" I see what the problem is. It's your bloody concentration!" Draco ran a
hand through his hair as he'd been doing several times the last four hours.
" Well it's not like I did it on purpose!" she squealed as she tried desperately to keep the potion monster she'd created in the cauldron. So far it wasn't working.
" Okay, back up a bit. Carefully!" She as she was told and he pulled out his wand.
" Nixus plermus!" The monster melted back to a dark think green liquid.
Draco disposed of the potion quickly. " Okay, well that was interesting. Next time, you sit and watch."
She frowned. Checking her watch she gasped. " Oh no! I gotta get back to the House! Ron's gonna have a cow, not to mention I have all that other homework..."
She glanced at him shyly, and begun to gather her things.
" Okay, we'll meet here tomorrow after dinner. Bring any homework you have, maybe I can give you a hand with that as well."
Ginny looked up in surprise only to find him leaving. Had Draco Malfoy just offered to help her with something? She shook her head and made her way back to the dorms.
When she walked in a very odd sight greeted her. Everyone else was still at dinner, but Hermoine and Rob were sitting in front of the fire.
Kissing.
"Oh my! Sorry!" She quickly made a dash for the stairs, hearing gasps and curse word she didn't know Ron knew.
A few minutes later someone knocked on her door.
" Ginny? Can I talk to you?" She opened the door to let Hermoine in.
" I just wanted to tell you that, well that was our first real kiss. We weren't you know, hiding anything."
She still couldn't hold back her smile. " God, I kissed Ron. I can't believe we did that."
Ginny laughed and took her hand. " I'm happy for you Herm. Maybe you can make a little un-lazy or something?"
She gave a little wink. " God knows I'll try. You coming to dinner?" Ginny shook her head.
I'm just gonna do some homework, then go to bed. I had a tutoring session from hell and I am so tired..."
" Oh that's right! So, who's your tutor?"
" Draco Malfoy. But, It might not be so bad. If he'll just stop acting like a jerk..."
Ginny shook her head.
" That would be like asking a bird not to fly. I would hate to be in your shoes. Yech."
Ginny watched her leave then pulled out her work. It took her all of ten minutes to fall asleep spreadout over her parchments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Draco lay with his eyes open. Thinking.
What had happened? He hadn't been really mad when she put the wrong root in. It had been kind of funny. And cute.
She hadn't been talking, but he could tell she was thinking. The fact that he had been watching her close enough not to watch what she was doing made it all worse.
'And you said she had an attention problem. '
He had to admit though, she was defiantly worth watching. Her hair was brighter than her brother's. Wilder too. Like fire. And her eyes! green and clear, but like she held a secret you could only guess. She was the very definition of a witch. Magic.
He sat up in bed a shook his head. No. His thoughts were just running wild. He didn't really think that.
He grinned. Yeah, and Voldermort was a saint.
He sighed and told himself he was just lonely. Parvti had made their breakup a public spectacle no more than a month ago.
Sleep finally came, but it was haunted. He woke several times in the night, hot, sweaty, gasping and panting. The thought of her, even just near him, gave him shivers. He moaned when light begun pouring through his window and he knew there was no point in staying in bed.
He got dressed quickly, humming a little under his breath.
'You are such a wuss. ' a little voice in his head whispered.
" Oh shut up."
'You've got a thing for a Weasley!' it cried back.
" And your bleedin' nuts!" he countered.
' I'm not the one talking to myself now am I?'
Draco cursed under his breath and went to the Great Hall.
" Well it's not like I did it on purpose!" she squealed as she tried desperately to keep the potion monster she'd created in the cauldron. So far it wasn't working.
" Okay, back up a bit. Carefully!" She as she was told and he pulled out his wand.
" Nixus plermus!" The monster melted back to a dark think green liquid.
Draco disposed of the potion quickly. " Okay, well that was interesting. Next time, you sit and watch."
She frowned. Checking her watch she gasped. " Oh no! I gotta get back to the House! Ron's gonna have a cow, not to mention I have all that other homework..."
She glanced at him shyly, and begun to gather her things.
" Okay, we'll meet here tomorrow after dinner. Bring any homework you have, maybe I can give you a hand with that as well."
Ginny looked up in surprise only to find him leaving. Had Draco Malfoy just offered to help her with something? She shook her head and made her way back to the dorms.
When she walked in a very odd sight greeted her. Everyone else was still at dinner, but Hermoine and Rob were sitting in front of the fire.
Kissing.
"Oh my! Sorry!" She quickly made a dash for the stairs, hearing gasps and curse word she didn't know Ron knew.
A few minutes later someone knocked on her door.
" Ginny? Can I talk to you?" She opened the door to let Hermoine in.
" I just wanted to tell you that, well that was our first real kiss. We weren't you know, hiding anything."
She still couldn't hold back her smile. " God, I kissed Ron. I can't believe we did that."
Ginny laughed and took her hand. " I'm happy for you Herm. Maybe you can make a little un-lazy or something?"
She gave a little wink. " God knows I'll try. You coming to dinner?" Ginny shook her head.
I'm just gonna do some homework, then go to bed. I had a tutoring session from hell and I am so tired..."
" Oh that's right! So, who's your tutor?"
" Draco Malfoy. But, It might not be so bad. If he'll just stop acting like a jerk..."
Ginny shook her head.
" That would be like asking a bird not to fly. I would hate to be in your shoes. Yech."
Ginny watched her leave then pulled out her work. It took her all of ten minutes to fall asleep spreadout over her parchments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Draco lay with his eyes open. Thinking.
What had happened? He hadn't been really mad when she put the wrong root in. It had been kind of funny. And cute.
She hadn't been talking, but he could tell she was thinking. The fact that he had been watching her close enough not to watch what she was doing made it all worse.
'And you said she had an attention problem. '
He had to admit though, she was defiantly worth watching. Her hair was brighter than her brother's. Wilder too. Like fire. And her eyes! green and clear, but like she held a secret you could only guess. She was the very definition of a witch. Magic.
He sat up in bed a shook his head. No. His thoughts were just running wild. He didn't really think that.
He grinned. Yeah, and Voldermort was a saint.
He sighed and told himself he was just lonely. Parvti had made their breakup a public spectacle no more than a month ago.
Sleep finally came, but it was haunted. He woke several times in the night, hot, sweaty, gasping and panting. The thought of her, even just near him, gave him shivers. He moaned when light begun pouring through his window and he knew there was no point in staying in bed.
He got dressed quickly, humming a little under his breath.
'You are such a wuss. ' a little voice in his head whispered.
" Oh shut up."
'You've got a thing for a Weasley!' it cried back.
" And your bleedin' nuts!" he countered.
' I'm not the one talking to myself now am I?'
Draco cursed under his breath and went to the Great Hall.