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“Father, what I am saying is that I must deny your offer to become a death eater.” Draco spoke calmly as his father’s eyes lit up with rage. Draco leaned against the wall in his common room smirking at seeing is father’s face in a fire place. It suits him well. Draco thought. “I must inform you that I have information on Dumbledore. I believe that--”

  “Enough!” Lucius roared. Draco flinched at the sight of his father’s voice coming out in fire and landing on the carpet. “I have been patient for years! Once first year started I had given you the time to think and rethink about the glory in being a death eater. You are now in your seventh year. Same time tomorrow and I better receive the appropriate answer. You are a Malfoy, and I will not allow you to destroy the name I have worked hard for. You disgrace me Draco.”

  Draco watched as his father’s head disappeared into the flames on the Slytherin Common Room.  Walking over to the burning flame on the carpet, Draco stomped it out with his foot before walking down to the Great Hall.

  Being as he was the last person to walk into the Great Hall for dinner, a few heads turned when he walked to his table to sit.

  “Oh Draco! I am so glad to see you! I missed you in Potions and--”

  “Stuff it Pansy,” Draco responded bluntly while buttering a piece of bread.

  “Oh Draco, you are just so funny!” Pansy exclaimed leaning into his slim but muscular body. She ran her hands through his silky blonde hair before giggling for no apparent reason.

  After eating one bite, Draco stood up feeling as though he had lost his appetite due to the incessant flirting of Pansy. Not only was she an annoying girl, she was one of the most repulsive ones as well.

  “Draco! Are you leaving me? Oh Draco do stay I have so much gossip to tell you!” Pansy stated as if she was a little girl. She worshiped Draco as though he was a god. Throughout his years at Hogwarts, he received more attention from girls than the “hero” Potter. Draco was one of the most attractive boys in the school and he had quite a nice little fan club due to his good looks.

  “Later Pansy, just tell me later.”

  With half of the Slytherin table watching his early depart, he walked out of the Great Hall with a short of air that made many of the girls watch him in awe.

  “Oh he is just so hot! Amy, I just love him!” squealed a 5th year sitting at the end of the Griffindor table.

  “How can so many girls be in love with him? He’s a filthy, dirty Malfoy. He’s a rude, slimy git with--” Ron stated even though both Harry and Hermione thought the same thing of Draco, although Ron’s little sister thought of Draco differently.

  “Ron, will you please stop going on about Draco. It seems as though you’re jealous of him!” Ginny said being fed up with her brother’s nonstop complaining over Draco. Besides being sick of hearing one person complain Ginny kind of admired Draco as well as around one hundred other girls. He was hot.

  Turning red around the ears Ron squirmed over being told he was jealous of a Malfoy. “I am not jealous Ginny! How could you even say that? He’s a MALFOY!”

  “Ha-ha, well I just said what I thought Ron, “Ginny giggled over seeing her brother turn red. He is jealous of Draco. I knew it! Ginny thought to herself. “I’ve got to go. I’ll see you guys in the common room.” At that, Ginny got up and left while munching on a muffin.

  “I think she’s over you Harry,” Ron stated while stuffing a chicken leg into his mouth. “She isn’t giving you a special goodbye anymore!”

  “Shut up Ron!” Harry exclaimed while throwing a muffin at Ron. Hermione just giggled at the two boys and their immaturity.

   “Sometimes my brother is such a dim-wit,” Ginny said out loud while walking down a corridor going completely the wrong way. Without even thinking, Ginny was heading down towards the Slytherin Common Room.

  “You’re right you know. Your brother is a complete dim-wit,” Draco said leaning against a wall smirking at the fact that it was so easy to make a Weasley mad. Although…Draco thought, She is cute when she’s mad. Hmmm…

  “What did you say Malfoy?” Ginny said tightening on of her fists.

  “You heard me.”

  “Draco, if you say one more word I’ll…”

  “You’ll what? Kiss me?” Draco asked moving from his spot to being just inches away of Ginny’s face. “I know you want to. I know you want me. I know--”

  “You know nothing!” Ginny sneered. She felt Draco’s hand move up to her cheek. She wanted to punch him so badly for putting Ron down, but she couldn’t seem to move.

  “You want me,” Draco stated once more.

Ginny leaned in to kiss him, but Draco stepped back. “I knew you wanted me,” Draco spoke loudly as a large smirk appeared on his face.

  “I hate you Malfoy!”

“Sure you do,” Draco said sounding very unconvinced.

  Ginny stormed off to the Griffindor Common Room. She despised Draco right now.

  Seeing the portrait at the Common Room door she spoke the password Lime Gumdrops.

  “Ginny, I thought you would have been here. Where were you?” Ron asked as Ginny walked up the steps to her room.

  “Out,” she replied as she slammed the door to her room that she shared with Luna and a girl named Kayla.

  “What’s wrong with Ginny Ron?” Hermione asked. Hermione, Ron, and Harry all sat on a large over stuffed couch in front of the fire place.

  “Dunno.”

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Luna looked up from her Herbology book to see a red faced Ginny.
 
"Hey Ginny! Are you um... alright?" Luna asked seeming a bit concerned over her best friend's expression.
 
"Yeah Luna, I'm just peachy. Everything is perfect!" Ginny said sarcastically raising her voice. Ginny plopped down onto her bed and screamed into her pillow.
 
"Ginny, I'm going to go into the Common Room and wait for Kayla to return from dinner. If you need anything, just yell." Luna said while walking out of the door. Luna didn't want to get on her friend's bad side today, considering she already was mad.
 
"I hate Malfoy!" Ginny screamed into her pillow ignoring her friend.
 
On the other side of Hogwarts, Malfoy seemed pretty satisfied with himself after his encounter with Ginny.
 
"Weasleys are just so easy to annoy. To bad Ginny's a Weasley and a year younger. She's really grown up a lot this year, " Draco commented to himself. He sat in his Common Room staring at the fire. Luckily, his father's face wasn't in there this time. Draco's eyes started to become heavy and after five minutes of staring into the comforting fire he dozed off with an empty stomach.
 
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Waking up at around two in the morning, Draco found that his stomach was making a fuss over the lack of food that he had during dinner. Opening his eyes, he found that he was still in the Common Room laying on the couch in front of the fire place. Being that he was still dressed and very hungry, he went to the Hogwart's kitchen behind the portrait of food. Walking into the kitchen, he saw no house elves, except he did see a teenage girl's figure sitting at a large table eating a piece of chocolate. Draco knew he had seen that figure somewhere and finally, he knew who it was when he turned up the lights.
 
"Weasley, what are you doing in here?" Draco asked as if he was accusing her of a crime.
 
"I could ask you the same question Malfoy." Ginny spoke calmly as though their run in with him earlier never happened. Chocolate always calmed her nerves ever since she was a little girl.
 
"I shouldn't have to explain myself to a Weasley," Draco stated bluntly.
 
Draco went to a large drawer with a cooling charm on it and took out a platter of spaghetti. Draco muttered a spell under his breath to warm up his meal, and he sat down across from Ginny.
 
"Ah, still in your pyjamas? And they don't even cover you up. Very revealing if you ask me. A tank top shit and mini shorts. At least now I know how you get all that attention from the Griffindor boys," Draco said making fun of Ginny and her popularity from the beginning of her sixth year.
 
"Ha-ha Draco. May I ask why your still dressed in your robes?" Ginny asked while biting into a piece of chocolate.
 
Seeing as this was an opportunity to make Ginny mad, Draco decided to make up a little white lie. "I see you want to talk on a first name basis. Well Ginny, I apparently wasn't in my bed, but I guess you could say I wasn't alone either. Girls just seem to love the older hot men, don't they?"
 
Ginny stared wildly at Draco. Was he coming on to her? "How would I know?"
 
Ginny, Ginny, Ginny, everyone knows you liked Harry. Do you still?" Draco asked while raising his eyebrow.
 
"Draco, Draco, Draco," Ginny said mocking Draco while watching a smirk set into his face. "Now, why are you so interested in my personal life? Are you interested in me?" Ginny asked this trying to use a sexy voice. She hadn't done this before, except she thought she was able to make her question come out just right.
 
Draco put down his fork and stared deep into Ginny's eyes. Not being able to deny his true feelings, Draco slowly spoke what was on his mind. "Yes Ginny, I am interested in you."
 
Ginny couldn't breathe Did she just hear that?
 
Snapping back into reality, Draco stood smirking and started to walk out of the kitchen.
 
"Where are you going?" Ginny asked. She wanted to see Draco tell her the truth again. She wanted to be near him. "Aren't you going to clean up your mess?"
 
Draco stopped right before the door. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to stay, except she was a Griffindor, a Weasley, and a friend of his enemy, Potter. "Let the house elves get the mess."
 
Ginny stared in disbelief of Draco's quick changing attitude as he walked out the kitchen door and down to his dorm.
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Draco's fast pasted walking slowed down after he turned the corner leaving the kitchen. How could I tell Ginny I liked her? No, no I didn't. I couldn't have. Crap...I did. Draco thought to himself while on his way to the Slytherin Common Room.
 
Quietly, Draco snuck into his common room and sat in front of the fire. Even though the common room never seemed comfortable, having a blazing fire near him always made him feel better. Grabbing the throw from the side of the couch, he made himself comfortable and stared into the fire place. Drowsing off, he heard a noise coming from one of the stairwells.
 
"Draco? Draco? Is that you down there?" Pansy Parkinson said coming down the stairs in a pair of satin pyjamas and robe. Her voice sounded nauseating to Draco. He looked up to see Pansy looking very unflattering in her clothes. She smiled with her hair up in a tight ponytail. She must have stayed up waiting for me. Why couldn't some attractive girl do that instead. Pansy is so, so disgusting. I deserve much better, like that girl, Ginny. Draco thought to himself with a sly smirk appearing on his face. 
 
"Pansy, what do you want?" Draco asked acidly.
 
"Now Draco, why are you being so mean to me? And why were you out this late? Draco, you told me I could tell you all the new gossip later. Well, it is later and I want to be with you. I mean, don't you want to be with me?" Pansy asked pouting.
 
She looks even more repulsive pouting. Draco thought. "Actually Pansy, I don't want to be with..."
 
"Anyway," Pansy continued not waiting for Draco to finish his answer. "I heard some news about Potter. I know how much you hate him, so I thought you may find this funny Okay, firstly, Snape took 75 point away from Gryffindor because Potter didn't do a potion right. Then, I heard him telling that Granger girl that he had a crush on somebody. Ha-ha, I found this to be a bit juicy. He likes that Weasley girl!" Pansy exclaimed.
 
"What?" Draco yelled. He almost couldn't control his emotions. Now, Draco was once again competing with Harry  about something else. Actually, it was someone else.
 
"Draco? What is it?" Pansy asked sitting down next to Draco wanting to calm him down.
 
Realizing that he was acting "weirdly" towards Gryffindor gossip, he quickly calmed down and acting his normal self. Knowing that his yell would have most likely waken a few Slytherins up, he stood up without saying another word and walked to his dorm, leaving Pansy alone. Being that his father was able to give Draco his own personal room and that Draco was head boy, Draco didn't have to worry about waking other people. In other words, he didn't sneak into his room, as Pansy would have to.
 
This is going to be the beginning of a horrible day. Draco thought seeing that it was two in the morning. I am going to win over Ginny. Harry Potter, this is the one thing you can't have.
 
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Ginny finally finished her chocolate about ten minutes after Draco had abruptly left.
 
Leaving the kitchen, she slowly made her way to the Gryffindor Common Room. Once inside, she too sat on a couch in front of the fire place feeling comforted around it. Draco said he liked me. He actually said he liked me. Ginny thought. Oh my gosh! I have to be the luckiest girl alive. But wait, he left right after he said it. Maybe he didn't mean it. Maybe... Ginny's thoughts were interrupted when she heard her name being whispered from the top of the boys' stairs.
 
"Harry, is that you?" Ginny quietly asked turning her body around to see a slim figure coming down the stairs.
 
"Hey Ginny. Where were you?" Harry asked sitting next to Ginny and staring deep into her brown eyes. Ginny always felt as though she was with one of her brothers when she was with Harry, but now, she felt weird.
 
"Hi, I was in the kitchen. I was a little um hungry. What are you doing up?" Ginny asked. She knew had to be at least 1:30 in the morning.
 
Not knowing what to say, Harry made up a white lie. He didn't want to just yet tell Ginny that he had a crush on her and that he was worried when he went to visit her in her room, and she wasn't there.
 
"I couldn't sleep. I was to worried about the game we have against Slytherin this weekend. I mean, its already early Saturday morning and we have a game on Sunday," Harry said looking away from Ginny and into the large fire.
 
"Oh yeah," Ginny said now looking into the fire. After yawning, Ginny decided it was time for her to go to sleep.
 
"Harry, I'm going to go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow at breakfast. Goodnight," Ginny sleepily said while standing up.
 
"Night Gin," Harry said still sitting on the couch looking into the fire.
 
Quietly, she walked up the stairs and into her dorm. She didn't want to wake up her room mates so as carefully as she could, she opened and closed the door and sneaked into bed. Thirty seconds after her head hit her soft pillow, she was fast asleep, unlike Draco who stayed up for an hour after getting into bed thinking about Ginny.
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Ginny woke up twenty minutes into breakfast. Her roommates had already left without waking her up. Ginny wasn't really that hungry due to the fact that she had a chocolate splurge the night before. Sleepily, Ginny got out from her warm comfortable bed. Even though it was only in the middle of fall, Ginny was extremely cold this morning.
 
"Has Hogwarts ever heard of warming charms?" Ginny muttered to herself as she went to get dressed.
 
Since it was a Saturday, Ginny didn't have to worry about classes, even though each class gave her tons of homework. Putting on a warm sweatshirt she got in a muggle department store. Walking down to the common room, Ginny stood in front of the fireplace warming herself up. After five minutes, Ginny felt like going on a walk, so putting on her robe and scarf, she decided to go on a walk around the lake considering there was a student made trail from all of the walks taken there throughout Hogwarts history. 
 
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Draco awoke from a very peaceful dream when he heard Crabbe and Goyle walk into his room to tell him breakfast was to start in ten minutes.
 
Don't they do anything except eat? Draco thought to himself while lying in bed. After a few minutes, he slowly rolled out of bed. Walking over to his dresser, he opened his drawer to find every piece of his clothing to be his favourite colour (which just happened to be black). After getting dressed and making sure his reflection in his mirror was to perfection, he went for a walk deciding that he would rather not see Pansy.
 
Going out into the brisk morning air, he wished he had brought his robe but he didn't to have to go back into the castle to retrieve it, so he went on being a little cold.
 
Before he knew, he seemed to see a redhead walking slowly around the lake. No...it couldn't Ginny, or could it? Draco thought to himself. Deciding to see if that was the redhead he knew so well, he followed her until he was just steps behind her.
 
Hearing a twig snap behind her, Ginny turned around on her relaxing walk to find a certain Malfoy right behind her smirking and leaning against a large oak tree.
 
"Are you following me Draco?" Ginny asked decided she wanted to play with his mind a little because of the night before. "I mean, I know you obsess over me, but I didn't know you would skip a perfectly good meal to be with me. Draco, I mean so touched."
 
"Hmm maybe your right. I wouldn't mind a good warm meal. Right now, that seems way more interesting than following a Weasley," Draco stated looking up into the sky as if looking for answers to an unknown question. Draco looked back down at Ginny who looked a little hurt. Trying to fix what he had said, Draco continued before Ginny would have had the chance to respond. "Although, I already had a small meal this morning with you, so I decided I should just hang out with you during breakfast time since neither you nor I are hungry."
 
Ginny decided to take the time she was spending with Draco to finally find out if he liked her the way she crushed on him. "Okay Draco, if you want to be with me, I'll gladly allow you. Just as long as no one sees us. I don't want anyone to think that I have befriended a Slytherin."
 
"As long as know one sees me with a slimy Gryffindor, I'll be fine," Draco said smirking.
 
"Okay then. Umm Draco," Ginny said while walking once again. "I have a question for you."
 
"Shoot."
 
"Did you mean what you said last night?"
 
Draco stopped dead in his tracks. He once again looked up into the sky expecting answers. When he realized that the sky could provide answers, he stuffed his hands into his pocket and looked back to Ginny. Draco stared deep into her blue eyes. Ginny did the same and stared into Draco's steel gray eyes. His eyes are so unreadable. What is he thinking? Ginny thought.
 
Finally, Draco opened his mouth as if to utter the most important words of his life. "Ginny, I..."
 
Draco was cut off when there was a bang from the Dark Forest. Ginny screamed and turned around to face the Dark Forest while leaning against Draco for comfort and that if she let go of him, she would have fallen down out of fear.
 
Draco just stared into the Dark Forest without moving except to put his arm around Ginny. "Let's go Ginny. I think Potter will have to miss this adventure to prevent evil. Lets just hope it isn't my father"
 
Draco let go of Ginny and started to carefully walk into the Dark Forest, quickening his pace with every step he took. After a moment Ginny jogged after him preparing herself for anything
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"Draco, hold on! I can't run that fast!" Ginny exclaimed. She stopped for a moment to catch her breath. She was panting and sweat was dripping down her face. "Please Draco. Give me just one more minute."
 
Draco stopped ten feet ahead. "Ginny, whoever is here in this forest could disappear any second. Considering we don't know who they are, we want to be careful, and hurry!" Draco said as he held out his hand for Ginny to hold on to.
 
Ginny looked up to see Draco's face. Within the lines of his features, you could see pain, worry, and fear. Ginny walked to Draco and held his hand tightly. Before another second passed, they two were off again.
 
Meanwhile a few hundred yards away from where Draco and Ginny were, three deatheaters were making their way towards Hogwarts. "Draco and Dumbledore won't be expecting us. Finally, we can please Lucius and make his son a deatheater for our Dark Lord," one of the deatheaters said.
 
"Draco I go any further. I feel like I'm about to fall down. Can we please..." Ginny was cut off from her complaining when Draco put his index finger over her lips to keep her quite. Carefully, he motioned for Ginny to follow him to behind a large tree. Within seconds, three hooded characters glided by. Draco watched him intently while Ginny was scared stiff. If needed to, Ginny would be unable to move as she was frozen in fear. The deatheaters were just two yards away.
 
Ginny was finally able to sneak a pick over to Draco. He stared as if all of this was unreal. Once the deatheaters were farther way, Draco once again motion for Ginny to follow him.
 
"Draco, the deatheaters are going in the other direction," Ginny whispered.
 
Draco stopped and looked into Ginny's eyes. "Yes, I know, but I am not safe at Hogwarts. Ha! For once, the deatheaters aren't after Potter."
 
"Draco, what are you talking about? Are you going to be one of them?" Ginny quietly asked as she motioned where the deatheaters once were.
 
"I don't want to be a deatheater, except, I don't know if I have a choice," Draco stated looking down at his once brightly polished shoes that were now scuffed up. "Ginny, you can't come with me. You'll be much safer at Hogwarts. Please go back."
 
"I can't. I don't want you to get hurt. If you did, I wouldn't know what to do!" Ginny exclaimed staring into Draco's grey eyes once more. She was able to see a wave of happiness and fear go over Draco's face.
 
"Ginny," Draco whispered. He put his hand on Ginny cheek and leaned in to kiss her. Ginny closed her eyes and received the kiss on her lips. Although it had only lasted for a spilt second, to Ginny, that felt like eternal bliss. 
 
"Please go back!" Draco pleaded.
 
"Draco, I would rather be with you and help you fight off the deatheaters. Please, I can help? I don't want to leave you!"
 
Draco just stared at Ginny and finally gave up. He knew in his heart that he wanted to be with her, but in his mind, he knew it wasn't safe. "Ginny, follow me. We are going to Hogsmead then to London. After that, hopefully Hogwarts will be safe enough for us to return to. It will only be for a couple of days, except we just have to hurry out of the Dark Forest." Draco stated as he grabbed onto Ginny hand and leaded her through the forest. After what seemed like an hour, they reached the outskirts of Hogsmead and called for the Night Bus.
 
"Ginny, if anything happens to you, I will never forgive myself," Draco said while waiting for the arrival of the Night Bus.
 
"Draco, I'll be fine. I want just want you to be safe."
 
"What about Harry? Don't you want him to be safe? Don't you, well, love him?" Draco asked seriously looking straight into Ginny's eyes. She felt that he could read her brain. Ginny just stared back intently.
 
"I love him like a brother, but what I feel for you is different," Ginny said breaking the stare and looking into the street.
 
Draco looked away from Ginny and for the first time in months, he had a real smile come across his face. He reached out for Ginny's hand and tightly squeezed it. Ginny just looked into the streets of Hogsmead smiling with her red hair flowing freely across her face.
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Ginny sat on one of the beds in the back of the Knight Bus where there were no others. She watched Draco as he talked to the bus driver about where they wanted to go and the price of the trip. Ginny saw Draco giving the driver at least five Gallons. How much money does he carry on him? Ginny thought to herself as she watched Draco walked back towards the bed Ginny was sitting on.
 
He pushed back a few strands of his blond hair that were in his eyes. "The driver said we'll be in London within an hour. Until then, we might as well relax."
 
Ginny, still wondering how much money Draco had on him, couldn't seem to hold the question in any longer. "How much money do you actually have with you?" She blurted.
 
Draco chuckled and took out a sack of gallons from his pocket. "I would say I have about sixty gallons left That should be enough for us to have for the next two days, considering I never had the chance to go to Gringotts."
 
Ginny sighed. She leaned onto Draco's shoulder and fell asleep until the bus abruptly stopped when arriving at a hotel in London.
 
"Ginny, you have to get up. We are in London. Come on," Draco softly spoke. He lifted her up onto her feet and they left the bus and Ginny found that she was standing front of a large grand hotel.
 
Ginny stared in awe at the magnificent building that had to be at least ten stories tall. She had never been in a large city before. Draco took Ginny by the arm and led her into the hotel. Walking through the revolving doors, Ginny saw a large marble hall with large white pillars in the middle of the hall with cream coloured couches facing each other in the middle with a dark brown coffee table in between the two couches. On the left side of the hall, there were about ten counters to check into. On the right side, the entire wall was covered with books with a large fire in the middle of the wall.
 
Draco walked to the very last counter and asked for a room with two beds in it.
 
"I'm sorry sir, but we seem to be out of that type of room. We do have one room with a king sized bed in it. Besides that, we are fully booked." the main behind the desk said.
 
Draco looked to Ginny who apparently didn't even hear a word the man said because she was still staring into the grand hall. Draco decided to except the room.
 
"Ok, for two nights, your total will be..." the man was cut off when Draco pulled out gallons. "Oh, I see. You're not a muggle. Okay, then your total will come to forty-two gallons."
 
Draco paid and received a key to the room. He once again took Ginny by the arm and led her to their room.
 
"Ginny, help me find room number 1129." Draco said while looking up at the door numbers.
 
Ginny looked up to see room numbers decreasing from 1119 to 1117. " I think we are going in the wrong direction. We have to go the other way." Ginny said while pointing down the hall which Draco's back faced.
 
Draco turned a little red, but soon got over it when they reached their room. Once Draco opened their door, the look on Ginny's face was priceless. "I thought we were going to have a room with two beds!"
 
Draco couldn't resist playing a joke on Ginny. "I thought that since were going to be together for the next two days, we might as well get to know each other and sharing a bed is the perfect way," Draco calmly said with a smirk on his face. He laid on the bed and patted it as if to invite Ginny to get close to him.
 
Draco!" Ginny screamed.
 
Draco sat up and started to laugh. It wasn't a chuckle. It was a full out loud laugh were he clenched his stomach. Ginny realized that Draco was joking and she sat next to him on the side of the bed and nudged him as if to say that wasn't funny. Although, she had a slight smile on her face. 
 
"Sorry Gin, but this was the last room available," Draco said after his long laugh.
 
"Its okay." Ginny said. "Besides, you were right! Sharing a bed is the perfect way for us to get to know each other." Ginny walked into the bathroom to clean up her appearance. Draco just stared after her wondering if she was joking or not.
 
I like that girl...a lot. Draco thought as he watched the bathroom door close.