"So how did you get in here?" Ginny asked, her voice barely above a whisper and yet still sounding like she was genuinely interested.

"I have a magical voice recording of potter speaking parseltongue. Don't actually know what it's saying though…"

"Play it," said Ginny.

"Alright…" He pulled his wand from his pocket and whispered an incantation.

A strange hissing sound came from the wand, but Ginny heard Harry's voice saying 'open up.'

"It says 'open up'," Ginny said.

Draco eyed her strangely. "What? I can't understand it, you know…"

"Oh, did I…" Ginny blushed. "I tend to do that when I'm upset. I yelled at Ron in parseltongue once. He didn't really notice though. It says 'open up'."

He nodded. "Very creative."

Ginny smiled. "So why are you down here?"

"…Couldn't sleep," Draco replied hesitantly.

Ginny looked questioningly at him. "I'm not going to tell anyone, you know."

Draco looked at the ground and sighed. "I'm going home this weekend to be marked," he said quietly, as if hoping that she might not hear him if he spoke quietly enough.

Ginny looked gravely at him. "So…you don't want it, I'm assuming?"

"No." Draco answered quickly.

Ginny sat, staring into his steel grey eyes. He leaned towards her slowly, and she closed her eyes and leaned closer to him. Their lips met briefly, before he pulled away. He stared at her for a second before rushing at her face again. She slid her hands around his neck and pulled him closer, deepening the kiss.

When Draco finally pulled away, after several moments, Ginny looked genuinely shocked. "Um…wow…I-" But Draco cut her off, leaning in and kissing her again.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Pulling away from Draco, after having been making out for, well, she didn't know how long, Ginny looked down at her watch. "Oh God. I have to go. It's nearly seven."

"Oh shit, I have to go too. I'll…see you around." Draco added slowly. He jumped up and took off down the tunnel.

"Come back tonight…" Ginny called after him.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

By the time Ginny's last class of the week, transfiguration, was over, she was exhausted. She was thankful that it was Friday. She sat in the common room trying to concentrate on her potions essay, but her mind was elsewhere; in the chamber with Draco.

She had been unable to think of anything else all day. In charms, they had been practicing advanced shield charms and, lost in thought, she had been stunned and disarmed repeatedly for the entire class. She was still a little sore from falling to the floor over and over.

Giving up on her homework, she decided to go flying. She had played seeker for Gryffindor the previous year since Harry had been banned. When the new school year had started, Harry had been put back on the team, and Ginny had taken over one of the twins' positions, turning out to be extremely skilled as a beater. As a gift from her parents she had been given a Nimbus 2000, which was now technically not considered a very good broom, but it was still quite fast.

When she reached the pitch, she found it empty. Thankful for this, she took off into the air from the outside of the stadium, flying over the seats and onto the pitch. She flew around the goal posts a few times before deciding she didn't want the boundaries of the pitch and took off to go fly over the forest for a bit.

She flew out over the forest for a bit, and then found a small break in the trees. She lowered down into the trees and landed in the darkness of the forest. It was cool and slightly breezy down there, and it was refreshing. Ginny took a deep breath and looked around. It was silent, except for the whisper of the wind. The leaves on the trees moved slightly, and the ground was mossy but dry. It was almost summer, and it had been quite warm lately, with little rain.

The wind caught under her robe and lifted it, revealing her skirt which had been rolled up so that it came almost half way between her hips and her knees. It was her attempt at looking slightly better, as her robes and school uniforms were all second hand, and she hated it.

She heard a loud, sharp clang from behind her, and turned to see nothing out of the ordinary. She assumed that the noise had come from somewhere in the general direction she was looking, but she couldn't see through the dense foliage. Grabbing her broom, she slid slowly and as quietly as possible, toward the noise. Then she heard another clang and a loud grunt.

"Nice block!" came a voice through the trees. Ginny's eyes widened. That was Remus Lupin's voice! She stepped around the tree she was behind expecting there to bee more trees between her and the other people, but found herself on the edge of a clearing, in plain view of Remus and Harry, fighting with swords.

Harry caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye and nearly dropped his sword. "Ginny! What are you doing here?"

"Um…I was flying," she said, holding up her broom, "and I heard your swords. What are you doing?"

Harry glance at Remus, who looked worried for a moment but the nodded slightly.

"I'm training. Old Voldie is great with magic but our wands don't work against each other, so if I learn to fight I have the advantage. Plus it's great exercise. Look at this," he said, pulling the sleeve of his t-shirt up and flexing his muscle.

Ginny laughed at that. "I see. So how long have you been doing this?"

"About a year. There are protective spells around to keep out wild animals, but I guess we never thought a human would find it."

"Well, I'm a very special human, Harry," Ginny laughed.

Harry winked at her. "You wanna watch?" he asked.

Ginny looked down at her watch. "I want to have a shower before dinner, but I can watch for a few minutes." She sat down on the grass as the wizards resumed their positions.

"Ready? Fight!" cried Remus. He jumped forward, swinging his sword across his chest. But Harry had spun out to the left and ended up behind Remus with his sword pointed at his back. He lowered his sword. "Nice move, make it up yourself?" Remus asked.

"Kind of," replied Harry.

"I've gotta go now. I'll see you at dinner Harry," said Ginny, standing up and mounting her broom, flying off into the sky and toward the castle.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ginny lay in her bed, waiting impatiently for the sound of her roommates breathing to become regular. It was nearly 2 in the morning, but as it was a weekend, most of her housemates had been up late drinking butterbeers that had been snuck in and partying.

A few minutes after she was sure everyone had fallen asleep, she pulled back her curtains and climbed out of bed. Still wearing her skirt rolled up, and her uniform blouse and tie, but without blazer and robes, she quickly made her way out of the dorm, through the common room, and out of Gryffindor tower.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

She dropped down into the tunnel, finding it already brightly lit by someone else's wand.

"You came," she whispered to Draco.

"Of course," was his reply.

Dropping his wand, he rushed toward her, covering her lips with his.