AN: Hey guys, sorry it took me so long to post this next chapter. I've actually had it written for quite some time now. For some reason my computer wouldn't let me get onto Fanfiction, so this was the first chance I've gotten to post it. I hope you like it!

PennY

Chapter 10

Draco

I stood in the doorway of Ginny's room in the Leaky Cauldron, shaking my head while Ginny ranted on. She did not seem to understand that I had to stay in a room with her, that, whether she liked it or not, we were stuck together. Now this didn't mean that I had to follow her into the bathrooms and who knows what, but it did mean that I would be as close to her as comfortably possible until we got to Hogwarts. Clearing my throat, I stepped completely into the room and slammed the door shut behind me. This was getting old, and fast. I was tired, and I wanted some damn sleep. Emily was squalling, Virginia was yelling and I wanted to pull my hair out by it's roots. Apparently Cue Ball was the only happy one of us in the group, as soon as he was released from his cage he had walked to a corner, curled up, and gone to sleep.

"Okay Weasel, Shut Up for a minute and listen to me. I'm not staying in your room because I want to, trust me, if I could I would be more than happy to stay in my own room. I can't do that though, because I have very strict orders from my Head Auror. My butt's on the line here, and I don't particularly trust you. So, why don't we just deal with this situation and go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow and Floo to Hogwarts."

Virginia seemed to be shocked by this outburst of mine, and promptly shut her mouth. I couldn't help but smirk a bit over that fact. At least I knew how to get her attention, all I had to do was lose all of my patience. I had a feeling that would be happening quite often around this bunch, at least until we got to Hogwarts. Taking a deep breath, I threw my bag down on the floor and sat down beside it. I would of course be sleeping on the floor since Ginny and Emily would be sharing the bed.

"Malfoy…"

Virginia's voice was quiet when she spoke, barely above a whisper and it had me cutting my eyes in her direction. After I was watching her, and she knew I had her attention she continued.

"You don't have to sleep on the floor, I'm sure there is plenty of room for all of us in this bed."

I stared in surprise at her unblinking. Well Holy Hell, where had that come from? I had thought she would refuse to allow me to sleep in the same bed as her. Even if she did know that I wouldn't make any type of move on her.

"Virginia are you sure it's okay? Because I would be more than happy to sleep on the floor, especially since I've slept on much worse on missions."

I wanted to make sure it was perfectly clear that she should not feel… obligated to allow me to share the bed with her and Emily. I didn't want her to feel that for some misguided reason she should think that it was her job to see that I was comfortable.

She smiled at me, it was only a small smile, but still it made me want to smile right back at her.

"I'm sure it's okay, really, it's fine. You shouldn't have to sleep on the floor when there is plenty of room for all of us. "

I nodded, then stood and moved my bag out the way of everyone. I stood over to the side, silently watching Virginia prepare Emily for bed. She changed the little girl from the clothes she had been wearing all day into a pair of pajama's with little butterflies covering almost every inch of fabric. When Emily was tucked happily in the covers, in the middle of the bed Virginia sat beside her and began to quietly sing to the little girl. I was shocked beyond belief when I heard her voice. It was beautiful, and I couldn't help but wonder if Harry or any of her family even realized that she could sing. Her voice was smooth, and potent.

It washed over me in a wave as potent as a shot of firewhiskey. I paid little attention to the words, not even really sure what they were all I noticed was the voice. After she finished it still took several minutes before I seemed to find my voice enough to speak. When I did speak it was whisper soft, and as quiet. I was being careful not wake little Emily from her peaceful sleep.

"Virginia, I had no idea you could sing. No idea at all. It was…Amazing."

She nodded, almost haphazardly. Standing from the bed, she turned away from me and walked to her bag. She pulled out a T-shirt and shorts and disappeared into the adjoining bed. Shrugging I stripped out of my clothes, to where I was only wearing my boxers and climbed into the bed on the right side of Emily. Virginia returned moments later and got into bed on the other side of Emily.

"Good-Night Virginia."

"Good-Night Draco."

With a smile on my face I quietly extinguished the lights in the room and fell asleep, the last thought on my mind was 'She called my Draco'.

AN: Well I hope you liked this chapter, it's a little short but I promise the chapters will get longer when they finally get to Hogwarts.

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