I don't own any of these characters unfortunately *sigh* JKR does!

Ginny raced down the corridor looking back over her shoulder as she ran. Breathing heavily she ducked around a corner and ran head first into something rock solid where thin air should have been.

"I was just heading to bed lost track of time in the library," flew from her mouth as she straightened her clothes and looked up to see a certain tall, blond-haired man gazing down at her in bewilderment.

"Are you okay, Weasley?"

"I'm fine," she said confused to say the least, "I really must be leaving now, if you don't mind. Unfortunately, I'm of running from someone and I'd rather they not catch me. So I really must be going."

With that Ginny took off down the corridor just a slightly glancing back just long enough to see that certain tall, blond Slytherin gazing after her as well.

When Ginny had reached her bedroom in Gryffindor Tower, she began to breathe easily again. She didn't give one extraneous thought to Draco Malfoy or his deadly good looks…...more than she normally would anyway...at least not yet. For now she would take a shower, slip under the covers and mull over what happened in the morning, once her wits were once again about her.

Draco on the other hand couldn't stop thinking about Ginny Weasley just as he hadn't been able to for the past two years, when he began to realize that she was different than the other Gryffindors. But what drove him mad every night, was his longing to know just how long it would take her to realize that he was different than the other Slytherins.

"Luna, you won't even guess who I ran into last night while I was running from Foreman."

"Draco Malfoy"

"How'd you know?"

Luna laughed. Ginny just pouted. Of course Luna knew, Luna knew everything.

"Ginny, I really think you should just go ahead and DO something about this! I mean you've been pinning over him for years!"

"But what am I supposed to do Luna? He's a Slytherin. Just because he was nice once doesn't mean he's suddenly interested," Ginny let out with frustration moan.

"But honestly Ginny, what have you got to lose that you don't already have?" Luna said honestly.

This stumped Ginny. She still had no idea how she was going to do it but she knew without a doubt that Luna had a point and unless she wanted to have regrets later in life she knew she's have to do something or forever wish she had.

"Fine. I'll do something, but you've got to help me come up with a plan that will make Draco's head spin." Ginny said evilly.

"Draco Malfoy isn't going to know what hit him."

Ginny and Luna had sat up all night scheming and had finally come up with a plan that would hopefully throw Malfoy for such a loop that he wouldn't know which way was up.

"I've got everything ready, Gin" Luna said, running into Ginny's room.

"Alright let's go"

As they entered the Great Hall they split up to go to their respective tables. Ginny looked up surprised to catch Draco Malfoy staring at her.

Maybe this won't be so hard after all, she thought or maybe he's thinking about how much he hates my family. You know you can't really tell from this distance. Shut up, stupid brain, let me have my moment of triumph.

As they went off to their classes, Draco and Ginny sat in their normal seats. Both of them setting out their books and parchment. All of a sudden words began to appear on Draco's parchment.

Are you going to the Halloween

Masquerade with anyone

Draco Malfoy?

Draco looked at the parchment in front of him and then looked around the room stunned as he decided the only possible response was to write back.

I wasn't planning on it. I have yet to find

anyone I desire to go with.

Why would you be any different?

I'm more different than you could

ever imagine Draco Malfoy. I'm like nothing

you've ever encountered. Do you

want to take the time to find out what I mean?

I must say I am more than a bit intrigued.

You don't sound like any girl in this school

I've ever met before.

Maybe you just don't know me well enough.

Prepare for the Masque, Draco. I look forward

to staying in touch.

Although completely miffed, Draco decided that it wouldn't hurt to play along. This girl seemed extremely intriguing. If only he could figure out who she was.

He began to survey his classroom.

He immediately eliminated the majority of the female Slytherins. None of them would bother to do something like send him an anonymous note. They would just brutally walk up to him and in a quite unpleasant manner tell him that they wanted to jump his bones, which just plain made him shiver.

So he turned to the Gryffindors. Granger was too busy switching between simpering after Weasel-King and Potter and writing the teachers every word to possibly be the one and the majority of the other girls he knew were happily in sickening relationships.

Then his eyes fell on Ginny. Every time, he looked at her his heart melted.

She was just as damaged as he was but still pure at heart. And despite that she was always able to see things in a way that he could only dream of. She was the optimist that would light up the room in the darkest of times and would keep the broken and bruised going during a losing battle. She was one thing that had kept him going when he had had to deal with the Dark Lord and his father. who had both known perfectly well of the traitorous mentality even though he had been to scared for the lives of his family and Ginny's life if he had acted on his deepest wish to join the Order instead of fighting alongside all of those Gods forsaken bastards.

It was always Ginny. It would always be Ginny. But she would never see him for what he really was just for what everyone thought he was. He had to find a way to make her know the real him. Maybe this mystery girl was just the way to get to Ginny. If he got close to a Gryffindor then Ginny would learn the truth.

But then again that could go very very wrong. O well, I'll come up with something.

A/N:

I hope you guys like this chapter. I am almost done with the second chapter and will be posting it very soon. Please excuse any typing mistakes my keyboard doesn't always like to cooperate. And please don't forget to R&R so that I can improve.