When they finally caught there breath and walked back to Draco's room there was a soft knock on the door.
"Room service." A voice called.
Draco walked to the door and opened it wide enough so the man could get the cart with their food through the door. The man stopped the cart in front of Draco's bed, nodded his head in way of indicating he was leaving and walked out of the door, closing it softly behind him.
"Ah, food!" Ginny said taking a seat at the end of his bed and taking the cover off of her Strawberry pancakes.
"Yes, food." Draco said. He looked at Ginny cutting the pancakes and realized she was beautiful. 'I could see myself with her, why suddenly does my heart flutter when she looks at me. I feel as if she can read my soul, I feel as if she sees past the mask I have become so used to putting on my face and realizes I'm a better person then people think. I feel….a feeling I've never felt before. A foreign feeling, I feeling I can't put my finger on. I wonder what this feeling is…if only someone could tell me what this feeling is. The feeling of going weak in the knees, the beating of my heart getting fast by just a look, the feeling that butterflies have taken a permanent residence in my stomach with even the mere thought of her. I suddenly feel this, now that I am alone with her, I feel it so much more then I did when we were at school. Maybe I should stop holding back this feeling, be kind like I want to. Maybe…just maybe she feel's the same.'
"Draco?" Ginny looked up from eating to find Draco staring at her, lost in his own thoughts. 'I wonder what he is thinking. I think I like the fact we are on first name basis…maybe we will become good friends, or more.' She thought hopefully.
Draco snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of her voice and made his way to sit next to her. Taking a seat he uncovered his chocolate chip pancakes.
"I thought you had to watch that figure." Ginny said with a smile.
"Yeah well, I'm on vacation. Why not indulge myself. Plus I haven't had these in FOREVER." Draco said, taking a HUGE bite.
"Haha, well it's good to see you have a sweet tooth."
"I have a HUGE sweet tooth!" Draco said his mouth full of food.
"Ha, I could barley understand you! I have a huge sweet tooth too….we should go get some candy when your done!" Ginny exclaimed, standing up and smoothing out her black shirt.
Draco swallowed and read her shirt. 'Your cool, Nah! Just kidding.' Draco looked up at her. "Wow, that's mean!" He said pointing at her shirt and laughing.
"Yeah I know. I love some of the stuff people come up with."
Draco stood up and grabbed his jacket from the back of a chair and headed to the door.
"Well let's go!"
They left the room and headed to a candy store that was just down the street. As they were walking someone came and grabbed Ginny from behind.
"Why hello girl, I told you I would kill you!"
It was the man from yesterday, but Ginny knew what to do. She quickly elbowed the man in the ribs and brought her foot up high and stomped it down onto the man's foot. He released her with a cry of pain. She spun around to face him and raised her hand in front of her. The man looked at her stupidly, she didn't have anything in her hand and he didn't understand why she didn't lower her hand.
"Leave now and never bother me again, or ill surly kill you in this moment." Ginny said, an emotion beyond any kind of anger burning through her and clearing showing in her eyes.
"With what?" He asked.
"This!" Ginny exclaimed bring her hand very fast up to his face but stopping before she reached his nose.
The man looked crossed eyed down at her hand.
"Get the bloody hell out of here and tell your "master" He can go fuck himself, and not to mess with me EVER again or I'll find out who he is a do to him what he deserves." Ginny glared at the man and brought her hand down to her side.
The man once again looked at her with stupidity lacing his face. "What does he deserve?"
Ginny brought her body within centimeters of his and faster then he knew it brought he knee into his balls. "That…times much worse." She said watching him crumple to the ground. She turned to Draco who had a look of surprise and satisfaction on his face.
"That was bloody brilliant. Let's go get that candy!" Draco grabbed her hand and led her into the store.
They bought there candy and walked around Rome.
"Ginny I have to tell you something." Draco said, stopping and grabbing her hand once more.
"Alright." Ginny said looking up into his grey eyes.
'I love the way when you talk to me you look into my eyes, I love the way you know how to take control, I love the way your hand is fitting into mine, I love the way you smile, I love the way your hair blows around you face, I love the way you smell and the way you move, Ginny I think I'm falling in love with you.' These thoughts circled his head but all that came out of his mouth was deep breathing and the occasional stuttered "I…"
"It's alright Draco, if whatever it is, is being hard to say, then maybe you're not ready to say it….either that or your scared about something."
"Your right, it's the right time, trust me. I'm just scared of how you will react."
Ginny looked at him and saw an emotion pass his eyes that he only say when Ron looked at Hermione or when her parents gazed into each others eyes. 'Love… is that love I see behind those eyes?' Ginny asked herself.
"Try me Draco…maybe you'll like my reaction." Ginny hoped that what she had seen was real, for she had loved Draco for a very long time. It had taken her a while to realize that what she felt towards him was love, not anything but love!
"Ginny….I think I'm falling for you. I know that this is not something that you want and that you probably actually hate me and the only reason your tolerating me now is because you want to have a good time on this trip, but Ginny I think I've been in love with you for a very long time. I wasn't able to see it until after my father passed away, I didn't know what love was. Once he was gone, something inside me was released and it was a passion for you…and to this day I do not understand why I feel this way but I can never make the butterflies go away when you are on my mind." Draco finished off with a deep inhale of breath.
Ginny stared up into his eyes and slowly brought her hand up. He flinched as if afraid she was going to smack him.
"Calm down Draco." Ginny said softly cupping his cheek with her hand and pulling her other one free of his own and bring it up to his neck. Ever so slowly she leaned her head to the left and rolled up onto her tippy toes, bringing his head down to hers.
What they shared in that moment was a kiss full of….love. They both felt it roll through, a tingling sensation that went to there toes and back up again.
Ginny broke the kiss and looked into his eyes.
"I think I'm falling for you too." She said and brought her face to his again.
