The 'Master' Plan
Chapter Six: Soul Mates?
YuriYaoiHet_ILoveEmAll
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Really. Once again I'd like to say that I'm so glad you guys like this story.
Ginny awoke with a gasp. She sat up and looked about her. She was in her dormitory. She put her hands to her cheeks, sure they were a fiery red. Her dream had been so vivid. She'd relived last night with Draco, only there was no Pansy to stop them this time. It had felt so real, those forbidden touches of her dream. She flopped back on her bed, knowing she wouldn't be able to fall back asleep. Her body was on fire with need. Thinking she'd might as well get up, she grabbed a suit of clothes and headed to the bathroom treading quietly so she didn't wake her roommates. She recalled overhearing her brother's talking about cold showers helping at times like these and decided to see if it really worked.
She turned the water on full-blast and stripped quickly. She grabbed a towel and rag and set them at a reachable distance, before stepping into the shower. She hissed, shivering as the cold water hit her skin. Strangley, it did help to quench the fire burning low in her belly. She didn't really think it would work. She endured the cold water as long as she could, before turning on the hot water and beginning to bathe. She washed herself and shampooed her hair, concentrating on each part of the task, trying not to let her mind wander back to the dream. Then she sat down in the shower, letting the hot water beat down on her. Only when her fingers and toes started to wrinkle, did she turn off the water and get out. She dried herself and dressed quickly, dropping her dirty clothes in a basket that the house elves cleared every evening. She still didn't know how they knew who the clothes in the basket belonged to, ecspecially when there was more than one suit, but the clothes always ended up folded and clean on the foot of the correct bed. She shook her head. Now I'm pondering the habits of house elves, She berated herself. When she got back to the dormitory, she saw that Hermione and Lavender had awakened. Lavender waved a greeting at her and Hermione sent her a strained smile. Ginny nodded at them both and walked to her bed. She grabbed her schoolbag and took out the schoolbooks in it, switching them for the ones she need for this morning's classes. Without a word, she strode from the dormitory and headed down to breakfast.
"Was that a hickey on her neck?" She heard Hermione hiss. Damn! She'd totally forgotten about Draco's 'mark'. She didn't have any concealer so she turned up the collar of her shirt to hide it.
"It couldn't have been. I don't think she's dating anyone. Ginny doesn't seem the type to fool around with just anyone." Lavender whispered back.
She smiled at Lavender's defense of her. She continued towards the Great Hall. Maybe she'd be able to sneak in a few minutes with Draco before classes started. She sighed. They had two classes together today: Charms and Care of Magical Creatures. She didn't know if she'd be able to keep from staring at him while they were in class. Hell, she'd probably end up wanting to snog him silly in front of the class. She sighed. She had yet to really examine her newfound feelings for Draco, but she knew if she didn't watch herself, she'd end up falling for him. Hard. She had to keep reminding herself that it was just buisness. Enjoyable buisness, definitley, but still buisness.
She found herself at the entrance to the Great Hall, without remembering exactly how she'd gotten there. She shrugged and walked inside. It was mostly empty since it was so early. Immediatley, her eyes were drawn towards the Slytherin table. She scanned the table and found him, sitting between Pansy and Blaise. She caught his eye and flashed him a smile. He smiled back at her and she felt her heart skip a beat. Feeling a little unsteady, she walked to the Gryffindor table and sat down. She was starving because she'd barely eaten these past two days, but with Draco's eyes on her she could only pick at her food. She managed to force down a few bites of egg and a slice of toast with a gobletfull of orange juice, before she met his eye again. He smirked at her and subtley jerked his head towards the Entrance Hall. She nooded slightly and stood. The hall had sowly bwcome more crowded as she'd eaten. As she walked towards the doors, Daphne caught her eye and waved. Ginny smiled and waved back. She had to remind herself to find the Slytherin girl when she had a moment and talk to her. If she really wanted to make a go at being freinds, then Ginny would try her hardest to make it work.
She stepped into the Entrance Hall and stood there. Where was she supposed to go now? She wondered. Then someone grabbed her hand and pulled her into a closet off of the hall. It was Draco. He shut the door quickly, plunging them into darkness.
"Lumos." The end of his wand lit up and she drank in the sight of him. He looked as if he was just as happy to see her, or at least, she hoped that's what she read in his eyes in the second before he kissed her. She pushed herself into the kiss, opening her mouth to his tongue. Their schoolbags fell to the floor as they wrapped their arms around each other. He kissed her deeply and she almost swooned in his arms, before he pulled back. Both of them were breathing heavily.
He pulled her close and hugged her. "Good morning, Ginny."
Ginny squeezed him tightly. "Great morning with a greeting like that." She murmered.
He chuckled before pulling back slightly. "We have Charms together today before first break. What do you say we get caught sneaking out to the grounds alone today?" He asked lightly.
She smiled up at him. "Sounds lovely." She pulled him down for another kiss.
He brushed his lips over hers. She opened her mouth for him but he pulled back. She pouted before his lips found her throat. He nuzzled into her neck and kissed her right on the hickey he'd left the night before.
"You didn't cover it up." He sounded pleased.
She sighed at the feel of his warm breath washing over her skin. "I didn't have any concealer." She whispered, telling the truth.
Draco nipped her lightly, drawing a gasp from her lips. "If you'd have covered it up, I would have just made a new one." He kissed his way to the other side of her throat. "I may just do it anyway. Just to hear you moan."
She blushed and buried her fingers in his hair. She forced him to look up at her and kissed him, hard. He pushed her back against the wall roughly and thrust his tongue between her lips. She could do nothing but stand there and take it as he devoured her mouth. Desire zinged through her and she moaned. He ate the sound and she swore she heard him purr in response, before he pulled away slightly, sipping at her lips. She darted her tongue out and ran it over his, before capturing his lips and doing the same to him. He gasped and she felt him shudder and smirked up at him while his eyes were closed.
For some reason, she really enjoyed he knowledge that she could make him squirm. She kissed her way to his throat and sucked strongly nipping and rolling her tongue over the flesh in her mouth. His arms tightened around her. She sucked strongly once more and then released with a small popping sound.
"Now I've marked you." She told him matter-of-factly.
He made a small sound in the back of his throat, somewhere between a growl and a moan and then his lips were on hers again. His knee slipped between her thighs as one hand found her breast through her shirt. Her head fall back against the wall and she moaned loudly, grinding herself into him.
"What was that?" A male voice said from the other side of the door. Draco and Ginny both froze.
"I dunno." Another boy said.
"It came from that closet." The first voice said. "What if someone is in there trapped?"
"Well, check it out if you're so concerned!" A third voice, female this time, snapped.
"Whatever you do, do it fast. We have to be at the greenhouses early today remember?" Another girl said.
Ginny clung to Draco. She met his eyes and he smirked at her. "Let's give them a show shall we?" He whispered in her ear. She was shocked and blushed, before nodding. "Knox." He muttered and his wand went out, plunging them into darkness again. Then she felt herself beind lifted up. "Wrap your legs around me." She did so and his hands moved to her bottom.
Then he kissed her, hard, and forced his tongue between her lips. She felt a wave of desire run through her as he ground her back against the wall, pushing his hips against hers. Her fingers dug into his shoulders at the hard feel of him between her legs. The fire from this morning was back and if anything, it burned hotter. She moaned against his lips and met his movements with her own, unable to help herself. He purred deep in his chest as she ground herself against him and felt him harden even more.
He pulled back from the kiss and nipped at her neck. "Ginny!" He gasped.
"Draco!" She moaned his name as he pushed against her hard, almost crushing her between him and the wall. Her legs tightened around his waist.
His hand found her breast, massaging it. He tweaked her nipple and she moaned again, just as the door was flung open. Draco ground into her again and she let her head fall back with a moan of pleasure.
"Oh, my gods!" One of the girls gasped. Ginny opened her eyes, still dazed, to see four Ravenclaws standing in the doorway of the broom closet.
She almost felt herself laughing at the looks on their faces. She wondered at the scene they made, with her arms and legs around him, pressed against the wall of a closet. She ran her tongue over her kiss-swollen lips and felt the sudden urge to do something rash.
She twisted her face into an angry mask. "Can't you see you're interupting something?" She snapped, her voice low. "Shut the bloody door!"
Draco lifted his head and she saw him glare at them out of the corner of her eye. "Tell anyone about this and I'll hex you so badly your mothers won't recognize you." He growled.
All of them squeaked at the sight of him and one of the boys slammed the door shut. "Sorry!" She heard him mumble. There was a scuffling of feet and then they were gone.
Ginny and Draco burst out laughing. Draco let her legs slide down his body until she was standing and leaned against her. He hugged her and she hugged him back, enjoying the sound of his laugh.
"Oh, gods, that was great. 'Can't you see you're intrerupting something?'!" He said, changing his voice to a girly tenor in a poor imitation of her. He laughed again.
She tightened her arms around him. "I particularly enjoyed your threat. 'I'll hex you so badly your mothers won't recognize you!'." She quoted, deepening her voice in an equally poor imitation of him. They laughed together.
The door was flung open again. This time it was Pansy and Blaise. "Alright love-birds. Time for classes." Blaise said, sounding pleased.
Draco let her go, still chuckling and she pushed away from the wall, straightening her robes. "Were you two the reason those fourth years scurried out of here?" Pansy asked. Draco and Ginny met each other's eyes and started laughing again. "I'll take that as a yes." Then she gasped. She moved forwards and yanked Draco's head sideways.
"Hey!" He spat, trying to pull away from her.
"You let her mark you?" She asked, releasing him. Pansy looked around at her with a shocked look on her face.
Ginny smirked. "He didn't let me do anything." She answered. "I just did it."
She looked back at Draco and he nodded. "I didn't try to stop her." There was something in his voice that kept Pansy from questioning them further.
Ginny glanced at Blaise to see that he looked surprised too. Somehow she felt she'd crossed a line. She didn't know if it was a good one or a bad one, but there was something new in both Pansy and Blaise's eyes as they studied her. She blushed under their scrutiny.
"I just got caught up in the heat of the moment and -"
"You don't have to explain anything, love." He said, cutting her off and taking her hand. He kissed her palm lightly. "I don't mind at all."
She smile at him tentativley. "Really?"
He smiled back and brushed his lips over hers. "Really."
She glanced over to see Blaise and Pansy exchanging a covert look. "Then what . . .?" She stopped.
Draco followed her gaze. He sighed. "Don't mind them. They're weird."
Pansy huffed and Blaise chuckled. "Yes, yes. That's great and all, but we really do have to get to classes now." Blaise promted.
Draco sighed again. "Yes, nanny." He snapped playfully. He looked back at Ginny. See you in Charms?" He asked lightly.
She leaned forwards and brushed her lips over his before stepping back. "I'll meet you in the courtyard after class."
He flashed her a smile and let her hand fall. He stooped and picked up his bag. Then he turned to Pansy and Blaise. "Let's go." They stepped out of the closet. He spun back to her and kissed her tenderly once more before sweeping out after them.
She leaned against the wall of the closet with a sigh. What was this? This light feeling in her chest when she was around Draco and the empty feeling when he was gone? She shook herself. Now was not the time to look into it. She picked up her schoolbag and headed towards Divination Class. This was the only class that she shared with Harry and Ron without Hermione. She wished that Ancient Runes had had an open seat. She loathed Divinaton, but it had been the only elective class available by the time she'd learned she was getting moved up a year. Realizing no matter how much she rushed she was still going to be late- it was all the way across the castle and there were alot of stairs between here and there- she didn't hurry. So what if she got into trouble? She found she really didn't care. She and Draco planned to get in a lot of 'trouble' between now and Christmas.
"Ginny!" Ginny looked around to see Colin coming up behind her.
"Colin!" She stopped and turned. "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
She was surprised when he blushed. "I've been busy." Then he smiled at her. "So. Did you ever get to talk to Malfoy?"
Ginny smirked. "Oh, we've done alot more than talking." She said crypticly. "We're dating now."
"You mean he said yes? Wow. I'm kind've surprised."
"I was too." Ginny told him. "But he's a great guy. Nothing like what my brother and his freinds make him out to be. He's smart and funny." Then she smirked again. "And he's an amazing kisser."
Colin looked shocked. "You kissed him?"
Ginny nodded. "Look at this." She pulled down the collar of her shirt and showed him Draco's mark.
"A hickey? So you guys are doing more than kissing." He stated.
She blushed. "We've had a few make-out sessions." She said tentativley.
Colin studied her for a moment. "You haven't slept with him, have you?"
"No!" Ginny was shocked that he'd asked. "We've only been dating two days!" She blushed again, remembering how close they'd come last night.
"But you want to sleep with him?" Colin said after a moment. It was more a statement than a question.
Ginny sighed and leaned against the corridor wall. "Yes! No. Oh, I don't know!" She let her schoolbag fall to the floor and put her face in her hands. "I know I shouldn't have sex with him, but when he kisses me its like . . ." She hesitated before telling the truth. "It's like when he touches me nothing else matters. When we're together I feel happy, when I'm away form him I feel empty inside. Two days and I feel like I'm falling for him, Colin! I know I should keep my distance, but I just can't seem to help myself. We click on almost every level. He's an amazing person, he really is. He's smart and funny and he always knows just what to say. Sometimes when he looks at me, I feel like he really cares. And then other times there are things that I can't read that make me feel good inside." She stopped and thought about what she was saying. "You must think I'm silly, huh?"
Colin shook his head. "You aren't silly, Gin. Seems like he's quite the guy." He studied her again. "By the way. You aren't 'falling for him'. You've already fallen. I can see it in your eyes when you talk about him." He said bluntly. "I just thought you should know."
Ginny groaned and leaned her head back against the wall. "I was afaid you were going to say that." Then she sighed. "I knew it, really, I've just been too chicken to admit it." She put her hands over her face again. "What am I going to do? He told me from the start not to expect anything from him." She sighed again.
Colin leaned against the wall near her. "Maybe his feelings about it have changed too. Alot can change in just two days apparently." He put a hand on her shoulder. "You either have to tell him or hide it from him. Some people will use things like that against you though, so be careful."
"Draco wouldn't do that. I know he wouldn't use it agaist me." She sighed. "I still can't tell him though."
"Why?" Colin asked quietly.
"He might break up with me. He told me not to excpect anything from him so I can't expect him to love me back. And I think he's too good a guy to date a girl who's in love with him without loving her back."
"So what are you going to do?"
Ginny sighed. "Carry on like nothing's changed I suppose. I don't want to break up with him."
"Can you do that though? I mean, are you sure you'll be okay dating him long term knowing he'll never love you?"
"I don't know. All I know is that I don't want to loose him." She breathed, tears coming to her eyes at the thought of not being able to touch him or talk to him.
Colin sighed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "You've got it bad, girlfreind." he squeezed her lightly.
She leaned into him. "Tell me about it." She said miserabley. Then she shook herself. "Enough about me. What have you been up to?"
"Nothing." He said, but the way he said it seemed suspicious to her.
"Colin." She looked up at him only to find him blushing again. "You're dating someone aren't you?" His blush darkened and she took it as a yes. "I should have known! So who is it? Anyone I know?"
Colin pulled his arm from around her shoulders. " I should get to class now."
"Oh, come on! You know I won't tell anyone. Please?" She asked when he hesitated.
"I can't, Gin!" He said finally. "We said we weren't going to tell anyone until the time was right. That way if things don't work out then no one has to know. We'll just go our seperate ways with no one the wiser."
"Ok." She knew better than to push it. When Colin had made up his mind almost nothing could make him budge.
"Listen. I really have to go, but I'll catch up with you later ok?" He said to her, turning away.
"Alright. See you."
He smiled and walked away. She stayed where she was for a moment, before picking up her schoolbag and setting off once again towards Divination. She half-way conscidered skipping entirley, but knew Ron would write to their mother and tell on her. The last thing she needed was a howler. Surprisingly, she made good time. The staircases seemed to know she was in a hurry. She reached the ladder just as the last student was climbing up. Either that person was late or class had started late. She'd heard that Proffesor Trelawney sometimes forgot the time of her lessons while she was lost in her 'musings'.
Ginny climbed up the ladder into the musty classroom. She glanced around to locate a seat and saw that the one near Lavender was empty. She sat down, flashing her a smile. Pavati, on Lavender's other side gave her a small wave. She wasn't particulary close to either of them, but they were nice to her, so she was nice in return. Seeing Parvarti made her remember what Pansy had said last night about seeing Padma. She wondered if Parvarti knew her twin was gay.
"Good morning, everyone." Trelawney greeted them, stepping out of the shadows behind her desk.
"Good morning. " The class echoed back.
"Today we explore the strange way that the planets of Mercury and Saturn have alligned." She pulled a dusty brass globe from under her desk. The instrument wobbled slightly and opened to reveal a tiny galaxy. "If someone would be so kind as to close the blinds." Someone did so and the galaxy grew in size until each person could see it clearly. "As you can see, the two planets connect in line through the constellation 'Draco'. This means that now is a time of romance for some." Half the class giggled at the word romance. Ginny, however, found herself intrigued. She'd just pointed the constellation out to Draco last night. Trelawney ignored the laughter. "Not many are affected at times like this, but some find themselves falling in love during these cycles. Often it will be two people who have seldom communicated who find themselves drawn into each other's lives by chance. Tell me, have any of you recently found yourselves drawn to someone who you've never communicated with before?" Ginny gulped. There was no way she was raising her hand. No one else did either. "No one? How dissappointing. The crystal ball told me there would be at least one. No matter. I suspect that the person is simply shy." She turned back to the depiction of the galaxy. "For those who do find themselves affected by this cycle the bonds formed can be either that of freinds or that of lovers. If it is the latter, the person you are attracted to is likely your other half."
"Excuse me, Proffesor, but what do you mean by 'other half'?" Lavender asked. Ginny was glad she'd asked. This was one lesson she was very interested in.
Trelawney smiled at her. " Have you ever heard the term 'soul mate'?" Lavender shook her head. "It literally means the other half of you. They seem to fill the empty places inside you perfectly, without seeming to. You will be the perfect match in almost everything. It is a rare thing to find your true other half. Those who do should count themselves amongst the lucky. Many will never experience the kind of love that blooms between to halves of a whole."
Then she went back to pointing out the peculiar angle in which the two planets alligned. Ginny's mind wandered. Could it really be fate that had drawn her and Draco together? Could he be her other half? She said herself that they seemed to click on almost every level. It would explain why she'd fallen for him so quickly. Then she shook herself. Are you really listening to this idiocy? She'd never once beleived anything Trelaney had said about the effects the planets and stars had on thier lives. Why should she start now? Soul mates? It seemed like some girlish fantasy.
Deciding to do something useful with her time, she pulled out her Charms book under the table and began studying for her next class in the dim light. She tuned out Trelawney's voice and concentrated on learning the theory for bouyancy charms. It was like a levitation charm, but instead of making an object float in the air, it was made to make and object float in water. One could supposedly raise sunken ships with a strong enough charm. Of course, she wouldn't be wanting to raise sunken ships or anything like that, but she could see some practical uses for it. She'd lost a ring down the drain once. If she'd known a bouyancy charm, she would have been able to retreive it. A simple summoning charm hadn't worked. By the time Trelawney finally finished with her lecture, Ginny was fairly certain she'd be able to cast it with little difficulty.
"Your homework assignment is simply this. Watch yourselves and the people around you. Note any strange relationships that bloom and be ready to share your findings with the class. I have faith in you all!" She smiled around at the class in what Ginny could only describe as a creepy way.
As the class climbed down the ladder, the strange woman began humming to herself and cooing over the crystal ball on her desk. Without warning, she spun towards Ginny. "You there!" Ginny tried to play dumb and act like she thought Trelawney was talking to someone else. It didn't work. Trelawney moved towards her and put a bony hand on her shoulder. "Beware, dear. The one you love will deceive you before the day is out!" She proclaimed, somehow seeming solemn and pleased at the same time.
Ginny gulped. "Ok?" She said slowly.
The half of the class still in the classroom laughed lightly. She pulled away from Trelawney and moved towards the ladder. Her classmates thankfully took pity on her and let her descend ahead of them.
"Loony woman." She muttered under her breath as she headed down the stairs.
She tried to shake herself free of the creepy feeling Trelawney's words had left her with. Would Draco deceive her? Even if he did she'd probably never know. She shrugged. She didn't really beleive it. After all, look where the information had come from. Ginny had seriously questioned Trelawney's sanity many times before this. She shook her head. She had more important things to think about.
She headed towards Charms, her pace increasing the closer she got, until she was all but running. She rounded the corner and there he was, standing outside the classroom with their classmates. Her heart immediatley felt lighter. He looked around at her and their eyes met. She wanted to run to him and pull him into a kiss. The urge surprised her with its intensity. She had to remind herself to act normal. Seeing him was enough. For now.