Road to...Love

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Draco hissed at her. "Of course it doesn't concerns me Malfoy!!" Ginny snapped back at him, "but you know what? I don't keep debts".

She growlingly looked at him-

"You have the same fierce in your eyes, Weaslett" slipped off Draco's tounge.

Ginny's  growling furrowed eyes widened and she instantly looked away. Soon Draco realised his slipped words, cursing himself inside he looked away everwhere. He opened his mouth to cover but Ginny spoke.

"You saved Harry's life in the Malfoy Manor. You kept your words..." Draco looked at her expressionless, "...your mother Mrs. Narscissa Malfoy, saved him by lying to Voldemort...." she stared at him for a split of second and then spoke in a rather soft voice, "This is nothing".

Ginny held Malfoy's left hand hesitantly, to which, surprisingly he didn't show any opposition. She shifted up the sleeve of his coat and what she saw made her wince... (Draco looked at her once and then back at his wrist).

The place where the dark mark was thrusted on, was all scratched, cut, bruised. Recent cuts, swollen on the boundary, blood threatening to flow any moment.

"How.. What did you...?" Ginny asked almost in a whisper.

Draco looked at her in disbelief. Someone questioned his pain. In a world where nobody concerns about him, has no family (except his mother), no friends, someone, though Weaslett, has come forward, to let his heart out. He opened his mouth to say, but then again shut it again, looking away.

What if she says this to everybody. To Potter, her brothers, that Granger, come on. He can't let them mock on him for his weakness, can't see pity in their eyes for him. No...

"I am not gonna pity you Malfoy...." She said and he looked at her wide eyed. She actually 'read him', this astonished him as hell. She continued, "You were brave enough to face so much. Moreover, his soul almost killed me. You had to face him all these years" said Ginny and the turmoil in Draco's heart started normalizing.

He gulped the lump in his throat and then licked his dry lips, "I never- I never wanted this" answered Draco and Ginny looked at him in disbelief.

"Of course I was proud about it at first, I thought I could show my eligibility, my strength supporting him, but I was a fool. I thought people would notice me, I will be in taking terms, not Potter...." He just can't believe he said all this, that's to Potter's girlfriend, but continued, "....As time passed, I realized what great danger I have put myself into. He would kill me, my family (thrusting on word "family") if I was unsuccessful in his mission. Hopefully, Snape took my job and killed Dumbledore...."

Ginny's shuddered at his name. His lying corpse came into her view.

"....He won't give me any second chance..." Draco continued. His eyes fixed at Nothing particular, "...no mercy. He killed many of his supporters, just because they were unsuccessful" and Ginny saw his eyes twinkling. He immediately looked up to keep his threatening tears within the boundary.

She took out her wand did a healing spell, which helped the open wounds to some extent, but the cuts were really deep.

"You shouldn't have punished yourself like this", she said casting the charm.

"I did what I deserved" said Draco shortly looking at her, but his eyes caught something.

Ginny looked at him, but then continued with her spells. She didn't have any words to say. What she felt horrible, was he was punishing himself all these days and her whole family, including her, was busy taunting him.

"I'll get you a potion tomorrow" said Ginny weakly, looking up at Draco and he simply nodded.

He pushed his sleeves down and walked across the room to enter another room.

Ginny looked at him with furrowed eyebrows, "I'll take a leave if the meeting is over" said Ginny a little loudly trying to peek from her place.

"Are you going to apparate?" Asked Draco from inside the dark room.

"Umm...no.. I'll go to my brother's shop" said Ginny.

"Ha!! Jokers shop" Draco mocked.
"Mind your bloody tounge Malfoy!!!!" Ginny immediately barked at him from her place.

Draco walked out from the room, sighing. He walked up to her and wrapped a scarf around Ginny's neck.

"Wha-"

"Better check on your self before stepping out for a meeting" he said looking at the scarf. He then pushed out Ginny's hairs which got bound beneath the scarf.

Ginny still looked at him with furrowed eyes- "Don't let the world know the measure of the immense love of your love life" he said adjusting the scarf properly (Ginny's eyes widened at the appeared thought). He pulled a section of her hair, from her right side in front, and then turned his back towards her.

Her cheeks started getting deep red, the shade of sunset. Wishing only what she is is thinking isn't true.
Oh come it shouldn't be.

She can't let embarrassment engulf her, at least not in front of Malfoy.
No...!

"I'll inform you about the next meeting" Draco said. His back still turned towards her. Ginny opened her mouth to answer but no voice came. Her tounge and mind just wasn't syncing.

She immediately flicked her wand and apparated.
(Draco releasing a sigh of relief hearing a pop sound. Pressing his lips in thin line he took the pop sound as her answer)

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Ginny apparated directly in her room. She took off the scarf hurriedly as she approached the mirror.
Her heart started beating even more. The glimpse of the mark was feebly visible due to handing of her pesky hairs.

She pushed back her hairs with a snap to get a clear view and she face-palmed.

"Is that a hickey?"

Ginny startled at the voice and turned around with a jerk.
"Hermione!" Ginny let out seeing the bushy haired girl, relaxed on her bed smirking at her.

"What?" She kept her book aside, "I was busy reading in peace. You popped in, hurrily started checking yourself in mirror, so I took a notice".

"Who's the one?" Hermione asked raising wiggling her eyebrows. Her lips forming a naughty smile,
"Dean?"

"No.." Ginny replied hastily, sitting beside Hermione

"Of course he is not" said Hermione lying on her belly, eyes intently on Ginny.

"Meaning?" Asked Ginny looking at her best friend with furrowed eyes.

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