Leave your Tower.
Ginny ran the back of her hand across her forehead. The sweat that had been gathering there trickled down her hand and then her arm.
"Ginny, hustle to it! I haven't got all day." Borden snarled as he dumped another load of dishes in her sink.
She felt her lip pull back in a sneer and ducked her head before she said something she would regret.
She pushed back her dingy hair and focused her attention on the work at hand. Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and a chin rested on her shoulder.
"My, my, dear." Came the sneering voice of Draco Malfoy.
"This work is un becoming of you."
"Bugger off." She hissed as loud as she dared.
"Tsk, tsk. Is that anyway to talk to a suitor."
"It is when the suitor's you."
"I'm wounded. Don't you want to learn of carnal pleasures?"
"She said, back off."
Ginny looked up to see Pansy Parkinson, her blonde hair shimmering in the faint light. She was shocked. She thought Pansy liked Draco. Why was she now defending Ginny?
"Ah, Parkinson!" Draco drawled. "You could join as well."
Pansy sneered at him. "I won't let you do that to her."
Whoa! Did Pansy like her?
"What are you going to do about it?"
Pansy stepped forward and punched Draco.
Draco let go of Ginny who scrambled over to Pansy. He put his hands to his nose and then looked at the blood on them.
"My father will hear of this."
He stormed out and Pansy collapsed. "God! I can't believe I did that!"
Ginny tentatively touched the older girl. "Thank you."
Pansy smiled. "Yeah, no problem. Now I'm gonna be wanted by the entire Death Eater army."
"Let me help."
Pansy looked at her.
"Look, it's my fault your in this and I'm in just as much trouble as you. Please?"
Pansy smiled. "Alright." She stood and took Ginny's hand, leading her away. "We'll leave tonight after dark. Stay in my room until then."
"Why not now?"
"Draco will be patrolling. If we wait til dark he might have cooled off enough to forget that he hates us."
Ginny squeezed Pansy's hand with trust.