Hi guys, I've tried to space it out a bit more this time, I put a few lines space through my last few chapters but It was still looking crammed so apologies. Let me know what you think to this plot turn by the way, thanks for the comments.
As Hermione woke with Golden sunlight bathing the room she swore she felt a presence but when she opened her eyes she was entirely alone. This was the first time she'd woken up alone in weeks, she slept alone regularly as Draco was a real fan of late night visits and business but she hardly ever woke up alone. She thought back to the events of the evening before and sighed, perhaps she had taken things a little bit too far but gazing down she rested her hand on the one reason she knew he'd always come back.
Later that afternoon Ginny laid on the end of her bed whilst Hermione worked her way through the last of the books she'd brought in to stop herself from going crazy in confinement. On the plus side she was now an expert in a number of seemingly useless things that she was sure would come in useful later. "Advantageous uses for broken broomsticks, what are, why would you ever need to read that, more importantly, who would write a book like that?" Ginny laughed as she practised a little spell she'd been learning to give herself a crown of live butterflies. "Oh and what you're doing is so imperative to the magical world" Hermione snipped back as she dropped the heavy book onto her bed. Ginny smiled broadly, "oh come on, you have to admit this is pretty awesome, its every girls dream." Putting down her wand Ginny moved to the mirror to try it again while she watched "…Speaking of every girls dream" Ginny's smirk spread and Hermione could guess what was coming next "where's Malfoy taken himself off to? I've not seen him all day and you two have hardly left these rooms since the wedding.
Harry and Ron kept trying to send me over to check you were ok… I don't think they've understood or accepted fully the idea of you being Mrs Draco Malfoy yet….in fact maybe I haven't either just saying that left a bad taste in my mou…" Seeing Hermione's guilty expression which Ginny knew oh two well she cut herself off mid sentence eying the girl suspiciously. "What did you do?" Hermione's brown eyes shot to the floor. "Tell me" Ginny wasn't going to let this go. "Look, you know what this place is like, I'm one of the few people who won't tell anyone. You're the closest thing I'll ever have to a sister so when it comes to secrets… I'm the best you've got.
She knew Ginny was right but the longer she'd kept all of this to herself the more fiercely protective she'd become of it being exposed. "Fine" with her heart beating wildly and cold adrenaline pumping through her body she finally spilled the story as Ginny watched eyes wide "I gave Draco a truth potion last night, I wanted to know how he felt about me, I mean how he really felt about me." Ginny gasped "Oh god, I bet he didn't take that well…. Wait… what, so how does he feel about you?"
Ginny watched as a triumphant smile spread across her friends face "He loves me and his child more than life itself, he'd lay down his life for us. Oh but honestly Ginny you should have seen the look on his face as the words left his mouth, it looked as though he were considering ripping out his own tongue to get away from it." Ginny's look of amusement faded "Not that I'm taking his side in this but giving your husband truth serum is a bit of a low blow Hermione, I mean if you weren't sure he loved you then why'd you agree to marry him? I know we've joked with the two of you but I thought you were rather infatuated with each other." Hermione's eyes were threatening tears as they glistened "I didn't know if he really loved me or was just playing at it, you know how manipulative he can be, don't forget who he was once Ginny." The red head looked confused "Oh, they why did you marry him?" Hermione's face fell in anger as she finally admitted what she'd been too ashamed to say, her voice barely above a whisper "You've heard the stories Ginny, Lucious was a monster as were the Malfoy men before him, everyone's heard the rumours about the things that happen to illegitimate Malfoy children"
Ginny's face fell, yes she had heard, everyone had and although no one could confirm that they were true, that was only because there was no one left to tell their tale. "Then you should have been careful… what the hell were you thinking letting him do this to you in the first place" Ginny was growing angry now and flushed pink just as Hermione had watched Ron do so many times before. Hermione defended herself her voice louder than she had meant it to be and a tear beginning to stream down her face. "I wasn't thinking anything, other than that I might explode into flames if he didn't take me right then and there." Ginny laughed snidely "We've all felt like that Hermione it's not an excuse to take risks." She bit back tears at her friends harsh but true words, only they weren't true, not everyone had felt like she had "You're wrong" her words caught the red heads attention instantly as the tone of the whole conversation shifted "Not everyone's felt like I did that night, he'd given me accelerator potion." Ginny's mouth gawped as she sank slowly onto the bed once more. "He gave you what?...I've heard of it but I didn't think it was real" She sobbed into her hands as Ginny crawled up the bed towards her…."It's horribly complicated" Ginny smiled "Good job I've got nowhere to be anytime soon… go on…from the start please."
Ginny's mouth had hardly closed for the last ten minutes whilst she'd listened to the entire story. "So wait, you knew that he's drugged you?" She nodded "Of course I knew, It was the week before the victory ball, I'd read about accelerator potions, not much but I knew that they taste like wet paint smells. Just for a moment as you swallow them and then it's gone." Ginny frowned in confusion "If you knew then why didn't you report him?" Ginny could kill that little rat, changed her arse! He was the same scheming Malfoy he'd always been. "Honestly, I don't know, well I do…"
She dropped her eyes in shame as Ginny squeezed her hand "It's just, It was such a horrible year, you has Harry and Ron had…every girl he could find and then there was just me. I miss them so much, my parents. I went back to our house a few times it's just sat their empty. All the photos I used to be in, all the memories I have that aren't real anymore. I love you guys but honestly I was lonely and then I came back here and… here he was. I know you won't understand and I'm not sure that I do myself. Its just after years of near misses with him, years of something almost happening but not. I just… I wasn't thinking, he was the only one here who seemed as lonely as I was. Ever since that night in his manor his eyes have quite literally haunted my dreams. He felt almost as bad as I did in that moment I know he did. I wanted to see what would happen, I was interested and I guess the effects kicked in pretty quickly. It was my own stupid fault for fighting it. I should have known the effects would just get worse but I enjoyed wanting him like that Ginny, I liked knowing that he wanted me so fiercely he'd risk being caught drugging me to find out if I felt the same way…. It's not as though he gave me a love potion, it wouldn't have worked if I didn't already sort of love him. I do love him Ginny, I really do." Ginny opened her mouth to reply but found herself bobbling like a goldfish with no words coming out.
"You two are crazy, this is what happens when you date the only other person in this school quite as intelligent as you, he uses it to scheme, plot and drug a relationship out of you… I'm not judging the strange little game you've played, all I am saying is…. This would never have happened with Krum." Both of them found themselves smiling at Ginny's' last remark. "It just spiralled out of control, it was supposed to be a fun distraction, a flattering heart racing week of fun, I thought I deserved it." Ginny nodded, in a small way she did understand but on the whole she still thought they were the most diabolical match. Getting up to head to the kitchen and fetch the rest of the Bertie Botts she smiled "I seriously worry about this kid though, the two of you mixed together… the world should be worried."