10

"Well young lady where have you been?" The Fat Lady asked stiffly from her portrait.

"Craypod." She said giving her the password but not an answer to her question. She huffed and swung open. Since it was Saturday there were only a few people in the common room so early.

"Ginny." Colin called trying to get her attention but she ran up the stairs and collapsed on her bed. She was glad that Linda was asleep… or so she thought.

"Ginevra where have you been?" Linda asked opening her bed curtains. "You lied to me."

"I did?"

"You said you weren't in "that" kind of a mood and now you prance in at 5:30 in the morning… don't you even try to tell me you stayed up talking all night."

"Well… we did talk…" Linda raised her eyebrows. "a little bit…"

"Ginny you dirty, dirty little girl." Then they both broke into a fit of hysteric laughter.

The weeks that followed were like a dream for Ginny. Draco seemed to be always available for her. If she need to talk… or snog… there he was just ready for her.

She was sitting in the Great Hall for breakfast when she noticed that Draco wasn't in his regular seat at his house table. When the mail arrived an eagle owl landed in front of her. Ginny tore the double M seal that sealed the letter and read,

Dear Ginevra,

I need to talk to you by the edge of the lake after breakfast, I don't care if you have a class this is important.

Draco Malfoy

Without even finishing her breakfast and without a word to anyone she got up from the table and headed out for the lake.

Ginny wondered if this was a bad thing or a good thing and she couldn't help but be nervous. She was so happy in this relationship and she was afraid he might break up with her.

Finally she arrived and saw Draco looking into the lake. She snuck up behind him, wanting to scare him.

"Ginny you never were very good at sneaking up on people." He turned around and smiled at her.

"It was worth a try…"

"Lets go for a walk." He held her hand as they began to stroll leisurely around the lake.

"So what's on your mind Draco?"

"You, actually." He smiled at her. "Last night I was laying on my and bed thinking-"

"That must have been a delicious picture."

"And that's when I realized," he went on as if she hadn't interrupted him. "Gin, I think I'm in love with you."

"What?"

"Ginevra Weasley I love you."

Ginny was shocked. This was the first time he had said the L-word without cracking a smile or laughing. Then she realized she didn't know what to say. "Draco, I don't know wheat to say."

"Say you love me back."

"Draco… I love you… I love you so much."

He smiled down at her. Ginny kissed him and new that she was really telling the truth. It wasn't like how she told Michael she loved him. Then she just felt guilty when he would say it, so she would say it back.

"Ginny," He said in between kisses. "Ginny I love you."

"HE SAID WHAT?"

"Draco said he loved me." Ginny was sitting in her pajamas on her bed while Linda sat on her trunk. It had burst out of her and Linda was so shocked that she stopped brushing her hair mid-stroke and she was frozen.

"Did you say it back?"

"Of course she said it back you dolt." Jenn was sitting on her bed listening to the story too. "I don't think she would be so excited if he said 'I love you' and she said 'thank you'."

"That would have been funnier if she had." Gwen said giggling to her self. These were Ginny's 3 closest friends.

"Yes but still-"

"So you two are in love." Linda said cutting Jenn off. "Are you going to get married?"

"What?" Ginny said shocked.

"Well, its our 6th year and Draco's 7th, he's looking for a bride."

"But I had always planned to live on my own for a while, maybe start a business or something."

"Yes but this is Draco Malfoy we're talking about. He's not going to wait around forever."

"Well why don't we stop thinking about the future and think about our Potions test tomorrow."

Ginny walked into the slytherin common room and saw it was completely deserted, as well it should be at 3 o'clock in the morning. Well she thought it was completely deserted but then she heard a noise.

She turned around and there were two people snogging on the couch behind her. Ginny started to turn away, embarrassed, but then she recognized them. Draco and Daphne.

Ginny, not thinking clearly, tore the invisibility cloak off of her. "Draco?"

Daphne turned away from Draco and looked at her and Draco seemed to snap to his senses. "Ginny it's not-"

"What it looks like?" Ginny finished for him. "That's what you were going to say wasn't it? Its not what it looks like?" Draco didn't say anything. "Well it looks like you are snogging Daphne Greengrass, so I'm guessing if what you were going to say it's true, it isn't what it looks like, you might come up with some excuse like she tripped and you caught her… with your lips."

Draco sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He was still lying on the couch with the couch arm propping up his head and Daphne was still half on top of him. "Ginny… I don't want to lie to you…"

"Then don't."

"Ginny this is exactly what it looks like." He said simply.

Her breath caught. "Wh-what?" She knew what she had walked in on but she wanted so bad to be wrong… that Daphne had actually just tripped…

"I was snogging Daphne."

"I don't know what to say Draco." Ginny's eyes were filling with tears but she wasn't crying.

"Apparently you weren't enough for him." Daphne smirked.

Ginny was about to run out of the common room but then Draco pushed Daphne off of him and she fell to the ground. "Wrong Daphne."

"What?" This time it was Daphne asking.

"Ginny." Draco strode over to her and grabbed her hand. "I made a mistake."

"Yes, Draco. You did make a mistake." And Ginny walked from the room.

Ginny willed herself not to cry. She walked quickly in a random direction without paying attention, and not bothering to put the cloak on, it was dragging on the ground behind her. 'I was snogging Daphne.' Did he want to hurt her? Draco didn't even bother to lie…

Suddenly she heard footsteps behind her, and she didn't bother to hide or throw on the invisibility cloak. Suddenly a hand grabbed her upper arm and turned her to face the person.

"Hello Draco." A tear rolled down her cheek.

"You didn't give me a chance to apologize."

"Draco, did you ever stop to think that maybe I didn't want your apology? Did you maybe even think for a second that maybe I don't want to forgive you?"

"Ginny that's not fair-"

"THAT'S NOT FAIR?" Ginny tore her arm from Draco's grasp. "You know what's not fair, Draco? "A boy telling you," she put clear anger in the word boy. "That he wants to end it because you were taking it all too seriously then you blame yourself and you sleep with him, he told you he loves you and you think alls well… until you find him 3 days later snogging some other stupid girl." By now the tears are streaming down her face.

"Listen to me-"

"No Draco, I don't want to." She started to walk away and she heard him following her. She whirled around. "You know Draco? These past weeks have been really fun… emotional but fun. And I am so glad I got to experience it with you and I have become you friend but that's all were ever going to be.

"So right now I don't really want to talk to you but just know this, I am really excited to get to go to that beach house with you… as your friend. Cause you really are a great guy." Ginny walked away from him and this time he didn't follow her.

A/N: I NEED A BETA! PLEASE?! mention it in a review if your interested!