A/N: For one of my scenes in this chapter, I got it from one of my favorite episodes of `Friends,' the sitcom. Enjoy!
Chapter 5
Ginny was sitting at home reading her favorite book, when she heard a faint tapping against the window.
She sighed and placed her book on her bedside table. When she walked into the kitchen, she could see a jet black owl hovering outside her kitchen window.
She walked over and let the owl in. It dropped onto her dining room table and waited for Ginny to unwrap the box that was bigger than himself.
She went to her cabinet and took out an owl treat. She handed it to him and untied the parcel.
The owl just swooped out of the window and disappeared quickly into the darkness.
She looked down at the silver package.
She hesitated, then untied the bow and lifted the lid. She pulled out a beautiful set of black dress robes. It had silver swirls designed on it and a heavy black cloak came with it to match. She gasped and quickly tried it on.
She smiled and pulled it tighter around her. Just then, she heard a knock on the door. She walked into her living room, still smiling, and flung open the door.
"So I take it you like my gift," Draco said leaning on her doorframe with that smirk plastered across his face.
Ginny was determined not to act surprised or flustered or. . . whatever that feeling was that kept pulling at her stomach.
"Yes I do. Thank you, it's very lovely."
"You're welcome."
Ginny cocked her head to the side and looked at him curiously.
"I've changed, remember. I have manners now."
Ginny couldn't help but smile. She stared at him for at least two minutes.
He patiently stared back at her.
Ginny suddenly snapped to attention and stepped aside, "Well, you can come inside- if you want."
He smiled, "Thank you."
She smiled back and watched as he walked past her. She closed the door and stood there just caressing the door when he cleared his throat.
She whirled around trying to contain her smile.
"What are you smiling about?"
"Nothing," Ginny said, trying to sound innocent.
He smirked, "Yeah, I bet it's nothing."
"It is!"
"Is that because nothing happened?"
"Well, it was something and nothing," she thought he knew what she had been thinking about, but she wasn't entirely sure.
"Well, I think it was nothing, but it could've been something if you had've let it."
"You're the one who left."
"You wanted me to."
"Even if I hadn't wanted you to, you would've left. It still would've been nothing."
He pushed her into the wall and pressed his whole body against hers. He put his knee between her thighs and whispered in her ear, "Are you sure about that?"
Ginny swallowed hard, and she felt his smirk against her skin.
He planted little kisses that outlined her jaw until he came to her mouth. He looked into her eyes and reluctantly pulled himself away, "I am ruining your dress robes."
She tried to catch her breath and looked down at her robes, "Right, I'll go and change," her voice trailed off and she walked down the hallway.
He breathed a long- held breath out and sat down on her sofa.
She came out in what he assumed to be her pajamas. She was wearing shorts that were so short he was sure her bum was hanging out of them and a spaghetti strap top that fit her tightly.
He jumped up and said, "Well, I gotta go. I'll pick you up tomorrow at twelve."
"Wait a minute, earlier you said five."
"Change of plans, take the whole day off."
He walked out of her apartment and she heard the faint pop of his apparition.
She smiled to herself, went back to her bedroom and continued reading her book.
~*~
This was getting ridiculous. He was pacing back and forth in his study, and he had no clue what to do.
She was right, what in the bloody hell was the matter with him?
What was he doing?
Really?
In all honesty with himself.
He had no clue.
There was just something about her. . .
~*~
The next morning, Draco woke earlier than ususal. He bathed, ate, and dressed, then he waited in his study. It was only 10:00.
He stared out the window for about half an hour when he decided he couldn't wait any longer.
He stood and apparated directly into her living room.
He stood motionless for a moment, trying to hear her moving around.
When he didn't, he crept into her bedroom and found her still sleeping.
He gently sat down on the bed, and just watched her for a few breaths.
He stroked her hair behind her ear. She stirred slightly, opened her eyes, shrieked, and jerked the covers up under chin.
Before she could cover herself, he caught a glimpse of bare shoulder and realized that she was naked. He sat there stunned for a moment before calmly standing up and muttering, "I'm sorry."
He walked out of the door and closed it behind him. As soon as he closed it, she exploded.
"WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE UNTIL TWELVE! YOU'RE AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLY! I SWEAR TO MERLIN WHEN I GET DRESSED. . ."
Her voice trailed off. Draco took his opportunity, "I'm really sorry about that. I didn't mean to wake you up. I just had nothing better to do so I-"
he was cut short when she threw open her door and glared at him.
She stomped out of her room, and into the kitchen. Draco followed her.
She was slamming a cabinet closed and he noticed she had cappuccino mix.
He started to explain, "Look, I didn't-"
She turned and glared at him. He stopped mid sentence and didn't bother to finish.
He turned slightly away from her and muttered, "Great, red hair AND Weasley temper."
"Excuse me," she snapped at him.
He brought his eyes to hers quickly, "Nothing."
"Liar."
"Well, I don't want to hurt your feelings. . ."
"Oh god," she swore, rolling her eyes. She threw the mix back into the cabinet, opened another one, grabbed a bottle of muggle Vodka and began to drink quickly from the bottle.
Draco furrowed his eyebrows, "What are you doing that for?"
She stopped drinking and glared at him, "You're bugging me."
"It's only 10:30 in the morning!"
"And it's going to be a long day."
"Why? You're going to be with me!"
"Exactly."
"Are you bi-polar?"
Ginny rolled her eyes, "Don't be ridiculous."
"Well, you just seem to go back and forth between tolerating me and being pissed at me."
"You broke into my house, again, walked into my bedroom, uninvited, and almost saw me naked, without my consent," Ginny said through clenched teeth in a voice so calm and quiet that it made Draco a little nervous.
"I tried to tell you before, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you weren't decent, or even still asleep. If I had have known that you weren't awake yet, then I wouldn't have come."
"But you didn't leave when you noticed I was still sleeping."
He just looked at her. He didn't want to tell her the truth, not yet. He couldn't scare her, not when he was so close. So he just stood there.
~*~
It was 11:30, and Ginny was in her room dressing in muggle clothes. She had no idea why Draco wanted her to put the dress robes he bought her into a bag.
She wasn't as angry with him as she was earlier when she went on a tiny drinking binge.
After her last statement he had just stood there. She had gotten the feeling that he had a good reason (to him anyway) and he just didn't want to tell her that yet.
She growled to herself and finished tying her tennis shoes. She stepped back into the living room and found him sitting on the couch reading her book.
"Hey," she screamed at him and ran over and snatched her book away.
He started to snicker.
"Where were you," she asked while quickly trying to remember about where he had the page turned to.
"Oh, don't worry. Your neighbor won't be home for hours."
Her eyes grew as big as saucers.
"My, my, Ginevra, I didn't know that you read pornography."
Ginny gasped, "It is NOT porn!"
Draco scoffed.
Ginny stood there, mouth opening and closing like a fish on dry land, trying to think of something to say.
After a moment she exclaimed, "Well, so what if women want to enjoy a little erotica! Men get to look at their stupid magazines!"
Draco kept chuckling.
All of a sudden, his face turned serious, "What's that?"
"What's what," Ginny snapped at him.
"It smells like something is burning,"
Ginny looked into the air trying to smell it, "I don't smell anything."
"Oh, well it must be your burning loins!"
Ginny gasped again and smacked on the arm with her book, "You prat!"
She started to smack him again, when he looked at his pocket watch and said, "Oh, look at the time! We have to go!"
She looked at her clock on the mantle, 12:00.
She sighed, went to her room to hide her book, and came back out.
He held out his elbow for her to hold. She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Trust me," he said, and she couldn't help but take his arm.
~*~
He had apparated them into the Leaky Cauldron. He led her out into muggle London.
"Where are we going?"
"Okay, I'm going to have to have you trust me for longer periods of time."
Ginny gave him a sheepish smile, "Sorry."
He took her to a train station and they boarded a train to take to the nearest airport.
Ginny was nervous the entire time, having only read about trains in her muggle studies class. Muggle trains seemed so different from the Hogwarts Express.
While they were talking, Draco would just smirk at her because she wouldn't let go of her white-knuckle grip on the seat.
She could finally breath right when they stepped off the train.
They took what he called a `taxi cab' to the airport. She almost had a heart attack when she seen and heard a plane take off.
He gripped her shoulder and said, "Calm down, just think of it as a giant broom."
She glared at him, but allowed him to lead her into the building.
She was fine, until the plane started moving.
"Oh Merlin! I'm going to die!" she said to herself.
"You're not going to die. Stop being such a baby."
"I am glaring at you."
"You're not even looking at me."
"I'm glaring at you in my head."
"Oh, sure. Keep doing it if it makes you feel better."
"It does."
"Good."
"Malfoy, you wait until I get off this piece of crap!"
"What are you going to do," Draco said trying to hide his laughter.
"I haven't figured it out yet, but when I do, you won't like it!"
"Okay."
She growled at his nonchalant attitude.
He snickered and stared out of the window for the rest of the flight.
~*~
"Hey, we're here. You can open your eyes now."
"I refuse."
"Well, we have to get off."
"Then you will just have to walk me because I refuse to open my eyes."
He just and said, "Fine, have it your way."
"Thank you."
He led her off of the plane and she heard a woman say in a fake voice, "I hope you enjoyed your flight!"
Ginny's eyes snapped open (she could feel ground again), "Enjoyed my flight? Who would enjoy that! It's a death trap! You people must be out of your minds!"
"Ginevra, come on," Draco said pulling her away.
"Sorry, I just snapped."
"I noticed."
"So, and I'm trusting you here so just answer my question, where are we now?"
Draco looked at her and smiled, "America."
A/N: Remember all I'm asking if for one little bitty review. . .
-->