Ginny had been back to the Manor another two times so Narcissa could show her a few defensive charms. Lucius even showed her another spell or two that she knew would definitely be useful if ever she was attacked again. Both times she had decided to completely avoid Draco and so she hadn't seen him in a few days and she was starting to feel guilty for putting such a gap in their relationship.....although they technically weren't in a relationship.

She was sitting on the chair in her bedroom looking out of the window lost in deep thought. She hadn't even heard Harry walk over to her and call out to her. She finally jumped in surprise when she felt him give her shoulder a light shake.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. What are you up to?" he asked.

Ginny rubbed her eyes in frustration and then just gave a shrug. "Just.......thinking and then there's this too," she said, holding up a letter.

He took the paper and saw it was an invitation to a party at the Manor to celebrate Arthur and Lucius' new positions.

"Oh yeah, your dad was telling me about this. Apparently, Kingsley thinks it would be a great way for the Malfoys to start making their way into the public eye again. Everyone from the Ministry will be there, you're going right?"

"Of course, it's for my father too so I should definitely be there," she said.

He just watched her for a moment as she peered out the window again and he took a seat beside her.

"So, did you talk to Draco?"

She didn't look at him. "Yeah, it didn't really go as planned." She sighed.

"Why's that?"

She looked at him and then down at her hands. "I practically forced him to drink Veritaserum."

"Wait, what? Why?"

"It wasn't like that, I accidentally drank some one time looking for a pain relief potion and he started asking me all this stuff and of course I had to tell the truth. Well, I don't know why I wanted him to drink it.....I felt like he owed it to me." She shrugged.

"It sounds like a mess to me."

"It was, I mean it was fine at first, but then he said he was afraid to love me and basically said he doesn't want me to take Astoria's place. I mean, that's the one thing I was afraid of and now he feels the same way and I definitely don't want him to end up hating me BECAUSE he loves me. This doesn't even sound like it makes sense," she groaned in frustration as she held her head in her hands.

"Ginny, you can't really be upset about something someone said under the influence of Veristaserum, I mean most of those things people would never share with anyone and he was kind of forced to tell you that. Sounds extremely personal, I don't think you should really even consider that stuff he said. Think about how you would have felt if you were forced to tell him how you felt about your feelings after getting your memories back......now that was a cluster fuck." he said with a small smirk.

She just looked at him with pained eyes. "Harry, I fucked up.......I fucked up so bad, what the hell is wrong with me? Why am I like this? I feel like I forgot how to be myself," she said in defeat, as she got up from the chair and threw herself onto her bed.

"Ginny, I'm going to go ahead and tell you the same thing I did the other day......talk to Draco, just tell him how you feel. Make sure neither of you is under the influence of Veritaserum either," he teased her. "Everything is pretty much out in the open now so there's really no reason why you guys shouldn't be able to figure whatever it is you need to figure out."

She just gave another sigh and then nodded as he gave her a hug and then left her to her thoughts.

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After Ginny spoke with Harry earlier, she decided to head to Malfoy Manor to just tell Draco how she felt about everything. She kept thinking about her intimate moment with Harry and started feeling guilty for ever taking things that far. She didn't want to regret it at all, it was something SHE felt she wanted to do, but when she thought about Harry and how he must have felt about it after.....she wanted to just turn back time. Harry seemed perfectly fine after their intimate moment, more than she was anyway. He even seemed somewhat relieved after everything and he even offered advice to her about Draco, which made her feel even more guilty, if that was even possible.

She felt a few raindrops hit her face as she approached the door and gave a few knocks. She stared up at the dark sky above her as rain clouds covered up the afternoon sun and felt it start to drizzle. She snapped her head back down when she heard the door open and saw it was Draco standing there.

"I figured I'd get the door this time since you're avoiding me," he drawled.

She just stood there, unsure of what to say to him, all she could feel was the rain pick up.

"Are you going to come in or......"

"I SLEPT WITH HARRY!" she said loudly over the now pouring rain.

He just stared at her and her eyes went wide when she realized what she blurted out.

"Why are you telling me this?" he asked her, his expression blank.

"I don't know, but Harry and I.......we aren't together.....I lied," she said, her heart racing as the truth came out.

"Why?"

"Because I panicked, because of what you said. I......I don't want you to be afraid to love me and I'm sorry I made you drink Veritaserum, it wasn't right. I just......I just want to go back to how things used to be. I just want to feel like myself again and I'm sorry that I keep messing it all up." she said, her voice cracking and her body shaking from her nerves of telling Draco everything.

She was completely soaked at this point and they were both silent. "I just wanted to tell you that I guess," she said before she turned and started to walk away.

"GINNY?"

She heard him call her name out and she turned around to see him right in front of her as he ran to catch up with her, not caring that he was soaked from head to toe too.

"I may not know EXACTLY what you are going through, but I know a lot about what it feels like to have something......someone you love taken from you and hurts like fuckin hell. I told you to do what you thought you had to do to try and work things out with Harry because you guys deserved it." He grabbed her face in both of his hands and looked into her eyes. "Honestly, I don't care what you did with Harry, you could sleep with him however many times you want for all I care. Do whatever it is YOU need to do to get through the grief, the anger, and anything else. It's not for anyone else to decide what the right way is to cope, only you can decide, so don't feel guilty and don't apologize. THEN, when you FINALLY figure out what it is you want.....let me know. I know it sounds crazy and I don't give a fuck because all I want in the end after everything.....is you.....just you."

Ginny swore she was going to collapse right there in his arms with how her heart melted at his words. She couldn't believe how understanding Draco was of her current situation and the ridiculous obscene choices she's been making. The fact that he was supportive of everything she decided on meant so much to her.

She didn't say anything, she couldn't, her heart was racing so fast she thought she would have a heart attack right there in front of him.

Draco just stared into her eyes, yeah, sure hearing that she slept with Harry was somewhat of a punch to the gut, but he wasn't as upset as he thought he would be. After all, it's not like they were dating or had an official relationship. He was the one who told her to work things out with Harry and after hearing that they weren't together made him realize she was just trying to find a proper way to end things with Harry. He loved Ginny so damn much and he didn't give a fuck about the stupid decisions she made while grieving. She lost so much and he couldn't even begin to think how he would handle something like that. He went through hell with just losing Astoria and then Blaise, but for Ginny, it was so much more.....her child.....her perfect....PERFECT, loving relationship with Harry and then to almost be killed herself. Not to mention she found out everything was kept from her for this long.

He could tell she was trying to get back to normal again and he was just going to make sure he was there for her whenever he needed to be. He pulled her face to his and softly kissed her forehead before he let go of her face and watched her leave the Manor.

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"Oh, Ginny.....wake uppppp."

Ginny rolled over away from the voice that was nagging her.

"Come on, Ginny, wake up"

Ginny felt her body being nudged repeatedly until she finally gave up and ripped the blankets off of her.

"I'M UP, I'M UP, I'M UP, NOW WHAT?" she yelled out in frustration.

She was surprised to see Hermione standing beside her bed.

"Hermione? What are you doing here?" she asked, lowering her voice after she realized it wasn't her mum or Harry trying to wake her.

"Well, I have the day off and I decided we hardly spend any time together anymore, so I thought maybe we could go shopping," Hermione said happily.

"Ugh, forget that noise," she said, turning back over and covering herself with the blankets again.

Hermione ripped the blankets back off of her. "Ok, well not shopping like that, I mean I'm not really the shopping type myself, but we can at least grab lunch and look for an outfit for this party at the Manor." She said.

Ginny turned back over and looked at her, "I guess I could eat," she said, dragging herself out of the bed and headed towards the shower.

Hermione took them to a small outside cafe and they both talked about just general things, mostly about her life as a married woman now. Ginny just listened mostly and didn't really say much, they never hung out that often so she wasn't really sure what to talk about with her.

"Are you alright, Ginny? You're very quiet.... what's on your mind?" she asked, a genuine look of concern on her face.

Ginny just shrugged. "I'm just not in the mood to talk......there isn't really anything positive to talk about these days."

She saw Hermione just look down at her coffee cup and was unsure of what to say, which made Ginny feel bad for ruining their lunch date by her depressed mood.

"I'm sorry, Hermione......It's just really hard to be happy about anything right now....I'm such a horrible person."

"What? Why would you say that?" she asked, reaching over and rubbing her hand lightly.

Ginny just looked at her and then looked away. "I slept with Harry and then immediately after I told him I was in love with Draco."

Hermione just stared at her with wide eyes."That's horrible, how could you do that to him?"

Ginny felt her heart sink, she was so busy focusing on what she needed to do to try and get through all these feelings that she didn't pay attention to how either Harry or Draco would feel about it.

She just shook her head, "I know, I fucked up.......I've been thinking so selfishly and acting so carelessly."

"YES! You can't use Harry or Draco like that, you know we all are aware of what you're going through Ginny, but you're causing more harm to people than you think. Maybe what you need to do instead of trying to decide on whether you should be with Harry or Draco......is to be with nobody right now. You shouldn't be thinking about any kind of relationship......just getting yourself into a better state of mind. You are not mentally and emotionally ready to make that kind of decision right now and that's probably why you made such a careless one when you slept with Harry."

Ginny wiped a stray tear that ran down her cheek when Hermione lectured her and she was right about everything. "You must think the worst of me right now."

Hermione grabbed her hand again. "Never, I think you are just.....a little broken right now and you are trying to piece yourself back together the best way you know how, but Harry is also my friend and I don't want either of you getting hurt, especially when you're hurting each other."

Ginny just attempted to give her a small smile. "I feel guilty, for not being with Harry and then I slept with him anyway thinking it was going to make everything fuckin better......I just made everything worse," she mumbled the last part as she became sick by hearing all the damage she's caused since she got her memories back.

"Harry will be fine....it's Harry, plus isn't he seeing someone anyway?" Hermione casually said, taking a sip of her coffee.

Ginny's eyes snapped up at her comment. "I....I don't think so, I mean, Cho mentioned something to me a few weeks ago, but he didn't really say much about it when I asked. He said it wasn't anything like that.....just a friend."

"I'm pretty sure he's seeing someone, for like a month or two now, he left our house the other night because he said he was meeting someone. From what I overheard by the conversation he was having with Ron, there is definitely more than friendship happening," she said.

Ginny wasn't sure how she felt about this information, sure she wished Harry all the happiness in the world....he certainly deserved it, but they did just sleep together not that long ago. According to Hermione's comment, it seemed he had been seeing whoever this mystery person was for a while now, ever since Cho had originally mentioned it to her.

"Any idea who it is?" Ginny asked.

Hermione just shrugged. "No clue, I tried to ask Ron, but I don't think he even knows. Harry is kind of a private person I guess." She started to watch Ginny get lost in her thoughts. "Come on, let's go get this dress thing over with," she said with a small smile.

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Ginny was making her way down to dinner that evening when she passed Harry's room and took a quick glance inside to see him looking for something. She went to keep walking when he called out to her, making her stop and walk over to his doorway.

"Hey, did you take your file from my room?" he asked, as he rummaged through a few different drawers.

"Yes," she simply said.

He stopped suddenly and looked at her. "Oh, I need it back."

She just stared at him for a moment before she turned around and walked into her bedroom and grabbed her file and then brought it to him. "Here you go," she said with a small smile.

He was surprised how easily she turned it over to him. "Did you read any of it?" he asked.

"No, not yet,"

He just nodded. "Well, you know, if you ever have any questions about anything in it-"

"Harry, I need to talk to you," she quickly said, cutting him off.

"Oh, ok, what's up?"

"Listen, I just wanted to apologize for taking advantage of you that day when we....." she cleared her throat.

"You didn't and I thought we weren't going to talk about that-"

"YES, I did and we need to talk about it because......because I should never have fucked with your emotions.... it was wrong."

"Ginny, you didn't it's fine, really.....I already knew you were in love with Draco and yeah, reliving those memories with you was hard, but unfortunately, things changed for both of us. I don't feel taken advantage of, if anything I feel.......lucky I guess that we could share one last special moment together." he said, gently grabbing her arms and looking into her eyes. He could tell she was questioning their intimate moment together and he certainly didn't want her to feel bad about it.

"I don't want to regret it, but-"

"But nothing, who cares what anyone thinks, you don't need to pity me, Ginny.....so stop it. I feel relieved that the truth is finally out and you have your memories back. I wish you weren't hurting so much and I wish things worked out differently.....but this whole time while you lived without those memories I already knew."

"Knew what?"

"That we would never be together again, so you didn't lead me on, you didn't seduce me, you didn't take advantage of me......nothing like that. I'm a grown man and I was fully aware of what was happening. I will love you forever, NOTHING will ever change that, now stop beating yourself up over this....please....it's time to move on."

He pulled her into a tight hug as she let his words sink in. She knew Harry was emotional still about their past and how things were going down between them now, but he seemed in better spirits lately which was nice to see for a change. She suddenly thought about this supposed girl he was seeing and thought if maybe this mystery woman was responsible for Harry's unexpected change in attitude.

"Harry....are you seeing someone?" she asked, as she pulled back from his hug.

"Like dating?" he said as he grabbed her file and placed it in his side table drawer.

"I guess?" she said, unsure of what she was really getting at.

"No, I'm not dating anyone, are you kidding me? I'm a bloody mess right now," he joked.

She gave him a small smirk. "Well, Hermione said you were definitely seeing someone......who might that be?" she asked, curiously.

"It's nobody, Gin." He shrugged.

She couldn't help but smirk. "Why won't you tell me? Why won't you tell anyone?"

"Dinner is ready.....we should get downstairs," he said, quickly making his way out of the room.

She continued to berate him with questions about this mysterious woman he was obviously smitten with. She could tell because he kept smiling every time she asked him something about it. If it really was true that Harry was seeing someone that made him smile like he did just by simply mentioning her possible existence, then Ginny found a lot of peace and comfort in that.

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The next day Ginny decided that she was going to start trying to get back to her old self again. She was walking up to the Manor to have another lesson with Narcissa and was done having things be awkward between her and Draco anymore. She was going to take Hermione's advice and just focus on her and getting her life back for now before she rushed into a relationship with anyone.

"Good afternoon, Miss Weasley," came Tilly's voice as she opened the door for Ginny.

"Hey, Tilly, is Mrs. Malfoy here?"

"She's down in the dungeons," came Draco's voice from across the room.

"Oh, thanks," she mumbled as she went to head down there. She suddenly stopped and turned to face him. "You should join me for these lessons."

"My parents have already shown me many charms and spells, I doubt I need any practice." he drawled.

"Pft, well, why don't you prove it......you know I've been getting pretty good....I bet I could take you in a duel," she said, egging him on.

He narrowed his eyes a bit as a smug smirk crossed her face. "Alright, WEASLEY, get ready to have your arse handed to you," he said, following her downstairs.

They walked into the arena and saw Narcissa and Lucius in the middle of a conversation when they both stopped to see Draco behind Ginny.

"Draco? Surprised to see you down here." Narcissa said.

"I'm going to show this little ferret what I've been learning." Ginny confidently said as she made her way to the center of the arena.

"How......interesting," Narcissa said with a smirk, exchanging a look with Lucius. "Draco, are you sure you can handle taking down a simple Weasley?" she teased him.

"Mother, please........I can do this with my eyes clos-"

He was suddenly hit in the chest with a spell and flew backward onto his back. They all started to snicker as he pulled himself up from the floor and glared at Ginny.

"Ha. Ha. Ha." he drawled. "I obviously wasn't ready."

"Alright, I'm sorry, come on, let's do a proper duel. You can relive second year all over again." Ginny laughed as she met him in the center of the arena and had her wand held out in front of her.

He couldn't help but smile at her comment as he thought back to his duel at Hogwarts with Harry in his second year.

"Scared, Weasley?"

"You. Wish," she said with a smirk.

Narcissa and Lucius watched with great amusement at the scene that was about to unfold.

Ginny threw out the first spell that Draco quickly deflected and then shot another right at her and she did the same. She threw a spell at the ground that caused it to sway back and forth under Draco's legs as she threw another spell right at him. He jumped out of the way and rolled aside before he found his balance once more and threw out a combination of spells that Ginny almost dodged each one of, but the last spell hit her upper arm and knocked her to the floor. Draco's instinct was the run over to her, but he stopped when he saw she quickly recovered and shot out her damn fuckin Reducto curse that he knew he was going to feel the effects of. The curse hit him so fast and hard that he hardly had time to get a proper Protego charm up to block it. The curse hit his shield and he felt his feet sliding backward as the curse tried to break through. After trying to keep his Protego charm up after the first few seconds of the spell hitting, he finally realized it was too strong for him to try and shield and he flew across the room once more.

"Fuck, you guys created a damn monster," he scowled at his parents through his heavy breathing as he pulled himself back up. "Ok, I'm done being nice, no more holding back," he said as he tightened his grip on his wand.

He threw a quick stinging jinx at her and she dropped to her knees as she felt her flesh start to sting. She gave out a growl of pain and shot a deadly glare at Draco, who shot another spell out that made a rope wrap around her ankle and dragged her over to him. She was lying on her back as Draco stood above her with a triumphant grin on his face.

"Looks like I win," he said with a smirk.

Ginny quickly sat up and took her leg and leg swiped him, making him fall to the floor right beside her. She then cast a full body bind on him and got to her feet with a big grin on her face.

"I'm sorry.....who won?" she asked.

Narcissa came walking over trying to stifle her snickers, but once she saw her son in the full body bind she couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Laugh it up, Mother, thought we were strictly doing magic. If you want hand-to-hand combat, then you don't stand a chance," he said, finally getting up after Ginny released the spell.

"Someone is a sore loser," Ginny teased with a small giggle.

"Perhaps that is for another day," Narcissa said.

Draco just stood there and watched Ginny, she was saying something to his mother as she pulled her fiery strands up into a messy bun. He saw his parents leave the room and then she turned towards him with a smile.

"That was fun," she said.

"Yeah, for you."

She laughed again. "So, have you been looking through your file?"

"Not really."

"I took mine from Harry and had your mum make a copy for me.....I haven't gone through it either." she shrugged.

He just looked at her as they walked out into the hall. "Why?"

"I don't know, I mean the biggest reason why I wanted my file in the first place was to find out what was in it, but now I already know. The rest is just trying to find some kind of lead to start finding these bastards."

"And what do you plan on doing once you find a lead or find out who these people are? It's not like you can just stroll up to Kingsley and tell him so he can send Aurors-"

"Who said anything about Aurors? I'll be doing this myself.......I'm going to keep learning new spells and defensive charms and-"

"Wait, is that why you're having my parents show you all of this stuff? I thought it was just protective charms and self-defense shit?" he asked angrily.

"Yeah, it is, but your father has been showing me other stuff and I'll happily learn whatever I can."

"Do they know that's why you want to learn this shit? Because you plan on going after these guys?"

"Pft, no, are you kidding me, they wouldn't teach me anything if they knew the real reason," she said, walking towards the front door.

He just stood there and thought about what she said, there was no way he could let her attempt to fight these people alone. He quickly ran over to catch up with her and grabbed her shoulder to turn her around.

"Ginny, please don't do anything stupid. You know how these people are, just.......promise me, you will let me know what you find out and I'll help you."

She just gave him a smile. "Alright, but you have to promise not to say anything to your parents."

He was quiet for a moment.

"Draco, what happened to us working on this case together? You have wanted revenge for so long and now all of a sudden that's changed?"

"No, it hasn't, but I don't want you to get hurt."

"I'M ALREADY HURT, DRACO!" she yelled suddenly. "We all are......I'm tired of hiding and I'm tired of feeling like I'm the one who did something wrong."

He wasn't sure what to say next, all he could do was watch her walk away.

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Ginny made her way to the Ministry to attempt to have a lunch date with Harry, but the last one she tried to have with him he had turned her invite down. She was hoping it wasn't personal and decided to just drop in on him at another attempt. She was making her way down the hall to his office when she stopped outside of Will's office when she heard yelling. She got closer to the closed door and put her ear up against it to see who the yelling match was between. The first person she made out was obviously Will and the second person she wasn't too sure about.

She got a bit closer, but was still unable to make out anything and then quickly jumped back when the door was ripped open. Ginny saw Will's brother Joe standing in front of her and he looked a lot angrier than the last time she saw him.

"Oh...hey, Joe," she stammered for words as she was sort of caught eavesdropping.

His angry look switched to the widest smile she had ever seen......it was somewhat unsettling. "GINNY!" he said loudly. "How the hell have you been?" he asked.

"F-Fine, I was just going to see Harry and thought I'd drop by to say a quick hello to Will," she lied.

"Hmm" was all he simply said. He started walking down the hall and then turned back to her. "See ya around......Ginny Weasley," he said with another smile.

Ginny turned and walked into Will's office. "Your brother is a fuckin' weirdo," she said, her eyebrows still furrowed at Joe's odd behavior.

Will just gave her a small smile. "So, you came to visit did you?" his smile turning into a smirk.

"Something like that," she mumbled. "So, how are things at the good ole Ministry?"

"Well, I miss my assistant."

"Aww, I guess she was just that good since you miss her so much," she joked.

"Eh, she was the worst, honestly, always rummaging through my things, never came to work on time and broke every single fuckin rule."

Ginny just bit her lip with how much of an awful assistant she really was. "Yeah, maybe it's a good thing that bitch was canned." she joked, causing them both to laugh.

"So what are you doing with all the extra time you have, now that you're not working?" he asked, taking a seat behind his desk.

She just shrugged. "Just.....taking it one day at a time I guess, kind of made some stupid decisions and I'm trying to just focus on getting my head to a good place again."

He nodded and then they both got quiet.

"So, has Kingsley said anything about the case-"

"No, I don't think that's going to ever be reopened honestly." Will said. He watched her expression harden and could tell she was angry by this. "What are your thoughts on that?"

"Honestly, I'll just do what I have to do for revenge, I don't care what Kingsley said."

"Revenge? Is that really what you want-"

"YES," she said loudly.

He just nodded that he understood. "Well, it's just about lunchtime, you better go see what your pal Harry is up to," he said, gesturing to the door.

She just gave a sigh and headed towards the hall, "Guess, I'll see you," she said with a wave.

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Ginny knocked on the door to Harry's office and went to peek her head in when the door was opened before she could. She was surprised when there was a woman standing there with her hand on her hip just looking at her.

Ginny didn't say anything, she was too surprised for words to form.

"Oh, hey, Gin, you remember Pansy Parkinson I take it?" Harry said, making his way over to them.

Ginny shook her head as she took in the woman before her. Her hair was long and dark and her features were a lot softer than Ginny ever remembered them to be. "Uh, y-yeah....hey," was all she could manage to say.

"I could tell by the look on your face you must be happy to see me." Pansy sarcastically drawled. "I was just leaving anyway, Weasley." She turned to Harry, "So, I'll stop by again in a few days and you can let me know what you found out?" she asked.

"Yeah, sure," Harry said with a smile.

"Alright, well, I'm sure I'll see you again, Weasley," Pansy said as she made her way out of the office.

As soon as she was gone, Ginny turned back to Harry, "Why was Pansy here?"

"Well, technically I'm not supposed to discuss my other clients' business with anyone, but being that it's you asking and I can only imagine what you'll do when you get curious enough....."

She slapped him on the arm.

"Actually, she's been helping me with some stuff on the case.....well she was, things sort of stopped when Kingsley-"

"Wait a minute, you have HER helping on the case, but I-"

"Calm down, Ginny, it's not like that," he quickly said, holding his hands up to stop her from going off on a rant.

She stopped talking and decided to let Harry explain.

"I've only had Pansy helping me for a few months now because I was desperate for some information on some ex-death eaters. Normally I would just have spoken to the Malfoys and I had in the past, but after the war, the Malfoys kept to themselves and didn't associate with any previous followers of Voldemort. Pansy knew people who did, and her parents did as well and since ex-death eaters seem to be a theme in this case, I really wanted to find out as much as I could from her."

"And she just decided that she was going to help you one day? I mean its Pansy Parkinson, she would have hand delivered you to Voldemort if she had the chance. Why would she so willingly give up that kind of information?"

"Because about two years ago her parents were murdered by these people, it was probably a few months before Astoria was killed. At the time there wasn't too much of a pattern with these people, but Pansy and her family started going through some of the same stuff that Draco had been....the threats, the random attacks out on the street. After Astoria and Blaise were murdered, Pansy went to the Ministry asking for some kind of protection for the rest of her family and right after her visit to the Ministry she returned home to find them dead."

"Them?" Ginny asked, a lump forming in her throat.

"Her husband and three-year old son, they were killed by the same people."

Ginny was unable to speak from how large the lump in her throat had formed, she just placed her hand over her mouth at the horrid news.

"That's why she was MORE THAN willing to give me whatever information I needed."

"That's horrible.....have you been able to find out anything from the information she's given you?"

"Actually, that's where I got Gregory Pines' name from.....so she's been pretty helpful. Sorry I didn't say anything."

"It's alright, I'm sorry that I automatically assume that I have this right to NEED to know everything," she said with a half smile.

He pulled her into a hug. "So why are you here anyway?"

"Well, I was hoping for a lunch date, but after hearing that story......I'm not very hungry anymore."

"Maybe a change of topic is in order? How about this party at the Manor coming up? Bet you're just full of excitement over that?" he teased, taking a seat at his desk with Ginny across from him.

"They must be freaking out having to let all those people in their wards.....is the Ministry going to have any sort of protection there?" she asked, a genuine concern for Draco and his parents on her face.

"I'm not sure, I'll definitely be there and so will your dad, so we both plan to keep an eye out."

She gave him a thankful nod.

"Should I ask how that whole thing is going?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

She just shrugged. "Everything is just on hold right now, I need to get back to my normal self first before ANYTHING else."

He smiled at her comment. "I think that's the best decision you've made in weeks," he joked, causing her to let out a small giggle.

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Ginny stood in the doorway of Draco's bedroom just watching him read in front of the fire. She was standing there with a smirk as she waited to see how long it took him to notice she was standing there. After almost ten minutes she started getting annoyed from waiting and watched him turn the page.

"How much longer are you going to stand there, weirdo" he drawled, as he kept his eyes on his book.

"You knew I was standing here the whole time? Why didn't you say anything?" she snapped, as she took a seat on the couch beside him.

"First, you always forget about the wards and not many people visit these days so it's always you. Second, I've been watching my back for five years, so having you stand in plain view in my doorway wasn't something I wouldn't notice."

Ginny just made a face and mocked him.

"Why aren't you downstairs learning how to be a death eater?" he asked her with a smirk.

"Oh, I'm hoping to get my dark mark today," she joked.

He put the book down and looked at her, "That's not funny." his face was serious as he pretended to be hurt by her joke.

"Now, is there a certain arm this thing goes on.....or..." she pulled up her sleeves and held out her forearms for Draco to pick one.

He just smirked at her and slapped her arms away from him.

"Actually, I wanted to tell you something I found out."

Ginny started to tell Draco about her encounter with Pansy and everything that Harry told her about.

"Shit, that's brutal, but it seems he's getting some pretty good info out of her. I mean Pines was a good lead and you could tell he was devoted to this group of people with how quickly he took his own life so he wouldn't be questioned."

They both became quiet as they got lost in their thoughts. Draco noticed Ginny staring at him and was really deep in thought as she looked like she pondering something.

"Alright, go ahead," he said.

"Go ahead what?" she laughed.

"Go ahead and ask me because everyone else has and I know you're wondering it."

She bit her lip. "Did you and Pansy date or -"

He just laughed as she started to ask him. "See, I told you and no, we never dated, we never fucked, nothing.......SHE liked me and I liked the attention, but that's it."

"Hmm," was all she said.

"Hmm? What does that mean?" he snapped.

"Nothing, just.....hmm," she giggled.

They were both quiet again.

"Maybe that's who Harry is fucking," Draco suggested.

"WHAT? Yeah, right, that would be like me fucking-" she stopped.

Draco just raised an eyebrow at her, "Me? Yeah, doesn't seem so far-fetched now does it?" he said smugly.

"I HARDLY doubt that Harry would be seeing Pansy Parkinson.....that's just weird."

"Do you hear yourself? You know that we fucked right here on this couch......twice, you a Weasley and me a Malfoy, you a Gryffindor and I a Slytherin. You a-"

"OK, I GET IT!" she snapped.

"Well, then it's not as weird as you think......it would be quite....interesting though."

"Supposedly, Hermione said he's been seeing whoever this woman is for a few months now."

"This whole time you thought he was canceling your lunch dates for Cho Chang and it was really for Pansy," Draco laughed.

"Shut up, Harry isn't seeing her, believe me....I think I know Harry a little better than you do."

"We should make this more interesting," Draco said.

"How so?"

"I bet Pansy is the one he's seeing....I mean, apparently, Slytherins are a thing for you guys," he joked as Ginny slapped him. "So, if it turns out he is......then Iet's see, what do I win...."

"You could bet whatever you want because you're wrong, he's probably seeing like Luna or-"

"Lovegood? Yeah, right.......she's a psycho."

"She's not a psycho.....she's just different."

"You're right, YOU'RE the psycho." he laughed.

She glared at him. "If it turns out Harry isn't seeing Pansy then I want you to practice dueling with me still."

"Ok, fine, BUT if I'm right, then.....hmm, I don't really need anything......You know I can really use a good blowjob, how are you at sucking dick?" he joked.

She slapped him again on the arm. "SHUT UP!" she laughed. "Go ahead and bet that because you're wrong. So get your wand arm ready because you're going to be on your arse more than your feet."

"Alright, well, get your dick sucking lips on because that's like a guaranteed blowjob for me and you'll be on your knees before I'm on my arse," he said smugly.

"We'll see."