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Christmas Night in Draco's Bedroom
Draco lied awake for over half the night. Everything was so strange. First Ginny was nice to him at Honeydukes, and then she doesn't tell him he's a complete moron for liking her. He stretched yawning and relaxed putting his hands behind his head and started thinking back to the spider incident that happened when he was dating Pansy Parkinson in their fifth year.
God he felt guilty about that now. Over that summer Pansy had put many restrictions on him. He wasn't allowed to do anything without her permission. He'd be damned if he was going to let some bitch, especially Pansy Parkinson, control what he did with is life. At the start of his sixth year he looked forward to tormenting Ginny Weasley like he had done since she came to Hogwarts.
However, whenever he went to begin his torture he found that he was staring into the face of a beautiful woman instead of the dorky freckle faced girl. It was as if Ginny Weasley had grown up overnight. He couldn't believe he was checking her out and wanting to see under her clothes.
Draco forced himself back to reality. God he was nasty to people. It was a wonder he had any friends. Why had Ginny forgiven him for those things he did. Finally he fell asleep and slept long into the morning. By the time he awoke, it was almost time for lunch. When he went to the Great Hall he slid into the seat next to Ginny not making it obvious that he was trying to sit beside her.
"We missed you at breakfast, Mr. Malfoy," Snape said.
After lunch, Harry, Hermione, and Ron went to Hagrid's leaving Ginny alone in the Great Hall with Draco. She claimed she had holiday work to do. When the golden trio was gone she whispered to Draco, "Are you busy?"
He shook his head no. "Let's go somewhere we can be alone," Ginny suggested.
"Let's go to my dorm. There's no one up there but me," Draco said with a smile.
They went to the Slytherin house and Ginny covered her ears while Draco said the passowrd. Once inside Draco lit a fire and handed Ginny a blanket to keep warm. He sat down on the couch beside her. She snuggled close to him.
Draco broke the silence first, "Ginny, I'm sorry for all the nasty things I did to you when I was with Pansy. For everything nasty, really. I was up half the night last night thinking about everything. How could you just forgive me so easily?" He asked uneasily.
"I was thinking about that myself this morning. I guess everyone deserves a second chance. That spider really freaked me out. It still makes me shiver to think of it," Ginny said.
"I truly am sorry," Draco said.
Ginny smiled at him and curled up close to him taking in his scent. "I should be doing my essay for Snape's class. I haven't even started it and it's due the day we get back to school," Ginny said hugging Draco tighter.
"I could help you with it if you like," Draco said.
"Draco, that's awfully sweet of you, but Potions isn't exactly your strong point," Ginny said.
"Here," Draco said conjuring up a piece of parchment and a quill for Ginny to work on the essay while he held her.
"This is nice. I could do all my homework like this," Ginny said with a grin.
"Yeah, I wish," Draco said pulling her close placing his lips onto hers kissing her passionately.
"Draco, I hate to cut this short, I love kissing you and I could do it forever. But I really need to get this essay done and Hermione, Harry and Ron should be back soon. If I'm not in the common room they'll come looking for me and when they don't find me in the library all hell will break loose. I should go," Ginny said breaking the long kiss.
Draco let her up and walked her to the portrait hole. "I'll see you later then love," Draco said kissing Ginny once more.
Ginny pranced back to the Gryffindor common room and sat down just as the golden trio was entering.
"Ginny! What have you been up to? You've got a smug look on your face. Has you secret admirer contacted you again?" Hermione asked.
Ginny shook her head no. She handed her potions essay to Hermione for a quick check over. "It sounds good so far," Hermione told her. "You should take a break from it though, you look like you could use it," Hermione said.
"Alright. Hey guys, let's go play Quiditch in the snow." Ginny said grabbing her new broom.
Harry and Ron were instantly on their feet gathering warm clothes and their brooms. Their game was actually very pathetic. It consisted of Harry and Ginny throwing the quaffle back and forth and seeing how many points they could score on Ron. However, being out in the cold air flying made Ginny's mind free from her essay. Around 4:00 Hermione came out to tell them that dinner was in an hour. The three of them landed their brooms and went inside for a hot shower. Ginny took as long of a shower as she could.
A banging in the shower room caused her to turn off the water and grab her towel. "Hello? Hermione?" she hollered. Ginny rounded the corner to find herself face to face with Draco once more. She was so startled that she dropped the towel and was standing in front of him naked as the day she was born. His eyes swept over her body and his mouth dropped open. She quickly grabbed at the ground searching for the towel she had lost. Finally she found it and wrapped it back around her body. Her face turned as red as her hair. "Draco what are you doing in here?" Ginny asked embarrassed.
"I came to see if I could offer some assistance?" He stated in the form of a question.
"No. You can't offer some assistance!"Ginny said angrily.
Draco smiled. Ginny loved his smile. She stood there staring at him. After what seemed like forever of staring Draco pinned her to the shower stall and kissed her, his hands roaming up inside the towel to massage her hardened nipples. Just then Hermione walked into the girls shower room. "GINNY! MALFOY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Hermione screamed.
They both instantly let go of each other babbling an explanation. When they both failed miserably they just shut up and let Hermione draw her own conclusion. Draco said goodbye to Ginny and slipped out of the shower room. Hermione watched him go then drew her attention to Ginny. "He's the one who sent you the necklace! He's the one who you met at midnight on Christmas night! How long has this shit been going on?" Hermione demanded.
"Hermione! Calm the fuck down! You can't judge me for liking him. He's changed! Please don't tell Harry and Ron! Please. It's only been since Christmas. Please don't tell," Ginny begged.
Hermione sighed, "Fine I guess it will be our little secret. After all you could have spilled the beans about all kinds of shit and got me in trouble. Let's go to dinner," Hermione said.
Once all the other students came back to school things were easier and harder for Ginny and Draco. They were able to sneak out to see each other easier but they had to be more private about where they could be together at. They continued their secret relationship for the next five months sending owls back and forth all day.
Things heated up between them towards the end of the semester when Draco would be graduating in May. He wanted to continue things in secret while Ginny wanted to scream from the top of the astronomy tower and scream that she was in love with Draco Malfoy. She didn't care that everyone would be mad and she would be disowned by her family. She wanted to be with him at any cost.
"Well, hon. What have you decided. Are we going to continue in private until you graduate or no?" Draco asked after he got his diploma.
"Draco. I can't do this anymore. I want to announce it to the world that I love you." Ginny said pleadingly.
"Honey. Just until you graduate and you are legally an adult witch. Then we can tell everyone," Draco said.
"No, Draco. I can't." Ginny said.
"What then? Break up?" Draco demanded.
"What else can we do Draco?! I don't want to have a long distance secret relationship," Ginny said.
"So that's it then?" Draco asked hugging Ginny tight.
"I guess so," Ginny said looking up into his eyes.
"Ginny. I love you. I always will love you. Please don't forget that. One day I'm going to find you again and we're going to get married," Draco said kissing her once more before letting go of her and watching her return to her family. He felt tears form. He didn't cry. He couldn't cry. Draco Malfoy DOES NOT cry. He forced the tears to stop until he was alone.
"Ginny, what's wrong?" Harry asked.
"What? Oh nothing. I'm going to miss you guys," Ginny said covering up her sadness with something else.
"It'll be okay. You'll see us all the time over the summer," Harry told Ginny.
He was right. Both he and Hermione ended up spending most of the summer at the Borrow. At some point in time, Ginny wasn't sure when, She started dating Harry. They spent a lot of time together forming a new romance. At the end of the summer Harry took Ginny to dinner at a fancy restaurant in London. After they ate they went for a walk in the park. They stopped looking at the stars in the sky. Harry pretended to fumble with is shoes and he dropped to his knee. "Ginny Weasley," He said Ginny turned her attention to him. "Will you marry me?" Harry asked holding up an engagement ring. Ginny smiled. "Yes Harry, I'll marry you," She said wondering what Draco was doing at this very moment.