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A/N: I FINALLY DID IT! I UPDATED! You all must love me so much now! Teehee! I love you guys too! This chappie takes a serious twist and is based on "Where have you been?" by reel big fish.
Where Have You Been?
Draco and I sat outside for a while, not talking, just enjoying each other's company. Without a word, I slipped my hand into his, seeing a smile crack on his lips out of the corner of my eye. He gently caressed my hand with his thumb, as the sun set, spilling midnight blues, purples, and yellows across the sky.
"Draco," I started, closing my eyes from the overwhelming emotions flooding every fiber of my being.
"Yea Gin?" he asked.
"Promise me when we get married it'll still be like this. We won't be one of those uptight, fighting couples. Right?" I asked, rolling over so I was on my stomach right next to him. "Please, promise me."
"I promise," he answered. "And you can hold me to that promise."
I smiled to myself, breathing lightly. I wrapped my arms around his neck, shifted my head so it was snuggled into his chest, and closed my eyes tight. Before I knew what was happening, I had fallen into a deep sleep.
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I woke up the next morning with the sun shining brightly in my eyes. I was snuggled into my covers, with Draco sitting right next to me, using the headboard as a pillow. I nudged his hip with my head, too tired and lazy to reach and hand up and push him off the bed. He snapped awake, eyes half open, but then snuggled down into the covers with me.
"Mornin'," he greeted.
"How'd I get here?" I asked. "Last thing I knew I fell asleep in the back yard."
"Well, I carried you up here, stayed with you for an hour or so, then fell asleep at about eleven," he replied, reaching over to drape an arm across my waist. "Just goes to show how much I care about you."
I smiled thankfully and started to drift off to sleep again, while Draco just lay there watching me.
"What time is it?" I asked sleepily.
"Eleven thirty," he responded.
"What?" I shouted, sitting up quickly, jumping out of bed, and pulling Draco off. "Go, I have to change. Harry, Hermione, and Ron are leaving in fifteen minutes and I'm supposed to go with them!"
"Oh yeah, to go to Diagon Alley?" he asked as I shoved him out of the room.
"Yes, now go!" I slammed the door in his face, and quickly undressed. I threw on a pair of old ratty jeans, torn at the knees. I then threw on a black tank-top and one of my black robes. I did my hair up into a messy ponytail and bolted out my door, grabbing my purse on the way.
"Harry, Hermione, Ron!" I called when I reached the bottom landing of the stairs.
"In the kitchen, Gin," I heard the voice of Hermione. I sighed in relief, and walked into the kitchen. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Draco were all either sitting or standing, drinking some butterbeers waiting for me.
"Finally. Until Draco arrived down here, I though you got…tied up," Harry jeered suggestively at his last comment. I stuck my tongue out in response.
"Let's just go already," Hermione commented exasperatedly. "I wanted to get to the bookstore early so I could be the first to buy the new book on Creedles. Such interesting creatures they are. Their eating patterns are.." Hermione began to go on and on about the so-called fascinating creature.
"Let's go," I cut in before she could go any farther.
"Oh wait, Gin, there are two things we all discussed before you got down here. First of all, me and Hermione are dating," Harry said with nonchalance.
"Like that was a big surprise. I hear what you two do at night…" I trailed off, and then added. "Despicable."
Harry and Hermione's eyes widened, then they blushed crimson. Everyone else laughed.
"What else do you have to say?" I asked.
"Never mind," they both answered, then were both quick to apparate to the Leaky Cauldron. Since I was only sixteen, I had to floo, and Draco was flooing with me so I wasn't lonely.
Once we had all met up in the Leaky Cauldron, we set off to go shopping. Draco and I were hand in hand, as were Hermione and Harry. Ron had his hands stuffed in his pockets, staring off into the distance dreamily.
"Ron, quit dreaming of Luna, you have the road to watch in front of you," I commented when he bumped into an older witch. He merely scowled.
"I happen to-" he started but stopped suddenly. I looked over to see a pair of feminine hands covered his eyes delicately.
"Long time no see, Ronald," whispered the voice that I know Ron had been longing to hear. He whipped around and enclosed her in a huge hug.
"I missed you," he mumbled.
"It's been a week!" She said exasperatedly. "But I missed you, too," she added.
"So much for it's only been a week," Draco sniggered. I looked at him disapprovingly but let a smile slip across my face. Luna looked over and smiled (smiled?) brightly (BRIGHTLY?) when she saw Draco.
"Ah, Draco, how are you?" she asked, as if talking to an old friend.
"Fine," he replied with hesitancy. Luna then turned back to Ron, and intertwined their hands.
"I hope you don't mind if I hang out with you guys. My mom let me come here today and I'm all alone. I might as well be here," she said dreamily.
"Too bad we're going back to Hogwarts in two months, give or take," I said sadly. That means I only have two more months to spend with you guys." I laid a hand on Draco's shoulder. "And I won't be able to see you as much!"
"O contraire," Draco started slyly. "What would you say if I told you I'm renting a flat in Hogsmeade for the next year so we're never more than a kilometer away?"
"I'd say you're full of shit," I responded. Then catching up to the hidden meaning, I threw my arms around his neck and jumped into his arms. "You're kidding me!" I exclaimed, beaming. He smiled at me, wrapping his arms gently around my waist.
"No I'm not. So now, with Dumbledore's permission, you can visit me whenever you want," he stated. "But no sneaking out after hours. We wouldn't want that, now would we?" he commented slyly.
"Oh no, Mr. Malfoy, of course not," I responded, equally as furtive. Ron cringed.
"Malfoy, don't speak of such volatile things when around other people," he sneered.
"Ron, eat me," Ginny responded coolly. Everyone turned to gawk at her. "All I have to say is if my oldest brother can't accept my judgment, he doesn't deserve my amiability." Draco sniggered and Ron stuck his tongue out at him. "Oh stop acting like ten-year olds." I rethought for a minute, and then grabbed Draco's hand and turned around.
"Where are you going?" Luna asked curiously.
"I'm going home. I'm not even sure why I came here, knowing he'd be here," I snorted, nodding my head in my brother's direction. I dragged Draco back towards the Leaky Cauldron, set on being stubborn until my brother gave in and apologized.
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It was but a week before school began again, for my last year. I was scared. I didn't want to lose Draco if the long distance thing didn't work. I loved him too much to let him go. We were sitting curled up in the rather large back yard, watching Ron, Harry, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan play Quidditch. I could tell Draco wanted to play, but he told me he'd rather be sitting there with me in our last days together.
"Have I told you I love you lately?" Draco asked me. He sat with his legs straddled, with me in the center. He wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his face in my hair.
"Only a million times in the past ten minutes," I responded.
"Well, I'm going to miss you," he said.
"Me too. But I promise I'll see you at least once a week."
"That's not cool," he grunted. "I saw you at least once a day when we were both at Hogwarts."
I sighed. It was a lost battle arguing with him. I just leaned back and closed my eyes. "I have a funny feeling this year isn't going to be pretty. I don't know why. It's just a-a feeling I guess." Draco responded with a warm kiss to my temple. "I'm sorry. Bad thoughts bring bad luck."
"Don't worry. Nothing's going to happen. I'm not going to let it."
I could feel Draco's calm breath on my neck, his kisses on my temple, and his words still resounding in my head, but I didn't believe them. I knew somehow trouble was brewing. And when trouble is near, Ginny Weasley isn't one to ignore it.
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I stood on Platform nine and three quarters, holding his hands in mine. "I'll promise to owl at least three times a week, maybe even everyday," I promised him. He smiled at me. His smile was reserved for only two people: me and his mother. Those were the two people he loved more than anything in this world, and I felt special to be apart of that.
Suddenly, the train blew it's signal for the last call. I gave Draco a quick hug and a kiss, said goodbye to my parents, Harry, and Hermione. Ron refused to come and see me off, but he would go and see Luna off. The fight only escalated after that day in Diagon Alley. I jumped onto the train, just as it began to move, and frantically waved to the family I was leaving behind for my next and final year of Hogwarts. I found Luna sitting in a compartment with Colin Creevey. Colin definitely wasn't the dork I met my first year. He's obviously more mature (but I guess it's hard to imagine a mature Colin, because he's such a kid at heart), but he was still accompanied by that camera everywhere he went. He was a bit more popular with the ladies now. He had broken up with his girlfriend over the summer, and there were rumors going around that he and Fauna LaFaye had a little thing for each other.
"Ginny," Colin called from the other side of the compartment as I went off into a daze. I snapped back into reality. "God! Five minutes and you're already daydreaming about Draco," he bantered, sending me a sly smile. I reached my leg out far enough to kick him in the shin, and that swiped the smirk clean off his face.
"I happen to-" I started, but was interrupted by the glass door sliding open. A rather handsome blonde head poked in.
"There are a mob of girls attacking me outside," he started in a slightly cocky tone. "Can I sit here?"
And I gasped.
The blonde head turned to me, and his jaw dropped. "Ginny?" he asked.
"No, Dalton, you can't sit here," I snarled, standing up abruptly, and pointing my finger out the door.
"Too bad," he answered in a cocky tone, coming over and sitting down nearly right on top of me. "You know I missed you and your fiery temper," he drawled, lazily stroking his finger up and down my bare arm.
"Leave me alone you scum!" I shrieked. "You don't even deserve the time of day from me!"
"Still fiery as ever, Ginevra," he drawled again, smirking. I scooted away from him, and he scooted closer. "You know, I made a huge mistake. I've missed you."
you called me up last night in tears
you said you've missed me after all these years
i've been waiting here so long
i've gotten over it since you've been gone
"Like hell you missed me," I snarled, standing up and sitting next to Colin. "You left me for a slut!" Colin and Luna both looked at me, surprised.
"You know him?" they both asked.
"Me and him go back," I said through gritted teeth.
"Way back, Eh Gin-Gin?" he responded with nonchalance.
"Don't call me that! Only Draco can call me that!" I sneered at him.
"Malfoy?" the boy asked, surprised. "You went for that mutt when you can have a pure-breed?"
"He's just as pure-bred as you are!" I responded, irritated by his arrogance.
"In blood, maybe yes, but in other things, no."
"Sean, I am warning you," I whispered, in a deadly tone. "One more quip about my fiancée-"
"Fiancée? Hell, how bad DID he knock you up?" Sean asked, draping his body across the seat.
"He didn't knock me up!" I shouted, hoping to get my point through that thick mass of over-styled hair into his brain.
"Then why not come back to me? Lindsey wasn't good enough for me. Only one girl is, and ever will be, and I think you know who that is," he responded slyly.
you called me late last night again
you said you'd finished with your new girlfriend
asked if you could come back home
so sorry that you'd left me all alone
"Name two differences between me and that useless body mass you call Draco," Sean drawled, standing up to face me so we were only about a foot apart. I tried to back up, by the seat stopped me from doing so.
"He loves me, while you never could, would, or will," I responded with ice in my tone and a fir in my eyes. He touched a finger to my shoulder and made a small sizzling sound.
"Ouch, this kitten's got claws."
"Don't touch me. Now I'll have to burn these clothes," I sneered, smirking at his slightly offended reaction.
"Hey, Draco's not here. He doesn't have to know," Sean responded innocently, trying to run his finger along my arm again.
"Leave me alone!" I screeched. "You left me. You left me, when you said you loved me. I don't need you!" He looked pained, laying a hand over his heart and pretending to stagger.
"But Gin, I do love you."
You say you love me
love me again
but if you love me
where have you been?
you say you need me more than anyone else
well, go to hell
where have you been?
"No you don't. You never would, and never will. I was just a quick shag, and you won't even get THAT out of me. I was the one woman you could never shag, and that's why you've come crawling back!" I snarled, turning around and sitting next to my friends. I could hear them whispering, and then Colin whispered a "nice one" in my ear.
"But you know that we had fun while it lasted. We could have it again. I bet you Draco has never treated to what I gave you," Sean responded slyly.
"Excuse me for asking, but why the bloody fuck are you even here? Who are you?" Luna asked. She NEVER swore. This only meant she was enraged at this man for coming into my life and trying to throw himself at me when I clearly had a ring on my finger.
"Ginny never told you?" Sean asked, a fake tear forming in his eye.
"I was embarrassed of you," I quipped. That wasn't true, but it'd have to do.
"That wasn't what you said the day before I left. Anyways, I came here from Durmstrang during that period of time when our heating spells had been messed up and half the school was burning and the other half was freezing a year of two back I think. I met Ginny during that period of time and the rest is history. I then left her for another girl, but only because that girl needed me worse than Ginny did. I realized Ginny was the only one for me, and now I WILL get you back," he finished, looking in my direction. "You know we had something good going. I want that good thing again."
"You'll never get it you womanizing sack of crap!" I screamed. I was about to lunge myself on him when Colin and Luna jumped and pulled me back with all their strength.
"No need to jump me right here, Gin. We'll have plenty of time for that later," he replied cockily. I spat at his feet, but because of the magical flooring it absorbed into the carpet. He came forward, seeing me squirm and struggle under my friends' grasps, and laid a kiss on my lips. I jumped back, falling onto Colin and Luna, spitting wildly to get his nasty taste off my lips.
"You little bastard!" I screamed. "I'm with Draco now! He's more a man than you ever inspire to be!" He smirked.
"We'll see about that, Gin," he answered.
showed up at my door today
said my friend why do you push me away
your life with him was just so dull
but what we had was something wonderful
you say you love me
love me again
but if you love me
where have you been?
you say you need me more than anyone else
well, go to hell
where have you been?
"I don't need you!" I screamed as my friends let me go. "I don't need this! I don't need your crap anymore! I don't need empty promises! Just because you want me back, makes you think I'll take you? Fuck you!"
"But Ginny-" he started but I cut him off fiercely.
"Don't "but Ginny" me! Don't ever talk to me again! What even possessed you to think I'd want you back!?" I screamed.
"You loved me," he responded, his confidence now stuck in his throat.
"I don't love you. I never will ever again. I made that mistake once and I'm never making it again!"
no way
you wish
i don't
need this
what makes you think i'd ever want you again?
yeah right
as if
i don't
need this
what makes you think i'd ever want you again?
Again
"Sean, leave me alone," I mumbled, not angry with him, but myself for ever thinking I could like that scum-bag.
"No. I want you back and I'm getting you back no matter what that Malfoy kid says!" he responded hotly. "I want you back, babe."
"Call her babe and I swear I'll throw my wand away and kill you with my bare hands," a voice called from the compartment door. I looked over and my jaw dropped.
It was Draco!
A/N: hah! A twist to my little plot of the chapter!!! The next few chapters are going to be frickin' off the wall!!!!! I hope to have them up soon! Thanks for reading and reviewing, and all my patient readers out there; I love you guys so much for being patient while I got my affairs in order. You're probably thinking FINALLY! SHE UPDATED! And you probably want to throw rotten tomatoes at me, but I'm better now so I am going to be more frequent with updates.
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