Dear Diary,

Today is our Hogsmede trip and I know I'm not going to be able to write in here while I'm out. I know that Ron and Harry have detention and Hermione wouldn't dare hurt me because I could fight her off. Draco is going to see me around Hogsmede and I'm very excited about that. I have only known him for so long so I still don't know if I can fully trust him… But I'm going to try… I feel very daring today so I think I'm going to dress in the clothes that Narcissa bought for me. She is such a lovely lady. We got make-up, clothes and shoes for me to wear.

I'm stuck between my red and black plaid mini skirt and my tight black skinny jeans. I know I'm going to be wearing my black, form fitting, button down with a chain going across it. I think that if I wore the skinny jeans, I would be too black. So I think I'm going to wear my skirt and the button-down. It looks very nice on me, highlighting my skinny, petite legs and my pale skin. The shirt makes me look nice and thin and small and it makes my boobs look bigger (Hey- I need it…) and it makes my scars look very neutral. You can barely see them!

Now time for my make-up. I can't write while doing it…"

Ginny turned the book over as she got out her make-up. Her blush was subtle and it made her cheekbones lift a bit, making her face look happier than she felt. She put on some dark green eye shadow to highlight her light green eyes. After that, she coloured her hair to be more red than brown so it would shine in the sun. She put mascara on her eyelashes so that they would look longer and darker. For the final touch, she put on eyeliner. A heavy amount on her bottom lid and then less on her top.

She looked in the mirror and a smile touched her lips. However, that smile did not reach her beautiful green eyes. She was missing something… Looking closer, she realized that she was missing lipstick. She pulled it out of her back and took off the lid. Flashbacks to her mother flooded her mind.

"Okay hunny, I'm going out and I can't have you telling daddy, okay?" Ginny nodded. She didn't know why she wanted her not to tell dad but she got it.

"Momma, what's that?" She said, pointing to a tube of lipstick. It was a dark red.

"That is lipstick. You put if on your lips when you go out with a person you like. I'm going out tonight so I'm going to put it on. You put on a light coat on your top lip, tracing the outline of your lip like this." She traced her upper lip with the bottle and then put if away. Then she pursed her lips and rubbed them around a little. "Now you have to rub your lips together. And it will get on your bottom lip so it looks normal. See?" Ginny nodded.

Ginny shook her head to rid herself of the memory. That was the day that her dad found out that her mother was cheating on him and started hitting Ginny. Ginnys eyes darkened as she fought the memories that tried to relocate to the front of her mind. She wouldn't let that happen so she pushed them back.

She grabbed the tube and applied the lipstick to her upper lip when raven walked in. Ginny jumped in the air.

"RAVEN! Jesus Raven you scared the shit out of me!" Ginny yelled as she went to pick up her lipstick that she dropped.

"What are you doing in here? Performing a ritual?" Raven said with sarcasm in her voice.

"I was getting ready for my date."

"Date?" Ginny hadn't realized what she'd said until Raven repeated it to her. Her face flushed to a bight red.

"I meant. I'm going into Hogsmede with Draco… It's NOT a date. Sorry wrong choice of words." Raven looked at her, skeptical. "Really! I mean it. Don't look at me like that! I DON'T LIKE DRACO!" That made her blush even more for she had called him Draco.

"You like him. Just watch out. Ron isn't going to a very happy camper when he finds out you're dating Malfoy." Ginny became red with anger now.

"I'm. Not. Dating. Him. Let it go." She said, putting emphasis into every word. Ginny was shooting daggers at Raven.

"Okay, okay! I'll let it alone… But still this is a big deal. I'm glad you're at least getting yourself out there." Raven couldn't control the laughter she was holding in and burst on the floor laughing

"Thanks for the support…" Ginny murmured. Raven was laughing too hard to notice anything. Ginny packed up her supplies and headed back into her room and picked up her diary and resumed writing.

"I just finished my make-up and I think it looks great! Raven is in the bathroom laughing her brains out. I hope that a lung collapses and she goes into a choking fit. JUST KIDDING! That wouldn't be very nice because that would mean that I would only have Draco left.

Speaking of which, I think that I might have to get going or I'll be late. So I'm going to say goodbye and I hope that Raven is okay. She seems to be crying now and clawing her way across the floor to me. Still laughing though! I have to laugh to because it looks like she is dying but its funny. Maybe she laughs at me when she cleans me up at night…. Well lets not get depressed now! I'm going to go now!

Ginny"

Ginny shut her diary and said a charm to lock it and make sure that no one could open it or destroy it. She slipped it under her bed and put her make-up kit in her bag, slipped on her shoes, and casually walked out of her room leaving Raven, choking on her laughter, and headed for the front doors to meet up with Draco.