everyone has been asking for the reason of their divorce. well, i'm glad to tell you all that you will find it in this chapter. it is, however, poorly written. i hope this will suffice.

CHAPTER 5

Ginny sank further into the rosy pink bubbles of her large ivory tub with a big sigh. She had been working with Malfoy for almost two months, and it was beginning to take its toll on her.

She closed her eyes and hummed along with the music playing in her bathroom.

"Ginny, sweet cheeks! Where are you?"

Ginny's eyes snapped open. She couldn't help but growl. Her stupid boyfriend was ruining her relaxing bath! She grabbed her wand and reluctantly stood up and pointed the wand at herself. In an instant, she was in a comfy t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Her wet hair hung loose over her shoulders and she eased her feet into a pair of fluffy unicorn slippers.

She trudged out of her bathroom and headed for the living room, where her boyfriend was comfortably lying on her sofa and surfing through the channels of the wizarding world's version of the TV.

"What are you doing here?"

Dave turned around to grin at her. "Paying my girlfriend a visit of course! Go dress up sweet cheeks, I'm taking you to dinner. I haven't been able to go out with you ever since you started filming that stupid movie. Thank Merlin you're almost through."

"It's not a stupid movie. It's very well written." Ginny huffed indignantly. "Do we really have to go out? Can't we just order some food and eat here?" She felt like whining that night.

"But I want to take you somewhere!" Dave was starting to look annoyed.

"I am not in the mood, Dave."

"You're never in the mood anymore."

Ginny rolled her eyes and sat down on the arm chair adjacent to the sofa Dave was sitting on. "Dave, I am an actress. I have a very busy schedule and sometimes I would rather relax at home than go out and be attacked by a horde of paparazzi."

"Come on, Ginny. Just this once, go out with me. Let me buy you dinner." Dave shot her a pleading look.

Ginny stared at him for a few minutes. "Fine." She got up and headed for her room to change.

Draco Malfoy was bored.

In an attempt to cheer Draco up, Blaise Zabini had taken him to the opening of the newest Arabian themed restaurant in town, The Magic Lamp. A table on opening night only cost a hundred galleons, and even if you had the money, you had to be someone to get in. Luckily, Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy were only two of the biggest someones in the wizarding world.

The restaurant had colored lights, silky and shimmery fabrics curtaining each booth, which each had a low table covered in shimmery fabric and large pillows to sit on. Beautiful girls in genie outfits handed out lamps which customers were instructed to rub. Genies magically popped out of the lamps and told them a little something about everything there was to eat. It was all pretty spectacular, really.

But still, Draco Malfoy was bored.

Blaise Zabini had gotten them each a beautiful witch. They both had long, wavy dark brown hair. All brown eyed and beautiful, with their perfect dark skin and pearly white teeth. No wonder they looked so alike. They were twins. And Draco had only noticed this when he was sat in front of them.

No wait, the other girl had green eyes. And her hair was a lighter shade of brown.

All of a sudden, there was a commotion by the entrance of the restaurant. Yelling and flashing bulbs, Draco's group had gone over the same routine a while ago. He vaguely wondered which celebrity had decided that they would enjoy spending their Sunday harassed by paparazzi.

"Miss Weasley! Another smile for the camera please!"

Draco froze in his seat. He could already imagine her giggling and smiling generously at everyone, as she always did when the photographers asked for a smile. Even when she was incredibly pissed, she still managed to look like little miss sunshine in front of the cameras. She was that good. And it was also why she and Draco looked so good together.

In a few minutes, a beautiful girl in a genie costume had seated Ginny and her companion in a booth across Draco's. He tilted his head slightly and noted with disdain that Ginny was with her insufferable social climbing boyfriend.

"I told you you would love it here!" Draco could faintly hear her boyfriend's excited tone.

"This is interesting." Blaise murmured into his cocktail.

Draco gritted his teeth and smiled tightly at his manager slash friend.

The universe must've been conspiring against Draco, because it just so happened that one of their brunette dates knew Ginny.

"Ginny! Oh my Lord, Ginny!" The girl with the green eyes squealed and hurried off to Ginny's booth with her arms wide open.

"Dear Merlin, Parvati! Is that really you?" Ginny sounded happy and surprised.

Parvati? The girl from Hogwarts? So that was her name. Draco briefly thought to himself as he watched Ginny and Parvati hug.

"Where have you been? I haven't seen or herd from you since you graduated!"

"Oh, Padma and I went to India to work in the ministry for a while. But now, we're back here! What happened to you and Draco? I thought you two were married, but here I am on a friendly date with him and Blaise." Parvati laughed a bit.

Ginny's face hardened slightly. "We umm, had a divorce a few years ago. Anyway, have you met my boyfriend Dave? Dave, this is Parvati, and old friend from Hogwarts!"

"That sounded awkward." Blaise pointed out when he decided to stop eavesdropping on their conversation.

Draco didn't reply. Instead, he went back to sipping his martini. He could see Dave's arm wrapping around Ginny's waist from the corner of his eye. His grip on his glass tightened slightly. The bloody wanker. He smirked slightly when he saw Ginny move away from Dave and invite Parvati to the powder rooms.

Draco could've laughed out loud at the annoyed look that crossed Dave's face. The git deserved it or being such a sleaze.

"Ginny, what happened with you and Draco? Really. I heard you got married, I'm sorry I wasn't able to attend the wedding by the way."

It was the type of question Ginny would've avoided answering directly, but Parvati was one of Ginny's best friends in Hogwarts, and one of the few people who could've gotten away with asking Ginny personal questions so bluntly.

"Like I told you, we had a divorce a few years ago." Ginny sighed and stared at her reflection. The powder room was empty, save for the two friends, and Parvati decided to cast a spell on the door to keep it locked. She predicted a very heavy catching up session between the two of them.

"Parvati, you have to promise me you're not going to tell anyone about this."

"Ginny, I'm one of your best friends. I never said a word about any of your secrets then; do you think I'm going to start babbling about your secrets now?" Parvati gave her friend a small smile.

Ginny returned the smile, but it was quickly replaced by a serious expression.

"I never told anyone this, save for Draco, but a few years ago, I had a miscarriage."

Parvati gasped and moved closer to her friend, but didn't say anything.

"Draco and I were devastated, and when he found out that my co-star, Tyler, had accidentally pushed me off my broom while we were shooting a movie, Draco wanted to kill him." Ginny breathed in deeply before she continued. "I wouldn't let him, of course. Tyler and I were very good friends, and it was an accident. He accused me of having an affair with Tyler because I was so set on protecting him and that's when Draco's alcohol problem started."

Ginny shot her distraught friend a look before going on with her story. "We fought more and more after that. He really hated Tyler, and wouldn't believe me when I told him that I was not having an affair with him. I really couldn't take it anymore. We hardly ever talked anymore, and when we did, we always ended up fighting anyway. We didn't even sleep in the same bed anymore." Ginny paused and her shoulders shuddered violently. "So I filed for a divorce."

"Oh Ginny." Parvati whispered soothingly as she gathered her sobbing friend into a hug. "Really Ginny. I know you still love him. You're still crying over him, after all these years. What does that tell you?"

"That he was a stupid bastard and I should never have married him." Ginny mumbled into her friend's shoulder. "He didn't love me, Parv. He didn't go after me when I left the house. He just signed the papers right away, and the next thing I knew, he was dating other girls who were younger and prettier than me."

"Ginny, you know Draco. You hurt him, and he was just trying to get back at you." Parvati replied softly.

"He hurt me Parvati. He didn't love me enough to go after me and talk about it. He just got himself drunk every night instead. Anyway, that's all in the past now. We've moved on from each other."

Parvati shot Ginny a dubious look as she started waving her wand around her face to fix the streaks of make up and her disheveled hair. With one last look at her reflection, Ginny turned to her friend and smiled sadly.

"There's no denying that I still love him, Parvati. But he doesn't love me anymore, and I can't live with someone who won't love or trust me." She said softly, then lifted the charms off the door and quietly walked out.

Parvati stood, staring at the door for a moment, silently wondering how things had gotten so out of hand before deciding to return to her seat. She was pretty sure Draco was still in love with Ginny, and Ginny was obviously still in love with Draco. There just had to be a way for both of them to see that.