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Chapter Five
"Well," Draco said, as they all sat in silence, "haven't you got anything to say Potter?"
Harry looked from Ginny to Malfoy. "Yeah. You're a bloody liar you stupid git." Ginny and Draco looked stunned by his response, though Harry paid no attention to either look of disbelief. "You had me going for a while." he continued, "Real convincing until you mentioned that stupid book you say you gave her. Do you really expect me to believe that my Ginny would take a book like that? Especially from a Malfoy!"
"Merlin, Potter, are you daft?" The blonde wizard asked astonished.
Harry turned his back to Draco to look at the red-haired witch that still held his heart. "You really had me going Gin." He said with a smile.
She said nothing. Her only response was to quietly take a deep breath and stand. The two wizards watched as she turned and walked towards the bedroom.
"Brilliant, Potter. You see what you've done?" Draco said angrily, moving to follow after her.
Harry withdrew his wand and pointed it at the blond Slytherin he loathed. "Another step and I'll kill you where you stand, Malfoy." He said menacingly. "I'll be damned if I let you anywhere near her again!"
"Shut it!" Draco snapped, swiping Harry's arm aside. "She's my fiance and I'll see her if I damn well please!"
Harry's arm snapped back into place instantly, his wand pointed, once more, at Malfoy's chest.
"I leave the room for two bloody minutes and you're at each others throats!" Ginny scolded, entering the room again. "Honestly Harry, have you no sense? Put your wand away or you'll never step foot in his place again!"
Slowly, Harry lowered his wand and stepped back.
"Good. Now sit. I've got something you need to see." Once they were seated again, Ginny held out a book which she had been clutching tightly.
Draco recognized it immediately and his eyes met hers. "You kept it?"
She looked back at him and nodded. She turned to Harry. "This is it, Harry. The book you didn't believe existed. The book he gave to me." She handed it to him and he took it. The three of them sat in silence as Harry opened the book and flipped through it, stopping every now and then to read something.
After he reached the final page, he closed the book. Moments later Harry was on his feet. Throwing the book to the floor, he turned on Ginny. "How in the bloody hell could you accept something like that from him?" He shouted. "Was it that easy to forget what happened the last time a Malfoy gave you a book? Of all the stupid things to do, you accept a book like that from a Death Eater!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Draco was on his feet. His fists clenched around handfuls of Harry's shirt. Rage and fire burned in his eyes and he growled menacingly, "Do not call me that again! I've paid for what I've done."
"Like hell you did!" Harry said angrily. "You cursed Katie Bell and poisoned Ron. You let Death Eaters into the school. You tried to kill Dumbledore. You're responsible for his death!"
Draco's grip slacked and he let go, sinking into his chair. "Stop it!" Ginny shouted, unable to bare the look of pain in Draco's eyes. "Don't you dare blame him, Harry. He did it to save his family!"
"At the cost of your family and friends!" Harry countered.
"Anyone would have done the same if it meant saving the ones they love."
"How can you defend him? He's a monster!"
"Dumbledore knew!" she shouted and immediately regretted it.
Harry's eyes narrowed. "Dumbledore had no idea what was going on that night."
"He might not have known when it would happen, but he knew it would. You said so yourself, when you looked into Snape's memories. They were talking and he told Snape he knew."
"So Snape warned him. You should be grateful to Snape, not him!"
"I told Dumbledore what was going on!" She said, jumping to her feet. "I went to him. I told him Draco had orders from Voldemort. I asked him to help Draco, to hide him." Her eyes turned to her fiance who was now staring straight at her.
There was silence. "How could you?" Draco asked quietly. "You told me that you'd never tell anyone what we talked about. You promised me."
"I should have told you sooner. I just didn't know how."
"I trusted you." Draco stood.
"Draco, I-" But Draco wasn't listening. He opened the door and left without another word, closing the door quietly behind him.
Ginny turned on Harry. "What have you done?"
Harry stared at her, frozen by what just happened. "Gin, I- I didn't."
"You didn't what?" She shouted. "You didn't want to ruin my relationship? You didn't mean to come over here drunk and cause a huge scene? You didn't mean to ruin my life? Please, tell me if I'm getting close!"
Harry reached out to touch her shoulder. "Ginny, please, just let me-"
She shook his hand away viciously. "Don't you touch me Harry Potter! You ruined everything!"
"I-"
"Get out! Get out of here and don't ever come back! I never want to see you again, Harry Potter!"
"Please, Gin."
Ginny Weasley drew her wand. "You think you're so great, don't you? Harry Potter, the boy who lived. The famous Harry Potter. Everyone loves Harry Potter. I bet you're so blinded by it all you don't even see the things right in front of you. You can't imagine that any girl doesn't want to be with you!" She lowered her wand to his chest. "Do you even know why Draco hated you so much? Did you ever bother to ask?"
Harry stood silently, unsure of what to say.
"He was jealous, Harry! Jealous of everything that you have. You have the one thing he never had. Friends! Real friends. People who cared about him. You have Ron and Hermione and so many more. But most of all, more than anything. He was jealous that you had me. I loved you Harry. All those years ago, in school. I loved you. And I would have done anything for you."
"You were sneaking around with Malfoy for two years!" He threw at her.
"The year that we dated, Draco and I were friends. He needed someone and I was there. How could I turn my back on someone who had nobody?" she said. "But you don't see that, do you? It's all black and white with you. Draco is a Malfoy and you don't care about Malfoys. Not even the ones that spared your life. If you want to hate any Malfoy, hate Lucius. He's the only one who has never showed you compassion. Draco spared you to save me and his mother spared you to save Draco! And yet you condemn them because of Lucius! Draco is not the monster, Harry Potter. You are!" She shouted. "Now leave Harry."
When the door closed behind him, Ginny closed her eyes and took a deep breath. What now?
She found her way to her bedroom. The red-haired witch fell asleep clutching the abandoned shirt of her fiance.
