Chapter Three
Ginny began to run away. How dare he! She yelled to herself. She didn't know where she was going, the tears in her eyes made her vision blury. Yes, she finally released the tears.
She could vaguely hear footsteps behind her, but she didn't care. She just wanted to get away. She stopped, finding herself at the edge of the lake.
"Look, Ginny, I'm sorry." Draco's voice came from behind.
Ginny stared out into the lake and thought of how wonderful it would be to just jump in and drown. Then she wouldn't have to deal with the matters at hand.
"Ginny?" Draco gently grabbed her arm, but wasn't prepared for what happened next.
In one quick motion Ginny forcefully pulled his arm away from her and pushed him into the lake. He was sitting up in the water which came to his knees. A very disturbed frog croaked angrily, then lept off his head. Ginny began to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Draco said, irritated. He began searching in the water. "My wand fell out!"
"Serves you right." Ginny smiled down on him.
"A little help?" He pleaded.
Ginny paused, then said, "Accio Draco's wand." And a few feet from where Draco was searching, his wand shot out of the water and fell gently into Ginny's hand. Draco reached his hand out, but Ginny shook her head.
"You want it? Come and get it!" And with that she began running, laughing.
"Hey, come back!" Draco yelled, desperately trying to run to shore.
He chased her all the over the grounds. He would have caught up with her earlier but he kept slipping on the grass. She was always just inches away from him, her long hair trailing out behind her. Finally, Ginny turned around, smiled, then slipped the wand down the front of her shirt.
"What, you think I won't go for it?" Draco smirked, trying to catch his breath.
"You--wouldn't--dare." Ginny said, her eyes sparkling.
Draco lunged forward, knocking Ginny onto the ground. She felt the ground beneath her, and began to shiver from the cold grass. Draco was staring down at her, his silver hair brushing against his forehead.
"Give me my wand." He said, trying to supress a smile.
"You didn't say 'please.'" Ginny whispered, fully aware of Draco's weight on top of her.
"Please." Without further hesitation, he leaned forward and gently brushed his lips against hers. He'd been wanting to do that ever since their first kiss. He wanted to find out if it would feel the same...if her lips were still as sweet. He then realized that she was a drug he was addicted to. It drove him crazy, and he wondered if she felt the same way.
"Draco." Ginny whispered, wrapping her hands around his neck. "We shouldn't be doing this." But she made no attempt to stop.
"P'raps." He murmured, planting kisses on her jaw line.
Draco had one hand running throug her hair, and the other rested gently on her hip. He could feel his wand poking him from under Ginny's shirt. "I love you." He whispered involuntarily.
Ginny's eyes shot wide open, and she crawled out from underneath him. Draco was on his knees, Ginny a few feet from him.
"What did you say?" She asked, brushing her hair from out of her eyes.
"Um," Draco looked around for some answers. "I love you."
Ginny stood up, and straightened her clothes. She pulled his wand out and gave it to him, and began to mumble to herself.
"No...this can't be...it just can't happen...a Malfoy? A Weasley?" She began pacing back and forth.
Draco quickly got off the ground and pulled Ginny into an embrace. "Ginny...shhh." His words calmed her. "I don't care what any one else thinks. I love you so much, it hurts."
Ginny could hear his heart beat quicken, and felt his hand stroke her hair. She wanted to stay like that forever, but knew sooner or later they'd have to face realty.
"Your parents would disown you."
"I don't care...they can't force my heart to no love you...believe me, I've tried."
"My brothers would beat you up."
"As long as you could dress my wounds."
"How come you were so mean? When did you start loving me?"
Draco pulled her away so he could look into her eyes. "How can I not fall in love with you? You're so good and kind...I began thinking it would be nice to love someone like you and have someone like you love me back. Then, one day, it just hit me...who better than you?" He smiled, and kissed her forehead.
"But I don't know if I love you."
Draco's heart seemed to have stopped. "Wh--what?"
"Draco, I always thought you hated my guts. It feels nice to kiss you and be held by you...but how do I know that's not just some physical thing?" Ginny paused. "Give me time. I need to sort out my feelings."
Ginny reluctantly pulled away from his warm arms, and walked back to the castle, leaving a very heart broken boy behind.
"Ginny, we've been looking everywhere for you!" Ron shouted at her as she entered the Gryffindor common room.
"Leave me alone." Ginny said, then headed to her dorm.
Ron stared, flabbergasted at her. "Who does she think she is?" He asked, pointing towards the girls' dorms.
"Ron, zip your lip." Hermione smiled. "I'll go talk to her."
Hermioned knocked on Ginny's door but heard no reply. She slowly opened it and found Ginny lying face down on one of the five four post beds. She walked towards the bed, and kneeled beside it.
"Is something wrong?" Hermione asked.
Ginny looked up and Hermione gasped. Ginny's face was red from crying.
"Oh, Ginny...tell me what it is." Hermione sat on the bed and let Ginny lay her head on her shoulder.
"Hermione, have you ever felt like everything you knew was a lie? And when you found out you didn't know if you wanted to live the truth or go back to the lie?"
"I'm not following, sweety." Hermione placed her hand on Ginny's head.
"Draco kissed me." Ginny blurted, causing Hermione to gasp. "He's the one that woke me up from the Sleeping Beauty sleep, and just now, out by the lake, we sort of...made out."
"Ginny!" Hermione was shocked.
"Please, Hermione, listen." Hermione shut her mouth, and let Ginny continue. She told Hermione what had just taken place, and expanded on her confused emotions.
"Wow." Was all Hermione could say afterwards.
"I know."
"I mean, this is life altering. This is huge!"
"Hermione!" Ginny said in frustration. "You're not helping me. I need some answers."
Hermione thought long and hard. "Hmm...we could...no, that would never work. Or maybe!...no, scratch that too. Well, do you think you love him?"
"I told you, I don't know. One minute I hated him, and the next I couldn't keep my lips off of him. But that could just be lust...not love." Ginny sighed. "I don't want to enter into a relationship with him, only to find we have absolutely nothing in common, and end up hating each other."
"I remember reading about this spell...it just might work." Hermione was staring off into space. "I might be able to pull it off, but we'd need something of Draco's...lock of hair, pieace of clothing...anything."
"What will happen?" Ginny asked, getting excited.
"Well, we have to light twelve candles, and place you in the middle with Draco's possession. It's a simple incantation, I've studied it."
"Oh have you?" Ginny raised her eyebrows, causing Hermione to go red.
"Umm...yes. Anyway! It allows the person to see their true love."
"When can we do it?"
"As soon as you get apart of Draco."
"That won't be hard." Ginny smiled.
During breakfast Ron kept his eye on Ginny. He had been bugging her to tell him what was up but she refused, and continued eating.
"I'll owl mom." Ron threatened.
"And tell her what? 'Mom, Ginny's acting weird.'"
"Hermione?" Ron pleaded.
"Nope," Hermione said between bites. "Not telling."
"Ron, your sister can obviously handle herself." Harry said.
Ginny kept taking quick glances at the Slytherin table, and found Draco staring at her every single time she looked up. She needed a piece of him, but which piece? She couldn't just go up to him and snip off some hair, or a piece of his robes. She had the funny feeling that if she just asked, he'd give anything to her.
Ginny excused herself from the table, and as she walked past the Slytherin's she eyed Draco, then motioned towards the corridor. Draco quickly got up, nearly knocking the person sitting next to him down. He followed Ginny out into the hall.
"I've been thinking..." Ginny started.
"And?" Draco looked as if the next words coming out of her mouth could make or break him.
"Can I borrow a quill?" She asked, startling him.
"Um, sure." He rummabed in his pockets and pulled out a very fine quill.
"Thanks!" And with that she left, again leaving a very heart broken boy behind.
Ginny could barely sit through all her classes, knowing that tonight she'd find out if she loved Draco, her brothers worst enemy. She fingered the quill in her pocket and smiled, knowing it belonged to him.
Finnaly, when her last class got out she rushed towards the empty charms room, where Hermione was waiting. Twelve candles were set up around the empty class, and Hermione was lighting them by touching the whick with her wand.
"What did you get?" Hermione asked.
Ginny pulled out the quill. Hermione took it and palced it on one side of the circle. She placed Ginny opposite the quill, then stood outside the circle.
"Now, you have to release your mind of its thoughts. You need to be calm, and think only of Draco.
That won't be too hard, Ginny thought.
Hermione began to mumble words Ginny had never heard before. The steady mumbling became a loud chant and something began to happen.
Meanwhile, Draco was tossing and turning in his bed. He wished Ginny would just tell him if she loved him or not. What if she doesn't? Draco thought. Of course I'd have to kill myself, I'd have nothing to live for. When suddenly, a glowing mist appeard above him.
Draco screamed, and crawled away from the mist which slowly took form. He recognized those long curls, that sweet face.
"Ginny?" He whispered, reaching his hand towards her.
He saw her mouth move excitedly, but no words were coming out and just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared.
"I saw him, Hermione!" Ginny yelled, nearly knocking candles as she ran to her friend and engulfed her in a hug. "I love him! I knew I did, I just wanted to be sure...oh no, what will Ron do?"
"Let me handle Ron." Hermione smiled.
"I've got to tell him! I've got to find him!" Ginny rushed out of the room and down towards the dungeons. She knew that Slytherin common room was down here somehwere, all the Slytherins headed in this direction after dinner. On her way through the dark corridors she bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry." Ginny muttered, and began to run, but was grabbed by the arm.
"What just happened?" Ginny looked up at her victim and instantly recognized that silvery hair. "I saw you...in my room! Not that I didn't like it...I just wish I knew what was up."
"I love you!" Ginny blurted out.
"Oh, is that all?" Draco began to walk away, Ginny shouting out in protest. "Just kidding."
Draco rushed back to her side, and picked her up by the waist. He slowly let her down, feeling her hair brush his face.
"I've been waiting to hear those words come out of your mouth for too long."
"Well, you'll be hearing them a lot more often." Ginny smiled, then pulled Draco closer and kissed him.
The End.
(A/N: Ok, I had to end the story! You have no idea how frustrating it is keeping three stories up at once. If you're disapointed in how short this is, read my other D/R story, Linked. And if you're up to reading something entirely different written by yours truly, read The Prophecy. It's about the four founders of Hogwarts. I'll later write a Harry Potter fic incorporating the ancient prophecy...it'll be cool!!!)
Ginny began to run away. How dare he! She yelled to herself. She didn't know where she was going, the tears in her eyes made her vision blury. Yes, she finally released the tears.
She could vaguely hear footsteps behind her, but she didn't care. She just wanted to get away. She stopped, finding herself at the edge of the lake.
"Look, Ginny, I'm sorry." Draco's voice came from behind.
Ginny stared out into the lake and thought of how wonderful it would be to just jump in and drown. Then she wouldn't have to deal with the matters at hand.
"Ginny?" Draco gently grabbed her arm, but wasn't prepared for what happened next.
In one quick motion Ginny forcefully pulled his arm away from her and pushed him into the lake. He was sitting up in the water which came to his knees. A very disturbed frog croaked angrily, then lept off his head. Ginny began to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Draco said, irritated. He began searching in the water. "My wand fell out!"
"Serves you right." Ginny smiled down on him.
"A little help?" He pleaded.
Ginny paused, then said, "Accio Draco's wand." And a few feet from where Draco was searching, his wand shot out of the water and fell gently into Ginny's hand. Draco reached his hand out, but Ginny shook her head.
"You want it? Come and get it!" And with that she began running, laughing.
"Hey, come back!" Draco yelled, desperately trying to run to shore.
He chased her all the over the grounds. He would have caught up with her earlier but he kept slipping on the grass. She was always just inches away from him, her long hair trailing out behind her. Finally, Ginny turned around, smiled, then slipped the wand down the front of her shirt.
"What, you think I won't go for it?" Draco smirked, trying to catch his breath.
"You--wouldn't--dare." Ginny said, her eyes sparkling.
Draco lunged forward, knocking Ginny onto the ground. She felt the ground beneath her, and began to shiver from the cold grass. Draco was staring down at her, his silver hair brushing against his forehead.
"Give me my wand." He said, trying to supress a smile.
"You didn't say 'please.'" Ginny whispered, fully aware of Draco's weight on top of her.
"Please." Without further hesitation, he leaned forward and gently brushed his lips against hers. He'd been wanting to do that ever since their first kiss. He wanted to find out if it would feel the same...if her lips were still as sweet. He then realized that she was a drug he was addicted to. It drove him crazy, and he wondered if she felt the same way.
"Draco." Ginny whispered, wrapping her hands around his neck. "We shouldn't be doing this." But she made no attempt to stop.
"P'raps." He murmured, planting kisses on her jaw line.
Draco had one hand running throug her hair, and the other rested gently on her hip. He could feel his wand poking him from under Ginny's shirt. "I love you." He whispered involuntarily.
Ginny's eyes shot wide open, and she crawled out from underneath him. Draco was on his knees, Ginny a few feet from him.
"What did you say?" She asked, brushing her hair from out of her eyes.
"Um," Draco looked around for some answers. "I love you."
Ginny stood up, and straightened her clothes. She pulled his wand out and gave it to him, and began to mumble to herself.
"No...this can't be...it just can't happen...a Malfoy? A Weasley?" She began pacing back and forth.
Draco quickly got off the ground and pulled Ginny into an embrace. "Ginny...shhh." His words calmed her. "I don't care what any one else thinks. I love you so much, it hurts."
Ginny could hear his heart beat quicken, and felt his hand stroke her hair. She wanted to stay like that forever, but knew sooner or later they'd have to face realty.
"Your parents would disown you."
"I don't care...they can't force my heart to no love you...believe me, I've tried."
"My brothers would beat you up."
"As long as you could dress my wounds."
"How come you were so mean? When did you start loving me?"
Draco pulled her away so he could look into her eyes. "How can I not fall in love with you? You're so good and kind...I began thinking it would be nice to love someone like you and have someone like you love me back. Then, one day, it just hit me...who better than you?" He smiled, and kissed her forehead.
"But I don't know if I love you."
Draco's heart seemed to have stopped. "Wh--what?"
"Draco, I always thought you hated my guts. It feels nice to kiss you and be held by you...but how do I know that's not just some physical thing?" Ginny paused. "Give me time. I need to sort out my feelings."
Ginny reluctantly pulled away from his warm arms, and walked back to the castle, leaving a very heart broken boy behind.
"Ginny, we've been looking everywhere for you!" Ron shouted at her as she entered the Gryffindor common room.
"Leave me alone." Ginny said, then headed to her dorm.
Ron stared, flabbergasted at her. "Who does she think she is?" He asked, pointing towards the girls' dorms.
"Ron, zip your lip." Hermione smiled. "I'll go talk to her."
Hermioned knocked on Ginny's door but heard no reply. She slowly opened it and found Ginny lying face down on one of the five four post beds. She walked towards the bed, and kneeled beside it.
"Is something wrong?" Hermione asked.
Ginny looked up and Hermione gasped. Ginny's face was red from crying.
"Oh, Ginny...tell me what it is." Hermione sat on the bed and let Ginny lay her head on her shoulder.
"Hermione, have you ever felt like everything you knew was a lie? And when you found out you didn't know if you wanted to live the truth or go back to the lie?"
"I'm not following, sweety." Hermione placed her hand on Ginny's head.
"Draco kissed me." Ginny blurted, causing Hermione to gasp. "He's the one that woke me up from the Sleeping Beauty sleep, and just now, out by the lake, we sort of...made out."
"Ginny!" Hermione was shocked.
"Please, Hermione, listen." Hermione shut her mouth, and let Ginny continue. She told Hermione what had just taken place, and expanded on her confused emotions.
"Wow." Was all Hermione could say afterwards.
"I know."
"I mean, this is life altering. This is huge!"
"Hermione!" Ginny said in frustration. "You're not helping me. I need some answers."
Hermione thought long and hard. "Hmm...we could...no, that would never work. Or maybe!...no, scratch that too. Well, do you think you love him?"
"I told you, I don't know. One minute I hated him, and the next I couldn't keep my lips off of him. But that could just be lust...not love." Ginny sighed. "I don't want to enter into a relationship with him, only to find we have absolutely nothing in common, and end up hating each other."
"I remember reading about this spell...it just might work." Hermione was staring off into space. "I might be able to pull it off, but we'd need something of Draco's...lock of hair, pieace of clothing...anything."
"What will happen?" Ginny asked, getting excited.
"Well, we have to light twelve candles, and place you in the middle with Draco's possession. It's a simple incantation, I've studied it."
"Oh have you?" Ginny raised her eyebrows, causing Hermione to go red.
"Umm...yes. Anyway! It allows the person to see their true love."
"When can we do it?"
"As soon as you get apart of Draco."
"That won't be hard." Ginny smiled.
During breakfast Ron kept his eye on Ginny. He had been bugging her to tell him what was up but she refused, and continued eating.
"I'll owl mom." Ron threatened.
"And tell her what? 'Mom, Ginny's acting weird.'"
"Hermione?" Ron pleaded.
"Nope," Hermione said between bites. "Not telling."
"Ron, your sister can obviously handle herself." Harry said.
Ginny kept taking quick glances at the Slytherin table, and found Draco staring at her every single time she looked up. She needed a piece of him, but which piece? She couldn't just go up to him and snip off some hair, or a piece of his robes. She had the funny feeling that if she just asked, he'd give anything to her.
Ginny excused herself from the table, and as she walked past the Slytherin's she eyed Draco, then motioned towards the corridor. Draco quickly got up, nearly knocking the person sitting next to him down. He followed Ginny out into the hall.
"I've been thinking..." Ginny started.
"And?" Draco looked as if the next words coming out of her mouth could make or break him.
"Can I borrow a quill?" She asked, startling him.
"Um, sure." He rummabed in his pockets and pulled out a very fine quill.
"Thanks!" And with that she left, again leaving a very heart broken boy behind.
Ginny could barely sit through all her classes, knowing that tonight she'd find out if she loved Draco, her brothers worst enemy. She fingered the quill in her pocket and smiled, knowing it belonged to him.
Finnaly, when her last class got out she rushed towards the empty charms room, where Hermione was waiting. Twelve candles were set up around the empty class, and Hermione was lighting them by touching the whick with her wand.
"What did you get?" Hermione asked.
Ginny pulled out the quill. Hermione took it and palced it on one side of the circle. She placed Ginny opposite the quill, then stood outside the circle.
"Now, you have to release your mind of its thoughts. You need to be calm, and think only of Draco.
That won't be too hard, Ginny thought.
Hermione began to mumble words Ginny had never heard before. The steady mumbling became a loud chant and something began to happen.
Meanwhile, Draco was tossing and turning in his bed. He wished Ginny would just tell him if she loved him or not. What if she doesn't? Draco thought. Of course I'd have to kill myself, I'd have nothing to live for. When suddenly, a glowing mist appeard above him.
Draco screamed, and crawled away from the mist which slowly took form. He recognized those long curls, that sweet face.
"Ginny?" He whispered, reaching his hand towards her.
He saw her mouth move excitedly, but no words were coming out and just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared.
"I saw him, Hermione!" Ginny yelled, nearly knocking candles as she ran to her friend and engulfed her in a hug. "I love him! I knew I did, I just wanted to be sure...oh no, what will Ron do?"
"Let me handle Ron." Hermione smiled.
"I've got to tell him! I've got to find him!" Ginny rushed out of the room and down towards the dungeons. She knew that Slytherin common room was down here somehwere, all the Slytherins headed in this direction after dinner. On her way through the dark corridors she bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry." Ginny muttered, and began to run, but was grabbed by the arm.
"What just happened?" Ginny looked up at her victim and instantly recognized that silvery hair. "I saw you...in my room! Not that I didn't like it...I just wish I knew what was up."
"I love you!" Ginny blurted out.
"Oh, is that all?" Draco began to walk away, Ginny shouting out in protest. "Just kidding."
Draco rushed back to her side, and picked her up by the waist. He slowly let her down, feeling her hair brush his face.
"I've been waiting to hear those words come out of your mouth for too long."
"Well, you'll be hearing them a lot more often." Ginny smiled, then pulled Draco closer and kissed him.
The End.
(A/N: Ok, I had to end the story! You have no idea how frustrating it is keeping three stories up at once. If you're disapointed in how short this is, read my other D/R story, Linked. And if you're up to reading something entirely different written by yours truly, read The Prophecy. It's about the four founders of Hogwarts. I'll later write a Harry Potter fic incorporating the ancient prophecy...it'll be cool!!!)