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A/N: Sorry for the wait everyone. I'll try not to let it happen again. I had a sudden lack of inspiration. We'll best not keep you waiting now, so here it is.

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Chapter 3

"What in the hell did you do to me!" she exclaimed while scrambling out of the bed with a sheet wrapped securely around her.

"Nothing you didn't ask me to. Now come back to bed." He replied coolly.

"Why you arrogant, self absorbed, egotistical…"

"Temper, temper. Now Ginevra, you don't really feel that way about me do you?" he said while getting up and walking over to her.

She turned away from his naked body blushing. 'Well at least I know why it hurts so much.'

"There's no need to be modest my dear. I assure you there isn't a freckle on your body I haven't seen." He whispered huskily into her ear, sending shivers up her spine once again.

She gave in to the feeling momentarily, but then came to her senses. "Get away from me. How do I know you didn't just drug me or something?"

"Does it look like I made you do anything?" turning around to indicate the half moon marks over his back. "More importantly, you and I both know that drunk or not, you wouldn't do anything you didn't want to." He said matter of factly.

She knew he was right. "What am I going to do?" she said to herself. "My parents are going to kill me! Not to mention my brothers are going to kill you! How can you be so calm about this?" she yelled in hysterics.

"Ginny calm down. The only people who know about this are you and I. And I presume that Colin, Blaise, and Pansy know. So obviously nobody else will find out about this unless we say so."

"Right… Wait how does Pansy know?"

"That's a bit…complicated." He replied. She gave him a look that said start talking. He rolled his eyes at her. "Fine, do you remember when I said that Blaise goes both ways?" She nodded, but had a look on her face that clearly said I have no idea. "Now you know…again. Anyway, though Blaise does enjoy the company of ladies, Pansy is the only one whom he finds insatiable. They spend almost every night together, though not always alone. Yet they still allow each other to see other people."

"So in other words, they love each other, but they don't want to be tied down as of now."

"More or less."

"Telling my story are you Draco." Draco jumped behind Ginny at the sound of Blaise's voice. "You're not giving Ginevra here the wrong idea of me are you?"

"Now why would I do something like that, Blaise?"

"Are you hiding behind from me Draco?" Blaise grinned, knowing that his comment would raise Draco's temper.

"I hide from no one Blaise." Draco spat. "You of all people should know that. I just don't want you staring at me."

"Damn. I was hoping you would just run out and scold me." He said with a grin on his face.

"Am I interrupting something? Should I leave you two alone?" Cut in Ginny.

"Would you really?" Blaise said with his eyes lighting up.

"NO! Ginevra, you fine where you are." Replied Draco.

"So you guys have never been together?" she asked.

"No." Blaise said disappointedly.

"No we haven't for two very important reasons. One, I'm not gay, no offense Blaise. And second I don't like to share." He said to her possessively.

"Well, I just came to tell Ginevra that Colin is waiting for her outside of the common room."

"He came all the way down from the tower to get me?"

"Not exactly. He just happened to followed your example and stayed in the dungeons with some friends."

"I see. He can wait then. Draco I suggest getting something to cover yourself with." She said before gathering her clothes and walking into the bathroom.

"Is it just me or does she seem upset?" Draco asked.

"Just ignore it. I don't think she's upset with you mate." Blaise replied.

Just as Blaise finished his sentence, Ginny walked out from the other room, fully clothed. "Blaise it was nice meeting you. Draco… umm…I guess...umm...bye." That was all she said before she walked out into an empty common room.

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Colin spotted a red blur exit the Slytherin common room. "There you are Gin. I've been wondering when you were going to get out here…"

"I need to talk to you Colin." She said while forcefully dragging Colin behind her into an abandoned classroom. "What were you thinking? I mean really dragging me to that party. I highly doubt that it was a coincidence, after what I told you yesterday! I'm your best friend… how could you… why would you…What did you think you were going to accomplish by throwing two people together?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about my dear Ginevra."

"Is that so? Well let me refresh your memory then. You were the one who not only suggested the bacchanal but you also dragged me down here hoping that something would happen between a certain slytherin and myself. So I'm going to ask you again, what were you hoping to accomplish?"

"Well, since you asked so nicely." He said sarcastically, " I wasn't hoping to accomplish anything. Why, are you implying that something did happen?" he asked with genuine curiosity. His question was answered by her silence, and by the guilty look she now held on her face. He gasped before exclaiming, "You didn't…You did! Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine."

"You really fancy him don't you? Excluding what's been going on lately, you've been head over heels in love with this bloke, haven't you?"

"That's bullocks and you know it Colin. You can't love somebody you've hated all your life. You can't love someone who constantly makes your existence miserable. How could you even think that?"

"Because it's true. And that scares you to death, doesn't it? Don't give me that look. I know you better than anyone, and you wouldn't have done what you did last night if you didn't feel something for him…if you weren't absolutely sure."

"Can't get anything past you can I? Am I really that obvious?"

"Only to me Gin. But before you start putting crazy ideas in your head, let me tell you something about love, and actually listen to what I'm gonna say. Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. It's not a fundamentally sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being "drawn toward" someone. Love is active, effective, a matter of making reciprocal and mutually beneficial relations with one's friends and enemies."

"Thanks Col." She said before wrapping her arms around him. "What would I do without you."

"I'll tell you what you'd do. Absolutely nothing. You'd bloody well be lost without me." He replied teasingly. They joked all the way back to the common room.

"Well, I'm off to change. I'll meet you back here in 15 minutes so we can go down to breakfast together.

"Sure thing Gin. Are you sure you don't want to take a little longer? Beautify yourself before seeing Adonis again. I'm sure he'd appreciate something wonderful to look at this morning so he can shower you with compliments the next you meet." he asked as they entered the empty common room.

Before walking up the steps to her room, she slowly turned around and said, "There won't be a next time." Then she walked away leaving a confused Colin behind.

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"So, from this morning's display, it would be an understatement to say that you had a rather eventful night." Questioned Blaise.

"You certainly have a knack for stating the obvious don't you." He drawled.

"What, now that your dream lover has left the claws come back out?" A look of realization crossing his friend's face. "Did you think that I forgot about our conversation that day?"

"How did you figure it out?"

"I have my ways. I can't tell you all of my secrets now can I?"

"What if I gave you a little piece of information that could be used to your advantage." He asked pretending to be interested in his nails.

"What kind of information?" inquired Blaise.

"It is of no concern to me, but you would probably make good use of it."

"In that case I simply have to know. I knew last night when Creevey told me that you were dancing with Ginevra. You can't miss that red haired goddess. Plus, what you said to me the morning we came to Hogwarts. You said, and I quote, 'Blaise if I had figured it out I wouldn't still be having these dreams. She'd be in my bed as we speak.' You really do keep your promises don't you Draco?"

"Only to those I trust Blaise. So consider yourself lucky."

"You know I do. Now, about this information you promised me…"

"Since you held up your end of the bargain, I suppose I can tell you. It's rather funny actually."

"Well, what is it?" Blaise asked getting impatient. "At least tell me who it's about." He pleaded.

"Alright, alright. Keep your trousers on. I happen to have some particularly fascinating news about a certain Griffindor. Now I know how much you like diversity so I thouhgt it would be of use to you."

"I'm still waiting for a name Draco." stated Blaise impatiently.

"Well it turns out that Longbottom is a closet bender."

Blaise gasped in disbelief before saying, "Bullshit! Everyone knows that Longbottom's been with Loony Lovegood forever. They're even dating!"

"Nope. He's as bent as a bottle of chips! And I'm surprised you haven't heard that Lovegood left him because of some argument over some such beast she's always raving about. Apparently they've been on the rocks for quite a while."

As a thought passed through his perfect head, a smirk made its way across his face. "You were right Draco, this is interesting."

Just then an owl came into the dormitory. "Blaise please, I don't need you to give me an impression of what's going on inside that head of yours." He grabbed the letter recognizing the familiar scrawl on the parchment. Blaise saw as Draco's face visibly darkened.

"What is it? What's happened?"

"Nothing. Just another loving letter from Lucius." He spat out.

"What does the bastard want now?"

"You know, the usual. 'Join the Dark Lord or I'll take away all of your pretty toys and kill you in the most gruesome way possible.' Which we both know he won't do because not only do I have more than enough money to take care of myself without ever having to work, but I'm also his only heir. He may be deranged psychopath, but he's not completely daft."

"At least we hope he's not. Well, as lovely as this conversation is going Draco, what do you say we head down to the Great Hall for some breakfast mate? I don't know about you but I'm starving."

"Yeah. You better go get Pansy. There's no telling what she'd do without her better half." He said jokingly.

"Very funny Draco."

"Oh you thought so too." He drawled.

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The walk down to the Great Hall from Griffindor tower passed in complete silence. One not wishing to speak of the "incident" and the other too confused to form a competent question to ask her. Once they sat down at their table, Colin broke the silence. "Gin, what did you mean when you said there won't be a next time?"

"I mean exactly what I said Colin."

"But why? After all the things that you told me, why would you do that to yourself?"

"Because it would never work. I would rather spare myself the pain thanks."

"Even with the dreams?" His remark causing a look of pure shock to appear on her face.

"How did you know about that? I never told you about the dreams."

"Honestly Gin, just because you can't control your mouth when you get trashed is no reason for me not to listen. You told me the night we snuck into that club in Diagon Alley over the summer. We got back to my place, and you started running you mouth about Mr. Right. I knew it was him the moment you talked about him. There's nobody else in the world that has those features. Something's obviously trying to tell you to hook up with him."

"Hook up with who?" came a concerned voice out of nowhere.

'Oh Merlin. This is great! Just what I needed to make my morning completely wretched. What's next?' At that very moment who should walk in but the very person she was trying to avoid. Their mercury orbs looking straight into her chocolate ones. 'I spoke too soon.' "No one that concerns you Ronald." She said exasperatedly.

"What do you mean no one that concerns me? I'm your brother. That means anything that has to do with you is my concern."

"You listen to me Ronald Weasley, because this is the last time I'm going to say this to you. It's my life and if I want to do something, then I'll bloody well do it! With or without your consent! Is that clear!" she cried, gaining the attention of the entire hall before she stormed out angrily.

All over the hall people were busy whispering to each other wondering what today's sibling argument was over. No one saw a tall blonde slip out after the angry red head.

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He found her mumbling incoherently to herself as she walked down towards the lake. She was too consumed in her own anger to notice him walk up behind her and whisper silkily into her ear. "Hello again Ginevra."

"Can I help you Malfoy? If not could you please leave me be."

"What's with the informalities Ginevra. You didn't seem too bothered screaming my name last night."

"That was last night, this is today."

"You don't mean that. What do you say I whisk you away to my rooms again. See if I can't help you release your tension." He said while wrapping his arms around her waist and drawing her in close. She pushed him away forcefully before replying.

"Last night shouldn't have happened. I hope you had your fun, because I can guarantee you that it won't happen again."

"I think I can persuade you into thinking otherwise."

"Try all you want Dra…Malfoy. I've made my decision." Looking up at him defiantly, she then stormed up the hill into the castle, before she felt a tug on her arm. "I thought I just made things very clear for you Draco?" Not noticing that she had spoken his name.

"If you're so ready to cast me aside, then why did you just say my name? Why are you trying to fight this Ginevra." Before she could reply, the Golden Trio decided to make their entrance.

"Malfoy!What in the bloody hell are you doing to my sister!"

"Gin are you okay?" asked Harry as he tried to pull Ginny closer to him.

"Potty. Weasel…Granger. If you don't mind, Ginevra and I were having a private conversation."

"We do mind." Said Harry menacingly.

"I'd watch out if I were you. People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes."

"What do you plan on doing about it Malfoy." Asked Ron.

"I don't plan on doing anything weasel. I was referring to your sister." He said with a smirk. Cautiously, both Ron and Harry turned to look at Ginny who had obviously been holding back her anger for some time now.

"Did we not speak of this at breakfast Ron?" she replied as calmly as possible.

"Yeah but Gin, its Malfoy."

"I'm aware of that fact Ronald."

"I see what's going on here Gin. This is some ploy to get me back isn't it? Trying to make me jealous. Well, you got what you wanted, let's just get out of here." He said pulling her towards the tower.

"You arrogant bastard!" she cried, wrenching her arm free from his grip.

It was then that Hermione decided to comment. "Which one are you referring to Gin? Harry of Malfoy?"

"Both of them. Since when was it decided that I was not fit to run my own life?" Malfoy was about to comment when Ginny cut him off. "I'll get to you later! But as for you…" she said turning towards Harry. "Apparently you are as dense as my brother, because I never gave you any indication that I wanted you back. You had your chance, and you blew it, more than once. At least he," she said motioning over to Draco, "has enough sense to break up with a girl before he find a new one."

"Are you seriously sticking up for Malfoy?"

"Yes, Harry I am. Do you have a problem with that?"

"Of course I have a problem with that! He's a death eater Gin!"

"Don't be daft Harry! And don't speak of things that don't concern you! If you have a problem with it, that's too bad! Ronald, Mione." She said putting her anger back in check as she dragged Draco down the corridor with an amused look on his face. "Stop your smirking. Don't think I forgot about you…Why are you still smirking at me?" she cried in indignation.

"No reason in particular." He said casually. "I'm just a little surprised that you defended me, to them of all people. I'm curious about something though. Did you just say I wasn't a death eater because of what you didn't see on my arm?"

With a sigh, she replied, "No. I never thought you were in the first place…I knew you weren't. Besides, I learned a long time ago that first appearances are not always as they seem."

"I'm impressed Weasley."

"Why?"

"Because anyone else would have shoved that in my face. Merlin knows the entire school thinks that all of the Slytherin upperclassmen are death eaters. To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it requires brains."

"I'm sorry, but was that a compliment? I never thought I would see the day when a Maalfoy gave a Weasley a compliment."

"Don't you remember though, I showered you with compliments last night." He smirked.

"Alright, about this…whatever it is that we have, let's get one thing straight here. I'm not some common slag Draco. I'm not just going to give you any and everything you want."

"I understand that…"

"No, I don't think you do Draco."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Draco, if I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning. If you want things from me, you're going to have to work for it. Not only that, but it works both ways."

"So what you're saying is that if we're going to do this, we're going to be a couple."

"Exactly."

"Very well. But I do have one request."

"What is it?" she asked.

"I already told you that I don't like to share. If you are to mine, then you will be only mine."

"Of course. And I expect no less from you."

"Agreed. What do you say we seal it with a kiss?" he asked grinning, before pulling her into his embrace and snogging her senseless in the middle of the corridor.

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A/N: Thus the relationship has begun! (I don't count the other part) Again, I'm sorry for the wait. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out within the next few days. I'll try to have it done by Sunday (note I said try. But if you wanted things to move a little faster, you guys could inspire me with your reviews. (hint hint, wink wink) Just a suggestion).