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!!! I keep on forgetting to add this on to this one: MAIN HP CHARACTERS AREN'T MINE, those other names you don't recognize are mine as well as the plot, and also other stuff that you don't recognize, kapish?
Setting: Ginny's in her 7th year; Draco graduated the year before
PhoenixRae's Notes: for some odd reason i'm so excited about this chapter...so without further ado, here it is! and, oh yeah! the rambunctious Weasley boys makes another appearance...i sure hope you guys have a blast reading about their escapades here as i did writing about it! :::laughs and winks:::
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VIX. Payback's a Bitch
Rumours about a certain teacher fancying a certain student (no names were given, to Ginny's delight and Draco's relief) spread all over campus by Saturday morning as everyone congregated in the Great Hall for breakfast. Ginny walked in to the Great Hall with her ears perked up and straining to hear whatever the other person was talking about. She caught one Hufflepuff seventh year mention her name.
"It's that redhead girl Ginny. Hell, have you seen her lately? Changed an awful lot over the summer!" exclaimed the Hufflepuff proudly.
"But who could the teacher be?" inquired the Hufflepuff girl's companion.
"Must be one of the new teachers. After all, the three new male teachers looked awfully young--younger than most teachers we have here," shared the first girl.
"Oh," nodded her companion as they both walked off towards their table.
Ginny couldn't help herself from blushing a deep shade of scarlet by the time she reached their table. She squeezed in between Janelle and Twyla who were also gossiping about the latest rumour circulating around school. She merely rolled her eyes at her friends before helping herself to some pancakes and juice.
"Hey Gin, heard about that rumour circulating about in school?" Colin asked after she sat down.
"Yeah. What about it?" she refused to meet her friend's gaze who was looking at her rather intently from across the table. Dammit! If Colin wouldn't stop looking at her, her face would turn into a full-out red blob of whatever!
Colin quirked an eyebrow when the noticed to pinkish stains on her cheekbones, "You are the number one contender for the girl this certain teacher is fancying, Gin. Did you know that?"
Ginny delayed answering him by pouring tons of maple syrup on her pancakes, slapping a slob of butter on top and spread it over it. She then went on slicing the pancakes to her liking and by the time she looked up at Colin, her friend was almost choking her for delaying her reply.
"What?" she asked innocently and stuffed her mouth with a quarter piece of the pancake she just sliced.
Colin nearly strangled her. She took her time answering and now she wanted to know what he was looking at her for. Sometimes Ginny Weasley could be very exasperating it wasn't even funny anymore. It was annoying and...well, he still loved her to bits but sometimes a bloke can only take enough!
"Whatever, Weasley," he shook his head and continued eating.
Ginny grinned. She honestly didn't want to dwell too much on the rumours circulating right now. Of course she knew she was one of the many other girls to be linked to one of the three new teachers, wasn't that conversation she walked in on just a few minutes ago enough confirmation that she was a candidate?
She discreetly glanced over at the teacher's table and noticed Draco in deep conversation with Hermione (again). She couldn't quite figure out what they were talking about, but she noticed Hermione kept on glancing at the Gryffindor table whilst Draco kept on telling her something. Ginny noticed the worried look etched on her friend's face.
What the hell was going on? And do they have to talk with their heads so close to each other like that? Hermione's hand kept on touching Draco's arm, patting it as she gave him some advice or whatever she was telling him, and it was annoying Ginny to watch her friend get oh so cozy with him!
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"Ready, Weasley?" Twyla asked once they were all done gearing up for the upcoming game in less than five minutes.
Ginny looked up after lacing her arm-wristband up and nodded, "All set here, captain," she winked.
"Good," she smiled and started pacing around the Gryffindor change room. She was all pumped up for this afternoon's match and the cheer of the gathering crowd outside was enough to set Twyla's nerves on edge. She was desperately trying to hard to be as best as Harry and Oliver was when they were captains of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but Ginny knew Twyla already was the best at being herself without having to follow in her predecessors' footsteps. "Now, gather around everyone and listen," she paused and watched the rest of her teammates--Janelle (new chaser), Aaron Sommers (beater), Clyde Drake (chaser), Anton Slylyc (new chaser), Ginny (new beater), and Mimi Hart (new seeker)--gather around and looked at her.
"Alright. Now I don't want to put any pressure on you guys considering this is our first match of the season, but let me just warn you, we're playing against Slytherin for our first match--they're a dirty, devious lot and playing against them would be like battling hoards of Blast Ended Skrewt," she paused and watched the faces of her teammates; they got what she meant. She resumed pacing back and forth again, her hands clasped behind her as she droned on and on about what she expected of her teammates. She ended their small pep-talk with a jolly, "Let's kick their arses to the next millennium!" before storming out of the changing rooms and on to the pitch where the entire school was watching.
Ginny looked around in awe at the cheering crowd gathered out there. Even the headmaster was out there watching the game. She knew from past experience that Gryffindor and Slytherin matches are often the most watched considering they were forever head-to-head rivals from way back when. Up on the teachers' box she caught a glimpse of Hermione waving a scarlet flag that was magicked to have the words GO GINNY, GO! appear then disappear every two seconds--and it also appeared in different colours! She smiled inwardly at that. She knew Hermione shouldn't be taking sides since she was a teacher, but a true Gryffindor at heart, she couldn't help but side with her former house team.
She strained her eyes a bit and saw Harry seated beside Hermione, waving a similar flag but instead of the cheer on Hermione's flag, his said GRYFFINDOR KICKS SLYTHERIN @$$!
Ginny chuckled when she finally was able to read what it said on the flag and looked over at Janelle to motion for her to look at the teachers' box where a couple of flags were being waved back and forth. Janelle lifted her gaze to one of the watch towers and couldn't control herself from snickering. By then every one on the team was wondering what was wrong with their chaser. Ginny pointed their attention to the direction of where Harry sat beside Hermione, waving their flags. Soon the whole team erupted in uncontrolled laughter before sending Harry two thumbs-up for the flag.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle and asked all fourteen players to come forward. She gave them very stern instructions, warning them that she wanted a fair game this afternoon before telling them to mount their brooms and soar high into the air. After a couple of seconds she released the Quaffle which was caught by Clyde. It was soon followed by the Bludgers and the Snitch.
"AND THE GAME IS ON!" boomed George Weasley's over the enchanted megaphone handed to him by Professor Mcgonagall, who was seated beside him, before the start of the game. He was asked to sit in as guest commentator this afternoon while the regular assigned commentator recover from laryngitis. "GRYFFINDOR HAS THE QUAFFLE...WEASLEY AND SOMMERS ARE HITTING THOSE DAMN--ER DARN BLUDGERS WITH ALL THEIR--OH! LUCKY SLYTHERIN NUMBSKULL MISSED BY WEASLEY'S CAREENING BLUDGER..."
"WEASLEY!" Professor McGonagall yelled into his ear, "WHEN I ASKED YOU TO GUEST COMMENTATE FOR US THIS AFTERNOON I DIDN'T ASK ANY SIDE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMENTATOR!" she scolded.
"WHOOPS! SORRY PROFESSOR, BUT I CAN'T HELP...OKAY, OKAY," George raised his hands as if to fend himself off from McGonagall's deadly glare, "I'LL STICK WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE GAME!" he gazed back at ongoing battle between Slytherin and Gryffindor, his heart in his throat as he watched Ginny and Aaron hit bludgers here and there, sending those two black balls over towards the Slytherin players.
Ginny was keeping a close eye on the flying bludgers, watching the two Slytherin beaters--Sonya Gleason and Dana Joyce--just in case they decided to pull a fast one on Gryffindor. She was hovering over the other players, her eyes fixed on the bludgers. For two female beaters, Sonya and Dana sure could hit those black balls as hard as any guy could!
"WHOA! LOOK AT THE ARM OF THAT SLYTHERIN CHICK! GLEASON SENT THE BLUDGER CAREENING TOWARDS SLYLYC, SLIGHTLY MAKING THE NEWBIE GRYFFINDOR CHASER OFF-BALANCE...ATTA BOY, ANTON! STAY ON THAT DAMN BROOMSTICK!" cheered George who was having a blast commentating while McGonagall sat beside him, her lips pursed and her face looking like it was about to explode.
Hermione sat closer to Harry, her hand laced with his as they watched the tight match between the two teams. Neither one of the house teams scored yet, but Damon O'Connor from Slytherin has the Quaffle right now and was flying almost in light speed towards the the Gryffindor goal posts. His other teammates cleared the area for him and he made the shot, Twyla was at her element and maneuvered her broomstick and hit the Qauffle with the end of it, sending the football-like ball towards one of her teammates.
"OH! DE-NIED! GREAT SAVE, TWYLA!" George squealed, clapping his hands soundly, "I'M SURE PERCY WILL APPRECIATE THAT A GIRL KNOWS HOW TO DENY A MAN WHEN SHE DOESN'T WANT HIM TO GET SOME! RIGHT, PERCE?"
"GEORGE WEASLEY!" Professor McGonagall and Percy yelled at their wacky commentator.
Ron and Fred had to restrain their older brother from storming towards the commentator's box where George was and beat their brother to a pulp. The entire pitch erupted in uncontrollable laughter at George's comment. McGonagall was waving her finger at George, scolding one of her former students for his blunt side remarks.
Draco joined Hermione and the others at the teacher's box and took his place on Hermione's other side, raising an eyebrow when he saw her fingers laced with Potter's. He gave a knowing smirk and looked at the players zooming here and there before them. He was enjoying George Weasley's commentating; he still hasn't lost his touch of stirring up trouble even after all these years. McGonagall sure was having a helluva hard time toning the loud Weasley twin down.
"Did I miss anything yet?" he asked Hermione.
"Nothing much. Both houses are still at zero. George, on the other hand, is keeping the crowd so much entertained. Did you hear that crack he made about Percy and Twyla?" she giggled, her eyes not leaving the players mounted on their broomsticks.
"Yeah, I heard," he nodded and glanced over to Harry's side where Fred and Ron were holding an infuriated, red-faced Percy, "Percy looks like he was about to explode. And Twyla," he looked over at the Gryffindor goal post, borrowing Hermione's binoculars he found that the Gryffindor keeper and captain was as red-faced as Percy Weasley was. Draco chuckled and returned the binoculars back at his colleague, "She's as embarrassed as Weasley's brother."
Hermione chuckled and nodded her agreement. She knew Ginny's friend would be extremely embarrassed. After all, George just announced to the entire school that the Gryffindor keeper had a big-ass crush on the former Gryffindor Prefect and Head Boy, not to mention her best friend's older brother.
In spite of George's rowdy comments, the match continued with Gryffindor finally making a goal after the Slytherin keeper, Olive West, was thrown into fits of giggle after hearing what George just said about Twyla liking Percy Weasley. The crowd went wild as Gryffindor made the first score of the day.
Two and a half hours later into the match, the game was still a tight one with Gryffindor ahead ten points than Slytherin (Gryffindor 80 and Slytherin 70). Seekers Mimi and Derek were both on the look out for the blasted Snitch who has made quite a number of appearance the whole time the game was on, but neither seekers could catch it before it disappeared again. Derek was being his normal, sneaky self, tailing Mimi every time the Gryffindor seeker caught sight of the snitch.
Ginny was busy standing guard against those damn bludgers, making sure none of it hits her teammates. She and Aaron sure made a good team. They know exactly when to be in sync with each other's movements. It was a pretty good match and Mimi sure was kicking Derek's lousy arse at spotting the snitch; the git decided to let Mimi do all the looking and watching-out while he just hovered nearby watching her spot the snitch.
"Loser," Ginny hissed under her breath when she saw Derek keeping a close watch on Mimi while her teammate was on the look out for the Golden Snitch.
The game was being played as brutally dirty as it could be, with George providing some of its lighter moments by making snide comments about each team player, vexing Professor McGonagall and allowing the rest of the student body to have a good laugh without having to kill each other for such a dirty match. Slythern kept on nudging, kicking, cutting Gryffindor players off. There was even one penalty during the game's first half hour when Robbie Easther, one of the Slytherin chasers, pulled a Marcus Flint on Twyla; snatching a club from one of his beaters and sent the bludger towards the unsuspecting Gryffindor keeper, but thanks to George's keen eye he quickly alerted the Gryffindor keeper who escaped with a minor bludger-scraping the tail-end of her broomstick.
It was a tensed match. The crowd kept on cheering them on still while Ginny's arm was starting to ache. She didn't expect her first match to be this long! They were gunning for three hours already and where the hell was that damn snitch?
As if on cue Ginny spotted a spec of gold flash before her. Damn, the snitch was too damn high from where Mimi and Derek were, and she doesn't want to shout it down to her teammate and alert that stupid prat who wasn't doing much work except to tail Mimi every where she went!
"Aaron!" she called out to her teammate and waved him over.
"Yeah?" asked Aaron, a brown-haired boy with green eyes that reminded Ginny so much of Harry (minus the specs), pulled up beside her.
"I saw the snitch, but I doubt Mimi saw it 'coz she was too busy keeping Derek busy by sending him on a wild goose chase," she pointed down at the two seekers just a few feet below them, "Would you be able to hold the fort up here while I swoop down there and tell Mimi exactly where the snitch is? I can't wait to get this game over and done with."
Aaron grinned and nodded. He too was starting to get tired playing the game and getting their arses nearly kicked off by Slytherins who wanted to score, but Twyla was a very good keeper and often blocked their attempts at scoring a goal. Ginny flew down to where Mimi was and whistled to her teammate to get her attention. With a few mastered eye-to-eye conversation (Twyla told them during one of their numerous practices that it would be better if they each learned a secret sign language to use to address another team member without letting the opposing team members know what they were talking about), Mimi nodded and waited a while until Ginny signaled for Aaron to hit one of the bludgers her way so she could send the black ball careening towards Derek--slowing him down while Mimi flew after the snitch.
It all happened in a flash. One moment Ginny hit the bludger at Derek's direction and Mimi made her escape. The snitch wasn't hovering any farther above from where the three players were at.
"HEY! I THINK SHE'S SPOTTED THE SNITCH!" bellowed George excitedly as he kept a close eye on the Gryffindor seeker speeding up to where Ginny pointed the snitch was hovering by, "GO, MIMI! GO! SNATCH THAT SUCKER AND END THIS GAME!" he kept on cheering.
Meanwhile Derek was caught off-guard when Ginny's bludger nicked the tail-end of his broomstick. He wobbled a bit and hung on for dear life. He threw his head up and caught sight of Ginny laughing at him. He snarled and turned around to attack the redhead Gryffindor beater, ignoring that Mimi was gaining on the snitch.
Ginny--and the rest of the people watching--didn't have time to react as Derek swooped up beside her, snatched the club in her hand and smacked the side of her head. The crowd gasped at the uncalled move by the Slytherin seeker.
"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! THAT'S MY SISTER YOU JUST HIT, YOU SISSY!" George was to the roof, having witnessed what the Slytherin blond did to Ginny.
Professor McGonagall didn't have time to reprimand George for his choice of language. She was off her seat and leaning against the balustrade as she watched in horror what happened to her house team's beater.
Derek ignored the boos he received from the crowd as he sped up to Mimi. He wouldn't dare let that Gryffindor git catch the snitch before him.
Ginny's head started to spin. Derek wasn't gentlemanly at all with his action. He hit her so damn hard she thought she was seeing stars! She couldn't keep her hands on the handle of her Firebolt. Everything was starting to look like a haze to her and she couldn't keep her balance any longer. She could still hear the crowd roaring, but she doesn't know what they were roaring about.
And then it happened.
Ginny desperately made a grab for the handle of her Firebolt one last time in the hopes of quelling her sudden bout with nausea, but she missed her mark and fell off her broomstick.
"Ginny!" cried Hermione and let go of Harry's hand as she rose to her feet along with Harry and the other three Weasley brothers with her at the teacher's box.
Draco was off his seat too and let out a slew of curses at what he saw. He whipped out his wand from his robe in a flash and spoke a few words and aimed his wand at the falling Ginny's direction. The spell he used must've worked for Ginny looked like she was falling in slow motion. That gave Draco, Hermione, Harry, and the three Weasley brothers ample time to run down the teacher's box and on to the pitch.
He stopped right beneath Ginny's limp body and caught the redhead safely in his arms before the crowd erupted in cheers, but Draco didn't have time to see if it was because Ginny was safely rescued or if either one of the two seekers caught the snitch. Even George's loud yelling was drowned out. He was only concentrating on the unconscious girl in his arms.
"You're going to be alright, Gin, I promise," he whispered and bestowed an affectionate kiss on her forehead.
Ginny stirred slightly in his arms, but she didn't open her eyes. Hermione and the rest of them, including McGonagall and quite a few other teachers, followed close behind.
"Is she alright?" Hermione asked worriedly, placing her hand on Draco's arm as soon as she drew up beside him.
"Out of our way!" yelled Fred, Ron, and Percy who were elbowing worried students and teachers who gathered around Draco and Ginny. George wasn't far behind his brothers and Harry.
"How is she?" Percy asked as soon as he was beside Draco. He looked down at his sister's limp body and uttered a slew of curses that no one knew he was aware of.
"Let's take her to the hospital wing," announced Draco and elbowed his way through the throng of people that gathered around them. Percy was behind him followed by the others.
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A/N: phew! finally, i'm finished with this chapter! it took me an entire day just to get this done! i was having a hard time finishing it, but i already knew what was going to happen it's just that i encountered some problems on how i'm gonna get to what happened. anyway, hope you enjoyed reading this as much as i enjoyed typing/writing this--especially George doing the commentating.
Angel-Hiragizawa32: hmm...i'm anticipating it too when they're going to get together! *LOL* and yeah, i am so totally on a roll...yippeee!!!
Miss Marauder: *lol* well there are some bad chapters when i dunno half of what i'm talking about! :p
Faltering Hues: hehehe, well you can certainly keep Derek as your slave, it's just that i dunno what kinda slave he'll be to you...as for the twins...sure, you can take them with you! just make sure that you don't tire 'em out coz i still wanna enjoy 'em :::winks::: they're just so fun to be around with!
meg: i love Alias! and the vaughn and sydney pairing is sooo full of sexual tension that my sister and i are practically yelling at the TV screen too for them to get it on! :::grins::: and...well, there's got to be quite a lot of 'tension' between Draco & Ginny simply because of their situation right now :::winks:::
izzy: hmm...well i think i made some hints in this chappie as to whose the lucky guy who caught Hermione's fancy :::winks::: and yeah, Ginny should've kissed Draco, but then Derek's timing was just plain ol' awful! *lol*
KeeperOfTheMoon: like you, i was also excited to write about the Quidditch match...and...uhm...so here's the match! *lol* whaddya think?
Sharlene: yep, Derek just plain ol' ruins everything!
Cassandra Sisenta or Krey-Zey: yep, can't really have them making out so fast now, can i? and i just read your chapter two...i am beginning to love 'juli' and rizza *lol*
karly: i know i saw you online and spoke to you online like a couple of hours back, finally i'm done with the chapter! hehehe, took me quite a while, i hope this one's a good one
charismatic: oh Derek will definitely get in to a whole lotta trouble after the stunt he pulled in this chappie :::grins::: and i try my best to update as often as i can...once i ran out of ideas for the next chapter i just stop and don't update for like weeks!!!
MYSTIQUE: thank you so much! that mean a lot to me! hehehe, my writing's improved since Mission which is great! hehehe, at least i'm making progress here, aren't i? :::winks::: and speaking of their sexual tension...well, just gotta have lotsa those between them considering the predicament they're in
Jenn: seems like you don't have to wait too long for the next chapter 'coz here it is now :::smiles::: hope you like, you like, you like again *lol*
skara: hmm...that's the million dollar question, my dear! *lol* i myself am not sure just when they will get together, but stay tuned to find out exactly when...
hasapi: *lol* it's okay to see you getting carried away. that tells me that what happened kinda got to you one way or the other :::winks::: and did Draco took heed to what Ginny advised him to do and spoke with Dumbledore about it? hmm...we'll just have to wait and see....
sassw14: i don't think student/teacher relationships are allowed at Hogwarts. and the sneaking around part sounds really good...hehehe, but first they must admit they like each other before they get to sneaking off to meet somewhere
Crystal: well what can we do about that? *lol* he's Draco...need i say more? ::grins::
happy kid: thank you so much, and i'm trying to update as often as i can
DaRkShAdOwS: what's stopping them i guess is the rumours about them getting together. ya know some people doesn't really approve of student/teacher relationships--even if they're just a year apart...and if i get them to admit it right away then i won't have fun writing about more chapters about 'em and the happenings around them :::grins:::
Junebug: no problem about the email, and thanks for liking the plot. i know student/teacher fics had been done numerous times so my basis for this story wasn't really that original, hehehehe
Starry: well considering that Draco's not acting very Draco-like in this fic...I think Ginny trusts him to tell Dumbledore the truth
SeZzA: of course they've got to have some spoilers before they could actually enjoy their first kiss! *lol*
demented weesil: i am updating as QUICKISHLIKE (damn! i just love that term! hehehehe) as i possibly can. and thanks for liking my Draco. i am doing my best to make him act different and yet still retain some of his usual self, ya know what i'm saying?
G. Zan: i know what you mean, but then in the book Draco's more...uhm...meaner? than my Draco in this fic *lol* besides, i just don't want him to be all snarly and insulting towards Hermione, after all they're both teachers now, right?
xangfelcrisisx: you wanted what to happen? them kissing or them almost kissing? hehehehe
August: thank you so much! seems like quite a few reviewers are liking this Draco i have here, hehehehe
Vixen: i've been asked this numerous times (and i'm not really complaining). Draco & Ginny will soon kiss...I'm just not sure how many chapters will pass before they could actually do the deed. and thanks for saying this is one of the funniest D/G stories you've read, i aim for this fic to be funny and i'm glad i did make it funny
Xela: *lol* hmm...i think a another 'near-kiss' could be arranged...but as for the 'real kiss'...hmmm..... :::thinks about when it will occur:::
Anyanka: well i have been called 'evil' & 'mean' by other reviewers in some of my other fics, hehehehe, and yep, i had an R-rated version of the previous chapter's almost kiss (i think Draco's desk will play a much bigger role for what i had in mind *lol*) anyway, mind out of the gutter now, yeah, i think you can have Draco just as long as you return him back to me (and Ginny) in mint condition, hehehehe
Jade Stellar: Derek's a first class jerk...and Draco & Ginny will soon get to some serious snoggin' later on
Laura: thanks! (",)
Arella Hallo: yep, you got that right :::grins::: you'll just have to wait like Draco & Ginny will have to wait when they could finally kiss
MelissaAdams: i'm working on it! *lol* actually, here's the next chapter :p
butterfly kisses: oooh, since your ex's name was Derek then you really have a big problem with the Derek in this fic *lol* and yeah, i do have a beta reader, but she's busy with schoolwork at the moment so i'm left to beta my own work...but i sure won't mind you becoming my beta :::smiles:::
Dracos gal: damn Derek Boones to hell all right! *lol*
