(A/N OMG the reviews are crazy insane. I almost have 300 in like three days. Wow. Anyway keep reading.)

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Sunday

September Twenty Second

Draco was roused from his sleep with the sound of whimpering. He immediately knew what it was. Ginny was crying. He reached forward trying to find her in the dark, she wasn't on the bed with him. "Where are you?" he asked sleepily.

"Go back to sleep." Ginny replied.

Draco crawled out of bed, it sounded like she was in the bathroom. He slipped on his boxers as picked up his wand, "Lumos," and made his way towards the bathroom. He found Ginny sitting on the floor leaning against the cabinet, and facing the bed. Draco crouched down beside her as he put his wand down.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Draco asked as he pulled Ginny to him and held her.

"I couldn't sleep." Ginny replied wiping away a tear.

"Why not?" Draco asked as he checked the time. "It's two thirty in the morning."

"I couldn't stop thinking." Ginny replied as she shivered against him.

"What were you thinking about?" Draco asked even though he already knew the answer.

Ginny laid her cheek on Draco's chest and he could feel her tears. "You leaving."

"Why are you thinking about that?" Draco asked with a little sigh.

"I can't not think about it."

Draco pushed her hair behind her ear before trailing his hand to cup Ginny's cheek. "Thinking about it won't do you any good."

"Ignoring won't do me any good either." Ginny replied placing her hand on top of his and holding his hand to her cheek.

"Stop crying." Draco said quietly.

"Why?"

"Because, your crying is killing me." Draco replied pain escaping though his voice.

"You're leaving is killing me." Ginny shot back.

"Little Red."

"I don't suppose you can make me hate you?" Ginny asked quietly.

"That would kill me."

"Me too." Ginny agreed as she pulled away from Draco, wiping her tears away again. "I'm done crying." she gave him a weak smile.

Draco stood up. "Come one. You are getting some sleep." he pulled her towards his bed and climbed in after her. "I'm warning you, I'm not going to sleep until I know you are asleep, and if I'm tired when I wake up again I'm blaming you." Draco kissed her tenderly on the lips as he pulled her closer to him. "So get some sleep."

"I'll try." Ginny replied quietly.

"No you will." Draco informed her. True to his word he didn't fall back asleep until he was sure Ginny was asleep. He didn't want to wake up to find her crying in his bathroom, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

Ginny woke him up later that morning. Much in the same manner as to when Pansy had been in her room, only this time she looked a bit more amused. Draco peered over her to see Ron and Blaise standing in the doorway. Ron was obviously trying to control his temper, which considering the fact that Ginny wasn't actually naked he didn't understand his anger.

"Morning." Draco said in a voice laced with sleep. "Can I help you."

"Just wondering why we hadn't seen you for a few meals now." Blaise replied smirking at the delightful scene in front of him. "Silly us, we should have known."

"We went out last night." Draco informed him, "And we slept in. Not quite as scandalous as you are trying to make it."

"I have to keep myself entertained." Blaise replied as he stepped further into the room and closed the door. He pulled Ron over to the couch and sat down. "Went out?"

"Yes." Draco replied cooly. "That french restaurant."

"You were allowed to leave the castle."

"Of course."

"He asked permission from Dumbledore." Ginny interjected.

"Ah," Blaise replied with understanding. "So why did you two go out?"

"I'm leaving today." Draco replied.

"Leaving?"

"Apparently I'm in danger and you knew all about it." Draco said, raising an eyebrow. "You manipulative bastard."

Blaise chuckled. "Figured it all out finally?"

"Yes."

"So you're leaving today? What time?"

"Midnight."

"Why?" Ron asked, he was the only one who didn't know what was going on.

"So that I will not be able to aide Voldermort in his evil plans." Draco replied.

"What?"

"He was going to kidnap Draco." Blaise replied. "Steal his body, two minds in one body. Use his magic for his own."

"What?" Ron asked louder.

"Possess him, so that he would be stronger than Harry."

"Oh."

"So I'm leaving." Draco replied. "Let's not talk about it though."

"Why not?"

"I don't want to hear it." Ginny snapped a bit more rudely then she had meant to.

Draco looked at his watch. "Blaise, I'm going to meet you in an hour in the front hall."

Blaise shook his head as he got up. He knew Draco wanted to be alone with Ginny. "Ron and I will be going then." Blaise pulled Ron out of Draco's room and quietly closed the door behind them.

Draco turned his attention to Ginny after his door had closed. "Morning."

Ginny kissed him in reply. "Why are you meeting Blaise in a hour?"

"I have to speak to him."

"About?"

"Leaving." Draco replied.

Ginny nodded as she burrowed beneath the covers. She wasn't ready for the real world yet. She just wanted to go back to sleep and hopefully not dream.

"Little Red." Draco said quietly.

"Yes."

"Don't go back to sleep."

"Why not?"

"I want you to be awake with me."

"You got more sleep than me." Ginny reminded him. Nonetheless her head popped out from under the covers.

"Awake then?" Draco asked looking at her amused.

"Yes."

"Good." Draco replied pulling her to him. He buried his face in her hair and breathed in her scent. He didn't speak for a few minutes, he was busy enjoying the sensation of Ginny in his arms.

Ginny pulled back from him and smirked. "I could be asleep if you just wanted to smell my hair."

"Oh, I want to do more to you." Draco smirked back. "But, I don't have the time. I'm meeting Blaise in forty five minutes."

"Aren't you ambitious." Ginny replied lifting an eyebrow.

"I've had practice." Draco replied teasing her.

"So why am I awake?" Ginny asked closing her eyes and snuggling against Draco. "Is it because you need company until you meet Blaise."

"It's because I want to be in your presence." Draco replied quietly. "And it isn't the same if you are asleep."

"Oh, well if I knew you wanted me to be awake because I am so wonderful." Ginny teased. "You should have just said so."

"I want you to be awake because you're wonderful." Draco replied threading her hair though his fingers. "Happy?"

"Always." Ginny replied.

"So we have a while what do you want to do?" Draco asked.

"I want you to entertain me." Ginny replied. "Even though you never do."

Draco snorted. "How in Merlin would I entertain you?"

"I don't know." Ginny shrugged. "That's for you to figure out."

"I have a better idea." Draco replied kissing her.

Draco waited impatiently for Blaise. Sure he was a bit early, but if he hadn't left when he had he ever would have. Draco sighed when Blaise finally appeared.

"Leaving?" Blaise asked.

"Tonight. Yes." Draco replied a bit irritated.

"I'll miss you."

"And I you." Draco replied. "But that isn't why I'm here."

"Why are you here?" Blaise asked.

Draco pulled out the letter he had written to his father. "I need you to mail this in two days. That way my father won't have any reason to think I'm not here."

"Is that all?"

"No."

"What?"

"I told her I loved her."

"I love being right."

"I need you to look after her when I'm gone."

"How long will you be gone?"

"I don't know." Draco sighed. "Probably a long time. Just promise me you will keep her safe."

"Of course."

"Okay. I have to get back." Draco sighed. He stuck his hand out to Blaise. "Till I see you next time."

"Yeah." Blaise said taking his hand and shaking it. "I'll see you around."

"Blaise, don't tell her about pink."

"What?"

"Don't tell her what pink means." Draco replied.

"Why not?"

"I don't want her to know."

"Why?"

"It will hurt her to know."

"I won't."

Draco nodded before turning away and going back to his room. He needed to be with Ginny once more before he left. He needed to feel her touch and her lips and her warmth. He entered his room to see Ginny laying on his bed, exactly how he left her. He gently slid on the bed. "Ask me not to go."

"No."

"I'll stay if you ask me too."

"I can't."

"Yes you can."

"No." Ginny replied firmly. "I can't."

"Okay then." Draco replied kissing her. "What do you say to making sure you don't forget me?"

"I can't say no to that." Ginny replied as Draco started to undress her. Draco had one goal, and that was to taste every inch of before he had to leave.

"He's really leaving?" Ron asked.

"Yeah." Blaise replied quietly. "It's the only way."

"Ginny must be devastated."

"I'm sure she is. But she knows that it's the only way."

"Are you going to see him off?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I'm not going to ruin his last few minutes with Ginny."

"Oh." Ron thought for a minute. "You're going to miss him?"

"Yeah."

"Then I'm sorry he has to go."

"What?"

"Well he's breaking Ginny's heart and you are going to miss him. So as much as I hate him two of the most important people in my life are going to miss him, so I'm sorry he's leaving."

"Ronald Weasley, I think you are growing up." Blaise teased.

"Yep."

"You're perfect." Draco whispered into Ginny's ear as he pulled her closer.

"So are you."

"No."

"Yes." Ginny disagreed. "You are and don't tell me you aren't."

"I know why you are perfect but why the hell am I perfect?" Draco asked.

"Because I say you are." Ginny replied firmly. She looked up at him as her hands traced along his jaw. "Did you and Blaise have a good talk."

"Yes." Draco replied as he tangled his hands in her hair. "Though, I don't really want to talk about Blaise."

"Oh."

"Just stay here with me until I have to leave."

"Draco?"

"What?"

Ginny looked at him a bit sheepishly. "I'm hungry."

Draco sighed, but it was a half-hearted sigh at that. He knew she would be wanting food. "What do you want? I'll get you anything from the kitchens."

"Lasagna." Ginny replied. "With garlic bread and a salad and chocolate cake."

"In an Italian mood?" Draco asked raising an eyebrow. "As you wish." He climbed out of the bed and searched for a few minutes for his boxers and a pair of pants. "Be right back." Draco told her as he walked to his door.

When Draco left Ginny got up and collected her clothes and started to put them on. Soon after she was done dressing Draco was back with their food. Ginny smiled at him as she took the tray.

"Dinner, just like you ordered." Draco told her as he sat on the bed. "Enjoy." Draco watched Ginny through out the meal, not taking his eyes off of her. In just a few short hours he would be gone and she would be here. Too bad he couldn't take her with him. When they were done eating Draco moved the tray off his bed.

He quickly pushed Ginny beneath him as his mouth found hers. His hand slipped under her skirt and soon he was taking his time to kiss, suck, nibble different parts of her. He wouldn't change spots till he had heard some sign of pleasure from her, whether it be a sigh, gasp or a moan. Soon his his mouth found its way under her skirt, with his hand. He slipped off her knickers as he tasted her for the second time that day.

He didn't shag her though. No he didn't want his last moments with Ginny before he left to be of shagging. He just wanted to be intimate with her. So once he was done tasting her he moved to lay beside her. And, as his hands explored her body, he spoke with her.

And, just as his hands explored her body, Ginny's hands did the same to his. Much like they had a couple of nights ago. As her hands gently swept over his stomach he let out a little laugh.

"Ticklish?" she asked surprised.

"No."

"I think you are." Ginny replied lightly tickling his stomach.

"Not as ticklish as you." Draco replied, trying to hold back a laugh. He ran his fingers along her hips and Ginny giggled.

"You win." she said trying to pull his hand from her hip.

"Are you the prize?" Draco asked quietly as he pulled her against him.

"Do you want me to be?"

"I can't think of anything better."

Draco ran his hand through her hair and pushed it behind her ear before he started to memorize her body. That's what he was trying to do. He was trying to memorize every curve of her body, and every freckle. Of course if she hadn't be dressed it might have been easier.

"Draco?"

"Hm?"

"How long are you going to be gone?"

"I don't know." Draco replied.

"Oh."

"Let's not worry about that." he told her. "We still have a few hours."

"Five."

"We still have five hours."

"Just think you will never see people's reaction to Hermione and Snape shagging."

"I think I can guess." Draco replied smirking.

"Oh really?"

"Yes. Your brother and Potter are going to be horrified. The Slytherins will be horrified. Dumbledore will be amused."

"So basically everyone will be horrified except for Dumbledore."

"Exactly."

"Sounds pretty boring."

"Well Potter will yell."

"Why do you think Harry is going to yell?"

"Because that is his ex. The only other person she could shag to make him feel totally betrayed would be me."

"Which you would never do."

"Of course not. Granger isn't my type."

"Who is?"

"Little red headed girls with tempers to match."

"I'm glad I'm the only read headed girl in this castle."

"You should be, although Pansy was thinking of dying her hair at one point."

"Why would she do that?"

"Jealousy."

"Of what?"

"You."

"Oh."

"Of course when I told her she didn't have a chance in hell to ever climb into bed with me again she got huffy and left."

"That's good."

"I thought so." Draco kissed her gently on the lips. "So do you think you will tell your parents about us, after I leave?"

"I'll let Ron tell them." Ginny replied. "He'll get enjoyment from it."

"Scared?"

"Of my mother, yes."

"She does look like she could be scary."

"When she yells."

"What about your dad?"

"He's wonderful. Usually he's egging us on to do something, while mum is lecturing him how to be a proper parent."

"That's nice. My mother barely does anything that normal parents do."

"That's sad."

"Of course my father has control in my house, so it's not like she needs to do anything."

"Still, mothers like to be mothers."

"Yeah."

"What about you?" Ginny asked. "Did you get in trouble a lot."

"I got in trouble whenever one of the golden trio did something better than me."

"No wonder you detest them."

"Not your brother so much."

"That's probably good."

"Why is that?"

"He's my brother."

"Oh."

"Of course I got in trouble for showing emotion of any kind."

"I think Blaise mentioned that."

"How much do you and Blaise talk?"

"Not much."

"Sure."

"There was just this one time that he had a lot to say."

"He always has a lot to say."

They continued chatting until it was time for Draco to get ready to go. Ginny watched as he got dressed in some warmer clothes and then started walking with him to the Great Hall. Dumbledore hadn't told him where he was suppose to be at midnight.

"Stop."

"What?" Ginny asked as Draco stopped just as they got to the end of the corridor.

Draco pulled her to him and kissed her. "Will you wait for me?"

"You want me to wait for you?" Ginny repeated.

"It's okay if you don't want to." Draco replied quietly.

"Of course I'll wait for you." Ginny told him quickly.

He kissed her again. "I just had to make sure of that."

"Draco, I'll miss you."

"I'll come back for you."

"Promise?"

"Of course." Draco replied kissing her again.

"I'm going to stop here." Ginny told him. "You should go on alone. They may not want me there when you leave."

"I want you there."

"Draco, I can't be there." Ginny replied her eyes already filling with tears.

"Okay." Draco replied kissing her once more. "I love you."

"I know." Ginny nodded. "I love you too."

"Good."

"Come back for me." Ginny said and with that she was gone, running down the hall and back to his room as fast as she could get there. She opened his door and threw herself at the bed and sobbed. She didn't even notice when Ron and Blaise entered the room.

"Ginny, it's okay." Ron told her as he climbed on the bed and patted his sister on the back.

"No it's not." Ginny whispered through clenched teeth.

"No, it's not." Blaise agreed. He pulled Ginny into a hug.

Ginny looked at her watch. "He's gone, it's five after."

"He'll come back."

"But, when?"

"I don't know." Blaise said quietly. "He won't be gone from you for long."

"How do you know."

"I know he loves you." Blaise whispered into her ear, so that Ron couldn't hear.

"He told you."

"I told him."

"What?"

"He loved you before he knew you."

"How do you know?"

"I've got the gift too."

"Can you see when he is going to be back?"

"No."

"Neither can I."

"He'll come back."

"Ginny, he will come back." Ron agreed.

"I thought you hated him."

"Strong dislike, not hate."

"Your brother is growing."

Ginny let out a weak smile. "About damn time."

"I agree."

"Hey! I'm right here."

"I love you Ron." Ginny replied throwing her arms around her brothers neck. "Even if you are an immature prat."

"So what do we do now?" Blaise asked.

"Throw that bon voyage party I've been threatening to throw him." Ron replied.

"A party?" Ginny replied thinking. "Sure why not?"

"You want a party?" Ron asked shocked.

"It will keep me occupied." Ginny shrugged. "We can throw it in here."

"Which reminds me." Blaise started. "This is my room now."

"What?" Ginny asked puzzled.

"I'm the new head boy."

"You can't stay here." Ron told him.

"Why not?"

"Because my sister and Malfoy, on this bed." Ron shuddered without finishing his thought.

"Ginny can have the room if she wants." Blaise shrugged.

Ginny looked around. "I don't want it."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't need such a big reminder that he isn't here." Ginny looked at the two of them. "How about instead of a party we just have a midnight snack in the joke shop."

"Sounds good."

"We will go get the food." Blaise agreed. He looked knowingly at Ginny. "Well meet you there in fifteen minutes."

"Yeah." Ginny nodded. She watched as they got up and left. She walked over to his dresser and pulled out one of his pajama shirts and hugged it to her. It smelled like cinnamon. She walked to the door of the room and looked around once more. She wouldn't be returning. She had what she needed. She closed the door silently behind her as she left his room.

Ginny went up to her dorm and tucked the shirt into her trunk before going back downstairs to the joke shop.

She spent the rest of the night talking to Blaise and Ron, eating cookies and milk and trying not to break down in sobs.

(A/N THIS IS NOT THE END. I REPEAT, NOT THE END. Oh and you get to find out what pink means in the next chapter, I believe.)