Sunday morning found Draco sitting on the couch with his usual steaming mug of coffee in hand, casually waiting for Ginny. He glanced at his watch, and realizing they had a good twenty minutes, leaned back. He closed his eyes for a moment, but opened them as he heard the sound of feet moving down the staircase. He looked up to see Ginny running down the stairs, a smile on her face. She made her way over to where Draco was.

"Morning," she said cheerily, leaning down to give a quick peck on his lips. But with minimal effort, he pulled her down onto the couch, making her emit a small gasp. Soon he had her pinned under him, and they were locked in a passionate kiss. He pulled his lips from hers for an instant, leaning down to whisper in her ear.

"You smell really good," he said huskily, his hot breath washing over her exposed neck, making her shiver. He inhaled deeply, a smell of vanilla and honey. She smiled, claiming his lips once more.

"Madison let me borrow it," she whispered, running her fingers down his back, making him grunt and pull her face to his. He pressed his lips against hers, finally letting his tongue slide along her lower lip, desperately seeking entrance. She smiled against his lips and opened her mouth enough to let his tongue in. She let one hand run down his back, and placed the other in his platinum hair, enjoying the feeling of his silky tresses. He put one hand behind her head, urging her closer, and letting the other gently tickle the small of her back. Ginny smirked into their kiss as she moved her hand from his back and to the front of her taught white t-shirt, running her warm fingers over his cool rippled chest. He let out a small groan as he moved the hand that was on her back lower and lower until it hit her firm butt. Smirking himself, he gave it a small squeeze, making her open her eyes in surprise and press her lips harder against his. Finally, and quite reluctantly, Ginny pulled away, glancing at her gold wristwatch, her eyes widening.

"You know, we have like two minutes, right?" She said, dropping her arm.

"So what?" Draco said with a smile, leaning in to kiss her again, gently nibbling at her lip. She moaned, but managed to slip a hand in between their lips.

"Sorry, but we do have to go," she said genuinely. He groaned as he pulled his lean body off of hers, letting her up. She stood up, grabbing her purse and robes. Draco simply remained on the couch, with a pleading look on his face that plainly said Please-Come-Back. She shook her head with a smile, grabbing a hold of his hand and trying to pull him up.

"Fine, but we are buying you that perfume," he said with a suggestive look. Ginny laughed and they left through the portrait hole to meet up with the others.

When they finally arrived, they were ten minutes late to meet the others. Madison, Blaise, and Pansy brushed it off, admitting they had only arrived there just a minute earlier. As they started towards Hogsmeade, Ginny noticed someone was missing.

"Where is Andre, Pans?" She implored, wrapping an arm around Draco's waist.

"Andre left a little earlier. He'll meet us in front of Fashion Danger. (A/N: I don't care if you don't like the name of my shop, so blows raspberry! Lol!) Said he had to draw out some money," she said with a shrug.

"Yeah, he better…" Blaise mumbled, so only Draco could hear him. Draco just smiled and shook his head in silent amusement, pulling Ginny closer. As they stepped into the village, a light snow had begun to fall, something the girls seemed to love and Blaise seemed to dislike; Draco however thought back to the experience a few nights and decided he liked it after all.

"Oooo! Here it is!" Madison squealed, jumping up and down excitedly. She pointed a tanned arm at the blue and grey sign, clapping her hands. And sure enough, Andre walked up to the group, grabbing Pansy in a kiss. Ginny and Madison in turn, worked on dragging their boyfriends inside. Blaise and Draco weren't stupid; they knew exactly the torture they were about to experience. Andre willingly followed Pansy inside and Blaise smirked, shaking his head in pity.

"Rookie," he murmured. Draco laughed, as all three guys stepped inside, their girlfriends already in the care of three or four women in the showrooms. Draco, Blaise, and Andre were immediately approached by an attractive older wizard with a foreign look about him. Fashion Danger was a very prestigious, and expensive, wizarding clothing store with branches all around the world, in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Milan, and Tokyo. It specialized in fashionable formal wear from the top designers, including even some muggle designers like Gucci and Versace.

"Good afternoon," he greeted them cordially in an Italian accent. Draco nodded his head.

"We are looking for formal wear for the Yule Ball," Draco said politely.

"Ah, Hogwarts. Of course. And may I have your last names, for our records?" He asked, walking over to a tidy cherry wood desk in the very corner of the store.

"Of course. Malfoy, Zabini, and Barbusse," he said casually.

"Ah! A Malfoy! I knew your father!" The man said. Draco said nothing; this really did not impress him.

"I see. May we see the formal wear?" He said with a slight edge. The man's smile faltered a bit.

"Yes, yes, of course!" He smiled, waving them over. Half an hour later, they were fitted in their clothing and had made the arrangements for delivery. They went over to the group of chairs, dropping into them with a sigh.

"I am a bit exhausted already," Andre said with a small smile.

"You are going to need to build up your endurance a bit, mate," Draco said with a smirk. "Anyways, we haven't really officially welcomed you here, have we?"

Draco put out his hand, which Andre promptly shook with a smile, doing to the same to Blaise. The boys exchanged greetings before retreating back to their chairs.

"So you're dating Pans now huh?" Draco asked.

"Yeah, she's a very nice girl," Andre said with a nod and another smile.

"You know, she's like a sister to us, Blaise and I. We personally like you and don't think this is going to be a problem, but we have say it anyways. Hurt Pansy and we'll hurt you," Draco said simply. Blaise gave a small smile in agreement, clapping Andre on the back. Andre just nodded, his smile now having turned nervous.

"Just relax," Blaise told him. Then he smirked and casually put his muscular arms behind his back.

"You can back out now, you know," he said jokingly. Andre shook his head, laughing lightly.

"No, I want her," he said.

"Oh, and how are you on money?" Draco asked seriously. Andre looked taken aback for an instant and then responded.

"Well off," he nodded.

"Thank god," Blaise muttered.

Meanwhile, the girls were keeping occupied with shopping, blissfully oblivious of the events in the other room. Pansy and Madison, obviously used to having vaults of money throughout their entire lives were eagerly picking out gorgeous and expensive dresses. Ginny however, was having a bit of trouble. Every dress she picked up had a price tag more than triple the amount of money she had ever owned. After a little over half an hour of difficult, she had yet to find one dress in her price range. Madison and Pansy, on the other, had tagged more than a hundred dresses each, and were not even close to done. Ginny sighed and sneaked out of the showroom, to where she knew the boys were. She immediately sought out Draco, walking over to him and landing on his lap with an exasperated sigh. He rubbed her back, seeing how flustered she was.

"What's wrong?" He asked quietly, so the other two couldn't hear him.

"Having trouble finding a dress," she told him, only half lying.

"You can't tell me there isn't one dress in this city of clothes that you don't like," he said in disbelief.

"Not that's not the problem," she said, looking down.

"What then?" He implored, lifting her chin so he could look at her.

"It's just," she started, reluctant to tell him. "It's just that this store is too expensive…"

Draco then understood. "Oh Ginny. Please, don't worry about that…"

"How could I not? I could never afford one of these!"

"Ginny, I wanted to buy you the dress."

Her eyes widened a little bit. "But have you seen the price tags?"

"Not a problem. I have twelve vaults in my name alone."

"Oh, I could never let you do that!" She said with big eyes.

"Please Gin. Please, let me buy you a dress. I want you to look amazing in it. Call it selfish," he said with a smile. She gave him one last questioning look. "I'm sure. Please."

"Thank you," she said, giving him a hug.

"Think nothing of it," he said, smiling softly as she walked away. Her kindness and consideration made his heart swell. (A/N: Awwww….)

With this in mind, Ginny's dress hunt went a great deal better. Pretty soon, she had ten or so dresses marked and joined Pansy and Madison in the dressing rooms, where, with the help of their personal assistants, they spelled on all their marked dresses. Pansy had already found the perfect dress and was now critiquing Ginny's and Madison's. On their fourth to last dress, Madison shrieked in excitement.

"This is it!" Pansy and Ginny both looked over and smiled in agreement as well. Madison took a seat next to Pansy, still excited over her find. Ginny let out a breath as she took off hers and continued trying on dresses. She was now down to her final one. She closed her eyes as the dress was put on. She immediately heard simultaneous gasps from her two best friends. She peeked an eye open, and brought a hand to her mouth. Pansy and Madison both looked thrilled, eyes shining.

"This has got to be it, Ginny," Madison said softly.

"Oh, I think it is," she whispered.

The girls joined the boys, who immediately jumped up, anxious to leave.

Andre and Pansy, as well as Blaise and Madison were arranging the delivery and payment. Draco stepped up with Ginny.

"Ah, Mr. Malfoy!" The Italian man greeted.

"Can we please have Ms. Weasley's dress charged to my account," he stated. It wasn't a question.

"Yes, yes. For the record, her dress comes to one thousand, five hundred, and eighty six galleons. This amount is fine?" He implored.

"Yes, yes," he said shortly. Ginny, meanwhile pulled on his arm.

"Draco, let me chip in at least," she begged. He bent down to kiss her rosy lips with a smile.

"No."

With that, they left the store, joining the other two couples.

TO BE CONTINUED! (A/N: How soon depends on how many reviews I get… Lol!)

Next chapter is Hogsmeade still, where they go Christmas shopping for each other and their friends. And then, more of the evil, sinister stuff. DUNDUN DUUUN! Awww… And then, after that, is of course the Yule Ball. And the special scene that makes this story R might come then or the next chapter… But it is happening on Yule Ball night!

Author Note: Well, that was sorta my author note, but w/e! HI! Sorry for the long wait! Got a little stuck… Again! All good now. A few little plot changes for the future, but it shouldn't make a difference to you! Anyways, I should have been working on my homework when I wrote this. Like really. I have so much to do. School starts up again on Monday. Booo. But I'll try and work on the next chapter ASAP. Unfortunately, homework comes first, so probably no updates this weekend. But like I said, reviews can do a lot to change a person's mind. Lol!

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