Chapter 14. Party

It was now one month later, and both still had difficulties with it. Although their grief wasn't as fresh as in the beginning, they still often thought about each other.

Ron knocked impatiently onthe door.

"Ginny are you ready!"

"Yes, I'm coming!"

Ginny sighed. How she had let herself be talked around she still didn't know. A party was the last thing she wanted now. It was eight years after Voldemort was defeated and many people found it was time for a party. She really didn't want to go, but she also didn't want to disappoint Harry, Ron and Hermione again.

She stood up and opened the door. There she saw Harry, Ron and Hermione waiting for her.

"It was about time", said Ron angrily.

"Sorry", said Ginny. "I couldn't find my purse."

The group went towards the party. Hermione and Ron walked together which resultated in Harry walking next to her. In the past she would have been very nervous because she was in love with him, but now she only feld friendship.

Soon they arrived at the party. Ginny didn't want to dance so she went to a quiet corner where she went seated at a table. Harry, Ron and Hermione followed her example and went seated next to her. She saw at their faces that Hermione and Ron wanted to dance.

"If you want to dance you've got to go, don't stay here for me", said Ginny.

"Well, in that case…", said Ron who moved his stool backwards.

Hermione kicked him under the table.

"We're only going to dance if you also dance", said Hermione.

"But I don't have a partner", said Ginny who didn't really want to dance.

"I can dance with you", said Harry.

Before Ginny could make any objections Hermione spoke.

"Good, than is that settled."

They stood up and walked towards the dance floor.

In another dark corner of the room stood Draco watching everything. He wondered why he had come and he just wanted to leave when he suddenly saw Ginny. She was dancing together with Potter.

So she wants Potter instead of me, he thought angrily. He saw that she wore the dress he had bought for her. So I was good enough for the money and not for the rest.

He watched a bit longer and saw Ginny walking away from Potter towards the toilets. Without knowing what he was going to say he walked towards her.

Ginny walked towards the toilets. It wasn't that she really had to, but now she didn't had to dance with Harry.

"Were you enjoying yourself with Potter?"

Ginny turned around and looked in the angry face of Draco.

"Like you care. He, in any case, doesn't make an appointment and than doesn't turn up", said Ginny.

"What?", said Draco angrily. "I would have come, if you hadn't written me a note in which you said you didn't want to see me anymore."

"I didn't do that", said Ginny surprised.

"No? Well it was signed with your name so unless you know someone else whose name is Ginny the letter had to be from you."

"Ron", said Ginny who started to understand what must have happened.

"Oh, so Ron's name is actually Ginny. Strange, for years I've been in his class and everyone always called him Ron", said Draco angrily.

"You don't understand!", said Ginny.

"Oh, I don't understand! Why don't you explain!"

"I want to explain it but then you've got to let me finish talking!", said Ginny angrily.

"Alright, I'm listening."

Ginny started to tell what Ron, according to her, must have done.

"So that stupid brother of yours made sure that we broke up?", said Draco.

Ginny nodded. Draco got a mean glance in his eyes and Ginny saw it.

"Draco, please don't do anything stupid.'

"But Gin, I'm not like your brother", said Draco while he walked towards Ron.

Hermione and Ron didn't notice anything and were still dancing. Hermione was the first one who saw Draco and nudged Ron in the ribs who also turned around.

"Malfoy, what are you doing here?", said Ron angrily.

"Well, that seems to me quit obvious Weasley or should I say Ginny?", said Draco.

"Ron, were is he talking about?", asked Hermione.

"I'v got really no idea", said Ron who kept looking at Draco.

"Ah, I should have known. Your girlfriend doesn't know what you've done", said Draco with a maniac look in his eyes.

"Where are you talking about Malfoy?", said Hermione.

"Well Granger, your boyfriend decided to let me and Ginny break up. He had changed the note that you would sent to me so I thought that Ginny didn't want to see me anymore", said Draco angrily.

"Ron, is this true?", asked Hermione who also looked angrily up at Ron.

"But Hermione, it would never have worked out between Gin and him", said Ron.

Draco smiled and knew his work there was done. Hermione started to give Ron a speech about how he shouldn't involve in his sisters love live and how on earth he could have done something like that.

Draco walked back to Ginny who was looking towards them.

"I wouldn't like to be in his shoes now."

"Well, it's his own fault. He should have left us alone", said Ginny. "Would you like to dance with me?"

"I thought that you didn't want to dance anymore?", said Draco.

"Well, it depends with whom you have to dance", said Ginny smiling and together they walked towards the dance floor.

"You know Gin, I think we've got to scare you brother", said Draco while dancing.

"What did you had in mind?"

Draco told his idea and Ginny smiled and nodded agreeing.

Together they walked towards the platform and Draco asked to band to stop playing and stepped up the platform. He coughed in de microphone and got the attention of everyone.

"I wanted to ask my girlfriend something and I wanted you all to be a witness of it", said Draco who saw with a big smile that Harry and Ron looked at him.

"Dear Ginny, would you come on the platform please?"

Ginny walked on the platform and everybody was looking. Draco turned towards her and fell on one knee.

Ron swallowed.

"That stupid Ferretboy is going to ask my sister to marry him!", said Ron angrily. "No way that's going to happen!"

"Oh no you don't, you stay away from them", said Hermione with a stern look.

"But Hermione…'

"You've given them enough damage. You stay away from them!"

"Dear Ginny, I can't say that it was love on first sight, quite the opposite. Still I love you very much. I didn't know how much, until I didn't saw you through certain circumstances for almost one month. So you could say that those circumstances took care to let me realise how much I love you", said Draco while he looked from the corner of his eye towards Ron. "That's why I wanted to ask you this important question."

On that moment it was deadly quiet in the room and everybody was waiting for that important question.

"Ginny Weasley, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

"Yes", said Ginny smiling.

The room immediately turned restless. This wasn't the question that most people expected. Ron also didn't know if he had to be furious or relieved. That's why he wore a very strange expression on his face.

Draco and Ginny meanwhile, had left the platform and the band started to play again.

"Did you see the face of your brother when we were on the platform? That really was priceless", said Draco smiling.

"Yeah, it wasn't bad", said Ginny.

Ginny's face suddenly turned serious.

"Draco, I want you to ask something. Do you want to live with me?"

Draco looked at Ginny and smiled.

"Well, there should change a few things. For instance, the coffee can be very salt and the shampoo sometimes gives a green glow", said Draco smiling. "But if that will be changed I will be happy to live with you", said Draco while he kissed Ginny.

The End

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