Avoiding Destiny
Chapter Four
Talk of Psychos
"Over there." She pointed to an apartment building.
"Over there.?" He asked.
"Yeah.."
"Are you mad?"
"No, why?" She looked at him in question.
"Looks like a bad neighborhood. The kind of neighborhood where pretty, young women such as yourself get raped and killed in." Draco said matter-of- factly.
"It was all I could afford." She said stiffly. "And now, if you don't mind, I'm leaving and going into my apartment now." Ginny put her hand on the handle but Draco stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder.
"What?" She asked, turning her head to look at his pale, smirking face.
"I'm coming with you."
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I am."
"No, it is my apartment not yours!" She exclaimed, turning the handle and letting the door open.
"Virginia, I could buy this whole street if I wanted."
"So! You go right ahead and do that then!" She stepped out into the cool, summer night's air and closed the door behind her.
A split second after, Draco did the same. "I'm not letting you go up there by yourself."
Ginny sighed and rolled her eyes, finally giving in. If Malfoy wanted to play hero why not just let him? There wasn't really any way she could stop him. "Fine. But there's no way in hell you're coming in."
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"Good thing I came with you." Draco muttered in her ear.
Ginny looked at him with her brows raised so he mumbled, "that man over there looks like he wants to eat you." He explained, gesturing with his eyes to a shabby looking man with a crazed glint in his dark eyes.
She slapped his arm and hissed, "perv!"
"No! I mean, he has that whole Hannibal Lector thing going on. I think he honestly wants to make you his midnight snack!"
The redhead looked at the blonde man next to her with something close to fear. "You think so?"
"Yeah, so hurry it up. I don't want to have to kill anyone tonight.."
They reached the front door and Ginny fumbled with the key, finally letting them into the building.
"What kind of pickup line do you fancy, Virginia?" Draco asked abruptly as they headed up the stairs and met her eyes with that penetrating cool gaze of his.
"None, why?" Had he gone all crazy on her?
"Lester looks like he wants to use one on you." The pale man pointed to a man sitting at the top of the next flight of stairs.
"Lester?" She questioned. Did she even want to know?
"Yeah, Chester the child molester's younger brother, Lester the rapist."
"Um.." She said uncertainly. "Whatever you say Malfoy."
"Draco, please."
"Whatever." She stopped in front of a door numbered L-6. "Here I am."
He watched for a moment as she put the key into the lock and turned it, pushing the door open and flicking on a light. "Well, I've had a very enchanting evening with you Virginia. I'll see you tomorrow?" He said loudly, glancing pointedly at the man on the stairs.
"Um.. If I get the job."
"Don't worry about it! You got it! Au revior, Virginia!"
With that he headed down the stairs, swiftly and she heard the door downstairs slam shut. She pushed her own closed and bolted it closed, dropping her keys onto the nearest flat surface.
What was with Malfoy? How could he be sure she had the job? Then again. She had sensed that the two knew each other. Perhaps anyone Malfoy knew would be hired. Mr. Shadow had seemed very fond of Draco.
The thought of her getting the job for being acquainted with Malfoy made her blood boil. She'd at least wanted to get the job because of her own qualifications.
"Calm down Gin." She told herself and grabbed a soda from the fridge. "You don't know that knowing Malfoy got you the job."
'Hell,' she thought to herself, 'you might not even have the job.'
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Draco got into his car a couple of minutes after leaving Miss Weasley at her door, whistling a happy tune that seemed oddly out of place in the area he was in.
He was almost amazed to see his car was still intact. Not even a slashed tire.
He turned on the Lamburghini and sped off into the night, towards Malfoy Manor. He had some business to attend to before he went home.
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A/n: Oh my god! I actually got a chapter of this up! 'Tis amazing isn't it?
Anyway please review and tell me what you think. Surprises in the future and romance!
"Over there." She pointed to an apartment building.
"Over there.?" He asked.
"Yeah.."
"Are you mad?"
"No, why?" She looked at him in question.
"Looks like a bad neighborhood. The kind of neighborhood where pretty, young women such as yourself get raped and killed in." Draco said matter-of- factly.
"It was all I could afford." She said stiffly. "And now, if you don't mind, I'm leaving and going into my apartment now." Ginny put her hand on the handle but Draco stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder.
"What?" She asked, turning her head to look at his pale, smirking face.
"I'm coming with you."
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I am."
"No, it is my apartment not yours!" She exclaimed, turning the handle and letting the door open.
"Virginia, I could buy this whole street if I wanted."
"So! You go right ahead and do that then!" She stepped out into the cool, summer night's air and closed the door behind her.
A split second after, Draco did the same. "I'm not letting you go up there by yourself."
Ginny sighed and rolled her eyes, finally giving in. If Malfoy wanted to play hero why not just let him? There wasn't really any way she could stop him. "Fine. But there's no way in hell you're coming in."
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"Good thing I came with you." Draco muttered in her ear.
Ginny looked at him with her brows raised so he mumbled, "that man over there looks like he wants to eat you." He explained, gesturing with his eyes to a shabby looking man with a crazed glint in his dark eyes.
She slapped his arm and hissed, "perv!"
"No! I mean, he has that whole Hannibal Lector thing going on. I think he honestly wants to make you his midnight snack!"
The redhead looked at the blonde man next to her with something close to fear. "You think so?"
"Yeah, so hurry it up. I don't want to have to kill anyone tonight.."
They reached the front door and Ginny fumbled with the key, finally letting them into the building.
"What kind of pickup line do you fancy, Virginia?" Draco asked abruptly as they headed up the stairs and met her eyes with that penetrating cool gaze of his.
"None, why?" Had he gone all crazy on her?
"Lester looks like he wants to use one on you." The pale man pointed to a man sitting at the top of the next flight of stairs.
"Lester?" She questioned. Did she even want to know?
"Yeah, Chester the child molester's younger brother, Lester the rapist."
"Um.." She said uncertainly. "Whatever you say Malfoy."
"Draco, please."
"Whatever." She stopped in front of a door numbered L-6. "Here I am."
He watched for a moment as she put the key into the lock and turned it, pushing the door open and flicking on a light. "Well, I've had a very enchanting evening with you Virginia. I'll see you tomorrow?" He said loudly, glancing pointedly at the man on the stairs.
"Um.. If I get the job."
"Don't worry about it! You got it! Au revior, Virginia!"
With that he headed down the stairs, swiftly and she heard the door downstairs slam shut. She pushed her own closed and bolted it closed, dropping her keys onto the nearest flat surface.
What was with Malfoy? How could he be sure she had the job? Then again. She had sensed that the two knew each other. Perhaps anyone Malfoy knew would be hired. Mr. Shadow had seemed very fond of Draco.
The thought of her getting the job for being acquainted with Malfoy made her blood boil. She'd at least wanted to get the job because of her own qualifications.
"Calm down Gin." She told herself and grabbed a soda from the fridge. "You don't know that knowing Malfoy got you the job."
'Hell,' she thought to herself, 'you might not even have the job.'
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Draco got into his car a couple of minutes after leaving Miss Weasley at her door, whistling a happy tune that seemed oddly out of place in the area he was in.
He was almost amazed to see his car was still intact. Not even a slashed tire.
He turned on the Lamburghini and sped off into the night, towards Malfoy Manor. He had some business to attend to before he went home.
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A/n: Oh my god! I actually got a chapter of this up! 'Tis amazing isn't it?
Anyway please review and tell me what you think. Surprises in the future and romance!