(A/N: Hey, I totally have this fic finished, but I'm going to post the chapters once a day...ya know...cuz I feel like it!
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Chapter Three
"Now," Draco started. "You're not a full fledged member as of yet. We usually do the trials on first years so they'll be ready to take over their seventh year, but since you're a seventh year we'll admit you into our meetings but you still have to go through the trials."
"What trials." Ginny thought she'd be able to do anything after having creepy snakes slither over her for ten minutes.
"Well, you become one of our slaves and you have to do anything we say. We also set a trial before you that you must complete by the Christmas Holidays, or a new, harder trial will be given you the next semester." Draco paused. "I am obviously the leader, and seeing as how the others have slaves, you'll be mine."
"Wh-what's my trial?" Ginny tried wiping some stray hairs away from her eyes, but her hands were still tied.
"You have to get Hannah Abbott to like me."
"Oh great," Ginny thought. "He only assigned me the impossible." Then she said aloud, "What if I refuse?"
"Well, we simply modify your memory, and ostracize you." Lucas cut in.
After that they untied Ginny's hands and someone brought out some butterbeer they snuck from Hogsmeade, and they sat around, talking. The others were playing some game, who can get the squid to show itself, while Draco and Ginny sat watching.
"So what was your trial?" Ginny asked, bored by the others pitiful attempts.
Draco turned to her, then smiled. "I had to get Harry Potter in trouble whenever the opportunity arose."
Ginny crinkled her eyebrows. So the reason Draco was so mean to Harry was because he was forced to be.
"Yeah, I thought he was nice, even tried to befriend him...but things don't work out, ya know?" Draco took a swig of butterbeer. "It sort of became a habit throughout the years."
"Well, have you ever tried to apologize...explain yourself?" Ginny asked, also taking a few sips of her butterbeer.
"You're not aloud to tell anyone about The Snakes...ever!" Draco said commandingly. "Besides, if I went up to Potter and said, 'Look, mate, sorry about bothering you the past six years...I can't explain myself, but it's a really funny story,' he'd just think it was a trick. Might as well get all the fun out of it I can, right?"
Ginny shook her head, realizing there was so much she could teach this poor way faring soul. First she'd get this Hannah girl to like him, but she'd also force Draco to do the unthinkable, and be nice to her. He didn't specify how she had to get Hannah to like him, did he?
~*~*~
The Slytherin common room was quiet after dinner hours. The Snakes were sitting by the fire trying to finish their homework for the week so they'd be free to go to Hogsmeade the next day. Ginny sat across from Draco and kept peering at him. He wasn't the hottest thing in school, but he was pretty close. She thought that perhaps Draco and Harry tied for the position of hottest guy, but while Harry looked like the boy-next-door, Draco looked like temptation personified. His blonde hair resembled silver in the moonlight, and the expression on his face always said, "just try and make me smile...I dare you."
"What are you staring at?" Draco asked, looking up at Ginny.
Ginny shifted in her seat, then replied, "Just trying to wonder what you'd look like with a smile on your face...girls like smiles on guys, you know."
"I smile." Draco retorted.
"I mean a real smile...not a smile after having done something extremely mischievous." Ginny said.
"What makes you the expert on girls then?"
"I have a sister who has a diary..." Ginny smiled mischievously.
"So then have you figured out a way to get Hannah to like me?" Draco asked, trying to sound nonchalant.
"Not quite," She replied. "But I think you should write her a letter explaining your feelings."
Draco began to laugh, causing the others to look up. "He thinks I should write a letter." Draco told them, pointing towards Ginny.
"Well, you've tried your method and what has it gotten you?" Draco scowled. "So why don't you try my method."
Draco was about to reply when he stopped and smiled. "I have a better idea...I'll send YOU to tell her how I feel."
Ginny's eyes shot wide open. "What? I will not!"
"You have to...you're my slave." Draco whispered.
Ginny rolled her eyes, then nodded her head. Draco motioned for her to follow him up to the dorm and they commenced writing a letter. Ginny sat at one of the desks writing down what Draco was saying.
"Dear Hannah--" Draco started, but was interrupted.
"Dearest Hannah." Ginny said, writing it down.
Draco eyed Ginny, then continued. The letter coming out of Draco's mouth was dry and lacked emotion. Ginny modified it into an eloquent letter, thanks to the fact she read so many romance novels. Once the letter was completed Draco read it over, then signed it.
"Ok, you have to give it to her tomorrow, at Hogsmeade...make sure she's alone though." Draco said, worried.
"Don't worry...I'll get her alone then give her the letter." Ginny pocketed it, then decided it was time to retire for the night.
~*~*~
It wasn't hard to find Hannah. She always hung with her Hufflepuff friends, and could be seen walking from store to store. Ginny left Draco at The Three Broomsticks, then followed Hannah around, waiting for her to get alone. Finally, Hannah separated from her group and entered the Owl Post. Ginny watched as she sent a letter with a barn owl, then as she was walking out Ginny stopped her.
"Hannah, I need to talk with you...alone." Ginny looked around, making sure no one else could hear.
Hannah smiled. "About what?"
"About Draco." That seemed to be the wrong answer to give, for almost immediately Hannah's smile turned to a frown.
"I have nothing to say about that prick." Hannah began walking away but Ginny grabbed her by the arm.
"Please?" The look in Ginny's eyes was desperate. If she wanted to stay in The Snakes she had to get this girl to like Draco.
Hannah stood there, contemplating, then nodded her head. Ginny escorted Hannah outside of town on the side of the hill that held the Shrieking Shack. They were standing under some shade, and that's when Ginny started.
"I have a letter from him to you." Ginny held out the letter, waiting for Hannah to take it.
"I don't care to read it." Hannah took the letter, ripped it in two, and then threw it into a muddy puddle.
"No!" Ginny bent down to retrieve the ripped parchment, but it was too late. "Well if you only knew how much Draco liked you." Ginny stood up, facing Hannah.
"How can he like me and humiliate me?"
"I know, the boy has his own style...not something I'd do, but--"
"What would you do?" Hannah smiled.
"Well...I'd send her flowers and cards by owl. I'd devote my every waking hour to do her will." Ginny quoted the many romance books she had read.
"And what if she refused you?" Hannah's eyebrow raised.
"I'd stand outside her window and sing her sonettes. I'd yell her name because it would be as sweet as honey on my lips. I'd kneel at her feet, and plague her shadow as her face has plagued my mind."
Ginny stopped upon seeing Hannah breathe irregularly. "Are you okay?"
"Yes! I'm just fine."
"Well, Draco feels that way, he just has trouble articulating his feelings."
"You don't." Hannah smiled.
"Well..." Ginny began to feel a little uncomfortable. "Do you send word back to Draco?"
Hannah's smile turned once again to a frown. "No, I do not like him any more than I ever have and I don't want to hear anything about him again." She paused. "Unless of course he sends you to tell me how he took it."
Ginny sighed, then said her farewells. As she was leaving she felt very odd, as if two eyes bore their way into Ginny's back. She began running to the Three Broomsticks, and sat next to Draco and the others.
"What did she say?" Draco asked, expectantly.
"It's going to take some time." Ginny felt exhausted and leaned back in her chair.
"Did she read the letter?"
"No--tore it up!" Ginny's anger was rekindled.
"Just remember, Macabee, she has to like me!" Draco stood up and stormed out of the building, leaving Ginny very confused.
The next week didn't go by as well as Ginny would have liked. Draco ordered her to stop Hannah in the halls whenever she saw her and spout out any poetry in Draco's favor. Ginny got real tired, real quick from making up sappy poetry, and have anyone who heard tease her later. Ginny was forced to deliver flowers and candies and anything Draco would think Hannah would like, but she always refused them.
Soon Ginny had a day off, and got to watch the first Quidditch match of the season. It was Ravenclaw against Slytherin, and Draco walked around the common room the night before as if he knew something no one else did. Ginny felt like stopping any ridiculous idea he had before it blew up in his face, but decided she could do with a few laughs.
It felt weird for Ginny to root the Slytherin team at first, but as screaming Slytherin fans surrounded her, she grew accustomed to it. She waved her banner in the air, and cheered as the teams came out onto the field.
The teams flew into the air and the quaffle was released. Ginny watched the game with great interest. Moves that Ginny once would have thought were cheating, were now very clever. Slytherin was up by fifty points when Ginny noticed Draco begin to dive towards one of the student filled towers. Instantly the Ravenclaw seeker began diving, and it was a race to see who would get the snitch first.
Both seekers were heading from different directions, and for a moment it looked as if they were going to crash. Inches away from impact, Draco pulled up and the Ravenclaw seeker lost his balance and began to fall. Draco waved the golden snitch in his hands, then flew to the Hufflepuffs. He was hovering over Hannah and handed the snitch to her. All the girls oohed and awed, but Hannah looked unimpressed. She simply let the snitch go, and it flew away.
Slytherin had won, but at dinner that night, Draco looked as if he had lost. He refused to talk, and no one wished to get their head chewed off, so they left him alone. That night there was to be another Snake's meeting at twelve, and Ginny made sure to take her green potion. She snuck out the castle and down to the lake and waited for the others. She knew she was a little early, and didn't expect anyone to show up for at least a long while. That's why she was so surprised when Draco came walking down the lawn.
"You're early." Draco commented, still in his sullen mood.
"So are you." Ginny stated. "Look, I'm sorry about Hannah. She just needs to see the side of you that I see."
"Oh yeah, and what side is that?" Draco scoffed.
"Well, you're really funny...even though sometimes I don't get your humor. You're nice when you want to be--without you I'd probably fail Potions. If I was a girl, I'd fall for you." Ginny surprised herself with the last sentence.
Draco looked up into Ginny's eyes and searched them for a while. It made Ginny feel very uncomfortable, as if Draco could see the girl inside of her.
"But I'm Draco Malfoy! EVERYONE likes me! It's like a law or something."
Ginny rolled her eyes, "'Some are born great, other's achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.' I guess you qualify in all three areas."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco yelled.
"It's from a book I read...look, it's the others." Ginny waved at the other four walking towards them.
"As we all know there's going to be a Winter Ball this year before Christmas Holidays," Lucas started. "We have to decide on a prank to pull that will etch our names in Hogwarts history forever."
Ginny couldn't believe she was hearing this. She was expecting The Snakes to talk about You-Know-Who's moves, but here they were acting like...well, teenagers. Ginny stuck to her guns, knowing sooner or later some juicy bit of information would come her way.
"How about we spike the punch?" Goyle suggested.
"That's not big enough." Zabini complained.
"We could spike the punch with a love potion and watch everyone get to it in The Great Hall." Crabbe said.
Everyone began laughing, all except Draco. "Nah, that'd be gross." Lucas interjected. "How about we enchant the Christmas trees or the fairy lights to harass everyone?"
"Maybe we should research this a bit...see which pranks have been done, then try to top those. We could reconvene next week with our findings." Ginny spoke up.
The guys looked at her as if she were some alien. They weren't used to someone so smart being in their midst...Draco was smart, but he was also as stupid as a teenage boy.
"Yeah, sounds good to me." Everyone agreed, then got up to leave.
"I need to speak to you...alone." Draco glared at Ginny.
"Um, I'm sort of not feeling well...maybe tomorrow." Ginny was scared at the look he was giving her.
"I insist." Draco held her back and waited until the others were gone. "You have two months to get Hannah to like me, and nothing has worked."
"Umm, Halloween's tomorrow, maybe I could dress up like a cupid and shoot her with a love potion covered arrow." Ginny laughed.
"I don't find that funny." Draco sneered.
"Look, I'm sorry...maybe you should just give up...switch your affections to someone else."
"Switch my affections?" Draco seemed outraged at the mere mention of it. "I'm not a girl, I don't fall for anything that walks and talks. I love her." Draco didn't' seem at all startled that he showed so much emotion in one go.
"How do you know you love her? You don't even know her!" Ginny was irked at his implication that girls were fickle.
"She's the most beautiful thing I've seen! She has a voice like the summers breeze and golden blonde hair. How can I NOT be in love? She's just too stubborn, too mean...too womanly to give me a try."
"I've known girls who have loved men who have pined away, year after year, and not even been noticed."
"Oh yeah?" Draco seemed doubtful.
"Yeah!" Ginny paused, trying to push back the tears. "I know a girl who loved a boy so much that it hurt her! He knew she at least liked him, but he saw her merely as a sister to a friend." As Ginny related her own story, she no longer felt the little patter of her heart as she thought of Harry. Instead her hear beat fiercely and deeply as she stared into Draco's gray clouded eyes.
"Whatever...just think of something good." Draco stalked away, leaving Ginny alone.
"Great!" Ginny yelled at herself. "Now I've fallen for ANOTHER guy who won't give me the time of day."
Hey, I also wanted to start this poll thingy! I wanted to see what type of people read my fic! If you want to do it then email me at LWANTLTFRICKSWAY@aol.com and copy and past the following questions and answers;
Age:
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Chapter Three
"Now," Draco started. "You're not a full fledged member as of yet. We usually do the trials on first years so they'll be ready to take over their seventh year, but since you're a seventh year we'll admit you into our meetings but you still have to go through the trials."
"What trials." Ginny thought she'd be able to do anything after having creepy snakes slither over her for ten minutes.
"Well, you become one of our slaves and you have to do anything we say. We also set a trial before you that you must complete by the Christmas Holidays, or a new, harder trial will be given you the next semester." Draco paused. "I am obviously the leader, and seeing as how the others have slaves, you'll be mine."
"Wh-what's my trial?" Ginny tried wiping some stray hairs away from her eyes, but her hands were still tied.
"You have to get Hannah Abbott to like me."
"Oh great," Ginny thought. "He only assigned me the impossible." Then she said aloud, "What if I refuse?"
"Well, we simply modify your memory, and ostracize you." Lucas cut in.
After that they untied Ginny's hands and someone brought out some butterbeer they snuck from Hogsmeade, and they sat around, talking. The others were playing some game, who can get the squid to show itself, while Draco and Ginny sat watching.
"So what was your trial?" Ginny asked, bored by the others pitiful attempts.
Draco turned to her, then smiled. "I had to get Harry Potter in trouble whenever the opportunity arose."
Ginny crinkled her eyebrows. So the reason Draco was so mean to Harry was because he was forced to be.
"Yeah, I thought he was nice, even tried to befriend him...but things don't work out, ya know?" Draco took a swig of butterbeer. "It sort of became a habit throughout the years."
"Well, have you ever tried to apologize...explain yourself?" Ginny asked, also taking a few sips of her butterbeer.
"You're not aloud to tell anyone about The Snakes...ever!" Draco said commandingly. "Besides, if I went up to Potter and said, 'Look, mate, sorry about bothering you the past six years...I can't explain myself, but it's a really funny story,' he'd just think it was a trick. Might as well get all the fun out of it I can, right?"
Ginny shook her head, realizing there was so much she could teach this poor way faring soul. First she'd get this Hannah girl to like him, but she'd also force Draco to do the unthinkable, and be nice to her. He didn't specify how she had to get Hannah to like him, did he?
~*~*~
The Slytherin common room was quiet after dinner hours. The Snakes were sitting by the fire trying to finish their homework for the week so they'd be free to go to Hogsmeade the next day. Ginny sat across from Draco and kept peering at him. He wasn't the hottest thing in school, but he was pretty close. She thought that perhaps Draco and Harry tied for the position of hottest guy, but while Harry looked like the boy-next-door, Draco looked like temptation personified. His blonde hair resembled silver in the moonlight, and the expression on his face always said, "just try and make me smile...I dare you."
"What are you staring at?" Draco asked, looking up at Ginny.
Ginny shifted in her seat, then replied, "Just trying to wonder what you'd look like with a smile on your face...girls like smiles on guys, you know."
"I smile." Draco retorted.
"I mean a real smile...not a smile after having done something extremely mischievous." Ginny said.
"What makes you the expert on girls then?"
"I have a sister who has a diary..." Ginny smiled mischievously.
"So then have you figured out a way to get Hannah to like me?" Draco asked, trying to sound nonchalant.
"Not quite," She replied. "But I think you should write her a letter explaining your feelings."
Draco began to laugh, causing the others to look up. "He thinks I should write a letter." Draco told them, pointing towards Ginny.
"Well, you've tried your method and what has it gotten you?" Draco scowled. "So why don't you try my method."
Draco was about to reply when he stopped and smiled. "I have a better idea...I'll send YOU to tell her how I feel."
Ginny's eyes shot wide open. "What? I will not!"
"You have to...you're my slave." Draco whispered.
Ginny rolled her eyes, then nodded her head. Draco motioned for her to follow him up to the dorm and they commenced writing a letter. Ginny sat at one of the desks writing down what Draco was saying.
"Dear Hannah--" Draco started, but was interrupted.
"Dearest Hannah." Ginny said, writing it down.
Draco eyed Ginny, then continued. The letter coming out of Draco's mouth was dry and lacked emotion. Ginny modified it into an eloquent letter, thanks to the fact she read so many romance novels. Once the letter was completed Draco read it over, then signed it.
"Ok, you have to give it to her tomorrow, at Hogsmeade...make sure she's alone though." Draco said, worried.
"Don't worry...I'll get her alone then give her the letter." Ginny pocketed it, then decided it was time to retire for the night.
~*~*~
It wasn't hard to find Hannah. She always hung with her Hufflepuff friends, and could be seen walking from store to store. Ginny left Draco at The Three Broomsticks, then followed Hannah around, waiting for her to get alone. Finally, Hannah separated from her group and entered the Owl Post. Ginny watched as she sent a letter with a barn owl, then as she was walking out Ginny stopped her.
"Hannah, I need to talk with you...alone." Ginny looked around, making sure no one else could hear.
Hannah smiled. "About what?"
"About Draco." That seemed to be the wrong answer to give, for almost immediately Hannah's smile turned to a frown.
"I have nothing to say about that prick." Hannah began walking away but Ginny grabbed her by the arm.
"Please?" The look in Ginny's eyes was desperate. If she wanted to stay in The Snakes she had to get this girl to like Draco.
Hannah stood there, contemplating, then nodded her head. Ginny escorted Hannah outside of town on the side of the hill that held the Shrieking Shack. They were standing under some shade, and that's when Ginny started.
"I have a letter from him to you." Ginny held out the letter, waiting for Hannah to take it.
"I don't care to read it." Hannah took the letter, ripped it in two, and then threw it into a muddy puddle.
"No!" Ginny bent down to retrieve the ripped parchment, but it was too late. "Well if you only knew how much Draco liked you." Ginny stood up, facing Hannah.
"How can he like me and humiliate me?"
"I know, the boy has his own style...not something I'd do, but--"
"What would you do?" Hannah smiled.
"Well...I'd send her flowers and cards by owl. I'd devote my every waking hour to do her will." Ginny quoted the many romance books she had read.
"And what if she refused you?" Hannah's eyebrow raised.
"I'd stand outside her window and sing her sonettes. I'd yell her name because it would be as sweet as honey on my lips. I'd kneel at her feet, and plague her shadow as her face has plagued my mind."
Ginny stopped upon seeing Hannah breathe irregularly. "Are you okay?"
"Yes! I'm just fine."
"Well, Draco feels that way, he just has trouble articulating his feelings."
"You don't." Hannah smiled.
"Well..." Ginny began to feel a little uncomfortable. "Do you send word back to Draco?"
Hannah's smile turned once again to a frown. "No, I do not like him any more than I ever have and I don't want to hear anything about him again." She paused. "Unless of course he sends you to tell me how he took it."
Ginny sighed, then said her farewells. As she was leaving she felt very odd, as if two eyes bore their way into Ginny's back. She began running to the Three Broomsticks, and sat next to Draco and the others.
"What did she say?" Draco asked, expectantly.
"It's going to take some time." Ginny felt exhausted and leaned back in her chair.
"Did she read the letter?"
"No--tore it up!" Ginny's anger was rekindled.
"Just remember, Macabee, she has to like me!" Draco stood up and stormed out of the building, leaving Ginny very confused.
The next week didn't go by as well as Ginny would have liked. Draco ordered her to stop Hannah in the halls whenever she saw her and spout out any poetry in Draco's favor. Ginny got real tired, real quick from making up sappy poetry, and have anyone who heard tease her later. Ginny was forced to deliver flowers and candies and anything Draco would think Hannah would like, but she always refused them.
Soon Ginny had a day off, and got to watch the first Quidditch match of the season. It was Ravenclaw against Slytherin, and Draco walked around the common room the night before as if he knew something no one else did. Ginny felt like stopping any ridiculous idea he had before it blew up in his face, but decided she could do with a few laughs.
It felt weird for Ginny to root the Slytherin team at first, but as screaming Slytherin fans surrounded her, she grew accustomed to it. She waved her banner in the air, and cheered as the teams came out onto the field.
The teams flew into the air and the quaffle was released. Ginny watched the game with great interest. Moves that Ginny once would have thought were cheating, were now very clever. Slytherin was up by fifty points when Ginny noticed Draco begin to dive towards one of the student filled towers. Instantly the Ravenclaw seeker began diving, and it was a race to see who would get the snitch first.
Both seekers were heading from different directions, and for a moment it looked as if they were going to crash. Inches away from impact, Draco pulled up and the Ravenclaw seeker lost his balance and began to fall. Draco waved the golden snitch in his hands, then flew to the Hufflepuffs. He was hovering over Hannah and handed the snitch to her. All the girls oohed and awed, but Hannah looked unimpressed. She simply let the snitch go, and it flew away.
Slytherin had won, but at dinner that night, Draco looked as if he had lost. He refused to talk, and no one wished to get their head chewed off, so they left him alone. That night there was to be another Snake's meeting at twelve, and Ginny made sure to take her green potion. She snuck out the castle and down to the lake and waited for the others. She knew she was a little early, and didn't expect anyone to show up for at least a long while. That's why she was so surprised when Draco came walking down the lawn.
"You're early." Draco commented, still in his sullen mood.
"So are you." Ginny stated. "Look, I'm sorry about Hannah. She just needs to see the side of you that I see."
"Oh yeah, and what side is that?" Draco scoffed.
"Well, you're really funny...even though sometimes I don't get your humor. You're nice when you want to be--without you I'd probably fail Potions. If I was a girl, I'd fall for you." Ginny surprised herself with the last sentence.
Draco looked up into Ginny's eyes and searched them for a while. It made Ginny feel very uncomfortable, as if Draco could see the girl inside of her.
"But I'm Draco Malfoy! EVERYONE likes me! It's like a law or something."
Ginny rolled her eyes, "'Some are born great, other's achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.' I guess you qualify in all three areas."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco yelled.
"It's from a book I read...look, it's the others." Ginny waved at the other four walking towards them.
"As we all know there's going to be a Winter Ball this year before Christmas Holidays," Lucas started. "We have to decide on a prank to pull that will etch our names in Hogwarts history forever."
Ginny couldn't believe she was hearing this. She was expecting The Snakes to talk about You-Know-Who's moves, but here they were acting like...well, teenagers. Ginny stuck to her guns, knowing sooner or later some juicy bit of information would come her way.
"How about we spike the punch?" Goyle suggested.
"That's not big enough." Zabini complained.
"We could spike the punch with a love potion and watch everyone get to it in The Great Hall." Crabbe said.
Everyone began laughing, all except Draco. "Nah, that'd be gross." Lucas interjected. "How about we enchant the Christmas trees or the fairy lights to harass everyone?"
"Maybe we should research this a bit...see which pranks have been done, then try to top those. We could reconvene next week with our findings." Ginny spoke up.
The guys looked at her as if she were some alien. They weren't used to someone so smart being in their midst...Draco was smart, but he was also as stupid as a teenage boy.
"Yeah, sounds good to me." Everyone agreed, then got up to leave.
"I need to speak to you...alone." Draco glared at Ginny.
"Um, I'm sort of not feeling well...maybe tomorrow." Ginny was scared at the look he was giving her.
"I insist." Draco held her back and waited until the others were gone. "You have two months to get Hannah to like me, and nothing has worked."
"Umm, Halloween's tomorrow, maybe I could dress up like a cupid and shoot her with a love potion covered arrow." Ginny laughed.
"I don't find that funny." Draco sneered.
"Look, I'm sorry...maybe you should just give up...switch your affections to someone else."
"Switch my affections?" Draco seemed outraged at the mere mention of it. "I'm not a girl, I don't fall for anything that walks and talks. I love her." Draco didn't' seem at all startled that he showed so much emotion in one go.
"How do you know you love her? You don't even know her!" Ginny was irked at his implication that girls were fickle.
"She's the most beautiful thing I've seen! She has a voice like the summers breeze and golden blonde hair. How can I NOT be in love? She's just too stubborn, too mean...too womanly to give me a try."
"I've known girls who have loved men who have pined away, year after year, and not even been noticed."
"Oh yeah?" Draco seemed doubtful.
"Yeah!" Ginny paused, trying to push back the tears. "I know a girl who loved a boy so much that it hurt her! He knew she at least liked him, but he saw her merely as a sister to a friend." As Ginny related her own story, she no longer felt the little patter of her heart as she thought of Harry. Instead her hear beat fiercely and deeply as she stared into Draco's gray clouded eyes.
"Whatever...just think of something good." Draco stalked away, leaving Ginny alone.
"Great!" Ginny yelled at herself. "Now I've fallen for ANOTHER guy who won't give me the time of day."