Chapter 5
Christmas break was a week away, and the castle was in full Holiday swing! Hagrid had brought in the usual twelve trees in the great hall, and someone had placed mistletoe throughout the castle. Ginny was quite peeved about all this mistletoe, she had to dodge several 'handsy' seventh year boys who were trying to get 'stuck' under the mistletoe with her. Not paying attention to where she was going she walked right into "Professor" Malfoy, who was exiting the Great Hall. "Sorry, Sir,"Ginny said to him with a smile 12 parsecs wide.
"Watch where you are walking Miss Weasley," Draco said curtly to her. He took a couple steps away from her and then bounced off of an invisible barrier. "What the—" he looked above him to see a small bunch of mistletoe hanging precariously overhead. Draco then looked at Ginny, who then looked at the mistletoe, then he looked around him and saw every student in the Great Hall watching him. He looked up toward Professor Dumbledore, who had a twinkle in his eye and a knowing smile on his face. Pfft! He wants me to be discreet, and then he sticks mistletoe over me and Ginny…well I'll teach him for meddling. Draco looked down at Ginny, who was looking at the floor, grabbed her and pulled her to him. "Merry Christmas, Ginny," he purred as he swooped down to kiss her. The kiss was sweet and short- one like you would see at a wedding. They broke the kiss when the great hall erupted in cat calls, whistles, and whispers.
Ginny stood on her tip-toes, and whispered seductively in Draco's ear, "See you in class, Teach!"
Ginny walked up to the Owlry to send a letter to her mother.
Dear Mum,
I miss you and Dad so much! I want to know if I can invite my boyfriend and his mother over for Christmas dinner. He has asked me to come to his house for Christmas eve. I know that I am going to have to tell you this eventually, but my boyfriend is Draco Malfoy. Please don't send a howler to me at school because he is my DADA professor, and could get in trouble. I'll see you soon.
Hugs and Kisses
Ginny
Molly Weasley picked up the letter from her daughter, "Arthur, Ginny has written a letter!" Arthur came into the kitchen to sit and read the letter with his wife. "It says that she wants her boyfriend and his mother to come for Christmas Dinner."
"What's this bloke's name?" But before he got his reply, Molly Weasley fell over in a dead faint. Surely it isn't that bad, Arthur thought to himself. He picked up the letter and read it. Well I guess it is.
"Come on dear, wake up," Arthur cajoled his wife as he splashed a small amount of water on her face.
"Oh Arthur, I had the strangest drea—it wasn't a dream was it?"
"Sorry, afraid not Mollywobbles"
"I can't believe it! My little girl is dating a Malfoy, and he's her Professor to boot! She's head girl, shouldn't she be enforcing the rules? Oh dear, I'm all of a dither, I'm going to go lay down.
Arthur Weasley was not at all happy with his daughter's new boyfriend, but did know enough about the boy to know that he was a decent chap. He sat down at the kitchen table and penned a note to his daughter.
Ginny Dear,
Your mother would have written, but seeing as how she is passed out on the couch, (fell over in a dead faint when she read your letter)I'm writing you! I'm not happy about your decision to court your teacher, even though he is only a year older. However, he is most welcome to our home for Christmas, and you can go over to Malfoy Manor. Your mother is quite distraught, but I'm sure she will get over it. You can tell your brothers, I'm sure they'd rather hear this from you
Love you
Dad
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It was the next morning in the Great Hall when Ginny got the reply from her father. She quickly finished breakfast, and hurried out of the Great Hall to Draco's office.
Bursting through Draco's office door Ginny called to him, "Draco guess what!—Oh, um, hello Professor Snape, I'll just be outside..had a question about RedCaps." Damnit I. Am. An. Idiot!
In Draco's office.
"Draco, son, are you out of your mind? A Weasley? I have nothing against the girl, she is probably the only decent one of the bunch but, really, her brothers and Potter will kill you. Not to mention you are her teacher, and that little display in the Great Hall yesterday has so many 'rumors' flying around, which I'm guessing aren't 'rumors' after all are they?"
"I don't care Severus, I really like her, she's the only person I can be myself around, and you've got to admit, she's got great legs." Draco said to his godfather with a pompous smirk on his face. "By the way, can you leave through the floo, just so it won't be awkward for Gin?" Snape cringed at the pet name, but nodded and left through the floo.
"Miss Weasley, you may come in now!" Draco called out to her, but stood by the door so that when she opened it he could grab her.
Ginny opened the door and looked around, but didn't see Draco, "Draco where –" Ginny began to say when she was grabbed and pushed up against the wall being thoroughly snogged. She giggled and ended the kiss. "So, uh, does Snape know?" Ginny asked with a guilty look on her face.
"Yes, I told him, but he's my godfather and he won't say anything, plus he was bound to find out come Christmas, he will be there for Christmas Eve. You know he actually likes you, thinks you're smart."
"I'm sure he does," Ginny said sarcastically, "Anyways, My parents said that you could come for dinner, and that I could go over to the Manor for Christmas Eve."
"Wow, they accepted it just like that? Wait. You did tell them who I was didn't you?"
"Of course I did. Well Dad accepted it, he reckons your actually a 'nice chap,' my mum however fell over in a dead faint when she found out I was not only dating a Malfoy, but my teacher. I'm not really sure which she thought was worse." Ginny smiled, leaned forward and kissed him. The bell then rang signaling classes would begin in five minutes. Ginny skipped out of Draco's office down to Charms class.
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The rest of the week went by quickly, and before she knew it, Ginny was on the Hogwarts Express with Luna and Colin. She felt bad, having not spent a lot of time with her two best friends, but tried to make it up to them. Colin gave Ginny a knowing smile before asking, "So Gin, when are you and Malfoy getting together over break?"
"Oh well I'm going to the Manor—Uh I mean…Oh fuck!"
"It's okay Gin, I've known for a while, and watch your mouth 'Head Girl,' So go on and tell Luna and me all about Mr. Studmuffin."
"Ew! If you ever call him Mr. Studmuffin again, I will hex you seven ways till Sunday! Since you already know I guess I'll tell you, but you can not tell a soul, he is our teacher, and he could get fired."
"I won't," Colin affirmed. They both turned and looked at Luna who had been reading her copy of the Quibbler, upside down as usual.
"Ginny, I think your hair has a nargle infestation,"
"err- Right Luna, I will take that as a 'Yes, Ginny, I won't tell anyone anything about you and Draco'" Ginny said with annoyance as she subconsciously fixed her hair.
For the rest of the ride, Ginny caught her two best friends up on her 'torrid love affair' as Colin called it. Once they left the platform, they shared hugs and kisses and parted ways.
Ginny quickly spotted her brother Ron, along with who else, Harry and Hermione. "Hi Guys!"
"Gin-Gin" Ron yelled to his baby sister as he gathered her up in his arms. While he was hugging her he smelled cologne, a man's cologne. "Ginevra Molly Weasley," would you care to explain to me why you smell like a man!"
"What" Ginny cried, as she discreetly sniffed under her arms.
"No, not like that, I smell a man's cologne!"
Ginny began to fidget, but before she could answer, Hermione came to the rescue, "Honestly Ron, you haven't seen her in months and you pick a stupid fight with her about this? Did you not just see her give Colin, her friend, a hug goodbye?"
"Oh, uh, yeah sorry Ginny" Ron said sheepishly. A tense silence filled the air, so of course Harry jumped in.
"Hey Ginny, how are you!" He pulled her to him and hugged her tight…too tight. "Uh, um Ginny there was something I needed to talk to you about, I have been lost without you these past couple months, and I was a fool to end it, and I'm sorry I said you were like a sister; I didn't mean it—"
In the very middle of Harry's declaration of love to Ginny, Draco snuck over, smirking as usual, and put his arm around Ginny's waist, "Hey Babe!" he said and leaned forward and thoroughly snogged her right there. "See you at Christmas." He said in a deep sexy voice. He promptly apparated, but not before he sent a glare at the golden trio.
Ginny looked back to Ron, Harry, and Hermione. All three of them stared at her with their mouths agape, obviously expecting an explanation as to why she had just snogged Draco Malfoy.
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I know, it was mean of me to do that, even I want to know what happens- haven't decided yet.
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