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Chapter 3 ~*~*~

"So you know me then?" he smirked.

"Know you?" Ginny exploded. "Of course I know you!"

"Eager to se if those rumours are true?" He leant forward and added in a loud whisper, "they are!"

Ginny paused, annoyed. What was he on about? Where the snide remarks he always used when talking to her? Ok he didn't bother with her that often, he probably considered her 'below his notice' she thought.

"I don't remember seeing you around before. Are you in Ravenclaw or something? You're certainly not in Slytherin, we'd have seen you before now." Malfoy persisted. He sounded serious, he really didn't know who she was.

"Yeah, that's because - " She stopped herself and looked around. Was everyone here in Slytherin? Ginny's stomach twisted into a knot. "This isn't how it's supposed to be." She thought. "They're my new friends, they're where I fit in, they can't be in Slytherin. My popularity can't be over yet. Is this all I get? A taste? A few hours?"

"That's because what?" Livvy demanded. Ginny looked up and everyone in the carriage was staring at her, waiting to confirm why they hadn't seen her before. She made a quick decision.

"Well, it's because I'm in Ravenclaw of course." She said quickly, blushing. She hoped they'd put it down to the acute stares and not to her lie. But they seemed to buy it, at least for now, because Andine looked out of the window and decided they had better start preparing for their arrival at Hogwarts. Blaise and Livvy moved over to the same side as Andine and Ginny, and the boys moved to the other. Ginny watched curiously and she opened her mouth to ask why, when Livvy brought out her wand and swishing it, said in a loud clear voice.

"Temporarus barricadus." With that a partition of thick oak sprung up down the middle of the compartment.

"Nicely done." Ginny commented. Livvy smirked and turned to her bag where she pulled out her uniform and robes. Ginny did likewise and began to change, being careful to hide the gryffindor badge and tie. She performed a small colour changing charm on her tie so the colours became blue and silver, as the ravenclaws' were. She couldn't change the badge however so she when she put on her robes she left them undone. Fortunately Andine had done the same. She turned and grinned at Ginny.

"Easy access." She giggled.

Ginny looked at the other girls. Their skirts were a lot tighter and shorter than hers. She glanced down at herself and surreptitiously rolled her skirt up, covering it at the top with her shirt. It was lucky she'd thought to bring her sewing machine with her; she could make the required alterations later.

Turning round she found herself face to face with Draco Malfoy. Having spent the majority of the journey stuck to Blaise's face, he now seemed to be ignoring her. Curiously enough, she didn't mind and was busy playing the sultry sexy slytherin around Dave. Ginny had to admit; she did it well. Dark haired, with dark eyes and pouting lips, Blaise was gorgeous and well she knew it.

It struck Ginny as strange how the girls would go from one guy to another in their little group and nobody would care. You could have spent an hour chatting up a guy and if you turned round to find he was flirting with someone else, well you just went and found someone else interested. And there seemed to be no shortage of that. She noticed as she walked from the station to the horseless carriages with her new found friends, how many glances they attracted from other students. People weren't glaring at them in disgust for being slytherins, but were envious, of their beauty, their power and, most importantly to Ginny, their coolness.

She knew it couldn't last. Hell, she was flirting with Draco Malfoy, she was hanging out with him and his friend's. She'd get discovered sooner or later and knowing Slytherin's sly, vengeful reputation; she didn't not want to get on the wrong side of them. Still it was great while it lasted, and she might as well use him for a bit of fun while she still could.

"Virginia," Ginny looked up to see Andine calling her name.

"Yeah?"

"You may or may not have noticed but it has started to rain." Livvy told her snidely.

"If you want to stand in the doorway of the carriage and get soaked that's fine but at least let Draco in and close the door, we're cold." Andine whined.

Ginny looked up at the sky. Livvy was right, the sky was a cloudy grey and large plops of rain were coming down faster and faster. Suddenly, there was a crack of thunder and the heavens opened. Ginny took a step forward and hurried into the carriage, already rather damp. Draco followed her, his hair damp and thanks to the rain no longer slicked back but falling over his eyes.

"Draco you should so wear you're hair like that more often. It looks so much sexier than all slicked back." Andine told him. Draco snarled at her and turned to Ginny. He grinned as his eyes slid down to her chest. Ginny followed his gaze and saw her shirt had gone see-through and was sticking to her chest. She blushed and pulled her robes round her. He smirked and she looked away glancing at Livvy who was glaring at her chest. Ginny, bemused, looked down and saw he Gryffindor badge on show. She hastily folded her robes over it and glanced at Livvy, who was now giving her a dirty look. Blushing even more, Ginny fell silent, and thinking that the sooner they arrived at Hogwarts, the better.

A/N: not a very long one chaps and chappettes! But I've done 3 chapters and was only gonna do one. I like this story though. I have great plans for it. Cuz all the other stories I've written, I've never done more than two or three chapters cause I got bored and ran out of ideas (the fact they were crap didn't exactly help either) but I foresee good things for this plot. Mwahahahaha. : )