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sesheta_66 ([personal profile] sesheta66) wrote2008-02-10 07:57 pm

Moving On (10/14 Valentine fics, updating A Different View) (H/D, PG-13)

Title: Moving On (10/14 Valentine fics, updating A Different View)
Author: [livejournal.com profile] sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 890
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Draco, Ginny/Dean
Challenges: For [livejournal.com profile] awdt's two weeks of Valentine quickies, prompt #10 - "Never let you go," and [livejournal.com profile] slythindor100's prompt 26 - "Walking in the rain."
Summary: Draco resolves never to let down his guard, even if Harry has.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

To see all Valentine/08 entries for A Different View, click here.

To see all parts of A Different View, including the Christmas/07 ficlets, click here.


"What?!" Dean exclaimed.

"Oh ... shit ... sorry. Um ... that came out all wrong," Ginny stammered.

"I'll say," Dean said warily. "Today at lunch you were in tears about Harry, and now, five hours later, you're suggesting we sleep together?"

"Right. Like I said, it came out all wrong. That's not exactly what I meant."

"You didn't mean that you want to sleep with me?" he asked.

"No. Well, yes. Well ... look, could we go somewhere and talk?"

"Talk?"

"Yes, talk. But privately."

"Why don't we take a walk, then?"

~*~*~


"So what did the she-weasel have to say?" Draco asked, barely disguising his irritation.

"Goodbye," Harry replied simply.

"Goodbye?"

"Yeah. She saw us today at lunch, and I guess it finally hit her. We really are together."

"We've been together for months, Harry. You'd think she'd have figured it out, oh, maybe when you told her!"

"I know that, Draco, but she doesn't trust you."

"Really? I hadn't noticed."

"You don't trust her either."

"No shit! She'd try anything to get you back."

"I don't think so. Not any more."

"Don't tell me you believe her now. What could she possibly have said to make you drop your guard?" Inwardly, he resolved to never let his down where the weaselette was concerned.

"She saw how you looked at me, and she realizes that you love me, that you're not out to hurt me."

"She said that?"

"Yeah, she did. Then she asked if I was happy, and when I told her I was, she said she was happy for me."

"And you believe her?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Well, I still don't trust her, and I'll be watching for any tricks she might play."

"Don't worry about anything Ginny might pull." Harry pulled Draco into a hug and kissed him gently. "Now that I have you, I'll never let you go."

~*~*~


Ginny and Dean sat down by the lake where they could speak privately. "Okay, so what did you want to talk about?" Dean asked.

"Do you remember when we were going out together?"

"Of course."

"And we used to take walks all the time, and just ... talk?"

"Yes."

"Me too. I was remembering that today."

"Is there a point to all this, Ginny?"

"All afternoon, I was thinking about Harry, and I realized something."

Dean had stiffened at the mention of Harry's name. "What?" he bristled.

"I realized that I don't really know him at all."

"What are you talking about? You've known him since you were ten years old, and he practically lived at your house in the summers."

"Yeah, but he was always there as Ron's friend. I was just the little sister, tagging along sometimes, pestering other times, and being ignored most of the time. I pretty much just saw Harry as I wanted to. You know, as I always had seen him, even before I met him."

"As the famous Harry Potter?" Dean asked.

"Exactly." Ginny had come to that realization after seeing the truth in Harry's expression at lunch. "When I saw him with Draco today, I realized that we'd never had moments like that. Whenever we were alone together, we were studying or strategizing about Quidditch or ... I don't know. I started to think about conversations we'd had, and I realized that neither one of us really took the time to find anything out about each other. I realized that the person I thought I was in love with didn't exist ... doesn't exist."

"Ginny, I think you're taking this a bit far," Dean said sceptically.

"No, not really. I spoke with Harry a little while ago, and I asked him what attracted him to me. He couldn't answer."

"He didn't answer you?"

"Oh, he answered, but it wasn't anything real. He said I was beautiful, but figured it had to be more than that. Then he said something about my personality, blah blah blah. He didn't say a single thing to make me think he knew me any better than anyone else in Gryffindor. And you know what?"

"What?"

"I don't think I could have answered the question any better myself about him."

"Okay, so you had an epiphany. What's that got to do with sleeping with me?"

"It was strange, but Harry mentioned you as he was leaving. I thought back to our relationship, and I realized that I know much more about you than I ever knew about Harry, and I'd wager you know more about me than he does."

"And?"

"And do you remember that day when we went walking in the rain?"

Dean closed his eyes and took a long breath before answering, as though the memory were too painful. "Yes."

"You asked me to sleep with you that night. Just sleep. Nothing more. Because you just wanted to be close to me, so you could watch me, feel me there, and wake up with me next to you."

He looked out at the lake, and quietly said, "Yes."

"I'm not saying we forget everything that's happened, or that we pick up right where we left of or anything, but ... do you still want that?"

Turning back to Ginny, he said, barely above a whisper, "Yes."

"Then what do you say? Can we go to bed now?"

His smile spoke volumes. "Sure."


Part 11 - Long Overdue

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[identity profile] alaana-fair.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
*snickers* I'm still with Draco. You can't make me like her. You can't, I say! *G* I hope Dean knows what he's getting into. *wibbles*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
*giggles* I presume Draco won't ever like her either.

Dean is already head over heels for her, so there's not much to be done about that. Let's just hope she treats him right.
Edited 2008-02-11 01:37 (UTC)

[identity profile] ravenqueen55.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm with you, darling Alaana. I can't like her. *shakes head* CAN'T!!!!!!

*kicks Ginny*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
You make me laugh every single time you kick Ginny, you know that?! You are too cute!

At least she's out of Harry & Draco's way now ... :)

*hugs*

[identity profile] svgurl.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
I love suspicious Draco and Harry having to comfort him.

The Ginny/Dean talk was nice. I'm glad that they're getting a happy ending.

But the H/D was of course my favorite. :D

Thanks for the update!

Image (http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee155/svgurl410/?action=view&current=9.jpg)

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ignoring your comment for the moment ... FUCK ME!! No, I mean really ... any time!! FUCK, he's gorgeous! Love the tux *drools* and the pensive look. GUH! *is incoherent*

Ahem ... back to the comments. Thanks. And yeah ... I'll be focussing more firmly on the H/D part of this from now on. Just needed to settle the Ginny/Dean scenario for the time being. It's not done, but ... they're off to a fairly good start (or re-start).

[identity profile] ravenqueen55.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
I've got that pic in my screensaver. *drools*

[identity profile] knic26.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Well...i may be in the minority here, but i really like Ginny, and especially *this* Ginny. She finally realized that she was in love with the idea of Harry Potter, but didn't really know or want *Harry* the way she thought she did.

Can't blame Draco for keeping an eye out for her, though :D

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it seems you're in the minority when compared to most of my flist *g* who seem to want to do her physical harm. Ah, well ... I'm glad you like this Ginny.

And yeah ... I'd be watching her if I were Draco also.

[identity profile] slasher-hd.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, i don't like her! You can't make me! *runs*

Great job!

I need more H/D lovin! *begs*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Thanks :)

Most of the rest of the series will be H/D ... only hints of others now that Ginny and Dean are on their way to ... whatever. :) I'm anxiously awaiting tomorrow's prompt to get on with it.

[identity profile] lackofmendacity.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Awwww... I thought Ginny's original offer was perhaps a bit hasty. *g*

But yay for her explanation, and I'm glad she does want to try and make things better with Dean. :)

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. Glad you approve of her explanation. ;) Now they can get going on making up for lost time while Harry and Draco can get on with gettin' it on. *groans* Did I just say that?

[identity profile] enchanted-jae.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Keep on moving on, Ginny.

*shoos her away*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Your loyalties are showing again. *g*

[identity profile] takhen.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ok ok ya redeemed yerself!! Very nice, and finally the light shines in the tinny space that Ginny calls her head.

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
*giggles* the light shines in the tiny space that Ginny calls her head. *giggles some more*

See? I told you all was not what it seemed. :D

[identity profile] thrnbrooke.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Nicely done!

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Now Ginny doesn't seem quite as *ahem* forward as she did at the end of the last one. :D

[identity profile] lijahlover.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Good chapter I can't wait for more!:D

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Tomorrow sometime, after the prompt goes up.

[identity profile] winter-june.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, she means bed as in s-l-e-e-p (romantic really!). I'm happy for she and Dean finding their own way.

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Yes. It would have been a bit insensitive (and forward) to cry on Dean's shoulder over Harry, and in the same day have sex with Dean. This is much nicer, no?

Anyway ... more focus on H/D from now on.

[identity profile] prettyhairs.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
So now, that Ginny's done with... can we have more H/D?^-~

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
Most definitely. :)

[identity profile] nocturnali.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
So everyone slams Ginny because she doesn't like Draco but everyone - Harry mainly - just accepts it when Draco doesn't like Ginny. The Malfoys haven't exactly been very nice to the Weasleys but what have the Weasleys ever done to the Malfoys? Gah, I can't believe I'm sticking up for Weasleys! *regroups* Okay, I like Ginny but I'm definitely not a Weasley fan. There...
And I love that Ginny's finally got over her thing for Harry. She deserves so much better... ; )

Maybe if I wrote a Tonks/Ginny I'd manage to alienate everyone... : D

Love that Ginny and Dean are back on. They'll make pretty babies. Hear that Harry and Draco! Babies! So nyah!

*goes slowly insane* Lalalalalalalalalalalala etc

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh ... but Draco isn't being nasty to Ron or any of the other Weasleys. His beef is with Harry's ex who is still trying to manipulate Harry into getting back with her, and who actively berates Draco every chance she gets. So he has good reason not to trust/like her. And not everyone slams her because she doesn't like him, only because she was out of line with the comments she made. She can hate/dislike him all she wants.

Pretty babies? Yeah, I think Harry & Draco would make pretty mpreg babies too ... y'know ... if we went down that road. ;)

You make a cute insane person, by the way. *smooches*

[identity profile] nocturnali.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
True.

Let's not go down the mpreg road. Females have babies and personally, I like it that way. Power to us!

Why thank you. *pounces*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, I'm not a big mpreg person, though I'm not as Argh! Keep it away from me! as I used to be, and I like writing them with children sometimes. Just picture the little blondes with green eyes and the black haired kids with grey eyes. *swoons* Okay ... I'll stop now. *g*

I also happen to like that we have the power to procreate. Go us!

[identity profile] nocturnali.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, I will say that sometimes writing ones OTP with children is fun and they do sound adorable. *thinks wee black haired half animagus/half werewolf babies* See, that's what happens... LMAO!!

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww ... and Sirius would so NOT be the serious parent ... unless of course they had girls. He'd be the one pushing them to do stupid things, and Remus would be the one making everything right. I could SOOOO see that. ;)

But if they had daughters, Sirius would be locking them up, and Remus would be convincing him that they really should have SOME freedom. *nods*

[identity profile] kaykayen.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I did think Ginny's statement and the end of the last installment was rather bold! *g*

Glad she finally figured out her feelings for Harry was all "Hero Worship" and that it's past time for her to move on.

Fine. I'll take her off my "shrew" list but she's still on the "simpering little weaselette" list :-P

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Bold is one way to put it. ;)

A hard pill to swallow, that.

*giggles* Simpering little weaselette it is. ;)

[identity profile] idontgiveafaux.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
just caught up with the latest installments! they have been truly beautiful hon! harry and ginny's conversation was full of both niceness and sadness. while the two seemed to resolve any bitterness between them, it still must have been a cruel shock for ginny to finally get it through her head. i'm loving your ginny in this, by the way. so much so that i was getting cross with draco in this chapter when he kept putting her down and making snide comments (though i did laugh at "We've been together for months, Harry. You'd think she'd have figured it out, oh, maybe when you told her!") ::snickers::

great job hon ::hugs::

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, sweetie. Yeah, unrequited love hurts sooo much, and when you see the person with someone you're convinced will only hurt the one you love, it's even harder. And there's definitely no love lost between Draco and Ginny.

*smooches*

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2008-02-13 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm desperately playing catch-up, but this was really lovely. I really liked Ginny's approach to Dean, and the sanity of her connection with him.

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-13 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[identity profile] byaghro.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
As long as Ginny is friends with Harry and nothing more I guess I won't have to push her off of a bridge. I wish her & Dean all the best, in another country preferably, just for Draco's peace of mind. Oh, and if we're clearing Weasleys off of the scene, I'll just take the twins and wander over here thanks! *wink*

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
*giggles* - Have fun with the twins. :D

[identity profile] andrea--88.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwwwwwwwww LOVE Dean
Such a romantic sweetie

excellent

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Catching up ... yeah, Dean is sweet. And hopefully Ginny can get past her animosity towards Draco.

[identity profile] andrea--88.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
She needs time and to see that he's not as bad as she thinks

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. Seeing the love in his eyes for Harry put a little chink in her armour. Now she can perhaps be open enough to actually see him.