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Chapter 11

"Yes mum, I'm sure I have everything," Ginny said exasperated. Molly opened her mouth to speak, but Ginny interrupted her, "No, you don't have to come with me. It's just an empty apartment right now. All I'm going to do is get there and put my boxes on the floor then take a bath. I don't need your help."

Molly sighed, "Ok," then she got in quickly, "Are you sure?"

"Yes mum," Ginny repeated.

"Well, in that case, here's the last box," Molly handed Ginny one more box of clothes and said, "Owl us when you get there. We'll come visit you when you get settled, ok?"

"Ok," Ginny awkwardly hugged her mom and balanced the box before hugging her dad and kissing baby Teddy on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow for lunch, Dad."

Ginny gave them one last smile then grabbed a handful of floo powder and tossed it in the fire. When she stepped out of the fireplace in Draco's apartment she stared at the usually clean, clutter free living room. Now it was piled up with her boxes.

"I'm so sorry," Ginny said to Draco who was slung gracefully over one of the loveseats. "I couldn't tell my mum that my new apartment already had sheets and a shower curtain-,"

"-and a set of dishes?" Draco asked, bumping one of the boxes with his foot. The box clinked and Draco raised his eyebrows at Ginny.

"I know," Ginny whined, "We can put it all in storage. I already know which boxes I really need."

"Which ones? I'll move them into our room," he said, standing up and looking out over the sea of boxes.

"Our room?" Ginny asked, walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Yeah, our room," Draco said, "Did you think I was going to make you sleep in the guest room?"

"No," she rested her chin on his chest and looked up at him, "'Our room' just sounds so," she paused and sighed, "so perfect."

He smiled down at her and ran his hands down her waist, "I'll go take your boxes to our room."

She giggled and pointed out which boxes she needed. Draco grabbed them and started carrying them to their room while Ginny started stacking the other boxes into an empty closet by the door to the balcony.

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"Draco," Ginny groaned, "I have to get up, I'm supposed to meet Luna in Diagon Ally in less than an hour!"

"No," Draco mumbled, half-asleep, "You have to stay here with me."

"Draco," she moaned, "You always have your hand."

"I wasn't even thinking about that," he said, amused, "But if you really want to."

Instantly he had her pinned to the bed. She giggled as he kissed her neck, but moaned as his kisses made their way down her body, "Draco, I really have to get ready."

"Ok," he said and reluctantly climbed off of her.

She got out of bed and grabbed her robe before saying, "I hate to take showers by myself."

He practically jumped out of bed and pulled her into the bathroom.

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Ginny pulled her robe tighter around her body and then poured two cups of coffee. She made her way back through the huge kitchen and was halfway through the living room when the fireplace flared up and Luna stepped into the room.

"Oh, hey Ginny," Luna said, "I just thought I'd stop by so we could go to Diagon Ally together. I wanted to see your new place." Luna started looking around and a look of shock spread across her face, "This is your apartment?"

"Um, yeah," Ginny said, "But, um, Luna, you need to, uh, go. Now."

"Why?" Luna said, setting her purse down.

"Because, I, um, I'm not ready," Ginny stuttered.

"Oh, I can wait," Luna plopped down on one of the couches that overlooked downtown London, "This place really is amazing Ginny. How can you afford this?"

"Ginny, were you bringing coffee?"

Both Ginny and Luna turned to see Draco standing in the hallway with a towel hanging loosely around his waist.

"Wow," Luna said blankly.

"Luna, please, don't freak out," Ginny said quickly.

"I-I, w-wha-what?" Luna stuttered.

"Luna," Ginny sat next to Luna on the couch and said, "Listen, please don't freak out. Yes, it's Draco Malfoy, but it's not bad. He's amazing; I'm in love with him! Please, don't tell anyone."

"Ginny," Luna said, "I need water."

"Right," Ginny rushed into the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water and handed it to Luna.

Luna sipped quietly for a few minutes before taking a deep breath and pointing at Ginny, "So, you," her finger moved to Draco, "and you?"

"Yeah," Draco moved closer to Ginny and put an arm around her shoulders, "Luna, we're in love."

"Ok," she said quietly, "Well, in that case, may I have a cup of coffee?"

"Sure," Ginny turned to Draco, "I'll get the coffee and you get dressed."

"Ok," he kissed her gently and receded back into their room. Ginny hurriedly made more coffee; the two cups she had poured earlier were now cold. She put all three mugs on a tray along with the sugar bowl and a small pitcher of milk. Her hands shook visibly as she carried the tray out to the living room and set it on the coffee table.

Luna stirred milk into her coffee and took a swallow before asking, "How long have you and-," she paused before saying carefully, "-Draco been together?"

"Um, since our fifth year," Ginny said slowly.

Luna looked up, surprised and said, "Seriously?"

"Yeah," Ginny said, a smile spreading across her face, "And really, Luna, I couldn't be happier. He's truly amazing and he really does love me. We're happy together."

"I can see that," Luna said, "It's not every day you go to your best friend's house and see her boyfriend half naked."

"That's just a bonus," Draco said, walking back into the living room, fully dressed. He sat next to Ginny and took his mug before taking a sip. He liked his coffee black.

"I'd prefer something more practical like chocolate or a toaster," Luna said pointedly.

Draco chuckled, but said nothing. Ginny stirred sugar and milk into her coffee and the three fell into an unexpected comfortable silence. Suddenly Ginny said, "Oh, Luna, we were going to meet for coffee because you wanted to tell me something. Is everything ok?"

"Oh, yes," Luna said breezily, "Everything is fine. I was just going to tell you about the man I've started dating."

"Really?" Ginny asked. She was happy that Luna had easily returned to her normal, easy-going self. "Who is he?"

"Well, he's actually a muggle," Luna said calmly, "His name is Howard and he works in something called Computer Technology. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I vaguely remember Harry mentioning Computer-ing. It's some strange muggle contraption."

"I remember Hermione saying something about them as well," Ginny shrugged, "But beside that, how old is he? Where did you meet him?"

"He attended the SOEN conference. You know, that conference my Head of Department made me attend so that muggles would stop gossiping about the environmental group that never attended the conferences or meetings," Ginny nodded so Luna continued, "Well, anyway, he works in some company that is trying to make computer-ing more environmentally friendly."

"What is SOEN?" Draco asked quietly, surprising both of the women. The men they usually spent their time with would leave the room when the women started talking about dating and other men.

"SOEN," Luna explained, "Save Our Environment Now."

"You work in the Global Issues Department at the Ministry?" Draco asked.

"Yeah," Luna said, smiling, "But, anyway, Ginny, I wanted to meet with you and gossip about Howard and then see if you wanted to join us for dinner this evening."

"Sure, I'd love to," Ginny said, turning to Draco she asked, "Did you have plans for us tonight?"

"No, go ahead," Draco said shrugging, "I have some paperwork I should finish."

"Or you could come too," Luna offered.

Draco looked at her, surprised. He thought about it for a second before saying hesitantly, "Yeah. That would be great."

"Ok," Luna said happily. She set her empty coffee mug on the table and said, "I should be going. I want to catch Howard before he gets dressed." Ginny and Luna giggled before hugging each other. Luna also hugged Draco and said, "Welcome to the crazy world of Ginny Weasley."

"Oh shut up," Ginny said, but she giggled and hugged Luna again. "Thanks for being so understanding."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Luna said, "I'll see you at my apartment at 7? We're going to a little restaurant around the corner from my place."

"Alright," agreed Ginny. Luna gave Draco one more smile before flooing away. Ginny squealed excitedly and danced around the living room in her robe before crashing into Draco and knocking him onto the couch. Her lips met his, making her head spin and her kissed her back, obviously surprised. When she pulled away from him she said, "God, I'm so glad she knows about us!"

"I can tell," Draco said from underneath her. "Why are you so happy she knows?"

"Because now I can gossip about you," said Ginny, pushing herself off of him and walking into their room.

"You can gossip about me?" Draco asked, following her.

"Yeah," she pulled a clean pair of clothes out of her drawers and started getting dressed. "You know how women like to gossip. We talk about everything."

"Everything?"

"Yes Draco, everything," Ginny kissed him gently as she passed him on her way to the bathroom.

"Like what?" he asked suspiciously.

"Like what you smell like, and all the sweet things you do for me, and what a great body you have," Ginny shrugged as she glanced in the mirror, "Things like that."

He stood behind her and put his arms around her waist before resting his chin on her shoulder and looking at her in the mirror, "I hope you tell her good things about me."

"Draco," she looked him in the eye through his reflection in the mirror, "There's nothing bad about you."

"Oh really?" he asked, grabbing her waist and spinning her around so she was facing him. "Nothing bad?"

"Nope," she smirked, "Everything about you is amazing."

"Everything?" he repeated.

"Everything," she assured him.

"Come on," he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the bathroom, "We're having sex. Now."

She laughed as he pinned her to the bed and kissed down her neck and over her body. He ran his hands over her, tickling her. Her laughter grew louder and she tried to squirm out from underneath him. A shriek escaped her lips and he laughed before collapsing on the bed next to her. She curled up against his side and traced lines against his chest.

"Are you sure you want to go out to dinner with us tonight?" Ginny asked, "I understand if you don't want to. Luna is," she paused, "different and Howard could be a complete ass. Although I doubt it, Luna has more of a taste for flamboyantly metro sexual men."

Draco laughed, "I'll be fine Ginny." He buried his head in the crook of her neck and kissed his way down her body, past her collar bone, over her tank top and to her stomach. He swirled his tongue in her bellybutton and then looked up at her to say, "You're really beautiful, you know that, right?"

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"Luna?" Ginny asked as she and Draco arrived in Luna's apartment. Draco looked around curiously until Ginny said, "Luna, we're here."

"Hello!" Luna hurried into the living room. She looked beautiful in a silver knee length cocktail dress, silver heels while her hair cascaded down her back. She paced back and forth in the room, arranging and rearranging the items on the shelves. After stepping back in the doorway to look at the room she muttered, "Shit," surprising both Ginny and Draco, "I need to move this rug. This rug can't be here. It's all wrong, it should be over there," she pointed across the living room.

Luna started to bend down to move the rug when Ginny grabbed her and said, "Luna, calm down. It's ok. Your apartment looks great and you look beautiful. Everything will be fine. When is he supposed to get here?"

Luna glanced at a clock on the wall, "Ten minutes ago."

Ginny smiled, "See? He's probably panicking about which tie he should wear. God knows Draco was doing that fifteen minutes ago. Don't worry, he'll be here."

As if on cue the doorbell rang and Luna jumped up blabbing, "Oh my God, he can't come in here! My apartment practically screams 'witch'!"

"Luna, calm down," Ginny pushed her to sit down on the couch, "Draco, can you go answer the door?" Draco nodded and walked to the door. Ginny sat next to Luna and held her hands tightly, "Just breathe Luna. He's almost in here, do you want him to see you panicking?"

"No," Luna agreed. Her breathing came normally and she finally sighed, "Ok, I'm ready."

Draco and a tall brown haired man walked into the living room laughing, "Howard, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Ginny Weasley."

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you," Howard said, shaking Ginny's hand, "Luna's told me so much about you." He turned to Luna and kissed her gently, "You look beautiful and your apartment is great."

"Thank you," Luna blushed, "Are you ready to go to dinner?"

"Yeah," Howard escorted her out.

"Aren't they cute?" Ginny asked, leaning against Draco.

"Yeah, he seems like a nice guy," Draco shrugged.

"Finally we have another couple we can go out with," Ginny smiled. He smiled back and they followed Howard and Luna.

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