Last Bit of Fun
Ginny felt like she was walking on air the following week. When she left Malfoy Manor that evening after a wonderful dinner, his mother hugged her and Ginny swore she saw tears in Narcissa's eyes. Even Draco noticed the out of character affection and questioned it after they apparated back into and empty Headmaster's Office. Neither had an explanation; as they did not know that she had heard him laugh earlier that day, thanks go Ginny Weasley.
Now, as Ginny sat in Transfiguration on Friday, her last class before the weekend, she could hardly wait to get out. This was the last all student Hogsmeade trip since NEWT and OWL exams were coming up fast. Ginny could see the stress in Hermione's face as she studied; even Harry and Ron were unusually quiet without their usual chess games in the Common Room. Everywhere she went, 5th and 7th years were toiling away…the library, Room of Requirement according to Hermione, the Common Room, Great Hall, even under trees outside.
She saw Draco at dinner and that was about it during the past week. They were coming up on the one week "anniversary" since they had slept together and everyday Ginny replayed that afternoon in her mind.
Professor McGonagall dismissed the class and Ginny fell in step next to Tom on her way out, chatting about the Hogsmeade trip. He had taken an interest in her roommate Susan and was asking Ginny for advice about how to ask her to go with him. They reached their common room and Tom headed upstairs while Ginny headed to her room. As she opened the door she saw a school owl perched on the open windowsill with a piece of parchment on his leg.
Ginny took the parchment and gave him a treat telling him to stay as she looked at the parchment and saw her name in a vaguely familiar scrawl. Her heart beat faster as she realized it was Draco's.
Hearing Susan some in Ginny sat on her bed and began opening the scroll.
"What do you have?" Susan asked and Ginny looked up.
"Looks like a note from Draco…let's see…," Ginny unrolled it and read down through the short note.
"Ginny,
It feels like ages since I have seen you, just wondering if you still remembered who I was? Is there life outside of studying? If so, I can't remember what it is…maybe you can refresh my memory. See you tomorrow, if not tonight.
Draco".
He hadn't seen her the past two days (having missed dinner to Quidditch practice) and she laughed out loud loving his dry sense of humor. She had written back with a quick sketch of Gilderoy Lockhart's new book, replacing Lockhart's face with Draco's saying "Who Are You?" instead of "Who Am I?" She put it back onto the owl and shooed him off to wherever Draco might be at the moment…it was still two hours from dinner and Ginny hoped it would get to him before then.
According to Maggie, who arrived in their room an hour later, said she had talked to Blaise before her Herbology class. He and Draco had been in the library when the owl delivered her note. Apparently he laughed so hard he started crying and Blaise thought he really was upset and read the note, thinking Draco's mother died or something. This lead Ginny into a fit of hysterical laughing and Maggie soon joined in as they rolled around on their beds giggling for an hour afterwards.
Ginny hadn't told anyone about her and Draco sleeping together at his house. She relished in the fact she had a secret and it seemed he didn't say anything to his friends either. Still, every time she saw him…a glimpse in the hall or at a meal her heart would still leap into her throat and she'd be speechless for a moment. And as she made her way with Neville into the Great Hall for dinner she saw his blond head at the Slytherin table talking to a younger student. She sat down so she could see him and began dishing food onto her plate.
"Hey, guys, guess what Fred and George sent me?" Ron said in a low voice. Neville, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Dean and Seamus looked at him.
"Firewhiskey. And I hear that a bunch of people from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are doing a midnight swim…how about we join them, have a nip and generally have a good time with this last free weekend?"
"Firewhiskey? I don't think it's a good idea to mix that and swimming," Hermione said thoughtfully.
"We can swim, and then drink it," Ron rationalized. The guys all looked at each other.
"Excellent!" Dean said and agreed to join them. Seamus followed suit asking Lavendar if she wanted to join in. Neville and Ginny looked at each other.
"Are you doing it?" Ginny asked to Neville who shrugged.
"You?" he asked back and they stared at each other.
"I will if you will," Ginny said knowing that at least she would have one sane person to talk to if her brother and Harry got trashed.
Neville nodded, "What if we get caught? We aren't supposed to be out that late."
"Apparently, it's a tradition and as long as everyone behaves and the firewhiskey is kept a secret, we should be ok," Ron said knowledgably. For once, he was grateful to have five older brothers pave the way for him. He turned to Ginny who was digging into her baked potato.
"Ginny," Ron said and she looked at him. "If you want, you can ask Malfoy and what's her names boyfriend, Zabini."
Ginny stared at him and he stared back; as Harry stared at both of them seeing how hard that was for Ron to do. Ginny gave a small nod.
"Thanks, I will and I'll tell Maggie too," she said her voice quiet, wondering if Ron knew how much that meant to her.
'Swimming at night, with Draco…this will be fun!' Ginny hurried through her meal and caught Draco's eye as she finished her juice. She waved at him and he nodded towards the door. Ginny stood up, telling her friends she would see them in the Common Room around 11:30 that night.
Ginny walked through the doors and across to the staircase, leaning against the railing waiting for Draco to emerge from the doors. She studied the portrait next to her, watching young witch pace back and forth talking to herself when she heard the dining room doors open. Blaise, followed by Draco walked out and spotted her. Ginny couldn't help the smile that spread across her face.
"Both of you," Ginny hopped down the step and Blaise stopped from his direction down the hall. "There's a midnight swim tonight and my brother has…stuff…he invited you both."
"Excellent. I'll be there!" Blaise said smiling and took off towards the dungeon. Draco turned towards Ginny and she ran into his arms, hugging him fiercely.
"I hear my note back to you cracked you up," Ginny said, smiling.
"Sure did. I have never laughed that hard and poor Zabini thought something was wrong; the look on his face was priceless," Draco said pulling away and walking down the hall, his arm around her shoulders. "I am keeping that note; sure helped me get through studying this afternoon."
Ginny walked silently down the hall towards the exterior doors, feeling him walk next to her, his hand on her shoulder,
her arm around his waist both ignoring the amused looks from students moving to and fro.
"Are you coming tonight?" Ginny asked as they walked down the stairs and out into the warm night…she had no idea where they were walking too, but she didn't care.
"Anything to see you in a bathing suit," Draco said side stepping a stone and dropping his arm from her shoulders.
"Who said anything about suits?" Ginny challenged and saw him stumble while looking at her, not the path.
She laughed.
"I'm just kidding!" She giggled and he shook his head.
"What am I going to do with you?" Draco asked exasperatedly.
"Keep me and love me?" Ginny said lightly and ran into the back of Draco when he stopped on the path. He turned and caught her against him.
"I think I can do that," he said roughly before he kissed her, tasting pumpkin juice as his tongue touched hers. He felt her press against him and realized he missed her the past week and from the response he was getting he knew she felt the same.
"Been awhile, no?" Draco asked softly as he pulled back, resting his forehead on hers.
"Almost a week, but who's counting?" Ginny smiled at him. "You know Ron invited you tonight."
"Really? All by himself?"
"Yeah, I think that is a good sign," Ginny's fingers made a pattern on the shoulder of his shirt.
"We have a few hours before rounds…what do you want to do?" Draco asked, slowly running his hands up her hips, then dropping them as some first years came running down the path.
"Actually," Ginny said slowly, "I think I would like to play Chess against you."
Draco stepped back, clearly not expecting that answer.
"Really?"
"Oh, yes really," Ginny tucked her arm through his and led him back up the path, "But the winner gets to chose something that the loser has to do."
"I think I can play that game," he said smiling and they walked quickly through the castle, down to his room in the dungeons.
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As 11:30pm rolled around, Draco and Ginny were still playing, with him actually talking her through some of the moves and teaching her… it didn't look like anyone was going to win anytime soon. Leaving the board set up, Ginny ran back to her dorm room to change into her bathing suit. Chatting with Maggie and Susan as they got dressed Maggie brought up a question that silenced her friends.
"Do any of you know how long a contraception charm lasts? I mean, do you have to do it every time or just once?"
Susan and Ginny stared at her, each standing there in their suits, barefoot with a towel dangling from their fingers.
"Whaaaat?" Susan squeaked and Ginny blushed, realizing she knew the answer. "Are you sleeping with Blaise Zabini?"
"Susan, I'm just asking. Doesn't mean I am going to jump into bed with him; but if that happens I want to be prepared."
"It lasts twelve hours," Ginny said softly and Maggie thanked her, giving Susan the evil eye.
"How are you and Tom?" Ginny asked Susan as the three of them walked silently down the hallway. Muggle clothes on over their suits, towels shrunken and hidden in their pockets.
"Good. I think we might actually try to meet up over the summer. How are you and…Draco doing?"
Ginny nodded, not answering as they heard footsteps behind them as they approached the outer doors.
"Run!" Susan whispered and the three of them tore out of the castle and down into the shadows near the lake, seeing other figures milling about.
They collapsed into a fit of giggles under a tree and each looked around for their respective boyfriends. It wasn't hard to catch Draco with his blond hair reflecting the moon light a few steps in front of her.
Quickly stripping off her clothes, she kicked off her shoes and headed towards the edge of the lake. She could hear yells and squeals of people both in and out of the lake; someone had conjured up a beach ball and it was bouncing along the top of the lake until the squid would catch it and hurl it back to them with a huge spray of water.
Quietly walking up behind him she wrapped her arms around his middle, feeling his hand come over hers.
"Ready to get wet?" she whispered and he turned.
"The question is are you?" he shot back, openly looking her up and down in her plain emerald colored swimsuit, which looked black at night near the lake. Running his hands up her hips and sides, his thumbs brushed her breasts causing her to shiver before he leaned into kiss her.
"Don't DO that!" she whispered fiercely, feeling his hands trail back down over the smooth material. Reaching around his arms she poked him in the ribs then took off down the hill towards the lake, executing a perfect dive into the water.
The students played like small children in the lake, fifty or so of them, running, jumping, pulling people in; a few couples finding their way to far off way trees to be together…it was truly a relaxed, fun environment and Ginny realized she was going to truly miss her seventh year friends when she came back in September.
She watched Harry dump a screaming Hermione into the lake, only to be pushed in by Ron. Neville and Luna were splashing each other like children and Lavendar, Dean and Seamus were trying to gang up on a few of the sixth year girls to dump them in too. Ginny felt Draco's hand on her back as she stood in chest deep water, feeling the warm water lap over her.
"You're staring into space," he pulled her back against him, one hand on her thigh, and his other arm around her waist. She leaned back against him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm going to miss everyone," Ginny said, feeling his hand slide up her hip to her stomach and she closed her eyes feeling her stomach somersault as his hands began moving over her hips.
"I'm sure you will still see them from time to time, especially Potter," he said quietly feeling her relax against him. He watched the majority of the students climb out and eat some snacks that Ron had brought…the Firewhiskey still hidden until everyone was out of the lake. Ginny nodded against his shoulder, concentrating on his hands and how they slid so smoothly over her thighs and knowing that they were just shadows to everyone on shore, she turned to him and lifted her lips to his, loving the feel of the water lapping against them as his hands moved over her body. She answered his movements feeling the water dripping off his hair as she rubbed his neck, moving herself closer to him. Distantly she heard her brother's laugh and people splashing in the water, but she still felt safe in the shadow of a tree that hung over the water.
"Since our chess game was pretty much a draw," Draco said in between her kisses, "I think we should each get to do something to the other."
"Whatever we want?" Ginny asked following his line of thinking and slowly she brought her leg up and hooked it over his hip. He grabbed her and pulled her up so both legs were around his waist.
"Yeah….," was his hoarse whisper and he felt Ginny, tighten her legs around him and push her hips into him. He hoped that they wouldn't magically move anything around with all the people around, but at the moment he let that thought slip through his mind, feeling her hands trail rivulets of water down his back. Slowly he ran his mouth down her neck, enjoying the little humming noise she made and when he kissed behind her ear and she shuddered against him. He flinched as her hand grabbed his hair and brought his head back to his mouth. A weeks worth of stress and missing each other manifested itself in their heated kisses and when his hand found that spot like it did in the Quidditch Changing Rooms she reached around front and grabbed him, her hand sliding down the front of his swimming trunks, loving the feel of him pushing into her…
"GINNY!" someone called from the shore and together the teens let out a groan.
"What Ron?" Ginny yelled back, slowly bringing her legs down to the muddy bottom.
"Come on out!" Ron waded out to them and saw his sister with his arms around Draco, obviously they had been snogging and he mentally shook that image. "Time for some firewhiskey…want some?"
"Why not?" Ginny sighed and slowly she and Draco made their way out from under the tree and towards the shore.
"Hermione brewed some Sobering Potion for us; don't forget to take it before you fall asleep," Ron pulled out the bottles from behind a tree and everyone accio'd themselves one. Ginny never tried firewhiskey before and after her first taste she decided champagne was much better, in her opinion. Throwing a towel around his shoulders, Draco leaned up against a rock and Ginny sat between his legs her towel wrapped around her and leaned back against him.
"How do you like it?" Draco asked and Ginny shrugged.
"I like the champagne better I think," she took another sip and let the bottle dangle between her fingers. Looking up she saw Harry and Hermione make their way over to them. Ginny and Draco moved down and Harry settled back against the rock, Hermione taking up the same position Ginny was in. For a moment they just drank, Ginny nursing hers, feeling the warmth spread through her…or maybe from Draco TO her, as he was on his second bottle already.
"How are the wedding plans Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Going well; everything is set up on this end, just need to get our choices for food down," Hermione answered, setting her bottle down next to her and pulling her towel around her shoulders. Harry's arm came around and pulled her to him, as he took another swig of his firewhiskey.
"Are you coming?" Hermione looked at Draco who was in the middle of swallowing.
"I hope to; I'll be in Africa and if I can apparate back for the day, I'll be there," he said feeling Ginny sigh, but not say anything about it.
"How strange it will be for you, Ginny, having Harry and Draco as teachers," Hermione stated, pulling her knees to her chest.
"It will be strange, you're right. Wish I was a seventh year like you," Ginny mused.
"It's not fun…well NOW is fun, but NEWTs aren't," Harry said and the other two agreed with him.
They were quiet for awhile, and Ginny let her eyes close feeling warm and safe, and a bit tipsy.
"What are you two going to do?" Hermione asked finishing her first bottle of firewhiskey and wincing as the heat raced down her throat.
"About?" Draco asked.
"Your relationship, with you teaching and all?" Hermione caught the second bottle that Ron threw her from where he was talking to Tom and Susan.
"I don't know," Draco said truthfully and Ginny made an agreeable noise.
"Act like the good student I am and hope I can see him on a weekend or something," she felt Draco's arms tighten around her and she rearranged her towel so it covered the top half of her.
"Have you heard anything about getting accepted into St. Mungo's?" Ginny asked Hermione and she shook her head.
"I should next month; then I take a test and will find out in August if I pass and get to start working there," Hermione explained, she curled up on her side facing Ginny as she talked. They chatted for a few minutes longer until Hermione squealed and slapped Harry's arm.
"Harry!"
"Sorry, my hand slipped!"
"Did not," Hermione challenged, moving his hand from her leg to his.
"Good one Potter," Draco drawled at the same time his hand came up under Ginny's towel and brushed across her chest.
"It slipped, truly," Harry said seriously, "Like this," and his hand nipped her bottom causing Hermione to stand up and stare down at him. Ginny giggled and at the same time loving the feeling of what Draco's hand was doing under her towel.
"Don't you hate when that happens?" Draco asked Harry who nodded seriously.
"My hands seem to have a mind of their own sometimes," he looked up at Hermione who was standing between his knees, "If you're going to marry me, you need to understand that."
Ginny watched this exchange with interest, never really seeing them flirt with each other like this.
"I think you are drunk, Harry Potter," Hermione knelt down and looked at him and he smiled.
"Maybe…,"
"You are," Draco said seriously tipping the third bottle to his lips. "Me too."
"How are we going to get them to their rooms if they get too drunk?" Ginny asked stifling a gasp as his hand moved to the other side of her under the towel.
"Leave 'em here; we'll go up by ourselves," Hermione kissed Harry's cheek and settled back down.
"Together? Can we watch?" Harry asked mischievously getting another smack from Hermione.
"That would be a fantasy come true," Draco mused and Ginny turned, his hand slipping out quickly.
"Why is it guys want to see two girls, but for a girl to see two guys is a total turn off?"
"Yea, why IS that? That wasn't brought up in Hogwarts: A History," Hermione said, brushing Harry's hand away from her chest. Ginny could barely see the other couple in the darkness as the moon ducked behind a cloud. Ginny saw Draco turn his head towards Harry.
"I have no idea. Just chalk it up to us being blokes," Draco said wisely as Ginny turned around and sat on her knees between his legs.
"Ditto," Harry said. Ginny rolled her eyes, leaned in and gave Draco a quick kiss, tasting firewhiskey on his lips and liking that SO much better than what was in the bottle.
"You taste good," Ginny said and Draco chuckled, a new noise for him.
"Ginny!" Hermione gasped and Ginny laughed.
"I meant the firewhiskey on his mouth tastes good. Try it…not on Draco though," Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck clearly surprising him as he blindly tried to find a place to put his bottle, "You have Harry."
Ginny heard the sound of a soft kiss and then the familiar Hermione laugh.
"Yes, Ginny, you're right," Hermione said and Ginny could barely make out her outline as she leaned in to kiss Harry again. Conversations buzzed around them, punctuated by someone laughing but at this point Ginny was more aware of Draco and his hand on her back. Leaning down she kissed him, running her lips along his, tasting and liking it.
Hearing the soft noises next to her, strange but interesting at the same time brought Ginny closer to Draco as she straddled him, kissing him hard, feeling his hands grab her and pull her to him. Letting her hands follow the path of his muscles she knew that once they started, she wouldn't be able to stop. Briefly, she hoped that Harry and Hermione would get up and leave, but that didn't seem to be happening.
Ginny wasn't sure whether to be embarrassed or amused by the soft moan she heard from Hermione, but that thought quickly dissipated when she felt Draco's finger slip inside her suit, causing her to gasp and grip his shoulders tightly. Whatever he was doing down there felt wonderful and she silently moved her hips against his finger, burying her face in the towel around his neck, feeling his free hand come up to her neck and spread his fingers through her hair. Biting her lip she moved faster and when his thumb joined in on the action her whole body arched into him, throwing her head back she managed to swallow all but a squeak as her body shook against his. Placing her head back onto his shoulder she slowly let out the breath she had been holding and felt his hand move to her thigh then follow the curve of her bottom up to her shoulders.
"Bastard," Ginny breathed into his ear and he kissed her ear and whispered back.
"You love it."
Sitting there in Draco's lap she thought she heard Hermione breath Harry's name, but there was so much other conversation around she couldn't have sworn on it. She could not believe what had just transpired just a few feet away from her best friend. And her brother sitting under the next tree. She was truly amazing herself lately.
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As Ginny had expected, the month flew by as she threw herself into her studies only because everyone else was too.
The midnight swim was a resounding success. After the Firewhiskey had been drunk, they all managed to make it into the castle and Ginny spent what would be her last night, of her 6th year, with Draco. After waking up and having a very pleasant, memorable morning she and her friends got ready for Hogsmeade. Draco stayed pinned by her side the whole day, only to beg off for a half hour or so as Ginny sat with Maggie and Susan saying he and Blaise had to get some supplies for last minute papers that were due.
Now, it was June and the first, second, third and fourth years were running crazy outside the castle. Fifth and Seventh were studying, quizzing, rewriting papers, meeting with study groups and the sixth years were doing half of each end of the spectrum. The House Cup was bearing down upon them and sometimes Ginny only saw Draco, Ron and Harry when the two teams would pass each other for their practice times on the pitch.
Ginny had heard from Ron at dinner that after many Owls back and forth he and Samantha had decided on a wedding date…New Year's Eve and a Muggle style wedding near Samantha's new flat in London. Fred and George were still apparently serious with Kate and Angelina and Harry had gone so far to offer Grimmauld Place as a place for the twins to stay, since he was getting a flat in Hogsmeade, as was Draco for the upcoming teaching year.
And it was on Draco's birthday, June 5th that he decided to put his studies down for the day and go look for a flat. He knew he wouldn't have time over the summer and wanted to get this part over with. The Quidditch Cup was next Saturday and he knew it would be a hard game; each team had practices four times a week for hours on end and this Saturday he had told his team to rest. They would resume practice on Monday and Draco intended to follow his own advice and get out of Hogwarts…and seeing if he could find Ginny to go with him. He knew looking for a flat wasn't exciting, but it had been a month since had been alone with her and he felt a new emotion…guilt…as he felt he was ignoring her.
Draco pulled on a short sleeve shirt, a pair of shorts and shoved his feet into his trainers, tired of the long hot robes and long pants. He walked quickly out of the dungeons and figured he would try the Great Hall first for Ginny. He didn't see her there, but Blaise was studying next to Maggie so he asked her if she has seen Ginny.
"Practice I think," Maggie said not even looking up from her parchment and Draco headed off down the familiar path…seeing specks flying about the air in the pitch. As he walked closer he could start picking out the Gryffindor players. Harry was actually on the ground, looking at them from below…Ginny's red hair was pulled back into a ponytail while her brother's was wild all over the place.
"Come on guys! You have to throw the Quaffle through the damn ring, not over it!" Harry shouted furiously from the ground. He threw is broom to the ground in disgust then second guessed himself and as he bent to pick it back up he saw Draco standing at the edge of the pitch watching him with an amused expression. Making eye contact Draco walked over.
"Malfoy…what do I owe the pleasure?" Harry said, still angry. But he was interrupted by a yell from above and they both looked up. Ginny was holding the Quaffle arguing with Dean over something.
"Ginny, Dean CUT IT OUT!" Harry yelled at them. Bending down in the box he withdrew the snitch and tossed it.
"Snitch coming, Ginny. Give it ten!" he yelled and Ginny threw the Quaffle towards her brother obviously still pissed off and headed up in a spiral, not even bothering to look down.
"Can't say I have seen you this mad since you and your beaters attacked me a few years back," Draco said, hands in his pockets watching the Gryffindor team slowly come together.
"Yea, well…everyone is stressed and tired, including me," Harry said grumpily. "What ARE you doing here?"
"I was going to see if Ginny wanted to go to Hogsmeade; I need to find a flat."
"Huh…yeah, I need to do that too, but can't tear Hermione away from her books," he said. "Demelza! Pay attention for Merlin's sake!" Harry groaned and ran a hand over his face.
"I think you need a break. I told my team we are off til Monday. Same thing happened to us yesterday," Draco rocked back on his heels, seeing a familiar shape fly down and towards them.
"I have to say that is a good idea. I'm sure done down here," Harry said watching Ginny glide to the ground, then break into a run as she saw Draco standing next to Harry.
"Draco!" Ginny launched herself at him, making Harry take a step back and watch with amusement as she hugged Draco. "Happy Birthday! What are you doing here?" she pulled back, then turned to Harry her hand outstretched. Harry wrapped his hand around hers, taking the Snitch and placed it back in the box. Harry walked away from them, towards the middle of the field and yelled for his team to come down. An hour of practice and he was done; physically and mentally.
Quickly, Draco kissed her, admiring her in her practice robes and her slightly sunburned cheeks.
"I was wondering if you wanted to come to Hogsmeade; I need to look for a flat and I gave myself today off from everything."
"Sure. I could use a break from this school too," Ginny pushed her hair out of her eyes. "Stay here." She turned and trotted towards the middle of the field where the rest of the team had come to rest near Harry. After a short talking to, they all broke apart; some going to the changing rooms and some heading straight to the castle. Harry came back over and cast a levitating charm on the Quidditch trunk.
"Let me know if you find anything interesting," Harry said nodding to them and heading off down towards the shed.
Draco slid his arm around Ginny's shoulders as they headed up towards the castle; Ginny listening to Draco complain about his studies and lack of free time.
"How about I go in shower and change then meet you out here in a half hour or so?" Ginny asked as they walked inside the dim interior of the castle.
"Half hour it is then," Draco spun her around as she headed off towards her staircase. She grabbed a handful of his shirt to steady herself as he pulled her to him. Her eyes searched his for a moment and they looked dark, like he was thinking seriously about something.
"What?" Ginny asked quietly, eyes searching his face. He shook his head, kissed her once more then let her go change.
As Ginny went through the motions of changing and showering her thoughts kept coming back to the look on Draco's face and eyes. She got the feeling he was thinking about something or was going to tell her something…something big, but she couldn't place her finger on what it could be.