Hey guys! This is a challenge that I'm taking up. This one's for Heir of Hufflepuff, because I think she's a riot! I hope this fic will turn out to be something you like.

For those of you who haven't joined the Alliance, do so, because it's fun. The link is in my profile right now.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

I realized this was very… I don't need, parts seemed rushed, so it is revised, as of 5/13/06. So enjoy.

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Ginny didn't mean for it to happen. She didn't plan it. In fact, it was him who ran into her.

And it wasn't her sodding fault that he wasn't a total prat afterward. Because, if he had been, it would have made it totally easy for her to curse him out and then walk away.

But things didn't happen that way, and that's how Ginny got roped into going for a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks with Draco-sodding-Malfoy.

He insisted. He had to take the "Youngest Weaselbee" out for a drink. Because he supposedly felt bad about ruining her new boots. Yeah-freakin'-right.

She didn't discover what he truly wanted until halfway through her second butterbeer.

"I'm glad I ran into you actually," Malfoy said suddenly.

"Oh really. Why?" Ginny said icily. She wasn't about to pretend that her miserable encounters with him at Hogwarts had never happened. A Butterbeer wasn't about to fix that.

"Because I've got a job open and I need someone to fill it."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "You want me to work for you? What's the job? Laughing at your jokes? Complimenting your hair? Making your ego just a bit bigger?"

Malfoy glared at her. Then he looked slightly uncomfortable, as if he was unsure whether or not to say what he was about to say. It was rare to see Malfoy so unsettled, and so Ginny was intrigued.

"Well, what is it?" Ginny asked, with the same amount of bite in her voice.

Malfoy glared at her again, and then, firmly and seriously, said, "I need you to seduce Zabini."

Ginny stared at him silently for a few seconds. A thousand questions blasted through her head. The most obvious was: Why the hell is he asking me this? But the one that came out of her mouth instead was, "Seduce? Seduce how? Because I'm not doing… that with his slimy Slytherin butt." She didn't want to be, but she was actually kind of interested. She had thought Blaise and Malfoy were pals.

"First of all Weasley, get your mind out of the gutter. Second of all, I am not even going to dignify your statements about Slytherins with a comment, but I suggest you stop it." Ginny rolled her eyes as Malfoy continued. It seemed that he was on a mission. His mind was one tracked, and he didn't have time to lead into what he needed to say. "I need you to get into Blaise's head. Date him. Make him fall in love with you. Then break his heart."

Ginny looked at him like he was insane. "You want me to date a Slytherin? Forget it. I refuse to do you any favors. And I refuse to date that slimy git or anyone from your house really. And I can't believe you would even ask me that. Why would you ask me? I hate you. You know that. You hate me. Why in the world would you think I'd work for you?" She rambled for a few more minutes, basically unloading all the thoughts in her mind onto him.

When Malfoy could finally get her to shut up, he calmly stated, "I am enlisting you for two reasons. For one thing, if you dump him, it will make it all the more humiliating for him considering the fact that you are a Weasley. For another, I know for a fact that he is attracted to you."

At the comment about being a Weasley, Ginny stood up. "I refuse to sit here and be insulted by you."

She was about to leave when Malfoy pulled her back down. "Wait! Please. I need you to do this for me. I don't mean to insult you. I'm… I'm…" He looked like he had trouble saying the words. And maybe that's what made Ginny sit down. Or maybe it was the way he looked when he finally said it. "I'm sorry."

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I know, short. But it's only because I want to get feedback on what y'all think so far. It's not something I normally do. But I'm glad I decided to take up this challenge. It is already, for lack of a better word, been challenging. It is really taking me out of my element. Before I continue, I really want some opinions.

I'm hoping that Heir Of Hufflepuff reads this, because I'm most anxious for her feedback. So, HoH, if you are reading this…. What do you think? I'm really stretching myself here!

Next Chapter: More of Draco and Ginny's conversation. And we find out why Draco wants her to do this, and what she gets in return.

Love,

Monica