Title: When you say nothing at all.
Author: Ginny
Summary: Ginny has to tutor Draco and then some really neat things happen, then some sad things happen, and then some happy things happen.
Pairings: H/Hr, R/L, and of course G/D.
Time period: Summer before Draco's 7th year.
Spoilers: I don't think so.
Rating: PG-13
Date: 1/30/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "Little Itty Pretty One," it's own by the person who has sung it and written it.
Thank you: To Beck! You are awesome girl!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Without you this story would have been one long run on sentence. I'm not kidding, girl you are the greatest!!! SO Mucho thanks girl!!! :o)
Thank you to all those who have already started to review, I can't believe I got so many good reviews already. I hope I can keep you guys intrigued. Thanks you guys!! You really know how to brighten my day! :o)
Author warning: This is called Little Itty Pretty One, because it has Little itty parts of only Draco and Ginny. OOOOOOOO!!! And Tom is mine, I mean the Tom in my story people. Well, sort of, but not really, you might figure where I got his name from!! :o) I also have no clue where half of this stuff came from. My fingers just typed it not me! So blame the fingers!!!!
~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
It was already September, time for Ginny's 6th year at Hogwarts; 7th for the rest of the gang. Ginny was crammed in the front seat of the car between her dad and her mum, while the other four were jammed in the back. While the four in the back seemed to have only eyes for each other she went back to the weekend she spent at Draco's house.
Ginny woke up Sunday morning with a delicious smell. She smiled and opened her eyes; she was in Draco's room again. She smiled up at him. He was standing in front of her wearing a pair of boxers, a white t-shirt, and his hair was all messed up. He was holding a tray of food and a vase with a red rose in it.
"You brought me breakfast in bed?"
"Yup did it all by myself," Ginny eyed him, "Okay so I called Billy told him what to bring up and I carried it into the room all by myself."
Ginny laughed, "Wow." She sniffed again, "It smells so good." There were pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage links, orange juice for him, and apple for her because she didn't like orange juice. She smiled, "You remembered."
"Of course I did."
Ginny took a bite and asked, "How did I get into my pajamas?"
"I put them on you." Ginny almost choked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," She took a sip of her apple juice and said, "Did you find it necessary the need to change my clothes?"
"Why, Virginia, are you upset?"
"Uh... yeah, a little, sorta, in a way."
Draco laughed, "It was a very simple spell Ginny. One minute you're in your clothes next second, poof, you're in your sleeping clothes."
Ginny looked a little embarrassed for jumping to conclusions and said, "Oh."
Draco smiled, "I love seeing you flustered like that."
"Dork," Ginny said softly.
After breakfast Ginny went to pack and Draco got changed. They said their good-byes in his room, considering he didn't want to see one of the house-elves to see.
He gave her a hug, "Thanks for your help this summer Ginny."
"You're welcome."
"I'll save a compartment for you on the train next month."
"Okay," she really didn't want to let go of him. She wasn't going to see him for a few weeks.
"Ginny, you're going to have to let go."
"Oh. Sorry," she said and let go. He handed her the rose that has been on the tray that morning.
She took it and smelled it, "I love roses."
He smiled and led her out of the room to the foyer on the ground floor. He handed her some floo-powder. But before she threw it into the fire, he whispered in her ear, "I'm going to miss you too," and gave her a soft and quick peck on the cheek.
She smiled, threw her powder into the fireplace, and said, "The Burrow!" and she was gone in just a few seconds.
Draco felt a little pang of sadness in his heart. He wasn't going to see her until the next month, could that be it. "But it's not, is it?" he asked himself. He should've been happy that he didn't have to study anymore. But what was he going to do with the rest of his summer?
Ginny was brought back from her flashbacks when her mother said, "Here we are, kids."
Ginny quickly got out of the car, grabbed her things from the trunk of the car, and was already walking into the station.
"Ginny, darling! Hang on a second!" Molly said, running after her.
Ron laughed, "If I didn't know her, I'd swear she was running off to see a boyfriend she hasn't seen in months."
Hermione and Lavender shared a glance and then smiled. The two girls went after her.
When they got to the train, the boys insisted for the girls to leave their carts with them at the luggage department and for them to go find them some seats. So they agreed.
"So, Ginny, are you excited about seeing him again?" Hermione asked.
Ginny just smiled. She hadn't told them a whole lot of what happened over the weekend, like sharing the bed, kissing, the song, and a few other details. She did tell them, however, that they agreed on being secret friends, and would still meet for study dates. The only reason why she even told them that much was for the sole purpose to get them to keep Harry and Ron occupied while she left and returned back to the tower.
"Yeah, I am, actually."
"Come on, let's go," Lavender said, and they walked quickly into the train.
When they got into the train and started to walk down the hallway, they bumped into someone.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" The girls heard someone remark. "Oh, so if it isn't the little Weasel."
"Watch it, Ferret Boy. You're not that special. People don't just part like the Red Sea when they see you coming."
Hermione and Lavender looked confused. This wasn't the Draco Malfoy Ginny told them about.
"So you finally joined the "Dream Team"?"
"Uh... Draco, they know."
Draco went a little wide-eyed, smiled, and said, "Oh! Okay." He added a little quieter, "Hermione. Lavender. Good to see you guys again. Ginny, come find me when we get moving," and with that he left.
Ginny turned around and saw Hermione and Lavender with their mouths wide open. She was going to say something when they heard yells from behind them to move on.
When they found an empty compartment, they sat down and Hermione said, "What did you do to him?"
"Do? What are you talking about?" Ginny asked.
"He has NEVER called us by our first names before," Hermione said.
"I didn't even know he knew mine!" Lavender added in.
Ginny laughed.
"Who didn't know your name?" Harry asked.
"Just one of my new friends," Ginny told them. "They met her for the first time today."
"Oh, well, bring her around," Ron said.
"Maybe some other time."
"Why not now?" Harry asked.
"Well, she's a little shy, especially around you, Harry."
"Me?"
"Well, you are "The-Boy-Who-Lived" she's still not over the whole, 'Oh my God, I'm going to the same school as Harry Potter' phase yet."
Ginny and Lavender couldn't help but laugh at Ginny's lame excuse.
"Oh. Okay," Harry said.
"I'll bring her around when she's ready." The train started to move. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find her," and with that said, Ginny left.
"Who is this new girl?" Ron asked.
"Oh. The Ravenclaw that she tutored this summer," Hermione said. She looked over to Lavender and they both smiled.
It took Ginny a little while to find Draco. She went into several compartments where there were fellow Gryffindors, so she was stuck there talking for a little while.
About a half an hour later, Ginny opened the last compartment. She let out a disgusted sigh and said, "Of course you had to be in the last compartment."
"What took you, Weasley?" he said a little upset.
"Well, had to tell Harry and Ron where I was going, meet up with other Gryffindors, so I got suckered into talking with them..." She looked at him, he had the old icy stare as he did when they hated each other. "Are you mad at me?"
"Oh no," he said sarcastically, "I'm tickled pink that you went against your word and told Granger and Brown what happened this summer?"
"Look, you over-grown ferret!" She screamed at him, hitting him really hard in the chest and making him stumble back a bit, "I didn't tell them anything!" Her eyes started to fill with tears. "They saw you leave the day before my birthday and Sara told them! And the only reason why Sara knows is because my mom told her when she asked why I was not going to Romania. Stupid prat!" She screamed pushing him again, "Ask questions before you start pointing fingers."
She saw Draco soften up a bit. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight, despite her attempts to push him away. She almost forgot how good it felt to be held by him and so she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Hey, I'm sorry," he whispered into her ear.
"Wow. There's another first," she laughed.
He chuckled and they pulled away. He cupped her cheeks with his hands and wiped the few tears that escaped her eyes, "So how much do Granger and Brown know?"
"They know that we're friends, but they don't know anything that happened over the weekend."
"Ah," Neither one of them has said anything about the kiss that they shared over the weekend. Ginny didn't ask him why he kissed her because she didn't want to know that it was only an 'It seemed like a good thing to do at the time,' kind of kiss. Draco didn't tell her why he kissed her because he wasn't ready to admit that he liked her more than a friend.
"So can I trust those two?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, you can, but in case Harry and Ron find out, I have some dirt on them that they don't want anyone to know about." Draco looked up and opened his mouth. "No, I am not going to tell you what it is," Draco made the cutest puppy pout that Ginny had ever seen. "Aww! That's so cute, but it's not going to work," she said and patted his head.
They were supposed to be studying on the train, but they had too much to say to each other.
About an hour and a half later they heard one of the younger kids run up and down the hallway screaming, "We're almost at Hogwarts!!"
Ginny and Draco smiled and said, "First year."
"Definitely not a Slytherin."
"Why not?"
"Slytherins don't run up and down hallways like that."
"How much you wanna bet?"
"Bet what?"
"That the little kid is a Slytherin."
"How about 5 galleons?"
"How about a butter beer at "Honeydukes," at the first weekend in Hogsmeade?"
"You're on," and they shook hands.
Ginny got up, collected her stuff that they never used, and said, "I'll see you later, Draco."
He just smiled and watched her leave.
Ginny made sure she got a good look at the kid before she went to go join the "Dream Team."
Later that night...
Everyone sat at their appropriate tables watching as Professor McGonagall bring all the first years into the Great Hall.
Ginny quickly scanned the Slytherin table to find Draco. She saw Pansy Parkinson on one side of him and Blaise Zabini on the other side of him. Pansy had her hand on Draco's arm and played with his soft hair, while Blaise was on his shoulder crying softly. Draco caught Ginny's stare and mouthed to her, "Help me," Ginny smiled and laughed.
"What's so funny, Gin?" Harry asked.
"Huh? Oh. I was just thinking of this really funny joke that Marie was telling me about."
"Oh. Tell us, we would love to hear it," Harry said.
Ginny gulped, but was saved when Dumbledore stood up and said, "Welcome, first years, to Hogwarts and welcome all of those who have returned to us from what I hope was a good summer." He looked from the Gryffindor table to the Slytherin. "First years, Professor McGonagall will call you by name. You will come to sit on the stool that you see in front of you and she will place the sorting hat on your head. The hat will sort you into your appropriate houses."
Professor McGonagall took the long parchment out and opened it up. "Brinks, Aaron!" the boy came up to the stool and sat on it. McGonagall placed the hat on top of the child's head.
"Ravenclaw!" The hat screamed out. The little boy was so happy and ran off to his table.
"Costa, Rebecca!" The girl came up and the same was done to her.
"Hufflepuff!" The hat screamed out. The little girl ran off to her table.
A few kids later...
"Falcon, Thomas," Ginny looked up at Draco and nodded her head. He didn't know what she was trying to get at. She put her hand up and did a shaking movement Draco nodded his head.
"What are you doing, Ginny?" Harry asked.
Ginny sighed and said, "What are you doing, Harry? Writing a book on me?" Before Harry could say anything, Ginny said, "I'm just trying to get a hold of my friend in Ravenclaw."
"Uh, Ginny, Ravenclaw is behind us."
"Oh, oops, no wonder I can't find her."
She looked up just in time to her the hat scream out, "Slytherin!" The boy, not looking too happy, went to go join his table.
Ginny looked at the boy and Draco followed her gaze. The little boy looked as he was on the verge of tears.
Draco stood up from his seat, much to the protests from Blaise and Pansy, went over to sit next to the little boy, and said, "Hey."
"Hi," the little kid looked up at him. "What do you want?" the boy asked not very kindly.
"Well, you definitely are Slytherin material, I'll give you that much," The little boy just stared at him. "Well, see, I'm finally prefect this year and I one of my jobs is to take care of the first years. So tell me, what's wrong?"
"Well, my brother and sisters are scattered between the other three houses and my friends are in Ravenclaw."
"I see, and there's no one here you know, right?" The little boy nodded his head. "Tom is it?" The boy nodded again. "Well, Tom, I'll be your friend. My name is Draco Malfoy."
The little kid went wide-eyed and pale. Tom was able to stutter out a, "D-D-Draco M-Malfoy?"
"Ah, so you've heard stories," the boy could only nod. "Don't listen to those. I've grown up. More mature now."
"S-so, you'll be my friend?" The little boy asked.
"Sure, but just because you're a Slytherin doesn't mean that you still can't be friends with your friends in the other houses. I mean, I have a friend in Gryffindor."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Look," he pointed to where Ginny was sitting, "See the girl with the fiery red hair?"
"Which one?"
Draco laughed, "The one farthest away is her brother." He could tell that he was already going to like this kid. "The pretty one." He saw her looking at them. "Actually the one looking at us."
"Yeah, she is pretty."
"But you can't tell anyone about it."
"No, I wouldn't dream about it," the kid smiled and waved to the girl. Draco put his head in his hand and started to laugh.
Ginny blushed for being caught watching them, but waved back.
Harry caught on and was about to ask Ginny whom she was waving to when Harry saw Draco and said, "Would you look at that?"
"What?" Ron and Lavender turned around and looked behind them.
"What do you suppose he's telling that little kid?" Harry asked.
"Nothing good. And what's with that hair?" Ron asked.
"Oh boys, leave him alone," Ginny said, but quickly shut up.
All four of them looked at her. Ginny pleaded, with her eyes, to Hermione and Lavender to say something.
"Yeah, he's older now, maybe he's matured," Lavender said.
"Yeah, and I seem to like his new look," Hermione said and got a glare from Harry. "But not as good as you though," she said and quickly kissed him.
They dropped the subject. Ginny went back to watching Draco and the little boy, Tom.
The next morning...
Ginny woke up and looked over at her clock. The hand was in between, "You are going to be late," and "You are late." Ginny scrambled out of bed to get dressed, all the while thinking of how she was going to hurt Hermione for not waking her up.
Meanwhile... in a Slytherin prefect dormitory, one boy was having the same problem.
Ginny ran out of the portrait while hobbling along on one foot, trying to get her shoes on. As soon as both her shoes were on, she sprinted to her class.
Meanwhile... the Slytherin boy was running up the stairs from the dungeon area.
Neither one of them was looking where they were going and crashed right into one another; both of them fell to the ground.
"Are you okay, Virginia?" Draco asked not even bothering to check and see if anyone was around.
"Yes, I'm fine." Draco stood up, helped her off the ground, picked up her bag, and handed it to her. "Thank you," she said softly.
He smirked and grabbed her hand saying, "Come on, let's go! McGonagall will have our heads!" and together they ran towards the class.
When they were nearing the class, Ginny released Draco's hand and walked into the class. Draco was right behind her.
"Miss Weasley, Mr. Draco. So nice of you to join us."
"Sorry Professor," Ginny said. She didn't want to be on the older woman's bad side on the first day of class, "My alarm clock never went off."
"Well then, I suggest that you charm it better next time. 10 points from each house and detention! Now take a seat!"
Draco didn't say a word as all this happened. He just stood there with his arms over his chest and glaring.
Ginny looked for a desk to sit at and the only one open was next to Hermione and Lavender's desk. She went over to it and as she sat down, she slid her finger across her throat. All Hermione could do was gulp.
Draco took the seat right next to Ginny without saying a word.
McGonagall looked at the two and said, "Well, what I was going to say before the class was so rudely interrupted, everyone look to the person who is sharing your desk with you." Everyone turned and she continued, "That is going to be your partner for the rest of the year."
Draco and Ginny shared a little smile and turned to the front when McGonagall started teaching again.
Later that night at detention...
Draco entered the room where he would be serving his detention when he saw Snape sitting at the desk. Ginny was already there with Tom, a few boys from Ravenclaw, and some girls from all houses where there.
"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Snape asked him.
"Well, Professor, McGonagall sent me here because I was a few minutes late to class."
"A few?" Ginny laughed, "Try 25 minutes!"
"That's enough from you, Weasley. Say another word and I will make your task more difficult," Snape snapped at her.
Draco went to sit down next to Tom.
"Good, now that you are all here, we shall begin."
"Professor Snape," came a voice from the doorway. It was Professor Dumbledore. "I need to talk to you."
"Of course. Draco, come here!" Draco got up and went over to him. "Considering that you are the oldest one here, you take over the detention. The list of things that everyone has to do is on my desk."
"Yes, sir!" Draco said and the two Professors left.
Draco sat in Snapes' chair and said, "Looks like I'm taking over detention."
"Great," Ginny mumbled. "Everyone run for your life."
"Did you say something, Weasel!?"
"Nothing of importance to you, Ferret boy!"
"Don't push me!"
He looked down at the list of things for the students to do. Everyone but Ginny had to polish the trophy room. Ginny was scheduled to clean out all of the bathrooms. "Boy, he really doesn't like her," he said to himself amazed, because he didn't believe her when she told him so over summer vacation.
He looked around the room. The four Ravenclaw boys who were there had always been a thorn in his side since they won against Slytherin the year before. So he smiled and decided to change it around.
"Peters, Miller, Alwine, and Anderson," Draco said calling out the four Ravenclaw boys by their last name. "You four go get to clean the bathrooms," the four boys sighed and groaned. "For the rest of you, go polish the trophy case. I want to see my face shinning in it!" He could hear some of the people there mumbling mean things. "Now get out of here!" Everyone got up to leave. "Not you, Weasley! You have your own special little task." He also motioned for Tom to come to him.
As soon as everyone left he asked to Tom and said, "Tom, what are you doing here in detention? On your first day none the less!"
Tom was a little scared; he didn't want to see a mean, mad side of Draco Malfoy. "I... well... I broke Creevy's stupid camera."
"Which Creevy? The younger one?"
"No," Tom looked up smiling. "The one in 6th year. The big idiot went and got a professor."
Draco smiled and slapped the kid on the back, "That a boy!"
"Draco," Ginny said in a warning tone.
"What? Oh! Let me introduce you two. Tom, this is Ginny, Ginny this is Tom. This is my friend from Gryffindor."
"Well, it's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," he said smiling. Ginny was about to turn to Draco and tell him that wasn't really what she meant, but Tom continued, "Boy, Draco wasn't kidding when he said that you were pretty."
Ginny smiled and looked over to Draco, who was looking a little uncomfortable, his only response was, "I have no clue where he's getting that from."
"Has he asked you out yet?" Ginny smiled and shook her head.
"Tom, I think it's time you get going."
"He says he likes you." Ginny saw that Draco was REALLY uncomfortable, but she could barely hold back her laugh.
"Tom, let's go," he walked in front of the little boy.
Tom peeked from around Draco and said, "He says that he wants you as his girlfriend."
"Yup, time to go!" he picked the little kid up.
"He says that he was to..." he was silenced by Draco's hand over his mouth.
Draco turned around and said, "I'll be right back."
Ginny smiled, and as soon as the door was closed she laughed. That kid was just too cute.
Outside the door...
"So, how'd I do?" Tom asked.
"Great. A little too much, but great."
"A little too much? But you said you liked her!"
"Tom, I think it's time you get going." Draco said, trying to change the subject.
"Fine, but you do, even if you don't think so. You'll figure it out sooner or later." Tom said as he ran to the trophy room.
Draco entered the room again to see Ginny sitting on Snapes' desk.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey. So what kind of special job do you want me to do for you?" She asked in a saucy tone, wiggling her eyebrows at him, and giggling.
He smiled and leaned very close to her so she could feel his breath in her ear, "Don't ask that question unless you are ready to serve the orders."
She looked a little shocked. He just smiled.
"So when's your birthday?"
"Wow, that came out of nowhere."
"Well, it's something that I need to know."
"Why? Going to buy me a present?"
"I don't know. When's your birthday?"
"September 22."
"Hey, that's not that far away."
"No, it's not. So are you going to buy me a present?"
"Do you really think that I'm pretty?" Draco sighed and fell on his back on the desk, "Well do you?"
"Do I really have to tell you?" he said smiling.
"A girl likes to hear it at least once in her life."
Then it hit him; no one ever really complemented her, just like no one gave her her first kiss. He had to smile at that memory. He cupped her cheek with his hand and said, "Yes, Virginia, I think you're very pretty." He leaned down and was about to kiss her when they heard some screaming from down the hall in the trophy room. He gave her a quick peck on the lips and said, "Looks like Super Draco is needed again. You can go back to your room. I'll cover for you," and with that he smiled, winked, and left the room.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author: Ginny
Summary: Ginny has to tutor Draco and then some really neat things happen, then some sad things happen, and then some happy things happen.
Pairings: H/Hr, R/L, and of course G/D.
Time period: Summer before Draco's 7th year.
Spoilers: I don't think so.
Rating: PG-13
Date: 1/30/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "Little Itty Pretty One," it's own by the person who has sung it and written it.
Thank you: To Beck! You are awesome girl!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Without you this story would have been one long run on sentence. I'm not kidding, girl you are the greatest!!! SO Mucho thanks girl!!! :o)
Thank you to all those who have already started to review, I can't believe I got so many good reviews already. I hope I can keep you guys intrigued. Thanks you guys!! You really know how to brighten my day! :o)
Author warning: This is called Little Itty Pretty One, because it has Little itty parts of only Draco and Ginny. OOOOOOOO!!! And Tom is mine, I mean the Tom in my story people. Well, sort of, but not really, you might figure where I got his name from!! :o) I also have no clue where half of this stuff came from. My fingers just typed it not me! So blame the fingers!!!!
~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
It was already September, time for Ginny's 6th year at Hogwarts; 7th for the rest of the gang. Ginny was crammed in the front seat of the car between her dad and her mum, while the other four were jammed in the back. While the four in the back seemed to have only eyes for each other she went back to the weekend she spent at Draco's house.
Ginny woke up Sunday morning with a delicious smell. She smiled and opened her eyes; she was in Draco's room again. She smiled up at him. He was standing in front of her wearing a pair of boxers, a white t-shirt, and his hair was all messed up. He was holding a tray of food and a vase with a red rose in it.
"You brought me breakfast in bed?"
"Yup did it all by myself," Ginny eyed him, "Okay so I called Billy told him what to bring up and I carried it into the room all by myself."
Ginny laughed, "Wow." She sniffed again, "It smells so good." There were pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage links, orange juice for him, and apple for her because she didn't like orange juice. She smiled, "You remembered."
"Of course I did."
Ginny took a bite and asked, "How did I get into my pajamas?"
"I put them on you." Ginny almost choked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," She took a sip of her apple juice and said, "Did you find it necessary the need to change my clothes?"
"Why, Virginia, are you upset?"
"Uh... yeah, a little, sorta, in a way."
Draco laughed, "It was a very simple spell Ginny. One minute you're in your clothes next second, poof, you're in your sleeping clothes."
Ginny looked a little embarrassed for jumping to conclusions and said, "Oh."
Draco smiled, "I love seeing you flustered like that."
"Dork," Ginny said softly.
After breakfast Ginny went to pack and Draco got changed. They said their good-byes in his room, considering he didn't want to see one of the house-elves to see.
He gave her a hug, "Thanks for your help this summer Ginny."
"You're welcome."
"I'll save a compartment for you on the train next month."
"Okay," she really didn't want to let go of him. She wasn't going to see him for a few weeks.
"Ginny, you're going to have to let go."
"Oh. Sorry," she said and let go. He handed her the rose that has been on the tray that morning.
She took it and smelled it, "I love roses."
He smiled and led her out of the room to the foyer on the ground floor. He handed her some floo-powder. But before she threw it into the fire, he whispered in her ear, "I'm going to miss you too," and gave her a soft and quick peck on the cheek.
She smiled, threw her powder into the fireplace, and said, "The Burrow!" and she was gone in just a few seconds.
Draco felt a little pang of sadness in his heart. He wasn't going to see her until the next month, could that be it. "But it's not, is it?" he asked himself. He should've been happy that he didn't have to study anymore. But what was he going to do with the rest of his summer?
Ginny was brought back from her flashbacks when her mother said, "Here we are, kids."
Ginny quickly got out of the car, grabbed her things from the trunk of the car, and was already walking into the station.
"Ginny, darling! Hang on a second!" Molly said, running after her.
Ron laughed, "If I didn't know her, I'd swear she was running off to see a boyfriend she hasn't seen in months."
Hermione and Lavender shared a glance and then smiled. The two girls went after her.
When they got to the train, the boys insisted for the girls to leave their carts with them at the luggage department and for them to go find them some seats. So they agreed.
"So, Ginny, are you excited about seeing him again?" Hermione asked.
Ginny just smiled. She hadn't told them a whole lot of what happened over the weekend, like sharing the bed, kissing, the song, and a few other details. She did tell them, however, that they agreed on being secret friends, and would still meet for study dates. The only reason why she even told them that much was for the sole purpose to get them to keep Harry and Ron occupied while she left and returned back to the tower.
"Yeah, I am, actually."
"Come on, let's go," Lavender said, and they walked quickly into the train.
When they got into the train and started to walk down the hallway, they bumped into someone.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" The girls heard someone remark. "Oh, so if it isn't the little Weasel."
"Watch it, Ferret Boy. You're not that special. People don't just part like the Red Sea when they see you coming."
Hermione and Lavender looked confused. This wasn't the Draco Malfoy Ginny told them about.
"So you finally joined the "Dream Team"?"
"Uh... Draco, they know."
Draco went a little wide-eyed, smiled, and said, "Oh! Okay." He added a little quieter, "Hermione. Lavender. Good to see you guys again. Ginny, come find me when we get moving," and with that he left.
Ginny turned around and saw Hermione and Lavender with their mouths wide open. She was going to say something when they heard yells from behind them to move on.
When they found an empty compartment, they sat down and Hermione said, "What did you do to him?"
"Do? What are you talking about?" Ginny asked.
"He has NEVER called us by our first names before," Hermione said.
"I didn't even know he knew mine!" Lavender added in.
Ginny laughed.
"Who didn't know your name?" Harry asked.
"Just one of my new friends," Ginny told them. "They met her for the first time today."
"Oh, well, bring her around," Ron said.
"Maybe some other time."
"Why not now?" Harry asked.
"Well, she's a little shy, especially around you, Harry."
"Me?"
"Well, you are "The-Boy-Who-Lived" she's still not over the whole, 'Oh my God, I'm going to the same school as Harry Potter' phase yet."
Ginny and Lavender couldn't help but laugh at Ginny's lame excuse.
"Oh. Okay," Harry said.
"I'll bring her around when she's ready." The train started to move. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find her," and with that said, Ginny left.
"Who is this new girl?" Ron asked.
"Oh. The Ravenclaw that she tutored this summer," Hermione said. She looked over to Lavender and they both smiled.
It took Ginny a little while to find Draco. She went into several compartments where there were fellow Gryffindors, so she was stuck there talking for a little while.
About a half an hour later, Ginny opened the last compartment. She let out a disgusted sigh and said, "Of course you had to be in the last compartment."
"What took you, Weasley?" he said a little upset.
"Well, had to tell Harry and Ron where I was going, meet up with other Gryffindors, so I got suckered into talking with them..." She looked at him, he had the old icy stare as he did when they hated each other. "Are you mad at me?"
"Oh no," he said sarcastically, "I'm tickled pink that you went against your word and told Granger and Brown what happened this summer?"
"Look, you over-grown ferret!" She screamed at him, hitting him really hard in the chest and making him stumble back a bit, "I didn't tell them anything!" Her eyes started to fill with tears. "They saw you leave the day before my birthday and Sara told them! And the only reason why Sara knows is because my mom told her when she asked why I was not going to Romania. Stupid prat!" She screamed pushing him again, "Ask questions before you start pointing fingers."
She saw Draco soften up a bit. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight, despite her attempts to push him away. She almost forgot how good it felt to be held by him and so she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Hey, I'm sorry," he whispered into her ear.
"Wow. There's another first," she laughed.
He chuckled and they pulled away. He cupped her cheeks with his hands and wiped the few tears that escaped her eyes, "So how much do Granger and Brown know?"
"They know that we're friends, but they don't know anything that happened over the weekend."
"Ah," Neither one of them has said anything about the kiss that they shared over the weekend. Ginny didn't ask him why he kissed her because she didn't want to know that it was only an 'It seemed like a good thing to do at the time,' kind of kiss. Draco didn't tell her why he kissed her because he wasn't ready to admit that he liked her more than a friend.
"So can I trust those two?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, you can, but in case Harry and Ron find out, I have some dirt on them that they don't want anyone to know about." Draco looked up and opened his mouth. "No, I am not going to tell you what it is," Draco made the cutest puppy pout that Ginny had ever seen. "Aww! That's so cute, but it's not going to work," she said and patted his head.
They were supposed to be studying on the train, but they had too much to say to each other.
About an hour and a half later they heard one of the younger kids run up and down the hallway screaming, "We're almost at Hogwarts!!"
Ginny and Draco smiled and said, "First year."
"Definitely not a Slytherin."
"Why not?"
"Slytherins don't run up and down hallways like that."
"How much you wanna bet?"
"Bet what?"
"That the little kid is a Slytherin."
"How about 5 galleons?"
"How about a butter beer at "Honeydukes," at the first weekend in Hogsmeade?"
"You're on," and they shook hands.
Ginny got up, collected her stuff that they never used, and said, "I'll see you later, Draco."
He just smiled and watched her leave.
Ginny made sure she got a good look at the kid before she went to go join the "Dream Team."
Later that night...
Everyone sat at their appropriate tables watching as Professor McGonagall bring all the first years into the Great Hall.
Ginny quickly scanned the Slytherin table to find Draco. She saw Pansy Parkinson on one side of him and Blaise Zabini on the other side of him. Pansy had her hand on Draco's arm and played with his soft hair, while Blaise was on his shoulder crying softly. Draco caught Ginny's stare and mouthed to her, "Help me," Ginny smiled and laughed.
"What's so funny, Gin?" Harry asked.
"Huh? Oh. I was just thinking of this really funny joke that Marie was telling me about."
"Oh. Tell us, we would love to hear it," Harry said.
Ginny gulped, but was saved when Dumbledore stood up and said, "Welcome, first years, to Hogwarts and welcome all of those who have returned to us from what I hope was a good summer." He looked from the Gryffindor table to the Slytherin. "First years, Professor McGonagall will call you by name. You will come to sit on the stool that you see in front of you and she will place the sorting hat on your head. The hat will sort you into your appropriate houses."
Professor McGonagall took the long parchment out and opened it up. "Brinks, Aaron!" the boy came up to the stool and sat on it. McGonagall placed the hat on top of the child's head.
"Ravenclaw!" The hat screamed out. The little boy was so happy and ran off to his table.
"Costa, Rebecca!" The girl came up and the same was done to her.
"Hufflepuff!" The hat screamed out. The little girl ran off to her table.
A few kids later...
"Falcon, Thomas," Ginny looked up at Draco and nodded her head. He didn't know what she was trying to get at. She put her hand up and did a shaking movement Draco nodded his head.
"What are you doing, Ginny?" Harry asked.
Ginny sighed and said, "What are you doing, Harry? Writing a book on me?" Before Harry could say anything, Ginny said, "I'm just trying to get a hold of my friend in Ravenclaw."
"Uh, Ginny, Ravenclaw is behind us."
"Oh, oops, no wonder I can't find her."
She looked up just in time to her the hat scream out, "Slytherin!" The boy, not looking too happy, went to go join his table.
Ginny looked at the boy and Draco followed her gaze. The little boy looked as he was on the verge of tears.
Draco stood up from his seat, much to the protests from Blaise and Pansy, went over to sit next to the little boy, and said, "Hey."
"Hi," the little kid looked up at him. "What do you want?" the boy asked not very kindly.
"Well, you definitely are Slytherin material, I'll give you that much," The little boy just stared at him. "Well, see, I'm finally prefect this year and I one of my jobs is to take care of the first years. So tell me, what's wrong?"
"Well, my brother and sisters are scattered between the other three houses and my friends are in Ravenclaw."
"I see, and there's no one here you know, right?" The little boy nodded his head. "Tom is it?" The boy nodded again. "Well, Tom, I'll be your friend. My name is Draco Malfoy."
The little kid went wide-eyed and pale. Tom was able to stutter out a, "D-D-Draco M-Malfoy?"
"Ah, so you've heard stories," the boy could only nod. "Don't listen to those. I've grown up. More mature now."
"S-so, you'll be my friend?" The little boy asked.
"Sure, but just because you're a Slytherin doesn't mean that you still can't be friends with your friends in the other houses. I mean, I have a friend in Gryffindor."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Look," he pointed to where Ginny was sitting, "See the girl with the fiery red hair?"
"Which one?"
Draco laughed, "The one farthest away is her brother." He could tell that he was already going to like this kid. "The pretty one." He saw her looking at them. "Actually the one looking at us."
"Yeah, she is pretty."
"But you can't tell anyone about it."
"No, I wouldn't dream about it," the kid smiled and waved to the girl. Draco put his head in his hand and started to laugh.
Ginny blushed for being caught watching them, but waved back.
Harry caught on and was about to ask Ginny whom she was waving to when Harry saw Draco and said, "Would you look at that?"
"What?" Ron and Lavender turned around and looked behind them.
"What do you suppose he's telling that little kid?" Harry asked.
"Nothing good. And what's with that hair?" Ron asked.
"Oh boys, leave him alone," Ginny said, but quickly shut up.
All four of them looked at her. Ginny pleaded, with her eyes, to Hermione and Lavender to say something.
"Yeah, he's older now, maybe he's matured," Lavender said.
"Yeah, and I seem to like his new look," Hermione said and got a glare from Harry. "But not as good as you though," she said and quickly kissed him.
They dropped the subject. Ginny went back to watching Draco and the little boy, Tom.
The next morning...
Ginny woke up and looked over at her clock. The hand was in between, "You are going to be late," and "You are late." Ginny scrambled out of bed to get dressed, all the while thinking of how she was going to hurt Hermione for not waking her up.
Meanwhile... in a Slytherin prefect dormitory, one boy was having the same problem.
Ginny ran out of the portrait while hobbling along on one foot, trying to get her shoes on. As soon as both her shoes were on, she sprinted to her class.
Meanwhile... the Slytherin boy was running up the stairs from the dungeon area.
Neither one of them was looking where they were going and crashed right into one another; both of them fell to the ground.
"Are you okay, Virginia?" Draco asked not even bothering to check and see if anyone was around.
"Yes, I'm fine." Draco stood up, helped her off the ground, picked up her bag, and handed it to her. "Thank you," she said softly.
He smirked and grabbed her hand saying, "Come on, let's go! McGonagall will have our heads!" and together they ran towards the class.
When they were nearing the class, Ginny released Draco's hand and walked into the class. Draco was right behind her.
"Miss Weasley, Mr. Draco. So nice of you to join us."
"Sorry Professor," Ginny said. She didn't want to be on the older woman's bad side on the first day of class, "My alarm clock never went off."
"Well then, I suggest that you charm it better next time. 10 points from each house and detention! Now take a seat!"
Draco didn't say a word as all this happened. He just stood there with his arms over his chest and glaring.
Ginny looked for a desk to sit at and the only one open was next to Hermione and Lavender's desk. She went over to it and as she sat down, she slid her finger across her throat. All Hermione could do was gulp.
Draco took the seat right next to Ginny without saying a word.
McGonagall looked at the two and said, "Well, what I was going to say before the class was so rudely interrupted, everyone look to the person who is sharing your desk with you." Everyone turned and she continued, "That is going to be your partner for the rest of the year."
Draco and Ginny shared a little smile and turned to the front when McGonagall started teaching again.
Later that night at detention...
Draco entered the room where he would be serving his detention when he saw Snape sitting at the desk. Ginny was already there with Tom, a few boys from Ravenclaw, and some girls from all houses where there.
"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Snape asked him.
"Well, Professor, McGonagall sent me here because I was a few minutes late to class."
"A few?" Ginny laughed, "Try 25 minutes!"
"That's enough from you, Weasley. Say another word and I will make your task more difficult," Snape snapped at her.
Draco went to sit down next to Tom.
"Good, now that you are all here, we shall begin."
"Professor Snape," came a voice from the doorway. It was Professor Dumbledore. "I need to talk to you."
"Of course. Draco, come here!" Draco got up and went over to him. "Considering that you are the oldest one here, you take over the detention. The list of things that everyone has to do is on my desk."
"Yes, sir!" Draco said and the two Professors left.
Draco sat in Snapes' chair and said, "Looks like I'm taking over detention."
"Great," Ginny mumbled. "Everyone run for your life."
"Did you say something, Weasel!?"
"Nothing of importance to you, Ferret boy!"
"Don't push me!"
He looked down at the list of things for the students to do. Everyone but Ginny had to polish the trophy room. Ginny was scheduled to clean out all of the bathrooms. "Boy, he really doesn't like her," he said to himself amazed, because he didn't believe her when she told him so over summer vacation.
He looked around the room. The four Ravenclaw boys who were there had always been a thorn in his side since they won against Slytherin the year before. So he smiled and decided to change it around.
"Peters, Miller, Alwine, and Anderson," Draco said calling out the four Ravenclaw boys by their last name. "You four go get to clean the bathrooms," the four boys sighed and groaned. "For the rest of you, go polish the trophy case. I want to see my face shinning in it!" He could hear some of the people there mumbling mean things. "Now get out of here!" Everyone got up to leave. "Not you, Weasley! You have your own special little task." He also motioned for Tom to come to him.
As soon as everyone left he asked to Tom and said, "Tom, what are you doing here in detention? On your first day none the less!"
Tom was a little scared; he didn't want to see a mean, mad side of Draco Malfoy. "I... well... I broke Creevy's stupid camera."
"Which Creevy? The younger one?"
"No," Tom looked up smiling. "The one in 6th year. The big idiot went and got a professor."
Draco smiled and slapped the kid on the back, "That a boy!"
"Draco," Ginny said in a warning tone.
"What? Oh! Let me introduce you two. Tom, this is Ginny, Ginny this is Tom. This is my friend from Gryffindor."
"Well, it's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," he said smiling. Ginny was about to turn to Draco and tell him that wasn't really what she meant, but Tom continued, "Boy, Draco wasn't kidding when he said that you were pretty."
Ginny smiled and looked over to Draco, who was looking a little uncomfortable, his only response was, "I have no clue where he's getting that from."
"Has he asked you out yet?" Ginny smiled and shook her head.
"Tom, I think it's time you get going."
"He says he likes you." Ginny saw that Draco was REALLY uncomfortable, but she could barely hold back her laugh.
"Tom, let's go," he walked in front of the little boy.
Tom peeked from around Draco and said, "He says that he wants you as his girlfriend."
"Yup, time to go!" he picked the little kid up.
"He says that he was to..." he was silenced by Draco's hand over his mouth.
Draco turned around and said, "I'll be right back."
Ginny smiled, and as soon as the door was closed she laughed. That kid was just too cute.
Outside the door...
"So, how'd I do?" Tom asked.
"Great. A little too much, but great."
"A little too much? But you said you liked her!"
"Tom, I think it's time you get going." Draco said, trying to change the subject.
"Fine, but you do, even if you don't think so. You'll figure it out sooner or later." Tom said as he ran to the trophy room.
Draco entered the room again to see Ginny sitting on Snapes' desk.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey. So what kind of special job do you want me to do for you?" She asked in a saucy tone, wiggling her eyebrows at him, and giggling.
He smiled and leaned very close to her so she could feel his breath in her ear, "Don't ask that question unless you are ready to serve the orders."
She looked a little shocked. He just smiled.
"So when's your birthday?"
"Wow, that came out of nowhere."
"Well, it's something that I need to know."
"Why? Going to buy me a present?"
"I don't know. When's your birthday?"
"September 22."
"Hey, that's not that far away."
"No, it's not. So are you going to buy me a present?"
"Do you really think that I'm pretty?" Draco sighed and fell on his back on the desk, "Well do you?"
"Do I really have to tell you?" he said smiling.
"A girl likes to hear it at least once in her life."
Then it hit him; no one ever really complemented her, just like no one gave her her first kiss. He had to smile at that memory. He cupped her cheek with his hand and said, "Yes, Virginia, I think you're very pretty." He leaned down and was about to kiss her when they heard some screaming from down the hall in the trophy room. He gave her a quick peck on the lips and said, "Looks like Super Draco is needed again. You can go back to your room. I'll cover for you," and with that he smiled, winked, and left the room.
TO BE CONTINUED...