Stole

STOLE

CHAPTER SIX

Countdown - 7 Days

How the hell did this all start? I think angrily to myself, whilst pummeling my pillow. How could I have brought Draco into this fuck-up, I tried to call a relationship? It's 8.30pm so it's too early to sleep, but I didn't feel like being in the company of the 'trio', so I brushed them off by saying that I felt sick. So then I had to endure a temperature check from Hermione, a - 'I think you have what I had last week...' speech from Ron and a bed tuck-in from Harry. The one good thing is that I got out of having to kiss Harry good-night, because 'I didn't want to give him my flu'.

So as I lie there staring at the ceiling of my four-poster, wondering what the hell I'm going to do, I hear a gentle rapping on the window of the dorm. I pull back my curtain and peer out the side, and I see a handsome eagle owl trying to get in out of the cold frosty night air, with a letter enclosed in his beak. I jump out of bed and run over to the window and pull open the window. I gasp as the freezing air hits me and beckon the owl inside. Curious as to who could be getting mail at this hour of the night, I pull the window down and watch as he flies to the far side of the room, and lands on my bed, watching me expectantly. I race back to the bed and grab the letter out of the owl's beak, checking the address.

I pat the owl softly on the head, expecting it to fly off, having delivered its package. But he just looks up and hoots softly to me.

So I quickly rip open the letter and read.

Dear Ginny

Late notice, yes, but I have something I need to discuss with you, urgently. I want to see you at the Astronomy tower at 10pm. I do realize that it's a lot harder for Gryffindors to disregard the rules... but this is urgent. Please try to be there. Send the reply back with my owl.

From,

Draco.

I read the note over 3 times, trying to think what he could possibly want to discuss with me at 10pm at night in the Astronomy Tower. The only thing I come up with is what happened in the corridor outside the Great Hall earlier today. Maybe he's in his room thinking exactly what I'm thinking about. About why the hell he got into this mess. He's right. I shouldn't have gotten him involved. And now he's going to want out of it, and I'm going to be stuck with that crappy 'relationship', for lack of a better word, with Harry.

But Ginny, just go to the tower and find out what he wants, before you overreact and do something stupid. Says that voice in my head.

I walk over to my desk and grab a piece of parchment and dip my quill.

Draco,

I'll be there. Don't know how I'll get there, but I'll try.

Love,

Ginny.

As instinct permits, I check my watch for the time. 8.45pm. Of course! And now that I'm waiting for something, time will go even slower! Well, now I have to think of a way to get past teachers, prefects and of course, the Gryffindor Common Room. It's a Sunday night, so of course everyone will be savoring their last night off before a week of school starts again. Oh man. Could he have picked a worse night for sneaking out at 10 o'clock?!

Ok Ginny, think. How the hell are you going to get past these people, without being seen?

Hang on. What's the easiest way of not being seen, without a powerful spell?

Invisibility Cloak!

But Harry never lends his cloak out to anyone. It's the only possession he owns from his parents. He doesn't loan it to anyone without him being with them.

But what if he wasn't to know? What if you took it from him and returned it without him realizing it was gone?

But Harry isn't stupid... unless...

"That's it!!!" I yell aloud, and thanking God that no one overheard me.

What if he's asleep the whole time? What if I take it when he's asleep and return it before he wakes? It's perfect!!!

Now... how to get Harry up to his dorm before 10pm...

*

"What's wrong, Ginny? I thought you didn't feel well -"

"Nah, I feel heaps better. I had a glass of water and now I feel loads better."

"Well, what are we doing going up to my room at 9 o'clock on a Sunday night..."

His voice trailed off and looked at me suspiciously. I simply looked back at him and it was like a light switched on in his head. His bright green eyes (He always did have beautiful eyes...) flashed at me and he gave that cute little smile he always did when he knew he was getting something he liked.

"Well Harry, you have to open the door. It's not my dorm, so I can't get in."

As he reached down to grab the handle, I gave him a quick little nibble to the back of his neck. He shivered slightly and turned to me and gave me a deep kiss. Think of Draco, think of Draco, and I gently pushed him back towards his bed. His hands moved from my hips, up to the back of my neck, and were gently pulling me in, to deepen the kiss. He pulled away and looked at me straight in the eye.

"Wow Ginny. You really are demanding..."

"I'll do anything to get what I want, Harry..."

And with that, pulled him in for another kiss.

As we slowly reached the bed, Harry lay me gently down on the bed, never once letting go. He lay down on top of me, removed his glasses and simply stared into my eyes once more.

I pushed him off me and I climbed under the bed covers. Harry got up right away and shut all of the curtains around the bed.

"We'll probably need this as well, Harry..." I said as I pointed my wand at the ceiling of the four poster and muttered '...silencio'

"That's a bit presumptuous, don't you think Ginny?" He said, with that cute smile on his face.

I simply smiled and pulled him to me and kissed him deeply. Harry crawled under the covers, never once breaking off the kiss.

I have to move quickly, we're running out of time, I thought , with a slight panic.

So to move things on a bit faster, I ran my hands down Harry's chest, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as I went. He gasped as my cold hands touched his bare warm skin and moved down to his pants. Undoing his belt and removing his pants, I never stopped kissing him. Neither did I open my eyes whilst kissing. If I keep them closed, it's easier to imagine its Draco...

Taking the hint from me, Harry started to undress me. He wasn't so good with undoing my skirt, but in the end, I batted his hands away.

"Let's leave it on..."

"Oh Ginny, you're pure evil..."

Tell me about it.

As I was about to straddle him, he stopped me. I looked at him in panic. Please don't let us talk about it now. I'm going to regret this as it is...

"Are you sure about this Ginny?"

"Harry, I love you, and I want this more than you could imagine. But no more talking, ok?"

"I love you too Ginny."

And with that, I lowered myself upon him.

He gasped first, at the contact with me. Then I winced as pain shot through the lower half of my body. I let out a little pained moan and Harry grabbed my hand and gently squeezed.

"Think about the pain instead..." and squeezed a little harder.

It definitely helped as I lowered myself a little further, allowing myself to relax. And as quickly as it had come, the pain receded and our dance began.

As I felt him move inside me, I couldn't help but think that there was no other place I would rather be than here. I moaned deeply and felt myself begin to lose control. It was at that point where Harry decided it was his turn to be in charge. He gently moved me so that he was now on top, and the momentum we lost whilst changing around, was quickly picked up again as Harry proved that he wasn't only good at Quidditch...

I began to lose control all over again and I moaned a little loader, glad to the fact that I placed that silencio spell around the bed. At that one moment before he came, Harry looked deep into my eyes.

"I love you..." he said, before moaning sharply, and totally lost control of himself.

I lost control right after that, gasping, not being able to think straight.

I felt him shudder and gasp a few more times as he came. I clutched his back tightly, pushing myself against him, as if I couldn't get anymore closer to him. He started to relax then. He pulled out and lay next to me, breathing deeply. I looked over at him and smiled.

Wow, he looks really cute when he sleeps...

And that's when I gasped in horror. What did I just say?! Oh my god, WHAT?!

I looked at my watch. 9.51pm. Shit.

I looked over at Harry and noticed he was asleep.

Ok, grab the cloak, leave now Ginny. That's what you came here for in the first place.

But he looks so cute...

Ginny! NOW!

So doing up my bra and shirt and slipping on my shoes, I race over to his trunk, kick it open, grab the cloak and put myself under it. And just in time too. Ron came sauntering in, half asleep and threw himself down on the bed, still dressed and began to softly snore.

And with that, I ran from the room, feeling (?)guilty...

*

As I stepped into the dark empty room, I looked at my watch - 10.10pm. Wow, it really does take ages to get to the tower, I think, feeling slightly nervous and stepping further into the room. Maybe he left, and now he's really angry.

"Hello? Draco..."

Still nothing.

"Draco? Are you here?"

Silence.

Then quick as light, a hand covered my eyes, and the other hand went up my shirt. I gasped and fell backwards.

"Ginny, it's just me!"

"God Draco, you could be a professional stalker! Bloody hell. Way to go freaking' me out here!'

"Oh I'm sorry Gin, can I make it up to you? Please?" As he said this, he leaned in to give me a kiss. I complied by kissing him back, but as we made contact, he kissed me further, more demandingly. I gasped and he broke off the kiss and stared at me.

"Ginny? Everything ok?"

"Yep. Sorry. You just caught me by surprise..."

But in all truth, my lips were searing in pain. They felt like a piece of burning metal was being placed on my lips. I brought a finger to my lips and ran it along them. The coolness of my cold fingers brought some relief to them, as I stared back up at Draco.

"Sweetie, what's wrong? Why are you holding your lips like that?"

"It's nothing. I... I burnt them at dinner drinking coffee...its nothing..."

"I'm sorry." But as he said that, he bent down and gave me a quick kiss.

Again, my lips started burning. My vision went slightly blurry, and then focused again.

"Oh Ginny, I didn't think that would hurt! Listen, no more kissing okay?"

"Yes...yes... no more...kissing..." I said, distantly, thinking about why this was happening.

There was an awkward silence as I tried to gather myself together.

"So...how did you get here without being caught?"

"I borrowed Harry's invisibility cloak"

"How the HELL did you get that?! Potter and I aren't the best of friends - "

I snorted in laughter

" - but even I know that he doesn't just give that thing away to people without being with them. So how did you get it?"

"Draco, don't ask questions and I won't tell you lies..." I snapped.

Anger had suddenly washed over me. I couldn't explain it, but suddenly I felt some sort of anger towards Draco.

"I shouldn't have asked. I knew I wouldn't like the answer..." Draco replied darkly.

What the hell is wrong with me?! What's going on? First my lips burn when I kiss Draco, now I'm feeling sudden anger towards him... What the HELL is wrong?!

"Maybe we both should just go. We both seem a little high-strung and probably need sleep..."

"Yer, I'm not feeling well." But this time it wasn't a lie. All this stuff was making me feel weird.

"Okay. Well take it easy and get some sleep. We'll arrange to meet again soon alright?"

"Ye - " But for some reason I couldn't finish what I wanted to say. My breath ran out a little too quickly and I have the weirdest desire to be somewhere...

"I know what you mean Ginny. I'll let you know."

He bent down and softly kissed me. It didn't hurt. So I closed my eyes and deepened the kiss. Slowly yet surely the burning seared through my lips once more. I broke off sharply and stared at Draco. And gasped...

His eyes had gone bright blue. Not the ice blue that I had seen, but a bright blue.

"What Ginny, what is it?"

"Your...your..." But I couldn't bring myself to say it.

"Did I hurt your lips again. I'm so sorry...I'll just go. I've caused enough trouble I think..." and with that, he stalked from the room. And the weirdest feeling, was that I had no desire to run after him...

So I threw Harry's cloak over me and ran from the room.

I ran all the way back to the Gryffindor tower, not stopping until I was in the warmth of the Common Room. There were a few kids still sitting around, so I crept up towards the girl's dorms. Then, remembering that I still had Harry's cloak on, I made my way up the stairs of the boy's dorms. I reached Harry's room and found the door closed.

Shit. What do I do now? I can't get in and put the bloody cloak back, and I'm going to get my ass kicked for stealing. Oh god...

Then knowing it wouldn't open because I obviously didn't have the hand print of any of the boys, I tried, just by instinct, to open it.

I gave the knob a little wriggle and muffled a cry as the door handle glowed and opened. Stunned, I walked across the room folding the cloak up and placed it in Harry's trunk. His curtains were still closed, so I opened them to check he was still asleep.

As soon as I opened the curtains, I felt a tightening grip around my arms. It was as though an invisible person was pulling me towards the bed. It was as though an invisible force was bonding us together. And I was shit scared.

What am I doing? I don't want to be with Harry. I love Draco. What is happening...?

But in my mind, someone was telling me what I had to do. It didn't make sense but as I got closer to the bed, I knew what I had to do. I climbed into bed next to Harry and the force broke as I felt him put his arm around me.

"Ginny, why?"