Chapter 10
Who's going with who?
Thanks to everyone for reviewing! I am definitely on time right? It's still Monday! Here you are!
Everyone: I redid the formatting on this one! I'm incredibly sorry! I have no clue what happened! Anyways, it is fixed!!!!!
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Ginny was sitting in the Gryffindor common room on the cold and rainy day that she was supposed to meet Draco after detention. She watched as the young couples walked around the tower holding hands and kissing each other lovingly. She wanted all of that for herself but oddly enough, she wanted that with the most unlikely person to give her the affection she desired.
Chloe had been asked of course by Payton within hours of the announcement that the dance was to be held on Friday and she was prancing around the room singing loudly that she had a date.
Ginny noticed that there was one other person sitting alone that day and that person was looking straight at her. This lonely person was Andrew Wentling.
Andrew was a fifth year Gryffindor that had just transferred there that year from Italy. Andrew had black hair and amazing brown eyes. He definitely had had plenty of offers to go to the dance with girls but he had rejected all of them and Ginny was about to find out why.
Andrew stood up and made his way towards the redhead who had just noticed him. She smiled in her usual friendly way and offered him a seat next to her on the couch in front of the fire. He took it gladly, admiring her.
"Hullo Ginny." Andrew said as he flopped down.
"Hey Andrew." Ginny said. "I noticed that you were sitting by yourself. Where's your fan club?" She teased, talking about the group of girls that typically followed him everywhere he went.
"No idea, and quite frankly, I couldn't care less." He said rolling his eyes and chuckling slightly at Ginny's remark.
"Well what's new?" Ginny asked politely.
"Well, I was thinking about the ball and deciding whom to ask. I then noticed that you were sitting over here by yourself as well and thought that I'd ask you something while I had you alone." Andrew told her, staring into her eyes. He loved how her eyes were brown not unlike his own but that they had flecks of gold splashed in them.
"Shoot!" Ginny said, turning towards him. "Well, I was wondering if this beautiful young lady had a date to the dance. And if you didn't then I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to it and if you do I was wondering if you would please dump them and take me instead." Andrew said smiling.
Ginny was taken aback by Andrew's offer and decided to answer with her gut feeling.
"Of course I will accompany you!" Ginny replied happy that she finally had a date that was not Neville. Maybe Andrew knew how to dance, unlike her previous dates.
"No other dates then huh?" Andrew asked. Ginny shook her head. "Good thing I beat the rush. If I had waited just five minutes longer I may have missed the train entirely."
"Yeah, sure Andrew!' Ginny laughed.
"I will meet you in this very room just before seven o' clock on Friday then, shall I?" Andrew asked standing up and kissing Ginny's hand lightly.
"That works for me!' Ginny said as she drifted into her daydreams of the dance.
* * *
The time for another detention approached quickly and Ginny was unsure of what was going to happen tonight. She arrived slightly late and Draco was already there. He had gotten there in hopes of asking Ginny something important before detention began instead of afterwards, but alas he could not.
Stufflebean had already gone and had left a new role play to practice.
"You are late Ms. Weasley!" Draco said as Ginny rushed in.
"Sorry, sir." Ginny teased, saluting him.
"Don't let it happen again." Draco played along. He couldn't believe that he had to wait until detention was over to talk to her.
Detention went well, nothing happened out of the ordinary. They did their role play and had it perfected by the time Stufflebean came in and asked them to please perform it for her. Thankfully, they were flawless. Stufflebean dismissed the two of them and Draco and Ginny left, headed toward the empty classroom.
Draco shut the door behind them and checked around for Peeves or anybody that would possibly be in there at that time of night.
"So you have something to say to me?" Ginny asked, taking a seat in a desk in the front row. She stared intently into Draco's gray eyes as she awaited his answer.
"Yeah. I wanted to asked you about something actually." Draco began hesitantly. Ginny nodded in regard to this and he continued.
"That kiss. Did you like it?" He asked.
"Well, yes to tell you the truth." Ginny said. "But Draco."
"But what?" Draco asked. "Do you like me? Or was that just all fun and games for you?" He asked sincerely, sounding slightly hurt.
"Yes, I think so anyway. But can it ever really work?" She asked.
"We could make it work." Draco said, he was determined to win her over.
"Your father." Ginny began. Everyone knew by now that his father had tried to kill her in her first year.
"Will never know." Draco finished for her.
"How could he not?" Ginny asked. "He's not naïve, Draco. He knows everything that goes on in and out of this castle concerning you, everyone knows that."
"He's too busy." Draco said. He got a really puzzled look from Ginny so he explained simply. "In the war."
Ginny nodded. "Draco, it's too dangerous with the Dark Lord in power and trying to take over. Everything is mixed up. Plus, what about your mother?" Ginny asked. She knew she liked him but she also knew that this would be far too messy and it would be in both of their best interest if it never happened.
"She's nothing like him." Draco said referring to his father. "She'd love you. I know it." He pleaded.
"I don't know." Ginny fought back.
"Give me a chance." Draco asked her. He could not believe that he was pleading with Ginny Weasley. It was unreal.
"Let's just try it out. If nothing bad comes of it, then I will be with you if that's what you really want." Ginny said reluctantly. Her heart had won. She really liked Draco, why should he listen to her mind if it was telling her to stay away?
"You won't regret it." Draco smiled. Draco was about to leave but Ginny decided to ask him something.
"Draco?"
"Yes, Ginny?" Draco replied.
"Do you like me?" She asked, her chocolate eyes growing wide with curiosity and scrutiny.
"A lot." Draco said before he gave her a kiss. It was just a light kiss on the lips, nothing fancy. After all it was only a trial run.
"Well, good night Ginny." Draco said as he began to walk towards the door again, but suddenly an outlandish thought occurred to him and he stopped again.
"Ginny, are you going to the dance with anyone?" Draco asked her.
"Yeah, Andrew Wentling." Ginny answered as she watched Draco's face fall.
"Okay then, see you there then I guess." Draco said dejectedly as he walked out the door finally.
* * *
The days passed by extremely quickly for the oldest students. Soon it was the day for the Hogsmeade visit and the dance that night. Most students were anxious for the dance but Chloe and Ginny were excited about other things at the moment.
They had vowed to shop until the very least second.
"Chloe wake up!" Ginny whispered as she shook her best friend awake. She was pretty used to saying those words as she had become Chloe's alarm clock throughout the year.
"Go 'way. No school." Chloe slurred as she rolled over.
"Shopping." Ginny whispered. She knew she'd get a reaction out of that.
"Oh yeah!" Chloe exclaimed as she shot out of bed, her long blonde hair was tangled and matted and flying all over the place. Ginny had to admit that as beautiful as Chloe was after her shower, she was NOT the prettiest sight that early in the morning.
Chloe showered quickly before putting on her Hogwarts robes, brushing through her hair (plus performing a curling charm), and putting on a little makeup before pulling Ginny quickly out the door.
One thing was for sure - they were early.
They were the first ones there in fact. It was 7:30 in the morning and the stores had just opened. Since Chloe and Ginny had skipped breakfast Chloe begged Ginny to stop at The Early Bird - a coffee and bagel house in Hogsmeade.
After ordering and devouring their French vanilla cappuccinos and eating their yummy bagels they left and headed to the only place that made sense to them.
The Mall. The only wizarding mall in England.
The Mall was huge! Hundreds and hundreds of stores lined the walls but out of all of the stores, Ginny and Chloe were only interested in the Muggle clothing stores.
The first stop was The Crack (A/N: Spin off from the Gap - you know!). After about twenty minutes of trying on clothes in the small dressing rooms the girls headed out with their outfits. Ginny had a red corset that laced up the front with black strings and a pair of hip huggers (that's what the Muggles call them anyways) and Chloe had identical hip huggers and a pink halter that tied up the tied at the back.
The Perfect Fit was the shoe store they went to at the end of their shopping trip. It was now that the time came for an actual conversation.
"So, Gin. You never told me who your date was for tonight." Chloe urged.
Ginny ignored the use of her nickname as she'd decided that she should move on with her life and forget about the name that Colin called her.
"Well, I'll tell you. But - only on one circumstance. Don't get mad." Ginny said, she knew that Chloe had kind of a crush on Andrew, the only reason that she had accepted was because Chloe had Payton this time.
"I pinky swear!" Chloe said.
"Okay - it's Andrew Wentling." Ginny said, expectantly.
"No way! I totally would never have guessed!" Chloe exclaimed. "So, do you like him or what?" She asked excitedly.
"Well, kind of I can't decide!" Ginny reasoned more with herself than with Chloe. There was no way that Chloe would ever understand about Draco so she dropped it there.
"That's great Ginny! I'm really happy for you!" Chloe exclaimed as she placed her pink flip flops on the counter next to Ginny's cork sandals.
"Thanks." Ginny smiled. She was happy that her friend was okay with her date. She tried to forget about Draco as she began to imagine her perfect evening with Andrew. At least, as perfect as it could get with someone who's not Draco.
Chloe glanced at her watch and told Ginny that it was five o'clock in the evening and they still had one thing left to do.
"What's that?" Ginny asked, puzzled.
"Makeovers and hair! My treat!" Chloe screamed. Ginny went into a frenzy and they ran the whole way to Head Turner's Salon.
By the time the two girls were through with their pampering Ginny had smooth, shiny curls that went three quarters of the way down her back and Chloe had the same only hers wasn't curly, it hung in layers and she had put in gold highlights.
"Well, now that we look extremely different and our dates won't even recognize us, we need to go back, it's nearly six and we need to practice." Ginny said.
"True enough. I guess we'll go then!" Chloe said as she linked arms with Ginny. Her step was light and bouncy but her heart was heavy, little did they know that tonight, life as they know it would change forever.
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Well! There we are! I know, it's kind of a crappy story and very fluffy but the next chapter things will start "happening" between certain people. Anyways, I have a few thank-yous to hand out and even though I appreciate you all very much I will personally thank each of you after the next chapter because I am running extremely short on time. So everyone will be thanked properly next time along with everyone who replies next time!
Thanks and please review if you love me or my story!
Thanks to everyone for reviewing! I am definitely on time right? It's still Monday! Here you are!
Everyone: I redid the formatting on this one! I'm incredibly sorry! I have no clue what happened! Anyways, it is fixed!!!!!
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Ginny was sitting in the Gryffindor common room on the cold and rainy day that she was supposed to meet Draco after detention. She watched as the young couples walked around the tower holding hands and kissing each other lovingly. She wanted all of that for herself but oddly enough, she wanted that with the most unlikely person to give her the affection she desired.
Chloe had been asked of course by Payton within hours of the announcement that the dance was to be held on Friday and she was prancing around the room singing loudly that she had a date.
Ginny noticed that there was one other person sitting alone that day and that person was looking straight at her. This lonely person was Andrew Wentling.
Andrew was a fifth year Gryffindor that had just transferred there that year from Italy. Andrew had black hair and amazing brown eyes. He definitely had had plenty of offers to go to the dance with girls but he had rejected all of them and Ginny was about to find out why.
Andrew stood up and made his way towards the redhead who had just noticed him. She smiled in her usual friendly way and offered him a seat next to her on the couch in front of the fire. He took it gladly, admiring her.
"Hullo Ginny." Andrew said as he flopped down.
"Hey Andrew." Ginny said. "I noticed that you were sitting by yourself. Where's your fan club?" She teased, talking about the group of girls that typically followed him everywhere he went.
"No idea, and quite frankly, I couldn't care less." He said rolling his eyes and chuckling slightly at Ginny's remark.
"Well what's new?" Ginny asked politely.
"Well, I was thinking about the ball and deciding whom to ask. I then noticed that you were sitting over here by yourself as well and thought that I'd ask you something while I had you alone." Andrew told her, staring into her eyes. He loved how her eyes were brown not unlike his own but that they had flecks of gold splashed in them.
"Shoot!" Ginny said, turning towards him. "Well, I was wondering if this beautiful young lady had a date to the dance. And if you didn't then I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to it and if you do I was wondering if you would please dump them and take me instead." Andrew said smiling.
Ginny was taken aback by Andrew's offer and decided to answer with her gut feeling.
"Of course I will accompany you!" Ginny replied happy that she finally had a date that was not Neville. Maybe Andrew knew how to dance, unlike her previous dates.
"No other dates then huh?" Andrew asked. Ginny shook her head. "Good thing I beat the rush. If I had waited just five minutes longer I may have missed the train entirely."
"Yeah, sure Andrew!' Ginny laughed.
"I will meet you in this very room just before seven o' clock on Friday then, shall I?" Andrew asked standing up and kissing Ginny's hand lightly.
"That works for me!' Ginny said as she drifted into her daydreams of the dance.
* * *
The time for another detention approached quickly and Ginny was unsure of what was going to happen tonight. She arrived slightly late and Draco was already there. He had gotten there in hopes of asking Ginny something important before detention began instead of afterwards, but alas he could not.
Stufflebean had already gone and had left a new role play to practice.
"You are late Ms. Weasley!" Draco said as Ginny rushed in.
"Sorry, sir." Ginny teased, saluting him.
"Don't let it happen again." Draco played along. He couldn't believe that he had to wait until detention was over to talk to her.
Detention went well, nothing happened out of the ordinary. They did their role play and had it perfected by the time Stufflebean came in and asked them to please perform it for her. Thankfully, they were flawless. Stufflebean dismissed the two of them and Draco and Ginny left, headed toward the empty classroom.
Draco shut the door behind them and checked around for Peeves or anybody that would possibly be in there at that time of night.
"So you have something to say to me?" Ginny asked, taking a seat in a desk in the front row. She stared intently into Draco's gray eyes as she awaited his answer.
"Yeah. I wanted to asked you about something actually." Draco began hesitantly. Ginny nodded in regard to this and he continued.
"That kiss. Did you like it?" He asked.
"Well, yes to tell you the truth." Ginny said. "But Draco."
"But what?" Draco asked. "Do you like me? Or was that just all fun and games for you?" He asked sincerely, sounding slightly hurt.
"Yes, I think so anyway. But can it ever really work?" She asked.
"We could make it work." Draco said, he was determined to win her over.
"Your father." Ginny began. Everyone knew by now that his father had tried to kill her in her first year.
"Will never know." Draco finished for her.
"How could he not?" Ginny asked. "He's not naïve, Draco. He knows everything that goes on in and out of this castle concerning you, everyone knows that."
"He's too busy." Draco said. He got a really puzzled look from Ginny so he explained simply. "In the war."
Ginny nodded. "Draco, it's too dangerous with the Dark Lord in power and trying to take over. Everything is mixed up. Plus, what about your mother?" Ginny asked. She knew she liked him but she also knew that this would be far too messy and it would be in both of their best interest if it never happened.
"She's nothing like him." Draco said referring to his father. "She'd love you. I know it." He pleaded.
"I don't know." Ginny fought back.
"Give me a chance." Draco asked her. He could not believe that he was pleading with Ginny Weasley. It was unreal.
"Let's just try it out. If nothing bad comes of it, then I will be with you if that's what you really want." Ginny said reluctantly. Her heart had won. She really liked Draco, why should he listen to her mind if it was telling her to stay away?
"You won't regret it." Draco smiled. Draco was about to leave but Ginny decided to ask him something.
"Draco?"
"Yes, Ginny?" Draco replied.
"Do you like me?" She asked, her chocolate eyes growing wide with curiosity and scrutiny.
"A lot." Draco said before he gave her a kiss. It was just a light kiss on the lips, nothing fancy. After all it was only a trial run.
"Well, good night Ginny." Draco said as he began to walk towards the door again, but suddenly an outlandish thought occurred to him and he stopped again.
"Ginny, are you going to the dance with anyone?" Draco asked her.
"Yeah, Andrew Wentling." Ginny answered as she watched Draco's face fall.
"Okay then, see you there then I guess." Draco said dejectedly as he walked out the door finally.
* * *
The days passed by extremely quickly for the oldest students. Soon it was the day for the Hogsmeade visit and the dance that night. Most students were anxious for the dance but Chloe and Ginny were excited about other things at the moment.
They had vowed to shop until the very least second.
"Chloe wake up!" Ginny whispered as she shook her best friend awake. She was pretty used to saying those words as she had become Chloe's alarm clock throughout the year.
"Go 'way. No school." Chloe slurred as she rolled over.
"Shopping." Ginny whispered. She knew she'd get a reaction out of that.
"Oh yeah!" Chloe exclaimed as she shot out of bed, her long blonde hair was tangled and matted and flying all over the place. Ginny had to admit that as beautiful as Chloe was after her shower, she was NOT the prettiest sight that early in the morning.
Chloe showered quickly before putting on her Hogwarts robes, brushing through her hair (plus performing a curling charm), and putting on a little makeup before pulling Ginny quickly out the door.
One thing was for sure - they were early.
They were the first ones there in fact. It was 7:30 in the morning and the stores had just opened. Since Chloe and Ginny had skipped breakfast Chloe begged Ginny to stop at The Early Bird - a coffee and bagel house in Hogsmeade.
After ordering and devouring their French vanilla cappuccinos and eating their yummy bagels they left and headed to the only place that made sense to them.
The Mall. The only wizarding mall in England.
The Mall was huge! Hundreds and hundreds of stores lined the walls but out of all of the stores, Ginny and Chloe were only interested in the Muggle clothing stores.
The first stop was The Crack (A/N: Spin off from the Gap - you know!). After about twenty minutes of trying on clothes in the small dressing rooms the girls headed out with their outfits. Ginny had a red corset that laced up the front with black strings and a pair of hip huggers (that's what the Muggles call them anyways) and Chloe had identical hip huggers and a pink halter that tied up the tied at the back.
The Perfect Fit was the shoe store they went to at the end of their shopping trip. It was now that the time came for an actual conversation.
"So, Gin. You never told me who your date was for tonight." Chloe urged.
Ginny ignored the use of her nickname as she'd decided that she should move on with her life and forget about the name that Colin called her.
"Well, I'll tell you. But - only on one circumstance. Don't get mad." Ginny said, she knew that Chloe had kind of a crush on Andrew, the only reason that she had accepted was because Chloe had Payton this time.
"I pinky swear!" Chloe said.
"Okay - it's Andrew Wentling." Ginny said, expectantly.
"No way! I totally would never have guessed!" Chloe exclaimed. "So, do you like him or what?" She asked excitedly.
"Well, kind of I can't decide!" Ginny reasoned more with herself than with Chloe. There was no way that Chloe would ever understand about Draco so she dropped it there.
"That's great Ginny! I'm really happy for you!" Chloe exclaimed as she placed her pink flip flops on the counter next to Ginny's cork sandals.
"Thanks." Ginny smiled. She was happy that her friend was okay with her date. She tried to forget about Draco as she began to imagine her perfect evening with Andrew. At least, as perfect as it could get with someone who's not Draco.
Chloe glanced at her watch and told Ginny that it was five o'clock in the evening and they still had one thing left to do.
"What's that?" Ginny asked, puzzled.
"Makeovers and hair! My treat!" Chloe screamed. Ginny went into a frenzy and they ran the whole way to Head Turner's Salon.
By the time the two girls were through with their pampering Ginny had smooth, shiny curls that went three quarters of the way down her back and Chloe had the same only hers wasn't curly, it hung in layers and she had put in gold highlights.
"Well, now that we look extremely different and our dates won't even recognize us, we need to go back, it's nearly six and we need to practice." Ginny said.
"True enough. I guess we'll go then!" Chloe said as she linked arms with Ginny. Her step was light and bouncy but her heart was heavy, little did they know that tonight, life as they know it would change forever.
* * * *
Well! There we are! I know, it's kind of a crappy story and very fluffy but the next chapter things will start "happening" between certain people. Anyways, I have a few thank-yous to hand out and even though I appreciate you all very much I will personally thank each of you after the next chapter because I am running extremely short on time. So everyone will be thanked properly next time along with everyone who replies next time!
Thanks and please review if you love me or my story!
