Author's Note: :::giggles like a giddy school girl::: OMG!!! Thank you all so much for liking this fic so far. For those of you who are reading this and are also reading my other fic, Life Goes On, I'm sorry if I haven't been updating that one in a while--I am somehow stuck with the next chapter for it so right now while I'm working for my creative juices to flow for LGO, I'm concentrating on writing this Draco/Ginny fic. Thanks again for all of you wonderful readers out there! Here's the next chapter...and I do want Draco & Ginny to kiss soon too, but it's taking them a while to get the deed done! *lol*
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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XI. Lunch Hour Rendezvous
Ginny was in full anticipation by the time lunch period rolled by. She quickly made her way into the Great Hall, grabbed a quick bite to eat then searched for Draco across the crowded room. But the stupid git was no where to be found.
How am I going to meet with him if I can't find him? she asked herself irately, scanning the crowded hall once again in search of her partner. Five more minutes. If he doesn't show his blond head then I'll just see him in Potions. she thought to herself as she finished her lunch, but she could hardly concentrate on her food when her mind kept on wandering off.
Why did Draco wanted to meet with her at lunch anyway? They already finalized their report for Snape's class today. They brewed their potion correctly and their result was...well, it was an invisibility potion, plain and simple! They wrote their report and read and re-read the final draft for it; it was perfect! Why would Draco want to discuss it with her any further? And why the hell did he wait until today to talk to her about it when he had four days--five if you include Sunday--since last Saturday when they got together once again after lunch and wrote down their report?
Harry noticed her lack of interest in her food and commented on it.
"Are you okay, Gin?" he asked worriedly.
"Yes, I'm fine Harry. Why'd you ask?" she frowned as she picked up her spoon again and tried to eat her mashed potatoes covered with creamy gravy.
"Because you look disinterested in your food." he pointed out.
"Oh. I am not that hungry." she smiled politely.
Harry raised an eyebrow and watched her closely.
"You're always hungry during lunch, Gin." he observed, "And your lack of interest in eating irks my curiosity." he frowned.
"Oh Harry, you worry too much." she chuckled and shook her head.
"Well I don't want one of my two favourite girls to be starving themselves to death, you know." he teased, grinning at her.
Ginny sniggered at Harry's teasing remark. He always called her and Hermione his 'favourite girls'--to the utter jealousy of his legions of adoring female fans, but Harry only shrugged those jealous girls off and pointed to them that Ginny and Hermione are his two bestest female friends, of course they're his favourite girls! When Ginny first heard him say that her heart fluttered and she couldn't help herself from feeling so proud. Even though she and Harry will never get together, still, he considers her one of his closest friends ever.
Harry and Ginny enjoyed a friendly banter after that, with Harry ending up persuading Ginny to finish her mashed potato without her realizing it. They looked so good and cozy together that people who looked at them would think they were more than just good friends.
And that was the scene Draco walked in to when he waltzed in to the Great Hall after being delayed by Pansy out in the hall. His hands quickly balled into tight fists at the sight of Harry and Ginny laughing together, sharing a wonderful moment together seated close to one another, nudging each other and such. Without thinking twice Draco angrily stalked from the doorway of the Great Hall towards the Gryffindor table and stopped right behind Ginny, garnering him quite a few questioning gazes from everyone else in the Great Hall, but most importantly he caught the attention of two of the Dream Team's members, Hermione and Ron, who stopped talking as soon as he approached Ginny. She and Harry were still deep in their conversation and she didn't notice him standing behind her until he cleared his throat.
Ginny looked up and over her shoulder at the boy who cleared his throat, the smile one her face which Harry help put there remained intact as she greeted her potions partner.
"You're late again, Ferret Boy." she answered.
"I had other business to attend to, Red." he replied coldly, his steel gray eyes moving from her smiling face to that of Harry's confused one before he turned back to look at Ginny, "Shall we?" he inquired with a quirk of his brow.
"Yeah, whatever." she gave a non-committal shrug and turn back to Harry, smiling she pushed her plate away and stood up. "Sorry Harry, gotta run. Need to catch-up with Malfoy about that potions report due today." she told them and without waiting for any reply she followed Draco out the Great Hall.
Draco's steps were brisk and long, making it impossible for Ginny to catch up with him until they were both out of the Great Hall and out of everyone's sight. Ginny was practically catching her breath when she finally stopped right behind the tall Slytherin seventh year.
"Jeez, Malfoy! Are you planning on joining the Olympics for speed walking or something?!" she complained when she finally caught-up with him, her hand clutching her chest and she was practically wheezing for breath. "God, I need to exercise more." she muttered more to herself than to her companion.
Draco quickly spun around and grasped Ginny by the arms, hauling her against a nearby pillar and close to his body, his steel gray eyes boring into her suddenly wide as saucers green eyes.
"What the hell--"
"Are you and Potter together?" he grated angrily as he stared right into her eyes, his breath fanning her face once again and his mouth just breath away from hers.
Ginny's smooth forehead creased into a frown at the absurdity of his question. She and Harry together? Hell, the entire school knows that she will never be more than just a kid sister to the famous Harry Potter!
"What?" she asked incredulously, "You're joking, right?" she gave him a mocking stare. He has got to be joking! And what was it to him anyway if she and Harry were together? Her personal life was none of his business until she decided to make it his business to know!
"Just answer the question, dammit!" he insisted, his grip on her arms tightening as his hold on his temper slowly loosens and he managed to take a step back from her.
"Jeez, Malfoy! Harry and I aren't together!" she admitted, suddenly feeling uncomfortable at being held the way he was holding her at the moment. "Now let me go and let's talk about our blasted report--isn't that why you wanted to meet with me today, isn't it?" she reminded him sternly.
"Are you sure there's nothing going on between you and Potter?" he insisted.
Ginny rolled her eyes and shrugged his hands off, which came off her arms right away since his hold on them loosened considerably. "For the second time, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and I are not together! Get-it-through-that-thick-skull-of-yours!" she angrily jabbed her index finger at his temple, wanting the information to sink in to his brain and stay there. "Now, what is this you wanted to talk to me about our report? Everything's honky-dory the last time we got together."
Draco scowled at her as she jabbed her index finger against the side of his head. She looked really cute when incensed and pretty darn attractive when shocked. He was relieved too to find out that she and Potter aren't together, but he'll be damned if he showed his relief her. And why the heck was he relieved anyway? He doesn't care if she was with Potter or not; there are other girls out there worthy of him. But no matter what it does matter to him that Ginny Weasley wasn't with Harry Potter.
And why is that, hm? that annoying voice questioned him once again. Just because. He couldn't put his finger to it, but he knew deep down inside what the answer was. As long as Ginny Weasley was a free agent he was happy.
"Hello? Ferret Boy?" Ginny waved her hand in front of Draco who suddenly became quiet, "Hello? Don't tell me you dragged me out here because of nothing! I could still be in the Great Hall enjoying lunch and--"
"And getting cozy with Potter?" he sneered.
Ginny raised an eyebrow. "So what if Harry and I get cozy together?" she questioned, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I don't like it." he growled unbeknownst to him that he said those words out loud.
"You what?" Ginny's voice nearly came out as a chocked whisper as she stared at Draco wide-eyed. She couldn't have possibly heard what she thought she heard! Draco Malfoy not liking her getting cozy with Harry Potter? What could that mean? she asked herself.
"Nothing. Just...nothing." Draco shook his blond head, his frown still etched on his handsome face as he tried to think of what else to say to her to avoid his minor slip of the tongue. "You got the notes handy with you? Those notes we made for the report?" he asked instead.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Do you have it now?"
"In my book bag, yes. Why?" she frowned.
"I need it. Mine got messed up when I accidentally spilled some juice on it." he answered curtly.
"Oh." Ginny nodded and reached over behind her and pulled her backpack to the front, unzipping it she dug inside for her potions binder (a/n: uuh...I don't know if they actually use binders but it just makes sense to me to have all their notes put in a binder or folder so it won't be scattered about so don't sue me if this info is somehow incorrect, I'm doing this my way *winks*) and pulled out her notes. She handed it to him with a stern warning: "Make sure you return those to me as is--no stains, no creases, and above all, no ink droppings!"
"Yeah, yeah. I'll make sure you get it back the way it is." he mumbled and turned away from her, holding her tidy piece of parchment where she wrote down the notes they jot down while conducting their experiment.
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to be continued...
A/N: another short chapter??? and for sure I thought they were going to kiss in this chapter, but guess I was wrong! *lol* hmm...another filler don't you think so? anyways, just read, review, and enjoy! I do love to hear from you people and read your reviews.
CelticGoddess81: thanks for liking the fic and here's the next chapter, hope you liked it too
SeZzA: I'm sure you're going to survive 4 days without reading any fics, hehehe...and hey, who knows? Maybe in 4 days' time you might read about something "spicy" happening between this two stubborn...uh, brats? *lol*
Crystal: hehehe, yeah, in an odd-twisted way "evil" is a compliment to me ^_^
Risquer: so whaddya think of this chap? hehehe
Darcel: :::laughs::: that's alright, that's why I didn't ponder much about Draco's owl's name. it's kinda obvious that a jet-black owl will be named "Raven" but...hmm...hehehe, well, is there even a jet-black owl for reals?! :::grins:::