A/N: We press on with chapter two…

Ch. 2: On Top of the World

It was after the welcoming feast, and Ginny was writing furiously in her diary:

Diary,

Oh can it be true? Cho said she heard Harry say that I looked pretty! Isn't that great? Maybe it's true, I mean he smiled at me! ME! Ginny! Ron's kid sister finally got noticed. My heart's

beating so fast! I should really get to bed but first, I SOCKED

Draco Malfoy and gave him a black eye! Maybe this is a new

me…

Ginny's roommate and best friend, Fransisca Jones, rolled over and propped up on her elbow, "Gin…It's 1:00 AM, what are you doing?"

"Just writing in my diary." Ginny said.

"About Harry?" Fransisca asked.

Ginny looked startled and felt herself go red.

"Don't be so surprised Ginny. Everyone knows you like him. It's pretty obvious that he likes you too." Fransisca said, flipping her perfect blonde hair over her shoulder and off of her freckled face.

"You should know," Ginny said, "Lots of guys like you. Do you really think?"

"Sure do. He was giving you 'the look'" Fransisca said, wiggling her perfect eyebrows.

Ginny giggled and promptly woke up Sarah Marschall, who she disliked with contempt.

"Harry Potter, Ginny?" Sarah snorted.

"What is it to you, Sarah?" Fransisca asked, flopping back on her pillow.

"Well Ginny, do you really think Harry's all that?" Sarah asked.

"He defeated You-Know-Who, Sarah. That's pretty awesome. But of course, being muggle-born, you don't understand about You-Know-Who. He was the worst dark wizard of all time and Harry was only a year old, and he killed him…almost." Ginny said.

"Didn't do a good job. Look what happened to Cedric Diggory." Sarah sneered.

"You sound like a Slytherin, Sarah. Is that where you belong?" Ginny asked, huddling under the covers.

She wasn't going to let Sarah ruin everything.

The next day, Ginny went to breakfast feeling rather cheerful. Her smile broadened when Harry sat down next to her.

"Morning Ginny." Harry said, spreading butter on a piece of toast.

"Good morning." Ginny said cheerily, smiling complacently.

"Gotten your schedule yet? Rumor has it that they're going to post a list for all students fourth year and above to join different clubs." Harry said.

Ginny shook her head, and as she did, Professor McGonagall handed her a schedule. Ginny sighed. First day back and she had double potions with Professor Snape.

"Snape?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione all asked at the same time.

Ginny nodded and said, "Sure know how to ruin things around here, don't they?"

"What? You mean like how they let Malfoy in here?" Harry asked and began chuckling.

Ginny gave an appreciative laugh that was cut off quite suddenly when she was hit over the side of the head with a feathery gray thing. It was Pigwidgeon, Ron's owl. It had a note for Ginny on it. Just then, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had to run, as they had to get to the Charms classroom in just a few minutes.

Ginny, seeing that she would have to hurry too, didn't read the note, but instead tucked it inside her robes for later. She gave Pig a few pieces of bacon fat then rushed off to the dungeons.

"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Snape yelled, his voice resounding off of the walls of his dungeon classroom.

Ginny fought to keep a straight face, as Fransisca had been doing a dead-on imitation of Filch and had all of the Gryffindors in hysterics. She especially had the attention of Dereck Masters, who was currently Fransisca's object of affection. Ginny winked at Fransisca and began picking apart her spider legs and dropping each of them in her cauldron.

Though Snape tried to contain order in his classroom, the Gryffindors were still letting out little snorts of laughter here and there. By the time they were let out, 25 points had been subtracted from them. Ginny didn't care, though. Today had been a good day, despite having to be in Snape's class. Suddenly, she remembered the note and fished it out of her pocket. Perhaps, she thought, I should wait until after Charms. So she tucked it back into her pocket.

Professor Flitwick was especially excited because they were learning the Singing Charm, which enabled the person it was cast upon to have a beautiful singing voice. Soon enough, the class was filled with people singing their favorite songs. Ginny, who had never been able to carry a tune, was able to suddenly. It was all quite amazing.

After Charms, Ginny made her way to the bathroom instead of going to lunch. She fished the note out of her pocket and settled down to read it.

Dear Ginny,

How about meeting me by the lake tonight at 7:00? I'll be waiting.

Harry

Ginny squealed in excitement. Harry wanted to meet her by the lake that night! She had to find Fransisca.