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A/N: Well THANK YOU!!! For all these reviews! I'm like a cow! I'm jumping over the moon here! I'm so glad you people actually like it! And I'm getting some regular reviewers! YIPPEE! I still need info about cruises though! So if you know.. tell me please! Keep up the reviewing!!!
Thanks too all the reviewers!! Sheenee the Camel-Goat: Yes yes that Malfoy charm.. mwahaha! And Ginny annoying him... I did a ME special!! YOU RULE! Hyde: I will write more, and I will email you!!! Dracos gal: Yeh I've only been on ferries too, thanks! JCzPRiNCeSS: No! I do indeed like Ron, I adore him!! I just like to make fun of him! LOL! Jenn: I think Ron has too many other things happening to worry about Draco and his sister.. *knowing wink* Gin the Gemini: Annoying Ginny! Yes, Weasley's vacuum has a cousin! MWA! allee kat: OK I wont say its terrible! But you ARE a HooflePoofle Loover!! Multiple Lilys: Glad you find it funny!! Thanks! Meiko: No you cant help bug him, only Ginny can ner ner!! Glad you're becoming a regular reader! Milkyweed: Yeh, I had so much fun imagining him acting like that! Angelena H. Granger: As I said in the email, he was on the rail, standing on it messing about. And yes, singing to his hat... that could be arranged.. mwaha! The Lady Lillian: Thanks! I'll keep it up! LOL! dani: Yes he is clueless, and Draco will get his revenge, eventually... malishka: Yes Gin called him Draco. She thinks its daft calling them by their surnames. (If anyone called me Malt in stead of Jenni, I'd kill em! GRR!) And she wouldn't be more shy. Remember what Ron said in book 2? Never usually shuts up? Remember Draco isn't a stranger! And god knows how I got this many reviews! Luck? Blackmail? Who knows!?! Hesita: Yup, annoyance of the female is good! YEY! And yes I did notice! LOL!
Chapter 3 - Dates
Ron had been looking around the big ship now for the last twenty minutes, and had still not found somewhere to eat. He didn't want to go to a posh restaurant (he'd passed two), just a small cafe, where he could buy a cheese and pickle sandwich. Yes, he liked cheese. It was orange, like his hat. Getting frustrated, he decided to stop someone and ask.
"Is there a cafe onboard this boat?" Ron stopped a 14yr old girl. This he knew as she had a big bright yellow badge pinned to her, which read, "I AM 14 TODAY!"
"Ship, not boat." She answered him, then went on to give him loads on complicated directions.
"...... Then you see a sign that says 'lounge', ignore that and turn left into the next door. If you see a sign that says ball room, you're lost. Follow the arrows, turn left again, go up the stairs two flights, pass the amusement hall turn right and its the second door on your right." The small blonde girl finished grinning up at Ron. His eyes seemed to had glazed over.
"I'm the Captains daughter!" She then spoke, and popped a green lolly in her mouth.
Ron blinked a few times. "So about the cafe?"
The Captains daughter raised an eyebrow and took her lolly out of her mouth. "Ok I'll take you!" She told him, eyes wide with excitement. Raising her arm she grabbed his elbow and lead the way. "I'll be your tour guide!"
They walked for a bit. "I'm Cassy by the way."
"..Ron.."
"It's my birthday today!" She said, pointing to her badge. "Do you think I'm old enough to start dating?" Cassy once again grinned up at him. Ron gulped. He was sure she had tightened her grip to his elbow.
"Uh... Well I mean... Er..."
"I like your hat!" Cassy quipped in, with her squeaky voice. "Though it would look much better if it was pink!"
Ron stopped in his tracks. "Are you for real?!" His free hand raised and grabbed onto his hat in fright.
Cassy let go of Ron's elbow and searched her pockets. Her hand appeared with a pink felt-tip colouring pen. "Yes, I'm for real."
Ron looked at the felt-tip, to Cassy who was wearing a toothy grin, to the closest door then back to the felt-tip. Putting two hands over his hat, he turned and fled. Cassy followed behind him screaming; "What about our date in the cafeteria?"
~*~
"Stop following me Weasley." Draco said for the twelfth time in the last three minutes.
"If I call you Draco you might at least call me Ginny." She said shrugging.
"Well Weasley, stop calling me Draco then!"
"Why, is it not your name?" She asked him laughing. Oh, how she enjoyed teasing him. Annoying him. All around frustrating him. He wasn't that intimidating now he didn't have his wand or side kicks with him. He'd probably make her suffer when school starts again. But hey!
Draco didn't answer her, and just kept on walking.
"Where are your parents?" She asked curiously. He didn't stop walking when he answered.
"Waiting for me to lure you around this corner so they can kidnap you then send you to the Lord Voldemort, where you will be his cook, and serve him pasta everyday."
Silence.
Laughing cruelly to himself he turned the corner. A few steps later...
"But really, where are your parents?" He noticed Ginny's tone had gone from hyper and play-like to almost grown up and serious.
Before he could answer Ginny's question, Ron sprinted pas him, but stopped when he saw Ginny.
"... Gin! Help me... Chased... pink pen hat! ... Girl!" He doubled over panting, hands down on his knees. He looked up at the sound of laughter.
"Malfoy?!" He eyed the Slytherin in shock, then looked over his shoulder.
"RON! It would look great in pink! You'd look so nice for our date!"
"No... NO!!" Ron gasped and pushing Ginny out of his way, he ran down some nearby stairs.
Ginny landed in Draco's arms. She would have blushed in embarrassment if it wasn't for what happened next.
"Did you see where my boyfriend went?" The same girl they'd saw Ron run from asked Draco and Ginny.
Draco blinked a few times, then snorted with amusement. "Your boyfriend?" He asked her.
"Well that's what I said! Blondie!" Cassy answered Draco, stamping her foot. Draco looked at her own blonde hair, at the pink felt-tip in her hand, yellow badge on her dress and the green lolly in her other hand.
"Why was he running away from you then?" Ginny asked, remembering to tease Ron about this later.
"We're playing hide and go seek. And I don't want to loose. So where did he go?"
"That way!" Both Draco and Ginny said at the same time, pointing to the stairs Ron had ran down. With a smile, she followed their fingers and left them.
Ginny was still wrapped in Draco from where he had caught her. "Did I just see that? Did that just... happen?"
He looked down at her, aware of how comfortable she felt in his arms. "Yup." Was his answer. Draco wanted to savor the look on Ron's face forever.
"Shall we?" He then asked, looking at the stairs.
"You betcha!" She answered. And hand in hand they ran after Ron and his strange admirer.
~*~
Looking around they couldn't spot them anywhere. The deck was getting more crowded.
"And he's that over protective of it?" Draco asked Ginny in disbelief. They were discussing Ron's cannon hat. Ginny nodded as she scanned the crowd for Ron.
"Do you want to answer me yet?" She asked Draco, as he eyed a leggy brunette.
"What?" He said frowning in confusion.
"Your parents? Where are they? It's obvious they aint onboard... Or you wouldn't be here talking with me."
"I don't want to talk about it. And if I did, it wouldn't be with someone like you." Draco snapped.
Gin dropped his hand and walked a step quicker. Draco looked down to his hand. 'How long had we been holding hands... and why didn't I notice?!' he asked himself. .. and why didn't you really care? Remember, she's a Weasley! .. his mind added.
"It's.. its well, embarrassing!" He said quickly and stopped walking. She turned and faced him.
"So tell me, let me point and laugh at you, then get over it!" She told him. Draco knitted his eyebrows together and looked at Ginny.
"No."
"Scared of being human?" She asked, and shot Draco a glare then walked away.
"Want toilet paper for your mouth Weasley?" He called over to her. A few passengers looked at Draco like he'd lost the plot. Ginny spun around to find him right there behind her.
"I beg your pardon? Why would I want toilet paper for my mouth?" She asked him as she pushed some hair out of her face. Putting her hands on her hips she waited his answer.
"Because you're talking shit!" He sneered crossing his arms over his chest. "Listen Weasley, meet me in the 'Especias Comida Restuarante' in two hours. I'll explain then."
Without waiting for a confirmation he spun on his heel and once again left her staring at the spot he was just stood.
"It's a date!" she shouted at his back, just before he walked through a door which led him to the foyer.
A/N: Ohh.. a date? Or.. is it? Mwahaha.. remember, Draco still needs to get his revenge!! *taps her imagination* good imagination! Have a Scooby snack! Hmm... Where should their first port of call be? Some place hot, with hot guys, and clear blue sea, white sand.. *goes off in a dream* I need some places, and details about them! It'd be a great help! Hmm, I think that's all from me, so be kind, leave a review?! And if you wanna flame me, stop, close the review window, and vacate the building in an orderly fashion. Thanks!
Jenni