Hey!! So I had a run in with a stupid 7th grader named Patrick the other day, it was really funny. Me and my friends were making fun of him and he didn't really get it. So he had his little friends come over to try and annoy us but it didnt work. Don't you just love it when younger kids think there sooo much better than you, when they're not. And when you insult them and the don't get it. Haha. So any way, you all (the 2 people who have read my story) know the drill, read, review, make me happy. That's your entire goal in life isn't it. Hehe just kidding.

Chapter 4: Unexpected Friends

"What!" Blaise almost yelled after he Draco told him about his morning with Ginny. "I thought today was supposed to be the 'big' day, or something." He was pacing back and forth.

"Hey, I'm just glad I could sit down next to her for more than five seconds with out her pushing me away."

"So what happened?"

"Well at first she wouldn't listen to me,"

"Not many people do." Blaise pointed out.

"Any way; after I offered to help her with her assignment for Binns she opened up, but then she had to go to class, so we said good-bye and, that's it."

Draco sat back in the leather arm chair replaying that morning in his head. It couldn't have gone more perfectly.

"Ok ok, so now what?" Blaise asked. He finally stopped pacing and took a seat on the couch opposite Draco.

"I think I'll wait a little bit before asking her out, maybe that way she'll be more likely to say yes, if she knows me better."

"What ever works mate. Hey I've been wondering, why haven't you been bouncing these plans off of Crab and Goyle, like you usually do?" Blaise asked

"What those imbeciles? They couldn't keep up. I would if it weren't the fact that this plan is so much more important than most of my other plans I'd tell them. I needed someone who I could actually talk to and who could tell me what he thinks," Draco said. "The only reason I tell them anything is because,

1: they're too stupid to realize what I'm saying

2: I'm stronger with spells than they are so I can bully them in to doing what I want. And

3: if they say something I don't like, I can just curse them."

Thanks." Blaise said

"Anytime."

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As the next few weeks passed, Draco grew increasingly worried. He hadn't spoken to Ginny since the morning they were in the library. It didn't help that Blaise kept reminding him that he'd better ask her out soon before someone else did. He was right though. If he didn't do it soon, she was sure to be asked out by someone else. None of his classes were nere hers or around the same times she had.

" Oh I know, ask her to go with you to the next Hogsmead trip." Blaise suggested.

"Hmm, thats not a bad idea Blaise." Draco said he got up from the table from lunch.

"Where are you going?"

"What you didn't expect me to sit around waiting until the last minute did you?" and he waked out of the Great Hall. Acutally, he did wait. He waited until it was almost to was almost to late.

"Ginny!" He yelled as she came out of her final class of the day."Oy' Weasley."

Luna nudged Ginny, and nodded her head in his direction. she turned around to see who had called her name.

"I'll see you later Luna." She said. she moved out of the door way and stood on the side waiting.

"Yes Malfoy?" she said

"Umm, I was wondering, if you would like to go to Hogsmead with me tomorrow?" He said trying not to sound too anxious.

"Like a date?" Ginny teased.

"No no just, as, friends. If you want to." He said quickly.

"Ohhh I see. Well in that case... ok. I'll go with you. Just don't tell my brother." She smiled at him waiting to see his reaction. He just stood there. He hadn't regestered what was just said to him.

"Great, wonderful, see you tomorrow."

Ginny laughed. "See you tomorrow Malfoy." she turned and walked down toward the Great Hall for lunch.
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Draco lay on his bed that night thinking. this could be the best day of his life. of course he'd have to see what would tomorrow. Just as he was in the middle of daydreaming Blaise walked in.

"Oy' Malfoy what's the deal? You completley missed dinner tonight. And you didn't even tell me what happened with you and Ginny today. Hey are you even listening to me?" he grabed his pillow and threw it at Draco's head.

"Oww. Oh Blaise it's only you." and went back to day dreaming.

"Only me. Only me! It's only the only person whom you've told about your little fantasy!I-"

"Blaise I'm right here you don't have to shout. Oh and she said yes by the way, thanks for asking." Draco said sitting up

"Oh that's nice- She WHAT!!!!"

"Again you don't have to shout. I said she said yes to Hogsmead. You need to start listening more."

"Why didn't you tell me before?" Blaise asked

"I came right here after. I didn't talk to anyone. Sorry."

"Well just don't mess it up, I won't be there to hold your hand and keep you in line." Blaise and Draco sat up for a while longer talking about the next day.
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Draco waited for Ginny by the carriages as the students filed out and ran into the carriages with thier friends. Ginny got out before Harry, Ron, and Hermione so they wouldn't see her get in with Malfoy. She waved to him when she say him standing by a carriage. He opened the door for her and followed in.

"So what are we going to do today?" Ginny asked once they started moving.

"What ever you would like to do Ginny. I don't care." Draco said.

They talked for most of the ride. About that day, themselves; Ginny couldn't stop laughing. She told him all of the ridiculous things her family did. They didn't realize how long they'd been talking because they reached Hogsmead and just kept talking.

" So do you want lunch first, or do you want to shop?" Draco asked.

"How about lunch. I'm kinda hungry."

"Ok, why don't head over to the Three Broomsticks."

They ate lunch and then looked in shops. Draco insisted that he buy her something but she wouldn't let him.

"Really, I don't need anything." she said after they left the last shop.

"But I don't mind, you came with me today so it's the least I can do." Draco said and ran back inside. Ginny looked around; coming down the street was Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They waved when they saw her. She waved back, and looked in to the window to see if Draco was comming. He was paying for the gift, but it was to late they were already there.

"Hey Gin, where've you been?" Ron asked.

"Oh I'm spending the day with a... friend. He.. she's in the shop now, I told her I'd wait here." Ginny said. She couldn't let them know that she'd been hanging out with Draco all day.

"Ok, well have fun Gin we'll see you later." They walked off toward the jokeshop. Ginny Let out a sigh of releaf, it worked, for now.

The ride back to Hogwarts seemed shorter to Ginny. She kept looking at the braclet Draco had bought her. It was silver with red stones all around it. She smled at him.

"Thank you for coming with me today Ginny." Draco said.

"Oh your welcome. It was fun," Ginny took one of the candies she'd bought from Honeydukes and unwrapped it. "But just out of curiosity, why did you ask me to come?"

"Oh well, I thought you might enjoy aweekend away from everything. And, isn't that what friends do?"

"Yeah, I guess it is, even if the friends are... unexpected."

"Sometimes the unexpected frindships are the best."

"Yeah, definately," Ginny looked out the window and then back at Draco. "Thanks for today Draco, it was wonderful."

"Anytime Ginny." The carriages pulled up at the school and students poured out. Ginny and Draco walked up to the front steps.

As she started to walk back into the school Ginny stoped. She turned around th face Draco.

"Hey, Draco? Would you like to go with me to the next Hogsmead trip. As... friends?"

"Sure Ginny, What ever you'd like." Ginny beamed and then walked back toward the entrance hall, and was lost in the wave of students. Draco smiled to himself. This was working out to be even better than he ever could've imagined