Hey! Okay, I need to clear something up/add something. Ginny also skipped
one yr of potions, okay? Just had to add that, or else the scheduling
wouldn't work. Oh and about the scheduling. It's block scheduling. Four
classes a day. Jus like high school.
Oh. And * reading * ' thinking ' + reference at bottom + so, yeah. Bye.
Disclaimer: I in no way own Harry potter or the book princess nevermore. Thank you, bye bye.
Chapter Two: Lighting the fire
"What?!" Ginny screamed, "You GOTTA be kidding me, Celeste!"
"Come on! Put some excitement in your life. You've never even kissed a guy, yet even had a boyfriend. I admired your chase on Harry, but come on Ginny! I'm just giving you an extra push. Plus, if you survive this dare, I'll do something for you, anything."
"What? You don't think I can seduce Malfoy?"
Celestial laughed, "You haven't seen the new Malfoy,"
Ginny's eyes narrowed at Celestial, "What do you mean by 'the new Malfoy?"
Celestial smirked, "You'll find out," she got up and opened her trunk. She pulled out a black robe and casually put it on. She grabbed her purse and started out the door, "You better hurry up, Gin," and she left, leaving Ginny to herself.
Ginny slowly took out her robes. New Malfoy? What was that all about? She swung the robes over he shoulders. She grabbed her book and left the compartment, bumping into someone.
She looked up to see a guy. He looked so familiar, yet so different at the same time. His silver eyes glared at her, "Watch where you're going, Weasley."
Ginny's eyes narrowed. Only one person called her Weasley. "Malfoy?!"
=+= Ginny's POV =+=
"What?" Malfoy said.
"What the hell happened to you?" I looked at his hair. He hadn't slicked it back, so it was messy. The brown tips contrasted the blonde, making it look really cool. My eyes drifted to his body. 'Whoa! Since when did Malfoy have muscles?' I caught myself from going any further. 'Holy shit! I was NOT just checking out Malfoy. Oh God...this isn't happening.'
"Ginny! Come one!" I heard Celestial's voice call.
=+= Normal POV =+=
Ginny stood up hastily, leaving Draco on the floor. She ran toward Celestial, red hair trailing behind her. Draco picked up a book from the ground. "+ Princess Nevermore +" was the title. Draco stood up. While walking toward the carriages, he opened the book to the first page, revealing its owner. "This book belongs to Virginia Weasley. Please return it, NOW!" was written. Draco shrugged and kept turning the pages.
"Ch. 1. The Wishing Pool...Princess Quinn raised both arms to steady herself as she balanced upon the wizard's footstool..." he read.
He looked up to find Crabbe and Goyle waving at him. Draco rolled his eyes, but stepped into their carriage anyway. He sat down and reopened Ginny's book.
"What happened to you?" Celestial asked Virginia as she caught up.
"Ran into someone," Ginny replied, "Oh, and you truly suck!"
"Who? And yes, I know. But what are you mad at me this time?" Celestial flashed a grin as they stepped onto a carriage.
"One word to answer both questions. Malfoy," Celestial broke down into a fit of laughter. "It's not funny! You didn't tell me that over the holidays he got so damn sexy!" Celestial laughed even harder, "Oh lord. I just said that out loud..."
Ginny spent the whole carriage ride scowling at Celestial and begging her to change her dare. "What? Don't have the guts? If you don't do this dare, you're proving Ron right about you being innocent."
"Damn you. I hate it when you're right," Ginny confessed as the carriage stopped, arriving at Hogwarts.
"Then you must hate everything because I'm always right."
"Well, for one, I'm going to prove you, Ron and everyone else wrong."
Celestial winked, "This is year is so gonna rock!"
They entered the Great Hall and scrambled to their tables. Ginny looked around. The ceiling, like every other year, was bewitched to look like the night sky. The candles floated in midair. Empty plates lay before them. Ginny looked up at the professors' table. She saw Snape, Hagrid, Madame Hooch, Dumbledore, Madame Pomfrey, Flitwick, Sprout, and Trelawney.
As she walked down toward the end of the Gryffindor table, Celestial heard her name being called, "Celeste!" She looked over to see Colin Creevey. Ginny giggled beside her.
"Yes, Colin?" Celeste asked.
"Um...I was just wondering if you and Ginny wanted to sit with me," Colin asked, making Ginny laugh even harder.
She glanced at Ginny, "So sorry, Colin. But, Gin and I were planning on sitting with Ron, Harry and Hermione if they let us." She flashed a smile.
"Oh," Colin looked disappointed, "the offer's still open if you can't."
"Thanks anyway!" Celestial answered, dragging a suffocating Ginny along with her. They approached Harry and co. "Do you mind if we sit by you guys?"
Harry looked up, "Nope."
"Good," Celestial flung still-laughing Ginny down on the bench.
"What's wrong with Ginny?" Hermione asked.
Celestial didn't answer. Ginny signaled that if they waited, she would tell them. That was if she ever stopped laughing of course. "Colin----- Colin asked us ----- to sit ----- with him," she finally got out
Ron snorted, "What kind of idiot is he?"
As everyone got settled, the doors sprung open, revealing Professor McGonagall and the new first years. Professor McGonagall led them down the aisle between the house tables.
Ginny giggled as she remembered her walk down. She had looked for Ron and Harry but they had been lectured for taking her dad's enchanted car. Her eyes drifted toward the Slytherin table on the other side of the room. ' I'm going to kill Celestial for choosing Malfoy. Damn...but who knew he could be so freakin hot? ' Ginny saw Draco talking with Blaise Zabini. ' Shit. Who knew I would ever be jealous of a Zabini '
She heard a voice speak to her, "See anything you like?" Ginny snapped out of her trance. Her head turned to find Celestial grinning.
"Ugh. I hate you!" Ginny whispered
"I know that already. Now shush. Dumbledore's gonna make his grand speech," Celestial said, attempting to act proper. Ginny shook her head in laughter.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! I welcome you to another year at Hogwarts," Dumbledore was standing behind the middle of the professor table. His glasses rested on his nose. His gaze scanned the room over the brim of his glasses, as if they were unneeded. "Once again, I will repeat that the forbidden forest is NOT allowed for students to enter. Now, this year you must expect the unexpected. Things are not as they seem, nor are intentions. Darkness will turn to light, lust will turn to love, and dreams will turn to reality. Now, we eat."
Food appeared on plates in front of them, and everyone dug in.
"So, when's the seducing going to begin?" Celestial asked as they walked down the hall trailing everybody else. They had gotten a nasty shock at the end of the feast. Their head boy and girl were now Malfoy and Hermione. Everybody knew Hermione would be head girl, but Malfoy? He practically failed Transfiguration last year.
"Whenever I get the chance, Celeste. Whenever I get the chance..." Ginny replied.
*The dragon passed under a giant arch: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING WONDERLAND PARK. Quinn leaned toward the window to take it all in. "I'm fine, Sarah, thank you."
Sarah gave a little gasp. "How did you know my name?"
"I overheard your brother calling you."
"Adam?"
At the mention of his name, Adam rose up in the seat in front of her and leaned his elbows against the headrest.
His eyes quickly took her face, her hair, and her gown. He offered his hand. "Hi. I'm Adam Dover."
Quinn didn't know what she was supposed to do, so she crooked her wrist and took hold of his fingers, expecting him to bow and kiss her hand. "I-I'm Quinn," she replied, feeling shy under his scrutiny. *
Draco put the book down. This was what girls read? They actually weren't THAT bad. Besides, the plot seemed interesting even though he wasn't a big fan of romance. The book needed some evil in it. He smirked. Draco took off his glasses. ' I can't believe I have to wear these. Couldn't father pay someone to fix my eyes so I wouldn't have to wear these blasted things? ' Draco's eyes had become worse over the summer, causing him to wear contacts during the day and glasses at night. He turned off his reading light next to his bed.
His silver eyes sparkled in the dark night. He wasn't looking forward to tomorrow. The students had received their schedules after the feast. He had Care of Magical Creature first thing in the morning. He wished he had potions. He loved how Professor Snape favored the Slytherins and how he hated the Gryffindors. After CMC, he had Herbology, Potions then Defense against the Dark Arts (DADA). Then the next day, he had Transfiguration first, then Arithmancy, Divination and Charms. How he hated Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. She favored no one, except bloody Potter, Weasel and the Mudblood. They seemed to get the blessings from all the teachers. Even Professor Snape started warming up to them last year. He actually gave them points.
Draco placed his glasses on his nightstand. Him being head boy was a surprise to everyone, including himself. He wouldn't admit it, but he could have sworn that Potter would have gotten this "honor". Draco pulled the covers over him and fell asleep.
Ginny searched for her book. She had searched her trunk, bag and robes. It wasn't anywhere. "Ugh!" she sat down on her bed, arms crossed in front of her.
Celestial's head popped down from the top bunk. "When'd you last have it?"
"I was reading it on the train...Then you decided to play truth or dare so I put it down," Celestial giggled, getting a glare from Ginny as she continued, "then when I left the compartment I picked it up, I ran into Malfoy and then I caught up with you..."
"Hm...You didn't have it when you caught up with me though. Unless you put it in your robe."
"But I already checked in my robes, it isn't there. Oh crap. That means I left it on the train...and I was just getting to the good part, too!" Ginny frowned.
"Just write home for another copy."
"Can't. it was a muggle book and you know my parents don't like going into the muggle world anymore."
"Oh. Well, get another book them."
"Ugh, fine."
Draco walked into potions angry and frustrated. Having Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology right after each other was horrific.
Draco noticed Virginia was sitting in the room. ' What is she doing here? This is seventh year potions, not sixth. At least I think it is. ' Draco thought for a moment, ' Yeah. It is! '
Draco walked up to Ginny and sat down right next to her. Her eyes never moved from her book. "You do realize this is seventh year potions, right?" he asked.
Ginny set her book down, placing her finger where she was. She turned her head to face Draco, her expression emotionless. "I'm not stupid. I know perfectly well that this is potions for seventh years."
"We--" Draco started.
Professor Snape entered the room, cutting him off, "I will be the first to announce that Headmaster Dumbledore has told us to assign student seats this year. And worse of all, they are to be mixed houses." Most of the students groaned, especially since this class was a Slytherin/Gryffindor class.
Professor had some nerve. He had placed Draco with Potter. Although, he sat behind Virginia Weasley, which he didn't absolutely despise.
Class was awful. Draco was tortured by working with Potter. Snape had announced that this would be their seating assignment for the rest of the year, unless told otherwise. They were to write down every potion they learned in all six years of them taking potions. Draco had gotten a bad mark on that because he and Harry spent most of the time just glaring at each other, refusing to work with each other. However, Ginny and Crabbe had gotten top marks. Draco figured Ginny had to have done all the work. He knew for a fact that Crabbe wasn't smart enough to even think of one potion.
The days rolled by. Soon enough, they were already two weeks into the school year.
"Ginny! You still haven't even STARTED seducing him. When the hell are you?" Celestial asked with an annoyed tone
"Celeste. I'm getting there. I haven't gotten a chance to. I'm getting closer, okay? I promise it'll be soon." Ginny answered, heading toward Transfiguration.
Being that she'd passed the seventh year exam for transfiguration, Ginny was now Professor McGonagall's aid. She cleaned, taught, and even answered questions for the seventh year Ravenclaw/Slytherin class. Celestial was mad and happy about Ginny having passed the class. She was mad that because of it, she missed the class, now having nobody else to talk to. However, she was happy that Ginny, being the kind person she was, was willing to help her with her own Transfiguration homework.
"Virginia!" McGonagall called, "Would you please come here for a second?"
Ginny strolled over to Malfoy's desk, in which Professor McGonagall was standing in front of, a frustrated look on her face. "Yes, professor?" Ginny asked.
"Mr. Malfoy here is having trouble keeping up with the class. You are to tutor him everyday after dinner. The classroom will be charmed to lock when both of you are in here and will stay locked for an hour and a half. If you are not here, whichever one of you will be severely punished. Understand?" she stated, looking at both Draco and Ginny. Both had nervous looks on their face. "Do you two understand?" They both nodded hesitantly. "Good. This starts tonight." She, then, walked off, leaving Draco and Ginny to glare at each other.
"I can't believe this. Out of all the people who are having trouble, and I tell you, there are a lot, I have to tutor YOU?" Ginny complained.
"You think I'm going to enjoy this?" Draco asked. Ginny stared at Draco for a long time, making him very uncomfortable. "What?" he asked.
She put her finger under his chin, "Never mind. I think I'm going to like this after all." She left, leaving him staring at her as she did.
At dinner, Ginny told Celestial what had happened during Transfiguration.
"No way! You did that?" Celestial asked giggling
"Yeah. So?" Ginny asked.
"What? What did you do?" The girls looked up to see Harry.
"Nothing Harry. Nothing at all." Celestial asked innocently.
"Okay...anyways. Ginny?"
"Yes?"
"Are you doing anything tonight after dinner? I was thinking of hanging out." Harry asked.
' Hold on. Was Harry asking her on a date? Or what? ' Ginny thought to herself. She chuckled inside her mind. ' This is great. Just great. You stop liking him, and he starts liking you. At least I don't have to lie about my excuse for not going. '
"I'm sorry, Harry. But I have to do something for Professor McGonagall after dinner."
"What about tomorrow?"
"I have it every day after dinner for I don't know how long. I'm sorry." Ginny said, trying to sound sympathetic.
"Oh. Well, okay." Harry sadly said. He walked away slowly.
Celestial broke into a fit of laughter, "Oh. That's just priceless. The year you stop liking him, he starts liking you. That's hilarious! I think you're starting a fan club for yourself. All the guys are noticing you. I think every single guy in our year has."
"Except Colin," Ginny added, going into her own fit of laughter.
"That's not funny."
"If my 'fan club' is funny, Colin liking you is." Ginny added.
"Oh well. At least now you can start seducing. You must tell me EVERYTHING that happens!" Celestial squealed.
As dinner was over, Draco made his way to the Transfiguration room for his tutoring session. He couldn't believe that Professor McGonagall would do this to head boy! It was inconceivable, an absolute horror.
He entered to find Ginny reading yet another book. "Where do you find all these books anyway?" Ginny just ignored him. They heard the door lock. "Are we going to get through with this or not?"
"Fine." Ginny placed her bookmark in the book and put the book in the bag, "before we start, we're getting some rules known. One, I'm going to wear normal clothes. These robes are gross and way out of style. If you have a problem with it, I'm sorry. You can wear normal clothes, too. Two, you will follow my directions. And three..." she hesitated, "ok. I haven't thought of a three yet. But do you understand what I'm asking?"
"Yeah."
"Good." Ginny said as she took off her robe, revealing a dark red tank top and jean shorts. "So what are you having trouble in anyway?"
"Pretty much everything." Draco commented, staring at Ginny's choice of clothing, unable to completely concentrate.
"Specifically being...what?"
"Specifically being everything."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Fine. We'll start from the beginning." She went over to McGonagall's shelf of materials that she used for all her classes. Ginny pulled out a button and put if in front of Draco. "Change it."
"Into what?"
"Whatever you want. As long as it's sane and small."
"Um...sure."
After changing the button into a bead, a pencil, a pendant then an earring they finally stopped. "Is that enough?"
"For small things, yes. Seventh years are supposed to know how to change a chair into a nightstand. Go." Ginny instructed.
"Uh..." Draco tried at least twenty times before Ginny stopped him.
"Okay. We'll start from there."
They spent the rest of their tutoring session working on changing the chair. They heard a click from the door, signaling that the session was over.
"I can't believe we have to do this every single day." Draco stated.
"I, personally, didn't find it that bad. Did you?" Ginny asked, putting her robe back on.
"Well, not totally. But I still think I would have better evenings without this."
"Fine. I'll try to make it fun. You can think of ways, too."
"Alright." He said as ideas brewed up in his mind.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Malfoy." She replied. She left the door swaying her hips, leaving Draco mesmerized.
Celestial laughed as Ginny told her what happened. "I can't believe he actually followed your directions. There must be a reason."
"Yeah. Besides the fact that he kept staring at me! He like totally freaked out when I took off my robes. Sheesh."
"Draco?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah?"
"Where were you after dinner, anyway?" she asked.
"Oh. Professor McGonagall's making me get tutored by the smallest Weasley."
"Oh. All right. Good night." She said.
"Yeah. Good night." Draco said as she left him all alone in the Slytherin common room. What was it about Virginia Weasley that made him feel lightheaded? He couldn't understand it. She was a Weasley for heavens sake. He couldn't, he wouldn't, fall for a Weasley. But could he really control his feelings?
Boring ending, I know. I'm sorry. But I had to get it over with. I wanna get to my angst scene!!! Lolz.
+ Princess Nevermore + a really, really cool book! It's by Dian Curtis Regan. GO READ IT if you like romance! It's soooo cute. +
* missy *
Oh. And * reading * ' thinking ' + reference at bottom + so, yeah. Bye.
Disclaimer: I in no way own Harry potter or the book princess nevermore. Thank you, bye bye.
Chapter Two: Lighting the fire
"What?!" Ginny screamed, "You GOTTA be kidding me, Celeste!"
"Come on! Put some excitement in your life. You've never even kissed a guy, yet even had a boyfriend. I admired your chase on Harry, but come on Ginny! I'm just giving you an extra push. Plus, if you survive this dare, I'll do something for you, anything."
"What? You don't think I can seduce Malfoy?"
Celestial laughed, "You haven't seen the new Malfoy,"
Ginny's eyes narrowed at Celestial, "What do you mean by 'the new Malfoy?"
Celestial smirked, "You'll find out," she got up and opened her trunk. She pulled out a black robe and casually put it on. She grabbed her purse and started out the door, "You better hurry up, Gin," and she left, leaving Ginny to herself.
Ginny slowly took out her robes. New Malfoy? What was that all about? She swung the robes over he shoulders. She grabbed her book and left the compartment, bumping into someone.
She looked up to see a guy. He looked so familiar, yet so different at the same time. His silver eyes glared at her, "Watch where you're going, Weasley."
Ginny's eyes narrowed. Only one person called her Weasley. "Malfoy?!"
=+= Ginny's POV =+=
"What?" Malfoy said.
"What the hell happened to you?" I looked at his hair. He hadn't slicked it back, so it was messy. The brown tips contrasted the blonde, making it look really cool. My eyes drifted to his body. 'Whoa! Since when did Malfoy have muscles?' I caught myself from going any further. 'Holy shit! I was NOT just checking out Malfoy. Oh God...this isn't happening.'
"Ginny! Come one!" I heard Celestial's voice call.
=+= Normal POV =+=
Ginny stood up hastily, leaving Draco on the floor. She ran toward Celestial, red hair trailing behind her. Draco picked up a book from the ground. "+ Princess Nevermore +" was the title. Draco stood up. While walking toward the carriages, he opened the book to the first page, revealing its owner. "This book belongs to Virginia Weasley. Please return it, NOW!" was written. Draco shrugged and kept turning the pages.
"Ch. 1. The Wishing Pool...Princess Quinn raised both arms to steady herself as she balanced upon the wizard's footstool..." he read.
He looked up to find Crabbe and Goyle waving at him. Draco rolled his eyes, but stepped into their carriage anyway. He sat down and reopened Ginny's book.
"What happened to you?" Celestial asked Virginia as she caught up.
"Ran into someone," Ginny replied, "Oh, and you truly suck!"
"Who? And yes, I know. But what are you mad at me this time?" Celestial flashed a grin as they stepped onto a carriage.
"One word to answer both questions. Malfoy," Celestial broke down into a fit of laughter. "It's not funny! You didn't tell me that over the holidays he got so damn sexy!" Celestial laughed even harder, "Oh lord. I just said that out loud..."
Ginny spent the whole carriage ride scowling at Celestial and begging her to change her dare. "What? Don't have the guts? If you don't do this dare, you're proving Ron right about you being innocent."
"Damn you. I hate it when you're right," Ginny confessed as the carriage stopped, arriving at Hogwarts.
"Then you must hate everything because I'm always right."
"Well, for one, I'm going to prove you, Ron and everyone else wrong."
Celestial winked, "This is year is so gonna rock!"
They entered the Great Hall and scrambled to their tables. Ginny looked around. The ceiling, like every other year, was bewitched to look like the night sky. The candles floated in midair. Empty plates lay before them. Ginny looked up at the professors' table. She saw Snape, Hagrid, Madame Hooch, Dumbledore, Madame Pomfrey, Flitwick, Sprout, and Trelawney.
As she walked down toward the end of the Gryffindor table, Celestial heard her name being called, "Celeste!" She looked over to see Colin Creevey. Ginny giggled beside her.
"Yes, Colin?" Celeste asked.
"Um...I was just wondering if you and Ginny wanted to sit with me," Colin asked, making Ginny laugh even harder.
She glanced at Ginny, "So sorry, Colin. But, Gin and I were planning on sitting with Ron, Harry and Hermione if they let us." She flashed a smile.
"Oh," Colin looked disappointed, "the offer's still open if you can't."
"Thanks anyway!" Celestial answered, dragging a suffocating Ginny along with her. They approached Harry and co. "Do you mind if we sit by you guys?"
Harry looked up, "Nope."
"Good," Celestial flung still-laughing Ginny down on the bench.
"What's wrong with Ginny?" Hermione asked.
Celestial didn't answer. Ginny signaled that if they waited, she would tell them. That was if she ever stopped laughing of course. "Colin----- Colin asked us ----- to sit ----- with him," she finally got out
Ron snorted, "What kind of idiot is he?"
As everyone got settled, the doors sprung open, revealing Professor McGonagall and the new first years. Professor McGonagall led them down the aisle between the house tables.
Ginny giggled as she remembered her walk down. She had looked for Ron and Harry but they had been lectured for taking her dad's enchanted car. Her eyes drifted toward the Slytherin table on the other side of the room. ' I'm going to kill Celestial for choosing Malfoy. Damn...but who knew he could be so freakin hot? ' Ginny saw Draco talking with Blaise Zabini. ' Shit. Who knew I would ever be jealous of a Zabini '
She heard a voice speak to her, "See anything you like?" Ginny snapped out of her trance. Her head turned to find Celestial grinning.
"Ugh. I hate you!" Ginny whispered
"I know that already. Now shush. Dumbledore's gonna make his grand speech," Celestial said, attempting to act proper. Ginny shook her head in laughter.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! I welcome you to another year at Hogwarts," Dumbledore was standing behind the middle of the professor table. His glasses rested on his nose. His gaze scanned the room over the brim of his glasses, as if they were unneeded. "Once again, I will repeat that the forbidden forest is NOT allowed for students to enter. Now, this year you must expect the unexpected. Things are not as they seem, nor are intentions. Darkness will turn to light, lust will turn to love, and dreams will turn to reality. Now, we eat."
Food appeared on plates in front of them, and everyone dug in.
"So, when's the seducing going to begin?" Celestial asked as they walked down the hall trailing everybody else. They had gotten a nasty shock at the end of the feast. Their head boy and girl were now Malfoy and Hermione. Everybody knew Hermione would be head girl, but Malfoy? He practically failed Transfiguration last year.
"Whenever I get the chance, Celeste. Whenever I get the chance..." Ginny replied.
*The dragon passed under a giant arch: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING WONDERLAND PARK. Quinn leaned toward the window to take it all in. "I'm fine, Sarah, thank you."
Sarah gave a little gasp. "How did you know my name?"
"I overheard your brother calling you."
"Adam?"
At the mention of his name, Adam rose up in the seat in front of her and leaned his elbows against the headrest.
His eyes quickly took her face, her hair, and her gown. He offered his hand. "Hi. I'm Adam Dover."
Quinn didn't know what she was supposed to do, so she crooked her wrist and took hold of his fingers, expecting him to bow and kiss her hand. "I-I'm Quinn," she replied, feeling shy under his scrutiny. *
Draco put the book down. This was what girls read? They actually weren't THAT bad. Besides, the plot seemed interesting even though he wasn't a big fan of romance. The book needed some evil in it. He smirked. Draco took off his glasses. ' I can't believe I have to wear these. Couldn't father pay someone to fix my eyes so I wouldn't have to wear these blasted things? ' Draco's eyes had become worse over the summer, causing him to wear contacts during the day and glasses at night. He turned off his reading light next to his bed.
His silver eyes sparkled in the dark night. He wasn't looking forward to tomorrow. The students had received their schedules after the feast. He had Care of Magical Creature first thing in the morning. He wished he had potions. He loved how Professor Snape favored the Slytherins and how he hated the Gryffindors. After CMC, he had Herbology, Potions then Defense against the Dark Arts (DADA). Then the next day, he had Transfiguration first, then Arithmancy, Divination and Charms. How he hated Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. She favored no one, except bloody Potter, Weasel and the Mudblood. They seemed to get the blessings from all the teachers. Even Professor Snape started warming up to them last year. He actually gave them points.
Draco placed his glasses on his nightstand. Him being head boy was a surprise to everyone, including himself. He wouldn't admit it, but he could have sworn that Potter would have gotten this "honor". Draco pulled the covers over him and fell asleep.
Ginny searched for her book. She had searched her trunk, bag and robes. It wasn't anywhere. "Ugh!" she sat down on her bed, arms crossed in front of her.
Celestial's head popped down from the top bunk. "When'd you last have it?"
"I was reading it on the train...Then you decided to play truth or dare so I put it down," Celestial giggled, getting a glare from Ginny as she continued, "then when I left the compartment I picked it up, I ran into Malfoy and then I caught up with you..."
"Hm...You didn't have it when you caught up with me though. Unless you put it in your robe."
"But I already checked in my robes, it isn't there. Oh crap. That means I left it on the train...and I was just getting to the good part, too!" Ginny frowned.
"Just write home for another copy."
"Can't. it was a muggle book and you know my parents don't like going into the muggle world anymore."
"Oh. Well, get another book them."
"Ugh, fine."
Draco walked into potions angry and frustrated. Having Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology right after each other was horrific.
Draco noticed Virginia was sitting in the room. ' What is she doing here? This is seventh year potions, not sixth. At least I think it is. ' Draco thought for a moment, ' Yeah. It is! '
Draco walked up to Ginny and sat down right next to her. Her eyes never moved from her book. "You do realize this is seventh year potions, right?" he asked.
Ginny set her book down, placing her finger where she was. She turned her head to face Draco, her expression emotionless. "I'm not stupid. I know perfectly well that this is potions for seventh years."
"We--" Draco started.
Professor Snape entered the room, cutting him off, "I will be the first to announce that Headmaster Dumbledore has told us to assign student seats this year. And worse of all, they are to be mixed houses." Most of the students groaned, especially since this class was a Slytherin/Gryffindor class.
Professor had some nerve. He had placed Draco with Potter. Although, he sat behind Virginia Weasley, which he didn't absolutely despise.
Class was awful. Draco was tortured by working with Potter. Snape had announced that this would be their seating assignment for the rest of the year, unless told otherwise. They were to write down every potion they learned in all six years of them taking potions. Draco had gotten a bad mark on that because he and Harry spent most of the time just glaring at each other, refusing to work with each other. However, Ginny and Crabbe had gotten top marks. Draco figured Ginny had to have done all the work. He knew for a fact that Crabbe wasn't smart enough to even think of one potion.
The days rolled by. Soon enough, they were already two weeks into the school year.
"Ginny! You still haven't even STARTED seducing him. When the hell are you?" Celestial asked with an annoyed tone
"Celeste. I'm getting there. I haven't gotten a chance to. I'm getting closer, okay? I promise it'll be soon." Ginny answered, heading toward Transfiguration.
Being that she'd passed the seventh year exam for transfiguration, Ginny was now Professor McGonagall's aid. She cleaned, taught, and even answered questions for the seventh year Ravenclaw/Slytherin class. Celestial was mad and happy about Ginny having passed the class. She was mad that because of it, she missed the class, now having nobody else to talk to. However, she was happy that Ginny, being the kind person she was, was willing to help her with her own Transfiguration homework.
"Virginia!" McGonagall called, "Would you please come here for a second?"
Ginny strolled over to Malfoy's desk, in which Professor McGonagall was standing in front of, a frustrated look on her face. "Yes, professor?" Ginny asked.
"Mr. Malfoy here is having trouble keeping up with the class. You are to tutor him everyday after dinner. The classroom will be charmed to lock when both of you are in here and will stay locked for an hour and a half. If you are not here, whichever one of you will be severely punished. Understand?" she stated, looking at both Draco and Ginny. Both had nervous looks on their face. "Do you two understand?" They both nodded hesitantly. "Good. This starts tonight." She, then, walked off, leaving Draco and Ginny to glare at each other.
"I can't believe this. Out of all the people who are having trouble, and I tell you, there are a lot, I have to tutor YOU?" Ginny complained.
"You think I'm going to enjoy this?" Draco asked. Ginny stared at Draco for a long time, making him very uncomfortable. "What?" he asked.
She put her finger under his chin, "Never mind. I think I'm going to like this after all." She left, leaving him staring at her as she did.
At dinner, Ginny told Celestial what had happened during Transfiguration.
"No way! You did that?" Celestial asked giggling
"Yeah. So?" Ginny asked.
"What? What did you do?" The girls looked up to see Harry.
"Nothing Harry. Nothing at all." Celestial asked innocently.
"Okay...anyways. Ginny?"
"Yes?"
"Are you doing anything tonight after dinner? I was thinking of hanging out." Harry asked.
' Hold on. Was Harry asking her on a date? Or what? ' Ginny thought to herself. She chuckled inside her mind. ' This is great. Just great. You stop liking him, and he starts liking you. At least I don't have to lie about my excuse for not going. '
"I'm sorry, Harry. But I have to do something for Professor McGonagall after dinner."
"What about tomorrow?"
"I have it every day after dinner for I don't know how long. I'm sorry." Ginny said, trying to sound sympathetic.
"Oh. Well, okay." Harry sadly said. He walked away slowly.
Celestial broke into a fit of laughter, "Oh. That's just priceless. The year you stop liking him, he starts liking you. That's hilarious! I think you're starting a fan club for yourself. All the guys are noticing you. I think every single guy in our year has."
"Except Colin," Ginny added, going into her own fit of laughter.
"That's not funny."
"If my 'fan club' is funny, Colin liking you is." Ginny added.
"Oh well. At least now you can start seducing. You must tell me EVERYTHING that happens!" Celestial squealed.
As dinner was over, Draco made his way to the Transfiguration room for his tutoring session. He couldn't believe that Professor McGonagall would do this to head boy! It was inconceivable, an absolute horror.
He entered to find Ginny reading yet another book. "Where do you find all these books anyway?" Ginny just ignored him. They heard the door lock. "Are we going to get through with this or not?"
"Fine." Ginny placed her bookmark in the book and put the book in the bag, "before we start, we're getting some rules known. One, I'm going to wear normal clothes. These robes are gross and way out of style. If you have a problem with it, I'm sorry. You can wear normal clothes, too. Two, you will follow my directions. And three..." she hesitated, "ok. I haven't thought of a three yet. But do you understand what I'm asking?"
"Yeah."
"Good." Ginny said as she took off her robe, revealing a dark red tank top and jean shorts. "So what are you having trouble in anyway?"
"Pretty much everything." Draco commented, staring at Ginny's choice of clothing, unable to completely concentrate.
"Specifically being...what?"
"Specifically being everything."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Fine. We'll start from the beginning." She went over to McGonagall's shelf of materials that she used for all her classes. Ginny pulled out a button and put if in front of Draco. "Change it."
"Into what?"
"Whatever you want. As long as it's sane and small."
"Um...sure."
After changing the button into a bead, a pencil, a pendant then an earring they finally stopped. "Is that enough?"
"For small things, yes. Seventh years are supposed to know how to change a chair into a nightstand. Go." Ginny instructed.
"Uh..." Draco tried at least twenty times before Ginny stopped him.
"Okay. We'll start from there."
They spent the rest of their tutoring session working on changing the chair. They heard a click from the door, signaling that the session was over.
"I can't believe we have to do this every single day." Draco stated.
"I, personally, didn't find it that bad. Did you?" Ginny asked, putting her robe back on.
"Well, not totally. But I still think I would have better evenings without this."
"Fine. I'll try to make it fun. You can think of ways, too."
"Alright." He said as ideas brewed up in his mind.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Malfoy." She replied. She left the door swaying her hips, leaving Draco mesmerized.
Celestial laughed as Ginny told her what happened. "I can't believe he actually followed your directions. There must be a reason."
"Yeah. Besides the fact that he kept staring at me! He like totally freaked out when I took off my robes. Sheesh."
"Draco?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah?"
"Where were you after dinner, anyway?" she asked.
"Oh. Professor McGonagall's making me get tutored by the smallest Weasley."
"Oh. All right. Good night." She said.
"Yeah. Good night." Draco said as she left him all alone in the Slytherin common room. What was it about Virginia Weasley that made him feel lightheaded? He couldn't understand it. She was a Weasley for heavens sake. He couldn't, he wouldn't, fall for a Weasley. But could he really control his feelings?
Boring ending, I know. I'm sorry. But I had to get it over with. I wanna get to my angst scene!!! Lolz.
+ Princess Nevermore + a really, really cool book! It's by Dian Curtis Regan. GO READ IT if you like romance! It's soooo cute. +
* missy *