her by the shoulders. "YOU CAN"T MARRY HIM, WHAT CAN YOU POSSIBLE SEE IN THAT-THAT PRICK?"
"RON!" Harry yelled jumping forward, and pulled him back. He looked up at her. "Really? Malfoy...?" he said blankly. Ginny nodded, and Ron looked like he was about to explode. Her parents still sat silently.
"Oh." Her mother said, trying to remain clam. "Are you sure...it's a wise choice dear?"
"Yes." Ginny said curtly.
"Ginny...you don't love him do you?" came her father's voice.
'Yes! Of course I do!" she said. "Very much so, other wise why do you think that I'd agree to marry him? And he loves me back." She added, she felt tears sting her eyes, and brushed them away furiously. Luckily everyone seemed to think the tears were because of their reaction and said no more. Ron opened his mouth, but Ginny shook her head.
"I'm going up to bed." She said, and turned and left.
There was a knock on her bedroom door.
"Go away." Ginny said. She was lying in her bed, curled tightly in a ball. She looked over at her alarm. It read 10:05.
"Ginny, it's me, Harry" Came the voice from the other side of the door. "Can I come in?" Ginny didn't say anything, but heard the door creak open, and the weight of someone sitting beside her.
"What do you want?" She said. She sat up and looked at him. A look of worry clouded his face. He ran a hand through his untidy hair and looked at her.
"Ginny..." he started, and looked down, not meeting her eyes. "Are-are you really marring him?"
"Yes." Ginny answered. Harry looked up at her again.
'You don't...love him do you?" He stared at her, his emerald eyes focused on her. She felt dizzy staring into them, a broke her gaze.
"Yes, and he loves me back." She said quietly. She felt his hand under her chin, and lifted her face up. She found herself looking again to those eyes, and getting lost in them. He lifted his hand, and brushed a piece of hair away from her face.
"Ginny" he said in barely a whisper. "Why Malfoy?" before she could say anything, his lips met hers. He kissed her deeply then drew away. "Do you really love him?" Ginny stared blankly at him, then suddenly came to her senses.
"Harry...don't." she said. "Leave." she said.
"Ginny do you love him?" he repeating, not looking away from her. He leaned in again, but Ginny leaned back.
"No Harry...Don't," she said quietly. "Yes...I love him." Harry looked at her in shock. He stood up.
"But I love you." He said, then turned and left swiftly. Ginny sat staring at the open door, and started crying. She rushed up and closer her door then fell onto her bed, sobbing uncontrollably.
The next morning Ginny came downstairs for breakfast, not having slept well at all. She arrived at the table, and saw everyone was up, except Harry. She stood, hovering over the small wooden chair.
"Hungry?" Mrs. Weasley asked her.
"No." she said shortly. Just then a clicking at the window drew everyone's attention away form her. An owl hovered there, knocking at the window with its beak. Her dad quickly opened the window and it flew in. It had sleek chestnut brown feathers, and Ginny knew instantly whom it belonged too. It landed the back of the chair, and stuck out its leg. Ginny untied the parchment then the owl spread it wings, and quickly flew back out the window.
Ginny, I trust you've told your parents the news. Well I'll be at your house to pick you up to for a meeting with my mother and father. You'll tell you parents in taking out for lunch. I'll be there at one o'clock
DM
Ginny stared blankly at the parchment.
"Ginny?" Her mom said. "What is it?" Ginny snapped her head up, and plastered a fake smile on her face
"Ma-Draco is picking me up for lunch," she said. Her mother's face fell. Ginny looked at her family, all staring at her. "Umm...I'm not very hungry." She said. "I'm going to go and take a shower." She turned and headed up the stairs. As she passed the room Harry was staying in, she peaked through the crack in the door. He lay on his back with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling.
"Harry?" she said quietly, pushing the door a bit more open. Harry turned over and didn't answer. Ginny stared at him for a moment before turning and leaving.
Ginny's stomach knotted tightly when she heard her mother voice call her downstairs.
"Ginny! Malfoy...I mean Draco is here!" Ginny looked out the window at the top of the stairs. She'd rather him not come in the house again, and rushed out to meet him.
"Hello dear" he smirked. Ginny glared at him. He grabbed her waist and pulled her into a deep kiss. Ginny tried to objected, and push him away by putting her hands on his chest, one clenched his robes tightly. But it only gave the incorrect impression of her enjoying the kiss, and he smirked slightly on her lips knowing this. He turned her slightly, and slipped his tongue in her mouth. Ginny felt dizzy, she wasn't expecting him to be this close, the smell of his cologne made her feel faint. He pulled back, and clamped her tightly so his side, arm wrapped around her tightly.
"What the hell was that for?" she hissed at him He smirked again, and leaned in her ear.
"I've got to make it look like we're getting married...like we actually don't hate each other." He said.
"Why'd you stick your disgusting tongue in there?"
"To piss of your brother and Potter." He said slyly. Ginny turned her head, and saw Ron, standing very red-faced at the doorway, with a pale faced Harry behind him. Ginny turned her head back, and looked at the ground as he led her to his carriage, and helped her in.
!ok so this is the first chapter....I hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!