Disclaimer-J.K. Rowlings owns everything in this fic. I only own the plot and a few assorted characters I made up.



Turmoil At Hogwarts



Chapter 15-Arriving in Colorado



The students spent the rest of the plane ride sleeping or looking out the window or doing something else to entertain them. They all were very fascinated with the movie that was playing. They avidly watched the screen and were amazed that you could only hear the sound to the movie when you put on headphones.

When the students finally reached Colorado and were in a van driving to the cabin that they would be staying in, they were very tired, but excited to see their friends. All week Ginny had been eagerly awaiting the time when she would get to see her brother, and now she was finally going to see him. She missed all her family, because she hadn't been away from her brothers for so long in several years. These past few weeks reminded Ginny of the year before her first year at Hogwarts, when she had to stay home while all of her brothers were away. She had missed them so much that year, just like she missed them now. But, in a matter of minutes they would be meeting up with the other group, and she would get to see Fred again, and Hermione, who was like a sister to Ginny.

"What are you thinking about Ginny?" Lavender asked.

"I was thinking about how good it will be to see Fred and Hermione again. I miss all of my brothers, and Hermione has always been like a sister to me." Ginny replied.

"I'm excited about seeing Parvati's sister Padma. I went and stayed with them over the summer, and I got to know Padma and she is really nice. You would like her, I'll introduce her to you when we get to the cabin," Lavender said.

"I know how you guys feel. I'm going to get to see Justin, my best friend." Susan said.

"Justin Finch-Fletchley?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, he was one of my first friends at Hogwarts. I sat by him during the sorting, and after that we were just always really close friends. I could tell him anything. He's really understanding." Susan said.

"I think I know who you're talking about," Lavender said. "He's tall and has curly blonde hair and bright blue eyes."

"Yes, that's Justin," Susan said.

"He's good-looking. Were you two ever seeing each other?" Lavender asked.

"Me and Justin? No, never. We were just always close friends. It would be like dating your brother." Susan said.

"I understand," Ginny said. "It would be kind of like me dating Harry. He's my brother's best friend, and he comes and stays with us every summer. I consider him one of the family, and another old brother."

Lavender, who had been looking out the window of the vehicle, said, "Look. There's a lot of cabins out there, do you think we're getting close to our cabin?"

"I don't know," Susan said. "Maybe."

Just then Mrs. Gallagher said, "We'll be there in about five minutes girls."

After Mrs. Gallagher told the students they would be arriving at the cabin so soon, nobody spoke. They were all too busy thinking about the people they would be seeing.

After what seemed like an hour, the van finally stopped in front of a log cabin. Ginny thought it looked very cozy, but it didn't look like it would be big enough to hold sixteen people. Ginny didn't have time to think any more about the size of the cabin, because at that moment, six people came running out of the cabin. Fred was the first person to come out of the cabin and when he saw Ginny, he ran over to her picked her up and twirled her around.

"How's my little sister? Have Lee and Seamus been looking out for you while you were in Ireland?" Fred asked.

"Umm, well, I guess you could say something like that," Ginny said and then glanced over at Lee who was standing next to them looking a little uncomfortable.

"So, Lee, have you been taking care of my little sister, like you told me you would?" Fred asked.

"Umm, yes, of course," Lee said not quite looking Fred in the eye, but Fred didn't seem to notice, he was too happy about seeing his sister again.

Just then Hermione walked up to them. "Hi Ginny," She said giving her a hug, "How has your trip been?"

"Oh, it's been really fun. I've made a lot of new friends." Ginny said.

"Well, that's good," Hermione said.

"Has Draco Malfoy been causing any trouble for you?" Fred asked all of the sudden.

"No, actually he hasn't been. He hasn't bothered me at all," Ginny said.

"Really?" Hermione asked. "That's odd, I figured he'd be terrible to you. He always was to me."

"I haven't really had any problems with the members of my group." Ginny said. "What about you two? How do you like the people that have been staying with you."

"Well, everyone gets along with each other pretty well, with the exception of Pansy Parkinson. She is horrible, always complaining about something or someone. I just want to strangle her most of the time," Hermione said.

"Hermione!" Ginny said laughing. "I didn't think you could hate anyone that much."

"Well, I can," Hermione replied sending a dirty look at Pansy.

Ginny followed Hermione's eyes and saw Pansy hanging all over Draco. Ginny couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy as she watched her as she talked with Draco putting her hands all of him. Ginny felt foolish for feeling this way. She knew she shouldn't be feeling jealous, and she knew that she and Draco could never be together, but she wanted to be the one with Draco smiling at him and talking with him. Draco intrigued her like no one else had ever done.

"What's wrong Ginny," Hermione asked when she saw the look on Ginny's face.

"Oh, nothing Herm," Ginny said and smiled a little at her. "Will you and Fred help me get my bags inside? It's freezing out here."

So the three students brought Ginny's bags into the cabin. When Ginny walked into the cabin, she gasped, because instead it was absolutely huge. She was expecting it to be very small, but there was plenty of room for everyone. She walked into a huge living room which had a fire place with a fire already blazing in it and lots of comfy looking couches and chairs. Everything was rustic looking, the walls and floors and even the staircase at the back corner of the room were made out of wood.

"Your room is upstairs," Hermione said, leading her up the staircase. They walked up the stair case and down a hall. Her room was the last door on the right. "You and the other three girls in your group will be staying in here. My room is the one across the hall. Do you want me to stay and help you unpack?"

"You don't have to, Hermione." Ginny said. "I can do it myself."

"Okay, but I want to stay in here and talk to you for a while. I haven't seen you in so long, I want to hear about what's been happening with you these past few weeks." Hermione said.

"Well, basically I've just been spending a lot of time with Lavender and Susan. They are both really nice, and whenever we had free time we went shopping together, or stayed home and talked by the fire all day. It's been really fun. Oh, and I met a guy. His name is Aidan Riley, and he's a muggle." Ginny said.

"Really?" Hermione asked. "Tell me about him."

"Well, he's older than me, he's eighteen, but he's really nice. He's also very good-looking." Ginny said.

"I'm glad to hear that you met someone, because I was afraid that you had started liking Draco Malfoy," Hermione said.

"What made you think that?" Ginny said trying to hide her nervousness.

"Well, because you said that he hadn't been bothering you, which is very unusual for him, and then you gave Pansy a really funny look when she was with him." Hermione replied.

"Did I really give her a dirty look? I didn't mean to, I just hate it when girls hang all over their boyfriends," Ginny said.

"That's completely understandable," Hermione said.

"So, what's been happening around here lately?" Ginny asked.

"Oh, nothing much," Hermione said. "I've been doing a lot of homework so I haven't really had time for much else."

"Really?" Ginny asked. "You should do something other than study while your away from Hogwarts. Haven't you been spending time with Fred and Alicia?"

"Well, yes, but actually I've been really uh, busy," Hermione said

"With what?" Ginny asked.

"I told you," Hermione said.

"Why do have a feeling that you're hiding something?" Ginny asked.

"You're just imagining it, Gin," Hermione said. "I better go. I'll come see you later."

"Why do you have to leave?" Ginny asked.

"Because I have to see if everyone else is settling in okay," Hermione said. "Bye, Ginny."

"Bye Hermione," Ginny said. Hermione left the room, but Ginny couldn't help but think that she was acting very strangely. Ginny didn't have time to worry about it because just then Lavender and Susan entered the room.

"Hello," Ginny said.

"Hey Ginny," Lavender said. "It's great seeing the other students. After I get unpacked, I'm going to go spend some time with Padma. It's been way too long since I last talked to her. I'm going to tell her everything that happened in Ireland."

"Don't forget to ask her what happened in Paris. I'm sure she has lots to tell about her trip too," Ginny said. "I'll probably go find Hermione again when I'm finished unpacking,"

"I've already made plans with Justin to go outside and have a snowball fight." Susan said.

"That sounds like fun," Ginny said. "I might just have to go with you, Susan. I've never met Justin before. That is, if you don't mind."

"Of course I don't mind Ginny." Susan said. "It'll be more fun if there is a lot of people."

"I'll go see if anybody else wants to come then," Ginny said. "I'll unpack later."

"Okay," Susan said. "I'll meet you outside in thirty minutes."

"See you then," Ginny said and then left to find some people to join the snowball fight.

The first person she saw was Fred, "Hey, do you want to go outside and have a snowball fight with Susan, Justin, and I?"

"Of course," Fred said. "When?"

"Thirty minutes," Ginny said.

"Okay, I'll see you then," Fred said.

"Oh, and see if you can find more people to be in it. You know the more the merrier." Ginny said.

"Okay," Fred said. "I'll tell everybody I see."

"See you later, then," Ginny said.

"Bye," Fred said. And they both set off in different direction to find more participants.

During the next twenty minutes, Ginny talked to Alicia Spinett, Lee Jordan, Terry Boot, and Roger Davies. She convinced them all to participate in the snowball fight. She was about to go outside when she saw Draco sitting in the living room on a green chair.

"Hello Draco." She said. "Where is Pansy at?"

"None of your business," Draco said sulkily.

"Are you okay," Ginny asked.

"I'm just great," Draco said sarcastically.

"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.

"Nothing," Draco said.

"Don't lie," Ginny replied. "If you don't want to talk to me just tell me to leave, and I'll be happy to accommodate you."

"Ginny, could you please leave," Draco asked.

"Okay, goodbye, then," Ginny said and turned to walk out the door.

"No, wait," Draco said.

Ginny turned around and looked at him. "Yes?"

"I don't mean to be rude to you. I'm just frustrated. I hate having Pansy near me. She too damn annoying," Draco said.

"So, tell her to leave you alone," Ginny said.

"I do," Draco said. "About fifty times every day. She just doesn't seem to get the hint."

"So, avoid her," Ginny said. "Spend time with other people."

"Like who?" Draco said. "I don't have any friends here."

"Everybody is going outside to have a snowball fight. You should come. Maybe you can make some friends." Ginny said.

"I doubt that I could ever make new friends," Draco said.

"Oh, come on." Ginny said. "It'll be fun."

"I suppose it would be fun to throw snowballs at you," Draco said. "Maybe I can take out some aggression."

"Why would you want to throw snowballs at me?" Ginny asked.

"You're right. I'm going to go get Pansy. She makes a much better target," Draco said.

"Okay, be outside in ten minutes," Ginny said.

"See you then," Draco said. "Oh, and Ginny?"

"Yes," Ginny said.

"You should be hoping that we're on the same team because I won't show any mercy towards you." Draco said teasingly.

"No, it's you who should be hoping that your on my team," Ginny said.

"Oh, and why is that?" Draco asked.

"Oh, lets just say that you would have to prepare to face my wrath." Ginny replied. She could hear him laughing when he started up the stairs.

"Was I just being nice to Draco Malfoy? Maybe I should ask, Why was I being so nice to Draco Malfoy, and why was he nice to me? Are we friends instead of enemies? Or are we more?" Ginny thought she smiled to herself and said, "Well, whatever we are, it's nice to have someone to joke around with and to tease. I think that we could be friends, if it was allowed. What am I saying? Why should I care what other people think? I'm going to be nice to Draco if I want to be and it doesn't matter if my brothers don't like it or my parents or anyone else for that matter." Ginny let out a sigh and walked out the door. But she wasn't aware that someone had heard her while she was thinking allowed. She didn't know that Draco hadn't made his way up the stairs and she didn't know how much it meant to him that she didn't care what people thought about them being friends. She didn't know that Draco was trying to figure out a way that they could be together without either one of them being looked down on for it, and without his father or his friends disapproving, and without hurting his reputation. Draco did care for Ginny, but he wouldn't ever be the type of man who was overly romantic or poetic. He would always be the smart-ass, sarcastic, bad boy, and he would never change into some pathetically romantic loser. That was part of what attracted Ginny to him in the first place, just like her attitude had attracted him to her. Neither Ginny nor Draco knew when they started to care for each other or why. They just knew that they both wanted to be together, and they both were determined to convince or rather, trick the other into feeling the same way.



A/N-Yeah, I'm finally finished with this chapter! It took me forever to finish because I haven't had much time to work on it. Sorry it took me so long to update. Softball season is now over. Our record was 8-13. Only four more days of school! I'm excited about summer, but I'd be more excited if I didn't have to get a job. I think that this chapter will put me over the

30,000 words mark! I'm so proud of myself! This was a long chapter. I tried not to make it sappy at the end, but when I wrote it I was tired and it might not have turned out quite right. Oh, and my fic Love Never Dies, is now posted on Phoenix SilverWind's fanfiction site. The address is www.geocities.com/lilsilverphoenix. This fic will be posted on there eventually, and it will be proofread and it'll look a lot nicer. So pretty please visit her site and vote for it. And anyone who reviews my story on that site will get the next chapter dedicated to them. Oh, and if you are bored and looking for a fic to read, you should read "Two Bludgers to the Head and one to the Stomach," by the Marauders Map, because she named a character after me. The Kelli in that story is me! And I'm really cool so you should read it!



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