Chapter 10.

Hollar. Sorry, but some of us are trying to work which means less time to write. Still don't own HP otherwise why would I need school?

Ginny was pissed off as she leant against the smoker's balcony taking a deep drag on a menthol cigarette. Exhaling with a small sigh she looked back into the room to see Harry chatting to Cho Chang. Looking back out again she sighed. It had been getting weird with them (Her and Harry). It was too formal too quickly, she loved him a lot that was pretty obvious but just something was off. She was 17 for Christ's sake, and she most definitely wasn't looking for the security and commitment that Harry seemed to crave. He was like the Volvo of boyfriends and she loved that about him, but right now she just thought that she wanted to at least test ride the "Motorcycle" and get a taste of the other side. She felt bad as the secular thoughts swam around in her head, taking another breath she leaned more heavily onto the low wall.

At the moment, the one person could only be described as the ultimate motorcycle of boyfriends walked outside. Draco leant against the balcony next to her, "got a spare?" he asked her, flashing a winning smile. It became obvious that he was stinking drunk when he tried to take the new cigarette from her and missed twice. Finally she put it in her mouth, lit it for him, and stuck it into his slightly parted lips. He nodded in gratitude and inhaled deeply. "These kill your lungs, you know?"

"I live on the dangerous side of life." She replied with a sarcastic laugh.

He smiled at that, "Not with Potter you don't, are you not bored out of your pretty skull?"

"No, I'm happy." She replied curtly. Even if she wasn't totally ecstatic she was not going to admit that to Malfoy.

"No you're not, you're satisfied and at 17 that is absolutely the wrong place to be. I should know." He laughed dryly but stared directly into her eyes.

She rolled hers and stared back, "You're surprisingly poignant when drunk."

"So I've been told." He countered.

They both stood in silence staring each other down before Malfoy cracked a smile. "So what brings you here?" He said sarcastically, she turned again to roll her eyes at him before lighting another cigarette. At this moment his eyes looked past her and a look of vague horror crossed over them. "What?" Ginny asked, looking to turn to see what he was staring at. Malfoy instinctively grabbed her shoulder and turned her back to him. Dropping the cigarette from his mouth he kissed her. Hard. Wrapping his arms around her body pulling her closer to him. She sighed into him and kissed back. Draco finally pulled back and checked behind her again. Harry whose face had been firmly pressed against Cho's was now sneaking out the door with her, both obviously shit faced. He was going to kill Parkinson, she was cackling evilly looking at the two slinking out. Some kind of potion must have been involved because Potter could barely let go of Ginny in the corridor before lessons for fucks sake. Ginny's hand was on his face bringing his lips to hers. Despite the fact that Potter was gone, he wasn't going to stop one of Hogwarts' most attractive girls from kissing him. "Do you just want to get out of here?" He asked his breathing slightly ragged.

She smiled and began to climb over the balcony.

"Where on earth are you going?!" Draco whisper shouted.

"I'm not exactly going to let people see me leave with you?" was the reply of the fast disappearing girl. Her green skirt billowed in the surprisingly muggy wind. Slender legs were elegantly climbing down the side of the balcony and wall to the balcony below. Supple and strong from quidditch she hung from her arms on the ledge until she released and landed agilely on the stone slabs. Malfoy stared at her before climbing down himself, landing next to her and having to express a laugh. He was having fun with a girl that wasn't all about that kind of fun. She laughed at him before going to open the door into the lower classroom. Locked. "Fuck, I think we may be stuck."

"Are you not a wizard?"

a sharp smack came as she hit his arm. "Yes, Mr. Obvious, however its locked for the night a simple alohamora is not going to open this."

They slumped and sat down, short of scaling back up the wall or levitating Ginny up (She did not trust Draco to wingardiumleviosa in his current drunk as fuck state) they would be stuck until someone they liked came out onto the balcony. They just had to hope that one of their friends craved a nicotine fix.

One hot, we just started dating properly oh my fucking god you're gorgeous make out session later Theo Nott was craving a cigarette. He pulled himself up off the sofa and proffered a hand to the now much more rumpled Hermione. She shook her head. "Go kill your lungs, I'm getting a drink." He just smiled and ambled off to the balcony. She stood up and walked to the drinks table. Shots were dwindling and there only appeared to be a few purple concoctions left. She began to reach for one but in the process her hand was slapped down. "Don't touch it if you don't intend on making out with the next person you talk to." She looked up to see Zabini smiling and standing next to her. She raised an eyebrow. "Parkinson was handing them out earlier, you missed the Cho/Harry hilarity that ensued." Hermione raised and eyebrow but didn't follow up. Knowing Slytherin it was just a ploy to try to wind her up. "So… Nott and you are official?" She nodded and smiled,

"As of about half an hour ago."

"Fuck yes." Zabini bowed slightly and strode over to where Michael Corner and Daphne Greengrass were standing and held out a hand. 2 gold coins were deposited into his palm as he looked back and winked at Granger. She made a face as he flipped one of the heavy coins in her direction, and caught it before it hit the floor. Slipping the Galleon into her bra she took a far safe butterbeer and began to look around for Ginny.

Out on the balcony Theo was inhaling a Marlboro red when he heard a whisper "Pssst. Fat ass." Theo turned around to look over the balcony to see Ginny and Draco still stuck on the balcony below. He stifled a laugh, "I should get Potter, he'd beat your ass right now Draco."

"Very funny fuckhead now levitate us up or something."

"How did you get down there?"

"How did your mom get down here, I don't know fix it and we'll explain."

Theo rolled his eyes and levitated first Ginny and then Draco up onto the second balcony. Draco patted Theo's shoulder and then grabbed Ginny's hand. He dragged her into the main room and pulled her through the classroom door whilst she giggled and ran with him.

"Strange." Thought Theo to himself.

Ron lay on his bed sulking. He knew that what he had to do was find Hermione, she wouldn't be up to anything else so they could hang out and have some fun time. He slid out of bed and plodded along to the girls tower, shouting up the stairs "Granger? 'Miooonne?" Lavender yelled back down

"Fuck off Ronald, she's out with Ginny."

"Ginny?! The fuck."

"Yeah, tall, pretty, ginger? She's your sister?"

"Yes thank you I know that Lavender."

"Well then you can fuck off as I said before."

Ron sulked and shuffled away. If Ginny and Hermione were together and Ginny and Harry were together that meant they were all hanging out without him and that just wasn't cool. He hung around in the corridor talking to some 5th years that were asking him about quidditch and war stuff. He happily obliged with some of the more dramatic stories before smiling and excusing himself to go work on important 8th year work. Well, he wasn't actually going to do the work but he had to at least seem busy. Heading back up to the tower he noticed that Harry's bed now had the curtains shut. Walking over and pulling back the curtains he was shocked by the sight of naked Cho and topless Harry. Both were giggling and messing around but stopped when confronted by Ron. With a face like thunder Ron looked at Harry. "So I thought you were dating my baby sister you traitor fucking freak little bitch."

Harry scrambled up whilst Cho tried to cover herself with sheets. Cho began to dress underneath the sheets whilst Ron continued "and hanging out with Ginny and Hermione without me, like seriously am I not cool enough for you now? Where were you, why do you smell like baby prostitute?"

"Mate, I think there's been a mistake, its not what it looks like."

"Oh sure it isn't."

"No I promise it's a bit of a long story" He broke off in giggles.

"The shots were spiked with potions" piped up Cho, now covered up.

"What potions?" Asked Ron looking suspicious,

"I think that it was laughing, lust, and happiness." Was the reply

"So you two obviously got lust, so I think maybe you should separate and return to own rooms."

Cho slunk out whilst Harry remained, looking at Ron's face trying to calculate how much trouble he was in. He didn't expect the hard right hook that caught him on the eye socket. He was knocked down to crouching on the floor, holding his head between his hands, eyes closed in pain.

"That's all you'll get from me, but I can't make any promises that Ginny won't hex you." Harry nodded wincing at his injury and standing up whilst Ron just shook his head in disapproval. "I'm going to go look for Ginny to apologize" Harry stated, hand still gently touching his eye, feeling for swelling.

"You better be, fucktard." Was the only reply.

So I know this was a bit of a weird chapter. Hopefully it leads on okay and isn't too annoying. Any criticism (constructive or destructive) is welcome because you see to have an opinion is to have one of the best things ever. Okay, any suggestions welcome and hopefully see you in a couple of days…