Author's Note: Well, here I am again slowly making my way through to this next chapter...thanks for your reviews people!
Disclaimer: I must've written this numerous times as it is and you know what? NOT MINE!!!
Summary: Ginny Weasley received the shocker of a lifetime when she entered her sixth year at Hogwarts. She fell in love with the last person on earth she thought she'd fall for. Now she has to do everything in her power to grab his attention and make him hers--even if she have to face the wrath of her six brothers and her parents, not to mention the wrath of Hermione and Harry when they find out what she was planning to do.
Setting: Ginny is in her 6th year; Draco is in his 7th year
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IV. She Watches Him
Saturday morning the whole school made their way to the Quidditch pitch to watch the much anticipated game between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. All the students couldn't stop talking about the upcoming match, betting on who will win and on who will catch the Golden Snitch first.
"Are you excited, Ginny?" Hermione asked, rubbing her hands together in anticipation of the upcoming match.
"A little. But I think we all know which team's going to win." Ginny replied nonchalantly.
"Don't tell me it's the pesky Gryffindor team that's going to win, Weasley." mocked Draco, appearing from behind the two Gryffindor girls. "I betcha Powers is going to whoop Potter's ass this time." he added.
Hermione and Ginny both turned to look at their unwanted intruder, their eyebrows raised and gave the snarky Slytherin a once-over.
"Shut your yap, Malfoy, and go pester somebody else." sniped Ginny.
"And why the hell should I? It's quite obvious that Potter will have a hard time beating Powers. In case you haven't heard, Julius Powers came from a family of well-known and best Quidditch players--most of 'em are well-known professional Seekers. Potter's nothing compared to the history of the Powers family and their linkage to this game everyone loves."
"Whatever." she shrugged and turned her back to him, her eyes scanning the now rapidly filling bleachers. "Let's go, Mione, I think the others saved us a seat." she grabbed her friend's hand and dragged Hermione away from the annoying presence of Draco Malfoy. She didn't stop until she was certain she has put enough distance between her and that knee-buckling rake of a Slytherin who looked mighty fine this Saturday afternoon dressed in all black--from what she could see underneath his robe he was wearing black pants, a ribbed black turtleneck and of course, his robe was made of black expensive fabric that Ginny cringed just thinking of how much the robe must have cost.
"Heel, heel, horsey!" Hermione exclaimed, trying to pry her hand free off Ginny's grip.
"Not yet, Mione. I need to get as much distance from Malfoy as I can. He's an annoying git who often pops up whenever and wherever you least expect him to." she answered irately then continued to babble incessantly to herself, "Stupid prat. He thinks he's all that and lots more, well ha! He's nothing really but just a bloody piece of fine damn meat that I just want to get a piece of--oh my God!." Ginny's eyes widen and she suddenly came to a full stop, making Hermione knock her over due to the unexpectedness of Ginny's action.
"Virginia Weasley!" Hermione exclaimed when her face hit Ginny's shoulder, "Would you mind warning me before you stop suddenly?" she yanked her hand from Ginny's grip and rubbed her nose bridge.
Ginny stood frozen where she was, her mouth hanging open and her heart beat pounding rapidly in her chest. Did she or didn't she just admit that she wanted to have a piece of Draco Malfoy?
Since yesterday morning when you ran smack into his arms and fell right on top of him, that was when. a small nagging voice at the back of her head retorted.
"Oh my God..." she breathed, her face looking much paler than Draco's colouring.
Hermione frowned when she heard the forlorn tone in her friend's voice and looked at Ginny's face, "What's wrong, love? Everything alright?"
Ginny could only shake her mop of bright red hair. No, everything wasn't alright. She just realized that she fancied Draco Malfoy, how could she be alright?! Not trusting her voice not to crack, Ginny shook her head instead. Okay...okay...get a grip of yourself, Weasley. So what if you find Draco attractive? It's not as if Hermione doesn't find Malfoy attractive too! Hell, almost all the girls in school thinks he's such a hottie so why shouldn't you? You're only human after all. she rationalized with herself. With those encouraging thoughts in her head, she resumed walking and found a place saved for them by their housemates; unfortunately for her the spot her friends chose for her was right beside Draco and his cronies' seat, they were just a few bleachers above the Slytherin boys (a/n: I am not really sure how exactly these students are placed when watching the game, but I'm making it up so that Ginny will end up having to watch Draco throughout the entire match *lol* so please bear with me, it just makes more sense this way than if I try to work it out that the Gryffindors are on one area and the Slytherins are on another--it's quite a big stadium! *lol*).
"Oh brother..." Ginny groaned when she noticed the familiar platinum-blond head of the boy who has been giving her trouble lately.
Hermione heard her friend mutter something under her breath and couldn't help herself from wondering. Ginny has been acting weird lately and she wanted to know what was the reason behind it.
"Gin, are you really sure you're alright?" she questioned for the second time.
Ginny tore her gaze from the back of Draco's head and met Hermione's questioning ones, "Of course I am, Mione. Why shouldn't I be?"
"Because you don't look fine, that's why." she pointed out matter-of-factly. "If you're not feeling good maybe you should go back to our dorm and rest." she advised.
"No, no, Mione. I'm fine. I'm just...you can just say that I'm having such an awful day today, that's all." she shrugged.
Hermione didn't believe her, but guessing from Ginny's tone she decided to drop it. Obviously Ginny had lots in her mind right now, and she could only slightly guess what--or should she say who--was the cause of it.
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Draco kept on feeling a pair of eyes watching him, but he couldn't catch who was it that was watching him ever so intently since before the beginning of the game. He has been craning his neck since the beginning of the match; he noticed seated behind them were a few Gryffindor girls, and one of them was Ginny and Granger, but it couldn't be Weasley watching him. She was too caught-up in the match to even take her eyes off her brother who was busy beating Bludgers and obviously from Potter who was doing his damnedest to capture the Snitch.
He turned his attention back to the ongoing match and ignored his unseen 'admirer.' He was far too interested in winning the bet he made with his fellow Slytherin as to who will win the match. Unbeknownst to all, he actually betted against Julius Powers. He knew Harry would be able to beat the Ravenclaw Seeker; Powers lacked talent, he was only popular because of his last name and his family's history, but truth be told the git couldn't fly a broom straight!
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Ginny saw Draco becoming restless in his seat. He kept on glancing here and there, searching for someone. She couldn't stop wondering who it was he was looking for, but from the deep frown etching his handsome face she could only guess he was searching for one of his numerous lovers.
At the thought of Draco having a rendezvous clouded Ginny's mood. She doesn't want Draco to be cavorting with anybody else but her!
Whaaaaaaaaaat?! Ginny's mind screamed in surprise, Ginny, please girl, tell me you didn't just think that! You honestly don't want to become another notch on Draco Malfoy's bedpost, do you? her mind pleaded with her.
Ginny frowned at that thought. Of course not! She wasn't an easy lay and no matter how hot Draco Malfoy is, she sure as hell wouldn't be another conquest of his! Notch on his bedpost my cute little arse! she thought haughtily, But then again it wouldn't be bad to just even try...oh no, jeez! Stop that, Ginny! You're becoming more worse than the other girls who has been ogling over Malfoy!
Ginny continued to watch Draco from where she sat, instantly looking away and pretending to be interested in the ongoing match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw when Draco happen to glance her direction. She'd be damned if she let herself get caught watching him! She was still having a hard time dealing with her recent discovery of fancying that damn Slytherin boy, she doesn't want to add another problem on her plate by getting herself caught watching him!
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to be continued...
A/N: aaahhh...at last, I'm finally done this chapter! It took me a while, but here it is, folks, hope you all enjoyed this one (",)
Risquer: *lol* actually I'm trying to make Draco look like he's only interested in Ginny for sex, but then...hehehe, there's more to it than just sex, right? ^_~
Jill: thanks for leaving your mark, and here's the next chapter
Kirsty: who doesn't love Draco these days? At first I didn't like him, but then there's something about this bad boy that just makes me like him! *lol*
twisted-monster: thank you! glad you liked it
Slytherin Child: his head's still in the gutter...he won't get it out of it until...oooh, not for quite a while yet! ^_^
Jenny: thank you, thank you for loving it!
Kitycat87: see, there's something good hidden beneath that nasty facade he has! *lol*
Starrynights13: I am still trying to make longer chapters, hopefully this one's length is adequate enough, hehehehe
UMIFIREFLY15: thanks for reviewing again, and I'm trying to write & upload as much chapter as I can
hasapi: thanks for reviewing this one as well! and yeah, I think the both of them are going to have a helluva hard time with their so-called 'feelings' for one another ^_~
AmethystQueen: uhm...I think it is 'coz my word processor accepted it! *lol* but look it up nevertheless and let me know if it is indeed a word or not...and 'Choosing'? who wrote it? I might just check it out