Chapter 11: Of Colors and Captains

Dearest Ginny,

Some girl you know? Is she a blonde? I've always had a thing for blondes. Anyway, I would love to meet up with you at Hogsmeade and now I actually have something to look forward to.

As for quidditch try-outs people should come, who doesn't love quidditch? And the Slytherin team won't do anything to seriously injury you because they know I'll come after them but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't try to scare you a little bit. I wouldn't be too worried about it though Gin, you're strong-minded enough to know when people are just trying to mess with you and when people are being real.

Wishing you were here,

Draco

Biting into the toast she had prepared Ginny read the letter, everyone thought that Draco was still just as pompous as he had been in school and that he was still just like his father. Ginny knew neither of those things was true. Just as Colin took the seat across from her, another owl flew down to the table and stuck it's leg out towards Ginny.

"Aren't you just popular this morning," The boy smiled. "Who's that one from?"

"My mum."

Dear Ginny,

Don't worry about everyone else at school. If they abandoned you because of this then they were not your true friends to begin with.

As for the wedding preparations Narcissa has offered to use the gardens at the mansion for the service and there is a ballroom for the reception. I hope that works well enough for you? Your dress is something only you can decide so we will have to go shopping over the hols. Also, we have to fit your bridesmaids for dresses, have you decided on who you want in the wedding yet?

The rest of the wedding is nothing you should worry about, all the food and decorations are being taken care of.

We miss you.

Love,

Mum

Of course there was a lot to do for the wedding, but Ginny was pleased she didn't have to do it all by herself. She would have to ask Draco who he wanted to be a part of the wedding though so they could have an even number on both sides.

All throughout the day Ginny's mind was wandering and while she still paid attention in class her mind was not working one-hundred percent. Quidditch try-outs were coming up and she really couldn't afford for no one to show up.

"Colin, are you going to try out for the team?"

Looking up from the charms essay he had been writing, Colin smiled. "You know I was planning on it Gin, don't make yourself go crazy over this. Draco's right, who doesn't love quidditch?" Somehow Colin always knew how to make her feel better, so Ginny smiled and went back to writing.

After finishing up her essay Ginny took out some more parchment.

Dear Draco,

How many groomsmen did you want in the wedding? I just need to know so that I can ask my bridesmaids and they can get their gowns fitted. I also need to get my dress soon, but you can't be anywhere near when I do that. You'll have to wait and see it on our wedding day.

I can't wait to see you in Hogsmeade. It's difficult to believe it's only a few weeks away.

Missing you,

Ginny

Finishing the letter she closed it up and said bye to Colin. This would have to go out tonight, so she could owl Hermione in the morning. It wasn't quite curfew yet but it was close enough that most of the students had gone back to their common rooms. Ginny was all but running through the corridors so she could make it back in time. Helios hadn't been anywhere near Gryffindor tower which meant she had to trek out to the owlery.

"Where do you think you're going?" The red-head stopped and turned staring at the wand of a Slytherin prefect. "It's almost curfew Weasley; don't you think you should be going back to your common room?"

"Where I'm going is none of your business Vaisey." Ginny's voice never wavered once. Draco had warned her that the Slytherins would try to intimidate her.

"It looks like you're going to send a letter," The venom in the boy's voice was scaring Ginny a bit. "Is it to your precious fiancé?"

The boy started laughing. "As a matter of fact, it is. But I could write more to him." Vaisey stopped cackling. "I could tell him how those in his own house were threatening his poor defenseless fiancé at night, I'm not sure he would take that too well."

"How dare you!" The boy roared throwing a hex, but Ginny was too quick for him and after deflecting the hex and disarmed him and ran.

Now would be a good time for me to have Harry's map. Running up into the tower she found Helios and called him down, tying the letter to him quickly she ran back down the steps and into the castle. Maybe if she just ran back to the common room she could avoid the vile man, she did have her wand to protect her after all.

After twenty minutes Colin was getting worried. It was after curfew and Ginny still wasn't back! But just as he thought this the portrait opened and the aforementioned girl ran in panting for breath.

"Gin what happened?"

"Vaisey," She gasped for more air. Running up several flights of stairs was a lot different than running around the quidditch pitch for practice. "Stopped me and tried hexing me. Ran all the way back from the owlery."

Colin's eyes went wide and she was grateful to have such a good friend. Of course some of the other Gryffindors had heard Ginny gasping and were listening to the story.

"Fucking Slytherin scum," Demelza Robins spat. "I hope we kick their ass in quidditch this year. They deserve to have their ego's knocked down a peg or two."

The chorus of "yeah's" and "let's get 'em!" filled Ginny's ears and she smiled, quidditch practice wouldn't be abandoned this year after all. All it took was a little house rivalry.

"Ok, first we're going to divide into what position you want to play." Ginny looked around at the faces in front of her, a lot more people had come out than she had expected. "Chasers, seeker, and keeper." Indicating to the areas the students moved around to where they wanted to be. "We have openings for every position except for one chaser, first I want to see how well you all do on your brooms. So I'm going to need two chasers, a seeker, and a keep to mount their brooms and get in the air, the formation is a simple one. It's going to go on like this until everyone has had a chance then we're going to split you up into your respective groups and work on those skills."

Try-outs were going along well enough for Ginny and the Gryffindors and after a few hours the captain had an idea of who she wanted for the team.

"Ok Colin, you're going to be my unofficial co-captain this year and that means you got the keeper spot." Pumping his fist into the air Colin rejoiced. "But I need help figuring out who else to put on the team." And so the night went on with the pair going over the perspective players and their skills, of course this went on into the next night as well and eventually they had the list.

"I'll have to take this to McGonagall in the morning so she can verify it, but I think we've got our team!" Finally starting to work on essays Colin and Ginny had stopped talking, only being interrupted when an owl started tapping at the window. "It's from Draco." The red-head replied to her friend's curious look.

Dear Ginny,

I was really only thinking about having Blaise, unless you wanted more. I'm sure I could find some guys that wouldn't mind being a part of the wedding of the century. Are we going to have specific colors that we have to adhere to?

Can't wait to see you,

Draco

Dear Draco,

Don't worry about it, I was hoping you would say just one that way I didn't have to find any more girls. I hadn't thought about colors but now I think I'll owl my mum and ask her if she had thought of it.

Yours,

Ginny

Going through her notes for the charms essay Ginny wasn't fully concentrating. The wedding of the century. She had only wants a small affair with friends and some family, she didn't want to make it a bigger deal than it already was. Sighing, she decided that she was just going to have to talk to her mum about it later.