Draco woke up to see Harry Potter go tumbling out of his fireplace and land gracelessly on his back.
"Very graceful Potter," Draco snarled. Harry's head jerked up to stare at the cold gray eyes that were looking maliciously in his direction.
"Have a good sleep Malfoy? I hope you realize that we had to physically restrain Ron from killing you." Harry stood up and walked out of the room.
"What?" Draco mumbled and looked down at himself. He gasped in surprise. Ginny Weasley was pressed against his chest, fast asleep. The strangest thing was, he had his arms wrapped around her, pulling Ginny closer to him. Draco smiled and pressed a kiss to her forehead as he carefully unwound himself from her embrace. Draco put Ginny down on the couch and covered her with a blanket.
When he turned around his smile faded. Hermione was standing in the doorway, staring at him with disbelief on her face.
"You really care about her, don't you Malfoy." She shook her head slightly. "I though we would have to nurse Ginny back from a broken heart after this, but now I'm not so sure." She walked past him, a large mirror in her hands. Suddenly she turned around and pierced him with a hard glare. "If you ever hurt her not only will you have my hexes to run from, but you will have all six of her brothers and Harry after your tail." She smirked and walked away.
Draco shook his head in disbelief. He didn't know Granger had it in her. He knew she could slap him, and that she was great at hexes, but he didn't know that Hermione could throw out threats like a common Slytherin.
Draco walked outside his house to find Weasley and Potter pointing their wands at the house, shouting protective spells. The neighbors were all staring out their windows, clearly wondering what the hell was going on.
"You do realize that you are scaring the muggles," Draco snarled haughtily.
Ron shot him a glare and went back to his hexing.
"We're going to Obliviate the whole town when this is over with." Harry answered with a sigh. "Anyway, we've got the whole house covered in every spell we could think of. Hermione is setting up different kinds of dark detectors all over the inside of the house. I even brought over my invisibility cloak in case we need to be hidden."
"We still need to have a little chat Malfoy," Ron snarled.
Draco ignored the implied threat in his words and turned towards Harry. "Is there anything you want me to do?"
Harry shook his head. "I don't think so. Just stay away from any doorways leading outside for the time being."
Draco nodded and walked back inside. He looked around the kitchen and sighed. Maybe he could make dinner for everyone. At least he would be doing something.
Ron walked back inside and sniffed slightly. It smelled like something was burning. Alarmed he ran to the kitchen and stopped short at the sight. It seemed like Ginny had woken up and was helping Draco try to cook. It didn't seem to be going too well. Draco had cheese in his hair and Ginny had pasta noodles falling out of her shirt. It seemed like macaroni and cheese had been on the menu. Ron looked around the kitchen and saw Hermione sitting unobtrusively at the table eating a sandwich. There was a plate of sandwiches at her elbow so Ron carefully walked to the table, avoiding getting hit with a handful of noodles thrown by a laughing Ginny. He sat down next to Hermione and grabbed a sandwich eagerly.
"What are they doing?" He asked quietly.
"I think Draco was trying to make Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. I didn't see what happened next because I had to put up a sneak-a-scope but when I came back in Ginny was covered in noodles and had the packet of cheese in her hands aimed at Draco. Since I figured that we weren't having Macaroni and Cheese tonight I made sandwiches." Hermione shrugged. "I think it's cute. They're acting like a newly wed couple." Ron went red. "I think they really like each other, and there isn't anything you will be able say to either of them to dissuade them from the notion."
Surprisingly, Ron's face went back to its normal coloring. "I don't know what they are feeling toward each other, but whatever it is, it's very strong. I don't think we could pull them apart." Ron sighed sadly. "So much for the big brother scare tactics. I don't think they would work." He shook his head and took a large bite of his sandwich.
Blaise and Harry collapsed on the seats next to them with a sigh.
"What are they doing?" Blaise asked quietly. Ginny currently had Draco in a headlock and was rubbing cheese into his scalp.
"Don't ask." Ron answered.
A long shower later, Draco finally sat down to eat his sandwich. The other occupants of the table looked at him strangely. Not only was Draco Malfoy smiling happily, but also he had just had a food fight with a Weasley.
"What?" Draco asked in complete innocence. Hermione giggled and the males just continued to stare. "Fine," Draco snarled. "Me and Ginny will eat our sandwiches in the living room." Draco grabbed the plate and stalked off.
Ginny ran into the kitchen with her hair still dripping just as Draco's back disappeared through the door. "Where's my dinner?" She asked hungrily.
"Draco just walked into the living room with it," Hermione smiled at Ginny look of surprise.
"He had better not eat my sandwich!" Ginny screamed as she dashed into the next room.
Hermione giggled and stage whispered, "So, when's the wedding?" Ron turned purple.
Ginny was sitting next to Draco on the couch, their shoulders touching because they were sitting so close. She swallowed her bite of sandwich and sighed.
"You do realize that this is all your fault?" She asked the boy eating next to her. He turned to look at her and lifted an eyebrow in an inquiry. "You were the first one to throw the food at me, and it took me nearly ten minutes to get all of the noodles out of my hair."
"I had to scrub bits of cheese out of my hair! Plus you ruined my perfect dinner! I blame you!" Draco yelled, pointing a finger at her and smiling. Ginny smiled back and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Even though I know that we're in danger, I feel so safe when I'm with you," she whispered to Draco.
"Me too," he whispered back.
It was nearly one in the morning when Ginny was woken up by a loud siren. Hermione, who had been sharing the bed with her, sat up next to her and gasped.
"That's an alarm spell!" She said. "Someone is trying to break through the wards. Malfoy is here!"