Author Note: Okay, okay, so from chapter 4 for from on I have turned all the "Virginia's" to "Ginerva". Also I added a bit of her name story in chapter 4, so if you want to go back and read it you can. For in chapter 12 the Valentine's day chapter, the origin of her name is brought up again! I hope you all enjoy and thanks a lot for all the reviews!
Chapter 9 – When You Love Someone
Draco walked down the stairs feeling a hint of regret for leaving Ginny alone up there with her brother and Harry. Though, as soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs he heard the three of them walking down the stairs. He threw his invisibility cloak over himself and the guitar and stood against the wall.
"Why, Gin? Why him?" Ron asked Ginny.
"I don't know. It just all seemed to happen that way. It wasn't like I thought, 'What could I do to piss Ron off?' It just happened." Ginny sighed and said, "Just give him a chance."
"A chance? A chance to do what? Take us out one by one? His father tried it once Ginny and…"
Ginny stopped and turned towards her brother and said, "And what? He's not a death eater."
"Are you sure?" Harry asked this question. "You know Gin, he could have his mark somewhere else."
"Harry, he's not."
"But…" Ron started.
"Believe me," Ginny started, but then saw something move, she knew it was Draco wearing his invisibility cloak. She smiled and continued, "he doesn't have it anywhere."
Ron and Harry looked at each other as Ginny smiled, turned around, and headed back to Gryffindor tower.
"What the bloody hell does that mean?" Ron screamed at her.
As Draco saw them walk away, he then turned and started towards the dungeons. On his way down he couldn't stop thinking of what Ginny said to her brother. Was she really expecting Ron to give him a chance? Does this mean that she's taking this… them… whatever they're calling themselves serious? Is he?
As Draco walked into his room all ready for a good night's rest he noticed that there was something in his bed. Not knowing what it was he put his guitar case down and drew out his wand. He walked cautiously to his bed. He quickly pulled back his covers and revealed a sleeping Tom. Draco sighed and poked Tom to wake him up.
"Go away." Tom swatted at Draco.
"Wake up, Tom." Draco said.
"What?" Tom opened his eyes. "Oh, it's you. So, how'd it go?"
Draco smiled and sat on the edge of his bed in order to remove his shoes and socks. "Fine, kid."
"Did you tell her?"
Draco sighed and said, "Tom, it's time to go back to your own room."
"Did you tell her?"
Draco sighed and said, "No. I didn't tell her."
"So, what did she get you?"
Draco knew that this kid wasn't going to let him into his own bed until he showed him so Draco got off his bed and grabbed his guitar that he had dropped earlier by the door and pulled it out of its case.
Tom sat up in bed and exclaimed, "Oh so cool! Uh... who's this Bryan Adams guy?"
"He was really popular in the early 90's. Can I go to sleep now?"
"Yeah," the kid put his head back down on the pillow and cuddled up into the thick sheets and went to sleep.
"No way, kid. Out."
"But…" Tom said.
"No buts. Out."
"Fine!" Tom said as he got out of his bed and left his room.
"Night, Tom." Draco called out.
"Night!" Tom called behind him as he called. "Do I get a bed like that anytime soon?"
"Night Tom!"
Tom didn't say anything; he only turned around and shut the door with him, leaving Draco all alone.
Meanwhile in the Gryffindor common room...
Hermione and Lavender were very nervous. They had no clue where Harry and Ron where and they knew that Ginny was probably coming back in just a little while.
"Maybe we should go out there and look for them," Lavender suggested.
Before Hermione could say a word, the door opened and Ginny stepped through.
"Oh, Ginny! Good thing you're back! We don't know where Harry and Ron are!" Hermione told her.
"We're right behind her," Ron said, not at all too happy.
Hermione and Lavender looked from Ron to Harry and then to Ginny; none of them looked happy at all.
"What happened?" Hermione asked.
"I'll tell you what happened!" Ron said angrily. "We caught her snogging with Malfoy up in the tower!"
Hermione and Lavender looked shocked.
"Ugh! Here we go again! Why can't you just stop it?" Ginny asked.
Ron and Ginny both crossed their arms and didn't say another thing.
"Did you know that Ginny was tutoring Malfoy all summer long?" Harry asked the two girls.
They looked at themselves and then looked at Ginny and she gave them a small nod.
"Yes, we did," Lavender said.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Ron yelled.
"Calm down, Ron, you don't need to wake up all the others!" Ginny screamed.
"We didn't tell you because we promised Ginny we wouldn't say a word, besides there was no reason for you two to know about it." Lavender said, "It was really none of your business."
"None of my business? It's my little sister, of course it's my business!"
All five teenagers went silent for a moment before Ron turned to Hermione and asked, "Did you know too?"
"Yes, I did. I didn't tell you guys, because we didn't need the two of you going and running your mouth around."
Ron smiled and said, "Hey, good idea!"
"Why you little jerk!" Ginny said to him. "He has done nothing mean to either of you so far this year! Besides this is actually all of your fault."
"How do you figure that?"
"You were the one who urged me not to go to Egypt with you guys. If I went with you guys, I wouldn't have had time to tutor Draco!"
Both Hermione and Lavender gasped, "Is this true."
"That's not the point!" Ron yelled.
"Oh I think it is!" Lavender said.
Harry stepped in front of everyone and said, "That's enough guys! Why do I always have to be the sensible one?"
"Don't go all Saint Potter on us!" Ginny argued.
Harry turned towards Ginny, he ignored what she said to him and said, "Why don't we all just call this a night."
"Harry's right, why don't you two just head up to bed while we sit here and talk with Ginny," Hermione said.
"Okay," Harry said and kissed his girlfriend good night. Harry grabbed Ron's arm and pulled him along.
"It better not be girl talk! You guys better be telling her that he's not right for her!" Ron said while being dragged.
Lavender blew him a kiss and said, "Night, Ronnie!"
As soon as they were gone, the two girls grabbed Ginny's arms and said, "So he kissed you!" they both shrieked.
Ginny blushed and nodded.
"What was it like?" Hermione asked.
"Did you guys do more?" Lavender asked.
"Why'd he kiss you?" and the questions went on and on.
Ginny sighed, smiled, and rolled her eyes. This was going to be one long night.
The next morning...
Ginny was awoken by a loud squawking noise. She rubbed her eyes and saw a beautiful owl sitting on her bedside dresser. She remembered this owl as the same owl that sent her the letter from Draco the night before she started tutoring him. She took the note from its leg and handed it a piece of fudge that her mother just recently sent her. She patted its head and the owl flew away.
Ginny quickly opened the letter and read it.
Angel,
Sleep well last night? I did, kept on having such wonderful dreams about a gorgeous red head. Well, I guess I better pay up my side of the deal. Meet me at Honeydukes at noon. I'll buy us some lunch.
D.M.
Ginny smiled, kicked off her sheets, and ran all the way to Hermione's room.
She banged on the door, but no one said a word, so she just walked in. She saw before her Harry, with no shirt on, cuddling with Hermione in bed.
"Awww! How cute!" she said out loud. "All right! Hermione, come on, get up! I need some help."
They both stirred.
Harry woke up first and said, "Who's there?"
Ginny sighed; he was blind as a bat without his glasses on, so she said, "It's me, Harry."
"Ginny? What's wrong?"
"I need to talk with Hermione, it's important."
"Okay." He turned to Hermione who was still asleep. "Hey, 'Mione'," he said softly and kissed her cheek.
She woke up and smiled, "Morning sweetie."
"Morning. Ginny's here; she needs to talk to you."
"Oh," she sat up in bed and Harry got out of it.
He was about to leave when Ginny said, "Thanks, Harry."
"For what?" he turned towards her and asked.
"For being calm about what happened last night."
Harry sighed and said, "Gin, I like to see myself as the calm, non-ballistic brother," he said and smiled. "But it doesn't mean that I like him, because I don't."
"I know."
Harry smiled and hugged her, "I have to go before someone wakes up and reports me to McGonagall."
Both girls laughed and he left.
"What's up, Gin?"
Ginny bounced over to Hermione's bed and jumped up on it. She handed her the note that she got, and Hermione smiled, "So what are you going to wear?"
Ginny shrugged, "I don't know."
"What about your green dress that you got for your birthday?" Ginny didn't respond, "You said that he liked it."
"Yeah, I guess so."
Hermione jumped out of bed and said, "Go and grab it and meet me back her. I'm going to get Lavender, then we'll do your hair and make-up!"
Ginny hugged Hermione and said, "Thank you!"
"No problem, Ginny."
At Honeydukes...
Draco sat at a booth near the back of the room. Every time he heard the door open, his head darted up to see if it was Ginny, but it never was. He looked up at the clock over the bar and it said it was 12:05.
"She's late," he said. He started to rap his fingers against the table. He heard the door open once again and he looked up. It was Ginny, but she looked more different than ever before. Her hair was in ringlets; she was wearing her green dress; the same one that she wore to his house back in August. Make-up was applied lightly to her face with glitter across her cheek. She wore a fairy choker, and to top it all off, on her right arm was her "Ginerva" bracelet. He has never seen her look so beautiful before.
Meanwhile...
"Ron! I have to go! I'm meeting Marie at Honeydukes for lunch!" Ginny lied.
"All right! Fine! But I don't want to see you around..."
"Bye, Ron!" and Ginny ran off.
"You don't think she's going to meet Malfoy do you?" He looked at Harry, Hermione, and Lavender.
They all shook their heads. Ron shrugged and put his arm around his girlfriends' waist.
Ginny ran all the way to Honeydukes. When she opened the door and glanced at the clock she realized that she was late, "Crap." She muttered under her breath, she knew that Draco was the impatient one and hoped that he wasn't waiting long. Ginny looked around the busy restaurant and didn't see Draco anywhere, just as she was about to think that he didn't show up, or got bored of waiting for her she saw him in the back.
She stood there looking at him. He was wearing a dark blue, long sleeve shirt with a pair of khaki's. His hair, as always--since that summer-- looked so great and his bangs fell over his forehead. She blushed when she realized that he was staring at her. "Probably wondering why I'm just standing here," she smiled and walked over to the table.
He stood up, just like a gentleman should when a lady comes to the table, though he didn't say anything.
"Um, hi." Ginny said.
He didn't smile, but said, "You're late."
Ginny just smiled at him and sat down, " So sorry, Ron wasn't about to let me leave his sight after what happened last night." Ginny bit her lip and Draco's gaze went down. They had never talked about or brought up the times when he kissed her, so it felt a little awkward when she brought it up.
"But it shouldn't!" Draco told himself. He took a hold of her hand and opened his mouth to say something, but they were interrupted when someone cleared their throat.
The two turned their head expecting to see Harry or Ron, but it was Tom.
Draco sighed. "What's up, kid?"
"I'm hungry."
Draco laughed, "Are you now?" Tom nodded his head. Draco looked to Ginny who only smiled at him and said, "Come on, you can eat with us."
"I want my own side though!" he said rudely and without asking.
Draco smiled and saw a little bit of him in the kid, but he heard Ginny say, "Not with that attitude you aren't."
Tom looked up at Ginny and then over to Draco. Draco just shrugged his shoulders. Tom sighed and said, "Can I please have a side to myself?" he said with much disgust.
"Sure you can," she got up and moved over to Draco's side. "Move on over."
"Not with that attitude I'm not," Draco laughed at her.
Ginny went slightly wide-eyed. He was mocking her. "I'll show him," she said to herself and sat down on his lap.
Draco had a very shocked expression on his face and heard Tom laughing from across them.
Ginny put one arm around his neck and stated, "This is fine too." She said with a smile. Tom on the other side of the table started to laugh.
Draco placed his hands on Ginny's hips and said, "I don't mind either."
Ginny looked down at Draco and smiled before she could say anything… or do anything they heard Tom say, "Hello, I'm sitting right here."
Draco and Ginny both turned towards to Tom, they had no idea how they momentarily forgot about him. Draco pushed Ginny off of his lap and said, "Sorry, bud."
"Yeah, can we order now."
The waiter came at that exact moment and said, "Well hello, Mister Draco. So good to see you again."
"Yes, thank you."
"What would you like for lunch?"
The two boys looked at Ginny and she said, "I'll have the pasta with the red sauce, with a side over of salad with Italian dressing, and a butterbeer," she said and handed him the menu.
"I'll have the same," Draco said and handed his menu to the waiter too.
"I'll have a giant ice cream sundae with chocolate ice-cream..."
Draco sighed and said, "He'll have a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda pop."
"Very good, sir," the waiter said.
"And hurry back with the food," Draco told him.
"Yes, sir," the waiter said and was off.
Ginny looked at Tom and said, "So, Tom how are you liking school so far?"
"It's good, so far. I like Professor Snape the best. He talks about the most awesome potions."
"Typical Slytherine."
"What?" both boys asked.
Just then their food got there and they Draco and Ginny ate in silence as Tom shoved his food into his mouth, while taking a few breaths and telling them about his favorite teachers.
"Making any new friends?" Draco asked as soon as Tom finished eating.
Tom didn't answer back; his eyes gazed over to someone as they passed the table.
"Hi, Helena," Tom said and waved.
The girl could only blush and walk on.
Tom sighed, "I don't think she likes me very much."
"Who was that?" Draco asked.
"Helena Creevy."
"Helena Creevy? You mean Collin Creevy's youngest sister?"
"Yeah, but she's nothing like the stupid, 'Oooo, let me take your picture,' idiot. She's different than him and all her other brothers. She's special."
Draco looked over to Ginny and realized he was in the same boat as Tom was. He reached into his pocket and gave the boy two galleons. "Here."
The boy took them and asked, "What's this for?"
"Go over there and buy her an ice-cream," Draco told him.
"Are you going to buy Ginny ice-cream too?"
Draco looked at Ginny and said, "Oh, don't you worry about Ginny. I'll make sure she gets her dessert."
Tom got off the booth bench and said, "Okay, thanks."
Ginny and Draco watched as Tom went over to Helena. The two kids walked over to the counter and got an ice-cream cone. Helena kissed Tom on the cheek, and the two, ran out of the restaurant together.
Draco turned to Ginny and was about to say something when she said, "It's so nice of Dumbledore to let all the kids to come to Hogsmeade."
Draco silently crept closer to her and said, "Yeah."
With the tone that he said it in she knew that he couldn't care less, "You really don't care, do you?"
Draco moved even closer to her and said, while looking into her eyes, "No, not really."
She starred back at him, she never saw him look at her that way, with such passion in his eyes.
Ginny couldn't take it anymore; she grabbed his neck and pulled him down to meet her lips. It wasn't long before she broke the kiss and she opened her mouth to apologize, but she couldn't for he kissed her back. This kiss wasn't as gentle or caring as the other ones were, this one was harder, rougher, the both felt as though they couldn't get close enough to each other.
Ginny let out a moan of pain, she was in an uncomfortable position, with her body being all twisted.
Draco pulled away thinking that he was being too rough with her. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"
"No. My body's kind of twisted."
"Oh," he picked her legs up and draped them over his lap, and went back to kissing her.
Her hands moved from his hair to underneath his shirt. Her hands started exploring his chest, again. Her hands finally glided over to his nipples. She started to tease them and heard him gasp and moan into her mouth.
Draco broke apart from the kiss to allow them both to regain a little oxygen, but made sure that his lips never left her skin. He applied kisses down her jaw and nipped at her neck.
As Ginny opened her eyes she saw two people sitting at their table.
"Draco, we have company."
Draco, not feeling at all embarrassed to be caught, said, "I swear if it's your brother and Potter, there will be blood shed."
"It's Hermione and Lavender."
"Oh." He sat up a little, but still kept his arms around her waist.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ginny asked.
"Well, we are going to meet the boys here for some ice-cream, so we decided to come and see if you guys were still here to warn you," Hermione told them.
"Oh, well, thanks," Ginny said.
"It's so good to see that you two finally got together," Lavender said.
The two went wide-eyed and slightly moved away from each other.
Ginny looked at Draco and Draco was staring at her.
"We're just friends," they said at the same time, and both sounded unhappy with the other's reply.
"I better get out of her before the others get here. I'll see you later, Ginerva," he took her hand and gently laid a kiss on her knuckles. He then turned to Hermione and Lavender and said, "Bye," and without another word, he was gone.
"I can't believe you!" Ginny said angrily
"What?" both Lavender and Hermione said.
"That was a little uncalled for!"
"Well, I'm sorry, Ginny. You two are out here making out like you two are going out and making sure that everyone knows about it! What are we supposed to think?" Lavender said to Ginny.
Ginny looked down and said, "Yeah, you're right. I have no clue what's going on."
"We do. It's called being in love," Hermione said, touching the young girl's arm.
"Yeah, I might be, but he's not," she got up, "I'll see you guys later," and with that, she too was gone.
"But he is," Hermione said and Lavender nodded in agreement.
Monday morning...
Ginny was sitting at her desk that Monday morning wondering where Draco was.
Suddenly he showed up and ran up to his seat.
"Good of you to show up," Ginny said to him.
Draco's leg started to bounce up and down and he said, "Yeah, well, I've got to take this test don't I?" His leg started to bounce more.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. It's just that when I get nervous my leg starts to bounce and..."
Professor McGonagall walked into the classroom and said, "Good morning, class. Are you all ready for the first test of the year?" No one said anything.
"And what?" Ginny whispered to him.
"I drink a whole bunch of water," he said as his hand flew into the air.
"Yes, Mister Malfoy?"
"Can I quickly run to the bathroom?"
"Quickly, but I want you to come right back," McGonagall told him, and he ran out.
Ginny watched him leave and laughed.
Wednesday...
Draco went to class, still nervous, wondering what he got on his Transfiguration exam.
As class started, he noticed that Ginny never showed up. He looked over to Hermione and Lavender and mouthed, "Where's Ginny?"
"Sick," the two girls mouthed back.
Professor McGonagall started to hand out papers. When she got to Draco, she put down his paper and said, "Congratulations." He looked down at his paper and saw he received a perfect score.
Draco got up and ran to the door.
"Mr. Malfoy! Where do you think you are going?"
"Uh... bathroom," and he left.
Hermione got up and said, "Uh... I have to... uh... oh who cares! I'll be right back!"
Professor McGonagall watched as her other student got up and ran after Draco. The whole class started whispering and some even giggled.
"That's quite enough! I know that Ms. Granger has a logical explanation of leaving and I don't think that it has anything to do with Mr. Malfoy, so I don't want to hear another word about it!" The students quieted up and McGonagall started her class.
Out in the hallway...
"Malfoy, where are you going?" Hermione yelled after him.
Draco stopped and turned around, "To the bathroom, Granger." Hermione crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. "And then I was figuring on sneaking into Gryffindor Tower."
"I don't think that you should."
"Stop thinking for one minute and tell me what's wrong with Ginny."
"She's fine, just a little sick."
"I don't think it's just a little; she wouldn't be out of class if it was just a little."
"Okay, so maybe more."
"And that's why I want to go up and see her. I just want to make sure she's okay."
"Believe me, she won't be happy to see you."
"Why, did I do something wrong?"
"No! It's just… it's just… men in particular that it's. Besides it's not a pretty site in there; she'll kick you out."
"Then she'll kick me out, but I just want her to know that I care enough to actually go up there and risk getting sick too."
"Uh... that's not very likely to happen," Hermione said a little slowly, hoping that he wouldn't catch her meaning.
"What? I think I may be confused." Hermione didn't say a word, and he sighed, "Look, I'm not letting you leave until you tell me what's wrong with her and what the password is." Hermione sighed again and tried to think her decision over. "Look, the longer you stand out here with me, the more everyone is going to think that you ran out of class to snog with me, and then word is going to get to Potter, and we all are going to be in trouble." Hermione still decided to think, knowing that Harry wouldn't believe any of that. "You may be missing very valuable information."
"All right! Well... Ginny's! ... Well, it's sort of a girl problem."
"Oh," he said, not fully understanding, but then started to realize it. "Oh. OH!" He paused for a moment and then said, "Is it really supposed to be THAT bad?"
"Well, sadly for Ginny it is. So, are you still going to go up, or are you coming back to class?"
Draco didn't need to think twice of his answer. He said, "I'm going up."
"Fine, but don't say that I didn't warn you. The password is 'butterfree'."
"Thanks, Hermione," and he started to walk off.
"You love her, don't you?" Hermione asked, not really knowing where the heck it came from.
Draco turned around. He smiled as he put a finger to his lips and said, "Shhh," and ran off.
Draco got into the tower easy enough, and there was no one in the common room because classes were going on. He forgot to ask where Ginny's room was, though. So he started opening doors up, starting at the top of the staircase.
The first one was locked. So as he moved on to the second one, he found it unlocked and walked in. He started looking around the room trying to see if there was anything that showed him it was Ginny's room when he heard the toilet being flushed and someone walking out into the room.
"Hey."
Ginny squeaked and jumped, not expecting anyone to come into her room.
"What are you doing here?" she asked putting her hands on her hips.
Draco looked at Ginny; her hair was a mess from not being brushed that morning, her eyes were all puffy and red from crying so much, and she was wearing a very large, over-sized jean shirt that reached to the middle of her thighs.
"I came to see you. Hermione said that you were sick."
"Did she also tell you that I didn't want anyone in here!"
"Um... yes," he said shocked, never seeing this side of Ginny before.
"Then why did you come up here?"
"Um… because you're sick."
"Well, I'm fine!" she said angrily, "Now just go. Before you get sick." Ginny said trying to get him to leave quicker.
"Um…"
"What's with the 'ums'?" Ginny asked.
"Well, it's just that that can't happen. Hermione said that..."
Ginny put her hand up to her head, "She told you what was wrong with me?" Draco nodded his head. "Oh God, this is so embarrassing! That girl is going to get it!"
Draco, wanting to change the subject and maybe put a smile on her face, said, "You know what's even more embarrassing?"
"No, but do enlighten me, please," she said with a little meanness in her tone.
"Being caught wearing a shirt that you apparently stole from my room."
She looked down and blushed, but smiled. She felt something bubble up in her stomach. She covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom. Draco followed her. He rushed to her side, pulled her hair back, and rubbed her back as she spilled the contents out from her stomach. Draco was just glad that he was one of those types that had a very strong stomach.
"Oh God, why are you in here?" Ginny mumbled, "Don't you think this is embarrassing enough?"
"Oh stop it. Come on, let's get you into bed."
"I don't think I can move."
Draco grabbed her and carefully put an arm under her legs and under her back and carried her. He placed her in her bed and said, "I'll be right back."
He went into the bathroom and took out a liquid that was drinkable and would take the smell and taste from her mouth.
He went back to her side and said, "Here, drink this."
She took it and slowly drank it. As she looked back to Draco, she almost spit the liquid out of her mouth. He was undressing. He had his robes and shirt off, and was already going for his pants. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
"Well," he said as he sat down on her bed to be able to remove his socks and shoes, "if I'm going to be lying in a bed with you all day long, I want to be comfortable."
"Oh," was all Ginny could say. He was clad only in his silk black boxers.
He took the cup from her hand and placed it on her bedside dresser, then laid down, "Come here," he said, grabbing her shoulders and pulling her down. Her head was right between his neck and shoulder. "Is there anything that I can do to help?"
"Not unless you know an incantation to put heat just on my stomach."
"What about a heat binding spell?"
"I don't want to be sweating to death, just on my stomach."
"Let's see what I can do," he reached over to where he put his clothes and grabbed his wand. Pointing it at her stomach, he said an incantation and automatically there was warmth on her stomach.
"Thank you," she said as she relaxed and closed her eyes.
"No problem." He paused for a minute, "What are you doing with my shirt?"
"Uh... house elves accidentally put it in my suitcase when I was leaving you house?" Ginny really did suck at making up stories. How was she supposed to tell him that she was in love with him and wanted something personal from him to always remember him by?
"Uh-huh, yeah, okay. You'll tell me later then."
"Do you want it back?"
"No, you keep it; it looks better on you." he smiled wickedly at her, closed the curtains incase any wandering students came back up to the room, and wrapped her up in his arms.
"Shut up, Ferret."
"If you say so, Weasel. If you say so." And the two of them fell asleep.
To Be Continued…