9

"So you're really going to go to that spring break thing?" Hermione asked uncertainly as she glanced at Ginny's excited face. They were sitting up in Ginny's dorm and Ginny was looking over the lost of materials she needed to bring on the trip.

"I signed up didn't I?"

"Well yes but…"

"But what Hermione?" Ginny asked slightly irritated. Why was Hermione raining on her parade?

"You… you should have asked-"

"If you say Ron I am not speaking to you ever again. He's not my bloody keeper you know."

"I know Gin-"

"I don't think you do know Hermione. You just care because when he gets upset when he finds out you have to hang out with him and he'll be all broody and rude to you-"

"GINNY SHUT UP!" Hermione yelled cutting her off. "Can't you think of anyone other than yourself for 5 seconds!"

Ginny was outraged. "That's funny coming from you!"

"What does that mean?"

"Can't you think of anyone other than yourself?" Ginny mocked. "It might be selfish of me but has it ever crossed your mind that I might actually have feelings for Draco? That's why I want to go spend time with him." Hermione was shocked into silence. "You and Ron might like to ignore your feelings for each other, but I actually want to see if something can… something will happen with him."

"But Ginny this is Draco Mafoy we're talking about." Ginny rolled her eyes and strode out of the room.

"Hermione can be such a stupid wench sometimes…" Draco had just listened to Ginny rant for a half-an-hour. She had left out the 'something can happen' part of the argument.

"Ginny, I don't know what to say…"

"What do you mean?" Ginny asked confused.

"Well I mean about the something happening between us."

"We're dating aren't we?"

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about today. Ginny I don't think we should date each other anymore. I mean I want to be friends with you but anything further than that… well… I don't think it can happen."

Ginny was silent as the news washed over her. "After you hear about how I stood up for us in front of Hermione you dump me?"

"Technically we were never official so I am not really dumping you."

Ginny went on as if he hadn't spoke. "I mean this Spring Break thing was supposed to be a romantic get away but now…"

"Gin, this was just supposed to be a fun fling. You're too serious about us."

She laughed bitterly. "I wasn't too serious, you just weren't serious enough." Draco opened his mouth to speak but Ginny cut him off. "You're right, it was just supposed to be fun, see you around Draco."

Ginny couldn't sleep, all she could think about was how fucked up all of this was. She started to think about what she said in front of Hermione and she got embarrassed, especially when she thought about how after she had stormed into the common room after Draco had dumped her Hermione had come up to her and apologized about being selfish.

Once Ginny thought about that apology from Hermione she thought of Draco and anger washed over her. How could he be so… so… then that's when it hit her. He was just being honest; he didn't think it could work out between them so he ended it before she could get anymore involved.

Finding her resolution she sat up and decided that she would go apologize to Draco right then. She stood up but then sat down, she had no idea where the Slytherin Common room was.

"Linda?" She called into the darkness and didn't get a response. "Linda are you awake?"

"Ginny is that you?

"Yeah."

"Its 3 o'clock in the morning what the bloody hell do you want?"

"Do you know where the Sytherin Common room is?"

"You in that kind of a mood huh?" Ginny saw the out line of Linda's form sit up in bed and giggle.

"Linda I need to talk to him."

"Sure… it's behind that ugly portrait in the dungeons; you know the one of the guy with the huge nose and the white eyes."

"Do you know the password?"

"Yeah its… Baskrob."

"Baskrob? Are you sure?"

"Yup, positive."

"Okay, wish me luck."

"Luck." Linda's sleepy voice said as she lay back down in her bed.

Ginny knew something she had to do before she could go visit Draco. She had to steal Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. She crossed the dormitory and went quietly down the girls' stairs and started up to the boys rooms.

When she entered the dormitory she held her breath. Ginny had heard that all the boys had started sleeping lighter since You-Know-Who's return. She tried to step lightly but every step sound like an anvil falling from the tallest tower of the castle. Ginny reached Harry's trunk and was filled with happiness because, Harry, in a tired trance, had forgotten to shut and lock his trunk.

She sifted through the piles of close until her hand felt the familiar material of the cloak. Ginny pulled it out and practically ran from the room.

Ginny walked down the Dungeon Corridor trying not to freeze to death as she looked for the portrait. She turned a corner and she stopped herself from screaming, it's not that it was scary, it just shocked her.

Peeves had whizzed out of a door right in front of her. Ginny knew it was silly to be on edge about getting caught but she couldn't help it, she hated the fact that there was a chance she could get in trouble.

Finally she found the ugly portrait and whispered, "Baskrob."

The sleeping portrait woke. "Who's there?"

"Baskrob!" She said a little louder. The painting glared around angrily but opened none the less.

She walked in and saw that other than the fact that the room was square and was forest green, it had the exact same layout as the Gryffindor Common Room. With a little more confidence now she walked in and started up the boys' stairs.

Ginny knew that Draco was a Prefect so he would be in the highest room. She walked and got to the last door. She eased it open and saw that even though there was two beds in the room, only one bed was occupied. She snuck closer and saw that it was in fact Draco sleeping in his bed and pulled off her cloak.

"Draco…" She poked his chest lightly. But he sat up quickly his wand at her throat.

"Oh, Ginny what the bloody hell…?" He removed his wand and set it down.

"What was that all about?"

"No, I asked you first. Why are you here?"

Ginny had forgotten for a moment when she saw Draco bare-chested sitting in his bed but then remembered. "I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I'm so sorry, that wasn't fair of me." She sat down next to him on the bed.

"Fair of you to what?"

"Be so mean. I blamed you completely and I couldn't see your point of view."

"No Ginny. It was my fault." Then once again acting on impulse she leaned towards him and kissed him. And to her complete surprise he kissed her back, not only did he kiss her back but he intensified the kiss. Draco laid her back on his pillows.

Ginny woke up happily, but then realized that she didn't recognize whose bed she was in. Then thoughts of last night snuck into her head. She looked up and saw Draco fast asleep and smiled. She got up quietly and dressed without making a sound. Ginny grabbed the cloak and snuck out with one last smiling look at Draco.