a/n: Well, In answer to your questions: Ummm, I update rather sporadically, actually. Whenever I have time! Busy lifestyle, I tell ya! Driving me into the ground with my horses and school and everything! I am trying to update enough!
"Damn!" Ginny muttered softly.
"What? Who was it?" Draco asked quietly.
"Brid…Bridget." She coughed out uneasily.
"Well…come on, Gin. She won't kill you!" He smirked at her. She slapped him lightly on the shoulder and then shrank back, squishing herself next to his desk.
"But she has no idea…ugh! I'm just afraid Draco!" She whispered. They heard a click as Bridget closed the door behind her and locked it.
"Ginny, we can either come out from behind the desk or we can stay here until she comes over here and sees us." Ginny sighed with a resigned air and buttoned her shirt up all the way. Draco was still shirtless because his top was on the other side of the desk. He stood up first, offering his hand to Ginny, who stood hesitantly. Whatever or whoever Bridget had been expecting, Ginny had not been it. She gasped with a shocked expression and sat down with a thump. Ginny lowered her eyes to the floor and walked around the desk to get Draco's shirt.
"Gin?" Bridget breathed with another gasp. Ginny nodded.
"I was going to tell you tonight Bridget." She said pleadingly. Bridget flicked her mahogany hair behind her shoulders and stood up.
"I cannot believe that you didn't tell me! Or is this some kind of freak, one-time thing?"
"Not exactly…well, you see, the thing is…well…"Ginny trailed off as Draco interrupted her quickly.
"We're married." He pulled the shirt Ginny handed him over his head as Bridget gaped at them.
"Oh my…"
"Bridget, I'm sorry I didn't tell you…I just…well, I didn't think you'd accept it, or I thought you'd be mad, I…well…I don't know what to say." Bridget nodded.
"I will think about it, Ginny. Meet me tomorrow night in the trophy room at twelve, okay?" All Ginny could do was nod in response. She watched her friend get up, unlock the door, leave, and shut it behind her. The room was deathly quiet as a pair of arms encircled her from the back. Draco nuzzled her neck comfortingly, empathizing as best he could. Ginny turned and gave him a soft hug.
"I need to think." She looked into his eyes and he nodded, releasing his grip on her waist. Draco watched her exit through the door before he gathered his things and went into his room to think as well.
Nine o' clock saw Ginny Weasley in Professor McGonagall's office, trembling slightly under the older woman's stare.
"I must begin with a congratulations, Mrs. Malfoy; Congratulations! I am glad you and Draco found each other, and I wish you luck breaking the news to your parents." She said the last part wryly. "That won't be an easy task."
"Thank you, Professor." She said, smiling.
"On the other hand," McGonagall began, "I am somewhat disappointed with you. Draco Malfoy is a teacher at this school, and teacher student relationships are strictly prohibited." Ginny smiled sheepishly. "All I would like to ask is that we keep this news secret until after the end of the school year. I have a feeling the end of year feast would turn into a bloody mess if word got out." The professor smiled. "I really have nothing else to say tonight, if you need anything, I am always…Ginny? Are you alright?" Ginny's hands trembled and she had gone white as a sheet.
"I'm fine, professor." She said frantically, standing up. "I need to go…thank you." She rushed from the office in a whirl of her robes, muttering to herself. Two? Oh my God, has it been two months?!?!? Shit! Shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.
Oblivious to Ginny's turmoil, Draco was just sitting down with professor Snape at his desk. The beginning of the meeting went much the same as Ginny's, but Snape was curious as to what they would be doing financially.
"Well, my father's fortune was left to me when he died, and since my mother is no longer capable of," he coughed to cover up his emotion. "Managing the finances, I will make sure she is provided for and then take care of Ginny and I. I know Ginny wants to work after she finishes school, and I am content working at Hogwarts."
"That sounds acceptable, Mr. Malfoy. And one more thing; who besides Minerva and I know of your relationship?"
"Ginny's family, of course, though I don't think she's seen them since they found out. I believe we are both going to her 'Burrow' for the break right before Gin takes her N.E.W.T.S. Potter, Granger, and Blaise. That's it."
"A well kept secret. When do you plan to announce it?" Professor Snape asked with raised eyebrows.
"Gin and I have talked about a gala at Malfoy Manor about a week after school." Draco grinned. "Mostly her idea, I must say."
"Shall I expect an invite?"
"Definitely."
"Well, that will be all, Draco. Again, my best wishes to you two."
"Thank you, Severus." Draco stood and shook hands with his colleague, then turned to leave the office. Skipping steps two at a time, he leapt up the one set of staircases that led from the low dungeon to his rooms. Pushing open the doors to his private quarters, he spotted Ginny on his bed, fast asleep with tearstains marring her cheeks.
Rather than wake her up and ask what was wrong, he comforted her by lying on top of the green satin bed cover and wrapping strong arms around her waist. Pretty soon, he fell asleep too, her long red hair draped over his shoulders and their legs entwined together. A sense of curiosity and worry filled the room, mingled with the pungent air of the dungeon and the sharp smell of Draco's cologne that hovered in the air.
a/n: here is the update you've been waiting for! sorry I took so long and I hope you guys didn't lose interest at all. I know it's no excuse, but life has just been so busy lately! RR!