Captured By A Dragon

Chapter Nine: An Interesting Detention

"You won't believe what just happened!" Hermione cried, bursting through the portrait hole. Ginny looked up from her Defense Against the Dark Arts homework to see a very red Hermione rushing in her direction. Lavender and Parvati were sitting on the other side of the room, whispering nonstop, and a group of Gryffindor 3rd years in the corner were having a group study.

They all looked up at Hermione, waiting to hear what she had to say. Hermione, however, waved them off to tell them it wasn't information they needed to know, and they got back to what they were doing.

"What is it?" Ginny asked, putting her quill down.

"I passed by Harry in the hall, and he was on the ground clutching his... package!" whispered Hermione. Even though she looked serious, you could tell that any second she was going to burst out laughing.

When Hermione said this, Ginny had to hide her smile.

"I helped him up and when I asked what had happened, he didn't say a thing, he just ran to the boys' bathroom!" exclaimed Hermione.

"I believe it was I who did that to him," Ginny told her, getting back to her homework as though this was nothing out of the ordinary.

Hermione stared at her, completely shocked.

"Why?" she asked loudly. She sat down next to Ginny, thinking that maybe this would help get something out of her.

"He was pressuring me to talk to him and he wouldn't go away, that's why. Now please let me finish my homework, I'd rather not talk about this," she said simply.

Hermione frowned.

"Ginny, you shouldn't have done that that. You may get in trouble, you know," she told her.

Ginny laughed. "I have a detention tonight anyway," she said. Suddenly, her eyes widened and she hastily looked at her watch.

"It's already 7:55! Look, Hermione, love to chat, but got to run! Bye!"

Ginny then picked up all of her books and homework and hurried out of the common room. She dashed down each corridor and skid into the Charms classroom.

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"You're six minutes late," Draco told her, smiling. "I'm impressed."

Ginny rolled her eyes and set her homework on a desk, sitting down with a PLOP! She picked up a quill and resumed her work.

"What are you doing?" asked Draco, getting up and looking down on her. Ginny's auburn hair glimmered in the light, catching Draco's attention.

"Homework. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to finish it or Tonks will give me yet another detention," she said, becoming irritated.

"Well what am I supposed to do? Sit and wait for the detention to be over?" he asked, still standing behind her. Ginny sighed.

"You didn't mind leaving last time, did you? Why don't you just leave again?" she said. "Go on, no one will catch you, Mister Sneaky."

Draco laughed. Then he thought about the last detention, and he closed his eyes. He left for a good enough reason, and if Ginny didn't need to know why, he wouldn't tell her. Instead, he changed it to a different subject.

Draco sat down next to Ginny so he could see her face.

"Er... Ginny?" he asked nervously. "Has Granger - I mean Hermione - has she been... following you lately?"

Ginny looked at him with a funny face, her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"No..." she trailed off. "Why, is she a stalker?"

Granger! Draco thought. It was either she didn't get the letter or she refused. Which wasn't all that unusual... the letter was from someone she hates, he couldn't expect her to think he was being serious.

"Cat got your tongue?" asked Ginny when he didn't respond.

"What's up with you?" said Draco. "Is it that rumor that's bothering you? I don't know who spread it, but-"

"It was Blanc," Ginny said calmly, not even looking at him.

"Excuse me?" asked Draco. Blanc? She had to be joking.

"It was Blanc," repeated Ginny. She finally looked at him and put her quill down once more. "The French girl. Do you have a problem with that?"

Draco sighed heavily.

"You won't believe this," he said, "but Blanc kissed me the other day and-"

"What?" Ginny yelled, almost laughing. She was now looking up at him, and he could tell she was certainly amused.

"Yeah, I know. I had to tell her off and then she shouted something in French. She said your name, though," Draco told her, chuckling softly.

"My name?" said Ginny, grinning.

Draco couldn't help but see how... beautiful she was. He started fidgeting with his fingers and was looking down.

"What's wrong?" Ginny asked, actually sounding concerned.

"Can I have some advice?" said Draco, turning to her. He was still fidgeting with his fingers, and he could tell Ginny took notice of this.

"Advice?" she repeated, looking at him in a weird way.

Draco nodded.

"All right," Ginny said, sighing and putting down her quill. "What is it?"

"Well, let's say there was this guy who liked this girl, but he was too afraid that she would freak out and run off when he told her he liked her. What should he do?"

Ginny arched an eyebrow. "You're not serious, are you?" she asked.

"I am!" Draco exclaimed, rather shrilly. Ginny realized that he was desperate, and she sighed.

"Okay, okay. Maybe this certain guy should tell her how he really feels and she might be touched," she told him. "Girls are easily pulled in by a man's charm."

SCORE! Draco's mind shouted.

'What should I say to her now?' he asked himself eagerly.

Hm... think of something charming.

'Got it.'

"Well... what if this guy was me?" he said.

Good enough, the little voice sighed.

'Let's see you try.'

"Who's the girl, then?" Ginny asked, grinning and nudging Draco's shoulder playfully.

Draco took one big gulp and with all of his strength he said, "You."

Ginny's eyes widened.

"M-me?" she asked, only a few notches about a whisper. Her hand was still on Draco's shoulder as if it didn't want to move.

"Yes," Draco told her. Ginny could tell that he was afraid she would reject him. What was she supposed to do? This was Draco Malfoy! And he just told her that he liked her! It's not as if it was a regular everyday situation.

Ginny looked at Draco with suspicious eyes.

"But..." Ginny trailed off, her expression mystified, her eyes now to the floor. She let out a small laugh and looked back up at him. "You hate me."

Draco rolled his eyes, took Ginny by the neck and kissed her, hard.

At first, Ginny's head went back as if she were resisting, but as the kiss grew longer, she put her arms around Draco's neck and played with his slicked hair. Draco's put his arms around Ginny's waist and gently began rubbing her back.

The kiss seemed to go on forever and Ginny wanted the night to never end. Draco slid his hands up to her face where they rested on her freckled cheeks.

"Does that prove you wrong?" he said breathlessly, putting his forehead against hers.

"Draco..." Ginny said, her eyes closed. "I don't think we should do this. Maybe I should go."

Reluctantly, Ginny pulled away from him. She picked up her homework and started heading for the door, wiping off her lips and inhaling slowly. This couldn't be happening. Her and Draco Malfoy had just kissed! And it wasn't just a kiss. It was their bodies being so close, his hair being so soft, his scent. This was a dream and nothing more. Ginny was Alice falling down the rabbit hole. She was entering chaos and that was the last thing she wanted.

Right before she put her first foot out of the classroom, Draco spoke.

"Wait!" he cried. Ginny abruptly stopped and turned to him, leaning on the doorway. Draco looked completely devastated. "So that's it? You're just going to... walk away from me?"

Ginny sighed and put her things back down on the desk. What was there to say? How could she express that was going through her mind?

"It just doesn't seem right doing this," she told him, sitting back down in the chair. She held her head in her hands, trying to think.

"Why not? Ginny, don't you see? It's already happened. We can't forget about it and live our lives like nothing ever happened, because it already did. And I'm not going to let you walk out of here telling yourself that it didn't."

Ginny said nothing. Draco sighed and walked over to the desk, sitting on it. He picked up her chin and made her look into his eyes. "I know that this seems... strange, but that doesn't mean it's wrong."

Draco kissed her again, more passionately than before. He got up and took her hands so that they were both standing. Draco laid her down on a desk, their lips never parting. His hair was now completely messy from Ginny's hands going through all of it.

His lips slipped down to her neck, trailing kisses all around. Ginny giggled quietly. "Will somebody please tell me how this happened?" she said, making Draco look down at her and smile.

"Girls are easily pulled in by a man's charm," he replied, kissing her lightly on the nose.

"How did I fall for such a conceited git?" she joked, making Draco grin.

"Like this." And with that, he kissed her on the lips once more.