Chapter Five-Behind the Stacks

The next day during break Daveigh and Ginny made their way to the library. Ginny's stomach was in knots over the thought of having to speak to Draco one on one. She waited outside of his Advanced Charms class so that she could follow him when he walked out.

Unfortunately the three amigos saw her first when they were leaving the classroom. Ron automatically took her being there as a sign that she wanted to eat lunch with them. Ginny was able to escape halfway to the great hall saying that she remembered that she was supposed to meet Daveigh at the library. Luckily on her way there, Daveigh was actually going to the library….but for a reason.

"Gin, last night I was thinking about that key……I think that maybe the key is some sort of portkey. Maybe that's what the guy in the dream wanted. The old woman could be living in a wizard home for the elderly and she wanted a way out?" Daveigh looked at Ginny in a serious way then began to laugh.

Ginny rolled her eyes and sat down at a table towards the back of the library where they couldn't be heard. A couple of second years were trying to charm the lock on a door to open which led into the restricted section. Madame Pince caught them and shooed them away.

"Anyway, I really think maybe the key is some sort of portkey. But the old woman said that the key was something dearest to her….do you think that the key opens something? Something important, like a closet or a…" Daveigh trailed off thinking.

Ginny sat and pondered what her friend was saying. But what was most on her mind was seeing Draco. She had spent the morning in Herbology thinking about the kiss they shared…..how his lips had traveled over hers. She had never been kissed that way. Yes, she and Michael had shared a few snogging sessions before curfew in an empty classroom but it was nothing like Draco made her feel.

Daveigh finally got up after a few moments to do some research. Ginny took the time to daydream out the window and her thoughts wandered to a certain Slytherin with a snotty disposition…….

Draco saw Ginny outside of the charms room and he automatically thought about the way she felt in his arms the night before. He was going to follow her after she left Potter and his gang of miscreants but Geoff and Pansy stayed next to him all the way to the Great Hall. Draco sat at the Slytherin table and tried to become engrossed in conversation. But his eyes kept straying over to the Gryffindor table and he looked for a certain red-head. He continued to look, but near the end of lunch she was still missing from the table. He also noticed that her little half-blood friend with the long hair wasn't there either.

On the way out of the great hall he decided to stay close to Potter and overhear his conversation hoping one of them would mention where Ginny was. He was careful not to draw attention not only from them, but also Pansy who had linked arms with him and was admiring the way his hair fell over his eyes. Geoff followed behind closely chuckling at a joke fellow Slytherin Blaise Zabini just told him.

"….Hey, hey Harry," called out Colin Creevy. Harry groaned slightly so that only Hermione and Ron could hear him and turned around.

"Hi Colin, listen I've gotta…" Harry said and motioned towards Ron and Hermione who were waiting.

"Hiya Harry! I was just wondering if you've seen Daveigh. I borrowed her notes from history of magic and she wasn't at lunch today." Colin eagerly looked at Harry.

"Oh, erm, she's at the library with Ginny. Listen Colin- I've really gotta…."

"Oh ok Harry. Hey, let me know when your first quidditch practice takes place. I want to come and take some snapshots of our new Gryffindor captain!"

Draco groaned to himself and then looked at Potter whose face turned a shade of red. He couldn't tell if it was embarrassment…..or possibly anger? Anyway now he knew where he could find Ginny. Wherever Davida….or whatever her name was, Ginny was sure to be nearby.

'All I have to do is figure out a way to ditch these three and I can go find Weasley,' he thought and let Pansy drag him to their common room.

Ginny watched Daveigh as she brought another volume to the table. Daveigh already searched through countless volumes for dream interpretations, portkeys, or anything having to do with divination. She threw down a copy of 'Unfogging the Future' and sighed.

"Well I always knew that Divination was a load of rubbish, I'm so glad that I didn't take that class. Hermione was so helpful when she helped me choose my classes before third year. Else, I'd be stuck in that class with you and Luna."

Daveigh laughed and picked up another book. "You know Gin, for once I am completely stumped. Perhaps if you could remember anything else in your dream I could try to find a logical explanation for it in one of these books. Maybe there's something in the restricted section!" Daveigh slapped her forehead! "Of course! Why didn't I think of that? I'll ask Madame Pince if I could have a quick peek."

Ginny watched as Dava approached the snippy librarian. She watched as Daveigh clearly pled her case and with no avail marched back to their table two minutes later.

"There is just no getting past that woman! I even complimented her on that hideous cloak she always wears," she complained glaring at Madame Pince. "I thought that maybe one future librarian to another, perhaps she'd let me in. Oh well, I guess I'll have to go hunt down Professor McGonagall and ask her."

"Um….ok then," Ginny said half paying attention to her friend, "whatever you want to do…"

"Great! I'm sure the answer is in there somewhere. Well Gin, I'll see you at dinner!"

Daveigh left the library with an exciting gleam in her eye. Ginny watched her friend walk off, a half-smile playing on her face.

flashback

When Ginny first entered Hogwarts, she had a humongous crush on Harry. That year was very difficult, even Malfoy noticed her enough to tease her. After Harry defeated the basilisk and rescued Ginny, she never felt so alone. Her parents kept her under scrutiny for the whole summer and she watched everyday as Ron and her brothers played quidditch outside. Even when her father won 700 galleons and they all went to Egypt, she did her best to put on a happy face. Yes she had hung out with Colin at school, but even then she couldn't talk to him about her feelings for Harry.

On the first night of Ginny's second year at the feast and sorting ceremony, Daveigh Porter walked into the great hall with the other first year students. She didn't appear scared like the other members of her supposed class but instead had a look of deep concentration as she sat on the stool to be sorted, long ponytail and exotic violet eyes focused ahead of her. The sorting hat sat on her head for a while, and Ginny could hear it pondering whether to put the girl in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. Finally it chose her for Gryffindor and she happily made her way to the table. Her first conversations later on was with Hermione who was recalling to Daveigh her own sorting just two years before when the hat also considered putting her in Ravenclaw but instead placed her in Gryffindor. Ginny snorted into her food. One Hermione was good enough, but two?

Later that night, Daveigh walked into Ginny's second year dorm. Immediately the other girls along with Ginny tried to direct her to the dorm for the first years, but Daveigh had tested into second year and would be sharing a dorm with them. The other girls in the dorm weren't too friendly with Daveigh, actually they were intimidated by how smart she was and they constantly talked about her behind her back. Ginny didn't join them in their antics; she knew what it felt like to feel like an outsider. Ron did his best to include Ginny to hang out with him, Harry, and Hermione and after a while she didn't understand half of what they were talking about. Most of the time they kicked her out when Harry got that gleam in his eye that something was absolutely important and Ginny wasn't involved.

The next day in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Colin who was Ginny's table partner was absent from class. Ginny sat by herself while other students filed into the room. She heard a soft voice ask her, "Is this seat taken?" Ginny shook her head and Daveigh sat and introduced herself.

As they waited for Professor Lupin, Ginny learned a lot about Daveigh. She had come from a product of a muggle mother, and a father who is a wizard. From an early age she demonstrated magical abilities, and she continued to learn magic out of books and explore spells. When her letter from Hogwarts came, she had several offers from other wizarding schools throughout Europe and even in Asia. The only reason why she chose Hogwarts was because her dad had attended and personally knew Dumbledore.

Daveigh also told Ginny about how her mother used to be a popular singer throughout England but she gave up her career when she became a mother. Daveigh inherited her mother's violet eyes and her father's dark thick hair. From that moment on, Ginny had a new best friend. Ginny couldn't remember her loneliness before Daveigh and was thankful for having such a wonderful friend.

End flashback

Ginny sat at the library table drawing on a piece on parchment while she daydreamed about her Hogwarts years…..A shadow suddenly fell onto the table. Ginny jumped up and turned around……

Draco managed to make up an excuse and left the Slytherin common room in a hurry. He didn't know how long she would be in the library. As he scurried up the marble steps which led to the first floor he stopped suddenly, causing a second year to run into him.

The second year student glared at Malfoy, until he turned around. The boy took one look at who it was and marched back down the stairs.

'Stupid little……Why am I making such a big deal about seeing her? I mean, she's not even that pretty,' he thought but knew that was a lie.

Most of the boys at Hogwarts watched Ginny Weasley as she paraded into the Great Hall each day, flaming red hair in waves to her shoulders accompanied by her odd friend who for some reason had exotic appeal. Ginny was a superb quidditch player, she helped Gryffindor win the quidditch cup as seeker the year before, and he knew she became a chaser for this year's team.

'She'd probably be good at that,' Draco thought. The image of Ginny straddling a broom entered his mind and he began to think about how good it would feel for Ginny to ride him…….

Draco snapped out of his fantasies. He was still in the middle of the marble staircase for God's sake. Draco cursed himself for his stupidity and made his way to the fourth floor. His mind raced as he thought of ways he could maybe talk to her. Perhaps he would tease her about their encounter a few nights ago. The thought of making her flush red made him form a typical Malfoy smirk on his face.

He made his way into the library. Draco searched through the library as he walked down the aisle ways. Finally he came close to the entrance of the restricted section. She was sitting at a table to the right alone and bent over something. She looked deep in thought. Draco's smirk turned into a leer as he approached the unsuspecting girl……..

"Malfoy!" Ginny screamed. She immediately winced and hoped that if wishes came true, no one especially Madame Pince wouldn't come over to find out what the noise was about.

"Well…well….well….what do we have here?" Draco looked down at the piece of parchment Ginny had been doodling on for over twenty minutes. Ginny took a quick look……..she had drawn several little hearts with 'D's written inside. Also on the paper she had written 'G and D forever'.

Ginny went to pick up the paper, but to her horror, Draco's quick seeker movements snatched it out from under her nose.

His eyes glanced over the paper. His usual smirk turned into a grin.

"G and D forever? Well Weasley, it seems you have a little crush on someone. Let's see, the G stands for you obviously, but the D……..well after what happened the other night, could it be?"

Draco sat waiting to bait Ginny. Ginny's face turned pink when he mentioned the other night. Finally Ginny said, "Don't flatter yourself Malfoy. The 'D" stands for Dean, Dean Thomas. You know, my boyfriend…." She lied, waiting to see his reaction.

Draco's face altered a little at the word boyfriend, but he kept his usual smirk.

"Ahh, well Ginny, if Thomas is your boyfriend, what were you doing snogging me two nights ago?" Draco sat down next to Ginny and leaned close to her. Ginny kept her face forward, she couldn't look in his eyes. She was afraid what would happen if she did.

"I wasn't snogging you, you started it. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something about that night. It's about my sleepwalking."

Draco looked at Ginny and nodded. She continued on. "Well, did I say or do anything odd?" She looked at Draco. He looked like he just received a very big prize……

Draco turned to Ginny and whispered into her ear. "You didn't say anything little weasel, instead I remember you moaning and crawling on the floor towards me….then I picked you up in my arms……do you remember that?"

Ginny gulped and shook her head. She began to listen to the sound of his voice speaking to her in a very sexy manner as he recalled the night's events.

"And then……your body pushed against mine…..yours hands roamed over my chest……yes little weasel…you couldn't resist me. Even after your little outburst I still got you to moan. You liked when I touched you didn't you? You resisted me, and let me touch you. If had my way, my mouth would have replaced my hand when I touched you underneath your shirt…. You wanted more didn't you…? I bet Thomas doesn't make you feel that way."

Ginny eyes were closed during the erotic account. Her breasts tingled as he described when he had touched them, and the familiar feeling between her legs ached when he said he wanted his mouth to replace his hands……At his last comment her eyes shot open.

"What makes you think you're better than Dean? Well listen here ferret! You could never make me feel the way I do when I'm with him. So just get that idea out of your head. I wouldn't be surprised if I was still asleep when all that happened. You took advantage of the situation. And by the way, you were the one who pulled away."

And with that, Ginny hastily picked up her stuff and ran quickly out of the library.

Draco remained at the table stunned at what just happened. He recalled her last comment……. 'Oh I pulled away eh Weasley? Well this isn't over. Not by a long shot. I don't care if you are with Thomas.'

Ginny was breathing very hard after sprinting out of the library. Her heart beat with a fast rhythm.

"I cannot believe I told him I was still dating Dean. I just hope he doesn't ask him," she said out loud in between breaths.

Ginny scoffed at her own stupidity. Draco wouldn't willingly go up to a Gryffindor to chat. That would be admitting not only that he liked the Gryffindors willingly, or he was interested in Ginny, and the last thing he would want was for the whole school, especially Ron, to find out. Ginny felt better at that prospect.

"Hey Gin, guess what," Daveigh said a moment later walking up; "McGonagall gave me permission. Let's go see what we can find; I still have ten minutes before Ancient Runes."

Ginny immediately shook her head. She had enough encounters with Malfoy for a while.

"What? What's wrong Gin? Wait….why are you sitting outside here?" Daveigh questioned.

"We…..need……to leave…..NOW!" Ginny gasped and dragged her friend down the hall Daveigh protesting the whole way.