Chapter Five
He is a Malfoy...
"Where is she?" He muttered glancing at his watch for the 5th time that minute. He had been waiting outside the library for 10 minutes now. If he hadn't had had his invisibility cloak with him Filch would have given him a detention. "Damn it is this thing broken?" He asked himself referring to his watch which had said 2:05 for what seemed like an eternity to him.
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"Hermione I am going and you can't stop me!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Ginny I can't let you do this." Hermione said firmly blocking her way out.
"I'm 15 years old I can do what I please."
"What would you brother say? I'm sure he'd be interested to know his sister wants to go off and meet Draco Malfoy in the middle of the night - alone I might add."
"My brother doesn't rule my life and neither do you Hermione! Now let me through before I do something I'll regret." Ginny pulled out her wand. She really didn't want to curse Hermione but would if she needed to.
Hermione didn't pick up her wand. She instead she tried to reason with the stubborn girl in front of her. "Ginny this is Draco Malfoy we're talking about. Lucius Malfoy's son! I'm only trying to keep you safe. How do you know he won't curse you on the spot?"
To be honest, Ginny really didn't know. Well she did but had no real proof he wouldn't. "I don't know but Hermione just let me go. If I don't return tomorrow tell Ron and Harry. Otherwise keep this a secret."
Hermione knew she couldn't win. "Oh all right but please be careful. He is a Malfoy... Have your wand ready just in case."
"Jeez Hermione you're beginning to sound like my mother." She gave Hermione a cheery smile then left the common room.
Ginny headed down the dark halls hoping not to meet Filch. She wished she had thought to ask Harry for his invisibility cloak but that could have been a problem. For one he'd have asked where she was going and he'd have stopped her from seeing Draco. Harry probably would have told Ron who in turn would have written to her mother. That would have presented a big problem.
She took a deep breath as he came into sight. He wasn't looking her way so she could surprise him if he did intend to curse her. She guessed it was about 5 after 2 since she left about 5 minutes ago when Hermione's clock had said 2:00.
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A/N: That 'had had' part still looks weird to me although I know it's correct. Anyway I know the first part isn't half as long as I usually make it but I got stuck because I wanted to write what Ginny was busy with so it turned out to be a rather short chapter. Hope everyone still likes it although I am trying to figure out what I do between this point and what I have planned for the end. Wow only 548 words including the author's note. No I didn't count then. My spell check thing tells me. That's shorter than my usual chapter. Well maybe I'll add an extra 200 words to the next chapter just to make up for this one. Maybe not.
