January 5

Dear Diary,

Draco Malfoy. Just hearing his name sends shivers down my spine. I've hated him as long as I can remember. Ron warned me about him, Harry hates him, and my father doesn't get along with his father.

But it's not like I hate him for no reason, either. He's made fun of me on more than one occasion. I remember in my first three years at Hogwarts he always made fun of my crush on Harry.

I'm a quiet person, most of the time. I'd like to think I get along well with most people. There is only one person that can truly tick me off, and that is Draco. Even if I was upset or mad at someone, I would never scream at them. But I scream at Malfoy. I tore up his homework once. He just gets me so mad!

And then he acts so.... augh! He'll see me in the hallway, and raise his eyebrows at me. Sometimes he'll whisper things in my ear, about sleeping with people or sex. It really annoys me!

And he's not even good looking. He could be, with the color of his hair and eyes, but he has a pointed face and is always wearing a sneer. Yet he thinks everyone should be falling all over him.

He's a pompous jackass, and that's all there is to it.

Or is it? Funny thing happened today. He came up to me, when no one else was around. He says to me, "Weasley."

I turned around, unsure of what to do. I decided to stand there in silence, and wait for him to say something else.

For once, he didn't look evil. I mean, he still looked mean, but not entirely evil. And there seemed to be a sort of embarassment about him. He said, "Meet me in the library tomorrow night at eleven. I need help with my herbology homework."

"Wait," I stopped him. "The library's not open at eleven."

He winked. "It will be."

Then he walked off. I'm so confused. I'm not even sure if I'm going to go. It's so hard to decide. On the one hand, why would I want to spend time with Draco Malfoy? And help him with his herbology homework, if that's even true. On the other hand, I'm dying of curiousity. I'm such a curious person, and I just have to know things.

Love,

Ginny

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January 10

Dear Diary,

I went, the other night. I was just curious. Sure enough, the library was open, and he was there waiting for me. I sat next to him and he took out his herbology homework. It wasn't a trick, I just helped him with it.

After we were done, I got up to leave. "Don't go," he said. So I stayed, and we talked for awhile. I've also gone back to meet him other nights. He can be so sweet sometimes, but only when we're alone. I think he's a good person who's made a lot of bad choices, and is very insecure.

He can be so sweet when we're alone, yet sometimes he's just a bastard. I mean, he's the only person I've actually "hated" before. I don't know how to explain it, but when he's being nice to me I like to be with him.

He's smart, witty, sarcastic, and we have a lot of "healthy" arguements once in awhile.

Now I really wish I had a boyfriend, so I wouldn't be obsessing over how I might feel about Draco Malfoy. I mean, he's Draco Malfoy! He's horrible, he's a Slytherin, and everyone hates him.

And yet, there's another side to him; a good side. I feel like I can talk about anything with him, when we're alone. And he understands me, for some reason. But then, all of the sudden, that Draco will be gone, and I'll want him to be sweet, and instead he's whispering to me, "You look like you'd be good in bed."

I don't understand it; I can't, really. I wish things were simple... I wish I was still the girl back in her fourth year, completely in bliss with Neville, a person that truly understood her, and can read her mind. He knows exactly what she wants to say, and she is truly happy with him.

Unfortunately, I killed that girl... last year... when I broke up with Neville...

Love,

Ginny

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A/N: First of all, yes, I made Draco ugly! He's not good looking in the books- just because he's a cutie in the movie doesn't mean he should be a god in fanfiction! besides, an ugly Draco will work better for my story.

Secondly, don't say it's out of character for Draco to have another side, because it's actually not. I mean, none of the main characters in the HP books have gotten close enough to him to really figure him out, so he could have another side. It's quite possible, considering that I'm basing Draco on a boy I know- he was horribly mean to me last year, but he started calling me for homework help this year, and he's the sweetest person on the phone! Yet, he's still a jackass at school.

Thirdly, I'M GOING TO SEE THE HP MOVIE IN AN HOUR!!! I CAN'T WAIT!
Fourthly, sorry for the long update. I don't think you really want me to go into my whole speech about how busy I am.

Fifthly, Please R/R!