Can't Decide to Love or Hate You

Ginny peered over her novel at Riley who was busily packing her trunk. "I can't believe you're not staying at school for Christmas this year," Ginny said with a huge frown that made Riley laugh.

"Oh, please," Riley said as she rolled her eyes. "You'll be too busy with Malfoy to even notice that I'm gone."

Ginny's face grew red at the mere intuition of being 'occupied' with Draco. "I have no idea what you're talking about," she said distractedly as she hid her face with her book.

"Oh really?" Riley said as she walked to Ginny's bed and grabbed her book out of her hands. "Please tell me, Ginny, how many times have I walked in on you and Malfoy snogging?"

Ginny's cheeks colored with a deep red. "Probably more than you should have."

"And how many detentions have you been given for being too frisky in public?"

"...six..."

"And, as entertaining as it always is, how many times has someone nearly stunned Ron to stop him from killing your boyfriend?"

Ginny paused. "Is that a trick question, because Ron has been trying to kill Draco since day one..."

"The point is," Riley interrupted quickly, "is that you know very well what you will be doing all Christmas holiday."

Ginny sat quietly from a moment while she watched Riley go back to packing. "I guess we are a bit passionate."

"Are you kidding me? I'm surprised that I haven't walked in on you two shagging yet!"

At the mention of shagging, Ginny immediately looked away from Riley. "Yeah," she murmured, "shagging."

Even without looking, she knew Riley stopped her packing. "You two are shagging, right?" Riley asked slowly.

Not knowing why she was embarrassed, Ginny bit her bottom lip and shook her head no.

"Oh," Riley said in surprise. "Well, there's nothing wrong with that. I just assumed-"

"I know what you assumed," Ginny said as she played with a strand of hair. "It's what everyone assumes when you go out with the 'Slytherin Sex God'. That's probably why Ron has made the annoying habit of checking in on me every night before he goes to bed."

Riley rolled her eyes at the mention of Ron. "Your brother can be such a prat at times," she said as she moved to sit on Ginny's bed. "He really shouldn't talk-you can't believe how many times I'm walked in on him shagging."

Ginny's eyes nearly bugged out in disgust. "I can't believe you just told me that, Riley,"

Ginny said as she slowly shook her head. "That's enough to make me never want to shag. Oh Merlin, now every time I picture sex I'm going to have some twisted, mental image of Ron and-"

"Wait, so you do want to shag?" Riley pointed out quickly.

"Of course I do. What teenager doesn't want to?"

Riley looked at her in confusion. "Then what's stopping you?"

Ginny shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. A mix of things I guess."

Riley stared at her, waiting for her to explain. When Ginny didn't she asked, "This doesn't have to do with Harry, does it?"

"Yes and no," she answered after a moment of deep thought. "For my part, it's a no. Yeah, it's sometimes awkward to be with Draco while Harry and I are reforming our friendship, but the time when Harry affected my decisions has long passed."

"And the yes part?"

"The yes part...well...I think Draco is holding off on sex because of Harry," she said slowly. "I know, it sounds weird, Draco being who he is and all, but I think Draco has this idea that since Harry hurt me at one point that almost involved sex, he's afraid that if he pushes me to have sex I'll be afraid."

Riley burrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "But he wouldn't be pushing you-you want to have sex."

"Well, I know that...but Draco doesn't."

Riley looked at her in disbelief. "You mean to tell me that Malfoy has no idea that you are actually ready for sex?"

Ginny bit her lip in response to a yes.

Riley stared at Ginny quietly before saying with a blank expression, "I can honestly say that I take pity on Malfoy. To think, the Slytherin Sex God thinks he's holding off for his girlfriend who actually just wants him to shag her anyways."

Ginny tried to glare at her friend, but let out a small smile. "I should probably say something to him, shouldn't I?"

"Why say something when you could show him?"

Ginny gaped at Riley. "Just what are you saying?" she asked, knowing exactly what was on her best friend's mind.

"Just think of it as your Christmas present to him," Riley said with a sly grin as she hopped off of Ginny's bed.

Ginny frowned at her. "But Christmas isn't for another few days-"

"-which gives you plenty of time to think of the best way to present your gift."

Ginny silently watched her friend close her trunk and prepare to leave for the train in an hour. "I can't believe you talked me into this," she said as Riley put on her Gryffindor scarf.

"Hey, I'm just a friend who is trying to help another friend get laid."

Ginny let out a laugh. "If only Ron knew that his own house mate was supportive of Draco and I shagging."

"He really should understand. I mean, he of all people should favor it the most from the number of times I've seen-"

Ginny quickly threw her pillow at Riley's face, making her stop talking just in time.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ginny sighed in content as she sat in front of the fire with Ron and Hermione. Riley, along with everyone else going home for Christmas, left for the morning train an hour ago, leaving the common room peaceful.

"What are your plans for the holiday, Ginny?" Hermione asked as she stared at the fire with a bored expression. Ron hid all of her books from her, forbidding her to do homework on the first day of break.

Ginny shrugged. "Nothing really- just spending time with Draco as usual."

Ron immediately dropped the chocolate frog he was about to eat. "Malfoy didn't go home?!"

"Nope," Ginny said simply.

Ron's face immediately twisted in complaint. "But that ferret always goes home for Christmas holiday! It was always the best part of Christmas, besides the presents of course."

Ginny scowled at him. "Sorry to burst your bubble, Ron, but Draco decided he would be happier here with me than at home."

Ron's frustrated pout stayed in place. "Not if I can help it," he mumbled angrily.

Ginny glared at him, catching every word he said. "If you even think of ruining my holiday by harassing Draco, I will get you back the lowest way I know how."

"And what's that?" Ron pushed.

Ginny smirked evilly. "For some reason, spiders are coming into mind..."

Ron's face immediately paled. "You wouldn't."

"Oh? And what's stopping me?" Ginny challenged. She glanced over at Hermione. "I'm sure Hermione can teach me some Multiplying Charm. Imagine how I can make one spider in your room turn into hundreds of-"

"Okay! I'll behave!" Ron said quickly. "Just no spiders, please."

Hermione couldn't help but chuckle. "You are so pathetic sometimes, Ron."

"What did he do now?" Harry asked as he entered the common room and plopped down on the couch next to Ginny.

Ginny's immediate reaction was stiffening at his closeness, but she immediately calmed down. Since Harry apologized to Ginny about a month ago, they've slowly rebuilt their friendship, and it was going along smoother than she thought it would. Often she would catch him staring at her or giving looks at Draco, but realized that anyone with the past they had couldn't just start a new. They would always have their bad memories together, but with the bad are good, and with those are the hopes for better ones.

"Spiders," Hermione answered as she rolled her eyes.

Harry shook his head at Ron. "Honestly, Ron. We've been through a forest with spiders as big as carriages. When are you going to get over your fear?"

Feeling extremely out numbered and frustrated, Ron quickly changed the subject.

"Anyone for a snowball fight? There aren't enough firsties here to get in the way."

"I am," Ginny said. After Harry nodded his agreement, Ginny said, "You coming, Hermione?"

"Oh, I don't know," Hermione said hesitantly. "Snow fights aren't really my thing..."

Ron frowned. "But you have to join in, 'Mione. Otherwise it's an odd number and Ginny and I will just gang up on Harry again."

Harry shuddered in remembrance of last year's snowball fight when the two Weasleys whipped his butt in a minute flat. "Oh yes, who could forget about that," he said sarcastically.

Ron shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry, mate. You know Gin and I are unbeatable when we're paired up together. You try growing up with Fred and George in the winter time and then we'll talk about surviving snowballs."

The two boys immediately turned on Hermione with puppy dog eyes. Hermione sighed guiltily. "I'm sorry, but playing in the snow is the last thing I want to do. What if I catch a cold and am too sick to study for NEWT's?"

"I don't think the Black Plague would stop you from studying," Ron grumbled.

Harry frowned in thought. "We need a fourth player then. There is no way I'm doing two against one again."

Ginny's face suddenly lit up. "I'm sure I can get Draco to play with us," she said, already standing up to leave the common room.

"No, no, no!" Ron yelled as he too stood up to stop his sister. "There is no way Malfoy can join us!"

Ginny scowled at him. "You have no say if Draco can join us or not."

"He wouldn't want to anyways," Ron said quickly. "He's probably busy planning with all the other Slytherins on how to take over Hogwarts."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "For your information, he's the only one in his year who stayed for Christmas."

"Hmm, I guess living an extra few weeks with Malfoy wasn't tempting enough to stay."

Ginny's face turned an angry red, but she forced herself to slowly count to ten. "I'm going to go get changed, and then I will go fetch Draco," she said with a strained calmness through clenched teeth. Without waiting for a reply, she walked upstairs to fetch her winter wear.

When she came back down only two minutes later, she wasn't surprised to see Ron still pouting in the common room. "We'll meet you and Harry outside in fifteen minutes," she said as she walked by them to the door.

Ron glared daggers at her. "You can't make me do this."

Ginny stopped at him. "I will resort to spiders if I have to, Ron."

Ron immediately paled at Ginny's threat. "Look," Ginny said with a gentler voice. "All I'm asking is that you please do this for me. It's tough enough trying to date someone my brother hates, so I would really appreciate it if you at least do this for me. Just spend some time with him-you may actually like it."

Ron stared at her for a minute, but his face generally softened. "Fine," he said stubbornly, "but I'm not going to like it."

"Yes, you will," Ginny said in a motherly tone as she opened up the door to the hallway.

"You will like it and so will Draco, and-" she paused as she looked at Harry. Not trying to single him out, she added, "And you will too, Harry."

"It doesn't look like I have much of a choice," Harry responded as he and Ron trotted up to their room.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"There is no way in hell I'm having a snowball fight with Weasley and Potter!"

Ginny groaned in frustration. "You have to, Draco. I already convinced Harry and Ron too. If you back down, you're going to let them think that they won some stupid house war."

Draco scowled at Ginny's point. "If I knew that you would be pestering me in my own room about snowball fights with Gryffindors, I never would have given you the common room password."

"So is that a yes?" Ginny said brightly as she watched Draco stand next to his bed in doubt.

Draco gave a harsh laugh. "If you think you can convince me that easily, you're mistaken."

Ginny gave him a frown, but suddenly placed it with a wicked grin.

Draco's eyebrows rose at Ginny's expression. "W-what are you doing?" Draco said, his breath caught as Ginny quickly filled the gap in-between them.

Without a work spoken, Ginny pushed Draco down onto his bed and climbed up on him.

She ignored the shocked look on Draco's face of her being aggressive, and slammed her lips down on his.

Draco's hands immediately went to Ginny's sides to pull her closer to him as she kissed him heavily, her hands on either side of his head to hold herself up. As fast as she was kissing him, she managed to trail a line of kisses down Draco's neck, nipping each area before moving onto the next, before Draco could react at all. He let out a low moan of approval when she nibbled on his ear while blowing hot air into it.

She stopped so suddenly that Draco's body ached for her. Not getting up, she whispered hotly into his ear, "There's plenty more where that came from if you come with."

Draco's lustful eyes widened at Ginny's suggestion. Before he could voice his decision, she placed a lingering kiss on his lips, biting his bottom one before looking down on him.

"Is that convincing enough?" she asked innocently.

Not able to find his voice, Draco nodded yes. But before he could kiss her again, she excitedly jumped off him and started to gather his winter coat and gloves.

Ginny looked up at him with a wicked smile, ignoring that he was now glaring at her. "Hurry up and put your things on. They're meeting us outside."

Draco glared at her for another moment, and when it was clear that she not only won but was not coming back to join him on his bed, he started to stand up. He quickly sat back down, gave a glance at his bulging crotch, and muttered something about needing a minute to cool down.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"I can't believe I'm doing this," Draco muttered when he and Ginny stepped outside. The beaming sunlight reflected off of the clean white snow that filled the school grounds. Despite how beautiful it was for a day in December, Draco refused to be happy.

Ginny flashed him a smile as she gathered her hair into a tight ponytail before putting on her knitted gloves. "It will be fun, I promise."

Draco frowned at Ginny as he wrapped his Slytherin scarf around his neck. "I really don't see how it's going to be fun, Gin. Your brother and I don't really like to hang out with each other-we prefer beating each other up, actually."

Ginny swatted him playfully. "You're not even trying," she said as they walked up to Ron and Harry. She made them stop briefly and turned to look into his face. "Will you at least try for me?"

Draco let out a sigh as he looked into Ginny's brown eyes. After much reluctant, he said, "Of course you know I'll do anything for you."

Ginny gave him a sweet smile as she grabbed his hand and dragged him along with her. "You really should be more excited, you do get to hit Ron with snowballs."

Draco's face brightened at the idea. "You're right-throwing objects at Potter and Weasley without getting in trouble. This is a good idea."

"Hey, we heard that," Ron snapped when Ginny and Draco finally reached them. "And it's only the Weasleys you'll be throwing snowballs at, Malfoy."

Draco's face drew into a big frown as he glanced at Harry, suddenly realizing why he looked so miserable. He quickly turned on Ginny. "You said nothing about me being on a team with Potter!"

Ginny gave him an apologetic smile. "That's because you wouldn't have agreed. Ron and I are always on a team together, so this is just how it worked out. Sorry."

Draco stared in shock as he watched his girlfriend and her brother pair up and walk a few feet away, talking quietly to each other. He continued to stand there silently next to Harry, neither of them looking or speaking to one another.

Finally, when it looked like Ron and Ginny were done planning against them, Harry forced out, "I should probably give you a fair warning since you're my...teammate."

Draco opened his mouth to tell Harry off, but Ginny gave him a random warm smile, reminding him that he promised to try for her. Shaking his head slowly, he convinced himself that it would all be worth it later. "And what's that, Potter?"

If Harry was taken aback that Draco was cooperating, he wasn't showing it. "If we want to survive, we have to work together."

Draco looked at him like it was mad. "What do you mean by survive? And there's no way we're going to work together. The most I'll do to set you aside as my teammate is not throwing any snowballs at your face...if I can help it."

Harry shrugged his shoulders as he got into position like Ron and Ginny were. "It's your funeral," he said.

Draco managed to scowl at Harry, although he was feeling a bit worried now. "I think I can manage," he snapped as he watched everyone pick up their first snowball, signaling that they were about to begin.

"That's what I thought also last year," Harry said as he glanced at Draco, "but that was before I ended up in the hospital wing."

Draco stared at Harry in horror for a second too long. He didn't react fast enough to Ginny's yell of "Start" and got a snowball right in the face.

Wiping off what he could to see, he looked up to see Ginny smiling innocently at him. He looked at Harry who managed to steal a few words while fighting with Ron. "Watch out for her," he said as his snowball hit Ron's shoulder. "She has good aim."

Draco looked back at Ginny, who was already forming another snowball. He gave a smirk as he bent down to scoop up the snow into his hand, this time charging Ginny, making her squeal and drop back behind her brother, who quickly nailed Draco in the face once more.

"I tried to warn you," Harry said, looking a bit too satisfied that his own teammate was being shown no mercy.

"Oh, shove it, Potter," Draco said as he mercifully chucked his snowball at Ron, hitting him right in the groin.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Well," Harry said as they all entered into the school with red cheeks and wet clothes, "at least I didn't end up in the hospital wing this time."

"Yeah, and sorry about the last snowball," Ron said as he took off his scarf. "If I knew it was half ice I would have thrown it at Malfoy instead of you."

"Aw, you're too kind, Weasley," Draco snarled as he and Ginny followed behind the two boys.

Ginny gave him a playful smack on the chest. "You should be grateful that he didn't realize it," she said quietly. "I'm actually impressed that you lasted as long as you did.

Last year Harry somehow ended up with a mild concussion."

"Yeah, but we already know that I'm better than Potter," he said with a smirk.

"I heard that, Malfoy," Harry said without turning around.

"I'm beat," Ginny said quickly before there could be any fighting, "how about we go sit in front of the fire until lunch?"

"Sounds like a plan to me," Ron said as he and Harry headed towards the stairs. "Maybe I can bug Hermione to let some of the house-elves bring us hot cocoa."

Ginny went to follow Ron and Harry but stopped when Draco started to head towards the dungeons. "Where are you going?"

Draco looked at her like she was stupid. "To my common room, where else?"

Ginny shook her head as she went over to him and grabbed his hand. "No, you're coming to have hot cocoa with us. That we included you also."

Draco sighed, too worn out to argue with Ginny. "Don't you think that's pushing it?"

Ginny stubbornly shook her head. "I see no problem with wanting my boyfriend to spend time with me."

"But in the presence of your brother while in the Gryffindor common room?"

Ginny shrugged. "You've been in my common room before."

"Yeah, but that was in the middle of the night when I knew your brother was fast asleep. Plus, I was only in there for a second before your friend walked in on us."

Ginny gave a small pout as she put her warm hand up against Draco's cold cheek. "I know I'm asking a lot of you," she said sincerely. "I don't expect you to become best friends with Ron or any other Gryffindor for me, but I love you and want to spend time with you no matter who we're around."

"I know," Draco said as he pushed back a strand of loose hair behind Ginny's ear. "I love you too, but your brother is just so unbearable."

Ginny gave a big smile as she entwined their fingers and led them to the direction of her common room. "Just mention spiders and he'll back off."

"Spiders, hu?" Draco questioned as they caught up with Harry and Ron, who did not look pleased to see that Draco was joining them. "Pathetic."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Wake up, Ginny! It's Christmas morning!"

Ginny opened her eyes groggily. "Ron, what are you doing in here?" she mumbled as she pulled her pillow over her head. "Shouldn't you be in your own room tearing apart your presents?"

"Not this year," he said as he pulled the pillow away from his sister's head. "The common room is deserted so Hermione wants all of us to open them up together." After making sure that Ginny wasn't going to fall back asleep, he tossed her dressing gown onto her bed and told her to bring her presents downstairs.

A few minutes later Ginny successfully entered the common room without falling over from her number of presents. She noticed her pile was a bit larger this year, which she didn't mind at all. Once she was settled in next to Hermione, the four teenagers tore apart their presents.

The floor nearly covered with wrapping paper, Ginny was nearly done with her presents, most of them being from her family, Hermione and Harry. All that she had left were two gifts: one that had Riley's handwriting on it, and the second one had dark green wrapping paper. Curious over what the mysterious green package held, Ginny chose that one and opened it up quickly to find a red rose and a letter.

She lifted the rose to her face with a smile, knowing exactly who the sender was. Placing the rose gently aside, she opened up the letter which said:

Ginny,

I want to be around to watch your face when you open up my present, so what do you say to after dinner we go to my room?

Happy Christmas.

Love,

Draco

Ginny let out a warm smile as she placed Draco's letter next to the rose, wondering what his present was. With her smile intact, Ginny went to open up Riley's present, letting out a huge gasp when she did.

"What is it?" Ron asked as everyone else looked up at her.

Embarrassment quickly flooded Ginny's face. "It's nothing," she said as she made sure no one could see what was inside the box.

Everyone shrugged their shoulders as they went back to their remaining gifts, and after making sure that no one was looking, Ginny slowly opened the box up again. Noticing a letter inside, she opened it up, hoping for an explanation.

Ginny,

If I know you at all, I'm sure your face is red from seeing what I bought for you. It was a last minute gift I just had to buy after our last conversation. If you ask me, it should really spice up your present to Malfoy.

Happy Christmas,

Riley

Ginny eyed the green lingerie inside the box, while taking into thought of what she was going to do tonight. Her stomach filling with butterflies, she put her gift to the side, telling herself she would take a closer look at it later. She instead focused on Ron who was the last one to have a present left, and only when he took it into his grasp did Ginny notice the similar dark green wrapping paper.

"What the-" Ginny started to say, but was interrupted by Ron's sudden scream before he bolted away from his gifts.

Everyone jumped up in alarm and Harry ran over to Ron's pile and picked up the half wrapped gift, only to reveal a small carrier with a tarantula in it.

Torn between laughing and making sure Ron was okay, Ginny just watched Hermione take the carrier out of Harry's hand and read the label on it aloud.

"The magical form of the tarantulas is trained to acknowledge ownership at first sight,"

Hermione said as she turned to face Ron.

"What does that mean?" Ron asked in a squeaky voice, refusing to take a step closer.

Hermione held back a smile. "It's kind of like ducklings. The first thing they see once they get out of their eggs they think to be its mother, and...well...end up following it around everywhere."

"It-it thinks I'm its mother?" Ron squeaked, his face growing incredibly pale.

Glancing at each other and not able to hold it in any longer, Ginny and Harry let out a roll of laughter at the situation. "Do-do you know who sent it to you?" Harry asked in-between laughs.

Ron shook his head. "There was no name. I bet you it was Fred and George! Damn them!"

Feeling like she was going to burst with knowing who the real sender was, Ginny quickly gathered her presents, telling everyone she was going to go take a shower before breakfast.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Draco frowned upon reaching the Great Hall for Christmas dinner. Right away he spotted the trio amongst the very few students who stayed for the holiday, but Ginny was no where in sight. He let out a small groan when he realized that there were only two spots left at the one table where everyone was seated: next to Hermione or a very shifty first year Hufflepuff who looked ready to soil himself. Not wanting to risk getting peed on, Draco sat down next to Hermione, but made a point of not looking happy to do so.

The moment the meal began, Hermione kept on trying to catch his eye. He ignored her and silently wished for Ginny to get her butt to the Great Hall and to save him. When he was half way through with his turkey, he became slightly nervous at her absence, and was even going to the impossible by talking to Hermione just to see where his girlfriend was, but she beat him to it.

"I have a message from Ginny," Hermione said under her breath.

Draco raised an eyebrow at her secretiveness and glanced at Ron and Harry who were too deep in conversation to know what was going on. "Is she okay?" he asked, not bothering to keep his voice down.

Hermione nodded while cutting a piece of her steak. "She wanted me to tell you to go to your room after dinner. She was too...preoccupied with other things to come to dinner, but she'll be in your room as you asked."

Not being able to help it, Draco stared at Hermione in flat out confusion. Never has he known the Miss-Know-It-All to be so completely daft. "What are you hiding?" he asked with suspicious eyes.

"Nothing," she said a bit too quickly.

"Right," Draco said with sarcasm, "and that's why you're being all hush-hush around Weasley and Potter. Or are you just not allowed to talk to me?"

Hermione finally made eye contact at him and glared. "I can speak to whomever I wish," she snapped, "but Ginny did have to plead with me to even do this in the first place, and to not let her brother find out. You can also drop the sarcasm and talk to me like a normal person since I am doing you a favor by not letting Ron find out that his baby sister is in the Slytherin common room."

Draco opened his mouth to call her a Mudblood, but bite his tongue. She was doing him a favor, even if he wasn't going to admit it. He simply gave her a nod and got up from his seat and headed towards his common room.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ginny tried to ignore her jittery stomach as she shivered. Draco's cold dungeon room didn't mix well with her close to nothing outfit. She willed herself to stare into a wall length mirror, ordering herself not to turn red in embarrassment.

The lingerie that Riley sent her clung to her body so tightly, it left little to the imagination. Tiny green boy shorts with a black lacy trim just covered her butt cheeks, but were extremely low on her pelvic bone whereas high on her thighs. The top reminded her of a corset, but an extremely sexy and tiny one. Its green material squeezed her breasts together, nearly making her cleavage pop out. It ended two inches above her belly button, leaving her toned stomach showing. Ginny fingered the black lace that criss-crossed up her chest, leaving a bow right underneath her cleavage.

Ginny wondered if Riley picked green since Draco was a Slytherin, or for the fact that it looked absolutely smashing on her. She looked like a completely different person in such a sexy outfit, and with her hair down with curls at the end and makeup on, she barely recognized herself.

Even before she received her gift from Riley, she put thought into how she was going to propose tonight with Draco, and this wasn't her idea of it. But after showing a bit of aggression with Draco to get him to do the snowball fight, she couldn't ignore the fire she lit up in his eyes. She knew that she could be wearing a simple night gown and Draco would still love her, but she wanted to make this just as special for Draco as it would be for her. This was almost a way of thanking him for putting up with her months ago.

Ginny just sat on Draco's bed when she heard footsteps approaching his door. Taking a calming breath, she whispered "Nox" and the room went black, just as she wished.

The door swung open, letting in a bit of light, but not enough to reach the bed where she was now sitting seductively. She leaned back on her two elbows, one leg was up on the bed and the other was dangling from the side.

"Ginny?" Draco called out before he closed the door. "Are you in here?"

His voice called out "Lumos" and the second the lights went on, Draco dropped his wand in shock at the sight.

Draco couldn't move, couldn't speak. He just stared with an open mouth at Ginny who was casually swinging her leg from side to side, making the tiny underwear riding up on her...

"Happy Christmas," Ginny purred. A hint of nervousness was caught in her voice.

Just the sight was making his pants uncomfortable. "Gin-Ginny?"

Ginny smiled at his voice. Her nerves calmed a bit at the look he was giving her, and the fact that she made Draco Malfoy speechless was saying something. Taking pity on his state of shock, she hoisted herself off his bed and walked over to him, making sure to swing her hips just right.

As she approached him, she remembered briefly over her conversation she had with Hermione before she skipped dinner. It was terribly embarrassing telling Hermione what she planned tonight so she could keep Ron away, but she also couldn't help but ask for a few tips. One thing Hermione said stuck out in her mind: Guys are extremely sensitive in the right area; the simplest gestures could feel like heaven to them. So when she was standing a few inches away from Draco, she innocently ran her hand over the bulge in his pants.

Draco let out a surprised hiss of pleasure at Ginny's touch, but it was immediately muffled by her lips. She didn't kiss him roughly like she did a few days ago, but it was full of passion. Although hazed by the pleasure he was feeling, Ginny's touch brought him back to reality, and now that he could move he took charge.

Draco suddenly wrapped his arms around her butt and picked her up, never letting go of her lips. As if it was an instant reaction, her legs immediately wrapped around his back and her arms around his neck. Their kiss grew hungry as their tongues rapidly filled each other's mouths, either of them only taking breaks when Draco would place love bites along Ginny's neck. As he returned back to her lips, Draco walked them blindly over to his bed, only knowing he reached it when they both tumbled onto it.

Once they were both on the center of the bed, Ginny let go of Draco and impatiently tugged his gray sweater off. As soon as it was over his head, Draco threw it aside, already half-way out of his pants. His pants now lying on the floor next to his discarded shoes and socks, Draco crouched above Ginny in only black silk boxers.

"Are-are you sure about this?" Draco panted in-between kissing Ginny roughly.

Ginny nodded quickly. "Yes!" she said exuberantly as Draco nibbled her ear, making her arch her back into him.

"Good, because I don't think I'd be able to stop," he said as his hands tugged on the end of Ginny's top before pulling it over her head.

He paused to have a quick look at her chest before hungrily kissing a trail down to it and sucking her nipple. Ginny let out a gasp at the feeling of his hot mouth on her, and couldn't help but bury her hand into his hair.

After he paid attention to her chest, Draco trailed kisses down to her underwear line. Stopping, he hooked his thumbs under the green material and smoothly pulled it down her slender, smooth legs and tossed it onto the floor.

Even in the heat of the moment, Ginny couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed as Draco took her naked self into sight.

"Merlin, you're so beautiful," Draco breathed before he went back to where he left off with his kisses, and continued to trail it to her inner thighs.

Ginny's body immediately tensed with Draco's head in-between her legs, but before she could get uncomfortable, pleasure immediately flooded her body at his touches. He was kissing her everywhere-licking, sucking, nibbling. Ginny let out a huge gasp as her hand grasped the bed sheet, feeling like she had to hold onto something fast.

A feeling was building up inside of her much like the time they were in the bath together, but this one was greater. When she felt him slide two fingers into her moist, she bucked up to reach them. His fingers moved faster at the height of her moans, and she was starting to see stars.

"I want you now, Draco," she somehow managed to say.

Not wasting a second, Draco immediately withdrew himself from Ginny and sat back only to get his boxers off.

Ginny got a look of him before he settled himself back over her, his lips kissing hers hungrily. He was bigger than she thought for him to be, and briefly wondered how the hell he was supposed to fit in her.

Draco placed his length right above Ginny's opening, willing himself to take it as slow as possible. "Are you ready, Ginny?" he asked as he placed his forehead on hers, staring down into her eyes.

Ginny quickly nodded, and before she could get nervous or ridged, Draco swiftly entered her with one stroke, and broke past her barrier.

A gasp of pain startled Draco, and he immediately felt regret at the tense look in Ginny's face. "Are you okay?" Draco asked anxiously.

"Yes," she said with a strain of discomfort, "just don't move for a minute."

Saying it and doing it were a completely different matter for Draco. It took every sense of will power to not move inside her warm tightness.

It didn't hurt as much as Ginny always imagined it to be, but the discomfort was still there. She relaxed at the gentle, reassuring kisses Draco was giving her, and moments later she started to move her hips under Draco, signaling she was ready.

The discomfort melted away as soon as Draco started moving, going in deeper than before. Pleasure quickly filled her as he went faster with each pace, and this time they were both letting out gasps of pleasure.

Draco grunted out to wrap her legs around him, and as soon as she did her moans grew louder at the new angle. Draco's movements were going so fast they were almost blinding. Not being able to kiss properly anymore, Ginny took into digging her hands into Draco's hair, tugging it hard when he hit a certain spot, which added to the pleasure for him.

"Oh gods, Ginny," Draco moaned as he managed to bite her neck.

Pleasure filled throughout Ginny's body-her toes were numb with it. She felt like she was ready to explode, and as if Draco saw this in her eyes, he reached his hand down in-between them and played with her bundle of nerves. His touch immediately sent her over the edge, and she screamed his name as she climaxed.

The second Draco felt her walls quiver around him, he entered her one more time before he too hit climax, moaning out her name as he poured himself into her.

As soon as Ginny's numb legs were off his back, Draco's sweaty body collapsed onto hers. He nuzzled his face into the side of the neck as the both breathed heavily.

Once she was able to breathe properly and move, Ginny idly ran her fingers through Draco's hair. It took several moments for his body to still from his orgasm and for him to breathe once more, but once he could he rolled to the side of her while bringing her with him in his arms.

Now on his back with Ginny resting her head on his chest, Draco possessively wrapped his arms around her. "That was-"

"Incredible," Ginny finished.

"My words exactly," Draco muttered as he played with her tangled hair.

They both lay there exhausted in welcomed silence before Ginny rolled over enough to place her chin on Draco's chest so she could look him in the eye.

"I have a confession."

"Oh?" Draco said as he drew a blanket around them.

Ginny grinned sheepishly at him. "I've wanted to do this since that one day in the Prefect's bathroom."

Draco paused at her words. "So all this time when I thought I was hesitating for you..."

Ginny crawled up to him to kiss him lightly on his lips. "You were being the sweet, caring boyfriend that I love dearly."

Draco just stared at her with a blank expression. "Are you telling me that we could have been shagging a good month ago?"

Ginny went to playfully hit him in the chest, but Draco caught her hand with a huge smile. "I'm joking, I'm joking."

"Damn well better be," Ginny muttered with a grin.

Draco smiled at her. "Well, it was the best Christmas present that I have ever received," he said sincerely.

"That wasn't your Christmas present," she said as she jumped out of bed with a blanket wrapped around her. Draco watched her as she rummaged through her book bag that she brought along. "This is," she said as she sat back on the bed with a wrapped gift in her hand.

Draco too sat up in his blankets as he took the gift from her hand. As he was unwrapping it, Ginny said hastily, "It's a bit too early for this-if anything I should give it to you as a graduation gift..."

She paused with anxiousness as Draco peered down at it with a confused look. "It's great, Gin," he said hesitantly as he held up a tatty, old teddy bear. "What is it?"

"It's a portkey to...to my house," she said as she played with the blanket, not looking Draco in the face. "The Ministry set it up in our backyard during my fifth year for quicker means to get to Harry since he stayed with us over the summer. It was a precaution in case anything big happened," she explained quickly. "And I-I want you to have it so you can visit me over summer holiday or whenever you want since you're leaving Hogwarts soon."

A great warmth filled Draco's heart to know that Ginny had given some thought into the future for them to, which reminded him of her gift. He looked for his wand, but seeing it near the drop where he dropped it, he grabbed Ginny's from the bed stand and whispered "Accio Ginny's Gift."

Ginny was so nervous about Draco's reaction that not only didn't she hear him Accio her present, but she didn't see it fly to his hands. Two weeks earlier the thought of their future entered her mind, realizing that it was going to be a bit difficult since she had one more year at Hogwarts. She had to write home to her parents, explaining her and Draco's relationship (though she had a hunch that Ron already told her parents) promise them that he was the real thing, and then ask if he could have access to a portkey just like her brother's girlfriends did. Only a few days later did she receive the old stuffed animal portkey with a note from her parents saying that they trusted Ginny's judgment, but that they still wanted to meet him after graduation.

With that settled, now came the truth if he even cared for it. She knew that he loved her and would do anything for her, but how much did guys really think about their future?

Doubt filled her stomach when a response didn't come from him. "Draco?" she asked as she looked up at him, only to gasp.

He moved so he was sitting right in front of her, and in his hand he held an open jewelry box. Her heart stopped when she spotted a white gold ring in it with inscriptions on it.

"It's a promise ring," Draco said as he watched her face. "We're both too young for marriage-you still have school left ahead of you-but I want to make sure that when we are old enough, we will be together."

Thoughts of her brothers killing Draco for proposing so young left her mind. She smiled warmly at him. "You've been thinking of us past school also?"

Draco grinned at her. "Of course I have," he said as he took the ring out of the box. "I don't plan on giving you up anytime soon, especially after tonight."

Ginny shook her head at the typical Draco comment. "What does it say on it?"

Draco peered down at the ring and read, "Weasel and Ferret."

"Draco!"

"Sorry. It says: Potter's an idiot."

"Give me that!" Ginny said with a happy laugh as she took the ring to read herself. "It says," Ginny said with a silly smile, which faded into a sweet one as she read the words. "It says: A Promise to Love Forever, D.M. & G.W."

A faint red tinted Draco's cheeks in embarrassment. "I might as well be a Hufflepuff it was that mushy."

Ginny leaned over and gave him a huge kiss. "You can't be, because it's the Slytherin I want to promise myself to," she said.

Draco let out a breath of relief as he slid it onto her ring finger. "If this is what a proposal is like, it's absolutely nerve wracking."

Ginny grinned at him as they settled back into bed. "Except this guarantees you less harm from my brothers."

"How many do you have again? Twelve?"

"Six," Ginny said as she settled her head in-between Draco's neck and shoulder. "Although Ron will be equally pissed no matter what."

"Speaking of that nuisance," Draco said as he played with Ginny's hair, "isn't he going to notice you missing from your bed?"

Ginny shrugged, sleep starting to take over her. "Bugger him. He better get used to it now because I don't plan on going back to my own bed until your roommates kick me out."

Draco smiled at her words and closed his eyes for sleep, but opened them back up with a thought. "You do realize that your stubbornness isn't going to stop him from attacking me."

"True, but that's where I figured the tarantula you gave him would come in handy."

Draco paused at her words. "Ah, the cleverness of me."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Tell me again why I love you?"

"Because I'm devilishly handsome, irresistible, and treat you like gold?"

Ginny looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.

Draco winked at her. "Or maybe it's because I love you right back."

"That sounds more like it," Ginny said as she snuggled back into Draco's warmth.

"Although the other three reasons do help a tad."

"Of course they do," he said as he closed his eyes finally. "Good night."

"Night."

When Ginny's breaths grew even, Draco kissed the top of her head and whispered, "I love you," before he drifted to sleep.

Ginny let a smile escape from her lips, one that was true and would forever remain. "I love you," she whispered into his ear, "because no matter how hurt or afraid I was, you never gave up on me, and you wouldn't let me give up on myself."

And with that, Ginny too gave into sleep, dreaming of all the nights that were still to come.