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Chapter 2

Draco was walking through Diagon Alley, looking here and there. Pathetic, he thought to himself as a group of first years scrambled into the second-hand store. It was an extremely boring day at home, if you can call the Malfoy mansion a home, and he had nothing to do after the stupid ballroom dancing lessons his father signed him up for. The Malfoys often had various parties and celebrations, and dancing was a major part of them. So Draco would have to be anything but a bad dancer. The lessons were rather insipid to him, though he was at the top of his class.

Suddenly a girl ran straight into him. He caught her by her waist and turned the could-be-lethal ram smoothly into a low dip. His body was still in the 'ballroom dancing mode'. He was mildly surprised at his catch – it was the youngest Weasley. 'Finally, some entertainment,' he thought.

"So, Weasley, aren't you going to thank me for saving your neck?" Draco whispered, inches from her face. Her face was flushed, and her hair was – whoa, her hair! "Sod off, Malfoy," Ginny replied as she shoved him away. "I don't think I need your 'neck-saving' services." Ginny walked away like nothing had happened, leaving Draco completely dazed.

"What the hell has gone into me?" Draco asked himself as he pinched himself, hard. "I can't believe I let her walk all over me like that, then let her go! I'm such an idiot!"

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" said Ginny as she collapsed on a bench. "I cannot believe I just said that to Draco Malfoy! Gosh! I'm going to be in trouble in Hogwarts this year! He is sure to get revenge on me! Though he does look cute when he's not smirking or sneering…oh what the hell has gone into me?" Ginny stood up and ran to find Harry.

Ginny finally spotted Ron in the Three Broomsticks. 'Harry must be there too then,' she thought. She walked in feeling very excited and fluttery, because she was finally going to show Harry that she wasn't the dirty, shabby little girl Harry always thought of her as.

"Harry?" She yelled. "Harry come and -" The words stopped in her throat when she suddenly spotted Harry and that Ravenclaw seeker kissing, Harry's arms wrapped around her. Ginny thought she would die, right then and there. She ran out of the Three Broomsticks, sobbing.

She found Hermione at the ice cream parlour reading a book, and sat down across from her. "Hi Ginny, did Harry fall in love with you yet?" Hermione asked Ginny teasingly, not taking her nose from her book. "A glass of wine please." Ginny said to the waiter. "So did Harry- OH MY GOSH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" Hermione asked when she saw Ginny's red eyes. "Harry...Ravenclaw seeker..." she managed to choke out. Then she broke down again. "Why don't you come over to my house and tell me the whole story?" Hermione asked softly.

Ginny told Hermione the whole story except for the Malfoy incident. "Ginny, you know that there are many, many more fish in the sea! I know you'll find someone better, someone who truly adores you for who you are. Just get over him Ginny!" Hermione said. "Thank you, Hermione, for everything," Ginny said as she gave her friend a hug. "And don't worry, I'll definitely try my best to forget about Harry." "That won't be hard to do, since you've already got Draco on the brain!" The little voice in her head said.

Ginny searched franticly for a empty compartment for herself on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione was sitting with the other Headboys and girls and she didn't think she could face Harry if she sat with him. She was just about to give up when a voice called out. "Hey Weasley!"