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Chapter 10 – We can Work it out
"Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that's it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight"
~ The Beatles ~ We can work it out
Draco stalked back to the castle, extremely mad. Mad at Weasley and mad at
himself for being mad. He walked into
the Slytherin common room; glaring at anyone who approached him. Sulkily he lay down on his bed and
started hitting his pillow.
"Stupid!"(thump)
"Bitch"(thump)
"What"(thump)
"is her PROBLEM??!!" (THUMP, THUMP, THUMP)
"Argh!" His pillow burst, sending a frenzy of feathers into his face. Scowling
he fixed it with a wave of his wand.
Stupid Weasley! It wasn't like he wanted
to kiss her. No way! But it was extremely hypocritical to say she didn't kiss
anybody then turn round and snog the face off the first guy that came round the
corner. It was a bit of an insult really. Who did she think she was dealing
with? Ok, so he just wanted to kiss her to annoy her brothers and stir up
trouble, but that wasn't the point!
"What's so great about this James guy anyway?" He growled.
"I dunno. You tell me." He heard a voice behind him say.
"Ah!" Draco jumped. "Oh! Zack! Don't do that!" He yelled, shaking his fist
"Whoa, chill man!" Zack took a seat on Draco's bed. "What's your
problem?"
"Nothing!" Draco said, thumping his pillow again.
"Right." Zack slowly said,
raising an eyebrow. "Somehow I don't believe you."
"Well it's true! Nothing's wrong!" Draco said, slamming his pillow against the
bedpost.
"Oy! That's enough of that, mate!" Zack laughed, and took Draco's pillow away
from him. "So what's got you in this state, then?"
"Weasley." Draco said dejectedly.
"Tell me you don't like her!"
"No! Nothing like that!" Draco said honestly.
"Well what did she do?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Draco growled.
"Don't be like that! You can trust good old Zack!" Zack grinned
"The words trust and Zack don't go together in the same sentence!" Draco
mumbled.
"Come on, mate. Cheer up!" Zack laughed then
when he noticed that his words had had no effect whatsoever he got up "Ok
that's it. Get your winter cloak."
Draco did so, without questioning him. Soon they were both sneaking down a
secret passage into Hogsmeade. The passage took them to inside the sweet shop,
Honeydukes. Soon they were outside in the frosty air. Zack was too used to
leaving the school premises to worry about being caught; Draco was too lost in
thought to care. The cold wind stung their faces, Draco
pulled his cloak closer around him as Zack led him down, past all of the shops
Draco had been to before.
"Where are we going?" He muttered to Zack, his teeth chattering.
"You'll see." Zack grinned.
Zack led Draco to a small, but lively bar.
"Why didn't we go to the three broomsticks?" Draco grumbled, as they took a
seat.
"Cause this place is more fun! Plus there's no chance of running into any
teachers here." Zack said, snapping his fingers.
A girl, dressed in a short black dress came over. "Hey Zack!" She smiled.
"Who's your friend?"
"Draco Malfoy." Draco said half heartedly
She shook it. "Ooh! A Malfoy!" She giggled. "I'm Mandy. So what do you want?"
"Two mulled meads." Zack said.
"Coming up!"
She got them their drinks then sat and chatted with them.
"Do you work here?" Draco asked.
"Some of the time. It's a part time job."
Just then, the music started playing and four girls started dancing on the bar.
"Wooo!" Zack cried. "Go
girls!"
Draco laughed. He was actually having a good time. Especially talking to Mandy.
She was really cool. Good looking too.
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Two hours later Draco and Zack left the pub, slightly…tipsy.
"That was fun!" Draco yelled when they got back to Hogwarts
"Yeah!" Zack yelled.
Neither of them bothered to keep their voices down. They got down to the
dungeons and were still shouting when Snape emerged from his office, clad in
his typical long nightshirt.
"Howdy, Snapey-boy!" Draco grinned.
"Awright, mate! How's it hanging?" Zack cried.
Snape scowled. "Malfoy. My office. Now. Zack. Go to your room. I will talk to
you later."
Draco took a seat in Snape's office, taking pleasure in sprawling across the
chairs.
"Whadya wan'?" He laughed.
"How much did you drink?" Snape said, seriously.
"Dunno. 'Bout 20 Mulled Meads…"
"Twenty! Draco! Are you stupid?" Snape hissed.
"No! But I know you think I am!" Draco cried. "Stupid Draco who
mocks his father, stupid Draco who loses against Potter at Quidditch, stupid
Draco who wants to kiss Weasley…"
"Draco. Go to bed."
"I wanna kiss her! I do! I wanna know what her lips taste like! I think they
would taste like strawberries! I don't even love her, I just wanna kiss Ginny!
See I know her name too!" Draco waved his arms about frantically.
Snape sighed and put his head in his hands. "Go to bed, Draco. Before you
embarrass yourself more."
"Aww, cheers mate, always looking out for me an' my best interests! You know,
you're the father I never had! I'm going to tell my father that! Do you have
any paper? I wanna write a letter. Then I'll write one to Ginny too! Askin if
she'll kiss me! Whadya think she'll say?"
"Draco-"
"You think she'll say no! Don't you? Go away! I don't wanna talk to you!" Draco
gave Snape a violent shove before walking out of the door and collapsing on his
bed.
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Ginny watched Malfoy became a speck in the distance, feeling guilty. He was
just beginning to be almost nice to her. And it must have looked so bad to him.
Her saying she didn't kiss anybody, then him having to see her kiss James. She
shuddered and sat back down by the lake. She pulled her knees up to her chest.
What had she done? Would Malfoy ever talk to her again? She wiped away a tear
before it rolled over her cheek. Why did she care anyway? It was just Malfoy.
Shaking her head she stood up and went back to Gryffindor tower. Flopping down on her bed she began to worry
about the upcoming dance. Time was running out. Only a week and a half left.
She got out her diary.
Dear diary,
Something
good and bad happened tonight. Malfoy tried to kiss me again. I don't know why.
Probably just so that he could laugh at me later, and to annoy my brothers. But
the awful thing is that he saw me kissing someone else! Yes, it's true! James
kissed me today!! But Malfoy was there and saw it and now I think he's really
mad. I have to try and explain things to him tomorrow,
the only problem is that there is nothing to explain! Could I tell him I didn't
want James to do that? Would he believe that? It's worth a try. In the
meantime, I'm going with James to Hogesmead tomorrow. I'm beginning to hope
that he will ask me to the dance! It could be really fun and I can't wait to
wear my new dress robes! Did I mention them already? Oh my
gosh! I don't think I did! Well, they're lovely, absolutely amazing, I-
sorry, I've got to go now, Hermione just walked in. And wants
to talk to me. Weird!
Love Ginny
"Hey Hermione, What do you want?" Ginny asked, hurriedly putting her diary
away in her bedside cabinet.
"Oh…just to talk I guess." Hermione said, winding a bit of hair around her
finger looking nervous.
"Ok…"Ginny said hesitantly. "So how are you?"
"Fine." Hermione said awkwardly.
"You?"
"Same."
"Good"
"Yeah."
What does Hermione want? Why is she being
all weird? Ok, must say something to make conversation…
"So, are you, Harry and Ron speaking again?" Ginny asked, hoping that the
answer was yes.
"We are."
There was silence for a while and Ginny opened her mouth to make more light
conversation but Hermione spoke first.
"Ginny. I like Ron!" She burst out "I just had to tell someone! But I don't
think he likes me! He is always mean and makes fun of me and-"
"You like Ron??" Ginny said, incredulously, wondering why she hadn't noticed.
"Kind of." Hermione muttered.
"Well, you either do or you don't." Ginny said, giggling.
Hermione started to laugh too. It wasn't long until the two girls were rolling
around the floor shaking with laughter.
Then suddenly Hermione stopped. "I really do like him though."
"He likes you."
"Does he really?" Hermione looked ecstatic.
"Yes!"
Hermione looked so happy that Ginny felt envious, obviously not because Ron
liked Hermione, more because Hermione now had someone who she liked and who
liked her back. And she would have a date for the dance.
"I've always got James." Ginny said out loud by mistake.
"Sorry?" Hermione stopped grinning for a minute.
"What?"
"You just said, "I've always got James."
"I did?"
"You did. Who's James?"
"Just someone I know."
"I don't believe you. Go on, tell me. I told you about Ron."
Ginny blushed "He asked me to go to Hogesmeade with
him tomorrow."
"Are you going?" Hermione grinned.
"Yeah, probably. He's a
nice guy."
"So what's the problem?" Hermione asked, noticing Ginny's hesitant tone.
"Nothing…"
"Are you sure? You can trust me Ginny. I won't tell anyone."
"It's just…I think I hurt someone's feelings just there. And I really didn't
mean to."
"Well, why don't you say sorry to them?"
"They're not the kind of person you can say sorry to. Plus it would be kind
of…awkward."
"Face to face you mean?" Hermione paused and thought for a moment. "Why don't
you write them an owl?"
Ginny gasped. Why didn't she think of that? She could easily say sorry to
Malfoy by owl, without getting embarrassed. Although she didn't totally
understand what was wrong with him. Why had he just walked off? I suppose it did look pretty bad though,
like I go round kissing every guy that comes my way except him…
After Hermione left, Ginny put quill to paper. She found it hard trying to work
out what to write. She didn't want to make the letter too soft, or Malfoy would
sneer at it. She ended up sending a note that said:
Malfoy: I'm not sure what happened
tonight, I don't know why you walked off, but if I did something to upset you
then I'm sorry. I don't think you owe me any more. Do you? I've lost track. But
if you did, then we'll call it even.
I didn't mean to leave you standing there while I was talking to James. I hope
you're not too annoyed.
Ginny
Then she sent it. Hoping that he
would read it and reply. She waited all evening, but she didn't get any
response. With a sinking heart she eventually gave up waiting and went to bed.
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When Draco woke up the next morning, the events of the previous night came back
to him. Cringing, he hid his face under his covers. How could he face Snape
again after everything that he had said? He had never felt so embarrassed in
his life. Thank god it's Saturday, I
won't have to see him was the only reassuring thought in his mind. How
could he have said those things about Weasley?
It must have been the drink, making him say stuff he didn't mean, Draco thought
as he pulled on his clothes.
No one else was in the common room, he had slept late. Everyone was away to
Hogesmead. Great he had missed the carriages leaving.
As he walked down to the Great Hall, he was
pleased that there weren't a lot of people about. He had a thumping headache
and wasn't in the mood for talking. Woe betides anyone that came near him.
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Ginny was having a great time in Hogesmead with James. He was being really nice
to her and had insisted on buying her a butterbeer.
They sat and talked for a while, grateful to be inside in the warmth. Ginny
told James a lot of things about her family, then listened to him talking about
his relatives. James was really interesting and was good at holding a
conversation but Ginny found that her mind still kept wandering to Malfoy. Was
he really that upset by what had happened that night?
"Ginny?"
"Huh?" She looked up to see James looking intently at her, waiting for
an answer.
"Sorry, can you repeat that?" She asked, feeling stupid. She decided to put
Malfoy out of her mind. She didn't want James thinking she was some kind of
idiot that couldn't pay attention. Anyway,
I'll find him when I get back to the castle. We can work it out then
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By the time the carriages were back from Hogesmead,
Draco was in a thoroughly bad mood. He had spotted Snape earlier that afternoon, and spent the whole afternoon hiding from him in his
dorm. He couldn't face Severus after what had
happened the other night. He knew he had to at some point, but he wanted to
delay it for as long as possible.
Draco was also very irritated that he had missed the trip to Hogesmead. He had
been planning on get Christmas presents there, now he would have to write home
and get a house elf to get his presents for him. No change there, Draco usually
did that. But this year he had wanted to get them himself.
He strode to the Great Hall, glaring as the floods of pupils pushed past him to
their common rooms.
"Watch it!" He snarled at a first year that had the audacity to elbow him. He
couldn't help but smirk as the young boy backed away with a terrified look on
his face. He was too busy laughing to notice Weasley until she had grabbed him
and pulled him outside.
"We seem to spend half our life here." She muttered, drawing her coat around
herself.
Draco started to walk off. He didn't particularly want to see her either.
"Wait!" She said, grabbing his robes and stopping him leaving.
"Whadya want?" He growled at her.
"I want to know why you're annoyed! I want to know why you didn't reply to my
owl! It returned with the letter I sent you this morning! Didn't you read it?
I'm sure it knows where your window is by now!"
"Owl? I didn't get an owl…oh!" Draco suddenly realised
that he had been out with Zack when it had arrived.
"What? Didn't you go to bed last night?" She sneered at him in exactly the same
way as he had said it to her, not that long ago.
"That's none of your business, Weasley."
"But it is my business to know why
you're mad!" She said, stepping in front of him so he couldn't leave.
There was an awkward silence for a moment.
"I'm sorry about the other night." Weasley finally mumbled, looking at her
feet.
"Oh."
"I shouldn't have done that." She tried again to get him to speak
"Hm."
"Why are you being like this?!!" She yelled at him.
"I'm fed up of you and your I don't show
emotions thing! I'm apologising! Stop being so darn stuck up and listen!"
"Don't yell at me!" He thundered at her.
Then dammit, the giggles started again.
"Shut up!" Draco moaned as she laughed hysterically. "You always do this!
What's so funny???"
"You."
More laughter
"Me?"
"You're hilarious when you're mad!"
Draco felt very indignant. Being mad was one of the few things he could do, and
he liked to think that he was pretty scary when he did it.
How do I shut her up? Then he had an
idea. Of course. Why didn't he think of it before? He
took his wand out of his pocket and performed a simple silencing spell.
"Ha! Not so funny now are you?"
Weasley glared at him, but Draco leaned over and snatched her wand before she
could use it. Then he grinned at her.
Then he yelled when she suddenly threw herself at him.
"You throw yourself at me a lot, Weasley. Understandably of
course. We both know you think I'm handsome."
She rolled her eyes, but she was smiling too. Draco started to sit up, to hand
over her wand just as she leaned down to get it. Their lips brushed and they
both jumped up, far away from each other. Weasley was going bright red, and
Draco had an awful feeling that he was too.
"Uh…here's your wand." He said, handing it back to her. "I'll undo the spell,
just in case you don't know how to. You are a Weasley after all…." He joked
weakly.
"So…we're not annoyed at each other anymore?" Weasley said once she could
speak.
"Well. I guess not. You shouldn't have…it doesn't matter…"
"Good" She stepped forward as if she was about to hug him, but she obviously
decided against it . "I'll go back to the castle
now…Uh. See you."
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Ginny was breathless when she reached her common room. And it wasn't from
running. What had just happened left her feeling light headed. But why? Not much had happened…well apart from when their
lips had touched, but that was just embarrassing. And it was just Draco. Evil
mean Draco. So why did the thought of seeing him the next day make her feel
strange inside?
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