"Can't get Enough of You"
By: Alexandria
Chapter 6: How to say thank you
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Authors note: 'ello, 'ello all my lovely loving fans. Hehe. Too many Pringles I've had. *sigh* but they're oh so yummy. Anyway. I've decided to write this next chapter. Although at this point, I sit here staring at a blank computer screen having no idea what shall soon be written upon it. So I warn you. This is written with no pre-writing. None whatsoever. I hope you like it. Ciao! Oooh! On a side note. I'm listening to a lot of Gackt while writing this, so if anyone out there is into J-rock, then I really REALLY recommend this guy. Hell, I recommend it to anyone open-minded that wants to see a really hot Japanese guy sing in a beautiful voice.
~*~ But I don't know how to leave you
And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all ~*~
Ginny blanched, her nose turned upwards. She closed her eyes tightly. Please let it be a nightmare, she silently prayed to the heavens. I can't take any more. She opened them, she couldn't see anyone, but the scent was still in the air. She heard a swish of a cloak, and soon saw Harry Potter walking towards her, hanging a silver cloak on a night table near her. And he was still carrying a bag of chocolate frogs.
When she thought of eating another piece of chocolate, she felt her stomach coil in fury and fear. She tried to think of anything, anything to keep her from not having to eat any more. Maybe she could feign sleep.
Her eyes shut tightly and she tried her best to relax, to make it look like she was still asleep. The throbbing in her ear, where the bludger had hit, heightened slowly as Harry's footsteps neared. "Ginny," he whispered, shaking her shoulder. She grunted in her "sleep" and moved her head.
Harry's breath caught in his throat. The look of her porcelain skin against the fire-like color of her hair was beautiful. He smiled and leaned a hand down to caress her cheek.
She heard a bag rustle, and something being set down on the desk, and she inwardly smiled, knowing that he had placed the dreaded chocolate down. She was about to open her eyes and great him warmly when she heard him sigh.
Some inner calling told her to stay where she was for a few moments longer, and what happened next made her stay in her faking-sleep position. Harry had opened his mouth and began to speak.
His deep voice reverberated off the walls of the near empty Hospital Wing, and Ginny listened, her heart beating painfully loud. She prayed he couldn't hear it, as if he could than he would know that she wasn't really asleep at by how fast her heart was going.
"Oh Ginny," he started, and she felt her hand being picked up and placed in his own. She felt the clamminess of it, and wondered exactly how nervous this poor boy could possibly be. "Please forgive me," her murmured, bring her hand up and kissing the back of it.
Her heartbeat slowed down somewhat, and instead of being nervous, she now really wanted to hear what he had to say. Forgive him for what? Hadn't he been the one that caught her?
"I saw you fall," he started again after a pause, and she inwardly smirked.
~Yeah, you and most of the school. What's your point, Harry?~ her mind thought.
"And I didn't go after you. I went after the snitch. I don't know what came over me." She felt something wet hit her hand, and she tried hard not to let her eyes snap open and watch the famous wizard cry. "I'm so sorry Ginny. That ferret caught you, and I know he'll always hold it over us, but inwardly I can't help but thank him."
~What?? MALFOY CAUGHT ME!?~ Her heart started beating quickly again.
"I have to admit," she heard him continue, "that I was filled with a certain sense of jealousy watching his fingers run through your hair and cradle your head to his chest. I knew at the moment I had went after the wrong thing. I had always assumed you'd be alright. I always was after 50 foot falls. And I assumed wrong. Malfoy caught you. Jesus, I want to beat that pompous bag of a git into a bloody pulp." Ginny felt the grip on her hand tighten, and she tried not to flex her fingers. "But as I said before, I can't help the need to want to thank him. I couldn't bear it if something happened to you. Your more than just a little sister to me, Ginny," he continued to whisper. "You mean so much more than that."
She felt her arm being lifted, and her hand was placed back above her stomach on the comforter. She felt something warm and gentle touching her cheek, and her heart jerked. Harry Potter was kissing her.
"Goodnight, Ginny-bug," she heard him whisper as he slowly stood up and walked out of the room.
"Goodnight, Harry Potter," she replied after she heard the door shut. She sighed, her earlier good mood gone. She rolled onto her side, and closed her eyes tightly, curling her body up into a little ball.
Ginny wrapped the blanket tighter around her self and tried to fall asleep. Too many thoughts were swimming in her brain, making her head pound.
~He didn't catch me.? Malfoy did.? He wanted to thank Malfoy because I mean more to him than a sister? Did he just kiss me?!~
Ginny closed her eyes and started humming to try and keep her mind off it. She soon fell back asleep, falling into a dreamless slumber.
The next morning, Madam Pompfrey had come in and checked on her ear. She smiled and looked to Ginny. "Well, you'll have a small bruise, but that's all. You should probably eat some of your chocolate, and it'll make you feel a lot better," she nodded. "You may leave whenever you're ready. And do be careful playing that wretched game," she continued walking away. She continued to mumble about the horridness of Quidditch until she was out of the room.
Ginny looked over at the pile of chocolate on her bedside table and leaned over, picking up a small piece. It couldn't hurt, could it?
She nibbled on the corner of it, savoring the melting sweet taste on her tongue. She smiled softly. Well, it did make her feel a little bit better, considering last night. She smiled, and leaned over the side of the bed, picking up her Quidditch Robes. She put them on, and then made the bed. She folded the hospital bedspread, making sure all the wrinkles were out of it, and placed it on the top of the bed. She busied herself making the task perfect so she wouldn't have to think.
She grabbed all the chocolate and dumped it in a bag. She carried it out with her, her movements sharp and mechanical. She made her way toward the Gryffindor Tower, and she nibbled on another piece of chocolate. Wow, it really made you feel better. She looked down at the piece. Had someone drugged her candy? She tried not to laugh at the absurd thought, and grinned to herself.
"Mashnucknuck," she told the Fat Lady, and the portrait swung open while the Gryffindor Portrait's giggles echoed down the corridor.
Ginny rolled her eyes, and climbed through, feeling her bag of chocolate slide along next to her. She started to disrobe, getting to go get ready to put on some different clothes when a loud noise made her jump.
"WE WON!"
She looked up quickly to see most of the Gryffindors standing in their pajamas, holding noise makers. She grinned slightly. "And if it wasn't for you, Malfoy would've gone after the snitch! You rule!" some one called out.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh at this. At least she didn't think that Harry had caught her anymore. That would have been pretty embarrassing. She grinned to herself, and opened her bag to eat another piece of chocolate.
Ron saw the chocolate and ran at her. She squealed as he reached out and grabbed the bag. He turned to her and grinned sheepishly. "I'm glad you're okay," he got out around a mouth full of chocolate. She patted him on the shoulder, and walked toward Hermione.
She sat down next to the studying girl, and sighed. Hermione raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at her a moment before returning to her reading. Ginny started talking after the acknowledgement. "Draco really did catch me, did he?" she asked her.
"Mmhmm," Hermione started, still sucking on the sugar quill. She flipped the page in the book, and Ginny continued.
"I mean, out of all the people! Why Malfoy? I'm glad that gave Harry a way to catch the snitch and all." she trailed off and sighed, sinking back into the overstuffed sofa. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it to her chest.
Hermione took the quill out of her mouth, and closed the book slowly. She turned to look at Ginny. "You alright?" she asked her.
Ginny sighed again, and curled her feet underneath her. "I think so. But that boy confuses me so much!"
"I know," Hermione murmured, casting her gaze towards Ron, who was still stuffing his face. Ginny grinned as she followed her line of vision.
"I told you, my brother's a bit slow on the uptake. Don't really worry about him. He'll come around soon," Ginny offered to her friend, smiling slightly.
Hermione nodded, before continuing. "Malfoy's a jerk, you know," she told Ginny. "But he must have some heart. There was no reason for him to fly after you."
"I know!" Ginny exhaled, leaning forward slightly; glad to be able to share something with Hermione. "I mean, I really rather thought he'd want me dead! He's so mean to me, and he seems to go out of his way to make me feel miserable."
"Yeah, but Gin, I have seen him watching you. And it's always with this passion in his eyes. Sometimes it's like he wants to light you on fire, just to laugh while you burn." She watched Ginny pale slightly. "Don't worry. He's not stupid enough to actually set you on fire." Ginny calmed slightly. "And others, it's like he wants to eat you." Hermione giggled, and Ginny raised an eyebrow. "I mean, dragon boy never has any emotion, and it's kind of nice to see that change, even if it's at your displeasure."
Ginny grabbed the pillow and smacked Hermione upside the head with it. Hermione squealed and grabbed her own pillow. She got Ginny in the face, sending her backwards slightly.
"Oh, that is so it!" Ginny told her and chucked her pillow at Hermione, laughing. The two girls started throwing pillows back and forth. Every so often, one would dive in with a pillow in her hand, striking a hit to the other girl's head. They were laughing loudly, and they didn't really notice that everyone else in the room had calmed down and stood still watching them.
The girls finally relaxed, breathless, and watched some of the feathers fall to the ground. They gave another breathless giggle, and finally noticed that the common room had grown quiet, besides the crackle of the fire. They turned slowly, feathers interlaced in the hair, sitting right next to each other. They saw Ron grinning slightly at both of them, along with all the other males.
"You two having fun, then?" Ron asked, rolling his eyes. He turned to face the rest of the men and stage whispered the word "girls".
It was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes. Harry grinned, and rested his forearm on Ron's shoulder. "Hey, maybe they shouldn't have stopped. Than maybe after a while they would have started making out, and then we'd have two hot lesbians."
Ron gave a strangled noise. "Hot..lesbians." he blinked his eyes, and then turned to Harry. "Ginny's my sis! That's sick making!"
"Ah, and what about Hermione? That hot little lassy," Seamus called out from across the room.
Hermione's features went bright red, and she gathered her things quickly, jumping up and racing towards the girls' dormitory. Ron turned and glared full on at Seamus, seeing red.
Ginny snorted, and then grinned at Harry. She lifted her hand and gave him a high five as she watched Ron round on Seamus. "Bloody awesome, I say," Ginny grinned.
"Oh, you don't even start!" Ron called back over his shoulder at her, and she grinned even more.
"Good job, Potter, good job."
Ginny walked up the stairs, taking them two at a time. She felt in a much better mood, after digging a feather out of her hair. She entered her dorm, and shucked out of her quidditch robes. She sat down on her bed and stretched her legs. Placing a hand on the back of her neck, so stood again, and walked over to her trunk. She pulled out a pair of large boy's shorts and a black tank top. She grabbed a belt to keep the shorts on, and walked over to the bathroom. She wrinkled her nose as she turned back around. "Accio Towel!" she called, flicking her wand. She smiled as it zoomed towards her.
Ginny placed her clothes on the counter, and started to undress herself. She looked in the mirror, and winced at all the bruises she saw along her abdomen. Quidditch really was a rough game. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear, and wrinkled her nose at the blackness of her ear.
"That's really ugly," she murmured to herself, before turning over to the shower and twiddling with the taps.
She stepped in as the steam started to rise and sighed to her self. She closed her eyes and felt the warm waterfall cascade down her back and she let her mind drift. She really started to wonder why Draco had caught her, and she felt an urge to thank him.
"Oh, you can't be kidding me," one section of her brain started. "He's such a jerk! Just leave him alone, why don't you. Just leave him alone. Then maybe he'll take a hint, you know?"
"I can't do that. I need to figure out why he saved me. So please just let me do this. I need to thank him. He could have just left me fall.you heard Harry. Harry turned away."
"That doesn't matter. You do not need to be hurt over this! And you won't be if you don't go near him," her brain reasoned.
"I need to," she reasoned back. "And it's not like I'm going to talk to him for too long. Just let me do this," she sighed and closed her eyes tightly, shutting out the arguing voice in her head. Sometimes she seriously wondered if she was crazy.
About twenty minutes later, she stepped from the shower, narrowly missing a fall and crashing her head into the sink. Thank god for towel holders.
She slipped into her undergarments, and then the shorts. She watched them fall about two inches below her knees and she sighed, looking down. She hated hand-me-down clothes. She held them up with one hand, while looping the belt through the loops. She slipped the black tank top over her head, and put her hair in a loose pony tale to dry.
Ginny walked back into the dormitory, and smiled. She through the towel on her bed, and slipped on a pair of shoes. She left the dormitory, and walked over towards Hermione's. She heard the party still going on downstairs and she rolled her eyes. Oh yes.
Knocking on the door, Hermione opened it, sniffling. Ginny felt compassion for her best friend.
"God, I hate them! Don't they realize that we have feelings too?" Hermione asked, her nose still sniffling.
"Oh, sweetie," Ginny started, closing the door behind her. She tried not to giggle and turned to face Hermione. "You should have seen the look on Ron's face as he went after Seamus," she told her. Hermione's eyes brightened slowly, and she let out a giggle.
"Really?"
"Yeah. It was awesome. Finnigan looked really scared. Ron was livid with jealousy," she coaxed her friend. Hermione smiled, and bit her lip, jumping onto her bed.
"See, I told ya. So he's not as slow as we thought," Ginny continued, grinning. "I just came in to see how you were doing. I have something that I need to take care of. I'll be back later, alright?"
"You going to see Malfoy?"
Ginny turned and looked back at Hermione. How did she know? "Yeah."
"Just don't get yourself hurt again. That poor boy has a tongue like a whip. And you know how much likes to use it around you."
A nod was directed at Hermione before Ginny turned back towards the door. She winced and turned back. "I have detention tonight, don't I?" She asked Hermione. Hermione rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Don't worry about it. McGonnagal said you don't have it till tomorrow night because of your injury."
"That's awesome. Thanks again." She opened the door and made her way down the steps. She saw Harry and Ron playing wizards chess by the fire and she laughed. She walked up to them, and grinned slightly.
"Where you off to?" Harry asked Ginny.
"I have some business to take care of," she half lied. She turned towards Ron, trying not to look at Harry. Somehow it was hard to look at him the same after hearing his confession last night. She ruffled Ron's hair. "Your girlfriend's alright, you know," she said, pointing to Hermione's dorm. "I'll be back later."
Ron turned red around the ears and sputtered protest before shutting his mouth and turned back to the game. Ginny grinned at Harry, and slapped hands with him again, as she turned towards the portrait hole.
A voice echoed after her and she laughed out load climbing out of the whole. "She is not my girl friend!"
"Yeah. Sure, whatever you say, Ron. Check mate."
Ginny shook her head and laughed, walking towards the library.
Humming to herself, she placed her hands in her pocket. She pulled a bracelet out of it, glad it was Sunday. She tied the bracelet on as she sang a few lyrics out load. "Take the skin heads bowling, take them bowling." She grinned to herself as she saw the suits of armor. She continued humming as she walked in the library.
With one reproachful glare from the librarian, she stopped instantly. She let out a slight cough and Madam Pince furrowed her eyebrows and Ginny quieted almost instantly. She walked down the rows of the tables, until she spotted the silver haired Malfoy.
She stopped next to his table, and he didn't even acknowledge her presence. He continued taking notes, before putting them in his bag. She opened her mouth to say something to him, but he stepped out of his chair and walked right past her.
Ginny stood there, watching his back and glared. That pompous little jerk! She followed him, right out after him. Madam Pince raised her eyebrows at Ginny's quick departure and Ginny smirked back. She opened the door after Draco, and then slammed it. She grinned to herself and then tore off after him.
"Oy! Malfoy!" Upon seeing that he wasn't going to turn around, she felt her patience rapidly going down the drain. She grumbled, and picked up a piece of paper off the ground. She crumpled it into a ball, and then walked up after him. She threw it, pelting him right in the back of the head. She grinned again, putting her hands on her hips.
Draco slowly turned around, and stalked towards her. Ginny faltered slightly, taking a step back. She hadn't meant to provoke him. "Can't you take a bloody hint?" he asked her through clenched teeth.
She felt herself get angry. "Why'd you catch me?" she demanded. "Why didn't you just let me fall? Why couldn't you be the ass you always are?"
"Shut your filthy mouth," Draco started. "I don't want to deal with you right now," he drawled, and then turned to walk away. She grabbed his arm, restraining his movement. He turned back around, his eyes narrowed to silver slits.
"Why didn't you let me fall?" she asked, her anger ebbing away, and her voice soft.
"I don't know. It wasn't a conscious decision. I would rather have let you fall than carry you anywhere."
Ginny licked her lips and looked at him, hoping he would continue. He did. "It doesn't make sense to me. I guess I thought that if you had fallen and were seriously injured I wouldn't have someone to torment. And then I'd have to go back to the dream team."
She couldn't help but grin slightly, and she swore she saw Draco's lip twitch. She shook her head, and felt her hair swish behind her. She looked back to Draco's eyes, and them smiled genuinely. "Well, I wanted to thank you. So yeah," she said somewhat awkwardly. "Thank you."
And then Ginny did something that astounded them both. She leaned up onto tip toes, and kissed his cheek. Her heart raced as her lips touched his warm skin, and the alarms in her brain went off. She slowly sank back to her normal height, and she looked into his stormy gray eyes. She felt a blush on her cheeks, and she turn around and ran toward the Gryffindor common room.
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TBC
Authors note: *SCREAMS* AAHH!! I SO did not even plan that *dies* I love it though, all the same. And I hope you do. I know this has been ages since I updated.but I have been writing for about a week now, so this chapter is like uber long. 8 pages even. Wow. About 3500 words ^____________^;;;;; I love it. I'm so proud. So yes. I do hope you review, and if you read my other stuff, yes, TEACHINGS OF SEDUCTION WILL BE UPDATED SOON!!!!!!........*small voice* once I start writing on it.
Toodles!
By: Alexandria
Chapter 6: How to say thank you
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Authors note: 'ello, 'ello all my lovely loving fans. Hehe. Too many Pringles I've had. *sigh* but they're oh so yummy. Anyway. I've decided to write this next chapter. Although at this point, I sit here staring at a blank computer screen having no idea what shall soon be written upon it. So I warn you. This is written with no pre-writing. None whatsoever. I hope you like it. Ciao! Oooh! On a side note. I'm listening to a lot of Gackt while writing this, so if anyone out there is into J-rock, then I really REALLY recommend this guy. Hell, I recommend it to anyone open-minded that wants to see a really hot Japanese guy sing in a beautiful voice.
~*~ But I don't know how to leave you
And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all ~*~
Ginny blanched, her nose turned upwards. She closed her eyes tightly. Please let it be a nightmare, she silently prayed to the heavens. I can't take any more. She opened them, she couldn't see anyone, but the scent was still in the air. She heard a swish of a cloak, and soon saw Harry Potter walking towards her, hanging a silver cloak on a night table near her. And he was still carrying a bag of chocolate frogs.
When she thought of eating another piece of chocolate, she felt her stomach coil in fury and fear. She tried to think of anything, anything to keep her from not having to eat any more. Maybe she could feign sleep.
Her eyes shut tightly and she tried her best to relax, to make it look like she was still asleep. The throbbing in her ear, where the bludger had hit, heightened slowly as Harry's footsteps neared. "Ginny," he whispered, shaking her shoulder. She grunted in her "sleep" and moved her head.
Harry's breath caught in his throat. The look of her porcelain skin against the fire-like color of her hair was beautiful. He smiled and leaned a hand down to caress her cheek.
She heard a bag rustle, and something being set down on the desk, and she inwardly smiled, knowing that he had placed the dreaded chocolate down. She was about to open her eyes and great him warmly when she heard him sigh.
Some inner calling told her to stay where she was for a few moments longer, and what happened next made her stay in her faking-sleep position. Harry had opened his mouth and began to speak.
His deep voice reverberated off the walls of the near empty Hospital Wing, and Ginny listened, her heart beating painfully loud. She prayed he couldn't hear it, as if he could than he would know that she wasn't really asleep at by how fast her heart was going.
"Oh Ginny," he started, and she felt her hand being picked up and placed in his own. She felt the clamminess of it, and wondered exactly how nervous this poor boy could possibly be. "Please forgive me," her murmured, bring her hand up and kissing the back of it.
Her heartbeat slowed down somewhat, and instead of being nervous, she now really wanted to hear what he had to say. Forgive him for what? Hadn't he been the one that caught her?
"I saw you fall," he started again after a pause, and she inwardly smirked.
~Yeah, you and most of the school. What's your point, Harry?~ her mind thought.
"And I didn't go after you. I went after the snitch. I don't know what came over me." She felt something wet hit her hand, and she tried hard not to let her eyes snap open and watch the famous wizard cry. "I'm so sorry Ginny. That ferret caught you, and I know he'll always hold it over us, but inwardly I can't help but thank him."
~What?? MALFOY CAUGHT ME!?~ Her heart started beating quickly again.
"I have to admit," she heard him continue, "that I was filled with a certain sense of jealousy watching his fingers run through your hair and cradle your head to his chest. I knew at the moment I had went after the wrong thing. I had always assumed you'd be alright. I always was after 50 foot falls. And I assumed wrong. Malfoy caught you. Jesus, I want to beat that pompous bag of a git into a bloody pulp." Ginny felt the grip on her hand tighten, and she tried not to flex her fingers. "But as I said before, I can't help the need to want to thank him. I couldn't bear it if something happened to you. Your more than just a little sister to me, Ginny," he continued to whisper. "You mean so much more than that."
She felt her arm being lifted, and her hand was placed back above her stomach on the comforter. She felt something warm and gentle touching her cheek, and her heart jerked. Harry Potter was kissing her.
"Goodnight, Ginny-bug," she heard him whisper as he slowly stood up and walked out of the room.
"Goodnight, Harry Potter," she replied after she heard the door shut. She sighed, her earlier good mood gone. She rolled onto her side, and closed her eyes tightly, curling her body up into a little ball.
Ginny wrapped the blanket tighter around her self and tried to fall asleep. Too many thoughts were swimming in her brain, making her head pound.
~He didn't catch me.? Malfoy did.? He wanted to thank Malfoy because I mean more to him than a sister? Did he just kiss me?!~
Ginny closed her eyes and started humming to try and keep her mind off it. She soon fell back asleep, falling into a dreamless slumber.
The next morning, Madam Pompfrey had come in and checked on her ear. She smiled and looked to Ginny. "Well, you'll have a small bruise, but that's all. You should probably eat some of your chocolate, and it'll make you feel a lot better," she nodded. "You may leave whenever you're ready. And do be careful playing that wretched game," she continued walking away. She continued to mumble about the horridness of Quidditch until she was out of the room.
Ginny looked over at the pile of chocolate on her bedside table and leaned over, picking up a small piece. It couldn't hurt, could it?
She nibbled on the corner of it, savoring the melting sweet taste on her tongue. She smiled softly. Well, it did make her feel a little bit better, considering last night. She smiled, and leaned over the side of the bed, picking up her Quidditch Robes. She put them on, and then made the bed. She folded the hospital bedspread, making sure all the wrinkles were out of it, and placed it on the top of the bed. She busied herself making the task perfect so she wouldn't have to think.
She grabbed all the chocolate and dumped it in a bag. She carried it out with her, her movements sharp and mechanical. She made her way toward the Gryffindor Tower, and she nibbled on another piece of chocolate. Wow, it really made you feel better. She looked down at the piece. Had someone drugged her candy? She tried not to laugh at the absurd thought, and grinned to herself.
"Mashnucknuck," she told the Fat Lady, and the portrait swung open while the Gryffindor Portrait's giggles echoed down the corridor.
Ginny rolled her eyes, and climbed through, feeling her bag of chocolate slide along next to her. She started to disrobe, getting to go get ready to put on some different clothes when a loud noise made her jump.
"WE WON!"
She looked up quickly to see most of the Gryffindors standing in their pajamas, holding noise makers. She grinned slightly. "And if it wasn't for you, Malfoy would've gone after the snitch! You rule!" some one called out.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh at this. At least she didn't think that Harry had caught her anymore. That would have been pretty embarrassing. She grinned to herself, and opened her bag to eat another piece of chocolate.
Ron saw the chocolate and ran at her. She squealed as he reached out and grabbed the bag. He turned to her and grinned sheepishly. "I'm glad you're okay," he got out around a mouth full of chocolate. She patted him on the shoulder, and walked toward Hermione.
She sat down next to the studying girl, and sighed. Hermione raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at her a moment before returning to her reading. Ginny started talking after the acknowledgement. "Draco really did catch me, did he?" she asked her.
"Mmhmm," Hermione started, still sucking on the sugar quill. She flipped the page in the book, and Ginny continued.
"I mean, out of all the people! Why Malfoy? I'm glad that gave Harry a way to catch the snitch and all." she trailed off and sighed, sinking back into the overstuffed sofa. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it to her chest.
Hermione took the quill out of her mouth, and closed the book slowly. She turned to look at Ginny. "You alright?" she asked her.
Ginny sighed again, and curled her feet underneath her. "I think so. But that boy confuses me so much!"
"I know," Hermione murmured, casting her gaze towards Ron, who was still stuffing his face. Ginny grinned as she followed her line of vision.
"I told you, my brother's a bit slow on the uptake. Don't really worry about him. He'll come around soon," Ginny offered to her friend, smiling slightly.
Hermione nodded, before continuing. "Malfoy's a jerk, you know," she told Ginny. "But he must have some heart. There was no reason for him to fly after you."
"I know!" Ginny exhaled, leaning forward slightly; glad to be able to share something with Hermione. "I mean, I really rather thought he'd want me dead! He's so mean to me, and he seems to go out of his way to make me feel miserable."
"Yeah, but Gin, I have seen him watching you. And it's always with this passion in his eyes. Sometimes it's like he wants to light you on fire, just to laugh while you burn." She watched Ginny pale slightly. "Don't worry. He's not stupid enough to actually set you on fire." Ginny calmed slightly. "And others, it's like he wants to eat you." Hermione giggled, and Ginny raised an eyebrow. "I mean, dragon boy never has any emotion, and it's kind of nice to see that change, even if it's at your displeasure."
Ginny grabbed the pillow and smacked Hermione upside the head with it. Hermione squealed and grabbed her own pillow. She got Ginny in the face, sending her backwards slightly.
"Oh, that is so it!" Ginny told her and chucked her pillow at Hermione, laughing. The two girls started throwing pillows back and forth. Every so often, one would dive in with a pillow in her hand, striking a hit to the other girl's head. They were laughing loudly, and they didn't really notice that everyone else in the room had calmed down and stood still watching them.
The girls finally relaxed, breathless, and watched some of the feathers fall to the ground. They gave another breathless giggle, and finally noticed that the common room had grown quiet, besides the crackle of the fire. They turned slowly, feathers interlaced in the hair, sitting right next to each other. They saw Ron grinning slightly at both of them, along with all the other males.
"You two having fun, then?" Ron asked, rolling his eyes. He turned to face the rest of the men and stage whispered the word "girls".
It was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes. Harry grinned, and rested his forearm on Ron's shoulder. "Hey, maybe they shouldn't have stopped. Than maybe after a while they would have started making out, and then we'd have two hot lesbians."
Ron gave a strangled noise. "Hot..lesbians." he blinked his eyes, and then turned to Harry. "Ginny's my sis! That's sick making!"
"Ah, and what about Hermione? That hot little lassy," Seamus called out from across the room.
Hermione's features went bright red, and she gathered her things quickly, jumping up and racing towards the girls' dormitory. Ron turned and glared full on at Seamus, seeing red.
Ginny snorted, and then grinned at Harry. She lifted her hand and gave him a high five as she watched Ron round on Seamus. "Bloody awesome, I say," Ginny grinned.
"Oh, you don't even start!" Ron called back over his shoulder at her, and she grinned even more.
"Good job, Potter, good job."
Ginny walked up the stairs, taking them two at a time. She felt in a much better mood, after digging a feather out of her hair. She entered her dorm, and shucked out of her quidditch robes. She sat down on her bed and stretched her legs. Placing a hand on the back of her neck, so stood again, and walked over to her trunk. She pulled out a pair of large boy's shorts and a black tank top. She grabbed a belt to keep the shorts on, and walked over to the bathroom. She wrinkled her nose as she turned back around. "Accio Towel!" she called, flicking her wand. She smiled as it zoomed towards her.
Ginny placed her clothes on the counter, and started to undress herself. She looked in the mirror, and winced at all the bruises she saw along her abdomen. Quidditch really was a rough game. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear, and wrinkled her nose at the blackness of her ear.
"That's really ugly," she murmured to herself, before turning over to the shower and twiddling with the taps.
She stepped in as the steam started to rise and sighed to her self. She closed her eyes and felt the warm waterfall cascade down her back and she let her mind drift. She really started to wonder why Draco had caught her, and she felt an urge to thank him.
"Oh, you can't be kidding me," one section of her brain started. "He's such a jerk! Just leave him alone, why don't you. Just leave him alone. Then maybe he'll take a hint, you know?"
"I can't do that. I need to figure out why he saved me. So please just let me do this. I need to thank him. He could have just left me fall.you heard Harry. Harry turned away."
"That doesn't matter. You do not need to be hurt over this! And you won't be if you don't go near him," her brain reasoned.
"I need to," she reasoned back. "And it's not like I'm going to talk to him for too long. Just let me do this," she sighed and closed her eyes tightly, shutting out the arguing voice in her head. Sometimes she seriously wondered if she was crazy.
About twenty minutes later, she stepped from the shower, narrowly missing a fall and crashing her head into the sink. Thank god for towel holders.
She slipped into her undergarments, and then the shorts. She watched them fall about two inches below her knees and she sighed, looking down. She hated hand-me-down clothes. She held them up with one hand, while looping the belt through the loops. She slipped the black tank top over her head, and put her hair in a loose pony tale to dry.
Ginny walked back into the dormitory, and smiled. She through the towel on her bed, and slipped on a pair of shoes. She left the dormitory, and walked over towards Hermione's. She heard the party still going on downstairs and she rolled her eyes. Oh yes.
Knocking on the door, Hermione opened it, sniffling. Ginny felt compassion for her best friend.
"God, I hate them! Don't they realize that we have feelings too?" Hermione asked, her nose still sniffling.
"Oh, sweetie," Ginny started, closing the door behind her. She tried not to giggle and turned to face Hermione. "You should have seen the look on Ron's face as he went after Seamus," she told her. Hermione's eyes brightened slowly, and she let out a giggle.
"Really?"
"Yeah. It was awesome. Finnigan looked really scared. Ron was livid with jealousy," she coaxed her friend. Hermione smiled, and bit her lip, jumping onto her bed.
"See, I told ya. So he's not as slow as we thought," Ginny continued, grinning. "I just came in to see how you were doing. I have something that I need to take care of. I'll be back later, alright?"
"You going to see Malfoy?"
Ginny turned and looked back at Hermione. How did she know? "Yeah."
"Just don't get yourself hurt again. That poor boy has a tongue like a whip. And you know how much likes to use it around you."
A nod was directed at Hermione before Ginny turned back towards the door. She winced and turned back. "I have detention tonight, don't I?" She asked Hermione. Hermione rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Don't worry about it. McGonnagal said you don't have it till tomorrow night because of your injury."
"That's awesome. Thanks again." She opened the door and made her way down the steps. She saw Harry and Ron playing wizards chess by the fire and she laughed. She walked up to them, and grinned slightly.
"Where you off to?" Harry asked Ginny.
"I have some business to take care of," she half lied. She turned towards Ron, trying not to look at Harry. Somehow it was hard to look at him the same after hearing his confession last night. She ruffled Ron's hair. "Your girlfriend's alright, you know," she said, pointing to Hermione's dorm. "I'll be back later."
Ron turned red around the ears and sputtered protest before shutting his mouth and turned back to the game. Ginny grinned at Harry, and slapped hands with him again, as she turned towards the portrait hole.
A voice echoed after her and she laughed out load climbing out of the whole. "She is not my girl friend!"
"Yeah. Sure, whatever you say, Ron. Check mate."
Ginny shook her head and laughed, walking towards the library.
Humming to herself, she placed her hands in her pocket. She pulled a bracelet out of it, glad it was Sunday. She tied the bracelet on as she sang a few lyrics out load. "Take the skin heads bowling, take them bowling." She grinned to herself as she saw the suits of armor. She continued humming as she walked in the library.
With one reproachful glare from the librarian, she stopped instantly. She let out a slight cough and Madam Pince furrowed her eyebrows and Ginny quieted almost instantly. She walked down the rows of the tables, until she spotted the silver haired Malfoy.
She stopped next to his table, and he didn't even acknowledge her presence. He continued taking notes, before putting them in his bag. She opened her mouth to say something to him, but he stepped out of his chair and walked right past her.
Ginny stood there, watching his back and glared. That pompous little jerk! She followed him, right out after him. Madam Pince raised her eyebrows at Ginny's quick departure and Ginny smirked back. She opened the door after Draco, and then slammed it. She grinned to herself and then tore off after him.
"Oy! Malfoy!" Upon seeing that he wasn't going to turn around, she felt her patience rapidly going down the drain. She grumbled, and picked up a piece of paper off the ground. She crumpled it into a ball, and then walked up after him. She threw it, pelting him right in the back of the head. She grinned again, putting her hands on her hips.
Draco slowly turned around, and stalked towards her. Ginny faltered slightly, taking a step back. She hadn't meant to provoke him. "Can't you take a bloody hint?" he asked her through clenched teeth.
She felt herself get angry. "Why'd you catch me?" she demanded. "Why didn't you just let me fall? Why couldn't you be the ass you always are?"
"Shut your filthy mouth," Draco started. "I don't want to deal with you right now," he drawled, and then turned to walk away. She grabbed his arm, restraining his movement. He turned back around, his eyes narrowed to silver slits.
"Why didn't you let me fall?" she asked, her anger ebbing away, and her voice soft.
"I don't know. It wasn't a conscious decision. I would rather have let you fall than carry you anywhere."
Ginny licked her lips and looked at him, hoping he would continue. He did. "It doesn't make sense to me. I guess I thought that if you had fallen and were seriously injured I wouldn't have someone to torment. And then I'd have to go back to the dream team."
She couldn't help but grin slightly, and she swore she saw Draco's lip twitch. She shook her head, and felt her hair swish behind her. She looked back to Draco's eyes, and them smiled genuinely. "Well, I wanted to thank you. So yeah," she said somewhat awkwardly. "Thank you."
And then Ginny did something that astounded them both. She leaned up onto tip toes, and kissed his cheek. Her heart raced as her lips touched his warm skin, and the alarms in her brain went off. She slowly sank back to her normal height, and she looked into his stormy gray eyes. She felt a blush on her cheeks, and she turn around and ran toward the Gryffindor common room.
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TBC
Authors note: *SCREAMS* AAHH!! I SO did not even plan that *dies* I love it though, all the same. And I hope you do. I know this has been ages since I updated.but I have been writing for about a week now, so this chapter is like uber long. 8 pages even. Wow. About 3500 words ^____________^;;;;; I love it. I'm so proud. So yes. I do hope you review, and if you read my other stuff, yes, TEACHINGS OF SEDUCTION WILL BE UPDATED SOON!!!!!!........*small voice* once I start writing on it.
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