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The Source - Chapter Twenty Nine
"Speaking"
<Thinking>
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It was 7 o'clock in the morning and Draco was already awake. He had finished freshening up and was now looking for something to wear.
He took out grey slacks, a white shirt and a black jumper.
"I don't think so," He said himself. "I look like I'm still my uniform." And then he dumped them aside.
He then took out a pair of blue jeans, grey t-shirt and green jacket.
"It's a bit too casual," Draco said while frowning. "And too muggle looking too." So he threw them aside as well.
Outfit after outfit Draco threw aside because it was either too plain or too colourful, too little and it would be cold or too much and he felt fat.
He finally settled on a pair of Black Dragon hide pants, black boots, white shirt and a grey cloak.
Draco was observing himself in the mirror and was happy about it. The pants and coat would keep him warm and it wasn't too much to make him feel weighed down. He then looked at the time and saw that it was 8:30 already, so he quickly grabbed his wand and left to head towards Gryffindor tower.
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Over in Gryffindor tower Ginny was also looking for something to wear. She couldn't wear just anything, because she was going to be seen with Draco and he was always so stylish.
Ginny couldn't run around her room throwing ugly clothes away when her room mates were there. That's why she had to do it at the last minute, when everyone was going to breakfast. After everyone had left, Ginny quickly threw the lid of her trunk open and rummaged through her clothes.
Jeans. "No." T-shirt. "No." blue jacket. "No." khakis. "No." tank top. "No." jumper. "No."
Ginny had her whole trunk, and drawers of clothes thrown on her bed when she finally found a good combination. It was a black knee length dress, red three quarter length sleeved shirt and her hand me down black (not slightly grey) cloak.
Ginny went to the mirror and did her hair up in a ponytail. After one more glance in the mirror and twirling around, she put on a pair of black half heeled lady boots and grabbed her wand before she walked down into the common room.
Ginny reached the common room and saw Hermione through the wide open portrait shooing fellow Gryffindor's away from the tower. Ginny sensed that something was happening so she hid back into the staircase and peeked out to see what was going on.
Ron and Draco were in a heated argument where Harry was forced to restrain Ron while Hermione was shooing people away from the private argument.
"What do you think you are doing, taking my sister to Hogsmeade," Ron was yelling
"In case you forgot Weasley, she has to come with me. I bought her remember and until 9 o'clock tonight it is none f you business what I do with her," Draco was yelling back.
"You piece of rotting scum. If you do anything I swear I will…"
"Will what? Kill me? Please Weasley, like you would be able to," Draco sneered.
"I definitely will, if you hurt Ginny or do anything inappropriate."
"Get your mind out of the gutter, Weasley. Your sister isn't exactly glamorous so don't worry about me pouncing her," Draco said in a disgusted voice.
Ron didn't know whether to feel relieved or angry at what Draco said about Ginny. He didn't get a chance to make up his mind anyway because Ginny chose that moment to step through the portrait and look at all of them.
"Have you quite finished arguing yet?" She said calmly but was glaring at Ron and Draco. No one spoke a word.
"No need to worry, Ron," Ginny said, turning to face her brother. "I am very capable of protecting myself, and if you don't believe me you can go ask Sirius."
She then turned to Draco and was still glaring at him. "Are we going now?"
Draco just nodded and started walking away; leaving Ron, Harry and Hermione standing there watching them go.
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Draco did not take Ginny to breakfast at the great hall because he was planning to eat breakfast with her at Hogsmeade. But right now he was too worried about how much of the conversation Ginny had heard to think about Breakfast.
Ginny was not glaring anymore and noticed how uncomfortable Draco was, so she decided to speak up. She pulled out a small coned shape object which had an ear piece attached to it by a piece of wire and showed it to Draco.
"Do you know what this is?" She asked him. Draco shook his head.
"It's a Sono-phere," Ginny started explaining. "You point this cone shaped piece at a person and it allows you to hear what they are saying through this ear piece. It can detect the speech of a person as far as 15 metres away and still be as clear as if you were standing right in front of them." Ginny then put the object back into her pocket and was silent.
"Does that mean you heard everything your brother and I said?" Draco asked.
"Yes," Ginny answered.
"Are you mad?"
"No."
"You aren't?" Draco said surprised.
"Why should I be? I don't find what you said to be insulting," She said with a more casual tone now.
"You don't," Draco said once again surprised.
"Nope. I believe having brains is more important than having looks, plus your comments on beauty have always been harsh. You could make even a super star feel ugly, so I don't mind."
Draco didn't know what to say so he just left it and concentrated on walking. They were the first people to get to the carriages, so they just hopped on and it drove them to Hogsmeade. (If it doesn't really work that way, I'm sorry that it's incorrect)
Ginny didn't look mad during the whole trip to Hogsmeade so Draco assumed she really didn't mind what he had said. Though he had said it, it didn't mean he meant it. Ginny also knew this, but still felt sad that he had said it.
They entered The Three Broomsticks and found a table near the back. Draco pulled the chair out for Ginny to sit in, like a perfect Gentleman, before he sat down opposite her. Ginny smiled at Draco's manners and he was happy to see her smile again. They ordered a standard breakfast of Bacon and eggs and discussed what they were going to do today.
They were finishing up breakfast when a lot of the Hogwarts students bustled into the restaurant. Ginny felt very nervous and didn't look up while Draco remained very calm and collected. People were staring at them as they walked past and some were even staring from across the room. Draco sensed how uncomfortable Ginny was and finished off his breakfast quickly.
"Let's go shall we," He said and got up to pull Ginny's seat back.
"Thank you," Ginny said quietly while Draco put a few sickles on the table and left the restaurant leaving behind snickering Slytherin's, glaring Gryffindor's and surprised Hufflepuff's and Ravenclaw's.
Once outside Ginny breathed in deeply to calm her nerves; she really hated all the attention she was getting. This was exactly what Ginny was afraid of and was one of the reasons for her not to admit she likes Draco. Along with other complications as well; but being with him just attracted too much unwanted attention.
"So, where do we go now?" Ginny managed to ask.
"Um. How about Zonko's. We can see if they have anything new," Draco suggested.
"OK," Ginny said and then they started walking.
Draco and Ginny went around Hogsmeade just looking at anything and everything. They seemed to attract a lot of stares, more so from the 7th and 6th years than the other year levels. Especially from Ron, who had to be calmed down by Harry and Hermione every time he saw them on the street. At first Ginny was uncomfortable but then she concentrated on ignoring them and tried to enjoy this one time where she could be with Draco and pretend it was a date.
Draco and Ginny were walking down the street heading towards The Three Broomsticks for lunch when Draco spoke to Ginny quietly.
"Can you feel it?" he whispered so that no one else could hear.
"Yes I can," Ginny whispered back.
"How long do you think?" Draco asked.
"Right after we left Zonko's. They've been following us ever since."
Draco nodded. He had had a sense of being followed for a long time now, and at first he thought it was just the stares but then it was getting obvious so he thought he'd ask Ginny. After all, she was a very well trained spy and she could sense these things easily.
"Do you know who is it?" Ginny whispered.
"Don't know," Draco said. "But we'll know soon enough." and he opened the door to The Three Broomsticks for Ginny to step in. He then took this opportunity to quickly glance around the main street and found who their stalker was.
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Felicity Lateris stood outside on the main road opposite of the Three Broomsticks and was frowning. Some 7th year girls were standing next to her and she could hear their conversation.
"Draco is so handsome."
"I know. It's such a waste for him to be around that red head."
"Don't know why he's wasting time on her though."
"Don't you know? It's to piss off her brother or something."
"That's right. Her brother is Ron Weasley isn't it."
"Yeah he is. And you know how much Draco hates that group."
"Of course, and he'd do nearly anything to piss them off."
"And what's better than going out with his little sister and he can't do anything about it."
The group of girls giggled and Felicity snorted. This caused them to turn their heads in her direction and give her weird looks. Felicity walked closer towards them and smirked.
"You can't see it can you?" She said superiorly. "Draco isn't just using that girl; he really, actually likes her," She finished disgustedly.
The girls listening to Felicity and then all burst into laughter.
"Really, Lateris," One of them said. "You haven't been here for long so we can't blame you for not knowing Draco."
"Yeah, but don't worry, we'll be happy to explain things to you."
"First of all, the Malfoy Weasley feud has been going on for a very long time so there is no chance that Draco will like a Weasley."
"Secondly, Draco only likes really pretty girls. That red head is absolutely hideous. I just can't imagine what pain Draco is going through just looking at her."
"Thirdly, Draco hates Muggles and muggle lovers. Everyone knows the whole Weasley family just loves Muggles so Draco wouldn't possibly like that red head."
Felicity listened to what they had to say but was still not convinced. Draco's behaviour towards that Weasley girl was different, and she could tell that it wasn't just to annoy the brother.
Draco and Ginny exited The Three Broomsticks at that time and Felicity looked up to observe them. Felicity started backing up slowly because Draco was walking towards her while Ginny walked down the street. Draco had a very stern look on his face as he approached Felicity and she was getting scared.
"Lateris," he said coldly.
"Hi Draco," She said sweetly.
Draco was not swayed by Felicity's innocent look. "I don't enjoy being followed Lateris," Draco hissed as he leaned forward and was invading Felicity's private space "So if you know what's good for you, you'll stop it immediately. You understand?" Draco's tone was threatening and Felicity knew better than to defy him.
She nodded her head and Draco moved away. He gave her one more warning look before he strode down the street to catch up with Ginny.
Ginny was waiting for Draco at the carriages while holding a basket. She saw Draco walking towards her and she walked to meet him half way.
"So who was it? What did you do?" she asked but he didn't answer her immediately
Draco led Ginny to the carriages and opened the door for her to get in. Once they were seated inside and the carriage had started to move Draco started to explain.
"It was just some girl, but I've told her to stop following us. Plus, we'll be at Hogwarts so she'll have to stop," Draco said reassuringly.
"It was Felicity wasn't it," Ginny stated more than asked.
Draco stared at Ginny for a second and then nodded. "Yes, but we don't have to worry about her. I asked Madam Rosmerta to prepare us a picnic so that we won't have everyone staring at us while we eat."
Ginny smiled brightly at that and they both remained silent until they reached Hogwarts.
Draco suggested they set up their picnic on the roof, because no one would notice them up there. He cast a wind blocking dome over the area on the roof so that the wind wouldn't blow everything away. It was a very normal picnic, with a rug, salad, drinks, sandwiches and apple pie for dessert. They both sat there eating and talking about the landscape they could see from where they were sitting.
They were packing up the cutlery when a lot of the carriages were coming back from Hogsmeade. Ginny glanced at her watch and saw that it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Ginny knew that after 5 more hours she wouldn't be able to spend time with Draco like this and felt really sad. Draco saw the frown on Ginny's face and asked her what was wrong.
"Nothing really," Ginny said. "But, by any chance, would there be dinner in that basket so we don't have to go to the Great Hall and eat," Ginny asked hopefully.
Draco smiled at her. "No dinner in that basket, but it can be arranged of us to eat up here if you like."
"You wouldn't mind?" Ginny asked excitedly
Draco shook his head. "I wouldn't mind. It would be quit nice actually. Dining under the stars in the company of Hogwarts one and only Source. What a wonderful experience," Draco said exaggeratedly.
Ginny laughed softly. "Gee Malfoy, don't get too romantic, or I might not be able to stomach any dinner at all."
Draco grinned at Ginny and then stood up. "Please stay seated milady as I go prepare for our wonderful evening," he said like a butler and even did a little bow when he left.
Ginny smiled at his antics and watched as he left. After a while Ginny remembered that she had to go prepare Draco's medicine so she quickly dashed down to the hospital wing to get it ready, hopefully before Draco got back.
Draco was whistling while walking down the hallway towards the kitchen and had his hands in his pockets. He was in a very good mood because today was such a fun day for him. He had a very special feeling when he was around Ginny. Special because he didn't it feel it when he was in the company of other girls, and he felt he could be a different person around her. Never before in his life would he pretend to be a butler in front of a girl just to make her laugh, or even come and get dinner for her because she wanted to eat on the roof. Ginny ignited a different person within him, and really liked it. Draco reached the portrait which was the entrance to the kitchen and tickled the pear.
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Ginny was in the hospital wing making Draco's medicine as quickly as she could because she wanted to be there when he got back. She didn't want to waste anytime, because she wanted to spend every minute she had to be with him. Tonight was special and she didn't want to ruin it in any way.
After Ginny had finished making his medicine she ran as fast as she could to the staircase leading up to the roof. As she reached the little hallway she saw Draco coming in the other direction carrying a basket. She managed to stop just in time before they could clash and was breathing heavily. Draco was confused at to why she was not on the roof and instead running really fast.
"I…" Ginny was panting and had trouble speaking. "I." Breath. "Was."
Breath. "Ma." Breath. "Making."
Draco couldn't understand a single word Ginny was saying. "Weasley, just breathe first. You can tell me later." And he helped Ginny up the stairs to the roof. He sat her down on their rug and put the basket down.
Ginny had caught her breath and was now ready to explain. "I had to go down to the hospital wing to make your medicine because I didn't want to go down later and since I didn't want you to wait for me when you got back I made it as quickly as possible and had to run back here very fast so I could get back here before you did," Ginny said, all in one breath.
Draco was listening intently because she was saying it so fast, and amazingly, he understood it all and smiled.
"Alright then," He said. "Well I got us some dinner. I don't know what you like so I just got a little bit of everything from what we were going to have for dinner tonight."
Draco started to unpack the food and Ginny saw that there was a lot of it.
"That's a lot of food," Ginny said while smiling. "How are we ever going to finish it?"
"Well, we do have all night," Draco answered. "It can be counted towards our midnight snack."
They started eating the food little by little while talking about anything that came to mind. Ranging from annoying teachers to most up to date gossip in the school and they had managed to finish most of the food too. They assumed that talking needed a lot of energy that's why they could eat it all.
It was dark now and the stars were starting to appear in the sky. Draco cast a warming spell on the previous wind blocking dome so that they wouldn't get cold. All the food and cutlery had been packed away so that Draco and Ginny were sitting on the rug next to each other looking up at the stars.
"You see that cluster of stars over there," Draco said while pointing into the sky. "That's the constellation Orion."
Ginny laughed and gave Draco a weird look. "It is not," She said. "Orion is on the other side," she said and then pointed to some spot no where near where Draco had pointed.
"Oh," Draco said and then shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I see a lot of guys who just point into the sky and say some crap and then the girls swoon over how romantic it is. I thought I'd give it a try."
"Is Draco Malfoy trying to me romantic with little ol me?" Ginny teased.
"Well you are a girl, and don't all girls love to be romanced," Draco said arrogantly.
"They do not," Ginny protested.
"They do so," Draco said
"How would you know, you're not a girl," Ginny argued while still smiling.
"But I've been with enough of them to know what they like," Draco said, like he was an expert.
"Well this girl doesn't like to be romanced," Ginny replied. "And especially not by you." and then she flicked his nose playfully.
Draco rubbed his nose and pouted which made Ginny laugh.
"Well that's because you're weird," He said.
"Then glad I'm weird," Ginny said while smiling.
There was a moment of comfortable silence before Draco spoke again
"Hey, Weasley. Could I ask you a question?" He said very seriously.
"Sure," Ginny answered.
"Well, I was just wondering. Would you have still agreed to go to Hogsmeade with me if you weren't obligated to?" Draco said while looking into Ginny's eyes.
Ginny wasn't expecting such a question and didn't have an answer straight away. Draco was waiting anxiously for her answer and was getting nervous. He didn't know why her answer was so important to him, but it just was.
"Would you still have taken me if it wasn't to annoy my brother?" Ginny asked him back.
Draco looked at Ginny blankly while trying to think of an answer. He didn't know and so he was just silently looking at her. Ginny could see that he didn't have an answer, so she just smiled sadly at him.
"Though it was required of us to spend the day together, I still had a very good time. Thank you, Malfoy," Ginny said sincerely.
"You're welcome," Draco answered.
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Draco was walking Ginny back to her common room and was walking as slow as possible. There were still a few more minutes to go until it was exactly 9 o'clock and he wanted to use them up. Ginny said that she was tired after a long day so they had headed down from the roof early.
They soon reached the portrait of the fat lady and it was time for them to separate. They stood in front of the portrait silently looking at each other but Ginny knew that she had to go.
"Thanks again Malfoy, and goodnight," Ginny said before she entered the common room.
"Goodnight," Draco whispered and turned around to go down to the dungeons.
As soon as the portrait closed behind her, Ginny was bombarded by questions from her brother.
"Where have you been? Where did he take you? Did he do anything? Are you ok?"
Ginny held her hand up to silence Ron and told him to calm down. "I'm fine Ron, Malfoy didn't do anything to me and we were just out walking."
"WALKING!" Ron yelled. "With Malfoy and at this hour of the night."
"Well I couldn't refuse to go and it was only a walk Ron. It was perfectly safe." Ginny said while trying very hard to keep calm.
Ron was about to protest again but Harry and Hermione pulled him back. Ginny took this chance to go up to her room where it was nice and quiet.
End of Chapter Twenty Nine. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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