Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters found in the Harry Potter series, including Harry Potter himself, Ginny and Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, etc . They belong to the lovely J.K. Rowling.
Draco Malfoy, heir to the Malfoy riches, slowly scanned the Great Hall from his seat at the Slytherin table. With his silver-blond hair, slightly long and no longer gelled back, his silver-blue eyes, and his tall Seeker-built body, Draco was the envy of most boys in any house and the object of infatuation of just as many girls. And Draco, unfortunately knew this. Now, who should be my next conquest, he thought, his eyes glancing over the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw table first. He quickly rejected the girls from those houses, having already dated half the girls from each. Slytherin might be a thought, he thought, but looking at his own table, he realized that all the girls he would date had boyfriends already and the single ones were too ugly to tempt him.
Blaise Zabini leaned over and said, "So Draco. Looking for another girl now that you've gotten tired of both Pansy and Hannah, I see. That was one hell of a show when those two got into a catfight last week over you. And the looks on their faces when you broke up with both at the same time…"
With a smirk Draco drawled, "Can't help it if all the ladies can't resist me. You don't do half bad yourself. Patil and Padma almost stopped being sisters over you."
Blaise just grinned. True enough, he was extremely handsome, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes that had fooled many girls into thinking that the person behind the eyes loved them. He said, "Well, you're not the only Romeo at Hogwarts you know. Actually, I have a bet for you, just to see if you really are irresistible to every girl here."
Draco, intrigued, motioned for Blaise to go on. "Since you say you can get anyone, why don't we see if you can get Ginny Weasley, the girl who hates you almost as much as that other Weasel. To make it even better, you have to do it in, say, two months."
Just then the said girl walked into the Great Hall, talking animatedly with a black-haired girl Draco vaguely recognized from his Herbology class. "What makes you think I should take this bet?"
Blaise replied, "Because you can't resist a challenge. And if you do, I'll give you that dagger you always wanted. If you fail, I get the book of Dark Arts your father got for you for Christmas."
Looking again at the Gryffindor table, he thought about the offer. I don't have anything to lose, he thought. Father can always get me a new book. And getting revenge on that Weasel brother of hers would be extremely fulfilling. The said Weasel, Ron, was sitting with Harry Potter, Wonder Boy, and the Muggle-blood Hermione Granger who had just gotten with Potter. And, as Ginny turned to talk to her Seamus Finnagen, the target would be a good addition to his repertoire.
"Deal," Draco said, turning his hand and shaking with Blaise. "In two months, I'll have Ginny Weasley at my mercy."
When he looked back at the Gryffindor table, he caught the girl Ginny had walked in with looking at him. Draco winked at the petite girl, who blushed rather prettily and quickly turned back to her breakfast. And I might even get something more, he thought, his eyes never leaving the back of the girl's head.
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