Chapter 12

Something was nagging at the back of her brain. She couldn't figure out what it was. She couldn't help but think she knew how to get back in her own time. She felt as if she had heard it before, somewhere, but she didn't know where. It had been bugging her for the past couple of hours. She tried remembering everything she had done when she had first come here, but she couldn't remember anything. She gave up and decided to go down to the library.

She bumped into Severus putting away books. "Hey Severus, what are you doing?" she asked.

"Oh, hi, Whinny," he said blushing a bit, turning his pale face to the lightest shade of pink. "Er – well sometimes I help the librarian put books away," he said.

"Oh, that's nice," she said peering over at the books on the cart he was pushing. She tried reading each of the titles off the spine. "So," she said, "do you like get to go into the restricted section to put away books?" she asked trying to sound cool.

"Er – sometimes," he said. He looked at her. "Why?"

"Oh, just wondering," she said pretending to be interested in her nails. He shrugged it off. "Severus, do you like making potions?" she asked him.

"A little, not my favorite thing, but it's all right," he told her, filing books into the shelves. "I mean I know a lot about it and I understand it, but I prefer the Defense Against the Dark Arts," he said.

"Oh, right," Ginny said. She moved her eyes from book to book to book, looking for the one she wanted. She had no luck for it at all.

"What are you looking for?" he asked her, finally.

"What?" she said trying to play dumb, "What are you talking about?"

"I know you want a book from the restricted section," he said.

"I do not!" she exclaimed.

"All right, suit yourself," he said. She considered telling him everything, but then decided against it. She waited a while before speaking again.

She needed that book so bad. "Severus, do you ever think of time travel?"

His head snapped up immediately. "What?" he asked. She stepped back. "No, time travel is completely absurd." She took a step back away from him.

"Oh," she said quietly. "Well Severus," she said after a moment of silence. "I should go. See you later."

He watched her leave.

Ginny decided to give up. She was never going to find away back to her own time. It was impossible. She thought about it on the way back to the dormitory. She decided she'd just have to stay. There was nothing else for her to do.

James came back later. "Hi, baby," he said to her.

"Hi," she said giving him a kiss.

"How was your day?" he asked.

"Long," she said without emotion. "I'm tired," she told him, "I think I'll go to bed."

"It's so early though," he protested. She got up.

"I'm tired," she repeated and went to her dormitory.

Remus and Sirius gave him a questioning look from the other side of the room. "She's tired," he told them.

She wanted to go back. She missed everything. Her brothers, her parents, her friends. She had nothing, now. No place to stay. She knew once classes picked up again, she'd fail. After all she was supposed to be in her sixth year.

After a couple hours she made her way to the Great Hall. She looked up at the ceiling. It was clear out. She took a seat on some steps and just looked up. She brought her knees up and hugged them to her chest.

"Couldn't sleep either," came a voice which gave Ginny the chills.

She looked back at him and smiled. "Hi Lucius."

"Hi Whinny," he said. He sat down next to her and looked up at the ceiling as well. Her face turned to a frown. "What's wrong?" he asked her.

"Just homesick, I guess," she told him. "I don't want to be here, anymore. I miss home." He put his arm around her. She didn't stop him. She wasn't thinking about the fact that he was a Malfoy. She didn't think of James or Harry. She just didn't care anymore. He moved slowly next to her, inching his face closer and closer to hers. She turned to face him. Their lips met and Ginny felt everything disappear. All of her pain, all of her thoughts. She could have not of cared less about James in that moment.

He pulled away. "Want to get out of here for a while?" he asked looking into her eyes. She nodded. "Then come with me," he said taking her hand, leading her to the oak doors. He led her away from the castle to the Quidditch field. He unlocked the cabinet with the Quidditch gear and took out a broom. He straddled it and said, "Get on." She didn't protest. She wanted to get out of there so bad. She got on and they took off. She put her arms around his waist and they flew over the castle. It was dark out. Ginny had never seen anything like it. The castle looked like a big shadow of a huge monster.

"It's beautiful up here," she whispered. He smiled at her. He circled around and they made their way toward the lights of Hogsmeade. She couldn't wish herself anywhere else. It was perfect. He circled lower and lower and stopped on the roof of a shop. She got off beaming.

"That was amazing!" she said.

"I'm glad you had fun," he said watching her twirl around. "It cheers me up too, sometimes."

"Wow!" she said sitting on the ground. He sat down next to her. "That was so much fun!" she said again. He laughed. They sat in silence for a while.

"We should probably go back now," he told her.

"Yeah," she nodded.

She smiled as she fell back onto her bed. She had had fun. The most fun she had ever had in long while. In her mind the fact that Lucius was a Malfoy was no longer evident. It didn't matter to her. She loved being with him. Sure, James was a nice boy, and funny sometimes, but she just felt different when she was with Lucius. She knew James would flip once he found out. So she decided she just wouldn't tell him. Who cared anyway? It was just James Potter. He and Lily will eventually end up together.

The next morning, Ginny didn't speak much to James. She made eye contact with Lucius over at the Slytherin table during breakfast. They met outside.

"You wanna go down to Hogsmeade?" she asked.

"Sure," he said taking her hand.

She spent the next of her days with Lucius. She didn't know what it was she liked about him. She just couldn't help it. James was always off with Remus and Sirius somewhere. Lucius told her that Narcissa spent a lot of her time with Severus.

They met in the astronomy tower during nights where she would lay in his arms, peacefully. She loved being in his arms. She loved being with him. He was literally the only reason she was still there.

It was the night before the students would return. Ginny was laying with Lucius as the always did. He rubbed her leg with his. She giggled. "Stop that," she laughed. "I'm ticklish."

"Oh, really?" Lucius laughed.

"No," Ginny denied. He started tickling her and she laughed furiously. "Stop stop!" she cried, still laughing. "My money's falling out of my pocket!" she giggled picking up a knut from the floor. Lucius snatched the coin out of her hand.

"Psh. It's only a knut," he said jokingly tossing it back to her. She caught it and stuck her tongue out at him before taking a look at the coin. And within that instant Moaning Myrtle popped into her head.

"Ok let's say right now you wrote the date on a piece of paper and stuck it in your pocket. Then you drank the potion. Now let's say you go back in time and you see that same piece of paper again, you will come back here, in this bathroom on December 18, 2002."

Remembering those words she looked at the knut which read '1987.' It was the same knut she had gotten in the potion shop. And with a whirl she landed with a thump back in the girls' bathroom.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. J.K. Rowling owns the characters, and I did not make up the plot. It's been done like a thousand times before.

A/N: Well that chapter wasn't as bad. I think the next chapter will be the last and then this story will be finished. I guess I should get on writing it then.