Chapter 1

By Crystal

*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*

~*~ Draco ~*~

I suddenly jerked awake from the dream again.  "What the hell...  Not again.  Damn it."  I growled.  The lack of sleep was certainly pissing me off.  Damn Weasley.  I hate it when I start dreaming about her...  Her and her perfect lips.  Her and her perfect soft curves...  Her and those god damn lips that tasted so much like honey.  I shook my head.  Damn me, thinking about a Weasley.

I looked at the clock beside my bed.  It was nine.  Lucius was probably having yet another conversation with old Voldie about plans to conquer the world and kill Harry bloody Potter.  Which has probably failed...  A few dozen times?  God damn Lucius, making me join after my 6th year.  Let's just thank myself for being smart and delaying it...  Until, at the latest, the end of this year.

My two moronic 'friends' joined an year or two ago.  I can't remember, not that I want to.  I mean, I don't give a damn.  Lucius was certainly not too happy about me giving him excuses about school work and other stuff, but once school ended, I would have to follow him...  And join the stupid ranks.  Join or die.  Anyone smart enough would rather join...  At least I think so.  Even old Voldie complimented me on my emotions...  which I had none.  At least to everyone.

I dressed up and used Floo to travel to Diagon Alley.  Right now, I'm heading towards Flourish and Botts to buy my new school books as usual.  I also have to get new dress robes for the Winter Ball this year.  Ah yes, and also the muggle book that every muggle loved to read for some reason...  Lord of the Rings, was it?  Yeah...  Something like that.  Hopefully, Lucius won't find it in my trunk, or I'll get another beating again.

I looked up quietly from the ground and suddenly caught a familiar shine of the Weasley red hair.  Only...  Her red hair wasn't red...  It was darker than the rest of her family's...  auburn.  She was the special one in the family.  Once again, like I do most time during my dreams, I started admiring her height of 5'4 and her perfect body...  In my eyes anyways.  I liked the way her hair curled.  I shook my head yet again...  Checking out a Weasley.  What would Father say?  Not that I give a shit.  Hell no.  I walked towards her slowly, taking my time.

I kept my eyes on her back, watching her intensely, then I saw her shiver slightly and looking uncomfortably.  I smirked, knowing my gaze was the one who made her so uncomfortable.  She kept looking down on the ground, I don't know why she decided to do that.  Suddenly, I saw her trip and fall and she bit her lips and closed her eyes...  Probably waiting for the floor to hit her. 

Without a second thought, I raced towards her and grabbed her arm.  She opened her eyes timidly and stared by at me and I found myself looking at the familiar chocolate brown eyes I had been seeing since summer started.  In my dreams.  "Draco...  I mean...  Malfoy."  She said, attempting to not be scared, but I could feel her fear radiating from her body.

"Weasley."  I nodded in response.

Unexpected to me, she suddenly smiled, "Thanks for helping me back there...  Oh!  And congratulations for being Head Boy."  I felt my eyebrow scrunch up together, confused.  Not even my father congratulated me.  I shrugged it off and then, walked towards Flourish and Botts.

I bought all my books for my seventh year, then continued onto Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.  Not much new robes that I haven't seen before.  I checked everywhere, finding nothing to my liking.  Perhaps I should go to a muggle store later on...  And buy those...  What do they call it?  Suits?  Yeah...  something like that.

I stepped inside near the dressing robe, looking at Madam Malkin flick her wand and getting the girl in the dress.  The girl had natural auburn curls that seemed like they were shining.  Madam Malkin suddenly walked away, I assume she had other customers.  With that kind of hair, it shouldn't surprise me if it was a Weasley, but it did when she did a full turn in the dress.

She tried on all three dresses that were laid out in front of her.  The white one at first had looked beautiful...  Not even I could deny that fact, even if she was a Weasley.  She looked in the mirror again, taking the white dress and placing it before her, then removing, comparing the two.  Before I could stop my voice from speaking, I already spoke, "The white one looks better on you."

She turned around, a look of utter shock painted her face, then she opened her mouth like a gaping fish a few times, then finally muttered, "Thanks..."  She flicked her wand and changed into the white one, "This one, you mean?"  I nodded, then hopefully without embarrassing myself any further, I left.  She looked slightly amused, but other than that, she kept quiet, thank god.

I then went to the counter, telling Madam Malkin to give Virginia a discount.  I paid half the price of the dress and told her to keep quiet about it, finally leaving the whole story and heading towards the direction of muggle stores.  Why I had paid for that Weasley's dress, I did not know and I am sure that I will never know either...

~*~ Ginny ~*~

I walked alone once again with my money safely tucked in my pocket, the few Galleons that I had saved up since forever.  Okay, maybe not...  But since...  The summer of my third year after the Yule Ball.  You may ask why I am saving all this money up?  Well, the truth is, I heard from Hermione (She's the Head Girl) that there was going to be a Winter Ball this year...  And I wanted to look absolutely perfect.  Not that I'll ever be, but who cares.  A girl can dream.

It would be my second ball...  First actually, the Yule Ball in my third year did not count.  No offence to Neville, but he reaaally wasn't the greatest dancer.  Really.

Suddenly, I felt my senses alert me.  A gut feeling that someone was watching me, I could practically feel the hole the person was making through me...  I was afraid of looking up, so instead, I kept on looking on the ground, hoping it was just my imagination.  Accidentally, I tripped down and closed my eyes, waiting for the impact of my head falling on the ground, but instead, I felt someone holding onto my left arm.  Grabbing it hard.  I bit my lips quietly.

I felt the person pull me back up and I opened my eyes timidly, wondering all the while who it was.  Then, I felt my eyes clash with those of silvery grey ones.  "Draco...  I mean... Malfoy."  I said.  I wanted to slap my head, how could I have called him Draco?!  Yes, sure, I was having great dreams about kissing him...  But, come on Virginia Weasley!

"Weasley."  He nodded.  Ah, same cold-hearted bastard.

But I smiled, "Thanks for helping me back there...  Oh!  And congratulations for being Head Boy."  I saw his eyebrow knitted together in confusion and he walked away.  Git.  Hermione told me he would be the Head Boy, although I was thinking that Harry would be the Head Boy, after all, he did get pretty good grades.  Guess I was wrong.

I shrugged off Draco's unexpected leave, then headed towards Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.  It was my first time in here, never been in here since I always bought stuff from the second hand store across the street.  Never did have enough money...

"Hogwarts, dear?"  I heard Madam Malkin ask.

I nodded, "I need something nice for a ball.  A winter ball."  After a few measurements, she disappeared through the backdoor for a few minutes before coming back, holding for dress robes.  One was crimson with a spaghetti strap, the other one was black and looked like some Shakespearian dress, the third one was a white strapless robe with silvery sprinkles everywhere that included a shawl in a light shade of grey.  Then the last one was navy blue, strapless and up to my ankles.  The black one was definitely a no...  So that left three.

With a flick of her wand, we tried on each and every dress.  The crimson one looked like it was part of my hair...  So no.  The navy one was okay.  And then the white one was okay too.  That left two...  Navy, or white.  "Madam Malkin, what do you think?"  I asked her, who was looking at me, thoughtful.

"It's up to you, my dear."  She looked for another minute before she left, obviously having some other customers.  I looked at myself in the mirror while changing dresses every few seconds...  I was taking the white, then removing it, switching from navy to white, not able to make up my mind.

Argh.  This is so damn frustrating.  Did I ever tell you I hate shopping?  Oh god.  Suddenly, I heard a voice, "The white one looks better on you."  I turned around, meeting the grey eyes once again.  Shock was on every corner of my face, I knew.  I gaped a few times before I could finally speak, "Thanks..."  I flicked my wand at the white dress I was holding, then changed into it.  "This one, you mean?"  I asked him.

I saw him nod, then he left.  I smiled, a bit amused.  Draco Malfoy telling me which dress I looked better in.  Hell has officially frozen over as of now.

A few minutes later, I heard Draco talking to Madam Malkin about giving me a discount and him paying half of my dress.  Surprisingly, I wasn't really that pissed off.  Usually, if I had known Malfoy had paid for my dress, I would probably toss it in the garbage and never think of it again...  But strangely, this time, it was different.

After all, who would've thought that a Slytherin, a Malfoy no less, would pay half the price of a dress for a Gryffindor?  Weasley?  Enemies for centuries.  I was certainly amused, shocked and somehow managing to be also happy at the same time.  For once, the word 'Malfoy' and the word 'money' in the same sentence did not piss me off.  Also my first decent conversation that did not have a single insult, though it was rather short...

I felt my mind drift towards my dreams again...  Were my dreams what I desire, or were they my future?  I don't really mind either, actually.  Suddenly, for the first time, maybe having Malfoy as a boyfriend really wouldn't be that bad at all...  Though I would have to put up with his big ego...

Author's Notes: It's shorter than usual.  But I've rewritten the whole Prologue and Chapter 1 in 1st POV...  So it's easier for me to write.  I don't like 3rd POV.  =p  Chapter 2 will be up in 2-3 days hopefully.  And if not, it'll be up on Saturday.  For sure.  So now, I'll see you all later!