A/N: All right, just as a forewarning I'm going to fast-forward through
some things. I'll mention them but that's not what the chapter is going to
be about. If I want to get this fic done by the end of the summer and in 15
chapters, then I have to fast-forward. Thanks again for all the reviews!
Much appreciated.
beautiful-exterior: Thank you very much! I am and I actually intend to finish, being as this fic is like going on 1 year of being in the process.
BrokenSilence: LOL glad you think Draco's hot. ;) There's definitely more to come! If you know what I mean ;) ;)
FireandIce4eva: so sorry, didn't mean to confuse you, by shot, well I didn't mean like one shot, but you'll have to wait to figure out what I meant, if you haven't already.
Cinder2004: hope you're not a big Hermione fan...if so...don't read this chapter. Well...no read this chapter, LOL it's a big chapter, and by big I mean important.
MyLiFeIsRuInEd: Thanks and will do! :huggles: and Scott told me about how you thought about my fic and thanks very much glad you like it.
Thanks all to who reviewed. They are the only things that keep me going!
Right now that all the sappiness is done. LOL ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter 12:
I Can't Live Without You
Draco got out of the hospital wing a couple days later and Ron and Harry took turns drugging Hermione. In the eyes of them, her progress was great and they said that they went to Madame Pomfrey and came back reporting that what they were doing was the right thing by helping her out and feeding her and getting her homework.
Draco and Ginny's relation started to get even more serious and they would try out new things together, though they still hadn't had sex yet. Draco felt that that would ruin it and possibly drive Ginny away. Ginny was still recovering from when she was raped but she was starting to get over it.
November flew by and on December 13th Hermione died of unknown causes and there was a quiet funeral on the grounds. If truth be told, no one really cared and they were actually quite glad to be rid of her. Even some teachers were secretly glad to be rid of her, though they would never actually admit it to the public.
For Christmas break Draco stayed, not knowing if he should go out of the boundaries and safety of school. Ginny and Draco went out on Christmas Eve with Harry and Lavender and Ron and his date Padma. This had surprised Draco because he still thought Ron was pissed at him, but they really did get along quite well and they were joking around and everything.
In the morning Draco and Ginny exchanged their gifts. Ginny bought Draco a white gold 11' chain and a silver ring with a snake and Draco's name in Greek. Draco kissed her passionately before handing her two small boxes. Ginny opened them and gasped as she pulled out a golden necklace with a priceless diamond ruby and a silver bracelet with the inscription "I Love you" on it.
They spent most of their time cuddling in front of the fire until classes started up.
Their niffler was still alive and also attacked Draco or Ginny the moment they got into the dorm because of the shiny new jewelry and decided the name Salazar was a fitting name since he was sneaky and cunning like a Slytherin.
January passed by in a blur...and here we are now at February 10th, with the real reason why I wrote all the said stuff above.
Chapter 12: the real thing...actually its still 'I can't live without—oh bloody hell I'm just wasting your time now...
Draco paced around his room thinking about how he was going to do this. He ran through the plan in his head and then kissed Ginny goodbye saying he had to go take care of something.
He walked to Hogsmeade then apparated to London and strolled into an Engagement Ring store and walked over to the clerk and told him that he needed an engagement ring for his girlfriend. The clerk smiled and brought out several ring styles.
One in particular caught his eye and knew immediately that Ginny would love it.
He pointed at it and grinning they got it sized with another one of Ginny's rings that Draco brought.
Pocketing the ring after paying 800 galleons for it he left the store practically skipping. He went into an alley and apparated to just outside the Hogwarts grounds.
He walked back inside and to his dorm and hid the ring in his trunk and locked it with his own personal spells.
Ginny walked in and he looked at her and kissed her passionately.
He backed her up to the bed where she fell back gently with Draco holding her lower back guiding her down. He then crawled onto the bed over her never breaking the kiss.
Her hands roamed over his body. Draco sat down on her hips and kissed her more deeply then moved down to her neck finding his favorite place and he sucked gently and bit the soft skin then soothed it over with his velvety tongue.
She let out a soft moan and made to take off his shirt. He pulled away from her.
"What?"
"I-I can't, I don't want to hurt you," he said softly.
"You won't hurt me," she said sitting up slightly.
"I know, but, I justhe took a deep breath I just want to wait..." he said sheepishly looking at her shirt that he was playing with.
She giggled and his head shot up, "What?"
"Nothing, I just think that's cute, and I admire you for not taking advantage of me," she said placing a soft kiss on his lips.
Giggling she pushed him over onto the bed and slid off it and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Draco sat there on the bed with a big problem. He tried to get his mind off Ginny to calm himself down but that didn't help as the shower turned on. Pictures of her naked crossed his mind from his last voyeur when Ginny showered. He closed his eyes and made to slide his hands down his pants when a horrid smell came from the common room.
"SALAZAR!" Draco cried out walking into the common room and spotted a cowering niffler sitting by a rather large pile of poo. Draco picked up the little niffler chuckling and set him on the couch then cleaned up the mess with a wave of his wand.
He picked up the niffler and laid on the couch and set Salazar on his chest petting it idly.
"Drake? Could you feed Salazar?" Ginny said poking her head out from the door with a towel wrapped around it.
"Sure thing Hun," he said from the couch.
"Where are ya?"
"On the couch," he said sitting up cradling Salazar in his arms.
Ginny smiled and went back to getting dressed in her pajamas.
Draco walked into the small kitchen that was there and set Salazar on the counter top and began making a bowl of his homemade niffler food...or more like dog food, but nifflers could eat it too. It had bread chunks, shredded cheese, some cooked hamburger and milk. After mixing it up he set it down in front of Salazar who began to sloppily eat it sending flecks of milk all over the counter.
Soon there after Salazar was done and Draco set him on the ground and he bound happily into the bedroom and waited for Ginny to lift him onto the bed.
He looked up at her with his big blue eyes and the cutest look on his face.
Draco heard Ginny get on the bed with a giggle then heard baby talk. He shook his head and cleaned off the counter and threw the bowl into the sink and made sure everything was in order before magiking out the fire and walked into the bedroom to see Ginny baby talking Salazar.
Draco chuckled at them and shimmied out of his pants and pulled his shirt over his head and threw them into a laundry basket and walked over to the bed and lay down on his side of the bed and rested on his elbow looking at Ginny with a smile.
"What?"
"You're beautiful," was all he said before kissing her 'goodnight' and shimmying down under the covers and went to sleep.
She smiled and kissed him on the top of the head and she too shimmied under the covers and set Salazar loose on the bed and wrapped her arms around Draco and fell asleep.
The day flashed by in a blur and Ginny and Draco walked back to the dorm and Draco went to go take a shower.
Ginny walked into the dorm and spotted a lilac envelope on the bed with a kiss on it with the acronym S.W.A.K. on it. Turning it over she read Draco in handwriting that Ginny immediately recognized. Hearing the water turn on in the bathroom Ginny opened the letter with curious hands.
Dear Draco,
Yesterday was amazing! I hope we can do it again sometime. Can't wait until Valentine's Day when you can fulfill your promise of handcuffs and blindfolds and the works in the Astronomy Tower!
Love, Parvati Patil
Ginny threw the letter aside fighting back tears.
Draco walked into the dorm with only a white fluffy towel wrapped around his body, which was still slick from the shower. Water droplets rolling down his toned chest disappearing into his towel, and his hair looked ruffled and still damp.
"Malfoy we need to talk," Ginny said with a glare.
"Huh? Why the use of my surname?" He said with a hint of sadness in his voice as he sat down next to her.
"So tell me, how was last night?"
"What? I don't know, we didn't do anything, remember?"
"Not us, you and Parvati."
"What are you talking about?" He said in complete confusion.
She glared at him and threw the letter in his face.
"What am I not good enough for you? Am I that lacking that you feel the need to fuck a bimbo?" She shouted after Draco finished reading the letter.
"Ginny I—"
"You what? There's no excuse Draco!" Ginny said with tears.
"But I di—"
"Where were you last night?"
"I-I can't tell you?"
"Why the hell not?"
"Because, it's a surprise," He said pulling her into a hug only to be shoved away.
"I'm leaving," she said grabbing her bag and heading towards the door.
"Ginny, please don't g—"He said running after her but the door slammed in his face.
He swore loudly kicking the couch tears flowing freely down his face.
He walked back into the room and pulled on boxers and fell on the bed hand falling on Ginny's side of the bed.
He cursed Parvati for doing this falling into a fitful sleep.
He woke up in the morning flopping over onto his side his hand falling to the side and his hand groped for something there but only found cold nothing ness. He quickly opened his eyes and then remembered last night and flopped down muttering.
He finally got up and sent his owl Cyan to Dumbledore then he went to getting dressed.
Dressing himself in black tailored pants and a white sweater. Checking his appearance one more time before he grabbed something in his trunk and walked out the door slinging his backpack onto his shoulders.
Stepping into the hall he realized how very big the hall actually was. He looked up at Dumbledore who had a smile playing on his lips.
Draco walked up to him and they conversed for a minute before Dumbledore stood up.
He cleared his throat, "It's not normal that I speak to you in the morning, but today is very special," Dumbledore finished and nodded to Draco conjuring up a microphone stand.
Draco cleared his throat and took a deep breath [It's now or never] he thought.
With a flick of his wand a slow song started up and Draco began.
I wanna know Who ever told you I was letting go The only joy that I have ever known Girl they were lying Just look around
He slowly walked over to the Gryffindor table singing as he walked down the length of it to where Ginny sat, stunned. He sat down next to her and took her into his arms and sang softly in her ear.
And all of the people that we used to know Just given up, they wanna let it go But we're still trying
So you should know this love we shared Was never made to die I'm glad we're on this one way street, Just you and I Just you and I
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain
He stood up taking Ginny's hand in his and walked backwards towards the front of the hall taking her with him.
And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again
All over again
Some people say That everything has got it's place and time Even the day must give way to the night But I'm not buying 'Cause in your eyes I see a love that burns eternally And if you see how beautiful you are to me You know I'm not lying
Sure there'll be times we wanna say goodbye But even if we tried There are some things in this life Won't be denied Won't be denied
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again
The more I know of you Is the more I know I love you And more that I'm sure I want you forever and ever more And the more that you love me The more that I know Oh that I'm never gonna let you go Gotta let you know that I
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again All over again All over again And I swear it all over again
As the song came to a close he slowly dropped onto one knee and looked up at Ginny holding her hand.
"Gin, I'm so sorry about what happened last night," he whispered softly, and out of his pocket he pulled out a small white case and Ginny knowing immediately what it was broke down crying.
He set the mic down and opened the case to reveal a beautiful 18k yellow gold engagement ring wrap with two 4.0mm round AA sapphires. In the center there was a 5k blush pink diamond with a yellow gold band.
"Ginerva Emily Weasley, will you marry me?" he said confidently with a smile playing on his lips.
She nodded and pulled Draco to his feet and kissed him passionately the room falling away and it was just the two of them. Draco slipped the ring onto her finger and it fit perfectly.
beautiful-exterior: Thank you very much! I am and I actually intend to finish, being as this fic is like going on 1 year of being in the process.
BrokenSilence: LOL glad you think Draco's hot. ;) There's definitely more to come! If you know what I mean ;) ;)
FireandIce4eva: so sorry, didn't mean to confuse you, by shot, well I didn't mean like one shot, but you'll have to wait to figure out what I meant, if you haven't already.
Cinder2004: hope you're not a big Hermione fan...if so...don't read this chapter. Well...no read this chapter, LOL it's a big chapter, and by big I mean important.
MyLiFeIsRuInEd: Thanks and will do! :huggles: and Scott told me about how you thought about my fic and thanks very much glad you like it.
Thanks all to who reviewed. They are the only things that keep me going!
Right now that all the sappiness is done. LOL ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter 12:
I Can't Live Without You
Draco got out of the hospital wing a couple days later and Ron and Harry took turns drugging Hermione. In the eyes of them, her progress was great and they said that they went to Madame Pomfrey and came back reporting that what they were doing was the right thing by helping her out and feeding her and getting her homework.
Draco and Ginny's relation started to get even more serious and they would try out new things together, though they still hadn't had sex yet. Draco felt that that would ruin it and possibly drive Ginny away. Ginny was still recovering from when she was raped but she was starting to get over it.
November flew by and on December 13th Hermione died of unknown causes and there was a quiet funeral on the grounds. If truth be told, no one really cared and they were actually quite glad to be rid of her. Even some teachers were secretly glad to be rid of her, though they would never actually admit it to the public.
For Christmas break Draco stayed, not knowing if he should go out of the boundaries and safety of school. Ginny and Draco went out on Christmas Eve with Harry and Lavender and Ron and his date Padma. This had surprised Draco because he still thought Ron was pissed at him, but they really did get along quite well and they were joking around and everything.
In the morning Draco and Ginny exchanged their gifts. Ginny bought Draco a white gold 11' chain and a silver ring with a snake and Draco's name in Greek. Draco kissed her passionately before handing her two small boxes. Ginny opened them and gasped as she pulled out a golden necklace with a priceless diamond ruby and a silver bracelet with the inscription "I Love you" on it.
They spent most of their time cuddling in front of the fire until classes started up.
Their niffler was still alive and also attacked Draco or Ginny the moment they got into the dorm because of the shiny new jewelry and decided the name Salazar was a fitting name since he was sneaky and cunning like a Slytherin.
January passed by in a blur...and here we are now at February 10th, with the real reason why I wrote all the said stuff above.
Chapter 12: the real thing...actually its still 'I can't live without—oh bloody hell I'm just wasting your time now...
Draco paced around his room thinking about how he was going to do this. He ran through the plan in his head and then kissed Ginny goodbye saying he had to go take care of something.
He walked to Hogsmeade then apparated to London and strolled into an Engagement Ring store and walked over to the clerk and told him that he needed an engagement ring for his girlfriend. The clerk smiled and brought out several ring styles.
One in particular caught his eye and knew immediately that Ginny would love it.
He pointed at it and grinning they got it sized with another one of Ginny's rings that Draco brought.
Pocketing the ring after paying 800 galleons for it he left the store practically skipping. He went into an alley and apparated to just outside the Hogwarts grounds.
He walked back inside and to his dorm and hid the ring in his trunk and locked it with his own personal spells.
Ginny walked in and he looked at her and kissed her passionately.
He backed her up to the bed where she fell back gently with Draco holding her lower back guiding her down. He then crawled onto the bed over her never breaking the kiss.
Her hands roamed over his body. Draco sat down on her hips and kissed her more deeply then moved down to her neck finding his favorite place and he sucked gently and bit the soft skin then soothed it over with his velvety tongue.
She let out a soft moan and made to take off his shirt. He pulled away from her.
"What?"
"I-I can't, I don't want to hurt you," he said softly.
"You won't hurt me," she said sitting up slightly.
"I know, but, I justhe took a deep breath I just want to wait..." he said sheepishly looking at her shirt that he was playing with.
She giggled and his head shot up, "What?"
"Nothing, I just think that's cute, and I admire you for not taking advantage of me," she said placing a soft kiss on his lips.
Giggling she pushed him over onto the bed and slid off it and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Draco sat there on the bed with a big problem. He tried to get his mind off Ginny to calm himself down but that didn't help as the shower turned on. Pictures of her naked crossed his mind from his last voyeur when Ginny showered. He closed his eyes and made to slide his hands down his pants when a horrid smell came from the common room.
"SALAZAR!" Draco cried out walking into the common room and spotted a cowering niffler sitting by a rather large pile of poo. Draco picked up the little niffler chuckling and set him on the couch then cleaned up the mess with a wave of his wand.
He picked up the niffler and laid on the couch and set Salazar on his chest petting it idly.
"Drake? Could you feed Salazar?" Ginny said poking her head out from the door with a towel wrapped around it.
"Sure thing Hun," he said from the couch.
"Where are ya?"
"On the couch," he said sitting up cradling Salazar in his arms.
Ginny smiled and went back to getting dressed in her pajamas.
Draco walked into the small kitchen that was there and set Salazar on the counter top and began making a bowl of his homemade niffler food...or more like dog food, but nifflers could eat it too. It had bread chunks, shredded cheese, some cooked hamburger and milk. After mixing it up he set it down in front of Salazar who began to sloppily eat it sending flecks of milk all over the counter.
Soon there after Salazar was done and Draco set him on the ground and he bound happily into the bedroom and waited for Ginny to lift him onto the bed.
He looked up at her with his big blue eyes and the cutest look on his face.
Draco heard Ginny get on the bed with a giggle then heard baby talk. He shook his head and cleaned off the counter and threw the bowl into the sink and made sure everything was in order before magiking out the fire and walked into the bedroom to see Ginny baby talking Salazar.
Draco chuckled at them and shimmied out of his pants and pulled his shirt over his head and threw them into a laundry basket and walked over to the bed and lay down on his side of the bed and rested on his elbow looking at Ginny with a smile.
"What?"
"You're beautiful," was all he said before kissing her 'goodnight' and shimmying down under the covers and went to sleep.
She smiled and kissed him on the top of the head and she too shimmied under the covers and set Salazar loose on the bed and wrapped her arms around Draco and fell asleep.
The day flashed by in a blur and Ginny and Draco walked back to the dorm and Draco went to go take a shower.
Ginny walked into the dorm and spotted a lilac envelope on the bed with a kiss on it with the acronym S.W.A.K. on it. Turning it over she read Draco in handwriting that Ginny immediately recognized. Hearing the water turn on in the bathroom Ginny opened the letter with curious hands.
Dear Draco,
Yesterday was amazing! I hope we can do it again sometime. Can't wait until Valentine's Day when you can fulfill your promise of handcuffs and blindfolds and the works in the Astronomy Tower!
Love, Parvati Patil
Ginny threw the letter aside fighting back tears.
Draco walked into the dorm with only a white fluffy towel wrapped around his body, which was still slick from the shower. Water droplets rolling down his toned chest disappearing into his towel, and his hair looked ruffled and still damp.
"Malfoy we need to talk," Ginny said with a glare.
"Huh? Why the use of my surname?" He said with a hint of sadness in his voice as he sat down next to her.
"So tell me, how was last night?"
"What? I don't know, we didn't do anything, remember?"
"Not us, you and Parvati."
"What are you talking about?" He said in complete confusion.
She glared at him and threw the letter in his face.
"What am I not good enough for you? Am I that lacking that you feel the need to fuck a bimbo?" She shouted after Draco finished reading the letter.
"Ginny I—"
"You what? There's no excuse Draco!" Ginny said with tears.
"But I di—"
"Where were you last night?"
"I-I can't tell you?"
"Why the hell not?"
"Because, it's a surprise," He said pulling her into a hug only to be shoved away.
"I'm leaving," she said grabbing her bag and heading towards the door.
"Ginny, please don't g—"He said running after her but the door slammed in his face.
He swore loudly kicking the couch tears flowing freely down his face.
He walked back into the room and pulled on boxers and fell on the bed hand falling on Ginny's side of the bed.
He cursed Parvati for doing this falling into a fitful sleep.
He woke up in the morning flopping over onto his side his hand falling to the side and his hand groped for something there but only found cold nothing ness. He quickly opened his eyes and then remembered last night and flopped down muttering.
He finally got up and sent his owl Cyan to Dumbledore then he went to getting dressed.
Dressing himself in black tailored pants and a white sweater. Checking his appearance one more time before he grabbed something in his trunk and walked out the door slinging his backpack onto his shoulders.
Stepping into the hall he realized how very big the hall actually was. He looked up at Dumbledore who had a smile playing on his lips.
Draco walked up to him and they conversed for a minute before Dumbledore stood up.
He cleared his throat, "It's not normal that I speak to you in the morning, but today is very special," Dumbledore finished and nodded to Draco conjuring up a microphone stand.
Draco cleared his throat and took a deep breath [It's now or never] he thought.
With a flick of his wand a slow song started up and Draco began.
I wanna know Who ever told you I was letting go The only joy that I have ever known Girl they were lying Just look around
He slowly walked over to the Gryffindor table singing as he walked down the length of it to where Ginny sat, stunned. He sat down next to her and took her into his arms and sang softly in her ear.
And all of the people that we used to know Just given up, they wanna let it go But we're still trying
So you should know this love we shared Was never made to die I'm glad we're on this one way street, Just you and I Just you and I
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain
He stood up taking Ginny's hand in his and walked backwards towards the front of the hall taking her with him.
And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again
All over again
Some people say That everything has got it's place and time Even the day must give way to the night But I'm not buying 'Cause in your eyes I see a love that burns eternally And if you see how beautiful you are to me You know I'm not lying
Sure there'll be times we wanna say goodbye But even if we tried There are some things in this life Won't be denied Won't be denied
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again
The more I know of you Is the more I know I love you And more that I'm sure I want you forever and ever more And the more that you love me The more that I know Oh that I'm never gonna let you go Gotta let you know that I
I'm never gonna say goodbye 'Cause I never wanna see you cry I swore to you my love would remain And I swear it all over again, and I I'm never gonna treat you bad 'Cause I never wanna see you sad I swore to share your joy and your pain And I swear it all over again All over again All over again And I swear it all over again
As the song came to a close he slowly dropped onto one knee and looked up at Ginny holding her hand.
"Gin, I'm so sorry about what happened last night," he whispered softly, and out of his pocket he pulled out a small white case and Ginny knowing immediately what it was broke down crying.
He set the mic down and opened the case to reveal a beautiful 18k yellow gold engagement ring wrap with two 4.0mm round AA sapphires. In the center there was a 5k blush pink diamond with a yellow gold band.
"Ginerva Emily Weasley, will you marry me?" he said confidently with a smile playing on his lips.
She nodded and pulled Draco to his feet and kissed him passionately the room falling away and it was just the two of them. Draco slipped the ring onto her finger and it fit perfectly.