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: right now I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to end this fic. I know I mentioned in the previous chapter that I started an Oliver Wood/Katie Bell story that would somehow have characters from this story appear in it (and vice-versa). so I might end this story without resolving anything much concerning Draco & Ginny's relationship and just watch out for it to be picked up on the next story(s) concerning the other couples in this fic OR end their story on a happy note, but I'm not sure yet which way to go. btw, thanks to those of you who checked out my Oliver/Katie story!

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XXIX. to Tell or Not to Tell

Long before the Hogwarts Express reached its destination at Hogsmeade, news of Colin Creevey giving Derek Boones a bloody nose (literally!) reached the rest of the students onboard the red steam engine. People started talking about it until they got to the castle and the news didn't die down until the first week of the new semester started. Colin felt proud for what he did and enjoyed basking in the glory of being surrounded by people who all wanted to hear what just happened. Janelle and Twyla merely rolled their eyes at their friend as they tried to fend off as much of Colin's excited 'fans' away from him. He was starting to get such an inflated head that the two friends contemplated on whether or not to pop it before it reached monstrous proportions!

Ginny, on the other hand, was quite busy thinking about Draco and what to call their so-called relationship at the moment. So they had a moment at the Burrow during Christmas. Hermione caught them making out but didn't make much of a big deal about it, except to tell them to cut it out before Ron looked out the window and saw them necking. Making out with Draco Malfoy was a helluva good experience to have! Hell, she knew quite a lot of girls from her year (and younger) who'd kill just to have a chance to have Draco's strong arms wrap around them, but of course Ginny beat most of them off that chance since she already had a 'date' with the ever so famous Draco Malfoy and snogged with him twice!

Hermione told her to knock off her quiet musings about her feelings for Draco and just go up to him and tell him exactly what she was feeling.

As if! She'd die of embarrassment if ever she did something as brazen as that! But then again what she did to Draco when she told him he was coming home with her to the Burrow for Christmas was far too risqué than what Hermione asked her to do.

"Seducing the man and telling him what you really feel for him are two entirely different things, Virginia Weasley," Hermione pointed out to her one Friday afternoon when she decided to swing by Hermione's classroom after class for a chat.

"I know," Ginny sighed and crumpled into the vacant chair and table across from Hermione's desk, "But this is annoying me! I mean, duh! All the way to Kings Cross we held hands, and occasionally he'd be caressing my hand with his thumb and…well, he just makes my insides tingle because really, he's a very romantic guy albeit his bad boy image which isn't bad either, when you come to think about it," she added, pursing her lips and resting her chin atop her curled hand.

Hermione stopped reading a Q&A assignment that was handed in to her by her last class of the day and looked across the room at her love struck best friend. Ginny was a hopeless case as far as she could tell. The girl was obviously smitten with Malfoy but she was too damn stubborn to admit it even to herself! Malfoy obviously felt the same way towards Ginny and he too was being too damn stubborn. What the hell was wrong with this two? Why couldn't they just get together and be done with it?

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Dearest Harry,

I want to know why Draco and Ginny can't get together when it's quite obvious that they're crazy over one another? I mean…hello? You saw them at the Burrow together.

They're perfect for each other!

I know Ginny's scared, and I'm sure Malfoy's scared to death too, but come on, I'm sure by now they would have had the guts to admit to themselves that they're madly, passionately, and insanely in love with one another!

I just want to see them get together already! They're meant for each other and…oh crap, I know I shouldn't even be worrying about this since it's not my problem to worry about, but I can't help myself. Ginny's my friend and believe it or not, I even started to consider Malfoy as a friend too since the beginning of the year. I have gotten to know that git quite well and I wouldn't be gunning for him and Ginny to get together if I know that he's not good for her.

HELP!

Should I interfere and play cupid to Malfoy and Ginny? Or should I just let them play out the cards that were dealt to them on their own?

Your worried & confused friend,

Mione

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Dearest Mione,

If you want to talk about two people who are meant to be together, I have another prime example to give to you: Oliver Wood & Katie Bell.

As I am writing this letter to you, Wood's with George and I out here in Hungary watching Katie's Quidditch team beat the snot out of Hungary's leading all-women's Quidditch champ.

Oliver asked George and I to take him with us because he wanted to see and talk to Katie. Seems like our former housemates had some unfinished business to discuss that started around the Christmas holiday. Anyway, Wood didn't get into too much detail about his purpose for coming with George and myself, but from what I can see, I know that Oliver's in love with Katie—and not just in a brotherly way!

So if you think that Ginny and Malfoy are meant to be together, then just leave them alone for now and let them work out their problems by themselves (because I think that's what Oliver's trying to do here; he and Katie had some problems and he's doing his damnedest to work it out with her by traveling thousands of miles away from home just to see her). I mean, come on, Mione, it's not everyday a Malfoy and a Weasley gets together, right? Besides, look at their family history: one came from a very rich Pureblood family while the other came from an almost dirt-poor Pureblood family. One factor that these two aren't getting together is most probably largely based on that one obvious fact.

Think about it, but right now I think I better wrap this letter up and concentrate on the game. If I leave everything for George to do when covering this game, I'm sure I'll have a hell to pay when it comes to editing whatever he was saying about the goings-on at the pitch! Take care and don't worry too much about it. Ginny's a big girl now; she'll know what to do.

Love ya always,

Harry

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A/N: alright! short yet again, but I'm trying to make this coincide with my Oliver/Katie story since...well, since the two stories are somehow connected. please check out my first ever try at an Oliver/Katie story and tell me what you think (yeah, yeah, shameless plug, I know, hehehehe, but how else will I get peeps to read the other fic, right?).

Hunter: well thanks for finding the Twyla/Percy scene cute back in chappie 27

Lady Godiva: *LMFAO* well...I don't think she will end up preggy

wowsergirl: *lol* well I'll try and get as much chapters out, but like what I said the end for this story is near--I think :-/

Quis: thanks for the compliment!

Anh D-ao: trust me, it never gets better until you're out of school and over 'en done with homeworks! *lol*

dracoJAE: thank you! hehehe

SeZzA: yep, now I learned my lesson after using those darn things! they're useful, but not effecient! *lol*

ashes: well I'm not sure about giving Colin a special someone, but in the previous chapter I kinda hinted that there's a love interest there...so maybe he'll get himself a girl too! *lol* and as for that online translator thing...uh...its that...crap! can't really remember the addy offhand

Lia: seems like Twyla got more lucky than Ginny over the holiday! *lol*

lama: thank you soooo much!

Cassandra Sisenta or Krey-Zey: yep, and this time Colin was able to do something about him--after all, in earlier chapters Derek punched Colin, right? hehehehe

SAngel: yep, gotta love the over protectiveness of some guys when it comes to their 'woman' *lol*

*karly*: glad to hear you enjoyed your vacation! right now our weather here is becoming...well, less and less winter-y as we speak...but it's all muddy now 'coz all the snow's melting and creating a big mess!!! arrrgh! muddy roads and those damn-blasted potholes!

danielle: I'll try and write more

Arella Hallo: hehehe, well, I am somehow on a roll again so here's another chapter

Jenn: Derek's such a stubborn prat--he'll never learn

Nicole: Ginger and Blondie will do the deed....hmm...me dunno to be honest *lol*

song*breeze: D/anything is fine with you, eh? and you're starting to enjoy reading D/G fics? well good for you! *lol*

Ayesha97: :::evil grin::: maybe Ron let her win or maybe not....hehehehe

Jade Stellar: thanks for the thought, hehehe, and before you pointed that out I was already trying to figure out a way of alluding to Oliver & Katie's dilemma in this story...well, I tried so I hope it worked *lol*

Red Magic Marker: no problem-oh! and yeah, it's good to have Colin punched Derek and get even with him! *lol*

hahahaLifeisFunny: whoa! that was a whole lotta MORE's *lol*

The Elfin Child: and I can cheer for myself that I finally managed to update! *lol*

Kodomo Cow: awww...well, since I don't want anybody to die here, we'll just stick to some Derek-bashing *lol*

Miss Marauder: hey, everyone's cheering Colin! hoooray!!!!

Angelic-pen: thanks!

Neni Potter: whoa! nice to read your name in the reviews :::smiles::: hope your comp's doing alright now

Twitch (Mrs Felton): well, it won't be a sequel per se, more like a saga where in which bits and pieces about Draco & Ginny's relationship will be mentioned and whatnot

charismatic: yep, I keep on noticing those errors after I post each chapter...and I have considered, but I'm just too darn lazy to send it to someone to proofread *lol* (well, not lazy-lazy, I'm just really bad at it)

slytherin-cool: 29 chapters now and still counting! *lol* I can't believe I even wrote a fic that exceeded like 27 chapters!!!!

toms lil one: thanks for liking this one and Mission as well

vanns: here's another update

Cheater531: eventually they'll work it out and come out to the public once they got together

Kori Lewis: you know, I never really included much of the Hogwarts faculty member in this fic so we wouldn't really know what Dumbledore thinks of Draco & Ginny getting together, hehehehe

xangelcrisisx: *lol* no sequel...I tried writing sequels before and it didn't work out quite nicely, but this will sorta become like a saga