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Wednesday
September 18
"I need the boy before Christmas."
"How soon?"
"By the fortnight."
"I can get him here right away."
"No! Just make sure he is going to be here. Wait till the last moment. You don't want to alert anyone."
"Yes master."
Ginny yawned as she woke up. Where in Merlin's name was she? She was not in her bed. Ginny felt a hot breath on her ear and she turned her head slightly. She remembered now. She must have fallen asleep last night. Ginny looked at her watch and noticed it was still early. Too early.
"Draco, wake up." Ginny said quietly as she pulled out of his arms and sat up. Draco mumbled something as he frowned but he didn't wake up. She moved to sit on the opposite side of the bench and watched him sleep. He looked so peaceful. Ginny smiled to himself as he let out a little snore. She told that prat he snored! Ginny crawled back over to Draco and kissed him gently on the lips. "Wake up." Ginny let out a little surprised gasp as Draco pulled her down on top of him and kissed her again.
"Good morning." Draco said quietly when he had separated from her. "Did you sleep well."
"Considering we were sleeping in a gazebo on a bench, yes." Ginny replied smiling. "Why didn't you wake me up last night?"
Draco kissed her in reply as he shifted under her so that he can reach her lips better. Ginny crawled off of him and pulled Draco to a sitting position.
"So, why didn't you wake me up last night?" Ginny asked again.
"I was quite comfortable." Draco replied in that tone that implied he should have whatever he wanted. It was a tone that he hadn't used towards Ginny before and she frowned slightly hearing it.
"Okay." Ginny replied quietly.
"Plus," Draco continued as he pulled her to him. "You wanted to do something that no girl has ever done with me before. You got to wake up in my arms."
"I suppose that was going to happen sooner or later, considering that you are always pulling me into your arms." Ginny replied leaning against him, much like she was last night.
"I've never heard you protest."
"Would it matter if I did?"
"Of course."
Ginny gave him a skeptical look.
"Well if you weren't so nice to hold I wouldn't want you in my arms." Draco told her. "So it's your own fault."
"You know you snore." Ginny replied changing the subject.
"I don't." Draco growled quietly into her ear. "I already told you that."
Ginny laughed. "Draco Malfoy, not so perfect after all." she turned her head to face him and stuck her tongue out at him. Draco quickly kissed her sucking on her tongue as he did so. Ginny laughed gently as she wrapped her hand around the back of his neck.
"I do not snore." Draco told her when they separated.
"Are you saying that I am lying?" Ginny asked. "I hope you are not implying that I am a liar."
"That is exact what I am implying." Draco replied sniffing smugly. "Because Malfoy's don't snore."
"Draco Malfoy, you do snore." Ginny replied pulling out of his arms. "You snore, you do, you snore!"
Draco stood up and pulled Ginny off the bench and to her feet. "We are never going to agree on that subject."
"If you would only admit you snore." Ginny replied as they started their trek into the castle.
"I won't admit to something that I don't do."
"And how would you know?" Ginny asked. "You're too busy sleeping."
"Because, Malfoy's don't snore."
"Then I'm sorry to tell you that you do indeed snore." Ginny replied. "And if you tell me once more that you don't snore I will never kiss you ever again."
"You don't play fair." Draco replied pulling her against him and kissing her on the mouth.
"So you admit you snore." Ginny replied pulling out of his kiss and smiling at him innocently.
"No." Draco said as he pulled her back to him and kissed her again. "Maybe it's you that snore."
Ginny pulled away from him and started to walk ahead of him. "Oh, just bite me." she replied grumpily.
Draco grabbed her arm and twirled her around. "What the lady gets the lady wants." Draco said quietly before gently biting her on the neck.
Ginny gasped in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"You said to bite you." Draco replied looking innocently at her.
"You prat."
Draco smirked at her. "Yes, I am."
"You know you smirk an awful lot." Ginny informed him as she started back to the castle. "In fact, I bet if you would smile instead of smirk than you would constantly be smiling."
"Don't say that." Draco replied aghast.
"Would it be so bad?" Ginny asked seriously. "To look at me and smile?"
"What?"
"Why don't you ever smile at me? Why can't you smile at me?"
"I don't smile at anyone."
"But, I'm not just anyone." Ginny replied sounding a bit hurt.
"Where is this coming from?" Draco asked confused. One minute they were joking and the next she looked upset. What did he do wrong?
"All you ever do is smirk, roll you eyes. You never smile and you barely ever laugh. Do I not make you happy?" she stood there looking at him with her arms crossed.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"You didn't do anything." Ginny replied shrugging. "I just don't know why I'm not enough."
Draco looked at Ginny wondering what to say. Ginny gave him one last look before turning and walking back to the castle. Draco stood there watching her walk away, still confused as to what happened. He should go after her, he knew he should go after her. He didn't though. He stood there and watched her walk back to the castle without him. Draco stood there for a minute contemplating before making his own way into the castle. He didn't know what to say to her and he didn't exactly know what he did wrong, except not smile.
Blaise looked at Draco expectantly as he sat down.
"What?" Draco asked grumpily.
"You never came back to your room." Blaise replied lifting an eyebrow.
"So?"
"So?" Blaise replied smiling.
"How do you smile?" Draco asked.
"What?"
"How do you smile?"
"You don't come back to your room all night and all you have to say is how do you smile?"
"She's mad at me." Draco replied. "Because I don't smile at her."
Blaise shook his head laughing.
"What? This isn't funny!" Draco replied angrily.
"It sort of is." Blaise replied shrugging. "Draco, do you even realize how much of a closed book you are?"
"What?"
"You show no emotion, except disdain and such." Blaise replied waving his hand in the air. "But you don't show happiness."
"So?"
"So, maybe she needs to know that she's needed."
"Of course I need her." Draco replied sighing.
"Let her know that then." Blaise replied rolling his eyes.
"I thought I did."
"How?"
"I spend time with her." Draco replied rolling his eyes. "I hate this."
"What do you hate?"
"Having this talk. I hate it."
"Well if you weren't such a blank slate then you wouldn't be having such a problem." Blaise replied. "Seriously, could you stop screwing up so much? I do have a life besides righting your wrongs."
"This is the second time that you have done anything."
"I know, and let me tell you that you are so needy." Blaise replied smirking.
"You never told me how to smile."
Blaise snorted. "It isn't that hard, when you're happy you show it."
Draco nodded as he stood up. "I have to go."
"Go make up with her."
"I have to go." Draco repeated walking out of the Great Hall. Classes were resuming today but Draco didn't care. He had more important things to do. He walked to his room and quickly undressed throwing his clothes on the ground as he walked to his bathroom. Draco jumped in the shower and cleaned himself. He took his time, thinking about what to do as he showered. Draco climbed out of his shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He looked in the mirror at himself, contemplating. He turned his lips upward in what could be considered a very scary smile. He frowned and tried again. He looked like a fool. Smiling? What the hell was he thinking. He didn't smile, he was Draco Malfoy! Malfoy's don't smile. Draco tried again, and again, and again, and again. Finally Draco glared at himself in the mirror, he gave up. Malfoy's don't give up either, oh well. He was doing a lot of things Malfoy's weren't suppose to do. Draco looked at the time. He had been in his bathroom for two hours! It would be lunch soon and he could go find Ginny and talk to her. Draco looked in the mirror and sighed at his appearance. His hair was horrid looking and he looked tired.
Draco ran his hands through his hair, trying to tame it. After a couple minutes he gave up and made his way to his room to get dressed. Instead of throwing on his usual school uniform he decided to dress to impress. After all, apparently he had done something to let Ginny down so he was going to fix it. He threw on a black silk shirt and a pair of matching black slacks and made his way out of his room.
He walked into the Great Hall and looked around. Where was she? Draco thought for a minute before making his way away from the Great Hall. Draco reached the door he wanted and opened it, peaking his head in.
"Can I come in?" he asked quietly looking at Ginny. She was sitting in the middle of the old divination room with a book in her lap.
She jumped at the sound of his voice and nodded. "I can't stop you."
Draco stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. "Tell me what I did to upset you so much."
"Nothing." Ginny replied not looking up. "You did nothing."
"Then why are you mad at me."
"I'm not." Ginny sighed. "I'm just confused."
"About?"
"You."
"Why?" Draco asked moving to kneel in front of her.
"Because, you never smile, you never look happy."
"So?"
"So do I not make you happy?"
"Of course you make me happy."
"Then why don't you ever look it?"
Draco reached up and cupped her cheek with his hand. "I'm quite horrid with this whole emotion and caring thing. And truth be told you are probably way too good for me." Draco kissed her tenderly on the lips. "You make me happy, but I'm very shallow and I don't like how I look when I smile."
Ginny laughed quietly at this. "How would you know, you never smile."
"Shows what little you know." Draco replied. "For the past two hours I've been trying to smile, and I'm quite horrible at it."
"Two hours?" Ginny asked smirking.
"I told you I'm horrid at smiling."
"That's really sad." Ginny said quietly. "You can't smile." She smirked at him. "You snore and you can't smile."
"Oh bite me." Draco echoed the words Ginny had told him hours earlier.
"No, you would enjoy that too much." Ginny replied.
"Why do you think I wanted you too." Draco replied smirking.
"You're horrible." Ginny replied standing up.
"Where are you going?"
"I have a class soon." Ginny replied checking her watch. "So do you."
"I already skipped this morning, so why go to classes now?"
"Why did you skip?"
Draco threw her a glance that clearly said 'you're kidding right?'
"Oh." Ginny replied blushing. "You were trying to smile."
"Don't say it like that."
"I can't help it, it's funny." Ginny laughed. She offered her hand to Draco and pulled him up. "Come on, we'll be late to class."
"I don't want to go."
"Stay here then." Ginny replied. "I'm going to my class though, you aren't getting me another detention."
"You're no fun."
"No, I'm responsible."
"You'll skip with me one day."
"Sure." Ginny replied skeptically.
"Can I ask you a question without you getting mad?"
"Sure."
"Why were you mad at me earlier?"
"I don't know." Ginny shrugged. "PMS?"
Draco shuddered.
"What's wrong Draco?" Ginny asked laughing.
"Girl issues. I'm going to class." Draco replied.
"Bye."
"Tell me he fixed everything with you two." Blaise asked coming up behind Ginny in the hall after her class.
"I suppose."
"You suppose? What's wrong?"
"I had another dream last night."
"What happened?"
"See for yourself." Ginny replied holding out her necklace.
"Two weeks?" Blaise asked after he had seen the dream.
"Yep."
"What are we going to do?"
Ginny shrugged. "I don't know. I mean we have two weeks." She looked up at Blaise contemplating. "Should we tell him."
"No." Blaise replied quickly. "Not unless they move up the date."
Ginny nodded in agreement. "I'm worried."
Blaise hugged her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "So am I." He released Ginny and looked at her curiously. "So where was Draco last night?"
"What?"
"He wasn't in his room."
"Yeah, we fell asleep outside in this gazebo." Ginny replied.
"Fell asleep?" Blaise asked skeptically.
"Yes." Ginny replied rolling her eyes. "We haven't shagged, not yet anyway."
"Not yet?" Blaise asked raising an eyebrow.
"You never know." Ginny replied shrugging.
"You aren't thinking of-"
"No." Ginny interrupted him, blushing. "I'm just saying that anything is possible, and I really like him."
Blaise surveyed her for a minute. "Just don't regret whatever you do with him."
"I won't."
"Good." Blaise replied giving her one last hug. "Have to go to class. One more before dinner."
"Same here." Ginny replied sighing. "I think I might have to take up Draco on his offer one day and skip class."
"If only he would offer to skip with me." Blaise called lustfully to her.
"Hey he's taken and so are you." She called after him.
"Don't remind me."
"I have to talk to you." Ron told Draco coldly.
"What do you want Weasley?" Draco asked stopping in the hall and turning to Ron.
"Listen, Ginny is my little sister and I love her to death. I understand that she is growing up and needs her freedom. But considering that she is dating you it doesn't help to ease my mind."
"I can understand that." Draco told him truthfully. "If I had a little sister I wouldn't want her dating a guy like me."
"Then why are you dating her?"
"Listen Weasley, I get that you don't like me, I don't like you either." Draco rolled his eyes. "But as hard as this may be for you to understand, I do care for your sister. I'm not saying you can trust me as a person, but with your sister you can. I'm not going to force her or pressure her to do anything she doesn't want to." Draco smirked. "Of course if she wants to shag, I'm not going to stop her with that either."
Ron glared at Draco but sighed reluctantly. "Fine. Just if you hurt her I will kill you."
"If I hurt her I will kill myself." Draco replied. "But, I don't plan on hurting her any time soon, so no worries." Draco continued down the hall and down some stairs leaving Ron standing there in the hall. Draco had just had what he considered to be a very civil conversation with the Weasel. He was quite shocked with himself. Draco had just gotten done with his last class for the day and he was bored. Of course he did have homework he should be doing, but the thought of hanging out with Ginny was more exciting for him, so he started his search for her. Draco gave up when he couldn't find her. It was dinner time anyways.
Draco made his way into the Great Hall and looked around, Ginny wasn't in there. Draco moved over to his table and sat down beside Blaise.
"Talk to Ginny." Blaise told him.
"Talked to your boy." Draco replied.
"Ginny said something very interesting."
"Really? What?" Draco asked not really paying attention.
"That you guys haven't shagged, yet."
"So?"
"She said anything was possible."
"Really?" Draco asked looking up interested.
"Yep." Blaise nodded. "Of course that doesn't mean push the matter." He gave Draco a knowing look.
Draco rolled his eyes. "Of course not, plus I just promised her brother that I wouldn't."
"What?"
"Yeah he cornered me after my last class and I just told him that I get it. I'm the big bad that no big brother would want his little sister to date and that I was going to treat her right. Not that he hadn't heard it already, of course."
"What did he say."
"The usual, hurt her and die." Draco replied rolling his eyes. "It's getting really boring constantly hearing that."
Blaise laughed. "So you and Ginny made up."
"Yes." Draco smirked. "But of course when I look like this," Draco motioned towards his clothes. "What would you expect?"
"She is too good for you."
"Do you know where she is?"
"No."
"Damn, I have to go find her then." Draco replied grumpily. "You know if I didn't like her so much I really wouldn't put up with all that goes with actually having a girl friend."
Blaise laughed. "It's not too late, you can have me."
"In your dreams."
"Yes." Blaise agreed smirking. "In my dreams."
"I'm leaving now." Draco said getting up. "Stop hitting on me."
"Come one," Blaise called to Draco's back. "It's just a bit of fun."
"You spoke to Draco?" Blaise asked Ron in astonishment.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"I just had to know where he and my sister stood."
"And?"
"And, I've done what I can."
"So, have you told Hermione yet about you and me?"
Ron snorted. "I'm still alive aren't I?"
"I'll take that as a no."
"I knew you had to be smart." Ron smirked.
Blaise laid his head on Ron's shoulder. "When are you going to tell her."
"Maybe I don't have to tell her."
"She's been one of your best friends all through Hogwarts, you have to tell her."
"I know." Ron sighed wrapping his arm around Blaise's shoulder. "She is going to kill me."
"Yes, she will." Blaise agreed. "Lucky you can run faster than her. Because, when you tell her you better run, and run fast."
"You aren't helping."
"Sorry." Blaise smiled up at Ron. "I was entertaining myself though."
"Maybe I should go tell her now, before I chicken out."
"No." Blaise replied firmly.
"Why not?"
"Because, I want you here with me." Blaise replied. "I have plans for us."
"Really? Like what?"
"We are going out on a date." Blaise replied.
"What?"
"I have it all set up with the house-elves and the kitchens." Blaise replied. "And I'm going to give you a tarot card reading." Blaise smirked to himself at that last part. He had a prediction, that Ron's tarot card reading would be much like Draco's had been.
"Wow." Ron replied as Blaise pulled him off the couch. "I can't believe you planned out a date for us."
"Well, we haven't really gone on a date and I want to wine and dine you." Blaise told him. "Even though technically I'm not actually spending money on you."
Ginny sat in the twin's shop. She told Ron that since she had just walked out on the store yesterday that she would work in it tonight. She knew he hadn't gotten to hang out with Blaise last night and she felt guilty. She wasn't mad at him like she had been. So far there had been a steady flow of business. Just when one student left another student would come in.
She was bored though. Sitting in a shop, ringing up merchandise wasn't her idea of a good time. She looked up as the door opened again and sighed. It was just Harry. He came over and leaned on the counter.
"What's going on?"
"What does it look like?" Ginny asked motioning around the shop as she sat on the edge of the counter.
"Then it's a good thing I came to entertain you." Harry replied.
"Don't you have Hermione to hang out with."
"She broke up with me." Harry sighed.
"I was wondering when she would come to her senses." Ginny teased.
"Hey, the wound is still to fresh."
"Sorry." Ginny replied sheepishly. "So why did she break up with you?"
"I don't know." Harry shrugged. "She said something about potions class."
"What?" Ginny asked her head snapping up.
"I don't know." Harry repeated.
"Well, here have a free chocolate." Ginny replied handing him a chocolate. "Don't eat it though, give it to someone and watch them turn into something."
"Thanks for the warning." Harry smiled at her. "So what have you been up to lately."
"Nothing much." Ginny replied shrugging, "What about you."
"Just being dumped." Harry replied smiling.
"You look awfully happy for someone who has been dumped." Ginny joked.
"That's because I have my sights on someone else." Harry shrugged.
"Really?" Ginny asked shocked. "Who?"
"You." Harry replied before taking her and kissing her on the lips.
Ginny sat there a minute stunned, before she realized what he was doing. She pushed him away from her. "What the bloody hell do you think you are doing?" Ginny asked hopping off the counter and turning to face him. Her eyes glared at him, daring him to say the wrong thing.
"I just thought-"
"You thought wrong." Ginny interrupted him. "How dare you kiss me! I'm dating someone! You know this!"
"You're dating Malfoy." Harry replied angrily back.
"So?"
"So, I'm better than him."
Ginny stood there mentally counting to ten. One, two, three, I can't hit him, four, five, why can't I, six seven eight, because that would be wrong, nine, ten, I don't care. Ginny raised her hand and slapped him across the face. "You don't ever say that to me." she hissed angrily. "You are not better than him, not when you kiss his girlfriend."
Harry took a step back from her, stunned. She had never hit him, not really.
"You may not like him, but that bloody well isn't your business because I do." Ginny continued. "You have no right to kiss me. I did not ask you to kiss me and I did not want you to kiss me. You better bloody well hope Draco doesn't find out because he will not be happy." she stopped talking and glared at him, before jumping at the sound of a voice behind her.
"Too, bad I already know." Draco drawled from the doorway. He walked up to Ginny and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Don't worry Little Red, I'm not mad at you." He sent Harry a triumphant smirk. "However, Potter, really, how low can you go?"
Harry didn't answer he just stood there glaring at the two of them before storming out of the shop.
"I would suggest next time you keep your lips off things that aren't yours." Draco called after him, taunting him.
"I shouldn't have slapped him." Ginny said quietly.
"No, that you should have done, definitely."
"Mum is going to be furious if she finds out." Ginny replied. "Harry's like another son to her."
"He deserved it." Draco replied shrugging.
"So, how much did you hear."
"Nothing really." Draco replied. "Just that he better hope I don't find out."
"Then how did you know he kissed me?"
"Well, it had to be something truly awful to get you that mad at him." Draco smirked, "And that is the most awful thing I could think of."
Ginny laughed quietly pulling away from him and sitting on the counter. "You know most girls would loved to be snogged by Harry."
"And considering I have probably snogged all those girls myself, he can have my leftovers." Draco replied leaning beside her on the counter. "However, you aren't a leftover."
"You make me sound like food." Ginny told him wrinkling her nose.
Draco smirked. "There is a really good joke I could make there, but seeing as how you blush like mad every time I say anything with a sexual nature, I won't say it."
Ginny blushed anyway. "You're horrible."
"And, yet somehow I still got the girl." Draco smirked.
Ginny smirked back before sliding off the other side of the counter. "You only got the girl because Blaise likes to play matchmaker."
"Either way," Draco shrugged. "I'm the one who gets to snog you and not Scarhead."
"This isn't a contest."
"It became one when Potter decided to kiss you."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I'm not some trophy."
"That's not what I'm saying."
"Then what are you saying?"
"That I enjoy having things that Potter doesn't." Draco replied with a smirk.
Ginny was about to say something when the door opened and Luna walked in. Luna sent Draco a wary glance as she walked over to the counter.
"Do you have any Tongue Twisters?" Luna asked her.
"Um, Luna," Ginny replied looking at her weirdly, "Those are Zonko products."
"Isn't this a joke shop?" Luna asked her unabashed.
"Yes, my brothers joke shop." Ginny informed her.
"Very well then." Luna replied turning around, and with one last look at Draco she walked away.
"Why does she keep glaring at me?" Draco asked Ginny once Luna head left.
Ginny held back a laugh. "Apparently Glitter Mites like blonde hair."
"What the hell is a Glitter Mite?"
"I don't know." Ginny shrugged as a laugh finally escaped her. "She's probably afraid you are carrying Glitter MItes around with you."
"Loony Luna."
"I suppose so." Ginny replied still laughing.
"It isn't funny."
"Oh, come on. You are always so clean and well pampered and she thinks you have mites." Ginny replied trying to kill her laughter. "I wonder though, what does Luna need with Tongue Twisters?"
"Who knows with her." Draco replied rolling his eyes. "I'm going, I have homework." He leaned over the counter and gave her a quick peck on the lips.
"Tonight was wonderful." Ron told Blaise as they walked up to the Gryffindor tower.
"Good." Blaise smiled. "Did you like your tarot reading?"
"Even though all of it was made up." Ron replied looking at Blaise slyly. "Yes."
"Good."
"I'll have to take you on a date next time." Ron told him as they neared the entrance. Ron heard a sharp intake of breath just as they rounded the corner. He looked up to see Hermione standing there.
"Date?" Hermione asked sharply looking between Ron and Blaise. "Date!"
Ron took a step back, "Erm, yes."
"Date?" Hermione repeated again angrily. "But, he's a he."
Ron glanced at Blaise quickly. "Erm, yes."
"But, you and I dated."
"Erm, yes." Ron replied getting quieter.
"I dated you."
"Yes."
"And now you're dating him!"
"Yes." Ron replied taking another step back as Hermione's voice continued to rise.
"But you dated me, and I'm a girl, and then you date him, a boy!"
"Yes." Ron said meekly.
"You're dating a boy!" Hermione replied taking a step closer to them.
Ron backed into Blaise as he took another step back. "Yes."
"Is that all you can say?" Hermione snapped at him.
"Yes." Ron nodded as she took another step towards him.
"Was I that horrible?" Hermione asked angrily.
"That isn't how it works." Blaise spoke up.
"You shut up!" Hermione snapped angrily. "This isn't your business."
"Actually, considering I am dating him, it is." Blaise replied.
Hermione glared at the two of them before turning on her heel and storming down the hall.
"She took it better than I though she was going to." Ron said quietly.
"That's taking it better."
"She didn't throw anything at me." Ron shrugged. He gave Blaise a quick kiss on the lips. "Goodnight."
"Night, love." Blaise called as Ron entered the Gryffindor common room.