Draco lean in and captured Ginny's lips with his own. He ran his hand through her hair and cupped her cheek as Ginny intensified the kiss. Draco suddenly broke their kiss while shaking his head.
"Ginny no. I can't do this." Draco said shaking his head.
"What?" Ginny said shocked.
"You're scared and vulnerable. I can't take advantage of that." Draco explained.
"Draco you're not taking advantage of me." Ginny giggled.
"If this whole thing wasn't happening. And you weren't scared of Harry…" Draco was saying.
"I would have left him for you at a moment's notice." Ginny finished Draco's sentence.
"You would have?" Draco asked a little shocked.
"Of course I would. I love you, and I know that I told you before that I loved Harry too. But even when I told you I knew that it was a lie." Ginny explained. "I never stopped loving you." Ginny whispered.
"Ginny I am truly sorry for leaving you. I should have told you what the real reason was. You had a right to know." Draco said as he cupped Ginny's cheek again.
"You were trying to protect me. I understand." Ginny smiled as she looked in Draco's wonderful eyes.
"Why don't I take you to your room for the night." Draco suggested as he stood up and held out his hand for Ginny to take. Ginny smiled up at him and took his hand and followed him into the hall.
"There you guys are!" Lavender came up the stairs behind them.
"Lavender I'm glad that we found you. I think that you should go to your house and put some protective charms on it and then come back here. I'm going to stay the night here and I think you should too. In case Harry comes by." Ginny said.
"Ok I think that that would be a good idea because he's looking for you right now." Lavender said.
"He is?" Ginny asked shocked.
"Did he hurt you?" Draco asked in a grave tone.
"No he just grabbed my arm pretty hard. He was with his client so he couldn't make a scene." Lavender explained.
"I'm going to kill him." Draco grumbled.
"Don't even bother Draco. But thanks." Lavender shook her head. "I'm going to go to my house. I'll be back." Lavender said before she disappeared.
"Ok Ginny, I'm going to show you to your room. And then I'm going to head down." Draco explained to Ginny.
"Wait, you're not going to stay with me? What if he comes looking for me and you were too distracted to notice that he left?" Ginny said trying to stop Draco.
"Gin, I have to go down there. This is my party. I can't just leave my guests. Plus it would look pretty suspicious if the both of us are missing." Draco explained. "Why don't you come down with me." Draco added.
"Draco I can't." Ginny said shaking her head.
"It'll be ok. Just stay close to me. He won't be able to do anything with everyone around." Draco said as he cupped Ginny's cheek. "I promise that I won't let him touch you." He added and kissed Ginny lightly.
"Don't you think that people will talk?" Ginny asked.
"I don't care what people will say." Draco smiled and shook his head and held out his hand. Ginny looked down at it and then back up at Draco with a smile, before she took it.
"Wait." Ginny said and took her hand out of Draco's hand.
"What is it?" Draco asked.
"I don't want or need to wear this anymore." Ginny explained and took her engagement right off and point her wand at it. The ring disappeared and Ginny took Draco's hand again. Ginny slowly let her hand fall out of Draco's hand as they walked down into the party. No one really looked at them or even questioned where they went. Ginny tried to search the crowd to find Harry so that he wouldn't be able to catch her off guard. "Ginny have you met Cynthia Walker?" Draco asked as he guided her over to a woman. He placed his hand on Ginny's lower back and kept it there.
"Oh Cynthia. Yes we've met before but it's been such a long time." Ginny said with a smile.
"Yes it has been a long time." Cynthia said as she looked between Draco and Ginny. "I'm glad to find that you two are still friends." She added.
"Oh yes of course we are." Ginny laughed and Draco nodded.
"Oh. Well then how is the wedding planning going?" Cynthia asked.
"Yes the wedding plans." Ginny whispered in a fake solemn voice. "I guess that it hasn't circulate yet." Ginny whispered to Cynthia.
"What do you mean?" Cynthia asked confused.
"Harry and I called off the engagement." Ginny whispered as if she was sadden by the idea. Draco turned away to talk to someone else, but still kept his hand where he left it.
"Oh my! Ginny I'm so sorry. What happened?" Cynthia asked. Ginny knew that Cynthia could careless, but she was such a gossiper that she just had to know. Ginny was going to use this as an advantage to herself.
"Well it was I who actually called it off." Ginny nodded her head. "Harry wanted to have a family right away, while I wanted to continue with my career." Ginny explained.
"And he wouldn't let you?" Cynthia asked shocked.
"No, he didn't want me to work at all and for me to be a stay at home wife and mother." Ginny shrugged her shoulders. "And I can't live a life like that." Ginny shook her head.
"No of course. Who would? Even though none of us have to work, it's still good to do." Cynthia nodded her head. "I can't believe that Harry was that type of man." She shook her head.
"Neither did I. We've talked about children and he never said anything like this. However he said that he wouldn't allow his wife to work." Ginny explained. "That's when we started to fight. I mean the fact that he thought that I would need his permission to work." Ginny said shaking her head.
"So true Ginny. You do not need permission from your husband to do anything." Cynthia agreed. "This is just shocking that it's coming from Harry." She added.
"I know. We fought about it for weeks, until I gave his an ultimatum. I told him that he could except the fact that I won't be a stay at home mother and wife or we could end it right here and right now." Ginny continued her fake story. "Harry said that I knew what he wanted. So I packed my bags, told him that it was over, and went and stayed at Lavenders'." She added.
"But I thought that I saw you two come in together." Cynthia questioned.
"We arrived at the same time. And he was trying to get me to come back home." Ginny explained. "He promised me a lot, but not what I wanted." She added.
"Oh I see." Cynthia nodded her head.
"Cynthia please don't make a skeptical of this. Harry still thinks that he could get me back. I mean he still tells people that we are still engaged and still calls me his fiancé." Ginny said in a grave voice. "I feel bad for him." She added.
"Oh of course not." Cynthia nodded her head. Ginny knew that it would take Cynthia about a half an hour to get the news around the party. "I'm very sorry to hear about this Ginny. But I see Sarah Silvermen over there and I haven't seen her in weeks." Cynthia explained.
"Oh of course, you go ahead and speak with her." Ginny said with a smile and they both lean in and gave air kisses on both of each other's cheeks. Ginny turned to join in on Draco's conversation that was ending with Colin S.
"So did I throw you into the lions' den?" Draco whispered into Ginny's ear.
"No. I used it to my advantage." Ginny whispered back.
"And how did you do that?" Draco chuckled.
"I made up a lie about Harry and I breaking up because he wasn't going to let me work." Ginny explained.
"Umm that's a little far fetched." Draco raised an eyebrow.
"Cynthia seemed to believe it. And that's all that I needed it to do." Ginny smiled.
"And what did you tell her about me?" Draco asked.
"You're name didn't seem to come up." Ginny winked.
"Oh I see." Draco smiled warmly at her.
"Hey you two. Stop giving each other goo goo eyes." Lavender said as she walked towards them.
"We were not." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Oh yes you were." Lavender laughed. "And I just heard of you and Harry breaking up. I'm so sorry." Lavender said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well thank god I have such good friends like you and Draco." Ginny smiled.
"Ginny darling." A deep and angry voice said from behind Ginny and Draco. Ginny's heart started to pound and she suddenly felt like she was going to throw up. Ginny turned around and Harry was standing behind her with George and his wife Sasha.
"Harry not right now." Ginny tried to say in a strong voice.
"What did you just say?" Harry said in an angry voice.
"Harry, you're just going to embarrass yourself." Ginny sighed.
"Ginny come over here right now." Harry said through his teeth as he darted his eyes back and forth from Ginny to Draco.
"No Harry." Ginny said plainly. Harry's eye became huge and filled with fire. Ginny just stood strong and stared at Harry. Draco rubbed Ginny's lower back again to show that he was still by her side.
"We will deal with this when we get home." Harry hissed.
"I'm not going home with you Harry. You know this." Ginny said shaking her head.
"What are you talking about?" Harry raised his voice and soon people around them started to stare at them.
"Harry I told you two days ago that we were over. You just need to come to terms with it." Ginny said loud enough for the people around them to hear.
"What are you talking about?" Harry growled.
"Harry, I don't want to do this here. We went over this. We are through." Ginny sighed in annoyance and turned back towards Lavender who looked totally surprised. Whispered started to murmur around the room.
"Ginny I will not tell you again." Harry growled lowly. "Get over here now!" Harry's voice almost bellowed. Now everyone at the party turned towards them with stunned eyes.
"Harry please don't use that tone of voice with me." Ginny said calmly. She was surprised at how calm she was being.
"You are my fiancé and you will be my wife. Now get over here." Harry hissed.
"Harry I am no longer your fiancé and I haven't been for some time now. If you want to talk to me in a civil manner then we can talk at another time." Ginny sighed. That was when Harry realized that everyone in the room was staring at them.
"Alright. We will talk tomorrow." Harry said in his regular voice.
"No tomorrow won't be good for me. I'll owl you to let you know when." Ginny said without even blinking.
"What could you possibly have to do tomorrow?" Harry growled again.
"That is no business of yours. Now have a good night." Ginny said and turned back to Lavender again and started to walk to the other side of the room with all eyes on her, Lavender, and Draco. "Is he still looking?" Ginny whispered to Lavender when they finally stopped on the other side of the room.
"Yes and everyone else is staring at him." Lavender explained.
"I will leave you two ladies alone for one minute. So that people don't start to suspect anything." Draco whispered to the both of them.
"Will you be back?" Ginny asked, however she wasn't scared that he was leaving her.
"Yes of course. I'll be back in a few minutes." Draco smiled at her and nodded at Lavender before he walked away.
"Ginny I admit that I am very impress by the way you handled that." Lavender smiled at her friend.
"I surprised myself to be honest. When I first heard his voice I thought that I was going to start to cry." Ginny smiled.
"He's not going to give up that easily." Lavender said under her breath.
"I know, and that's what I'm afraid of. He'll go to my parents tomorrow about this and then of course Ron and Hermione." Ginny whispered to Lavender. "He'll be back for me before the night's end." Ginny whispered with an eerie voice.
"Well then I just won't leave your side for the rest of the night." Lavender smiled and hooker her arm around Ginny's arm.
"Lav that won't work." Ginny said shaking her head.
"He can't force you to go with him and he can't force me to leave you two alone. And if he does, then we'll just make another big scene for everyone to see." Lavender said sternly. Ginny's body relaxed and he gave her best friend a side hug.
"Thank you Lavender." Ginny whispered.
"Don't thank me. I'm not doing anything that anyone with a heart would do." Lavender smiled. "Plus Draco would kill me if I let him take you." She added.
"Lav! Keep it down." Ginny said through her teeth and looked around to see if anyone over heard Lavender. Everyone seemed like they didn't even notice the two ladies pass by them.
"What? You two were meant for each other. Plus aren't you guys getting back together?" Lavender asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Well yes, kind of, I think so." Ginny stuttered out. She wasn't sure what she and Draco were anymore, they didn't get that far.
"Wasn't that what you guys were doing up there?" Lavender asked a bit confused.
"What no, Lav!" Ginny yelled. "Well not totally." She added.
"So something happened, but just not everything." Lavender explained out loud.
"Exactly. We didn't quite get there yet." Ginny shrugged her shoulders.
"But when you do, you'll let me know right?" Lavender winked at her friend.
"Yes Lavender I will let you know." Ginny smiled and rolled her eyes playfully.
"Good!" Lavender beamed.
"Excuse me ladies." A dark voice came from behind them. Ginny's heart stopped completely she knew that voice and it shot fear through her every time she heard it. They slowly turned around and were faced with a steaming mad Harry. He didn't look mad or even crossed, but Ginny knew by the way his voice was and how he was standing that he was about to blow. His hands were clasped behind his back and his feet were shoulder width a part. At first glance he might have even looked pleased or friendly. But his eyes, those were the eyes that haunted Ginny even when she slept. They were a very dark green almost black even.
"Harry what can we do for you?" Lavender asked cheerfully. She had never encountered this Harry so she didn't notice in his stance or eyes; Ginny knew though. She knew that he knew that she knew that he was beyond pissed.
"I would like a word with Ginny. That's all." Harry said very smoothly but never took his eyes off of Ginny. They barreled down at her like a hawk at its next prey. Ginny's tightened her grip on Lavender's arm. Lavender looked down at Ginny and then back at Harry and then back at Ginny with shear horror; as if she had just seen what Ginny did.
"Well go ahead and have a word with her." Lavender said and tried to keep her voice normal.
"Alone." Harry said a little short.
"Silly Harry I have barely gotten the chance to talk my best friend up on all of my travels. Surely you can't expect me to just let her go that easy. Whatever you have to say to her you can say in front of me. She'll tell me anyway." Lavender played her part very well. If Ginny didn't know any better than she would have thought that Lavender knew nothing.
"It will only take a minute." Harry huffed and continued his intense stare at Ginny.
"Well it would be faster if you just tell her right now." Lavender smiled sweetly.
"Lavender." Harry hissed.
"Harry." Lavender said sternly. Ginny saw Harry's one hand curl into a fist and then slowly released it.
"You have to talk to me some time." Harry said through his teeth looking at Ginny.
"Well like I said, you can talk to her now. Just with me with her." Lavender shrugged.
"In that case I will stop by your place tomorrow then." Harry darted a glare at Lavender.
"Actually I will not be at Lavenders." Ginny spoke up, she regretted it just as she said it, but she didn't want Harry to be banging on Lavender's door in the morning even though Ginny wasn't there. Harry's eyes widen and then narrowed very quickly.
"Where will you be staying tonight then?" He hissed.
"At a friend's house." Ginny almost whispered. She felt like she was a child to him and he was scolding her.
"Who's?" Harry demanded. Ginny started to look around for Draco, she didn't know how this was going to end and felt better if he was there.
"Now, that is none of your business Harry." Lavender shook her head. Ginny spotted Draco, he was talking to one of his guests but he did not see Ginny.
"Of course it's my business. It's actually none of YOUR business Lavender." Harry barked. He said it low enough that the people around them could not hear him, but it terrified Ginny to no end.
"She is not your property Harry. She does not have to come to your every beck and call." Lavender barked back. Draco finally looked up and Ginny and he made eye contact. She then looked at Harry again and back at Draco. Draco just slightly nodded his head and excused himself from his conversation. A weight felt like it lifted from Ginny's shoulder as she saw Draco walking over. She didn't even care that Harry was darting his deep, dark eyes at her.
"Are you even hearing this Ginny?" Harry's voice shook her back to reality. She didn't even realize that he was still talking to her.
"I'm sorry Harry, but what are you talking about?" Ginny said absent mindedly.
"What am I…" Harry said shocked. "What am I talking about?" He growled. "Listen you little fucking bitch" He hissed but then was interrupted by Draco's presents.
"Excuse me Harry." Draco said in a grave voice over Harry's shoulder. "Were you saying something?" He growled and walked over to Ginny's side.
"Oh, I see now." Harry chuckled. "I should have known." He smirked and crossed his arms. "This is your "friend" isn't it?" He pointed at Draco.
"I'm not appreciating your tone there." Draco said and cocked his head a little. "Or the way your previous discussion was heading." He added.
"I believe that you have been mistaken." Harry shook his head. Draco lean in calmly and gave Harry a small smirk.
"For your sake, it better have been." Draco said smoothly. Harry gave Ginny and looked and then shot a glare at Draco before he turned around and started to walk into the crowd.
"So he finally showed his true colors to me." Lavender whispered softly.
"Thank you Draco." Ginny whispered and lightly grabbed his upper arm.
"I know that you rather not have rumors about you and I to spread, but I don't think that I should leave you for the rest of the night." Draco whispered in Ginny's ear.
"I think that that is for the best." Ginny smiled up to Draco.
"But first. I think that I should go to your house Lavender and put protective spells up." Draco said turning to Lavender and then back to Ginny. "Don't worry, I'll be back before you know it." He whispered sweetly.
"And don't you worry. I'll be by her side at all times until you return." Lavender smiled between the two of them.