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And So Summer Really Begins

It hadn't taken long for Mrs. Weasley to notice that Harry, Ron and Hermione were gone. It was at breakfast she realized. Ginny filled her in quickly before leaving. Ginny didn't like suddenly having to be nice to "house guests" who she had been brought up to hate all of her life, especially when the other three at the table acted as if they had been neighbors all of their life.

Ginny spent most of the rest of the day sitting in her room, not wanting to socialize with Draco. Unfortunately the longer she sat on her bed the more angry she got at... everything.

All her life she had older siblings with her. She had not liked it at times but there was never a dull moment that was for sure. This summer was defiantly going to be different, Ginny thought.

In the middle of a mental rant at Harry, Ron and Hermione for leaving her, Draco entered.

"Have you ever heard of knocking?" Ginny asked

"No, never."

There was a painful silence that followed.

"Look I didn't mean to ruin your summer. But you don't have to sulk in this room all day." said Draco

"I'm not sulking," said Ginny

"Sure you aren't," said Draco sarcastically. "But at least I'm making the effort to be civil."

"I would be civil if you hadn't stolen my coffee!"

"I was the one who made the coffee." Draco pointed out

"I got the cup!"

"If it makes you feel better you can have the first cup of coffee tomorrow."

"Good... No one ever told me but... why are you here in the first place?"

"I just noticed a bit late I was on the wrong side. Professor Snape saw I didn't feel like serving the Dark Lord all of my life. He helped me out of it."

"Snape?"

"He's still a active member in the Order."

"But he killed..."

"Even if Snape hadn't of done it, another death eater would have. He was just keeping his options open for being a spy for the Order a bit longer."

"That's what they all say... So how long are you here for?"

"Don't know. I can't go back to my house, the Dark Lord would murder me in my sleep. I would have signed up for some sort of an army position today but my mother is flipping out about it. She wants me to go back to school, get my N.E.W.T.S you know."

"They don't know if Hogwarts is even opening,"

"That's what I said, I told my mum if there not opening I'm defiantly going to the army and nothing she says will stop me."

"And if it does open?"

"I find some way out of going back to school."

"Why don't you want to go?"

"It's school, plus hardly any of my friends are going. I hate exams, and paying attention in classes. It's just not for me."

"Sad story."

After talking to Draco as just another person for 5 minutes Ginny saw he really wasn't that bad. He was funny, maybe a bit too sarcastic, but truly just another guy who didn't like taking orders from those in authority.

It really wasn't that bad living with him either, Ginny found out over the next week. Ginny and Draco spent most of their time lazing in the den or playing Draco's 'Table Quidditch.' A table (the size of a muggle pool table) that was the exact replica of a Quidditch World Cup stadium, with flying players and balls. ("It was hard as shit to get out of my house to bring here without anyone noticing, but I couldn't leave it behind.") Another pastime they used frequently was sitting in the kitchen eating anything and everything.

Order members came and went throughout the night, but as Ginny and Draco slept most of the day they almost always saw everyone. Being at Grimmaulde place for the summer was really like every other summer, with a few less people and rows in the house.

The first fight had started when Ginny and Draco received letters telling them that "Hogwarts would be open to anyone who wished to attend in September." Draco and Mrs. Malfoy were merciless going at each other for over an hour.

"I'm not going! I don't want to go and I'm sorry but going does not seem to me like a productive way to live an entire year!"

"I am your mother and I decide if you go or not." Mrs. Malfoy told her son.

Ginny felt a little awkward sitting at the kitchen table eating as the mother and son fought.

"I'm legally an adult now! I decide what I want. Going to the army is a help to the country, going to school, that's only helping me. Helping myself when I could be helping my country, it would be selfish for me to go back to school."

"But you admit that going to school would be helping yourself! You can help yourself. Help yourself Draco."

"If only you were yelling at me to help myself to mashed potatoes." said Draco dreamily "Look at Ginny's brothers. Fred and George, those two are rolling in money. They didn't finish school. I don't even need the money!"

Ginny agreed, from what she had seen of Narcissa and Draco's lifestyle they practically lived like the royal family. Ginny wondered if it would be rude to pick up her cereal and leave the room, because she didn't feel like staying to chat or get dragged into the row.

"If you think like that, you'll have squandered all your grandfather and great grand father and every Malfoy father's money in a year!"

"I'm not stupid with money. That's dads job."

"Don't talk about your father like that, and he would agree with me! He would make you go to school!"

"Well he can't now can he. He's in prison."

"He made a mistake."

"So did I. I was raised to make mistakes. You had a choice to get out. You and dad brought up to be a death eater. There was hardly anything I could do. I think we've seen I'm the one out of the family who makes the best life choices."

"Don't talk about your father like that."

"I'll talk about the bastard however I like."

Ginny made a mental note that Draco had absolutely no respect for his dad, no matter what past experiences had taught her.

"Draco... I want what is best for you. I would never purposely steer you in the wrong direction. And the army is no place for my... only son!" said Narcissa with a few tears trickling down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry to hurt you mum, but I'm not going back to school! There's nothing there for me."

Ginny sat with her now soggy cereal noticing Draco had changed greatly since the year before. The old Draco would worship his father, not tell his mum he was sorry for hurting her if he was in the middle of a fight and not have looked so sexy while doing it.

- - - - - - - -

Dear Ginny

There is not really much to report here.

I did meet some people who knew Jenny. It was really nice to talk to them and they told me a bit about her. I heard more about the bottles 15 divided by 5 fact which made for some really good stories. It must have sucked to go through it though.
Ron and Hermione would have written you but they're out doing some "shopping and going for a quick tea break."
They said to say hi, that's all for now.

H.

"That's the most confusing letter I've ever read in my life." stated Draco who had been reading Harry's letter over Ginny's shoulder.

"That's cause Harry and I made up code words before he left." explained Ginny

"I figured that much," said Draco. "So will you tell me what it means?"

"Well... I guess I can tell you. Just don't tell anyone else." Ginny warned. "Jenny is really Harry's parents."

"And the 'bottles 15 divided by 5 fact?'"

"Please don't ask me because I can't tell you."

"I can respect that," said Draco "So he is taking a year off school to go soul searching at his parents old blown up house? At least I'll be doing something useful with my year."

"We al have our little secrets, stuff is almost always more twisted then you think."

"What's with H.?" sniggered Draco

"No idea... Hey, where's your mum?"

"Went to visit my dad." said Draco shortly

"She's not allowed to leave headquarters is she?"

"Nope, but she wanted backup trying to keep me from joining the army. She went to go visit my dad in prison. But really, what's he going to do? Write me a letter? He's probably lost his mind by now. Doesn't know who his wife or son is. She's wasting her time."

Ginny saw Draco's bitterness about the subject and didn't push the conversation.

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