1Chapter 12
"You're My Everything "
"I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide.
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life."
- Edwin McCain "I'll Be"
Ginny's mouth hung open, her eyes staring at Draco. He looked horrible. His hair was dirty and matted down to his pale, bruised face. He was shaking from the cold water that covered him. His clothes were soaking wet and ripped.
"Draco...w-what are you d-doing here?" Ginny asked. She couldn't find her voice. She couldn't believe that Draco Malfoy was standing in her doorstep.
"I don't know.." Draco spoke vaguely. His voice was cracking. He looked just as surprised to be there as she did.
"What do you mean you don't know!" Ginny screeched silently. Draco's eyes looked distant.
"What?" Draco asked, his voice more stern now.
"Draco are you listening to me!" Ginny half-whispered, half-yelled. What was his problem? Didn't he know he was standing in the doorway of the Weasley's house!
"Ginny?" Draco asked looking back at Ginny. His eyebrows were burrowed in confusion.
"GINNY!" Draco yelled. His eyes grew wide and he started backing away slowly.
"Draco, what is your problem!" Ginny snapped. "What are you doing here?"
"I don't know! I don't remember ever coming here! I don't know how I got here!" Draco rushed. His face turned even paler and his grey eyes were opened wide.
"How can you not remember!" Ginny screeched, her arms flailing out in front of her.
"I DON'T KNOW GINNY, I DON'T KNOW! The last thing I remember is walking out of my house and then the next thing I know I'm at your doorstep!" Draco yelled. Ginny pushed him out of the door and onto her porch. She closed the door behind her, and then glared at him.
"What do you want to do, wake up my whole family? They'll kill you if they see you!" Ginny screamed, glaring furiously at Draco.
Draco looked down at his feet. His blonde hair fell into his grey eyes.
"Sorry.." Draco whispered. Ginny wanted to cry. Draco had just said sorry. Something she had never heard come out of his mouth. And, he said it to her!
Ginny lifted Draco's chin up until his face was even with hers.
"You don't remember?" Ginny asked, the tone in her voice lighter. Her eyes gazed longingly into Draco's.
"No..." Draco replied.
Ginny could tell he wasn't lying. She could see it in his eyes. She let go of his chin and sighed.
"Well, now we have to figure out how to get you back to your house..." Ginny spoke.
"No! I can't go back there! The reason I was leaving my house was because I had a fight with my father. It was bad Ginny. It was really bad." Draco spoke frantically.
"Where can you stay? My family can't know your here! They would...they would... I don't even want to think about it..." Ginny stuttered. Draco put his hand on Ginny's shoulder.
"It's okay. I'll find somewhere to stay," Draco spoke softly. His hand felt so cold and wet.
"No. You're staying here," Ginny spoke firmly. She would hide him. She didn't care. She wasn't going to let him go back home or go somewhere where something bad would happen to him.
"Ginny I couldn't–"
"You can, and you are. Did you bring anything?" Ginny spoke fiercely.
"No. I stormed out of my house with nothing and I woke up here," Draco answered.
"I wonder how you got here..." Ginny pondered. He didn't use floo powder. He couldn't apparate yet. He would have a broomstick with him if he rode, but she didn't see one, and she couldn't even imagine him riding a broom in this weather. How else could he have got here?
"I don't know. It's so weird..."said Draco.
"Yeah...I know..." Ginny answered quietly.
They stood there a moment, staring into each others eyes. All they could here was the pounding of the rain on the porch's roof. Ginny heard thunder crack in the distance.
"Come on, let's go up to my room. We'll figure out where you can sleep without anyone seeing you," Ginny finally spoke. She creaked open the door quietly and Draco followed closely behind her.
Ginny turned around to face him and mouthed,"Follow me." She began walking threw the kitchen, making her way towards the stairs. She could hear Draco's feet shuffle against the ground behind her. She stepped onto the first stair and walked up slowly.
Creaaakkkkkk.
Ginny stiffened. She heard Draco freeze behind her. He must have stepped on that old step!
Ginny eyes scanned the dark stairway. She listened intently. The only thing she heard was her heart beating, and the rapid breathing of Draco. She began to move once again up the steps.
Finally, after what seemed like hours, they reached Ginny's bedroom door. Ginny turned around and looked once again at Draco, placing her index finger over her lips as to indicate to him to stay quiet. She pushed open the door slowly.
Ginny stepped slowly inside and into her dark bedroom. Hermione was still asleep in her bed. Draco stepped in silently behind her. Ginny reached around him and shut the door. She crept over to her bedside table and grabbed her wand. Once she had it, she quietly whispered the charm to lock the door. The ministry of magic wouldn't know it was her who cast it. There were to many wizards in their house.
She crept back over to her bedside table, put her wand down, and sat on her bed. Ginny watched as Draco inched towards her in the darkness. The bed creaked as he sat down beside her.
"What do we do?" Draco barely whispered.
"Let's just sleep in my bed tonight. We can tell Hermione your here, since the best place for you to be kept hidden is this room. Let's not wake her; we'll tell her in the morning," Ginny whispered back.
Ginny got up once again and walked over to her dresser. She opened a drawer and pulled out a pair of plaid pajama bottoms and a white tee-shirt. She handed them to Draco.
"These are yours?" he asked, one eyebrow raised.
"No! My mom gets our clothes confused sometimes. Those are Ron's," she laughed quietly.
Draco smiled.
He began to take off his robes. Ginny could see the outline of his shape in the darkness. He pulled off his shirt underneath his robe's. Ginny smiled to herself. His chest was nice and built. It was perfect.
He slipped on the white tee-shirt. Then he started unbuttoning his trousers. Ginny didn't bother to turn around. All she could see in the darkness was his dark outline.
Once he was done dressing, Ginny walked back over to her bed. She pulled the covers up and slowly slid in. Draco followed her lead.
The sheets were soft and warm. Ginny felt Draco's leg touch hers as he slid inside the covers. His skin was now dry and soft, though still cold. Ginny turned her head over to face him, and to her surprise, he was looking at her too. A smile was plastered on his face.
Lightening stuck outside, and Ginny watched the reflection in Draco's soft, grey eyes.
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Draco gazed into Ginny's green eyes. They flashed bright as the lightening struck outside. Small pieces of dark red hair fell beautifully onto her face.
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful,
stop me and steal my breath.
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky,
Never revealing their depth.
He smiled. She was so beautiful.
"I got you right where I've always wanted you," Draco smirked, still smiling at Ginny.
"Really funny Draco. What a time to joke!" she spoke sarcastically.
"Finally I got into Ginny Weasley's bed! My life long dream has come true," Draco chucked. Ginny's eyes lite up as another streak of lightening flashed outside.
"You wish, Draco. Nothing is ever going to happen and you know it!" Ginny sneered.
"And that's what you think..."
"Draco!"
"Okay, okay I'll stop," Draco laughed. Ginny huffed and looked up at the ceiling.
"Please look at me," Draco whispered. Ginny turned back towards him, her eyebrows burrowed in confusion.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because I love looking into your eyes," Draco spoke quietly.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above.
Their heads were so close together. Draco could feel Ginny's warm breath against his face.
"What happens now?" Ginny whispered, her voice barely audible as thunder boomed outside.
"We'll sit here listening to the rain fall, staring into each others eyes, until we fall asleep..."Draco replied. He leaned in closer towards Ginny. He knew he shouldn't be doing this now. He had just had a fight with his father! And then, he ends up at Ginny's house, without even remembering how he got there? But she was so beautiful...
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide.
I'll be better when I'm older.
I'll be the greatest fan of your life...
"Draco, do you really love me?" Ginny whispered.
"More than you'll ever know..."
Rain falls angry on the tin roof,
as we lie awake in your bed.
You're my survival, you're my living proof,
that I'm alive and not dead...
"But how do I really know?" Ginny asked again, her lips inches from Draco's.
"You'll know when you see tears roll down my cheeks because of you. You'll know when I come running to you about my problems, or about my dad. You'll know when I grab your hand. You'll know that when or if I ever lose you, I'll be gone. You'll know because your the only thing that keeps me living this horrible life. You'll know because you're the only thing that I love..."
A tear rolled down Ginny's cheek.
"You'll know when I kiss you..."
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above.
Draco's lips met Ginny's once again. Everything that had happened earlier was gone. Everything that had been bothering him fell the ground like the raindrops fell from the dark, dark clouds. She was his everything...
And when you lose everything.. You have nothing...
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide.
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.
So much had happened to him. So, so much. But when he was with Ginny she made everything better. The taste of her lips was his medicine. The sound of her voice was his therapy. The sparkle in her eyes was his recovery...
I've been dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead.
Tuned in, turned on, remembered the things that you said...
Ginny pulled away slowly.
"I love you too..." she whispered.
Their lips met once again. So as the thundered rolled, and the lightening struck, Draco and Ginny kissed under the flashing light. As the raindrops fell innocently on the roof, Draco and Ginny fell more and more in love.
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide.
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life...
And as the lightening flashed again...
Draco and Ginny fell more and more in love.
A/N: Shorter chapter, I know. But I didn't want to ruin it with more stuff. Next chapter, Ginny tells Hermione about Draco. And while Ginny deals with that, she has to sneak Draco around the house until it's time to arrive at Hogwarts once again. But someone figures out her secret before she can leave, and it's not Hermione... (Sh Emmie! You tell and I'll murder you. :D. J/K.)
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