First things first. Sorry for the delay. Have had flu so not been on the computer. I just want to say season's greetings to all. Hope you enjoy your holiday. And as we say here in Wales.

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Which is Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love Kris xx

Eleven Years Later

"Ginny let me in."

Ginny didn't move from her bed. She had curled up as tightly as she possibly could clinging to her pillow. Her dark hair was sticking to her face covering her eyes. The curtains had remained closed for three days and the darkness was comforting to her.

"Fine then!"

Her mother's voice faded away as footsteps echoed through the hall. Since she had arrived back from France she had refused to leave her room. She knew she was being childish and that she had responsibilities but she couldn't face them. She couldn't face anybody now. She just needed to be left alone for a vast amount of time to cry this over.

She jumped almost an inch off her bed when a bang resounded through her room. She forced her eyes to the door and groaned to see that it was open. She should have put a double locking spell on it. But no she hadn't thought of that.

"What's happened?"

Ron stood in the doorway arms slung in front of his chest looking into the room.

"Nothing."

The door shut but she knew he was inside the room. She didn't want to face him though. She pushed her head further under her blanket as he sat on the edge of her bed.

"What happened in France Gin?"

"I saw Bill."

"Yes but what else happened?"

"What makes you think anything else did happen?"

"You've locked yourself in your room for three days. You haven't eaten and have refused to see your kids. Something's wrong."

"Draco's alive."

"WHAT?"

Ron's voice was filled with a mixture of amazement, hatred and anger. Slowly Ginny lowered the blanket to look at her brother. His eyes were forced on her and she could tell that he wanted to do everything and anything to make her feel better.

"Draco's alive. He's living in France just a little bit away from Bill."

"Shit. How the hell did Bill not know?"

"He did know. He told me that Draco was there and I didn't believe him. I thought that he was making the whole thing up. So I walked up that big hill to that little 'cottage' that's up there."

"Bill knew!"

"Yes. He confronted him a couple of months back apparently. Bill ordered Draco to send a message to me to get me to come back and has been waiting since."

"Bill knew you were alive?"

Annoyance was rising in Ron's voice. His eyes had shrunk and Ginny knew he was going to say something to Bill. But that would mean he would learn the truth about Charlie. Maybe it was up to her to tell him?

"Ron, Bill knew because Charlie knew."

"Huh?"

"Charlie discovered that I wasn't dead just in hiding. So Bill said that Charlie went and found Draco and got into a massive argument with him. Charlie got so annoyed that he went to Bill and told him everything. Then together they went after Draco."

"Alright so that's how Bill knows."

"Yes but Bill also knows what happened next."

"Huh?"

She couldn't help but laugh slightly at his unspeakable response to her. But then the laughter died on her lips. The thought of Charlie's last movements crossed her eyes.

"The pair of them went after Draco. There was a huge fight and Draco stormed off. Charlie followed after him and got into the Death Eater attack that killed him. Now everyone figured that Draco died in that attack too. But he didn't Ron. Draco walked away from it."

"Oh Ginny."

Ron hugged her gently for about a second before pushing her away.

"You need a shower!"

"Thanks Ron."

They were silent for a moment before Ron spoke up again.

"Did you see Draco?"

"Yes."

"And?"

"He told me everything."

"Everything being?"

Ginny sighed closing her eyes. Tears were already forming in her eyes just thinking about it.

"It was all fake. He was using me from the very beginning. Draco killed his own mother staging it as a Death Eater attack."

"The bastard."

"Ron he was only with me to get to Harry. Voldemort had lost Snape as his spy so planted Draco instead. And he used me! Everything that we had was a lie, the children are lies. Ron I just don't know what to do."

"Tell me where he lives and I'll go teach him a lesson."

"Ron no."

"Gin –"

"Ron please don't. The last time that happened Charlie was killed. I don't think I could live with myself if he killed you too."

"Malfoy kill me. Never."

Ginny grabbed hold of his hand and looked straight into his eyes. She knew there was a begging aspect to the way she was studying him and it made him uncomfortable.

"Alright I won't go after him … yet."

Ginny just nodded letting go of him. But Ron was now studying her.

"Go take a shower and then come downstairs. I'll make you some food."

"I don't want to face anybody."

"Well then it's a good thing that dad is in work and mum has gone shopping. She's taken Ralph with her because he wanted to see Fred's shop again. And Alysia is hauled up with a book in the garden."

Ron stood up and left the room. Ginny contemplated just locking the door and crawling back under her covers. But her hair smelt rotten and was clinging to her face due to grease. Then there was the growling of her stomach.

So reluctantly she went into the shower washing her hair three times to make it feel clean. Then she changed into a clean pair of jeans and a pink strapy top and headed down to the kitchen. Her heart jumped to her throat as she reached the bottom step. Ron had just opened the kitchen door and standing there was Draco…