Title: Call Me Ginevra

Title: Call Me Ginevra

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I don't own any characters except those you can't research on the lexicon and aren't mentioned in the books. The plot is my own. Any resemblances to other plots are pure coincidence. Think about it this way, great minds think alike. Title of the chapter is a Dave Mathews Band song, don't sue me.

Full Summary: The war has the Weasley's worried about poor little Ginny. After checking her resources McGonagall claims she has the best caretaker for Ginny. Too bad it turns out to be Narcissa Malfoy. While at Malfoy Manor Ginny faces growing up, a strict regiment and Draco on a day-to-day basis. Can Ginny and Draco brave the unknowns of friendship? Will the buds of relationship form? What will Harry do when he finds out that only Ginny holds the key to defeating Voldemort?

Pairings: Draco/Ginny (I guess this sort of answers the "buds of relationship" question in the summary, huh?)

Rating: Eventually M, but pace yourself. (I will give fare warning of the chapters which that rating applies.)

Chapter Note: M rating definitely applies here. Please keep in mind what M means. When the smut kicks in you may follow the link I have provided to the remainder of the chapter. I have moved it to ensure that everything I have posted is tip-top with fanfic regs.

Author's Note: Enjoy reading this because the real hold up in this chapter and the last was making sure I wrote this whole scene right. You readers are so lucky you have an author who cares…

Chapter Eleven: Crash Into Me

Draco just stared at her for a moment, not knowing what to do next. This had to be the first time in his entire life that he was genuinely unable to think of something to say or do. So instead, he just stared down at her, waiting for her to do something.

Ginny rubbed his palms with her thumbs and she knew she'd have to break the ice of what she'd just said. Sighing, she sat down on the couch next to the bed and patted the place beside her for Draco to sit. He did so numbly, never taking his eyes off of her.

"Draco, I'm not hesitant to be with you because I don't want to. I do, I really do. I want to so much that it kind of scares me. I've really," She blushed, embarrassed about the fact that she was admitting being so preoccupied about being intimate with him. "I've never thought about that so much. Not with anyone else." She looked up at him through her thick lashes. "Except you."

Draco opened his mouth to say something but found no words and closed it. He felt his chest rise and fall, his heart race behind his ribcage and his hands break into a sweat. What was she doing to him? What was this vice she had on his heart?

"I'm scared both of you and me. I'm scared of you because I know you're no virgin and I know you can be cruel, but I'm more scared because I know now that there are times when you're really sweet." She paused and bit her bottom lip. "And I started to wonder which Draco I was going to get in the end. Whether I really was dating someone who felt for me the same I felt for him or if…" She looked away.

"Or if I'd use you for sex then leave you." He finished for her bluntly.

She nodded.

Draco ran his hands through his hair, elbows on his knees. "I wish I could say that you had the wrong idea about me, and you do, but you have reason to." He situated himself on the couch so he was looking at her. "Ginny, whenever I was with another girl I didn't just shag them and leave them. I did want to see if there was a relationship there. It just so happened there wasn't. You know, my longest relationship was two months and that was Pansy."

Ginny halfway snorted. "I'm surprised it lasted two months."

Draco smirked. "Me too. But I'm really not a shag and run kind of guy, Ginny. You have to believe me when I say that." He leaned back against the arm of the couch. "I'd say ask Crabbe or Goyle but quite frankly I'd rather you never be around them. Blaise would've known but…" He clenched his jaw. "If he ever even looks at you again I'll kill him." Draco looked back at Ginny, a wild darkness in his eyes. "I'm serious, I'll kill him."

Ginny wondered if he really was serious, she'd believe it with the way he was looking at her right now.

"I know that the other houses didn't really spread the best of rumors about me. Why would they? I was an ass in school, I'll be the first to admit that. It wasn't until I was forced to be home so much I realized exactly how much I was acting like my father." When he said this Ginny swore he was about growl like lion. His nose scrunched up in disgust and he bared his teeth. "When it came to me sleeping around, what they said wasn't true. Yeah, I had a couple of partners, I've slept with six girls. But all of them I was with for at least two weeks before we broke up… we were always official when I slept with them. I never slept with a girl I wasn't dating."

Ginny felt her muscles relax. She knew he was telling the truth and she was happy to hear this from him, she needed to hear this from him. "Draco." She reached for his hand and brought it to her cheek, rubbing it against her skin. She could hear him gasp slightly and saw him blush. She loved being able to make him blush. Leaning forward she left a kiss to his lips and smiled sadly. "When I said again earlier, I wasn't talking about Blaise."

Draco sat up straighter. "Who were you talking about?"

Ginny looked down at the couch cushions then back up to Draco. Her eyes were sparkling with tears. "Harry." She said through a breathless sob.

Draco felt that spark of jealousy and hatred turn into a raging fire inside him. So, not only did Harry ruin his life during school but he had taken the pleasure in ruining his life outside of it too. "How could you be an 'again' for him?" Draco sputtered. "That idiot could barely figure out where his hands were."

Ginny tried not to laugh but couldn't help it. "When Harry and Cho were dating they slept together. And when they broke up Harry and I…" She trailed off.

Draco went white in his face. "Please tell me he wasn't your first."

Ginny frowned and wrapped her arms around her body. "What if he was?" She was hurt that he would say something like that. Didn't he know that this was a sensitive subject?

Draco pouted. "It's a crime, that's all. That blundering idiot having the pleasure of being your first time… that's something that really should've been left to someone more worthy of your time…"

"I'm not a trophy, Draco!"

"I didn't mean it like that!" Draco huffed. "I meant that Harry is by far the least…" He growled. "He's just an idiot! He doesn't appreciate you the way I do! Someone's virginity is special, it's something that shouldn't just be given up and I highly doubt that he treasured you like he should have!" He snapped, standing and nearly knocking the table over.

Ginny watched him with wide eyes. He was mad because Harry didn't respect her enough? Well, that answers the question of whether or not Draco would respect me. She smiled at him as he paced back and forth in his anger.

"So why the hell did you date him for so long then? If he was such an asshole why did you stay with him?" Draco asked, back to Ginny as he stood, hands on his hips.

Ginny shrugged even though Draco couldn't see. "Why did you stay with Pansy?"

"It's not fair to answer with another question." Draco muttered, turning back to her, calmed down. He returned to the couch and sat beside her, elbows on his knees as he glared at the table. Ginny had a feeling that if for some reason Harry were to walk in Draco would rip his head off.

"I stayed with him because I thought I couldn't get anything better than the one and only Harry Potter." She said the last bit with sarcasm. "I had been crushing on him for a long time and even though I'd dated Dean, and Michael, and Neville there for a while, and-"

"I really don't want to think about all of the boys you've dated." Draco shivered.

Ginny raised an eyebrow. "At least I only slept with one of them."

Draco scowled.

"I'm sorry," Ginny sighed. "I shouldn't have said that. I just don't like knowing the fact that you've slept with six other girls before me, either."

Draco nodded, his scowl dropping. "So is that how you meant again? Cause Potter…" He couldn't finish the sentence.

"No actually," Ginny ran her fingertips across the grain of the table. "Afterwards he called me Cho and left me in his bed to go find her."

"He did what?!" Draco stood, this time he really did knock the table over, scattering the magazines and remote batteries across the floor.

Ginny sniffled. "He had slept with me to get over her and when he found out he wasn't he went to go find her. She turned him down on getting back together and that's why he asked me out."

"And you stayed with him?!" Draco was in complete disbelief, when he called her stupid earlier he didn't know how right he was.

"I didn't know the last part until we broke up okay! I thought he just called me her name by accident and got embarrassed and left. I didn't know he went to go find her and nobody bothered to tell me about it either." Ginny was standing now, staring Draco right back.

Draco swallowed down the dryness in his throat. If there were ever a time he wanted Potter around, now was it. And it wasn't to preserve his life. Something occurred to Draco as he stood there, looking deeply into Ginny's dark eyes. "Do you think I'm too good for you?" Draco asked.

Ginny stepped back, surprised by his sudden change in topic. Pursing her lips she nodded.

Draco sighed and wrapped her tightly in his arms. "Dammit, Gin, you should know by now I'm cocky enough to only date people I think are worth it." He felt Ginny snort within his grasp. Loosening his hold he saw her look up at him and automatically he knew that if anyone ever hurt he'd murder them with an Unforgivable, no matter what the sentence.

"Draco I'm sorry, I know now that I should've just trusted you but I was scared." She pressed her cheek against his chest.

Draco set his chin on the top of her head, rubbing her back gently. "I don't blame after what that coward did." He paused. "Why were you scared of yourself?"

Ginny looked up at him, confused. "What?"

"You said you were scared of both me and you, why were you scared of yourself?"

Realization crossed Ginny's face and a deep blush quickly followed. "Because…" She trailed off, hiding herself in Draco's arms.

"Because what?" Draco couldn't help the twitch at the outer edges of his lips.

Ginny sighed lightly, running her hands up and down his chest. "Because if we started I don't know if I'd stop myself. I told you I want this as much as you do, and it scares me. It scares me that I've never wanted to do… that… so much. I'm just not used to it and I don't know if I'll be any good or if I'll be loud or kick you by accident or…"

"You're mental." Draco stared down at her with his eyebrows raised.

"I've had a lot of time to be paranoid." She shrugged.

"Ginny." Draco's tone told her he was thinking of something. Looking up into his eyes she saw a tempest behind them. "I know you say you want to, but if you want to wait we will."

Ginny held her breath, thinking. "I'd rather not, really." Her blushing cheeks and fingertips on his belt loops told him all he needed to know.

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