For the next couple of days Harry, Hermione and Ginny were feeling awkward
around each other. As much as they tried to, Harry and Hermione just
couldn't keep away from each other.
"She'll get over it," said Ron to Harry. "Just give her time."
After about a week, Ginny finally apologised for being such a cow to them.
"I'm so sorry you guys," she said. "I was just getting a bit annoyed, you know?"
Of course, being Harry and Hermione, they forgave her.
"Just don't snap at us like that next time," said Hermione, smiling. "We just can't help ourselves. We're really sorry too."
"Don't worry about it, I was just being silly."
Ron gave Ginny a big smile from the couch where he was sitting watching TV. "Aww, come on you guys, you're making me feel left out here!"
They all laughed and sat down with him to watch TV together.
******
The next morning Harry and Hermione woke up to find that they were alone in the house. As Harry was making scrambled eggs for breakfast, Hermione found a note written by Ron.
We've gone to Diagon Alley for lunch. We'll be back around 3:00. Have a good day together!!
Ron
"So, we've got a house to ourselves for the whole day," said Harry. "What do you want to do?" He winked at Hermione and they started kissing each other. They were just starting to get seriously when Hermione started to smell something burning.
"Harry! The eggs!" said Hermione, looking over at the burning eggs.
"Crap!"
******
"Do you just want to wait here while I go into this shop?" asked Ron, staring inside the window of Quality Quidditch Supplies. "They might have my broom in now, they said about two weeks."
"OK, I'll just wait over here."
She walked over to the bench she sat on last time when Ron ordered his broom. As she was fiddling with her nails, she felt someone sit beside her. She looked up and found herself staring into those gorgeous grey eyes.
"Here again, Weasley?" sneered Draco. "I bumped into you here last time. And where're you're brothers? I would've thought they'd never let you out of their sight."
"I - they - um . . . why do you need to know?" she stammered.
"There's no need to feel shy around me. You know I'd never hurt you," he said, putting his hand on hers.
But instead of moving away from him, she just starred at him hopelessly. "Why do I like him so much? He's so horrible to me!" She thought.
Before she knew it, she found herself leaning towards him, her lips lightly brushing his.
"MALFOY!!" yelled Ron.
Ginny suddenly pulled away from Draco and stood up, looking very red.
"Weasley!" said Draco. "I was wondering where you were. That's a nice broom you've got there. I got one the same last week."
"How dare you touch my sister!" said Ron through gritted teeth.
"Come on, Ron," said Ginny, walking towards her brother. "Let's go get something to eat."
They both walked away, Ron giving Draco an evil glare and Ginny giving him a little wave.
When they reached the café, Ron started with all the questions.
"Why, Gin? Why Malfoy? What is it that you see in him?"
"I don't know, Ron. I really don't know."
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. It's your decision," he sighed.
"Thanks Ron. You really are the greatest brother," said Ginny, giving Ron a big hug.
******
"Have you got everything, dear?" asked Mrs Weasley, just before they were about to leave for the station.
"I think so," she said, rushing out to the car where Ron, Harry and Hermione were waiting.
"You guys don't have to come you know," she said, climbing into the front seat.
"Of course we do!" said Harry. "We might not see you until next summer!"
"What do you mean you 'might' not see me again until next summer?"
"Haven't you forgotten about Christmas?" asked Hermione. "You're not staying at Hogwarts for Christmas are you?"
"Oh, well, I don't know," replied Ginny, thinking of Draco. He'd been kept down a year, but no one knew why. He wouldn't tell anyone. Ginny hadn't been able to sleep properly at night because she just couldn't stop thinking of him. She'd fallen in love with him so much! She'd get to spend the whole year with him and there wouldn't be any older brothers harassing her.
When they reached the station, she said goodbye to Harry, Ron, Hermione and Mrs Weasley and went through the wall into platform nine and three quarters. She found her friends, Jenny and Laura and went to find a carriage. A little while later they were joined by Draco.
"Draco!" cried Ginny, as he opened the carriage door. Her friends just looked at her weirdly.
"Um, Ginny, is there something going on here?" asked Jenny.
"Oh, well, um . . ."
"Yeah, we're going out," said Draco, smiling at Ginny. "Gonna introduce me to your friends?"
"Oh! Why, yes! This is Jenny and Laura."
"Hi girls. Do you wanna come to my carriage Weas . . . uh . . . Ginny? There's no one else in there."
She gave him a frown for almost calling her Weasley, but decided to go anyway. She heard her friends whispering something about 'hot' and 'cute' as she left.
"So we're going out are we?" asked Ginny when they reached the carriage.
"Yeah, I guess so," he replied, giving her a wink.
She giggled and he pulled her onto his lap where they sat kissing for what seemed like forever. They finally came up for air when the old witch with the trolley came around selling sweets.
"No thanks, we're fine," said Draco. He seemed a bit pissed that she had to come around now. Just when he was about to undo her blouse.
"Can I ask you something?" asked Ginny.
"Depends what it is," said Draco. "What's it about?"
"Um . . . it's about you being kept down a year."
He pushed Ginny off his lap and looked out the window. "I did something really bad. And the punishments I got were detentions for the rest of the year and repeating 5th year. My father was so angry at me. He would make me just sit there while he'd give me long lectures and then afterwards he'd hit me. And I wouldn't be able to do anything, or he'd throw me out. Make me find my own place to live."
"Oh, I'm so sorry; I shouldn't have brought up the subject."
"Nah it's OK. I've got you now," he smiled and put his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder and they stayed like that for the rest of the trip.
******
When they reached Hogwarts, Draco had to wake up Ginny because she'd fallen asleep for about half an hour.
"You're so cute when you're asleep, you know?"
Ginny just giggled and gave him a peck on his cheek and said, "You're cute all the time."
When they got off the train, she saw her friends and they wanted to know everything that happened.
"Nothing much. We mainly just talked."
"Yeah, mainly!" said Laura, making them all giggle. "What did you talk about?"
"Stuff," replied Ginny. "Nothing for you girls to worry about!"
Of course, tonight had to be raining. So when they reached the castle, they were soaked. Everyone was wringing out their robes and some of the smarter ones were magiking their robes dry. But it was no use because Peeves came along and started throwing water bombs at all the students until Professor McGonagall came along and told him to leave or she'd tell Dumbledore.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" said Professor McGonagall. "Would the first years please follow me through these doors and everyone else can go straight into the hall."
Ginny, Laura and Jenny went straight to the Gryffindor table and made sure they faced the Slytherin table so they could see Draco. When Draco arrived at the table, he blew Ginny a kiss.
"You're so lucky," said Jenny. "He's absolutely gorgeous!"
"Hehe, thanks, I know!"
After a couple of minutes the first years came out looking nervous and were called up one by one to be sorted into their houses. There were quite a few who were sorted into Gryffindor.
Ginny remembered sitting up there, petrified that she was going to be sorted into Slytherin. Then when the sorting hat had said Gryffindor she was so excited because she was in the same house as all her brothers had been in.
Dumbledore said a few words before the plates were filled with delicious food. Ginny and Draco kept smiling, blowing kisses and doing little things like that all through dinner.
When the plates were cleared, Dumbledore told them that their bags had been taken up to their dormitories and they should go and get some rest.
Draco waited at the doors for the girls to come out. When they did, Ginny told Jenny and Laura that she'd meet them in the common room.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" asked Draco.
"Sure, but we'd better not get caught," replied Ginny.
"I, uh, I've got something to tell you," said Draco. "I've liked you since you were a first year."
"Really? I've always thought you were pretty sexy!"
They both laughed and walked for a bit longer before saying goodnight and going to their common rooms.
******
When Ginny reached the common room, she found Laura and Andrew snogging on the couch and Jenny sitting on James's lap. Ginny had only talked to Andrew and James a little bit before and they both seemed really nice. But she had no idea that Laura and Jenny fancied them! They'd probably said something, but Ginny hadn't listened.
Ginny said goodnight to them and went up to her dormitory to dream about Draco!
"She'll get over it," said Ron to Harry. "Just give her time."
After about a week, Ginny finally apologised for being such a cow to them.
"I'm so sorry you guys," she said. "I was just getting a bit annoyed, you know?"
Of course, being Harry and Hermione, they forgave her.
"Just don't snap at us like that next time," said Hermione, smiling. "We just can't help ourselves. We're really sorry too."
"Don't worry about it, I was just being silly."
Ron gave Ginny a big smile from the couch where he was sitting watching TV. "Aww, come on you guys, you're making me feel left out here!"
They all laughed and sat down with him to watch TV together.
******
The next morning Harry and Hermione woke up to find that they were alone in the house. As Harry was making scrambled eggs for breakfast, Hermione found a note written by Ron.
We've gone to Diagon Alley for lunch. We'll be back around 3:00. Have a good day together!!
Ron
"So, we've got a house to ourselves for the whole day," said Harry. "What do you want to do?" He winked at Hermione and they started kissing each other. They were just starting to get seriously when Hermione started to smell something burning.
"Harry! The eggs!" said Hermione, looking over at the burning eggs.
"Crap!"
******
"Do you just want to wait here while I go into this shop?" asked Ron, staring inside the window of Quality Quidditch Supplies. "They might have my broom in now, they said about two weeks."
"OK, I'll just wait over here."
She walked over to the bench she sat on last time when Ron ordered his broom. As she was fiddling with her nails, she felt someone sit beside her. She looked up and found herself staring into those gorgeous grey eyes.
"Here again, Weasley?" sneered Draco. "I bumped into you here last time. And where're you're brothers? I would've thought they'd never let you out of their sight."
"I - they - um . . . why do you need to know?" she stammered.
"There's no need to feel shy around me. You know I'd never hurt you," he said, putting his hand on hers.
But instead of moving away from him, she just starred at him hopelessly. "Why do I like him so much? He's so horrible to me!" She thought.
Before she knew it, she found herself leaning towards him, her lips lightly brushing his.
"MALFOY!!" yelled Ron.
Ginny suddenly pulled away from Draco and stood up, looking very red.
"Weasley!" said Draco. "I was wondering where you were. That's a nice broom you've got there. I got one the same last week."
"How dare you touch my sister!" said Ron through gritted teeth.
"Come on, Ron," said Ginny, walking towards her brother. "Let's go get something to eat."
They both walked away, Ron giving Draco an evil glare and Ginny giving him a little wave.
When they reached the café, Ron started with all the questions.
"Why, Gin? Why Malfoy? What is it that you see in him?"
"I don't know, Ron. I really don't know."
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. It's your decision," he sighed.
"Thanks Ron. You really are the greatest brother," said Ginny, giving Ron a big hug.
******
"Have you got everything, dear?" asked Mrs Weasley, just before they were about to leave for the station.
"I think so," she said, rushing out to the car where Ron, Harry and Hermione were waiting.
"You guys don't have to come you know," she said, climbing into the front seat.
"Of course we do!" said Harry. "We might not see you until next summer!"
"What do you mean you 'might' not see me again until next summer?"
"Haven't you forgotten about Christmas?" asked Hermione. "You're not staying at Hogwarts for Christmas are you?"
"Oh, well, I don't know," replied Ginny, thinking of Draco. He'd been kept down a year, but no one knew why. He wouldn't tell anyone. Ginny hadn't been able to sleep properly at night because she just couldn't stop thinking of him. She'd fallen in love with him so much! She'd get to spend the whole year with him and there wouldn't be any older brothers harassing her.
When they reached the station, she said goodbye to Harry, Ron, Hermione and Mrs Weasley and went through the wall into platform nine and three quarters. She found her friends, Jenny and Laura and went to find a carriage. A little while later they were joined by Draco.
"Draco!" cried Ginny, as he opened the carriage door. Her friends just looked at her weirdly.
"Um, Ginny, is there something going on here?" asked Jenny.
"Oh, well, um . . ."
"Yeah, we're going out," said Draco, smiling at Ginny. "Gonna introduce me to your friends?"
"Oh! Why, yes! This is Jenny and Laura."
"Hi girls. Do you wanna come to my carriage Weas . . . uh . . . Ginny? There's no one else in there."
She gave him a frown for almost calling her Weasley, but decided to go anyway. She heard her friends whispering something about 'hot' and 'cute' as she left.
"So we're going out are we?" asked Ginny when they reached the carriage.
"Yeah, I guess so," he replied, giving her a wink.
She giggled and he pulled her onto his lap where they sat kissing for what seemed like forever. They finally came up for air when the old witch with the trolley came around selling sweets.
"No thanks, we're fine," said Draco. He seemed a bit pissed that she had to come around now. Just when he was about to undo her blouse.
"Can I ask you something?" asked Ginny.
"Depends what it is," said Draco. "What's it about?"
"Um . . . it's about you being kept down a year."
He pushed Ginny off his lap and looked out the window. "I did something really bad. And the punishments I got were detentions for the rest of the year and repeating 5th year. My father was so angry at me. He would make me just sit there while he'd give me long lectures and then afterwards he'd hit me. And I wouldn't be able to do anything, or he'd throw me out. Make me find my own place to live."
"Oh, I'm so sorry; I shouldn't have brought up the subject."
"Nah it's OK. I've got you now," he smiled and put his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder and they stayed like that for the rest of the trip.
******
When they reached Hogwarts, Draco had to wake up Ginny because she'd fallen asleep for about half an hour.
"You're so cute when you're asleep, you know?"
Ginny just giggled and gave him a peck on his cheek and said, "You're cute all the time."
When they got off the train, she saw her friends and they wanted to know everything that happened.
"Nothing much. We mainly just talked."
"Yeah, mainly!" said Laura, making them all giggle. "What did you talk about?"
"Stuff," replied Ginny. "Nothing for you girls to worry about!"
Of course, tonight had to be raining. So when they reached the castle, they were soaked. Everyone was wringing out their robes and some of the smarter ones were magiking their robes dry. But it was no use because Peeves came along and started throwing water bombs at all the students until Professor McGonagall came along and told him to leave or she'd tell Dumbledore.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" said Professor McGonagall. "Would the first years please follow me through these doors and everyone else can go straight into the hall."
Ginny, Laura and Jenny went straight to the Gryffindor table and made sure they faced the Slytherin table so they could see Draco. When Draco arrived at the table, he blew Ginny a kiss.
"You're so lucky," said Jenny. "He's absolutely gorgeous!"
"Hehe, thanks, I know!"
After a couple of minutes the first years came out looking nervous and were called up one by one to be sorted into their houses. There were quite a few who were sorted into Gryffindor.
Ginny remembered sitting up there, petrified that she was going to be sorted into Slytherin. Then when the sorting hat had said Gryffindor she was so excited because she was in the same house as all her brothers had been in.
Dumbledore said a few words before the plates were filled with delicious food. Ginny and Draco kept smiling, blowing kisses and doing little things like that all through dinner.
When the plates were cleared, Dumbledore told them that their bags had been taken up to their dormitories and they should go and get some rest.
Draco waited at the doors for the girls to come out. When they did, Ginny told Jenny and Laura that she'd meet them in the common room.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" asked Draco.
"Sure, but we'd better not get caught," replied Ginny.
"I, uh, I've got something to tell you," said Draco. "I've liked you since you were a first year."
"Really? I've always thought you were pretty sexy!"
They both laughed and walked for a bit longer before saying goodnight and going to their common rooms.
******
When Ginny reached the common room, she found Laura and Andrew snogging on the couch and Jenny sitting on James's lap. Ginny had only talked to Andrew and James a little bit before and they both seemed really nice. But she had no idea that Laura and Jenny fancied them! They'd probably said something, but Ginny hadn't listened.
Ginny said goodnight to them and went up to her dormitory to dream about Draco!
