a/n: thought I would make up for the blip in my story by posting two chappies today. Hope u like it!

Three weeks passed as Draco gathered the potions ingredients, and when he finally had them all together, he sent a letter with his eagle owl to Ginny, who was presently being bored out of her mind by Professor Binns in History of Magic. The eagle owl swooped through the window and alighted in front of Ginny softly, carefully avoiding the professor's eyes. Ginny unfolded the letter, wondering who it could be from.

Ginevra,

All the ingredients for the potion have been collected. I will expect you in my office after you get out of 'Boring Binns' class. Bring your extra cauldron if possible.

Smirking Always,

Draco

Ginny smiled as she shut the letter. That was Draco, subtle hilarious comments that you could only understand if you analyzed them closely. Tucking it into her pocket, she waited for the class to end, and as soon as the bell rang she grabbed her books and darted out of the classroom before the professor had even finished his sentence.

The dungeons were dark and dreary, but Ginny negotiated them expertly, having visited Draco a few times over the last weeks. They were slowly becoming better and better friends, but Colin was beginning to wonder where she wandered off to all the time. She shoved the thoughts out of her head and quickened her stride.

Pushing the door open, she entered the dungeons and moved into his personal quarters. She looked up from her feet to see a half naked body. Draco stood in his boxers with nothing covering his upper half, and she was again reminded of that night in the rain. Blushing deeply, she moved away from him, turning her head aside awkwardly.

"Sorry Draco. I'll meet you in the classroom, then, shall I?" she asked.

"No Gin, hold on." He pulled a shirt over his head and pulled on a pair of pants, rapidly combing his hair. "All set!" he announced.

"Alright." She said softly, turning around again. A pillow flew at her head, catching her by complete surprise.

"Why you little" she yelled, dropping her books and pulling another pillow off of his bed. She hurled it with all her strength, but he sidestepped the white missile at the last second. Picking it up nimbly, he threw it back in her direction. Their game went on for minutes, and finally realizing that he had too good of reflexes for her to hit, she jumped to one side, acted like she was going to hurl a pillow, but pounced on him instead.

Gasping for breath, Draco was thrown to the floor with Ginny atop of him. She smacked his head with a small couch pillow over and over again, laughing the whole time. Draco had finally had enough, and he flipped her over onto her back, grabbing the pillow and throwing it across the room. Time seemed to stop as he lay over her, his un-gelled hair falling across his face. His head slowly drifted toward hers, Ginny's breath quickening every second. At the last moment, each seemed to realize what had been about to occur, and pulled away, breathless.

Draco rolled off of Ginny immediately and brushed off his robes before helping her up. He coughed awkwardly.

"Well, we should probably begin." He announced stiffly

"Oh, uh, right." She said in reply, pushing past him and gathering her books. The potion brewing was very quiet for the first hour or so as they each tried to forget their pillow fight, or more specifically, the events that followed. They each began to forget as time passed, and slowly began to talk once again, talking about Draco's father's imprisonment, and his mother's state of loneliness at home.

"I can't believe that!" she yelped in a shocked manner. "My father would never do that to my mum!"

"It's true. He would catch her unawares and rape her, so she couldn't defend herself. My mum is a better witch than my dad; she could have taken him in a head on duel." He shut his eyes tightly, as if wanting to forget.

"Are you a virgin?" Ginny asked unexpectedly.

"WHAT?"

"You heard me!" she insisted.

"Yes, I heard you Gin, but it was the last thing I expected you to ask!" Draco looked at her with wide eyes, but she didn't lower her gaze. "Fine then. No, I'm not."

"Right, well, I expected as much."

"Are you?" he asked. "You asked me, my turn to ask you too." Smirking, he looked over at her expectantly.

"No, but who"

"Wow. Little Miss. Perfect isn't so perfect. Who was it?"

"That would be my business, Draco. Don't ask." Ginny turned back to her potion, leaving him to wonder. After the silence that followed such a weird question, conversation slowly started up again. At the end of their two hours it was around ten thirty and they had two simmering cauldrons full of Meallianoria Potion, the cure that St. Mungo's needed. Bottling it separately, they finished at about the same time, and Draco walked Ginny to the door of the classroom.

"Tomorrow then?" she wondered out loud.

"Yes." Draco's eyes were glued to Ginny's as they stood in the doorway in front of the closed door. The same thoughts were on both of their minds as they stepped closer to one another, pure raw emotion coursing through the gap between them. Stepping forward at the same moment, Ginny was the one who initiated the kiss, bringing her arms up to his neck. They kissed in the doorway for a time, Draco shoving his tongue into her mouth with fiery passion and pulling her toward his bedroom slowly caressing the curves of her back and hips with his hands.

Turning around, Ginny pulled him into his room, shutting the door softly behind him as she poured her soul into the kiss. She needed to see more of his wonderful body, and as she pulled off his shirt, her wish was granted immediately. Reversing the roles once again, he pushed her onto the bed and broke away while laying on top of her. Switching positions so that they each lied on their sides, he stared into the depths of her deep chocolate eyes.

He pulled her up to the top of the bed, grabbed the covers and brought them up to cover their bodies. Slipping off his jeans quickly, he slipped her shirt off slowly, taking in the image before him with a small smile upon his face. She was left in her bra and sweatpants, and, snuggling closer to him, she buried her head into the crook of his shoulder, wrapping her arms around him.

Disappointed for only a moment, Draco wrapped his arms around her torso and kissed the top of her head softly, shutting his eyes and falling immediately into dreamless oblivion.

"Gin? Gin! Wake up!" hearing a small voice in the back of her consciousness, Ginny pulled herself out of a deep sleep and looked into the grey silver eyes staring down at her. Smiling when she realized who it was, she snuggled closer, not wanting to move. A knock sounded at the door, pulling both of them to complete alertness.

"One moment!" Draco yelled. To Ginny, he mouthed hide, and she darted into his bathroom, pulling the door shut soundlessly behind her.

a/n: Right, there tis! I know it moved quickly (although not as quickly as the alternative) but that was rather purposeful, I wanted to weave more of a story around their relationship. Please RR! I really appreciate it! Sry, first cliffhanger, but not much of one. BE HAPPY EVERYONE!!!!!!! : )