***** Every time I try I've been here before I've seen you before I can't escape walking through these halls Hard to find a place where there are no walls And no lines begging me to cross Only straight ahead Better move along ---"These Walls"- TRAPT *****

*~Footsteps in the Dark~*

That Saturday night Ginny sat in a chair surrounded by the Gryffindor seventh and sixth year girls. This would have been fun...if someone else was doing it. Right now they were getting Ginny ready for her "big date." Ginny was sitting on her bed in a slip and a camisole waiting for the tortures of getting ready that they were about to do to her.

"Ginny!" said Lavender, her head stuck in Ginny's trunk. "You don't have any clothes!"

"Yes I do," she retorted. "They're in there."

"That isn't what I mean. You don't have any date clothes. Never mind, I'll lend you some of my stuff."

"Uh, do I get to approve it before you order me to wear it?"

"When hell freezes over give me a call."

Ginny sighed. Lavender began searching through her trunk and came up with a black skirt fringed with lace. The top was a spaghetti strapped shirt with a cowl neckline in black. I was pretty, but it was tight since Lavender was thinner than Ginny and low cut.

"Lavender," she complained. "This is too tight."

"Perfect!"

"Urg."

After Parvati and Lavender decorated her face in make-up they began to fix her hair.

"Ow!" said Ginny, "You're pulling!"

"Well" said Parvati. "You know what they say. You have to suffer to be beautiful. Boy, wasn't it easier when clothes didn't have to match and boys had cooties?"

****

Seamus and Harry were having similar problems with Draco. Though he and Harry were not on perfect terms, ever since Voldemort's fall, their relationship improved slightly. Now they were acquaintances. Seamus at the moment was trying to find out what to do with his hair.

"Why do you wear it slicked back all the time? You're already sometimes called Albino Boy. Do you want to be called Egghead too?"

"Shut up, Seamus."

"We'll you are not going to wear it slicked back today."

"Since you have me tied to this chair apparently I have no choice."

"Good. Oh, and Harry, give it to him."

"You touch me, Potter, and you will die."

"Oh stop being such a big baby," said Harry after spraying cologne on him. Harry walked over to a drawer and pulled out a small bottle.

"Potter, what is that?"

"Seamus, you explain."

Seamus took the bottle from Harry and tried to put a serious look on his face, which promptly failed, so he smiled.

"Draco, my man," he said. "Sometimes when you are eating you eat a nasty little bugger called garlic. Sometimes you eat beans, but we can't help you there. Sometimes you eat stuff that will later smell bad. When you come to a lady's door...Stop laughing Harry...Okay, I think you know what we are talking about, Draco."

Seamus slapped a bottle of cinnamon breath mints in his hand.

"No way am I going to kiss her!" shouted Draco.

"You never know, old buddy."

****

Ginny and Draco walked in silence down the corridor towards the statue from which they could get to Hogsmede. Ginny was feeling very uncomfortable due to the fact that Parvati had found some way to stuff the invisibility cloak underneath her clothes for when they got back.

Draco was not in a good mood due to the breath mint incident.

After tapping the statue and sliding down, Ginny offered an arm to Draco.

"Shall we?"

**** Sorry it is so short! But it is 3:00 AM and I am tired. Buh bye

Btw- thanks to eniomreh, elfgirl, Nicole, The Green Pixie Dust Poet, evilryokojessieandfiend, Ashley, sheneedsanewname, and Luna-Elentari for reviewing!

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