A/N: Okay you know what? I lied, one more chapter after this one. I'm sorry! Heh, heh, not! I'm ready to get this over with, so that I can move on to more original fics. Lolz. This chapter is NOT beta-read just to warn you all.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter 5
Ginny Weasley woke up the next morning in a very good mood. She had slept well, with nobody whispering bad things about her while she was trying to go to sleep; which was probably because she had glared at all of her dorm mates before going to sleep.
Today was the day that Harry Potter was going to ask her to the ball. So naturally she had a right to be happy. Why wouldn't she be? She had been waiting since she was ten for Harry to start liking her that was. And now her time had finally come, and she was ready. She had dressed that day almost the same as the day before only she decided to wear a more revealing top…one that showed a little tummy.
She walked down to the common room where Harry, Ron and Hermione were discussing something in hushed tomes near the fireplace. As soon as they noticed that Ginny had entered the room, they stopped.
Ginny scowled at them, "I hope that you guys aren't talking about me behind my back." They were quiet and Ginny cocked an eyebrow at them, "Speechless?" she asked, and then walked out, making her way towards the Great Hall.
She took her seat the Gryffindor table and looked over at Slytherin, where Draco winked at her. She smiled and gave him a dorky thumb up.
Colin sat down across from her, "Gi-," he caught the look on her face. "Virginia, what happened? Just a few days ago you were my nice friend…but now you've changed and I'm not sure if I like it."
Ginny glared at him, "Did I ask for your opinion?"
"No—but--," he stopped and for up and moved to the other end of the table.
Ginny looked up just in time to see Harry enter the Hall in his quidditch robes, with his broom slung over his shoulder. He looked over at Ginny and grinned; Ginny allowed herself to give him a small smile as he took a seat next to her. "Hey Virginia," he said, with his dark hair falling over into his bright green eyes.
"Hey Mister," Ginny said trying to sound appealing. It worked; several of the other Gryffindor males looked her way and she, very courageously winked at them. They all blushed and turned away. "You ready for the big quidditch match?"
"Ready to pound them into the ground," Harry said enthusiastically.
"Good," Ginny said, "I love seeing Gryffindor win."
Harry smiled, "Then I'll be sure to win this game for you."
"I'll see you before the game. I'll be near the locker rooms," she said, getting up from the table. "Until then…" and she left the Great Hall.
"Then…" Harry mumbled under his breath.
-_-
Ginny practically skipped all the way to the bathroom. She went inside and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked better than she had in a long time and she owed it all to Draco. She couldn't wait until after the quidditch match, when she was sure that Harry was going to ask her. Why wouldn't he? It was the perfect time.
Ginny pinched her cheeks and left the bathroom. She saw Draco walking down the hall. "Malfoy!" she called out. He turned around and looked at her expectantly. "Wait up." When she caught up with him she asked, "Are you going to the quidditch match?"
"Of course, I need to be there to cheer on Ravenclaw and hope that Potter doesn't catch the snitch again." He said grumpily.
"Well I hope he gets it." Ginny said smiling.
"Why wouldn't you? Potter's your lover boy." Ginny glanced at her watch and Draco looked at her oddly. "What's that?"
"This?" she asked showing him her watch. He nodded, "A watch…" she said slowly, giving him a look. "Why?"
"Here, let me see it." Ginny held out her arm.
"Are you left handed?" he asked looking at the watch.
"No."
"Then you're wearing it on the wrong arm." He said.
"No I'm not, that's just where I've always worn it. It would feel weird to wear it on the other wrist." Ginny said, getting ready to pull her arm back from his grasp, but he still held on.
"Well that's alright, because you won't be wearing it much longer," Draco said undoing the clasp and putting the watch in his pocket.
"Why did you take it?" Ginny demanded.
"You don't need to worry about what time it is," he said simply, leaving her standing in the middle of the hall staring at the place on her arm where her watch used to be.
She stood there for a moment before she snapped out of her daze and started down the hall, remembering that the quidditch match started soon.
Ginny walked down the grassy slope towards the pitch and stopped outside the locker rooms, where she saw Harry waiting, leaning against the wall. "The match it is going to start soon," he said, watching her walking towards him.
"Yes, yes it is." She said standing in front of him.
"Do you think that you could give me a kiss for luck?" Harry asked, blushing slightly.
"Maybe," she said trying desperately to hide her nervousness. She hoped her breath didn't stink, and took a step closer to him, "I think that might be able to be arranged."
Harry put his hands on her waist and dragged her closer to him. He lowered his mouth onto hers, Ginny was disappointed. Harry's kiss was nothing compared to Draco's. But she kissed him back anyways. When they broke apart Harry said, "About the Christmas…" Ginny put her finger to his lips.
"Shh…" she said trailing it down his chin, neck, and then down his chest. "I'll see you after the game." Then winked and proceeded towards the stands.
-_-
The game had been going on for a while when Harry finally spotted the snitch. He dove after it, only there was one problem. Mandy Brocklehurst, one of the Ravenclaw chasers was in his direct path. They collided in mid-air and Mandy fell from her broom. Harry caught her awkwardly and landed on the ground swiftly, the snitch resting in his hand. Gryffindor won.
Ginny smiled and made her way slowly down to the locker rooms. Bu the time that she got there most of the players were gone, but she assumed that Harry would wait for her. She waited for about five minutes before one of the girls on the Gryffindor team came out. She saw Ginny and said, "Oh Ginny, you missed Harry. Right after the game he asked Mandy to go to the ball with him. I guess they experienced some chemistry in mid-air. They left." Then the girl too left, leaving Ginny standing by herself, heart-broken.
Ginny started crying and leaned against the same wall that Harry had earlier and slid down, putting her had on her knees. "Prince Charming is shlop!" she cried, "Bring on the frogs!"
"Ribbit," she looked up to see Draco standing over her and smiled despite herself. He didn't say anything else but sat down beside her, resting his back against the wall.
"I guess you heard what happened?" she asked sadly.
"Obviously he doesn't appreciate you," Draco said trying to comfort Ginny.
"Yeah," Ginny sniffled, "I guess he doesn't."
"Then he isn't worth your time," Draco pointed out.
"Yeah," Ginny said thickly. "I guess so. I don't' think that I'm cut out for this whole bad thing….It's just not me." Ginny sighed and looked over at Draco who was staring into the sky.
"You're just going to give up?" Draco asked looking back at her. "All you did? You're just going to go back to the way that you were?" He asked placidly.
"I only did it because I thought it would get Harry to notice me. And it worked for a while but then he found someone better. I'll never really be anything to him." Ginny glanced at Draco and gave him a teary-eyed smile. "He was only interested because I looked better than I used to, and I wasn't as shy. I'll always be Ron's little sister to him…nothing more."
Draco closed his eyes for a moment, and then held out his arm. Ginny scooted over and he put his arm around her shoulders. "Was Harry the only guy that you wanted?" He made it sound as if they were shopping in a candy store.
Ginny's mouth quirked in a small smiled, "Not really."
"Are you still going to give up?"
Looking up at him she said, "I wouldn't exactly call it giving up; it's more of—toning it down." She closed her eyes and sighed. "I though Snape was going to faint when I told him that you detained me." She said giggling softly.
He chuckled, "He asked me about that."
"What did you say?"
"That it was a very memorable detainment—or something like that." He said giving her an impish grin.
"Eugh," she said hitting him playfully on the shoulder.
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Ginny Weasley woke up the next morning in a very good mood. She had slept well, with nobody whispering bad things about her while she was trying to go to sleep; which was probably because she had glared at all of her dorm mates before going to sleep.
Today was the day that Harry Potter was going to ask her to the ball. So naturally she had a right to be happy. Why wouldn't she be? She had been waiting since she was ten for Harry to start liking her that was. And now her time had finally come, and she was ready. She had dressed that day almost the same as the day before only she decided to wear a more revealing top…one that showed a little tummy.
She walked down to the common room where Harry, Ron and Hermione were discussing something in hushed tomes near the fireplace. As soon as they noticed that Ginny had entered the room, they stopped.
Ginny scowled at them, "I hope that you guys aren't talking about me behind my back." They were quiet and Ginny cocked an eyebrow at them, "Speechless?" she asked, and then walked out, making her way towards the Great Hall.
She took her seat the Gryffindor table and looked over at Slytherin, where Draco winked at her. She smiled and gave him a dorky thumb up.
Colin sat down across from her, "Gi-," he caught the look on her face. "Virginia, what happened? Just a few days ago you were my nice friend…but now you've changed and I'm not sure if I like it."
Ginny glared at him, "Did I ask for your opinion?"
"No—but--," he stopped and for up and moved to the other end of the table.
Ginny looked up just in time to see Harry enter the Hall in his quidditch robes, with his broom slung over his shoulder. He looked over at Ginny and grinned; Ginny allowed herself to give him a small smile as he took a seat next to her. "Hey Virginia," he said, with his dark hair falling over into his bright green eyes.
"Hey Mister," Ginny said trying to sound appealing. It worked; several of the other Gryffindor males looked her way and she, very courageously winked at them. They all blushed and turned away. "You ready for the big quidditch match?"
"Ready to pound them into the ground," Harry said enthusiastically.
"Good," Ginny said, "I love seeing Gryffindor win."
Harry smiled, "Then I'll be sure to win this game for you."
"I'll see you before the game. I'll be near the locker rooms," she said, getting up from the table. "Until then…" and she left the Great Hall.
"Then…" Harry mumbled under his breath.
-_-
Ginny practically skipped all the way to the bathroom. She went inside and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked better than she had in a long time and she owed it all to Draco. She couldn't wait until after the quidditch match, when she was sure that Harry was going to ask her. Why wouldn't he? It was the perfect time.
Ginny pinched her cheeks and left the bathroom. She saw Draco walking down the hall. "Malfoy!" she called out. He turned around and looked at her expectantly. "Wait up." When she caught up with him she asked, "Are you going to the quidditch match?"
"Of course, I need to be there to cheer on Ravenclaw and hope that Potter doesn't catch the snitch again." He said grumpily.
"Well I hope he gets it." Ginny said smiling.
"Why wouldn't you? Potter's your lover boy." Ginny glanced at her watch and Draco looked at her oddly. "What's that?"
"This?" she asked showing him her watch. He nodded, "A watch…" she said slowly, giving him a look. "Why?"
"Here, let me see it." Ginny held out her arm.
"Are you left handed?" he asked looking at the watch.
"No."
"Then you're wearing it on the wrong arm." He said.
"No I'm not, that's just where I've always worn it. It would feel weird to wear it on the other wrist." Ginny said, getting ready to pull her arm back from his grasp, but he still held on.
"Well that's alright, because you won't be wearing it much longer," Draco said undoing the clasp and putting the watch in his pocket.
"Why did you take it?" Ginny demanded.
"You don't need to worry about what time it is," he said simply, leaving her standing in the middle of the hall staring at the place on her arm where her watch used to be.
She stood there for a moment before she snapped out of her daze and started down the hall, remembering that the quidditch match started soon.
Ginny walked down the grassy slope towards the pitch and stopped outside the locker rooms, where she saw Harry waiting, leaning against the wall. "The match it is going to start soon," he said, watching her walking towards him.
"Yes, yes it is." She said standing in front of him.
"Do you think that you could give me a kiss for luck?" Harry asked, blushing slightly.
"Maybe," she said trying desperately to hide her nervousness. She hoped her breath didn't stink, and took a step closer to him, "I think that might be able to be arranged."
Harry put his hands on her waist and dragged her closer to him. He lowered his mouth onto hers, Ginny was disappointed. Harry's kiss was nothing compared to Draco's. But she kissed him back anyways. When they broke apart Harry said, "About the Christmas…" Ginny put her finger to his lips.
"Shh…" she said trailing it down his chin, neck, and then down his chest. "I'll see you after the game." Then winked and proceeded towards the stands.
-_-
The game had been going on for a while when Harry finally spotted the snitch. He dove after it, only there was one problem. Mandy Brocklehurst, one of the Ravenclaw chasers was in his direct path. They collided in mid-air and Mandy fell from her broom. Harry caught her awkwardly and landed on the ground swiftly, the snitch resting in his hand. Gryffindor won.
Ginny smiled and made her way slowly down to the locker rooms. Bu the time that she got there most of the players were gone, but she assumed that Harry would wait for her. She waited for about five minutes before one of the girls on the Gryffindor team came out. She saw Ginny and said, "Oh Ginny, you missed Harry. Right after the game he asked Mandy to go to the ball with him. I guess they experienced some chemistry in mid-air. They left." Then the girl too left, leaving Ginny standing by herself, heart-broken.
Ginny started crying and leaned against the same wall that Harry had earlier and slid down, putting her had on her knees. "Prince Charming is shlop!" she cried, "Bring on the frogs!"
"Ribbit," she looked up to see Draco standing over her and smiled despite herself. He didn't say anything else but sat down beside her, resting his back against the wall.
"I guess you heard what happened?" she asked sadly.
"Obviously he doesn't appreciate you," Draco said trying to comfort Ginny.
"Yeah," Ginny sniffled, "I guess he doesn't."
"Then he isn't worth your time," Draco pointed out.
"Yeah," Ginny said thickly. "I guess so. I don't' think that I'm cut out for this whole bad thing….It's just not me." Ginny sighed and looked over at Draco who was staring into the sky.
"You're just going to give up?" Draco asked looking back at her. "All you did? You're just going to go back to the way that you were?" He asked placidly.
"I only did it because I thought it would get Harry to notice me. And it worked for a while but then he found someone better. I'll never really be anything to him." Ginny glanced at Draco and gave him a teary-eyed smile. "He was only interested because I looked better than I used to, and I wasn't as shy. I'll always be Ron's little sister to him…nothing more."
Draco closed his eyes for a moment, and then held out his arm. Ginny scooted over and he put his arm around her shoulders. "Was Harry the only guy that you wanted?" He made it sound as if they were shopping in a candy store.
Ginny's mouth quirked in a small smiled, "Not really."
"Are you still going to give up?"
Looking up at him she said, "I wouldn't exactly call it giving up; it's more of—toning it down." She closed her eyes and sighed. "I though Snape was going to faint when I told him that you detained me." She said giggling softly.
He chuckled, "He asked me about that."
"What did you say?"
"That it was a very memorable detainment—or something like that." He said giving her an impish grin.
"Eugh," she said hitting him playfully on the shoulder.
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