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A/N: Ok everyone, you'll have to forgive me. I've only just plotted out their route. They started at Liverpool, went over to Dublin to collect a few more passengers, and they're now slowly on their way over night to Cherbourg! Here is a link to a map of the route. If you don't understand it, sorry! I did my best! Thanks Sheena! http://www.geocities.com/kaotic_redneck/sasmap.html BTW.. Thanks for the 100 reviews!! Kool eh?! IF any of the info here is wrong, kindly let me know and give me the correct info and I'll (eventually) change it.
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Chapter 5 Don't Do Dancing
After getting out of the evilator as Draco put it, on the right level, they had a slow walk outside on the deck towards the wizarding club was held. After a few moments lost in their own thoughts, Draco broke the silence.
"So, does the Captain know about," Draco looked around, checking no one was in listening distance. "The wizarding decks?"
Ginny gave him a half smile. "Well, do you honestly think he would sail a ship with decks he didn't know about? In the brochure for the magical families, it told us that he knows all about our kind. Infact his brother married a witch. That's how he came aware of us. And the history is that his sister-in-law got talking to him about how there aren't many mixed cruise ships, it just took off from there really."
"But the muggles here, some don't know about us?" Draco asked, puzzled.
"Exactly. I mean, all the crew do! They hired from families who have some magical knowledge. I guess they have to know anyway. In case of emergencies." Ginny finished; her gaze had started to wander to the horizon, where the dark sea met the dark sky.
Draco noticed where her gaze had fell. "You can stare at a view like that, and forget you have worries and problems. It's so... calming."
"And you have problems, because you don't have annoying brothers, you have loads of money, friends, popularity..." Ginny read off sarcastically.
"Maybe some of them are the problems." Draco said coolly, as a couple arm in arm passed them giggling. He moved over to the railings and leaned on his crossed arms.
"At this time," Ginny started, standing next to him leaning back on the rails, "I would ask if you want to talk. But im highly doubting you want to with me of all people!"
Draco stood up straight and turned to Ginny. "You have quite a caring nature, don't you?"
Gin shrugged. "I'm quite fickle. My moods change so quickly. I could be bubbly, then quiet, caring, then mischievous in a matter of an hour."
"You'd never tell." Draco answered sarcastically.
"Anyway you! Stop changing the subject."
"Damn, you noticed." He drawled. "You don't want to know my problems. From your point, im not worth it. Just an evil Slytherin, with bad parents and connections to the Dark Lord."
"You're better than that Draco, stronger than that. You're worth much more. And you can turn back." Ginny whispered.
"You think all that of me?" He asked, stepping closer to her. Ginny nodded but avoided his face. "Well, you think too much." Draco leant forward slightly, and lightly pressed his lips against hers. As quick as he kissed her he pulled away, leaving the cool breeze on her lips. "Thanks though." He told her sincerely. Draco started to walk away smiling slightly, and Ginny turned to face his retreating back with a lost look on her face.
"... Uh ... ?"
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Draco and Ginny made their way (to Draco's disappointment) to the under-18's club. They had to leave their wands at the cloakroom, along with any bags and coats they had, and got handed a ticket for them. Draco expressed his feelings to the cloakroom assistant about leaving his wand with strangers, but 'rules are rules'. Grudgingly, and after complaining from the people behind him in the queue, he took his ticket and followed an embarrassed looking Ginny into the club. Lights were flashing everywhere, and loud music filled the room, and their ears. Draco pointed to a set of tables in the far corner, and they made their way through the dancing teens over to the tables in the quieter corner. They sat there in silence for a few minutes, watching the crowd dance.
"Well this place is... very... ok this place sucks. No alcohol." Ginny looked over to the complaining Draco.
"Are you ever satisfied?" She asked him.
Draco wiggled his eyebrows. "Sometimes!"
Ginny chose to ignore him. "I want to dance! This song is brilliant!" She started to nod her head to the fast beat.
"Oh, I don't dance." Draco answered childishly. He looked at a group of giggly teenage girls on the dance floor, dancing yet giggling in his direction. "But don't let me stop you." He drawled lazily.
"Oh you wont. Hey? Isn't that.. nah, can't be!" Ginny pondered out loud, looking near the bar.
"Who?" Draco asked, though by the tone of his voice he didn't really care who it was.
"It is! Oh gosh, it's Seamus!" Ginny proclaimed, watching the Sandy haired boy do a little jig to impress a girl.
"That Irish lad from my year?" Draco asked. Ginny nodded her head.
"Well great. Just what I need. Yet another bloody Gryffindor on board." He said with distaste.
"Well, if you're feeling Slytherin home sick, why don't you go sacrifice something?" She retorted.
"Ouch! No, stop it! You're hurting my feelings here!" He spoke back with a bored tone. Ginny was stood up now, waving like mad to get Seamus' attention. "I'm going to get us some drinks." Draco spoke as he saw Seamus walk over.
Ginny sat down, and motioned Seamus to do the same. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black trousers, and had a cocktail of some sort in his hands.
"Fancy seeing you here! When did you get on board?" Ginny asked happily.
"Me and me Ma got on at Dublin. I read that your family won this Cruise, so I was hoping to bump into you and Ron!" He answered; eyes alight from the pulse lights, and excitement alike.
"You know, I was too busy annoying Draco that I hardly noticed we had stopped over at Dublin!" Ginny told Seamus, who almost spat out his drink.
"Draco?! Please do tell me that it's another Draco from the one we have the bad fortune to know?" He said in a low voice, placing his drink down on the table.
"Oh, its the one and only Malfoy! His parents are on another cruise liner, he got on the wrong one!" She told him, laughing mischievously. Seamus raised an eyebrow.
"Well, that's something! How fun would it be to tell everyone come September? So where's Ron? Is he here with you? I heard he's trying out for Quidditch next year!" Seamus asked Ginny. She wondered how he could sound excited all the time. He could talk about a dead brown leaf on the floor and sound excited about it.
"Ron's asleep. Lets just say he's had a tiring day!" She told him. "He seems to have himself an admirer." Gin told him grinning.
"You're here by yourself then? B' Jesus, you're a bit dressed up to be here by yourself!" He exclaimed, noticing how Ginny was dressed. Ginny blushed and looked down to the tabletop.
"No, I'm here, uh, with Draco. He invited me for dinner, then I recommended we came here." She told him. She was glad he couldn't see her blush.
"Malfoy? Are you bonkers? Is this some rebellious stage you're going through?" He smiled, but she could tell he was serious.
"Rebellious stage?!" Ginny asked in shock and amusement. "That's ridiculous!"
"No, what's ridiculous is having a dinner date with Malfoy!" He answered, now frowning. "What does Ron think of this?"
Ginny blinked a few times and avoided Seamus' eyes. "Doesn't know." She mumbled. "And, he's not going to! Anyway, it's nothing to do with him."
"On your head be it!" Seamus shrugged, and took another sip from his cocktail glass. The way Seamus was downing it, Ginny was almost sure that he'd spiked it with something stronger than fruit juices.
"You know, I do actually like him, from what I've got to know today. He's not that bad! Well ok, he is that bad, but he's bad in a... likable way. He doesn't scare me, he can be nice if he wants!"
Seamus swirled his drink, "Alright, but it sounds to me that you're trying to convince yourself too!"
"I shouldn't have to explain this to you."
"Yup, none of my beeswax! Just don't call for me to hold Ron off when he finds out you had a date with Malfoy."
Ginny shot him a look. "I don't expect you to."
"So where is your darling Draco then?" He asked curiously.
"He went to get some drinks... Just before you came over. And he is not my darling Draco, as you put it. Infact im not even sure we're friends." The redhead told him, looking over his shoulder to scan the bar.
"Well if you're not friends, then you wont be bothered at the fact he's over there dancing with them two foxy looking lay-deees!" He said to Ginny, and then got up to get more drink.
Ginny turned around in her seat, and just as Seamus had told her Draco was dancing, slowly, sandwiched between two females even though the music was quite up-tempo. One had dark blonde shoulder length hair, wearing a low revealing white tight top, with matching hot pants, and the second who was yelling something into Draco's ear, had long brown hair with a red mid-sleeved top and a black skirt with a slit in.
Ginny got up and walked over to where he was thoroughly enjoying himself. "You can forget the drink Draco, I'm suddenly not thirsty. I'll be leaving now. Goodnight." She told him, sending him an icy stare. She turned and walked away. She got a few steps when she felt a shoulder pull her around.
"What?" She asked Draco. She saw the two females stood watching them.
"Do you have a problem?! Why are you leaving?" He asked her.
She shrugged his hand off her shoulder. "Why does it matter to you why I'm leaving? It's not like we're even friends is it? Just go back to your dancing. You know, the dancing you said you don't do?" She gave a look over his shoulder and nodded in the dancing girls direction. "Go, they're missing you."
"What?" Draco asked, and took a look behind him. The girls waved at him. But were now dancing with some other people. Draco frowned and turned himself back around. "I don't think they're that--" He stopped mid plea, as he saw Ginny's retreating figure walk through the door. "...Bothered who they dance with." He finished.
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Ginny woke early the next morning, much to her dismay. Her parents wanted them to have a family breakfast. It took her half an hour to get showered and ready, and met her parents and Ron near the elevator. She had zoomed out of her room, avoiding even looking at Draco's door.
"Ron dear, take off that ridiculous hat. People are staring." She heard her mother tell Ron as she approached them.
"Oh, good morning dear! Sleep well?" Molly asked her only daughter as Ginny stopped in front of them.
"Yes, thank you." She answered them.
"Well Ginny," Her father said, clapping his hands together. "Lets go in this.. this.. thing! I've been watching people get in and out of it whilst we were waiting! It looks fascinating!"
They got off at the second floor where the breakfast buffet was held. Ginny and Ron walked behind their parents.
"Guess who I saw?" Ron asked. Ginny shrugged, and hoped Draco wasn't in the breakfast hall.
"Seamus! We're going to look around Cherbourg together after breakfast.
The cruise liner had docked in Cherbourg early that morning. The bright French morning sunlight was shining through the windows. They ate their breakfast as they chatted about what they were to do in France for the day.
"Your father and I are going to go walking." Molly told them. "There are some marked routes on the map we can take." She continued to bring out a hiking guide to Cherbourg.
Ron pierced his fork into his sausage on his place. "Well Seamus and me are gunna go to the market place, see if they have anything good enough to buy!"
Everyone turned to Ginny. "… Wha? Oh. Yeah, I'll probably go to the Liberation Museum. You know, the Fort Du Roule. It's on the summit of Roule Mountain."
"A museum? You're on holiday and you want to go to a museum? I swear, you're turning into Hermione." Ron said, shaking his head. They all finished their breakfast and went off their own ways. Once Molly had lectured them for twenty minutes straight about behaving themselves, and Ron taking off his hat had popped up a few times too.
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Ginny made her way off the liner to the meeting point for all who wanted to visit the museum. They were to get a coach to take them to the Roule Mountain. The guide told them, as they waited for the coach to arrive, that they would have to make their way to an arranged spot to get taken back to the liner, she then handed them all a leaflet. It had the times and places the coaches would be at, also stapled to the back was information about the museum. The big coach pulled up behind them and the guide went for a talk with the driver. A few minutes later they were boarding onto the coach.
Gin made her way to a seat in the back, and placed her backpack on the seat besides her so no one could sit there. As the coach began to fill up, she read the attached leaflet.
LIBERATION MUSEUM, FORT DU ROULE
At the summit of " Roule Mountain ", 117 metres above sea level, stands a Second Empire fort whose position provides the most beautiful panorama of the harbour.
This was the first Liberation Museum, founded in 1954 and entirely renovated in 1994. A scenic tour through the shadows of the Occupation to the light of the Landings.
Many audiovisual presentations.
The chitchat of the passengers was quite loud now, meaning the coach was full and ready to leave. As she continued to read her leaflet a shadow appeared, blocking the sunlight from the window on the other aisle of the coach.
"This seat taken?"
She looked up from her reading. "Oh, its you."
Draco picked up her backpack and sat down next to her. "Yup. Me. All the other seats were taken."
"So I don't have any choice then, do I?" She answered him, angrily.
The doors on the coach hissed to a shut, and the engine started. Pulling out of the parking bay of the dock Draco answered. "Apparently not."
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A/N: Ukk. Sorry that took me so long, I really wasn't in the mood for writing! LOL! You all should know I have a lazy streak as long as.. Well as long as a piece of string. Hope that was ok for ya. If it wasn't. Tough shit! LOL! And if anyone has any info about San Sebastian in Spain, like things to do, attractions etc, EMAIL ME! Jennifer.malt@ntlworld.com Don't forget to review now! AND NO FLAMES THANKS! If I get flames, it'll be too warm for it to snow. And I want snow.
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