Chapter 2
A/N: Actually, Starplay was meant to be a oneshot, but I guess it is a little short ; Oh well, I'll do my best to 'complete' the story a bit better.
Ginny sat in Potions class not concentrating one bit on what Snape was saying. Ever since that night in the observatory tower a week earlier, her head has been reeling. Ginny had wanted to be with Harry for so long, and now that she finally had him, he didn't seem so amazing anymore. She sighed. How insane would it be to trade THE Harry Potter for Draco Malfoy?
"Not that Draco would even WANT to be with me..." Ginny grumbled. Professor Snape shot her a sharp glance.
"Anything you would like to share, Miss Weasley?" He asked, sending a wave of giggles from the Slytherin girls. Ginny turned red and simply buried her head in her Potions book.
After Potions (which seemed to take ages), Harry was waiting faithfully outside the door for Ginny. Ginny smiled and hugged him, along with a little kiss on the lips. They did this everyday, and the students nearby were always just as amazed by it. They'd always stop and stare, as if Harry had grown two heads. One person, however, would not stare. He was quite noticeably trying to ignore the scene. For a week, Draco Malfoy's crude and snide remarks had ceased. He just strolled by and did not look, or even glance. It looked quite forced as well, Ginny noticed.
Draco glided by the scene easily. He could see the two out of the corner of his eye, but refused to truly acknowledge it. After the night in the tower, he saw Ginny Weasley alot differently. He believed her wholeheartedly when she said she didn't think he was a really mean person. He now noticed how downright beautiful she was, though he'd never tell a soul. He was disgusted by the fact that he had an attraction to anything with the Weasley name attached to it, but to Draco, she was a whole other person. She wasn't like the rest of those dimwits, she was a person unto her own.
Later, the two encountered eachother in the library. Ginny was reading about Divination for extra credit. She was sitting a rather large, but very comfortable chair. Draco was searching for a Potions book that Snape had requested when he saw her. He stopped dead in his tracks and simply stared. The light from the window behind her made her hair look like fire, and her brown eyes were lit up in concentration. Looking around, Draco noticed that there was no one else in the library. Madam Pince, of course, was there, but she was not in sight. So Draco trotted over to Ginny's position and sat across from her. He cleared his throat, and Ginny looked up.
"Oh! Hi Draco! I didn't notice you in here at all! What do you need?" Ginny asked, surprised and excited.
"I was wondering what you were reading." Draco answered in a rather lame excuse. Ginny looked at the cover of the tome, which was as big as her, with huge gold lettering, and raised her eyebrow.
"Really now?"
"No, not really, Weasle...y" He added the 'y' hastily. He was just too used to calling anything with red hair a weasle. Ginny looked bemused and slightly offended. "I just...wanted to say good luck on the Quidditch match today. I guess...you'll need it." Draco added, regaining his cocky composure. Ginny smiled at him as he stood up.
"Remember, Mr. Malfoy, I am the Seeker today. It's Slytherin that will need all the luck it can get." He smirked back at her and turned to walk out. He couldn't wait for the excitement that was sure to come. Ginny continued reading her book, but was now not as focused as she was before. She couldn't get his deep, dark stare out of her head. Ginny felt a blush come to her cheeks as she remembered the sudden kiss he had given her that night. She could feel herself wanting to feel more of those kisses. Draco was forbidden for her, and that was exciting. She felt a bit guilty when she thought of Harry, but he was just too...GOOD. She wanted someone bad and dangerous for a change. She giggled as she imagined what life would be like with Draco instead of Harry. As she was daydreaming, she fell into a very relaxed nap.
"You know, you're so beautiful..." There he was. He was holding her and stroking her hair softly. He leaned in for a kiss and Ginny welcomed it eagerly. He deepened the kiss by slipping his tongue into her mouth and Ginny giggled as his hand snaked under her robes.
"GINNY!" Ginny snapped awake instantly too look into her brother's eyes. She stared dumbfounded for a second.
"R-Ron...?" She said. He rolled his eyes and grabbed her hands to pull her out of the chair. Ginny looked around to see where her book had gone.
"I put your book up for you. Now hurry up! We have a Quidditch game!" Ron said irritatedly. He kept pulling his sister until they were out of the library and halfway to the locker rooms. Ginny pulled herself free after the daze of sleep had worn off.
"Ron! I DID learn how to walk when I was 1, y'know!" She kept running to the womens' locker room and quickly pulled on her uniform. Walking out to the field, Ginny felt invigorated suddenly. The smell of the air, the roar of the crowd, it was intoxicating. She grinned widely and hopped onto her broom with the rest of her team. Then they were off.
Ginny swooped in and out of the players from both teams, searching for the ellusive Snitch. Her eyes scanned the field, and a short distance away, she could see Draco doing the same. Ginny didn't want to let her team down; it was her first time being Seeker, and she wanted the Gryffindors to remember it fondly. She heard a change in the air next to her, and stopped in her tracks to listen. The thing, whatever it was, was getting closer. She turned to see a Bludger coming right for her, only a few inches away. She shut her eyes tightly to brace for the impact, knowing it was too late to move. She heard a loud hitting noise, and opened her eyes to see Katie Bell.
"Ginny! Be careful! Ron will kill me if you get hurt!" And she was off to protect more players. Ginny let out a huge sigh of relief and immediately continued her search for the little golden ball. She noticed the sun glinting off of something in the corner of her eye, and turned to see the Snitch about 10 feet off. She kicked up her speed and hurried toward the ball. Draco noticed her increased speed, and followed suit to her destination. Her eyes were so focused on the winged ball, she didn't hear the ominous sound next to her. In just two seconds, she wasn't even on her broom anymore, and she was falling rapidly. The only one in her vicinity was Draco.
Draco noticed the small girl falling and weighed out his options. He could grab the Snitch or grab the girl. He cursed under his breath and turned away from the Snitch. He sped up to attempt to meet her, but she was just a couple feet out of his reach. The ground was coming in fast, so he did something rather brave. He jumped off his own broom and with one hand held on to it, with the other, he grabbed the girl protectively.
Ginny felt herself being pulled away from the ground and opened her eyes to see Draco. She smiled weakly, still shaken from the fall.
"Th-thanks." She looked at him, waiting to hear an insult.
"Be careful." He said simply, patting her head. Ginny looked at his retreating figure in confusion. Ron was running up to her. "Ginny! Are you alright? Did that prat say anything to you?" Ginny looked at ron in a daze and just shook her head.
"No, Ron, he didn't say anything mean." She said. Madam Hooch walked up to Ginny next.
"Do you feel able to resume the game, Genevra?" She asked, with a genuine hint of concern in her voice. Ginny looked around at all the players and then up at the playing field. Then she glaced at Draco, holding his broom. Ginny smirked. "Yes, Mrs. Hooch, I think I can continue the game." Madam Hooch smiled and gave Ginny her broom.
The game was kicked off again, and this time, Ginny was dodging every Bludger that came even remotely close to her. She was searching everwhere, but couldn't find the ball, or Draco. She grimaced as she heard the Slytherins cheering. She reeled around to see Draco holding the Snitch highly in the air. Ginny sighed as she heard the final judgement- Gryffindor loses. Ginny kicked the dirt under her feet and walked over to the Slytherin team. They were cheering loudly and raising their winning team member in the air. They let him down as the small girl approached them. The other members glared viciously at her, but she just walked up to Draco smiling.
"Thanks for what you did. Congratulations, too, Draco." She held out her hand for him to shake. He grasped it genially and smiled. Ginny saw that it was a truly genuine smiled, and that fact made her so happy. She quickly grabbed Draco by the shoulders and hugged him slightly before walking back to her team. A confused Harry walked his girlfriend back to the locker room.
Later that night, Harry and Ron had a conference about the rumours they'd been hearing, and the scene earlier that day. "I don't understand, Ron. The rumours couldn't be true about them. I mean, it's MALFOY for crissakes."
"I'm confused too, Harry. Everyone is saying that they have a thing for eachother. Honestly, even if it were true, I would never let my sister date that...thing." He was disgusted at the thought of his family being conjoined to the Malfoy family.
"I don't want to lose her." Harry said simply. Ron could tell his friend was becoming heartbroken at this whole mess. He patted him on the shoulders, glancing away to give Harry some private time for a few tears to escape. When Harry had composed himself, he stood up straight and determined. "I won't." He said, and walked out of the dorm. Ron stared after him, scared of what would come the next day. He shook his head and went to his four poster for some sleep. It wasn't a pleasant sleep though. It was plagued with nightmares of his sister giving birth to half snake, half human children.
"So, Harry, why are you so uptight today?" Ginny asked, as her and Harry walked to breakfast. Harry just mumbled a reply to the negative, and continued looking around. He spotted Draco talked to a few Slytherins off in the corner next to the door to the great hall. He felt an intense rage mixed with jealousy as he looked at him. He saw the way Ginny looked at him, and he knew how Draco looked at her. He wasn't stupid, and he knew quite well that something had happened, or would happen. He couldn't hold it back anymore as he lunged forward.
"Harry!" Ginny screamed in shock. At the young girls scream students started to gather around around as Harry punched Draco. Time seemed to slow down as Draco and Ginny stared at eachother. Ginny knew what that resolute look meant: Draco would not fight Harry. For the first time ever, Draco would not fight back. And it was all because of her. Ginny didn't want this to happen. Harry was on top of Draco, punching more and more as blood covered his balled-up fists. Ginny clasped onto his arm and tried pulling him back. "WHY DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT HIM!" Harry screamed.
"Harry, please don't do this!" Ginny was crying as she pulled harder. Harry tried pushing her off, but his fist connected with her face. The world stopped as everyone stared at what happened. Ginny's bleeding nose spattered more blood onto the spotless floor. Harry stopped and stood up to stare at her holding her nose and staring in disbelief into space. Although it had seemed like centuries to any bystanders and anyone involved, it had only been minutes, and the administrators rushed over to the crowd. They were all shocked to their hero without a scratch on him, and two of their students bleeding. Upon closer examination, Draco seemed unconscious. Snape glanced around to see the Slytherins still being pushed back by the rest of the school.
Harry stared at Draco, who didn't look like Draco anymore. Harry had beat him so anxiously that blood covered his face and some loose teeth remained on the floor next to him. Harry knew that this was it. No one would trust him as a good person anymore, and he would be kicked out of Hogwarts. He would never see Ron or Hermione again, and worst of all, he'd lose Ginny. He knew Ginny would never stay with him, he looked over to her as she looked at him fearfully, and back away. Ron rushed to hold his sister and looked at his best friend with bewilderment and disbelief etching his features. It was all in a blur to Harry that the administration of the school swarmed around. They disbanded the crowd and Madame Pomfrey came to take the unconscious student away. Ginny brok away from Ron to follow. Harry knew that even if he hadn't hit her, she'd still have followed.
She wasn't Harry's anymore.
Ginny looked back at Harry and waved. It was not a 'see you again' wave. Ginny, Harry, and anyone else could see that it said 'goodbye forever'. The look on Ginny's face was heartwrenching as she stared back briefly at the boy she had loved so deeply and so entirely. She still loved him, but he had broken whatever was inside her that was keeping that loved there. As Ginny turned her head to look in front of her, she knew that last glance would be the last time she would ever see Harry. She felt painful tears rising and falling down her face. She looked to the side of her and there was Draco. Breathing, thankfully, but barely.
"You're my future..." She whispered. It was quiet enough for just her to hear, but loud enough for Draco to feel, in his black world.
I'll never cry again, not for you anyway,
I'll hide it all away, into a deep locker,
I'll take the key and put it where even I could never find it,
The remembrance of you will cease to be,
I will find peace, far an away,
And oneday maybe,
I'll see you again,
But I will never love you again,
Of that you can be sure.
It had been a whole year since the incident with Harry, but Ginny had just now gotten around to writing her memory onto a page. Ginny closed the book full of the words she never spoke to anyone and rested comfortably on her lovers lap. Draco had recovered fully, thanks to some painful and difficult magic. He stroked her head lovingly and kissed her there. He was still a cantancerous cruel asshole to Ginny in public, they did not feel ready to reveal their relationship to the school yet. In private, however, he could be himself and love her the way he always wanted to be loved himself.