Chapter Seven: Owls & Ovations

AN: THEY'RE IN LOOOOOOVEEEEE! Okay, just had to say that and get it out of my system. All right, yeah, uh, skyblusilver, you need to return my lickable wallpaper! It's MINE! MY OWN! MY PRECIOUS! Oops. Just mixed Lord of the Rings and Willy Wonka. Sorry.

Disclaimer: I once again, don't own anything. I'd like to own lickable wallpaper. I think it'd be yummy. Okay, maybe I'm insane. Does anyone else reading this think Tom Felton is hot? Because, I have an on-going debate with my friend FrodoGirl about this.I suggest you go read her story, and in your reviews, say "TOM FELTON IS HOT!" Oh, yeah, don't read the one chappy one, read the really long one, because I'm in it, and I get married to Franchesco! Woohoo!

Ginny lay in bed that night, smiling up to the ceiling. She couldn't believe that she was with her soulmate. She knew for a fact, that they would probably get married in the next three years, because, well, duh. They're soulmates.

Then, she frowned. Ron was probably sending an owl to Mum. She'd get angry, tell Dad, Dad would get angry, blab it all over the Ministry, and before you could say "Butterbeer", she and Draco would be getting Howlers. Oh well. She didn't care. She was in love.

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A week later, no Howlers had come, and students were arriving at Hogwarts. After a long chat with Draco in the middle of the night (they used the Walkus Talkus charm, so that they could stay in their own Common Rooms) they came to this decision:

"Ginny, I think we should not hide our relationship from the rest of the school," said Draco.

"But aren't you afraid of what the rest of the Slytherins are going to think?"

"I don't care what they think. We'll leave breakfast tomorrow, hand in hand."

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The next morning at breakfast, Ginny impatiently waited for the moment when she and Draco would "come out". But, as it turns out, they didn't have to.

With the morning mail, the Weasly family owl, Errol, feebly flew in with a red envelope, landing on Ginny's shoulder. She cringed, as she took the letter, and opened it, cautiously.

"VIRGINIA MADISON WEASLY! HOW DARE YOU! GOING OUT WITH A MALFOY? AND WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT YOU USING A SOULMATE FINDING POTION? YOU REALLY THINK THAT IT WORKED? WAIT! YOU USED A SOULMATE FINDING POTION? THOSE THINGS ARE FOOLPROOF! MY DAUGHTER IS SOULMATES WITH DRACO MALFOY? THIS IS A DISGRACE! WE'LL BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WIZARDING WORLD! DON'T EXPECT AN EASTER PRESENT, YOUNG LADY!"

With that, the paper shriveled up, and there was dead silence in the Great Hall. Suddenly, Ginny heard the one thing she didn't expect, from the one person she least expected it from.

Clapping. From Pansy Parkinson.

"Go Ginny! Way to break the system!" she called out.

After that, the entire room exploded in applause. Ginny just stood there, awestruck. Draco sat at the Slytherin table, receiving "man hugs" from all the boys at the table.

Pansy walked up to Ginny.

"I knew I had no chance with Draco. If he has to find his soulmate this year, I'm glad he found her in you, because I knew Draco was the kind of guy to mess with the system a little, so I figured he'd be with someone no one expected. Congratulations, Ginny. Hopefully we can get to know each- other a little better, and become friends."

AN: Yeah, yeah, short chappy. But, I can't think of anything. It's way too early in the morning. Oh, I'll be gone until Sunday, August 4, so I won't update until probably Monday or Tuesday. Hey! Gotta keep you on you're toes!