Time for the next chapter! To all my reviewers: I love you guys! You're great; you rock. :) And here we go…

Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, would I be sitting here writing fan fiction? No, I wouldn't.

Chapter 2 – Direct Confrontation

"Draco Malfoy?" Ginny was shocked. She didn't expect Harry to have had such a good comeback.

Harry smirked, and Ron looked as if he didn't know whether to laugh or get mad at Harry for daring his sister to kiss someone.

"How am I supposed to get him to kiss me?"

"I guess you'll find out," Harry answered.

Ginny grabbed Hermione, and they ran up the stairs to their dormitories. Harry and Ron assumed that the girls were going to try to formulate a plan.

The next morning at breakfast, Ginny looked a bit nervous. Or maybe it was just Harry's imagination. Hermione kept asking her if she was okay and shooting angry looks at Harry.

"Don't look at me!" said Harry defensively. "She brought this upon herself!"

"Yeah…" Ginny replied. "Yeah, I guess I deserve it."

Ginny got up and began to head over to the Slytherin table; the tips of her ears were pink. She felt as if the entire Great Hall was watching her. This was so unlike Ginny; she was never nervous like this. She stopped walking when she got to Draco.

"Malfoy, can I talk to you?" Ginny asked him. "…Over there?" she added, not wanting to make a scene.

"It's the Weasley girl!" Malfoy taunted. "I'm sorry; I don't talk to blood traitors like you."

Ginny's cheeks grew red with anger, and she reached for her wand when she felt someone behind her.

"Hermione!"

"Let's go, Ginny. You'll just get yourself in trouble." Hermione walked Ginny back over to the Gryffindors.

"You didn't kiss him," said Harry mockingly, ignoring Hermione's glares.

But Ginny wouldn't give up that easily. "I'm not afraid!" she exclaimed. "Don't you worry, I'll kiss him."

Yes, I know how short of a chapter it is. I had to cut it off here; this was the best place to cut it off. Otherwise, I would have just kept going on and on. Review please!