Ginny wore a turquoise halter cocktail dress, with her hair in her natural soft curls.
"Darling are you ready yet?" Harry asked as Ginny was buckling her shoes.
"Yes, I'm ready." Ginny nodded as she stood up.
"You look wonderful." Harry smiled as he extended his hand for her. Ginny had gotten use to Harry's random mood swings for the pass two days. They walked down the stairs and two house elves stood there holding their dress robes. Harry took them and helped Ginny into hers and walked to the door and apparited away. They appeared in front of the Malfoy Manor. Harry knocked on the door and a middle age witch answered with a bright smile.
"Oh Mr. Potter, Mrs. Weasley. It so nice for you to come to Master Malfoy's party." She said sweetly. "My name is Mrs. Winki. I will talk your coats for you." Mrs. Winki added and walked Harry and Ginny into the foyer and took their coats. "And right through these doors you will find Master Malfoy's other guest." Mrs. Winki smiled and opened two French doors for them. Harry grabbed Ginny's waist and walked into the ballroom with her.
"Now you and be a good girl." Harry hissed into Ginny's ear and guided her towards the group of women in a circle. Once Ginny stepped into the ballroom she felt the silver eyes on her. She calmly walked over to the group of chattering women when she heard a loud scream. She looked towards the scream and a dirty blond girl came running towards her.
"Lavender!" Ginny screamed and ran towards her. The two girls wrapped their arms around each other. Ginny held on tightly to Lavender, not wanting to let her go. "When did you get back?" Ginny asked as she finally let go of her friend.
"Just two days ago. Ginny why are you crying?" Lavender asked and guided Ginny into a corner so they could talk.
"Lavender you have no idea what I've gone through since you have been gone." Ginny whispered.
"Alright tell me. And why are we whispering?" Lavender asked.
"Lavender!" Ginny jumped at the sound of his voice. Lavender turned around and Harry stood behind her smiling.
"Harry! It's nice to see you. And I see that you have put a ring on my dear friends finger." Lavender smiled and hugged Harry lightly.
"Yes I have. I'm sorry that I didn't wait for you, but no one knew when you would be back." Harry explained as he eyes Ginny. Ginny stood behind Lavender totally stiffed.
"That's very true I am pretty spontaneous." Lavender giggled. "Now do you mind if we have some girl time. I have lots to tell Ginny." Lavender said as she half way turned to Ginny and smiled at her.
"Umm sure. I was hoping if I could just have a quick word with Ginny though. And then she will be all yours." Harry smiled but glared at Ginny with his eyes.
"It will be quick?" Lavender eyed Harry.
"Of course." Harry grinned. Ginny walked over to Harry and he took her hand and squeezed it very hard as they walked away from Lavender.
"Now remember my dear. Since Lavender is here, I don't want you to go off wondering. And remember that you promised that you would be a good girl." Harry said through his teeth and squeezed Ginny's hand harder.
"Yes of course sweetie." Ginny nodded franticly.
"Alright now give me a kiss." Harry demanded. Ginny lean in and lightly peaked Harry on the lips. Harry let go of Ginny's hand and Ginny walked slowly back to Lavender. They sat at the window seat that looked out into the dark woods that surrounded the Malfoy Manor.
"I fucking hate that creep." Lavender said as Ginny sat down. "I'm sorry Ginny but I can't believe that you said yes to him." Lavender shook her head. "I know! I know! He loves you and whatnot. But he seems so fake." Lavender added.
"Lav." Ginny whispered. She was almost on the brink of tears.
"I'm sorry Gin." Lavender was saying.
"No Lav." Ginny whispered. Lavender stopped talking and looked at her friend. Ginny looked over at Harry to see if he was watching them and for a brief moment he wasn't and Ginny turned back to Lavender "Help me." Ginny mouthed and then looked back to see if Harry saw. Thank Merlin he was still busy with talking to someone.
"Help you? Help you with what?" Lavender asked.
"I have so much to tell you. But I can't. I don't know what he would do to me." Ginny said holding back her tears.
"What he would do to you?" Lavender asked and was about to look over at Harry.
"No! Lav don't look at him. He'll know that we are talking about him." Ginny said quickly and Lavender stopped.
"Ginny, has he hurt you?" Lavender asked.
"I just need to get out." Ginny sighed.
"Ginny tell me what he has done to you!" Lavender said strongly.
"I can't. He'll know and I'm scared." Ginny said and turned her head towards the window as a tear ran down her face. "I need. I want to talk to Draco but I can't. Harry would kill me." Ginny said still looking out the window.
"Do you want some punch?" Lavender asked sternly.
"Do I want punch? Is that all that you can say?" Ginny asked angry and looked at her friend.
"Yes. Ginny I'm asking if you want punch." Lavender said sternly and motion towards the drinks. Draco was talking to someone by the punch.
"Yes." Ginny said plainly.
"Alright I'll bring you some." Lavender nodded and stood up and walked over to the punch. She walked up next to Draco and waited for him to finish his conversation. He turned towards Lavender and smiled at her.
"Lavender Brown. I would have never expected you to be back so soon." Draco said with a charming smile.
"Slowly follow me back to where I'm sitting in a few minutes." Lavender said quietly.
"What?" Draco asked with a smirk.
"Act like we are still talking. But just meet me back by the bay window. Someone needs to talk to you." Lavender said with a smile.
"Oh ok that's nice. I have to bring this to a collogue, but I hope to caught up with you on a later date." Draco nodded and smiled.
"Of course." Lavender nodded and headed back to Ginny with two cups of punch.
"What did you say?" Ginny asked as Lavender handed her, her punch and sat down.
"He'll be coming around soon." Lavender said nonchalantly.
"Wait he's coming over here? No Lav Harry will flip out." Ginny said shaking her head.
"He can't flip out on the host of the party coming around to two of his guess to make sure they are enjoying themselves." Lavender said and took a sip of her punch.
"So how are you two lovely ladies?" A deep and smooth voice asked. Ginny looked up and a pair of silver eyes captured hers.
"I'm fine as usual." Lavender smiled. "I'll be the look out." Lavender said too Ginny.
"The look out? What's this about?" Draco chuckled nervously.
"Draco. I need your help." Ginny whispered. She knew that he could see her tears.
"You need my help?" Draco asked with a soft look.
"It's Harry." Ginny said quietly. "He has changed." She added.
"Changed how?" Draco asked.
"He's become…violet." Ginny whispered.
"He has hit you?" Draco growled.
"He's coming." Lavender whispered.
"I think a spring wedding is so cliché but Harry is pressing for it." Ginny put on a fake smile and giggled.
"Ahh Malfoy. I was looking for you." Harry said from behind Draco. Draco found his composer and turned around to face Harry.
"You were looking for me?" Draco asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Yes I was looking at some of your art work and I was wondering where you got them." Harry said and eyed Ginny. Ginny gave him a warm smile and took a sip of her drink.
"Well actually I don't buy my own artwork. It's a bit embarrassing. However many people have asked me about them and my collector is right over there. Let me take you to him." Draco said and guided Harry over to an older wizard. Draco then walked over to the elegant staircase and cleared his throat. "Please my I have your attention!" he boomed and the ballroom fell silent. "Since many of you have asked about my artwork I would like to have my collector give a nice tour of them. So please come over to this side of the ballroom if you're interested. And Mr. Winston will should you around." Draco announced. Ginny noticed that he was talking to the said wizard that Harry has been talking to for most of the night and guided him to the tour. She watched as Harry glared at Draco and then walked over to the same wizard and followed the tour into a different room. Draco came back into the room, which was fairly emptied and walked straight over to Ginny and Lavender. "Come on." Draco said and extended his hand to Ginny.
"Where are we going?" Ginny asked before she gave him her hand.
"Somewhere more private. Are you coming Lavender?" Draco asked and they followed him up the staircase and into what looked like a spare bedroom.
"Now Ginny tell us what's going on." Lavender said as Draco closed and locked the door. Ginny sat down on the bed and just broke down. Both Lavender and Draco ran to comfort her. Draco wrapped his arms around Ginny's body as he sat on the bed next to her and Lavender went on her knees and took Ginny's hands into hers. "Sweetie what's going on? We can help." Lavender cooed. Ginny just shook her head.
"No you can't. If he finds out that I told anyone he would never let me out." Ginny cried.
"Let you out? Let you out of where?" Draco asked.
"Out of the house. For the pass week I've been a prisoner in my own house." Ginny explained.
"What? Your mother said that you've been sick." Draco said.
"Wait you talking to my mother?" Ginny asked shocked.
"Yes while I was working with your father at the burrow. I asked your mom where you were and she said that you had been sick for a few days." Draco explained.
"That was the lie that Harry told everyone. After the last party that we went to we fought and he pushed me away a couple of times." Ginny explained.
"Ginny did he hit you?" Lavender asked. Ginny shook her head and started to cry again.
"No, he forced himself on me." Ginny cried.
"What!" Both Lavender and Draco yelled.
"He told me that I was his and I had to live by his rules. I had to be at dinner on time, always look my best, he told me to lose 20 lbs in 3 days." Ginny explained.
"He's a mad man!" Lavender yelled.
"I'm going to kill him!" Draco said standing up.
"No offence Draco but I don't even get why you are here." Lavender said looking at Draco.
"I'm here because I love Ginny." Draco snapped.
"Love her? What are you talking about you left her for two years." Lavender yelled.
"Lavender no. We've talked about this last time." Ginny said shaking her head.
"Oh." Lavender said shocked. "So are you two seeing each other?" Lavender asked.
"I did cheat on Harry with him yes. But this is the only second time that we've seen each other." Ginny explained.
"Ginny, do you love him?" Lavender asked.
"Who?" Ginny asked.
"Draco do you mind?" Lavender asked. Draco looked at Ginny and smiled at her.
"No of course not. I'll be right outside the door." Draco said and unlocked the door and stepped out.
"Ginny. Do you love Draco?" Lavender asked as she sat down next to her. Tears came down Ginny's eyes and she nodded her head.
"Yes. Yes I do." Ginny cried.
"Then why did you even stay with Harry when you found out that Draco still loved you?" Lavender asked.
"Because I was with Harry and then he wasn't like this. He didn't act this way at all." Ginny explained.
"So if Harry wasn't like this and acted the same as he always did. You would still marry him even though you love Draco and he loves you back?" Lavender asked.
"No." Ginny shook her head. "I knew that I would leave Harry for Draco even before this. The same night that Draco and I had sex I knew that I would leave Harry for him." Ginny shook her head. "I mean once I saw Harry again I thought to myself, when will be the next time that I could have sex with Draco again?" Ginny explained. "I was going to tell him that night that I wanted to call off the engagement, but then he became this guy and I couldn't get out." Ginny said.
"Why didn't you owl me?" Lavender asked.
"I couldn't, Harry reads all of my letters." Ginny explained.
"That controlling asshole." Lavender said under her breath. "Gin there's no way that I'm letting you go back to that house with him. I'm going to distract him while you and Draco go back to your house and get your things. You can stay with me if you need to." Lavender explained. Ginny nodded her head and hugged Lavender.
"Thank you Lavender." Ginny sniffed.
"I don't want you to thank me. Any person with a heart would do the same. Plus you're my best friend and I hate that guy." Lavender smiled. Ginny smiled too and kissed Lavender on the cheek. Lavender walked to the door and closed it and soon after Draco came in. Draco smiled as he walked over to Ginny and sat down next to her.
"Come on. Lets go get your things." Draco whispered into Ginny's ear. Ginny nodded her head and stood up with Draco. Draco wrapped his arm around Ginny's waist and kissed her head. They walked out of the room and Lavender headed down the stairs first. Draco tightened his hold on Ginny's waist and they apparited away; they apparited in front of Harry and Ginny's mansion. "Will they help you?" Draco asked pointing to the door.
"I don't want them to get involved. They've helped me too many times for me to allow them to get in trouble because of me again." Ginny explained and opened the door.
"My lady! I didn't know that you would be coming back so soon--." Cindy stopped short when she saw Draco come in after Ginny.
"Cindy I want you to get all of the house elves and to meet me here in 15 minutes." Ginny order. Cindy looked at Draco and then at Ginny and slowly nodded and ran back to the kitchen.
"What are you going to do?" Draco asked.
"The right thing." Ginny said as they climbed the stairs. "We have to hurry. If Harry even gets wind of me not being there then he'll kill the both of us." Ginny explained.
"I'll just apparited us away." Draco shrugged as they entered her room.
"No. He put up a spell so that no one can apparited in or out." Ginny explained as she started to stuff clothes and other items into a small pouch. "Draco can you hold these things." Ginny asked and gave Draco a pile of random ties, socks, scarves, gloves, and hats.
"Sure?" Draco said as he took them. Ginny ran into her closet and stuffed some more shoes and clothing into the small pouch. She then ran to Harry's dresser and opened the top drawer. She took out her wand and tucked it in the pouch also.
"Alright I'm ready." Ginny said and she turned to Draco. Draco followed Ginny back down the stairs and about 30 house elves stood in the middle of the foyer looking confused and scared. They looked from Ginny to Draco and back to Ginny with uncertainty. "Don't worry. Non of you will get in trouble with Harry." Ginny said turning to Draco. "I'm freeing you." Ginny said and started to throw all of the clothing items at the house elves. Once the last piece of clothing was out of Draco's hand they headed towards the door.
"Oh thank you my lady! Thank you!" Ginny heard right before Draco and she apparited away. They appeared in the back of the Malfoy Mansion. Draco was about to guide her back to the party when Ginny pulled on his hand. Draco turned around and looked at her confused.
"I can't go back in there." Ginny said shaking her head.
"It's ok Gin. He can't hurt you anymore." Draco said and pulled her into his chest.
"But he'll find me. He'll burst into Lavender's screaming and yelling for me." Ginny said into Draco's chest.
"Then stay with me. I'm not expecting anything from it, but if you feel safer here then you can stay here." Draco said.
"Thank you." Ginny whispered. "I still don't think that I can go out there yet." Ginny said.
"Ok come on then." Draco kissed Ginny's head and lead her into a sitting room. "You can stay here as long as you want." Draco smiled and sat her down on the couch. Draco pulled away when Ginny grabbed his arm.
"Stay. Please." Ginny asked.
"Of course." Draco smiled and sat down next to her. Draco wrapped his arm around her waist and lend back against the back of the couch. Ginny curled herself up in the nook of Draco's arm. She looked up at Draco and he smiled down at her.
"Draco." Ginny paused.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Kiss me." Ginny said. Draco smiled and lend down and kissed Ginny's soft lips.