"Ron, I can't," Ginny said, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I can't break up with him just because you don't like it!"

"Oh, it won't be just me who won't approve of this. Wait till Harry and Hermione find out! And our family! You are willing to turn your back on the people you call your family just for some jerk like Malfoy? You are out of your mind, Ginny! Totally stupid!" Ron shouted at her.

"But, Ron… I love him, why can't you understand that?" Ginny said, tears welling up.

Ron stared at Ginny for a moment, and then said in a whisper, "A Weasley can never love a Malfoy. Never." Then he turned on his heels and walked out of the common room, leaving a weak and useless Ginny behind, staring after him.

Draco, woke up the next morning and as usual, put on his robes and went to the great hall for breakfast. But he noticed something odd with the Gryffindor table. Ginny wasn't there, and her three weird friends were staring at him with looks of death. Draco did a hand gesture at them, asking them what they were looking at, but they just looked away and continued eating their breakfast. Draco shrugged, sat down and begin eating, wondering where on earth had Ginny gone to.

After breakfast, he took his books and headed off to the library to finish up his homework. He sat down and put his books on the table, groaning as he thought of all the work he needed to finish. Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder and he turned around, to find an angry looking Ron, holding out a note in his hand.

"This is from Ginny," he said to Draco, handing the crumpled piece of torn paper. Draco looked suspiciously at Ron, took the letter, and read it aloud:

We need to talk. Meet me at the lake around noon. There's something really important I have to tell you.

-Ginny

Ron smirked and walked off, leaving Draco sitting there, wondering what was so important that Ginny had to talk to him about. Hmm.. maybe she got me a present, or she's going to give me a kiss, finally! Draco thought happily, folding the note and stuffing it into the pocket of his robes.

"I still can't believe it," Harry said to Ron. They were lazing around outside, watching a bunch of first years dive into the lake on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It was such a nice weather that day; sunny yet breezy. Harry lay down on the grass beside Hermione and Ron and stared into the bright blue sky, wondering what on earth Ginny was thinking, dating someone like Draco

"Well, you better believe it, Harry. She told me herself. And Ginny's not the type who would lie," Ron said.

"Gosh, she has really gone mad to be dating Draco. He's horrible," Hermione said, scrunching up her face. She shifted herself to one side, facing Ron. "Did you tell her to break up with him?"

"Yes, I did. I don't want her to spend another second with him," Ron said sternly. "She agreed to do so anyway, after making her feel guilty about betraying her family. In fact, she's breaking up with him this very afternoon by the lake. I want to see what his reaction is when Ginny throws it at his face," Ron grinned to himself. Hermione shrugged, and turned back to stare at the sky.

"There she is now," Harry suddenly said, pointing somewhere at the lake. Ginny was pacing up and down, as if she was trying to think of what to say to him. A moment later, they saw Draco walking over to her, a big grin on his face. Harry sighed, pitying Draco for a moment.

"He has no idea what he's in for."

Ginny paced up and down the lake, wondering how Draco would take it, and whether he'd even want to take it. What am I going to say to him? Ginny thought. She decided to back out for a moment, but then called herself a coward and stayed. She looked around the lake, memories of her and Draco sitting there, looking at the stars, her head resting on his chest, one of his hands gently combing her hair. There had been nothing for them to worry about, everything was perfect…

Ginny stopped breathing when she saw Draco running towards her. His had a charming smile on his face that would've made her swoon if she wasn't in such a bad mood. I can't believe I'm doing this. But Ron's right. It could've never worked out anyway; Mom, dad and the boys will never approve of Draco, Ginny thought. I'm doing this for my family.

"Hi, love. Sorry I'm late. Goyle had his head stuck in the toilet bowl again," Draco laughed.

"Draco, we need to talk," Ginny said softly. Her eyes started to fill with tears, but she stopped herself and took a deep breath.

"What is it, love?" Draco asked, concerned.

"I-I want-t…" Ginny begin, but stopped. She burst into tears and closed her eyes, not wanting to look at Draco when she said this.

"I want… to break up with you," Ginny said as softly as she could, hoping that Draco won't be able to hear her.

"You… what?" Draco said, unsure whether she was just fooling around, or whether she really meant it.

"I want to break up with you. I'm sorry… but the both of us knew that this would never work out; we knew our parents would never approve of it. I bet your father would've killed me if he ever found out," Ginny said.

Draco couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You want to… break up with me? But Ginny, I love you! I love you more than your family does, I'd die for you! Why are you ending all of this, out of nowhere? What have I done wrong, tell me. I'll fix it, I'll change, I'll change my whole life for you," he pleaded. He reached out to take Ginny's hand, but she took a step back away from him.

"You're serious about this," Draco said, his eyes slowly filling up with tears. He didn't care if he was crying in public, he didn't care if people will tease him later for being a sissy and crying over a girl. But to him, this was no ordinary girl. He loved her so much, he had dreams of marrying her and being with her for eternity. Draco felt like he had lost his life, as if he had lost everything. And in a way, he did, because to him, Ginny WAS everything. Then he remembered something Ginny had said a while ago. Draco begin to feel a surge of anger rise, and he started to feel hatred more than hurt. Draco looked up at Ginny and said, "You promised me, Ginny."

Ginny looked away and acted like she had not heard a thing.

"You promised me!" Draco shouted at Ginny. "What was that promise for? About being with me forever? Never leaving me?"

"I didn't promise you anything," Ginny lied.

"YOU DID! YOU PROMISED ME ETERNAL LOVE, GINNY. DON'T ACT LIKE YOU NEVER SAID IT, I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR!" Draco lost control. A small crowd had gathered around them, watching and whispering to each other, as if it was some movie. They had no idea that this was really happening to people's life; a girl who denies loving the boy, and a boy, who is for once, weak and useless. This wasn't an ordinary, made up, carefully directed movie. It was really happening right in front of their eyes.

Ginny winced and started to cry even more. "I don't-t know what you're t-talking ab-bout…" She looked over at Ron who was watching the scene with Harry and Hermione from a distance. You got what you wanted, Ron, are you happy now? Ginny said to herself, gritting her teeth.

Ginny looked back at Draco and whispered. "Draco, I don't want to make a big scene and cause trouble. Just think that we never happened. That there was never an US, okay?" She was hoping that Draco would soften up and just let her go, just leave her alone, but he didn't. Instead, he walked over to her and slapped her hard on her cheek.

Ginny screamed and fell on the ground, her hand over her stinging cheek. A few people from the crowd snickered, thinking she deserved it. Some of them had their mouth open, and a few girls screamed. Ginny felt so humiliated, she didn't dare to look up. Ron came running over and started yelling at Draco.

"Malfoy, who the hell do you think you are!" Ron shouted. Before Draco had time to react, he saw a balled up fist come right in front of his face and smash into his nose. Draco yelled in pain, holding his nose, he was sure it had broken. Draco looked at his hands which were filled with blood. He turned around to throw one at Ron, when he saw Ginny slowly getting up, wiping away her tears.

"I'm sorry, Draco," she said, then pushed her way through the crowd and ran back into the school as fast as she could, as if she could just run and leave all this behind.