Chapter Two: The Perfect Opportunity
As before, a woman dressed in black enters from the back of the stage dressed entirely in black. The lighting is dim. The spotlight focuses a weak sort of light around her figure. As before, she begins to address the audience. Again in the soft, carrying voice.
"In our second scene, we begin to set up the fallout. The beginning of our heroine's revenge is displayed here. I will leave you with a few thoughts: Where will it all begin? Where will it all end? And will our heroine and hero be alive when it's all over? Think what you wish. You will never begin to understand what has happened. Until it is time, that is."
Once again with her ominous way she faded back into the dark and through the curtain. The stage fades completely to black. When the lights come back up, we see a message board with the very obvious "HOGSMEADE DAY" sign and the rules listed below. Then we notice two figures standing side-by-side, whispering.
"Well it looks like a perfect opportunity to experiment with your plan." The boy called Draco mumbled.
"Yes it does. Are you up for it?" The girl called Ginny asked in the same mumbling tone.
"Of course. It gets me away from Parkinson. Ugh."
"I'm not going to comment on that."
"That's the safest thing."
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The lights come back up on the silver blonde haired boy lifting the titan haired girl out of a carriage.
"Where to, Milady?"
"Hmmmmm.. Honeydukes seems like a good option."
"Visibility or sweet tooth?"
"Both."
Draco and Ginny walked down the path to the well known sweet shop, occasionally throwing out suggestions about what they could do inside to get some attention. Just as they reached the entrance, they decided to keep it natural, doing whatever seemed a good idea at the time.
Stepping through the double doors and walking place to place, Ginny looked for anyone she might know. She saw a few, but none of the people she wanted to see her exhibition. However, she could make do with what she had.
The two wandered for a while, absently looking at sweets. Then Ron, Harry, and Hermione walked in the doors, not even noticing them.
"Time to turn on the heat?"
"Not quite the heat... Just a little bit of warmth."
Draco wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist. In her turn Ginny turned slowly in his arms and wrapped hers around his neck. It was then that they began to attract some attention.
Hermione was the first of the Trio to notice. But Ginny wanted her brother and Potter to notice.
"Now it's time to turn up the heat for them." She mumbled almost soundlessly, smiling at him.
She tightened her arms around his neck, just as he tightened his around her waist. He slowly lowered his head toward hers. When there was barely half an inch between their lips, Draco mumbled "We'll give them a show shall we?" to only her ears. "We shall." She responded in the same tone. Then their lips touched and all talk was forgotten. Ginny put everything she had into the kiss, just to shove it in her brother and Potter's faces.
Hermione was turned away looking at some chocolate wands. Harry had noticed, and was pulling repeatedly on the sleeve of Ron's robes. "Ron you really might want to look at this!"
Ginny kept the kiss advancing until she heard Ron's gasp. Then she pulled her head back, her body still pressed to his, and stared into his eyes.
"MALFOY, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY SISTER! Gin, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Ronald, and I would appreciate it if you would leave me be." Ginny responded, turning in Draco's arms resting her own on his, which remained tight around her waist.
"GINERVA ANNE WEASLEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? I SAID GET AWAY FROM HIM!!"
"And I said I won't and that you should leave me alone." Ginny responded quite calmly, starting to play with Draco's fingers quietly.
"GIN! What are you doing? Get away from him! He's a Death Eater for the love of Merlin!"
"No he isn't." Still in the same calm manner that seemed to infuriate her brother and amuse Draco.
"How would you know? What did you do? Ask him? He can lie you know!"
"I saw his arm for myself Ronald. There is no Dark Mark. I don't see where it's any of your business. My life."
"NOT MY BUSINESS? NOT MY BUSINESS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS? I'M YOUR BROTHER! I'M SUPPOSED TO PROTECT YOU! I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET HURT BY DEATH EATER SCUM LIKE THAT!"
" Weasley, if I hear you say the words 'death eater' in accordance with me one more time I am going to personally bash your head in. And I don't think that your sister will stop me." Draco's voice was calm, but his words were pure venom.
"You won't stop him Gin?" Ron asked in a quiet voice.
"Stop who from what? Harry, what's going on?" Hermione inquired, looking very oblivious to the whole situation.
Harry just looked very confused as he answered her "I have no idea, Hermione."
"No Ronald, I won't. I have no objections to his bashing your head in." Ginny responded in the same calm voice she had been using, still playing with Draco's fingers and leaning back into his chest, causing him to tighten his arms around her.
"But I'm your family." He protested still quietly.
"And I love you as such. But I'm rather mad that you didn't tell me what Potter was doing."
"I didn't know!".
"Liar. Let's go, shall we, Draco?"
"Certainly. I think I've lost my sweet tooth. Let's go to The Three Broomsticks for an hour or so."
With that, they turned and left the sweet shop, without a glance backward to the openmouthed trio they left in their wake.
a/n: So next chapter, we have two letters from home, and…what's that I hear? Is it perhaps the beginning of a plot, approaching rapidly? Hurray! I thought I was never going to get to a point.