A/N: Finally chapter 15! Woo, sorry about the shortness last chap. Well, I want to say thanks to everyone for the reviews we got!
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AMY AMY AMY: Ahhhh!! YOU SO ROCK MY PURPLE SOCKS OFF!!! Lol! You're sooo0o0o0o0daphgiopahgioahndg sweet ! Haha we have aweeeessssoooommmeeee convos. Woohoo!
Ginny: (Rolls eyes) Ah get over it..
Liz: IF DRACO WERE HERE, WE'D BE SNOGGING!!!
Ginny: And me and Amy would be killing you two.. (sigh) Stupid hormonal Teenagers. LOVE YA, AMY!
Anyway, enjoy! :)
That night, Ginny had a horrible night's sleep. She imagined Harry chasing her around Draco's mansion, then Lucius came and stole Draco. She was looking for him all around this big, marble ballroom, and Harry ran up to her, muttering 'I told you to go with ME!' With a start, she woke up, breathing heavily.
She looked around frantically, Draco was no where in sight.
"Draco!?" She yelled into the empty room, "Draco?"
She relaxed when he came swaggering in through the bathroom door, hair wet from the shower, "Mornin' Red"
"Red? Gotten sick of Weaselette, have we?" Ginny smiled; he was so gorgeous and he was HERS. Mine mine mine mine mine!
"What's yours yours yours yours yours?"
"You...and stop listening to my thoughts!"
"No, and I'm flattered, really." He sat down next to her, "Do you have a dress for the dance?"
"Not yet. I haven't really had time, you know? From running around trying to save my friends, to nearly dying, to being..." she wouldn't remind herself. "..I didn't think I was going with anyone, anyway."
"Well then, lets go."
"Go where exactly, Malfoy?" She asked suspiciously, as he pulled on a black sweater, "And in case you haven't noticed: I'm not dressed."
"Go shopping, thats what you girls like to do isn't it? I can't have you going to a dance with me wearing you mothers old clothes, and why aren't you dressed? Are you naked under those covers? Holding out on me?" he grinned cheekily.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I meant I'm not dressed in clothes I'd wear outside." For her knight in shining armour, he sure could be a perv.
Draco was in a very good mood; he had been feeling steadily better since his father was sent to azkaban. His dementor's kiss was set for new years eve. Lovely way to start the year...everyone had noticed the change in Draco, he wasn't as uptight... he was still a pain in the gryffindor houses side, however.
"Get dressed then." He sat on the couch, watching her with a devilish glint in his eye.
"I will, as soon as you leave the room," she said, tilting her head slightly. "Until then, I'll just hide out under the covers." She slid the covers over her head and layed in a big heap in the middle of the bed. Soon, Draco saw a freckled arm pull a pillow under there, too.
"Thats not very friendly." Draco grumbled, "I'll see in you the great hall then, going to grab me some food."
"Thank God..I mean, oh, you're still here?" She joked, peeking her head out of the covers. "Before you go, come here for a second."
He walked up to the bed, staring down into the eyes peeking up at him.
She reached up and kissed him lightly; considering he hadn't really kissed her last night, she tried for a light 'good morning/see you in the great hall' kiss.
When he pulled away he shot a quick, "Who taught you to kiss, Red?"
With out a reply he strode out of the room towards the great hall.
"You, obviously," she murmured to herself, finding a red t-shirt, a black sweater over it, ripped jeans, and a black pair of some muggle shoe Hermione got her- something called 'Converses'? She brushed her hair and put it in a ponytail, put small red studs in her ears, and walked out to meet Draco in the Great Hall.
"Hey Ginny!" Hermione gurgled, walking with her into the hall, "How was your date with Harry? Ron and I made up! Isn't that spledid? Oh Ginny what a great day today is going to be! I can feel it!"
"I'm glad you and Ron are okay!" Ginny said, trying to sound happy.
"Thanks!" Hermione smiled. "So, how was...?"
"HORRID!" Ginny snapped.
"What? Did Harry say stupid stuff? That's like him, you know. Always blurting-"
"No, he didn't say anything stupid! He freaking ABUSED ME, okay?!" She tried to speed up her walking.
"Abused you? Ginny, are we talking about the same Harry Potter?" Hermione asked incredulously.
"Yes." she replied shortly. Hermione was flabbergasted, looking around wildly for something to say otherwise as they entered the great hall. Draco snuck up behind Ginny (who was looking for him), snaking his hands around her waist.
"Hullo, Red." He whispered in her ear, "Is Granger bothering you?"
"No, Draco," Ginny replied, happy that someone cared about using people for interrogation.
"Red? What kind of name is that?" Hermione said, putting one hand on her hip.
"Its called a nickname Granger, Like you're mudblood... I thought you were smart, obviously we were all gravely mistaken." Draco replied dryly.
Ignoring his statement, Hermione changed the subject. "Oh! Look, there's Harry and Ron now! C'mon, Gin," she said, grabbing Ginny's hand.
"No! I'm not going over there! I can't!" Ginny nearly screeched in fear.
Draco tightened his hold on Ginny, sneering at Hermione, "Red and I have a breakfast date, Granger. If you don't mind, she'll be eating with me today. I'm sure you'll be able to cope."
"I won't keep her too long, Malfoy! I just want to sort this whole Harry/Ginny thing out! I doubt anything Harry did was purpously!"
"What are you, Potter's fan-club president?" Draco growled. Ginny's eyes were wide; everytime she heard 'Harry' or 'Potter', she got nervous, and she looked around, hoping she wouldn't catch his eye.
"Shut up you overgrown ferret and let go of my best friend!" Hermione said loudly, attracting the attention of a few nearby students, including Harry and Ron.
"Everything okay 'Mione?" Ron asked, giving Malfoy his look of death. Draco was ignoring him, instead, keeping his eyes on Harry, who had a beautiful bruise ringing his eye. Draco admired his handy work, quite proudly.
Ginny looked up at Draco, who looked down at her, who looked at Hermione, who looked at Ron, who looked at Harry, who glared at Ginny. Draco felt Ginny's hand tighten around his, and felt her shift from foot to foot uncomfortably.
"Well, this was an interesting meeting, but I believe Potter has to go lick his wounds." Draco said with a smirk, "Unless he's looking for some new ones?"
"I'd shut your mouth if I were you, Malfoy," Harry sneered. "Hermione, Ron, I'll meet you back at the table, okay?" Hermione and Ron nodded, giving an odd glance towards the outburst, and walked away. "You better shut up, Malfoy, or your little girlfriend will get it." With that, he started to walk away, until he stopped. He walked up to Gin and sneered, "And don't forget to get a nice dress for our date to the dance." Then, he sauntered away, sitting next to Hermione.
Ginny turned around and looked up at Draco, fear in her eyes. "D-draco..I don't want to go w-with him!"
"Of course you don't, go sit by Blaise...I am going to go have a chat with Potter." He replied briskly, striding over to the gryffindor table, he tapped on Harry's shoulder.
"Wha- oh it's you" The gryffindor replied angrily.
"Listen, stay away from Ginny or I'll break that puny little neck of yours, and I doubt I'll be the only one. If her brother's find out what you did to her, you won't be living for much longer. Do you understand you filthy little inbred?" Draco hissed threateningly, before returning to Ginny.
Ron and Hermione turned to Harry in confusion, "What was he on about?"
"Oh," Harry said, thinking on his feet, "He tried to rape Ginny, and then he blamed it on me, making her believe it was me and not him."
"What?" Ron boomed.
"Calm down, Ron." Hermione said slowly, "How come you didn't tell us sooner Harry? Maybe if we put a truth serum in there drinks we can get him to say, he'd be expelled for sure!"
"Uuhh..well, Draco, he..He threatened me! I thought I'd leave it alone, ya know? Since I did save Gin and all. But she's been rather moody these days, being horrid to me; I think Draco's being really horrid to her."
Hermione looked at Ginny, who was talking and laughing with Draco at the slytherin table, "I don't believe you Harry."
"What?" Ron and Harry said together.
"Isn't it obvious 'Mione, I told you he was no good! Wait til I get my hands on that slimeball..." Ron ranted.
"Stop it, Ronald.. You heard what I said; I don't believe you, Harry. Draco didn't seem like he was being horrid to her, he actually seems like he..well, loves her. He actually calls her 'Red' instead of Weasley; I think it's quite cute," ("CUTE?!"), "And anyway, Ginny told me something about you abusing her, Harry."
"Well of course she did, he's brainwashing her Herms! We've got to save her from him." Harry said angrily, how dare Hermione not believe him? She was supposed to be his best friend, next to Ron.
"I Don't believe you," she murmured.
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At the Slytherin table, Ginny tried to laugh and joke, but it was hard considering she kept recieving glares from Ron and Harry. Draco noticed this and put his arm around her. "Well, guys, I think we're gonna go now, 'bye," Draco said, leading Ginny out of the great hall.
"Don't worry your pretty little face, Ginny. Harry's not going to do anything, I promise."
She reached up and kissed him on the cheek. 'Argh, I still haven't gotten that snog,' Draco thought to himself, making sure Ginny couldn't hear.
Draco walked out of the castle only to recieve a, "Where are we going?" from Ginny.
"Hogsmeade..."
"Students aren't -"
"We're prefects, Red, abuse your power a little. Its quite fun."
She smiled; shopping would surely brighten her spirits up. When they reached Hogsmeade, they walked into the dress shoppe. "Pick out anything, I'll be sitting here," he said, sitting in a loveseat.
"What? Not going to help me?" Ginny asked happily.
"No, thats not my thing, I don't shop for dresses." Draco drawled.
"Thank merlin!" Ginny giggled.
Ginny went through numerous clothes racks, holding several dresses up to her, modeling them in the mirror, imagining what they would like like.
"We've been here for a half an hour and still, you haven't tried one thing on!" Draco whined.
"I've picked out a few things to try on, calm down!"
She had dresses of light blue, some of green, some of black..but none of them were good enough, until one caught her eye. It was a red dress that had sparkles at the bottom, and had ties on the straps. "Red, in red!" she whispered to herself. She went into the changing room to try it on, and when she did it was like magic: it fit her perfectly, and she looked radiant in it.
"Are you going to let me see?" Draco queried, he really did want to see.
"Nope, you'll just have to wait til the dance!" She said childishly. She smiled as she heard his exasperated sigh.
"Well come on then, lets ring it up. We have other places to be." He stated bossily.
"Like where?" she questioned, putting the dress in it's covering so Draco couldn't see.
"Like nowhere of your concern. You ask far to many questions."
"I think it is of my concern, considering 'we' are going," she snipped. Why was he being so..blah?
"Telling you would require telling you, and right now I can't do that." He shot right back, although he sounded somewhat amused.
She rolled her eyes as they paid, and he put his arm out and she (unwillingly) linked hers with his.
"Close your eyes." He commanded, she reluctantly did so, what was he playing at? She felt him pratically drag her into another building, and sit her on a bench, "Don't open your eyes."
She heard him whispering with someone, feel his eyes watching her, making sure she wouldn't peak.
"Okay. Open your eyes, Red." He said suddenly, she saw that they were in 'Magical Treasures' jewelry shop, and was holding a beautiful box out to her.
She gasped, delighted, he grinned at her, "Open it then."
"Oh Draco..." She whispered before taking the box, and opening it delicately. Inside was a beautiful ruby and emerald pendant on an intricate silver chain. Red and Green. Gryffindor and Slytherin.
"Draco, it's beautiful.. I love it! It's gorgeous.." she was hypnotized by the situation.
"Its nothing compared to you." Draco whispered, his voice was void of any real emotion, but his eyes told a different story. Over a period of three months, rich, heartless Draco Malfoy had fallen for poor, stubborn Ginerva Weasly. He held out his hand, to help her up from her perch on the bench. Turning her around, he told her to hold her hair out of the way, as he carefully placed the fragile looking necklace around her slender neck.
She turned to face him, tears in her eyes, "Oh, thank you Draco! I'll wear it always!"
He smiled, ever so slightly, he was happy to see her happy.
He held out his arm in a gentleman like fashion, "I believe, Ms. Weasly, that it is time we leave. Dinner is in an hour after all."
"Already?" She asked, as she linked arms with him.
"Already."
Thoughts ran through Ginny's head, like how lucky she was to have someone like Draco, how she was just so happy...
They went upstairs to 'their' room first (Ginny complained about having to change) and Draco sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for her to get changed.
"I'll be right out!" She called.
"Sure, like that ever happens," Draco called back sarcastically. "I'd like to see you try to get changed in less than 30 minutes!" Ginny smirked at Draco's challenge.
"Fine! It's a deal!"
"Fine, I'll start counting. Oh, no magic, by the way." Hmm..this might be harder than she thought..
She got dressed in 20 minutes (she had counted) when she heard Draco yell, "Time's up!"
"What? You cheated!"
"Prove it," he said, grinning. She grinned mischeviously and made a running sprint to him, pushing him over on the bed. Their faces were now only inches apart..
"Is this how you're going to prove it Red, seduction? Tut tut, expected better from you!" Draco laughed, he was cut off by a passionate kiss from Ginny.
"You did too cheat" she whisped breathlessly.
"Either way, I got what I wanted." He grinned, "Shouldn't we be on our way to dinner - unless you want to skip, I certainly won't mind."
"I got what I wanted, too," she said, smiling. "I got you." She ignored the last quotation about dinner; she wasn't very hungry (her stomach was growling) and she was pretty tired (she was wide awake) anyway, so why not stay in the room...?
Draco got a look in his eye, like a predator on the hunt, "Don't start anything you don't want to finish."
"Who said I was starting anything?" Draco grinned at her, before kissing her again. They continued this way, snogging each other mad, til they couldn't breathe any longer. Ginny's lungs felt as if they would collapse. Draco looked at her hungrily, and she could feel the blush creep up her cheeks, "Are you sure about this Ginny?"
The only reply he got was another kiss.