Ginny smiled as she pulled on her best school robe. She had saved all
her money for as long as her could remember hearing about Hogwarts so that
she could buy her very own wand, robes, and other school supplies. She
hated wearing her brothers' robes, which were much too big for her. But
today was special, because yesterday Ginny had asked Harry if he wanted to
eat dinner with her the next day, and he has said yes. Today was the next
day and it was almost dinner. She had been waiting in anticipation all
morning for dinner to come, and it was finally here. Glancing at her watch
she squealed and almost ran, but she controlled herself and walked calmly
out of the Griffindor house because she had 20 minuets to spare. Slowly she
went out side for some fresh air and walked around. She looked around to
see if Harry was anywhere around, she didn't see him but she did see
something strange. Draco's blond head made its way along the path leading
to the forbidden forest.
"Hmm. I wonder where he's going."
She said to her self and started to follow him. He came to a tree that was just bordering on being in the forest. She watched as he sat down and pulled out a tape recorder, she looked at her watch again 10 minuets to go.
"I hate acting-"
Before she could hear the rest she got up from her hiding space and ran to the dinning hall.
Harry was already sitting down reading a book when she got there; she sat down next to him. He didn't look up from his book. She looked around and then looked back at Harry.
"Hi."
She said after a few seconds.
"Hi."
She said back still not bothering to look up. Hermione came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Ginny would you mind moving down a bit? Harry, Ron and I have to talk about something very important."
"But I'm supposed to eat dinner with you today, remember Harry?"
"Oh really? I'm sorry we can do it later."
She could feel the tears in her eyes almost spill out but she moved down anyway.
"What do you guys have to talk about?"
She asked hoping to at least be included into their group. She didn't want to feel so bad about it. It was just dinner and she knew she was acting like a baby.
"It's very important and you wouldn't understand."
Hermione said and sat in between her and Harry. Ginny got up from the table and walked toward the door.
"Snubbed again Little Red?"
Draco's voice harshly whispered to her from behind. She turned to see Draco directly behind her.
"I don't know what you're talking about! And don't call me that."
"Of course you don't. Just keep telling yourself that Harry likes you better than Hermione, maybe someday you'll believe it!"
Her cheeks burned and she didn't know what to say to him so she just walked away.
"What the hell did you say to my sister?"
Ron yelled at Draco as he saw Ginny leave. Ron new Ginny and that look on her face meant that she was about to cry.
"I didn't say anything to her."
Draco falsely defended himself.
"Liar! I saw you talking to her!"
"Ron calm down, its not like she's going to go kill herself just because Draco said something to her."
Harry said tugging on Ron's sleeve to get him to sit down. Draco got up from the table and left.
"Your right."
Ron said satisfied that he made Draco leave.
Once she was out of sight she ran. Not knowing where she was going to go, she ran out side. Finally she ended up sitting against the tree that Draco had before. She didn't even remember how she had gotten there. When she had cried her self out she remembered that if you walked around the forbidden forest for a while you would come to the edge of a cliff, and just below were the inky black waters that they had traveled across by boat to come to Hogwarts. Ginny walked and found the cliff and stood on the edge looking down. The black water was almost hypnotic; she felt as if the water was calling to her as it splashed against the rocks below.
"Come play, come play."
Over and over it chanted inside Ginny's head. She positioned herself right on the edge and forced herself to stay there when a few small rocks broke loose underneath her feet. Whispering to her self she prayed, then she turned to go back to Hogwarts because this was stupid, she shouldn't hurt herself because Harry didn't like her, but the rock underneath her gave way causing her to fall. She screamed and everything was rushing around her, but she wasn't falling. Someone had grabbed her hands. She looked up into Draco's face and he managed a smile while he hung onto Ginny's hands.
"Hang on."
Draco stood pulling her up. 'Wow, he's a lot stronger than I though he was. And he's kind of cute when he makes that face' Was the first though that came to her head. 'I can not believe I just though that!' Her feet found holes and she pushed her self up throwing herself accidentally on top of Draco. She looked down at him through her red hair and smiled.
"Thanks for saving me."
"Wizards debt."
He said simply, then he smiled.
"Are you comfortable? Can I get you a pillow?"
"Oh I'm terribly sorry."
"Quite alright, in fact I wouldn't mind if we saw each other like that more often."
'Did I just say that out loud?' he asked himself. Ginny rolled her eyes and walked away pretending to be offended but when she wasn't facing him she smiled.
"You know you could always eat dinner with me."
Draco stood shaking the dirt from his robes.
"You mean to make Harry jealous?"
She turned around and looked at him questioningly. 'That's not what I mean at all!' He thought.
"Of course that's what I mean. Why else would a Malfoy be seen with a Weasel?"
He smirked and Ginny walked up to him and punched him in the face.
"Do not call me that again!"
She said and he held his hand up o his jaw.
"Damn women! Are you trying to kill me?"
"Not unless I have to."
He smiled not realizing how entertaining she could be. He offered her his arm.
"Shall we go make Potter jealous?"
"Yes I think we shall."
She said taking his arm.
"Plus I'm starved!"
XxXxX
Ron shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"Did you see Malfoy leave?"
He asked Harry who was engrossed in a conversation with Hermione.
"No why?"
"Because I didn't either and I think he went to go torment Ginny."
"And I think you're being paranoid Ron. Relax Malfoy won't touch your sister, he wouldn't dare."
Hermione piped up.
"This coming form the girl who studies for test a year early 'just in case'."
He said and then he's jaw dropped open as he looked towards the main doors to the dinning hall and saw Malfoy walking into the hall with Ginny on his arm smiling. Both Harry and Hermione turned around and saw just as the rest of the hall grew very silent as they entered.
A soft blush appeared on Ginny's neck and cheeks as the hall slowly silenced and every body stopped what they were doing. A cry of anguish could be heard for the Slytherin table a few moments later as a teary eyed Pansy bolted from the table and out of the hall. Draco ignored it and led her to the table and barked at Golye to move over. Ginny sat and Draco soon after her.
"What? Haven't you ever seen a girl and a boy walking together?"
He said loudly and after another few motionless seconds, the hall filled with whispers and hisses of disapproval.
"Well I think it's safe to say that there is no tormenting going on."
Hermione said trying hard to suppress her laughter.
"No Mione I believe there is a lot of tormenting going on, just not with Malfoy and Ginny."
Harry said gesturing with his hand over to Ron who was red and you could almost see the steam coming from his ears.
"Hmm. I wonder where he's going."
She said to her self and started to follow him. He came to a tree that was just bordering on being in the forest. She watched as he sat down and pulled out a tape recorder, she looked at her watch again 10 minuets to go.
"I hate acting-"
Before she could hear the rest she got up from her hiding space and ran to the dinning hall.
Harry was already sitting down reading a book when she got there; she sat down next to him. He didn't look up from his book. She looked around and then looked back at Harry.
"Hi."
She said after a few seconds.
"Hi."
She said back still not bothering to look up. Hermione came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Ginny would you mind moving down a bit? Harry, Ron and I have to talk about something very important."
"But I'm supposed to eat dinner with you today, remember Harry?"
"Oh really? I'm sorry we can do it later."
She could feel the tears in her eyes almost spill out but she moved down anyway.
"What do you guys have to talk about?"
She asked hoping to at least be included into their group. She didn't want to feel so bad about it. It was just dinner and she knew she was acting like a baby.
"It's very important and you wouldn't understand."
Hermione said and sat in between her and Harry. Ginny got up from the table and walked toward the door.
"Snubbed again Little Red?"
Draco's voice harshly whispered to her from behind. She turned to see Draco directly behind her.
"I don't know what you're talking about! And don't call me that."
"Of course you don't. Just keep telling yourself that Harry likes you better than Hermione, maybe someday you'll believe it!"
Her cheeks burned and she didn't know what to say to him so she just walked away.
"What the hell did you say to my sister?"
Ron yelled at Draco as he saw Ginny leave. Ron new Ginny and that look on her face meant that she was about to cry.
"I didn't say anything to her."
Draco falsely defended himself.
"Liar! I saw you talking to her!"
"Ron calm down, its not like she's going to go kill herself just because Draco said something to her."
Harry said tugging on Ron's sleeve to get him to sit down. Draco got up from the table and left.
"Your right."
Ron said satisfied that he made Draco leave.
Once she was out of sight she ran. Not knowing where she was going to go, she ran out side. Finally she ended up sitting against the tree that Draco had before. She didn't even remember how she had gotten there. When she had cried her self out she remembered that if you walked around the forbidden forest for a while you would come to the edge of a cliff, and just below were the inky black waters that they had traveled across by boat to come to Hogwarts. Ginny walked and found the cliff and stood on the edge looking down. The black water was almost hypnotic; she felt as if the water was calling to her as it splashed against the rocks below.
"Come play, come play."
Over and over it chanted inside Ginny's head. She positioned herself right on the edge and forced herself to stay there when a few small rocks broke loose underneath her feet. Whispering to her self she prayed, then she turned to go back to Hogwarts because this was stupid, she shouldn't hurt herself because Harry didn't like her, but the rock underneath her gave way causing her to fall. She screamed and everything was rushing around her, but she wasn't falling. Someone had grabbed her hands. She looked up into Draco's face and he managed a smile while he hung onto Ginny's hands.
"Hang on."
Draco stood pulling her up. 'Wow, he's a lot stronger than I though he was. And he's kind of cute when he makes that face' Was the first though that came to her head. 'I can not believe I just though that!' Her feet found holes and she pushed her self up throwing herself accidentally on top of Draco. She looked down at him through her red hair and smiled.
"Thanks for saving me."
"Wizards debt."
He said simply, then he smiled.
"Are you comfortable? Can I get you a pillow?"
"Oh I'm terribly sorry."
"Quite alright, in fact I wouldn't mind if we saw each other like that more often."
'Did I just say that out loud?' he asked himself. Ginny rolled her eyes and walked away pretending to be offended but when she wasn't facing him she smiled.
"You know you could always eat dinner with me."
Draco stood shaking the dirt from his robes.
"You mean to make Harry jealous?"
She turned around and looked at him questioningly. 'That's not what I mean at all!' He thought.
"Of course that's what I mean. Why else would a Malfoy be seen with a Weasel?"
He smirked and Ginny walked up to him and punched him in the face.
"Do not call me that again!"
She said and he held his hand up o his jaw.
"Damn women! Are you trying to kill me?"
"Not unless I have to."
He smiled not realizing how entertaining she could be. He offered her his arm.
"Shall we go make Potter jealous?"
"Yes I think we shall."
She said taking his arm.
"Plus I'm starved!"
XxXxX
Ron shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"Did you see Malfoy leave?"
He asked Harry who was engrossed in a conversation with Hermione.
"No why?"
"Because I didn't either and I think he went to go torment Ginny."
"And I think you're being paranoid Ron. Relax Malfoy won't touch your sister, he wouldn't dare."
Hermione piped up.
"This coming form the girl who studies for test a year early 'just in case'."
He said and then he's jaw dropped open as he looked towards the main doors to the dinning hall and saw Malfoy walking into the hall with Ginny on his arm smiling. Both Harry and Hermione turned around and saw just as the rest of the hall grew very silent as they entered.
A soft blush appeared on Ginny's neck and cheeks as the hall slowly silenced and every body stopped what they were doing. A cry of anguish could be heard for the Slytherin table a few moments later as a teary eyed Pansy bolted from the table and out of the hall. Draco ignored it and led her to the table and barked at Golye to move over. Ginny sat and Draco soon after her.
"What? Haven't you ever seen a girl and a boy walking together?"
He said loudly and after another few motionless seconds, the hall filled with whispers and hisses of disapproval.
"Well I think it's safe to say that there is no tormenting going on."
Hermione said trying hard to suppress her laughter.
"No Mione I believe there is a lot of tormenting going on, just not with Malfoy and Ginny."
Harry said gesturing with his hand over to Ron who was red and you could almost see the steam coming from his ears.
