Won't You Pretend; Pretend To Love Me
Chapter 1
Summary: A bet, a dare, and a truce will have some Hogwarts students spinning. "Wanna do something that will really piss him off?…" Draco's voice tickled Ginny's ear again. Not the best summary, but the story is good.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the characters I made up, the rest belongs to J.K.Rowling & Company.
Big amber eyes stared out of the Hogwarts Express, smoke blew gently across the window pane, making it hard for the quiet girl who sat there to watch the grassy, passing hills. Ginevera Weasley, more commonly known as Ginny, sat a smile on her face. Thinking of the past summer before Ginny would be beginning her sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had come a week into the summer to complete the Golden Trio, leaving Ginny to laugh and joke with her mother. She didn't mind, it wasn't like she wanted to talk to them, her mother was teaching her how to cook. Ginny really only enjoyed Hermione's company, preferring not to talk to her brother or her last crush (Harry). They had both changed this for some strange reason, made them want to hang out more.
It was true Ginny had changed greatly over the summer; her long autumn red hair tumbled down her back to the middle of her back in beautiful curls. Her amber eyes were circled with a dark layer of black eyeliner (something Hermione introduced her to), the magic powder helped conceal the dark circles under her eyes and any blemishes that may appear on her semi tanned skin. She really did look pretty, different than before, yet she still managed to keep her natural beauty. Her body too had changed, her chest much fuller than before and her body had the curves that her mother promised she would get.
Even Ginny's personality had changed. She was still that smart, strong, doesn't back down girl. But now she was more into boys, having matured more. She was definitely a flirt, as many of her friends often told her. Ginny was also much more open, seeming to have taken over to fill both of her twin brothers' shoes, becoming a regular visitor to Detention.
Ginny smiled when she thought back to the day when Hermione found out she was going to be Head Girl. Ginny had been the first person she had told. Hermione had come running into the living room of the Burrow, waving the card in the air with the badge in her other hand. She dashed past Ron to Ginny, who had jumped into the air with glee when she saw the badge.
Two of her best friends and year-mates danced around laughing while two boys looked on. One, Megan Foxmorth landed on Ginny's lap, waking Ginny from her day dream. With a laugh, Ginny push Meg off of her and stood up as well. She took her other friend, Jesse Cartwright's hand and began dancing with Meg around the compartment of the train. Music played from Jesse's radio, the Weird Sisters were playing. When the song ended the three girls flopped down on one of the compartments cushioned benches. A grin was plastered across Ginny's face.
Derek Farmill, one of the Gryffindor boys seated on the opposite benches laughed. "You guys are ridiculous!" But he was smiling all the same. Meg stood up and perched herself on Derek's lap a smirk on her face. "But that's why you love me right?" Derek answered her by kissing her. Tom Quinn, a quiet handsome boy turned the radio down.
Jesse laughed, her and Tom were the only Ravenclaws in the group, the rest were Gryffindors. Ginny settled herself in her old seat, looking out the window, through the trees she was surprised to see the Black Lake stretching a ways away from the train tracks, Hogwarts lay just beyond. "Guys, we have to change!" Ginny laughed, surprised at how fast time flew. The girls ushered the boys out, all of them quickly changing. Then they left, leaving the room for the boys to change in.
"I'll be right back, I'm gonna go to the bathroom." Ginny murmured, walking down the narrow corridor. The bathroom was at the end of the train; halfway there she bumped into someone, hard. Ginny was set tumbling to the carpeted floor of the train, her skirt slid up her toned legs slightly, but enough to reveal her knickers. Looking forward, she expected to see someone on the ground too instead her eyes met black pants and shiny black shoes. Her eyes trailed up the unknown body to the man's face.
Silver-grey eyes bore into her with such intensity that Ginny willed herself to look away. Draco Malfoy crossed his tanned, strong arms across his chest just below his Head Boy badge. He allowed his platinum blond hair to grow a bit so now it fell seductively over his intense gaze in wisps. All in all, he looks HOTT! The thought was racing through Ginny's mind before she could stop it. Ew! That thought closely followed.
The only two things could damaged Draco Malfoy's looks was the infamous Malfoy smirk. "Wow, that was impressive Weaselette." And of course his mouth. Ginny glared up at him through the short and cut on a slant side-bangs that fell into her eyes. Ginny stood up and pulled the short plaid blue skirt. She tugged on the light school robe, fixing it so it fell perfectly around. Fred and George bought her three new Hogwarts outfits for her over the summer for her birthday. Looking at Draco again she realized that she was about a foot shorter than him. She was only 5 feet and 2 inches; he must have been at least 6 foot 2.
"It wasn't my fault that you got in my way." Ginny snapped. Draco smirked, if possible, even more. "Well, well. Aren't we feisty?" He backed her against the wall, placing his hand next to her face. The fact that the hallway of the train was so narrow Draco's body was touching Ginny's, not a lot; but Ginny noticed and her knees grew weak. Draco's warm breath tickled Ginny's ear, "That could be fun." Ginny's eyes widened, Draco laughed and removed his face and his arm. As he turned to go, he added. "By the way, nice knickers." He laughed again. Ginny glared at him, her knees suddenly stronger now that Draco was away from her. Ginny opened her mouth to yell at him, but Draco was already gone.
Ginny stood nervously next to Meg, after her first encounter with Draco, Ginny wasn't looking forward to her next one. The Welcoming Feast was waiting for her and soon she would be asleep in her warm bed in Gryffindor Tower. Ginny thought back to how she felt when Draco was near her, nobody else had-- No! Stop thinking like that, you are just freaked out Ginny. Just cool it, he's not interested in you, and you are not interested in him!
With that in her mind, Ginny smiled and linked arms with Meg and led the way towards the Great Hall, most students were already there, sitting and laughing with friends, catching up. Ginny didn't even look in the direction of the Slytherin table. All she focused on was having a good time. And she did. But what she didn't realize was the looks she was getting until Jesse pointed it out. "As if!" Ginny answered with a laugh. "They are probably thinking, 'Boy that Weasley girl, she's a strange one.' And nothing else!"
Ginny, Meg, and Jesse spent the last three days before classes started lounging around the school grounds, in front of the lake. Sleepily hoping that this year would be easy; they knew it wouldn't be, not with their NEWTs next year. Teachers would pile on the work, preparing the students for what was to come.
The day classes were to begin, Ginny woke early to go on an attempted jog. She had spent the summer jogging per request of her mother, now it was just an annoying habit that Ginny strangely enjoyed. Careful not to wake her dorm mates, Ginny slipped into a pair of short running shorts that had the word "Juicy" printed across her butt. Slipping on a sports bra and a plain white tee-shirt and lacing her white sneakers, Ginny headed down the stairs to the Common Room, pulling her glossy red curls back in a simple pony-tail. She was holding a green something that Fred had bought her called an iPod. She loved it. Over the summer Fred and her had become closer, which was odd since she rarely saw him.
Ginny crossed the Common Room, ignoring any early risers and pushed the portrait door open. She took her time walking down the Grand Staircase, it was 7 o'clock in the morning, she had plenty of time to jog and take a shower to get ready for classes before breakfast started at 9. When Ginny got to the Entrance Hall she pushed the main heavy oak doors open, releasing a burst of cool morning air into Ginny's face. She smiled and set off down the slopes towards the shining mass of water.
The rock and sand beach made Ginny have to work harder to run as far as she wanted. But part way around the lake she began aware that she wasn't the only one out for a jog. At first she didn't notice anything due to the sound blasting from her ear phones. Ginny glanced behind her and sighed she knew that blond hair. She pushed herself to stay ahead of Draco but he had longer legs, so he passed her in a matter of minutes. Ginny watched him jog by her, noticing the fact that he had no shirt on. Oh, jeez…
I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan
Ginny started laughing, not realizing that she even owned that song. That's ironic. She was still laughing when she ran smack into Draco who had stopped running. Ginny squeaked as she was going to fall, Draco's first instinct was to grab her. Ginny tensed when Draco's arm encircled her waist, holding her up and against his bare, muscular chest. "Can't stand on your own two feet can you?" He asked. Ginny gave him a look and Draco let go. Ginny was sent to the ground, landing on her butt. She glared up at Draco, "Why did you let go?!"
Draco smirked and bent down so he was level with Ginny's face. "What, you didn't want me to? You like my touch?" Ginny just rolled her eyes. Draco stood up and started to jog away again when he called over his shoulder. "You might want to get up, wouldn't want to get your 'Juicy' ass wet." Just as he said that a wave splashed up onto the shore. Ginny screamed and attempted to jump up and move, but she wasn't in time, the water soaked her sneakers. Ginny glared at Draco's back when she heard him laughing. "Piss off!" She yelled at him. He just turned and saluted her, continuing to run.
Ginny sighed and trudged back to the castle to get cleaned up, thinking about how a certain Slytherin could mess with her head so much. Stupid git.
A/N: Well I hope you liked it! I know it wasn't that long, but there will be even more Draco/Ginny such in the next chapter. I'm just setting the scene. Read and Review! Even if flames, I'd love to hear your input.