Chapter 7 - Pay Back
After visiting her father, and finally finding her brother in the Department of Wizard's Literature snogging with Hermione, Ginny went to Diagon Alley to buy the ingredients for dinner. When she finally got home, it was past lunchtime and she was starving.
"Guys, I'm home!" Ginny called, like she always did.
"No need to be so happy about it," a voice said from the couch.
"Ok… Let me rephrase that. Anyone who cares, I'm home! Is that better?" she replied, smiling.
Draco sneered, not bothering to look at her.
"So, you're staying here all day? Why? Are you afraid to lose your fan club?" she joked with him. "Malfoy, we all had pimples when we were teenagers. You were no exception."
"Weasley, do I look like a teenager to you?" he asked, furious, as he got up, and placed himself in front of her. He was only wearing a pair of breeches, and his chest was naked, showing his beautiful muscled torso. He certainly wasn't a teenager, Ginny thought, tightening her grip on the shopping bag, against her chest.
"Well, I've seen kids who look much better than that," she lied, still looking at his whole body.
"I bet you're lying," he said, coming closer to her, his face only inches from hers.
"You will never know, will you?" she smiled softly, as she looked deep in his grey eyes.
"No, I guess not…"
Just as he was about to touch her lips, and Ginny was closing her eyes, he took an apple from her shopping bag. He brought it to his mouth and stepped back, eating it.
"Damn!" a blushing Ginny mumbled.
While Draco laughed at the look on her face, she went into the kitchen and put the food away.
"How could I fall for that?" she kept saying to herself. "Well, this means war… And you know what they say about pay back."
Ginny went to her room, took off her clothes, and put on a pair of blue mini-shorts, and a white top that showed her curves. She put up her red hair (the hex lost it's effect), leaving only a few strands hugging her nape and breathed deeply.
Draco was sitting in the living room, studying some papers, when he felt Ginny walk in the room. She started to clean the garbage from the floor and remove the used cups from the coffee table. When he looked at her, his jaw almost fell to the floor. Ginny was wearing very revealing clothing, and she was moving her body in ways that were making him go crazy.
"Weasley, do you have to do that now? I'm trying to concentrate," he said, looking at her from head to toes.
"Sorry; am I distracting you? I thought Aurors didn't lose focus on their work," she said innocently, while she wiped her hands on her legs, noticing his gaze follow her movements.
"We don't, but we always respond to a dangerous situation, and you're definitively a danger…" he said, looking at her neck curve, watching the little strands of hair hugging it.
"Well, what do you do when you find a dangerous situation?" she asked with sensual voice, stepping closer to him.
"We attract the danger to us…" he said, watching as she placed her arms on each side of his face, supporting her body with her hands on the back of the couch.
"And then what?" she asked, bringing her face closer to his.
"We attack," he replied, moving his face to hers.
Just when they were about to kiss, Ginny backed away, with a blanket on her hands.
"This blanket shouldn't be on the back of the couch! We're in the middle of a very hot summer!" Ginny said, trying hard not to laugh at Draco's disappointed face. "Hey, Malfoy, it's getting hot in here, isn't it? You better go take a cold shower."
Draco watched as she winked at him, and went into the kitchen.
"That girl is driving me to the edge… And I'm liking it!" he mumbled to himself.
Ginny spent the whole afternoon in the kitchen, preparing dinner. She put the homemade lasagne on the stove and went to the bathroom. She was sweaty from cooking all afternoon, and she wanted to look nice for dinner.
She put on her favourite red dress and put her hair on a loose bun. Ginny was entering the kitchen when she saw Draco leaning on the stove, watching her lasagne. Approaching silently, Ginny ran her hand over his cute butt and leaned over his shoulder.
"Well, well… Aren't we hungry?" she said with a seductive voice.
"I was smelling for poison. I really worry about Julie and Mark, you know?" Draco said, turning around to face her. "You look beautiful!"
"I will conclude that you didn't mean to say that," Ginny smiled, feeling happy for his compliment.
"Maybe I did," he smirked, coming even closer to her.
This time Ginny wasn't going to run from the kiss and she certainly hoped Draco wouldn't back away, either.
When his lips finally touched hers, Ginny moaned deeply and laced her arms behind his neck, while Draco held her as close as he could. Their lips moved softly, in a slow but sensual dance. Just when they were about to deepen the kiss, they heard a door slamming shut and happy voices.
"Philip? Ginny? We're home!" Julie's voice came to them.
"Damn it…" Draco whispered, breaking the kiss, but keeping his forehead to Ginny's. Slowly, she removed her hands from his soft hair and took a step back.
"Hi, people! So, how was your day?" Mark asked happily, entering the kitchen and noticing their blushed faces.
"I didn't go to work. I had a crisis," Draco replied, looking angrily at Ginny.
"I went to the Ministry and saw my father, brother, and Harry, who I haven't seen in years. At that moment, Ginny saw Draco's face become worried. "Then, I went shopping for dinner and came home. What about you?"
"Oh, same boring Auror work as usual," Mark replied. "But Julie was telling me about a student she has in her Muggle Studies class… Guys, are you ok? You both look a little strange."
"Mark, sometimes Aurors see danger or strangeness where it doesn't exist," Ginny replied, checking on the lasagne. "If you want to take a shower, you have exactly 10 minutes until dinner is served!"
"I will, thank you. Oh, and Draco, blonde men look good in red clothes… Only blonde women look good in red lipstick. You should wipe your mouth off," Mark said, leaving the kitchen laughing like a maniac.
Draco looked at Ginny with terror in his grey eyes.
"Why did you put red lipstick on?" he asked angry.
"Why did you kiss me if I had red lipstick on?" she replied, placing her hands on her narrow hips.
"Why would I want to kiss you? You were the one that kissed me!" he said, almost yelling.
"Now, Draco, didn't your mother teach you not to lie?" Ginny asked, angry at his behaviour. "You know very well, that you were the one to lean for the kiss! Yes, I kissed you back, but you still started it all!"
"Damn Weasel… Destroying my good image!" he mumbled under his breath.
"That's right, Malfoy! Keep convincing yourself that you have a good image!" Ginny almost laughed, as she left the kitchen to prepare the dinning table.
Ten minutes later, they were all sitting at the dinning table, talking about Julie's crazy students. Ginny, as the host, served everyone's plates, and then they started eating.
"Ginny! This is fantastic! Wow! Where did you learn this recipe?" Julie asked, eating with pleasure.
"My Mum. She's a great cook!" Ginny smiled, happy with her friend's reaction.
"That's obvious. The woman had to cook for 9 people, every day, with low portions of food," Draco replied maliciously, while he forked his food.
"Draco, stop being a prat! Why aren't you eating? It's great!" Mark asked, lifting an eyebrow.
"He's afraid that I've jinxed the food, aren't you Malfoy?" Ginny laughed at his bored face. "Well, the three of us are eating and nothing happened!"
He must have agreed because he took a bite, then another one, and soon his plate was clean.
"So, did you like it?" Julie asked, smiling at him.
"I've had better," he lied. It was superb! Right then he started feeling weird.
"Draco, are you ok? You look weird!" Ginny asked, smiling.
"I'm fine!" he lied. Right then he felt the pain increase.
The next moment, he started crying non-stop, making Mark and Julie become worried about him.
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