A/N: Okay so it has literally been about five years since I've posted and I'm very sorry. But to make up for it, I have re-read everyones reviews and made the changes where I can, so hopefully it should be better this time. But please if you do spot any mistakes please let me know nicely and I will update again :)
I am going to try and update this regularly, but I'm running out of ideas so I may complete this soon.
I'm also working on a story of my own which is not linked to any fandom, but I'd still like to post it on here. If anyone would be interested in Beta Reading it for me that would be greately appreciated!
Ginny's first horse riding lesson was a day to remember. She had been so delighted when her Mum had first told her she was going to be riding at one of the best schools in the whole of the Muggle world. Ginny had ridden before a few times, but she had given it up to study at Hogwarts.
Ginny and her family had moved to the Muggle world ever since her father had got a job as a businessman. Ginny and her twin brothers Fred and George loved the Muggle world, whereas her other brothers Ron, Percy and Charlie were not so keen.
As she pulled up the driveway to Sunset Ridge Equestrian centre, she knew she would fit in automatically. Her Mum pulled into a parking space near the office and Ginny leapt out of the car and made her way to the office. She was so excited about her first lesson that she didn't notice a boy about her age, walking towards her with two giant water buckets. She was a little late and so she picked up the pace and ran towards the corner. Luck was not on her side today as she ran smack bang into the boy with the buckets. Water splashed all over him. She gasped.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" She said. The boy smiled at her warmly as if he didn't care he was sopping wet.
"Don't worry, I needed a shower anyway!" He shrugged, waved and walked off. Ginny noticed that he carried the now empty buckets over his shoulders carelessly as if he didn't have a care in the world. She smiled to herself; the boy had shocking platinum hair with blue flamed tips, which just reached his ears in zigzags. He was truly gorgeous and he looked strangely familiar. As she rounded the corner she heard a very angry voice.
"What do you think you are doing, the water is for the horses!" Ginny made a face to herself. She knew it was her fault that this boy was being told off.
"Sorry Mr. Cheeston- er I mean Mr. Charleston, Charlie kinda took the bucket off me, I needed a shower anyway" Carefully she peeked around the corner just in time to see the angry man named Mr. Charleston who was obviously the boss. She made another pained face to herself as she watched the man slap the blue tipped hair boy quite sharply upside the head. Ouch, that must have hurt. She saw the boy's eyes water as he was hit, but he didn't make a sound, just let the beating commence.
After about 5 minutes she had returned to the office, waiting for someone to tell her whom she was meant to be riding. As if he were reading Ginny's mind, Mr. Charleston had appeared in the doorway.
"Are you the new girl?" He asked. She nodded. He walked behind the counter and brought out a big thick folder. He skipped a few pages until he came to Starter class.
"Ah yes, your on Domino today" Domino, what a nice name, she thought. She went to stand in the courtyard and waited for someone to come along with Domino. Sure enough, there he was, the same boy with the blue flamed hair. She watched in awe as he led a beautiful chestnut speckled horse and a blue roan to the courtyard where Ginny stood. At the same time Ginny's teacher, Antonia came out of the office and helped Ginny mount up and she was surprised to see the boy mount up beside her. "We're going hacking today, is that all right? " she asked, mounting up on her own bay horse.
"Draco here will be behind you to make sure nothing goes wrong and I will be in front, so just follow me."
Draco. It couldn't be Draco Malfoy from Hogwarts could it? No one had seen neither hide nor hair of him since her 5th year, but as she took one more look at the boy, Ginny could see that trademark smirk, plastered to his face. "Didn't see that one coming did ya" he whispered as she passed him.
They walked down to the orchard. Riding a horse wasn't nearly as hard as Ginny had originally thought. Kick to go faster, squeeze to slow down and rise up and down in your stirrups when trotting. Easy as pie. The path was very narrow now; behind them she heard a branch snap. Ginny turned around to see Draco pull a flower off its leaves. He smirked at her and trotted to ride along side her instead of behind. Draco reached over, and tucked the flower behind Ginny's ear. She smiled at him.
"Where have you been this whole time?" she asked him. His smirk grew even bigger. "Missed me did ya?" he teased. Ginny blushed.
"Well, yeah." She looked down at his blue roan's feet. Draco must have heard about her major crush on him.
"Were gonna have a trot now!" Antonia called from behind them. As soon as Antonia's horse moved into trot, Domino and the blue roan followed automatically, Ginny didn't even have to kick. She looked over her shoulder to see that she had left Draco and his pretty blue roan behind and they had to canter to keep up with her. The trot finished and the group had entered a clearing. They halted by a tree and waited for Draco to catch up. To their surprise he came galloping past them.
"Yahoooo!" He screamed when he past them.
"Draco stop showing off" Antonia scolded him, but there was no venom in her voice. Antonia and Ginny had a quick canter to catch him up. Ginny was nowhere near as good as Antonia in the canter, it was her first lesson in a while after all. Ginny and Antonia could see Draco at the other end of the clearing. He had gotten off and was leant against his horse as he mock filed his nails.
Ginny, on the other hand was not as relaxed as Draco was. Domino was going so fast that he didn't notice the small rock on the ground. He tripped over it and stumbled. He made a startled noise as he fell and Ginny came tumbling off. Draco noticed Ginny falling and let go of his horse and raced to catch Ginny before she got hurt. Luckily, he caught her in time. She smiled up at him gratefully and relished the feeling of being held in strong safe arms.
"You okay?" he asked stroking her hair out of her face.
"Yes thank you, I think he just tripped" She said. Antonia rushed over.
"Everyone okay?" she asked as she panted.
"Yeah, we're good, don't know about Domino though." He smiled sympathetically as he gestured towards the chestnut horse that was standing on three legs. Antonia hummed.
"Yes, Ginny you might have to get up behind Draco" She nodded, quite eager to be close to Draco. Draco mounted up on the patient blue roan and held out a hand towards her. She accepted and mounted up behind Draco. His shoulders seemed to tense and Ginny couldn't help but give him a massage. He seemed to relax under her touch.
"What's your name then?" she asked and petted the blue roan on the leg.
"He's called 2lite" he smiled at her. She returned the smile and they walked on.
"So then, what have you been up to while you've been gone?" Ginny asked Draco. Antonia had nearly vanished off into the distance, so Draco spurred on 2-lite to canter and catch up with her. Ginny was a bit shaken by the sudden movement, but she clung on tight to Draco. Draco however, acted like they were only walking, and answered her question in a calm manner.
"Well, I gave up school, to become closer to nature." Ginny couldn't hear him very well over the wind and the sound of horse's hooves.
"Why did you give up school?" She asked him. She had to shout to be heard. Ginny had missed him very much at Hogwarts. Draco sighed and took a deep breath.
"Well, what's the point? My father always told me that I would never get good enough grades to be an Auror, and that's all I ever wanted to be. So I gave up." He told her. She understood and nodded.
"Where are Domino and Antonia?" Ginny looked around in search of them.
"They took the shortcut so Domino can rest." Ginny nodded.
"Fancy some jumping?" he asked smirking again. "Just hold onto me as we get over." She nodded. Up ahead she could see a jump. They approached it at a very fast pace and Draco laughed in delight as Ginny just closed her eyes in anticipation. She heard a small sound as if the pole had fallen to the ground.
"Isn't there supposed to be a jump here- Oh we're standing in it!" She heard Draco exclaim. Ginny opened her eyes and realised that 2lite had just cantered through the jump rather than over it. Draco sighed.
"Well that went well, maybe we should try a jump without poles." He said. Ginny nodded and tightened her grip around his waist.
Together they cantered back the way they came, towards the stables until they found a misplaced log, in the perfect position for jumping.
"Hold on!" Draco yelled. Ginny clung onto Draco's waist for dear life, as 2lite soared over the log and landed perfectly. Draco and Ginny shared a hi-5.
"I think its time we got back to the stables, your hour lesson must be over by now." Soon they could see the stables ahead. When they reached home, they both dismounted and Draco helped Ginny tie 2lite up to a post.
"Well it's been fun…"Draco said awkwardly. Ginny stopped him by placing a finger over his lips, silencing him. She reached up on her tiptoes and placed a gentle kiss square on his lips. Draco opened his mouth and let Ginny's tongue explore. Draco melted into the kiss and wrapped his arms around Ginny's slender frame. When they broke apart for air, Ginny could see Draco was blushing.
"Well then, I will see ya next week, make sure you're early, just through that door-" he pointed over to the left. "-is my private quarters. Do come and visit me" He smirked. Ginny grinned. She started walking towards the car park. "Bye Draco, see you soon!"