Chapter one: Reasons to Change
Draco had changed. As much as he hated to admit it, he had. And there was a reason he'd changed. Ginny Weasley. He'd recently found himself thinking of nothing but her. Ever since he'd run in to her at Diagon Alley (literally). Actually she ran in to him. She wasn't looking where she was going and ran in to him.
"Watch where you're going!" Draco said as he got up
"Sorry your Ferretness" she spat
"Shouldn't you be off somewhere snogging Potthead?"
"Careful Malfoy, you wouldn't want that pug faced wench of your to see you with another girl."
"Oh please; she wouldn't think twice about you."
"Honestly Malfoy, I don't think you've ever actually had a relationship with someone. All you do is snog." Then she turned on her heel and walked off. Draco stood there watching her walk away.
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Why did she have to say than? She messed up the last few precious days of his summer break. Now he couldn't stop thinking about it. He couldn't think of any girl he'd actually had a relationship with. (Pansy Parkinson didn't count. But how would she know that. Had she been in a relationship)? He also couldn't figure out what made Ginny so attractive all of a sudden. Well what ever it was, he was determined to find out. And Hogwarts was the best place to do that.
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"Bye mum, bye dad!" Ron and Ginny hugged their parents one last time before getting on the Hogwarts Express.
"Come on Gin, Harry and Hermione said they'd find us a compartment." Ron grabbed Ginny's hand and pulled her down the rows.
"Ron I can walk fine on my own" Ginny said. Ron slid the compartment door open to see Harry and Hermione waiting for them.
"There you are." Harry said looking up at his two red headed friends.
"Sorry, mum got all weepy; she can't believe this is our last year." Ron sat down next to Hermione.
"With the grades you got, neither can I." Ginny teased.
"Shut up Ginny"
"It's true though" Harry said
"Oh sure take her side."
They all laughed. Harry had broken up with Ginny at the end of the last school year. But they were still close. He was like another brother to Ginny, so it wasn't uncomfortable.
"So how was your summer Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Not bad. We went down to see the rest of my family in July." Just then the sweets cart rolled by.
"Ohhh I'm hungry, I'll be right back." Ginny walked out of the compartment.
"Anything from the trolley?"
"I'll have a pumpkin pasty and three chocolate frogs please." Ginny said
"Eating a little much aren't you weaselett?"
"Ugh, shove off ferret." She was hoping not to run in to him
"Just noticing that's all." Draco was trying not to show he liked her but it was harder then he thought it would be and she wasn't making it any easier. He suddenly realized that he was staring at her. He looked away immediately. Unfortunately Ginny had noticed this.
"See you at school ferret."
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"Thanks Gin" Ron said, quickly opening the box to see what wizard card he'd got.
"Oh great just another Dumbledore" Ron wearily and tossed his card on to the seat
"Ron!" said Ginny kicking him
"Owe, what did I… oh sorry Harry." Professor Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape last year.
"There was nothing you could've done Harry." Ginny said comfortingly. "H didn't want you to get hurt". He just nodded.
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"You didn't ask her?" Blaise asked.
"No I didn't get a chance to; she noticed that I was staring at her."
Blaise was the only person Draco had told about how he felt about Ginny.
"Then what?"
"She said "see you at school ferret" and walked away."
"Ouch"
"Thanks."
"When are you going to ask her out?"
"I think I'll wait until classes start"
"Well you'd better do it soon before someone else does. Of course if I were you, I wouldn't bother about asking her at all."
"Blaaaise"
"Not that I think it's a bad thing to do, Blaise said quickly, "It's just; think what people will say."
"I don't care what people say, you should know that."
"Yeah but the Slytherins will be pissed when they find out that your going out with a girl form another house, especially if it's a Gryffindor."
"So. What don't you get about I don't care"
"Okay, I was only warning you."
"Don't worry, I can handle it."
"Of coourse you can I have nooo doubt."
"Thanks I knew I could count on your support in my time of need. It means so much to me." The two laughed.
"Come on we should probably get into our robes."
One good thing about today, Draco though, I found out one thing that makes Ginny soo attractive. Her attitude. That one was easy. The others were going to be harder, but the hardest thing was coming up. Asking Ginny out.
