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Last time, on LLPC, Fate had to intervene on yet another hex, Ginny got the sisters she always wanted, and Draco and Ginny together at last…

Chapter 16 Happily Ever After?

Dear Mom,

I cannot believe you would write me a letter like the last one you did (but at least you didn't send a howler, thank god for small favors.) I write to you to get your help in convincing my obviously DELUDED and INSANE sister that her new ------------ (insert your own word here because I absolutely REFUSE to call that slimy, deatheater loving git her boyfr --- see, I can't even write the word in this letter) is a jerk she shouldn't waste her time with (and you know that, because he is Draco MALFOY, for pete's sake. And what does my loving mother, who should be watching out for her daughter's welfare, mind you, say? I am calming down, mom. Taking deep breaths. Very, very deep breaths. How could you tell me to just let her make up her own mind? She is my baby sister, and she is obviously going completely insane and needs to be institutionalized, as she thinks she is in love with Draco MALFOY. Maybe you didn't get that part about who he is right. You know, heir to the MALFOY's, biggest deatheaters, He Who Must Not Be Named Supporters? Yes, he saved Ginny at that Quidditch game (but that had to be an accident or something, because there is no way he would have saved anyone on purpose) but MALFOY's are EVIL. And if you aren't going to have enough sense to forbid your only daughter to see the jerk, I will have to save Ginny somehow.

Your loving but completely bewildered youngest son,

Ron

Ron placed his pen down on his desk, after finishing his letter to his mom. He had thought he had the solution to the problem of Ginny dating Draco Malfoy. Unfortunately, his mom was not cooperating, and obviously not fully understanding what Draco Malfoy was like, so it was up to Ron (with Harry and Hermione's help, of course) to stop the relationship.

Meanwhile, Draco and Ginny were happy. They spent every spare minute together, talking and laughing and of course sneaking off places to kiss. In fact, this very minute, they were enjoying some alone time together sitting under a tree on a blanket.

Ginny was trying to read her potion's book, when Draco reached over and closed it.

Ginny rolled her eyes and looked at him. "And what was that for?" she asked. "You know I need to study for this final."

Draco reached over and put his arm around Ginny's shoulder. "Well, why should you waste your time studying when this is the first time in 3 days we are completely alone, without our "shadows"?" He then leaned in and kissed her lips softly.

After their lips parted, Ginny smiled and looked into his silver eyes. She didn't think she would ever get enough of just looking at him. But Ron's constant trailing was becoming a little bit of a problem. "I'm sorry about my brother. He's just a little overprotective." Ginny said.

Draco laughed softly under his breath. "Just a little?" he queried with a raised eyebrow. "I'm lucky that the death curse is illegal." Draco said. "Or you would be shopping for a new boyfriend." He joked.

Ginny laughed, then sighed, suddenly getting serious. "I don't know how to convince him that I am serious about this, about you, about US." Ginny said. "He's just so bloody stubborn. And it doesn't help that you spent the last few years turning him into your worst enemy." Ginny said, giving him a look.

"Well if I would have known how wonderful his little sister was, I would have been a little nicer, maybe." Draco said, giving her a smile.

Ginny just looked at Draco and raised her eyebrow at this statement. Draco pretty quickly got the point, and corrected himself. "I know, I know, I wouldn't have."

Ginny then smiled at Draco. "It is another thing we have in common, you know. We both share a healthy enjoyment of torturing Ronald Weasley." Draco was laughing at this when Ginny spotted Ron and Harry pretending to not be looking for her (which they really were), and grabbed Draco and kissed him passionately.

Ron was looking for Ginny when he spotted her and Draco sitting under a tree and talking. They looked so comfortable together, but he knew it had to be a spell or something. There was no way his sister could be in love with Draco Malfoy. All of the sudden, his baby sister grabbed Draco and began to give him a kiss hot enough to cook him. Ron's jaw dropped, as he began to search his robe pockets for his wand.

Harry was being a good friend and trying to support Ron in his overprotectiveness (and indulge in a little of his own overprotective urges) when he witnessed Ginny give Draco a very passionate kiss. A kiss that looked like it might never end. He then looked over at his friend and saw him searching his robes for his wand. Harry was very glad he had thought to confiscate Ron's wand before this little Ginny and Draco hunt, because Harry really didn't think he could stand another mixed up curse accident.

Ron couldn't find his wand. Where was it? He needed it to curse Draco, while his sister had Draco distracted with that kiss.

And Draco was distracted. Very, very distracted. Those soft lips, kissing him deeply, that soft skin and hair, that body pressing into his like it could never, ever get close enough…

What had started as a way to torture her overprotective brother was quickly turning into something more, as Ginny was starting to forget why she had started this kiss that she never wanted to stop…

But, of course, if had to stop, because a very angry Weasley male was charging at them, with Harry following behind, trying to talk some sense into him.

"Stop snogging my sister you slimy git!" Ron yelled as he came rushing towards them.

At this yelling, Draco and Ginny reluctantly broke the kiss.

Ginny turned and glared at Ron, who had now reached them, and was currently being held back by Harry. "What is your PROBLEM, Ron?" Ginny yelled right back.

Draco was finally starting to wake up from his passion induced stupor, and got a bored look on his face, as he gave Ron a condescending look. He started to open his mouth to say a typical Draco-like remark, but was quickly silenced by Ginny's glare. He instead shut his mouth and watched the proceedings.

"My PROBLEM is you dating this jerk! Can't you find a boyfriend who isn't a deatheater?" Ron yelled at Ginny, again trying to break away from Harry's restraining grip.

Harry, for once, was keeping his mouth shut. Over the last few days, he had come to realize that Malfoy was a jerk and could never be trusted, but it was Ginny's choice. And maybe Ginny saw something more in him than Harry or Ron or Hermione ever could. Harry was just trying to keep Ron from committing murder before he realized the same things that Harry had.

Ginny was currently glaring at Ron and contemplating if giving him a bat bogey curse would be worth her mother's wrath. Draco saw her begin to reach for he wand, and quickly grabbed it before she could. He wanted some kind of truce, and knew another hex (or strange hexing accident as seems to be the case lately) would not help anything.

Ginny was so busy glaring at Ron that she did not notice Draco taking her wand. She began to search her robes for it and could not find it. She instead yelled at him. "It's my life, Ron! Not yours!"

"But you're making a huge mistake, Ginny!" Ron yelled.

"But I'm not, Ron! And even if I am, which I am not, it's my life, and any mistakes I make are mine to make." Ginny said earnestly, not yelling anymore.

Ron stopped yelling too. "But you're going to be hurt." He said, glaring at Draco. "He'll hurt you. That's what he does." Ron said.

Draco glared back at Ron. "I would never hurt Ginny. I love her!" He said, without really thinking. Ginny got a huge grin on her face and looked at Draco in shock. Draco suddenly realized what he had said and began to blush.

"And I love you too." Ginny said as she embraced Draco.

Ron watched this tender moment, and did not know what to think. Because, for some reason, Draco had seemed sincere. And Ron did not know what to think. He didn't trust Draco, but Ginny did. He would hurt her, Ron knew this. But some of what Ginny said started to get through Ron's head. It was her choice, her decision, and her mistake to make.

Ginny and Draco broke part from their hug to look at Ron. Ron just looked at them for a moment before speaking. "When you hurt her, you're dead, Malfoy. As long as you keep her happy, I'll let you live." Ron threatened, before motioning to Harry and walking away. Neither Ron nor Harry looked back at the couple.

"What was that?" Draco asked Ginny.

"I think Ron just gave us his blessing." Ginny said, and smiled at the bewildered Draco.

"Well, I guess that means we get to live happily ever after, then." Draco said, leaning in closely for a kiss.

Ginny met him half way, her response to his statement lost in the meeting of their lips.

Fate watched and smiled. She loved it when a good plan came together.

Stay tuned for Chapter 17 of LLPC. Fate doesn't like any loose ends, and the last one needs to be tied up here. Let's see if you can figure out on your own what that last loose end is….