Chapter 8

By Crystal

Author's Notes: This chapter might feel a bit rushed, but I wanted to speed it up a bit ^^

*We all know who this belongs to ^^;;*

~*~ Ginny ~*~

Time flew by once again.  Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and well...  Not exactly months.  But it was already December the fifteenth.  And I still had no idea who to go with for the Winter Ball!  I'm such a sad, sad girl.  I mean, I even bought my dress that Draco said would look good on me!  I sighed quietly as I pondered again, shifting my foot every few minutes...

"Ouch!  Virginia...  Watch where you're putting your foot."  Draco said, rubbing his leg.

I rolled my eyes, "It's not as if that hurt that much."

"Mr Malfoy, Ms Weasley.  Please quiet down."  Professor Snape said, causing the whole class to look at us.  I bit my lips, flushing and said a quiet, 'I understand'.  He then turned around and continued lecturing about the twelve uses of Dragon Blood.  Ugh.

I looked at the empty spot beside me, where Blaise would usually occupy.  He wasn't here for some odd reason.  "Miss him?"  I heard Draco ask.

"Yeah, I do.  As a matter of fact, I would miss you too if you weren't here."  I replied, before he could say anything about me having a crush on Blaise.  God forbid.  It's not as if he was that bad.  It's just...  friend to friend thing, you know?  Like, he's a friend, nothing more.  He can even be my brother, but my boyfriend?  Nuh uh...  Draco, on the other hand...

Oh my god!  Ginny, what the hell are you thinking about?!  Draco's a friend!  A friend, I tell you!  He's nothing more than a friend, and you know it. 

Even as I was thinking of that, I could not help but glance at his pale silver blond hair that has long not been gelled, his grey eyes that were colder than ice, his perfect jaw...  Aw man!  Stop thinking about Draco like that!  Like he's ever going to even notice you as a female!  He probably thinks of you like Harry does...

Nah uh...  He would never do that.  Right...?  I mean, I'm his friend.  He told me I was his friend, and we open up to each other...  And we care bout each other...  And I like him as a friend...

But how do you know?  How do you know he thinks of you as a friend?  How do you know he is friends with you because he wants to piss Ron off?  How do you know he opens up to you?  And how do you know he cares about you?  A filthy, poor, muggle lover.  He would never care about you, nor would he like you as a friend, Virginia Anne Weasley.

Lies...

Lies...

They were all lies...

I clutched my head as the voices grew louder and louder.  "Virginia...?"  My eyes snapped open at the voice that felt so different and I found myself staring at the grey eyes that were colder than ice.

"Yeah?"  I asked, the voices in my head diminishing.

"Are you okay?  You were grabbing your head similar to the way you were so many nights ago."  He said, concerned.

I shook my head, "I'm fine.  Really."  He looked displeased at my answer, "Just leave it for now.  Please."

"All right."  He replied, casting a glance at me, "But if that ever happens again, you are going straight to me and I will force you to tell me what is happening, whether you like it or not."

I shrugged and smiled, "Yeah, yeah...  You're like my big brother."  I noticed all the students were missing, including Professor Snape, "Where's everyone?"

He scrunched his nose up like that, "Lunch break came.  Anyways, if I am going to be your brother, I hope I don't have to have a sort of red hair."

"Hey!  The red's not that bad.  I mean, it's unique.  And so is Malfoy's pale blond."

I saw him shrug, "Doesn't matter what Malfoy's hair colour is."

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The snow was falling down and it was midnight already.  I had absolutely no idea why I was out here, in the cold, watching the half frozen lake.  The ball was in three days, and I still had no idea who to go with.  Argh.

I wrapped my cloak around myself tighter, hoping the wind wouldn't pierce through the cloak as much.  The pink mittens on my hands were warm, considering I got them for Christmas last year.  New stuff.  I sighed.  No one wanted to dance with poor lil Virginia Weasley.  I laughed silently without humour, then sighed again.

I really wanted to go to the dance, not just because it's been the only one I wanted to go to...  But also the fact that Draco paid half the price for the dress.  ...I should really pay him back, after all...

As I was about to turn around, I heard a familiar voice.  A voice that sent butterflies in my stomach every time I thought of him...  Draco.  I couldn't have a crush on him, could I?

Naw.

Of course you don't have a crush on Draco!  You love him!

Now where the hell did that come from?

"Virginia..."

I looked up at his towering figure, "Yeah?"

"What the hell are you doing out here when it's snowing at midnight?"

"Looking at the snow?"  I asked, innocently.  Then I looked at his hands that were no covered by anything, "Aren't you cold?"  I asked again.  He shook his head and I smiled. 

I took his hands in mind while he yelled bloody murder, "What are you doing, Virginia?!"

"Just quiet down, Draco."  I said, and slipped his hand in my pink mittens.  "Now there, don't you feel sooo much warmer?"

He smiled at me, not even Harry's smile could send my knees so weak...

~*~ Draco ~*~

"Now there, don't you feel sooo much warmer?"  She asked quiet innocently, a smile plastered on her beautiful face.

Indeed, it had felt warmer.  Though it was not my hands that felt warmer.  It was my heart.  My heart burned with heat for the first time I could ever remember.  I had never thought that someone, let alone a Weasley...  Virginia Weasley could melt the ice walls around in my heart.  But she did.

The light that reflected from the snow made her look like an angel, despite the messy hair the wind made.

I smiled, "It's so much warmer."

She smiled and we began another comfortable silence.  Then she cleared her throat, "Um...  Draco?"  I looked at her, "Do you think...  Ah, never mind."

"What is it?"

She sighed, "Well...  Okay, don't laugh.  Kay?"  I nodded, "Well, I have this guys I really would like to go to the ball with...  And well, I don't know how to ask him to the ball...  Do you think you can help?"

What?  I felt my walls up immediately, "How is he like...  Something like Potter?"  I spat the name out with venom.

"No!  Not Harry...  Well...If you must know, he's in Slytherin, just like you...  And his personality, is just like you..."  If I didn't know any better, I swear she was hinting at me that she wanted me to ask her to the ball.

I sighed, "Well...  I guess you can ask him directly.  He can't just reject you."

"He's a good friend of mine...  And I don't want to ruin the friendship.  What if he really doesn't like me at all?!  And thinks of me as a sister?  That'll be so bad..."

Friends?  "Well, the only friends I'm aware you have in Slytherin are Blaise and I.  So I'm guessing it's Blaise?"

I saw her slap her hand to her forehead, "You are so stupid for a Head Boy, Draconis Lucius Malfoy."  I lifted my eyebrow up, "You...  You little...  Argh!"  Now I was completely confused, "It's you!  You stupid prat!  I give up..."

Huh...?  Wha?!  "Wait...  Wait...  Virginia?"

"What?"  She snapped.

"You wanted to go to the ball, with me?"

She frowned, "Didn't I make that clear enough?  You're dumb.  I said, in the exact same words: Well...If you must know, he's in Slytherin, just like you...  And his personality, is just like you..."  She sighed, "Okay, maybe I didn't, but you're not going to go out with me anyways.  Hell, you and that Pansy..."  She dragged me away, my hands still in her mittens.
"Whoa...  Who said I wasn't going to go with you?"

She turned around, her smile wide, So you're coming with me?"

"Yeah, I guess so.  There's no one else I can go with, right?"

"Yeah.  Well...  We're going as friends, so it's okay."  She smiled happily.

I nodded, "Yeah, we're going as friends..."

That's what you think, Malfoy.

Oh shut up.

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Author's Notes: For that last week I had for the chapter, this absolutely sucked.  Completely OOC not to mention the worst chapter I've ever written.  If I had the choice, I would not post this, but I had absolutely no idea how else I should get them to the ball =\  And whee!  My first fic that they haven't kissed within the first few chapters ^^  Anyways, feel free to flame me cause this sucks.  And yeah.  See you!