THIS IS AN ALTERNATE SCENE TO ANTITHETICAL. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CHAPTER ONE BUT IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. ANYWAY, ENJOY! =) ~ Sellene

CHAPTER ONE

Draco Malfoy wove in and out of the compartments and corridors of the Hogwarts Express, fleeing from Pansy Parkinson's desperate efforts of flirtation. He heard her familiar footsteps turning the corner. Not knowing where else to go, he opened the nearest compartment and stepped inside. His timing couldn't have been better for as soon as he closed and bolted the door, he heard Pansy walking by calling," Draco...where are you? I've got a surprise for you…"

"Aren't you a least bit curious to find your surprise?" another voice asked. The melodious voice came from inside the compartment. Draco turned away from the door and saw the youngest Weasley sitting alone in a corner.

"What are you doing here?" he snapped. "Shouldn't you be chasing after Potter?"

"Excuse me! What do you mean what am I doing here? This is my compartment? What are you doing here Malfoy?" she yelled at the top of her lungs, before he could stop her.

"Could you talk any louder?" he hissed.

"What? Scared of a girl? Afraid your little girlfriend will find you?" she replied, in an even louder voice.

"At least I'm being chased after, unlike you Weasley."

"Only the lowest would go for you Malfoy. You can have as much scum crawling after you as you want."

Before Draco could reply, they heard insistent rapping on the door. Draco frantically looked for a hiding spot: there was none. The door started to open and he dived for the spot behind Ginny. Unfortunately, she misinterpreted his action and shifted to the side, right in his path.

"Hi Gin! We brought your chocolate fro-" Ron paused in midsentence, his mouth hanging open in horror. The various candies in Harry and Hermione's hands dropped to the ground. Ginny let out a high-pitched nervous giggle.

"Hi Ron. Er… this isn't what you think it is," she tried to explain.

"Ginny! How could you!" Hermione squeaked. "We're only gone ten minutes and…and here we find Malfoy on top of you."

Draco suavely stood up, smoothing out his rumpled robes. Ginny stood up as well, turning away from the three figures in the door. Her face was beet red.

"Honestly, I have no idea what perverted thoughts are running through your heads. Like I would even touch a Weasley. I wouldn't want to dirty my hands with something so…low-class. It might contaminate me," Draco said. That was a perfect exit line, but for a certain reason he didn't want to go back out into the unsafe corridors of the train. After all, this compartment was definitely a Pansy-free zone.

"Ron, how could you think that of me!" Ginny exclaimed. "He's a Malfoy. I'm a Weasley. Need I continue?"

"That still doesn't explain you two groping each other," Harry pointed out.

"We had a little accident, that's all," she replied in a no-nonsense tone. "Malfoy, you can leave now."

Draco scowled and started towards the door when a familiar voice was heard in the hall.

"Draco, muffin, you know I'll find you. I have a surprise for you."

He halted.

"On second thought, I have a confession to make," he said, walking over to the door. Instead of going out however, he closed it.

"A confession?" said Ron, with a scowl on his face.

"Wea- er…Ginny and I were having a little private interlude when you walked in," he said rather loudly hoping that a certain someone that was lingering in the hallway would hear him.

"Malfoy! What are you doing?" Ginny protested.

Pansy followed the sound of Draco's voice to a compartment. The door was slightly ajar. She stood behind Hermione in the doorway, unnoticed by all except Draco.

"Sorry, Ginny," he continued. "But I think it's time for us to be out in the open."

"Out in the open? What are you talking about?" she shrieked. "Ron, I have no idea what he's talking about."

"Oh, don't play dumb, sugar. Besides, I think our relationship is healthy for you. It's high time you got over ol' Potty boy here, " he said, hinting as subtly as he could.

Ginny look confused for a moment but understood. "I guess you're right."

She walked up to Draco and threw her arms around him.

"I love you, Ginny," he said.

Briefly she wondered how he could say those three words so easily. Then again, he was Malfoy.

"I love you too," she replied.

Draco Malfoy wove in and out of the compartments and corridors of the Hogwarts Express, fleeing from Pansy Parkinson's desperate efforts of flirtation. He heard her familiar footsteps turning the corner. Not knowing where else to go, he opened the nearest compartment and stepped inside. His timing couldn't have been better for as soon as he closed and bolted the door, he heard Pansy walking by calling," Draco...where are you? I've got a surprise for you…"

"Aren't you a least bit curious to find your surprise?" another voice asked. The melodious voice came from inside the compartment. Draco turned away from the door and saw the youngest Weasley sitting alone in a corner.

"What are you doing here?" he snapped. "Shouldn't you be chasing after Potter?"

"Excuse me! What do you mean what am I doing here? This is my compartment? What are you doing here Malfoy?" she yelled at the top of her lungs, before he could stop her.

"Could you talk any louder?" he hissed.

"What? Scared of a girl? Afraid your little girlfriend will find you?" she replied, in an even louder voice.

"At least I'm being chased after, unlike you Weasley."

"Only the lowest would go for you Malfoy. You can have as much scum crawling after you as you want."

Before Draco could reply, they heard insistent rapping on the door. Draco frantically looked for a hiding spot: there was none. The door started to open and he dived for the spot behind Ginny. Unfortunately, she misinterpreted his action and shifted to the side, right in his path.

"Hi Gin! We brought your chocolate fro-" Ron paused in midsentence, his mouth hanging open in horror. The various candies in Harry and Hermione's hands dropped to the ground. Ginny let out a high-pitched nervous giggle.

"Hi Ron. Er… this isn't what you think it is," she tried to explain.

"Ginny! How could you!" Hermione squeaked. "We're only gone ten minutes and…and here we find Malfoy on top of you."

Draco suavely stood up, smoothing out his rumpled robes. Ginny stood up as well, turning away from the three figures in the door. Her face was beet red.

"Honestly, I have no idea what perverted thoughts are running through your heads. Like I would even touch a Weasley. I wouldn't want to dirty my hands with something so…low-class. It might contaminate me," Draco said. That was a perfect exit line, but for a certain reason he didn't want to go back out into the unsafe corridors of the train. After all, this compartment was definitely a Pansy-free zone.

"Ron, how could you think that of me!" Ginny exclaimed. "He's a Malfoy. I'm a Weasley. Need I continue?"

"That still doesn't explain you two groping each other," Harry pointed out.

"We had a little accident, that's all," she replied in a no-nonsense tone. "Malfoy, you can leave now."

Draco scowled and started towards the door when a familiar voice was heard in the hall.

"Draco, muffin, you know I'll find you. I have a surprise for you."

He halted.

"On second thought, I have a confession to make," he said, walking over to the door. Instead of going out however, he closed it.

"A confession?" said Ron, with a scowl on his face.

"Wea- er…Ginny and I were having a little private interlude when you walked in," he said rather loudly hoping that a certain someone that was lingering in the hallway would hear him.

"Malfoy! What are you doing?" Ginny protested.

Pansy followed the sound of Draco's voice to a compartment. The door was slightly ajar. She stood behind Hermione in the doorway, unnoticed by all except Draco.

"Sorry, Ginny," he continued. "But I think it's time for us to be out in the open."

"Out in the open? What are you talking about?" she shrieked. "Ron, I have no idea what he's talking about."

"Oh, don't play dumb, sugar. Besides, I think our relationship is healthy for you. It's high time you got over ol' Potty boy here, " he said, hinting as subtly as he could.

Ginny look confused for a moment but understood. "I guess you're right."

She walked up to Draco and threw her arms around him.

"I love you, Ginny," he said.

Briefly she wondered how he could say those three words so easily. Then again, he was Malfoy.

"I love you too," she replied.