Summary: When Ginny boarded the Hogwarts Express on the first of September, she was surprised to come face-to-face with the last person she expected to see back in school. He was still the same prat she remembered from years before, but now he has a much higher authority than ever before: he was this year's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Ginny wished this was all a dream, but to her dismay she was stuck with him for an entire school year!
Disclaimer: Once again I don't want to go through all the mumbo-jumbo of having to write this out, so I'm saying this now: NOT MINE!!!
Setting: Ginny's in her 7th year; Draco graduated the year before
PhoenixRae's Notes: Alrighty, I am more pumped-up to continue on writing this fic. I dunno how often I'll be able to update, but as long as I am inspired and ideas keep on floating about inside my head, expect an update either every two hours or every day! :::laughs:::
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III. Ginny's Detention
Two weeks has passed since the beginning of the school year. Draco delayed Ginny's punishment until then. He didn't give her a hint as to what her detention would be, he just told her to meet him in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom Friday night after dinner to serve her detention.
Ginny arrived right on time, all pumped-up and eager to start her detention. She figured the sooner she get this over and done with, the sooner her mood will clear. She hated the idea of having something as bad as serving detention for Draco Malfoy cloud her everyday life!
Seems like Draco was running late--again. Ginny parked herself in her usual seat at the back of the classroom, slouched down a bit, and started tapping her fingernails on the tabletop. She waited patiently for her teacher to arrive, glancing at the open doorway every two minutes for any sign of him.
Half an hour later there was still no sign of Draco Malfoy. She was beginning to get ticked off. There could be tons of other things she could do this evening--homework ranked high on her to do list--instead of wasting away waiting for a teacher with a very twisted sense of humour if he thinks letting her wait on him like this was funny. She decided to give him another ten minutes, but when that ten minutes came and went, Draco still hadn't made an appearance.
"Alright, I already wasted an hour of my time waiting for someone who isn't going to show up. I'm so outta here." she said out loud to no one in particular and stood up. She turned around so fast that she didn't realize she was no longer alone in the room. She ran smack-dab into the person she had been waiting for. Rolled up parchments flew out of Draco's arms when he made a grab for Ginny before she fell backward when she lost her balance after their collision.
"Good God, Weasley! Don't you ever watch where you're going?" he scolded once he has steadied her.
Ginny, who was momentarily in shock after the surprise collision, soon snapped out of her shock after hearing Draco's condescending tone. Her head snapped up, her angry brown eyes glaring at the obnoxious rake who happened to be her teacher.
"I wouldn't have run in to you if you just made your presence known!" she flung at him, "You know, sneaking up on people doesn't always have a positive result." she pointed out matter-of-factly. "How long have you been standing there anyway?"
"Long enough to know that you, Ginny Weasley, doesn't have any patience whatsoever." he replied smugly, releasing his hold on her arms that he didn't realize he was still holding until just then.
Ginny gave out a smirk, backing away from him she rubbed the spot where he held her. It felt strange having his hands wrap around her arms like that. If her memory serves her right, this would've been the first time Draco Malfoy touched a Weasley. And what and odd feeling it was she felt when the warmth eminating from his hands seeped right through the fabric of her school robe.
"Whatever, Professor," she replied, dropping her hands to her side and jutting her chin high, "Now, what is my punishment which took you long enough to give to me?"
Draco smirked back. The gall of the damning man giving me that all too familiar smirk that often made the ladies at Hogwarts drool over him! she thought with great irritation.
"It took me this long to give you your detention, Ms. Weasley, because I couldn't possibly ask you to help mark some of my students' work the night of the first day of classes, could I now?" he replied in an all too casual manner.
Ginny rolled her eyes skyward and shook her head. "Whatever." she muttered and remained where she stood, arms now crossed over her chest and her eyes glued to the man who was now crouching down picking up the scattered rolled-up parchments.
Draco noticed he was being watched and lifted his gaze to address his student, "You know a little help would be nice seeing that I have tons of this to mark. If you help me now we can start marking them right away. And the sooner I picked all these up, the sooner you'll be over your detention."
Arrrg! Ginny's mind screamed before she crouched down in front of him and started to pick up each scattered rolled-up parchment.
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Draco kept on sending discreet glances at Ginny, his prisoner for the evening, who parked herself on one of the desks lined up at the front of the class across from his table. She took a stack of fifth year essays he was to mark and took it with her. They only exchanged a couple of words since they started working, and that had been close to two and a half hours ago. They worked well together, he noticed. After giving her instructions on what to look for when grading the essays, she was on her own. He only had to go over to where she sat once or twice to see how well she was doing marking his lower year students' papers. Twice he questioned her about her choice of giving one student only half of the full mark he stipulated for the essay, and she explained to him with her chin jutted high that he lacked the proper information needed to make his essay work to his advantage. She pointed out that the student took one point and wrote about it over and over again, he didn't even bother discussing the other possibilities related to his topic of choice.
"Really, Professor," she still had the sneering tone to her voice whenever she addressed him, "I can't believe you'd give this kid full marks for writing about something in circles!" she shook her mop of shiny red hair, a Weasley trademark, and returned her gaze back on the essay she was reading.
He didn't reply back. He got her there. She was right, of course. But he missed out that one obvious fact while reading the essay standing right next to her. Her scent wafted to his nostrils. She smelled of jasmine in full bloom at night. Very intoxicating. And very dangerous too that was why he didn't bother coming anywhere near her after that.
Over the years since she entered Hogwarts in his second year, the youngest Weasley intrigued him. She both intrigued and fascinated him at the same time, not to mentioned annoyed him to hell because he couldn't stop thinking about her. He rarely insulted her during his days as a Hogwarts students mainly because he couldn't find it in him to put her through the same torture he put her brother and her brother's friends through. Until now he couldn't quite decipher what exactly about Ginny Weasley made him not insult her--not too much anyway. He still called her names and treated her family like crap whenever he had the chance to do so back in their school days together.
And now she is a student of yours. Not to mention she is one of the very few who is very good in the class you're teaching. a small voice at the back of his head reminded. Yeah, he noticed how very unlike her brother, Ron, she was. No wonder she and that Mudblood Granger became best friends; they're practically alike in their study habits, although Ginny was less of a bookworm than Granger was. For God's sakes she had a boyfriend last year who was stupid enough to cheat on her with a Ravenclaw wench! And from what he could recall he often saw her hanging out with different guys from all four houses. Some were just good friends while others were more than just good friends. Hell, he must've caught her locking lips with quite a few of those guys she was seen hanging out with numerous times to know Ginny Weasley was no prude.
"All done!" she exclaimed, pushing her chair away from the desk she was using noisily and eventually snapped Draco out of his private reverie.
He looked at the redhead doing some arm stretching and neck rotating in front of him. She looked like she was enjoying the feel of muscles stretching after spending how many hours leaning against a table reading countless essays that pretty much talked about the exact same thing. Nevertheless, Draco took this rare opportunity to actually study Ginny. She had a lovely face. Freckled and small, but lovely nevertheless. She also had a long, silky smooth neck that must've been kissed and nibbled at by quite a few guys in all her time here at Hogwarts. He sure would love to have a try at running his lips up and down her throat, nibbling at the spot between her shoulder and neck and losing himself in the arms and mouth of Ginny Weasley. She was a damn good kisser, used lots of tongue, if Derek Boones' claims were to be trusted.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa there, Draco Xavier Malfoy! Since when in tarnation did you start fantasizing about kissing a Weasley? his shocked mind demanded from him. Even he was shocked to catch himself thinking of doing that to Ginny! Shaking the thought out of his head, he addressed his student, acquiring a nasal-toned voice he took after Snape.
"Are you sure you gave them fair marks?" he questioned.
Ginny stared at him in disbelief. She just spent three hours hunched over a desk, reading stupid essays from students who thinks they could get away easily by writing about nothing worth reading about, and Draco had the gall to question her of her fairness in marking his students' essays!
"Define fair." she challenged, crossing her arms over her chest and regarded him with a level look.
Draco straightened in his seat, arms crossed over his chest as well. He regarded her with critical gray eyes swooping up and down her petite form.
"Considering that some of my students have a penchant for writing in circles in their essays, I am just merely concerned at how good your judgment is when it comes to marking said students' papers."
Ginny raised an eyebrow, "Oh fear not, Professor Malfoy, you have about a couple of good students who wrote splendid essays. But I must warn you, the rest of your sixth year students? They gotta start exploring more subjects to talk about." she pushed herself off her seat and put the parchments in a neat pile on one side of the table. She put the chair back and gathered the parchments she marked, placing them on Draco's desk before stepping back and asked, "Am I dismissed now or are you still planning on keeping me here until the wee hours of the morning?"
I would if I could, Weasley, but alas, I must let you go once you have finished marking the pile I gave you. he thought to himself and without saying anything he nodded her dismissal.
Ginny tore outta there like a bat out of hell. She couldn't wait to go back to her dorm, take a nice, long bath to relax her aching muscles. She was dreaming about the scented candles she would light up as she dip into the bathtub filled with warm water and mixed with bath oil, rose scented to be precise. Oh goodness! She could almost picture it in her head and feel her entire body tingle with delight as she pictured herself already soaking in the warmth of the water.
"Hey there, sweet thing."
At the sound of his voice Ginny stopped and quickly pivoted to face the owner of the voice who was lounging in the shadows. How long he has been standing there hiding from Filch and Mrs. Norris she wouldn't know, but him suddenly speaking from out of nowhere sure made Ginny's heart skip a beat from fright. Her hand quickly snaked up to wrap around her throat while the other covered her mouth to stifle a scream.
"Derek Andrew Boones, what in the world are you doing hiding there?" she demanded once she was over her initial shock.
A tall figure materialized from the shadows, revealing a mop of wavy brownish-blond hair and striking pair of electric blue eyes. He towered over Ginny by a good many inches, making her end up standing at eye-level with his broad chest.
"Waiting for you, what else would I be doing here, hm?" he replied nonchalantly.
Ginny cocked her head to the side, an eyebrow raised as she gave her ex-boyfriend a slow appraisal. He wasn't wearing his school robes anymore, but to camouflage himself he wore an all black get-up, from the long-sleeved ribbed turtleneck that Ginny was sure to be expensive (Derek never wore non-brand name clothing), he matched it with black jeans and nicely polished black combat boots.
"And why are you waiting for me, Derek? I know perfectly well my way back to my dormitory."
"I know. But I thought a little escorting won't be too bad." he shrugged.
"Uh-huh." she didn't believe him. Hell, after what she caught him doing last year hell would freeze over first before she believed him again. She resumed walking, headed towards the direction of the stairs, but she didn't get the chance to take more than three strides before she was halted by a hand snaking around her wrist. Ginny's brown eyes traveled down to where Derek held her before lifting her gaze up once more, an eyebrow arched.
"What do you--" the rest of her words were cut off when Derek's mouth covered hers in a kiss that was meant to be sweet and passionate, but all Ginny felt was revolt and anger. She tried pushing away, but Derek was bigger and stronger than her, he quickly got in her in a hug-lock, giving her no room to protest or push him away.
Ginny was struggling albeit unsuccessfully to be free off Derek's embrace and kiss, but he only managed to lock his arms even tighter around her and his tongue was prodding her lips to part. And this was the scene Draco walked out on when he left his classroom as soon as he dismissed Ginny for the night.
"Ms. Weasley! Mr. Boones!" Draco's authoritative voice boomed over the empty corridor, sending both students springing apart.
"Professor!" Ginny exclaimed breathlessly, turning a pair of wide as saucers brown eyes at the glaring blond haired professor.
Draco was indeed glaring, both at her and at Derek who looked all smug and nonchalant. He nearly snarled at the audacity of the boy to think he was invincible. Well, we'll see about that. he thought as he took two steps to stand between the two students he caught cavorting in the dark outside his classroom. He first turned to Ginny, watching the petite redhead cower away from him.
"I dismissed you under the pretext that you will return straight to your dormitory--not to go traipsing in the dark with your boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend!" Ginny denied, "Not anymore anyway. And besides, he accosted me on my way back to my dormitory." she explained, but her explanation fell into deaf ears.
Draco turned his gaze to his former housemate. He was looking very smug thinking he wouldn't get into trouble just because he was a Slytherin and they happen to be former housemates during his days as a Hogwarts student.
"I can't say I'm not surprised, Mr. Boones. After the very public break up you and Ms. Weasley had the year before I expected you to be over her already. Nevertheless you are out of your dorm in the dead of the night. Fifty points from Slytherin and see me tomorrow after breakfast for your detention duties." Draco hid his satisfied grin when Derek looked like all his blood was just drained from him. Looks like he hasn't suffered a much worse fate before; points haven't been taken off under his expense and apparently he hasn't served detention yet in all his years at Hogwarts.
Ginny, however, couldn't hide her grin as she gloated at Derek for landing himself into trouble. But she rejoiced too soon. Draco wasn't finished with her yet. He turned his attention back to her and with a smirk added, "You too, Ms. Weasley. See me tomorrow morning for your detention duties."
"What?!" she exclaimed, staring wide-eyed at her Defense Against the Dark Arts professor then to her ex-boyfriend who was still reeling from shock after getting detention and points taken off Slytherin because of him.
She looked like she was going to argue. Draco anticipated this. In the weeks since he started teaching at Hogwarts and had her for a student he has learned one or two things about the feisty youngest Weasley. She doesn't go down without a fight.
"Don't bother arguing, Ms. Weasley. Just be glad you're only serving detention and not have points taken off Gryffindor because of your behaviour." he lifted his index finger and waved it in front of her, warning her to keep her mouth clamped tightly and just do what he told her to do.
Oh crud! she thought miserably, sending an angry glare at Derek's direction before she left the corridor and headed for the stairs back to her dormitory.
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A/N: oh, Malfoy strikes again! *lol* and what the hell is Derek Boones doing snogging with Ginny? a love-triangle a-brewing here, you think? hmm...well, stick around and find out what happens next!
GinnyYvette: I am kinda fond of that Leann Rimes motto myself, hence why I used it here *winks*
kellyanne: thanks, hope you enjoy this chapter
Pebble of Insanity: you guys will sure read about some Draco PoV here...I tend to write using both lead character's PoV to explain/convey their feelings
Jade Stellar: oh their so-called attraction will drive them nuts! they wanna snog, but they can't really coz they'll be caught and...oh, i'll try and make it fun for this two *lol*
xing@fanfiction.net: I got a few reviews with this listed as the reviewer's name, thanks for liking the fic so far. I dunno if they're from the same person or not, but nevertheless I do enjoy your input
SeZzA: *lol* if I had Draco for a teacher back in high school I doubt I'll pay attention to his class! I'll pay more attention to the teacher himself than the lesson he was talking about! and I'll eventually find a loophole for their romance somewhere in the middle of all the hoopla! *lol*
momma-dar: thanks for saying its definitely different
baby-grassie: *lol* well I believe Derek made an appearance in this chapter and is bound to stir some sort of "jealousy" factor for Draco--driving him nuts or something *winks*
Laina: nope, Susan and Derek aren't distantly related! *lol* I just couldn't think of a last name to give Derek so I decided to give him "Boones" after that...ooh, Daniel Boone dude from the pioneer days or something
Angel-Hiragizawa32: thank you! and I'll try and update as often as I can
Shinnonu: that's one trait I'm trying to break! *lol* sometimes I catch myself going from past to present tense and sometimes I just write away without bothering to check it
MYSTIQUE: thanks for letting me know. I'll store that information away for future reference
karly: well here's the finished chapter! *lol* I think I gave you some hints already (or not) as to how and where this story is heading...and I can't resist on not making Malfoy act the way he did in the previous chapter
tigereyes320: oooh, I'm sure it'll be anything but explosive! *lol* who knows, probably he'll give Ginny lots of detention so he could spend so much time with her as much as possible *winks*
