Chapter Ten – Confessions

From counting down the days and their new feelings for each other, the school year seemed to zoom past them. Their letters were becoming more and more personal. Soon, they found that they knew nearly everything about each other.

Hearing that Ginny was coming home, Draco couldn't contain his excitement. He constantly asked if she was home and he could tell Ron was getting quite annoyed. He remained up in his room, pacing. He was so anxious, but he wasn't the only one.

On the train back, Ginny found the palms of her hands sweating with nervousness. She couldn't wait to see Draco. She was so excited that as soon as she got out of the train, she ran to the port key and found herself not far from home. He was there. He was waiting. She began to run.

Draco immediately stopped pacing. She was home. He could feel her presence. He burst out of the room and ran down the stairs.

"Is she here," he asked eagerly. "Is she? Is she?"

"No!" Ron shook his head. "Settle down will you?"

Draco felt embarrassed and sat on the couch. He was sure she was there. He was very much mistaken. He drummed his fingers on his knees as he waited. He felt as if the wind had been knocked out of him when the door opened and she came in. he jumped to his feet.

"Hi," he said breathlessly.

She smiled. "Hi."

Ron stared at them, a smile sneaking upon his face.

"Mum and dad are out right now," Ron said to her, but she wasn't really paying attention to him. "Helloo?"

"Hi," Ginny said finally paying attention to him. "Are you going somewhere?"

"And leave you two alone? No way! I'm sticking around." Ron could tell she was disappointed. Shaking his head, he picked up her trunk and carried it up the stairs leaving the other two to exchange hugs.

Ginny found herself burying her face in his chest. She'd never realized how much she really missed him.

Before she could stop herself, she said, "I've missed you so much."

Draco took a while before he responded. "I've missed you too."

She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling as she smiled. She sat together on the couch, still holding hands. Realizing they were holding hands, they quickly let go.

"So, how'd it go," Draco asked. "School I mean."

She laughed. "It went okay. I did pretty good on the finals."

"Awesome," he beamed and she looked proud.

There was a long silence. Draco had been planning to tell her of his feelings today, but his mind just had gone totally blank.

"Well, I suppose I'd better unpack," she said hurriedly as she got to her feet. She gave him a quick before running up the stairs.

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Draco lay listening to the sounds of the house. From down the hall he could hear the familiar snoring of Mr. Weasley. From the room next to him, he could hear Ron mumbling in his sleep. The room on the other side was dead quiet. He wondered if Ginny was still awake. He got out of bed and knocked lightly on the wall. He smiled when another knock came from her side.

Moving as quietly as he could, Draco slipped out of his room. He was about to knock on her door when he realized she was peeking from behind it. He smiled nervously. He stepped in.

"Can't sleep?" she asked.

"Not really, no. Did I wake you?" asked Draco.

Ginny shook her head. "No, no not at all. Is there something on your mind?"

Draco thought for a moment. He wasn't exactly planning on telling her now, but he might as well do it. He was already there.

"Draco?" Ginny waved a hand in front of him, getting his attention.

Draco turned to her. "Actually, I've got something I've been wanting to say for a while."

He thought he saw her smile but maybe it was just his eyes playing tricks on him. She looked up at him, silent.

"Well," Draco frowned, "I suppose I should start with… Um… erm, a thank you."

"Thank you? For what?" Ginny asked. He could sense a bit of disappointment in her voice.

"Being a friend to me," Draco smiled, "I really appreciate all you've done."

Ginny smiled faintly. "Well, you've been a good friend too."

"Thank you, but see, my point is… Well's really quite hard to explain. Not… Not really, I just—" he stopped talking when he saw her starting at him, an odd glint in her eye. –"What?"

She looked away, embarrassed. "Nothing."

"You were staring at me."

"No I wasn't."

"Yes you were."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes!"

"NO!" she shouted, and then clasped a hand over her mouth. They stood still, expecting a door to open and Mr. Or Mrs. Weasley to come bursting through the door, but nothing happened. She glared at Draco, who stared back at her, smirking.

"You nearly got us in trouble!" she whispered fiercely, but she was fighting back a grin.

"Anyway, back to what I was saying," said Draco, "before you rudely interrupted."

She scoffed but let him go on. Draco shook his head. He walked over to her. he looked down at her, his eyes penetrating into hers. He didn't speak as he leaned down and captured her lips with his.

"I want to be more than friends," Draco whispered into her ear.

"Well, you read my mind," Ginny smiled and was pulled into another kiss.

The rest of the house slept, oblivious of the fact that love was blossoming in one of the rooms.


Author's Note: Well, there's chapter ten for you! Ahaha, I was going to update yesterday, but then I had A LOT of stuff to do rolling of eyes anyways, I hope you liked this chapter and thanks for reading! Don't forget to review!