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Chapter 10: I Love You and I Mean It

"I'm getting married.." She whispered to him, looking at him with those tear-stained eyes.

"No…" He refused to believe it, she couldn't have.

"Yes, it has been arranged, my family needs the money." She told him, unable to look at him.

"But…I love you." He said, and without knowing, he had indeed started to love her.

"I'm sorry. It's…" She choked on her words. "It's too late."

"No, it's not. It can't be. I…I…"He started, only to find her gone.

"I, therefore prounounce the unity of Corineland and Royaland." The priest finished while placing a crown on both Ginny and Draco's head as the audience roared with applauses.

The room was then quiet, as if waiting for some kind of movement from the newly weds. Draco then leaned over and planted a soft and gentle kiss on Ginny's lips, wrapping his arms around her waist. The bystanders in the great hall clapped and cheered once again. On the inside, Ginny was doing her best to think of all the horrible things Draco had done to her family.

When the ceremony finally came to an end and everyone had left. Ginny and Draco was shown to their separate bedrooms, beside each other.

"Thank you!" The royal parents both gratefully said to them before allowing Ginny and Draco to retire to their rooms.

"Your majesty, congratulations." A group of maids greeted Ginny as she stepped into the room.

"Thank you." Ginny said.

"Your majesty, what would you like us to do?" The maids asked, as they curtsied.

"Nothing at the moment." Ginny replied as she dove on to the bed, exhausted of the day's events. "In fact, you may all retire to your bed." Ginny waved them off.

With a final curtsied, they exited to their own chambers as Ginny's eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Draco too, had ushed all this servants to go to bed, he was simply too tired to deal with them at the moment. So without even changing, he plopped onto his bed and lied there for a while, thinking of all the previous events. He remembered the look of those brown eyes when he had kissed her in the great hall that very day, and the way her lips had tasted against his. His scheme was running as smoother than he had ever planned, Ginny was easier to munipulate than he had thought. Yet there was a slight problem, Ginny had her own special way to ruin his plan, she had bombarded his head with herself without even knowing, maybe his plan was running a bit too smoothly…

Sighing, his overworked mind begged him for shut eye, and reluctantly, he gave in after taking off his shirt due to the summer heat that came in waves through the huge ancient windows.

On the other side of the wall, Ginny too felt the waves of humidity wash through her room, the unease caused her to toss and turn in bed before waking up fully. The dress was sticking to her damp body, her hairline was growing wet and her corset was pinching at her abdomen. Rubbing her eyes, Ginny got up and fumbled with the back of her pouffy wedding gown. Now, the wedding gown was possibly not something you could take off by yourself, the laces were done with precise little knots, and the train was stuck to her legs from the sweat. After several failed attempts, Ginny lost her patience and left her room to find her maids. The candles had been blown out due to the lateness of the night, and Ginny could not see down the corridor, and because she was afraid she might get lost in the dark, she gave up on finding her maids. Scanning her brain, she realized that Draco was the only other person who was currently in this hallways.

Biting her lip and scoffing, Ginny approached the door beside hers and knocked several times. No answer. Was he even in that room? But she was positive she had seen him go in there. Had he? Or was it the one across from her? It had to be the one beside her, she had seen him go in! Her patience now as thin as tissue paper, Ginny reached for the knob and entered the moonlit room.

Sure enough, Draco was in his bed, she had never seen him sleep before, and found that his sleeping form was more gentle than his conscious form.

Walking over, she whispered his name and tried to wake him.

"Draco-o-o-o…" Ginny called in a low voice.

He stirred a bit.

"Draco!" Ginny called, a bit louder this time as her frustration was caused by the discomfort of her dress.

This time, he woke up. Startled, he jumped back a bit.

"Weasley!" He shouts in realization before groaning.

"You were scared." Ginny pointed out as she stiffled a laugh.

He seemed annoyed as he rolled his eyes. "What do you want? In the middle of the night." He asked. Then, realizing his question had double meanings, he decided to get Ginny back. "You know, if you wanted me, you could've just said, which room do you want to do it in?" He added, raising his brows suggestively.

Now it was Ginny's turn to roll her eyes. "Please Malfoy, I don't want you." Ginny told him in an irritated tone.

"So why come to me in the middle of the night?" He asked.

"Because! I uh…need you to undo the back of my dress for me…" Ginny replied, flushing.

"So my room then?" Draco joked as he sat on the edge of his bed and started on the laces on Ginny's dress.

Ginny scoffed. "Just hurry will you?"

"Can't wait to get enough of me, perhaps?" Draco suggested.

"Draco! Stop it! Just take off my dress for me! I'm going to melt any bloody second!" Ginny explodes.

"Well you are quite hot…" He joked again.

"Draco…" Ginny says, in a tone that told him she might use the death curse on him soon.

"Well stop moving!" He says.

"I can't! I'm sooo hot! The dress is like stuck to me!" Ginny exclaims.

"Wait, Ginny…" Malfoy gruffly says, as the laces start to undo. "Oh my bloody god…" Malfoy exclaims all of a sudden, stopping all activity of untying the laces.

"What!" Ginny asks.

Malfoy says something unaudible and Ginny's laces undo themselves and her dress slides off her body. Yet it does not stop… It continues to undo her train, and petty coats.

"Draco…make it stop…" Ginny says in a warnful tone as the spell starts at her corset.

Draco, not realizing what was happening, for he wasn't looking, turned his attention to Ginny.

By the time he looked, her corset was off, and she was only covered in a thin layer of clothes.

Draco says something else, that puts a stop to the spell and starts to laugh.

"It is not funny." Ginny says. "Not in the least."

"Oh yes it is…" Draco sputters through his laughter.

"It is not, you better stop laughing." Ginny warns as she crossed her arms over chest.

"What if I make you see the humour in it?" Draco suggested, as his laughter starts to subside.

"Enlighten me." Ginny says, her voice coated with sarcasm.

"Say, Ginny…are you ticklish?" Draco asked, his voice mischevious. Before Ginny could reply, he was attacking her sides, causing her to fall back onto him on the bed as she kicked and screamed.

"Draco-o-o-o!" She yelles. "Stop! Please!" She yells inbetween laughs as she kicked and rolled all over the bed.

"Um…" Draco pretended to think as he continued to tickle her. "No."

"You know, when I finally get out of here, you are going to die!" Ginny threatens through her laughter.

"That's if you get out of here." Draco corrected her, as he kept tickling her. To prevent himself from being kicked in the face, Draco positioned himself on top of Ginny's legs.

"Draco! Stop! Please!" Ginny pleads as she continously laughs.

"Only if you say…." Draco through for a second and smirked. "Draco Malfoy is the best looking guy in the world."

"Draco Malfoy is the best looking guy in the world." Ginny repeats, as she squirmed in laughter.

"Say Draco Malfoy is the most intelligent guy ever." Draco continued his torture with Ginny.

"Draco Malfoy is the most intelligent guy ever." Ginny imitates, still squirming about.

"Now say, Draco Malfoy is the only guy who will ever have ultimate power over me." Draco smirked.

"Draco Malfoy is the only guy who will ever have ultimate power over me." Ginny said between breaths of laughter.

"Can I go now?" Ginny begs while laughing.

"Only if you say, I love you Draco Malfoy." Draco says, knowing she won't say it.

"Draco Malfoy, I love you." Ginny whispers geniunely. For a moment, all activity stopped, the tickling, the talking; a moment of peaceful silence.

"You…said it…" Draco stuttered, utterly shocked.

"Yes, I did." Ginny answered, smiling. "And I mean it."

At that split second, everything else was wiped away temporairly from their mind, and they lived in a world with only each other.

All of a sudden, Draco coughed, and he covered his mouth with his hand. When he removed his hand, it was covered in thick crimson blood.
CLIFFS! lol It took me quite a while, because I've been sooo busy, and...the only reason I'm updating right now is because I'm stuck at home because my ankle is sprained lol, hope you liked this chapter;) R&R! Cheers;)! Thanks to...

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