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"Well…how'd it go Beth?" Hermione asked me anxiously, as her and Ginny came back into my room late the next night. They could tell by the look on my face, that I'd succeeded.
FLASHBACK
"Well well! Look who came back to see me! I must admit, I doubted whether you'd come back Draco."
" I told you that I'd be back, didn't I? Honestly, I'm shocked! No one has ever doubted a Malfoy before." Draco smirked his trademark smirk as he said this, his voice clearly full of sarcasm.
"There's always a first time for everything Draco. And if you want to be with me, then you'll have to get used to that."
"And if I don't get used to it?" he said, smirking again. It was all I could do not to laugh.
"If you don't get used to it then I guess you don't want to be with me. It's your choice really. Now, what was it that you wanted to show me?"
Draco looked nervous for the first time all night. I had an idea what he was about to show me, but I couldn't figure out why it would make him nervous. He took my hand, and sat me down on the couch, and paced a few times before sitting down himself.
"Beth, I really like you, I do. And I want you to be my girlfriend, but I'm not sure what you'll think when you see this. I'm ashamed of it, and I would do anything to have it removed. I just wanted you to know that." As he said that, he began rolling up the left sleeve of his shiny black robes. I could see a black line on his arm, and as his sleeve went up, I could see that it was, indeed, the Dark Mark.
"Oh Draco! You think that this will make me not want to be your girlfriend? I may have just found out that I'm a witch, but I'm not stupid. I know what that is, and if you really don't want it, then that's all that matters to me. I'm sure that we can find a way to have it removed, and if we can't, then we'll just learn to live with it."
After I finished, Draco pulled me towards him, and we kissed,
END FLASHBACK
I told Hermione and Ginny everything that had happened, even that we kissed, and wasn't surprised at their gasps of horror when I told them. I could tell that they had mental images of the kiss, and that they probably thought it was a sin to kiss Draco Malfoy, but what did they know? They hadn't been there, they hadn't done it….
"So, are you happy that you never have to see the evil little cockroach again, not to mention pretend to fancy him? I mean, I don't know how you handled it really, I'd have been sick if it were me, but-"
"Ginny, did you hear me? He thinks I'm his girlfriend. He'll be coming back again. Where are you going? Ginny, come back!" Ginny had stormed off, and I could tell that she was furious.
"How could you? As much as he's put us through, serving You-Know-Who, and you're actually dating the pig? I can't believe you!"
"Wait! It's not like that Ginny! I'm doing this because it's what we agreed on in order to help Harry. You agreed on it as well, and now you're getting mad because I-"
"Save it Beth. She'll calm down later, it's got nothing to do with you, she's been this way since Harry broke up with her at Dumbledore's funeral. And besides, you're a horrible liar. I can tell that you have feelings for Draco that go far beyond our plan, whether you want to admit it or not. I just want you to know, I'm okay with it. He may have done some terrible things to us in the past, but it sounds like he's changing. And besides that, you never said that we have to like him."
That's one of the reasons that Hermione was such a good friend. She didn't care that I was dating their rival, because I was happy. And it turned out that Ginny had reacted the same way when Hermione was dating Ron.
"Yeah, she got all defensive and stuff. Kept saying that 'Ron was her brother', and that 'I didn't deserve him'. She wouldn't speak to us for the three weeks we dated, and she was the reason we broke up. It's only a temporary break up though, just until she can get over Harry, which obviously isn't happening yet. But she told me later why she had acted that way, and I guess I understand."
So, if what she had said were true (and it was), then Ginny wouldn't speak to me again until I broke up with Draco. Oh well, her loss.
"She has a point you though. I mean, the stupid git has caused Harry to get into loads of trouble, and we've already got enough to deal with, without him here to spy on us, which you know he will. And-"
"Watch it, Ron. I know you hate him, but he's still my boyfriend. You don't have to like him, but that doesn't mean that I'll tolerate you talking about him, at all."
It was not my idea to tell Ron, but Hermione said that he deserved to know why his sister was angry. That's why, when he got up to leave, I made sure she told him the rules, again.
"Remember, you cannot tell Harry about Beth and Draco, not yet anyways. Not a word, understand?"
"Yes Hermione, I know." And with that, he left.
I know it was kind of long, but this was a really important chapter, and probably the most fun for me to write. Do you like Ginny's newfound attitude? There's gonna be loads more of it in the coming chapters, as well as some tension between her and Harry, but I don't want to give away too much. wink wink so please review this, and tell me what you think.