Chapter 5… here it is!  As always most characters belong to the wonderful, talented writer, J.K. Rowling.  I hope you like this chapter.  Thanks a lot to my beta reader!   

Green Ink

            It's 10:00 in the morning.  I just got up.  I can't wait, only a couple more days until Christmas.  It's too bad I can't spend it with Jillian.  We always spend Christmas together.  The snow is gone.  It all melted yesterday.  It's actually very nice out.  Perfect!  So, tonight I can use the telescope.  I got dressed and went into the common room to see who was left.  Not too many people.  I didn't see Katie anywhere, but I saw… Malfoy, sleeping on the couch.  I almost…almost laughed.  He had a Quidditch book open on his chest.  It looked like he had been planning new moves.  I didn't want to wake him; he looked, if possible, so peaceful.  An idea hit me.  I smiled evilly. This will teach him a lesson.  I grabbed a pen from my desk.  It had green ink in it.  I liked pens better than quills.  One Muggle thing that my father had that I loved.  They were so much neater and less messy.  Sometimes I would go back to the common room after a day of school and have quill marks in places I didn't even know existed!  I carefully stood over Malfoy trying not to wake him.  I drew a thin mustache that curled on each end.  Then I gave him a small goatee.  I put little green freckles on his face.  He would be sure to hate those.  To top it off I wrote a note and left it tied to his hand.  I then left the common room like nothing happened.  If having six older brothers has taught me anything, it is to be skilled in doing pranks.  And also… to throw something back in someone's face.  You'll see what I mean. 

            God.  I feel like I got hit by a train.  I got up at 5:00 this morning to figure new moves for Quidditch.  After all, I am captain.  I rubbed my face and noticed a little note tied to my hand with a green bow.  I looked around and there wasn't anybody in the common room so, I opened it.  It read in green ink:

            Dear Draco,

Tsk. Tsk.  Falling asleep on the couch?  You should no better!  You never know what could happen!  You should always expect the unexpected.  Right?

                        From,

                             Ginny

P.S look in the mirror there is a surprise waiting for you!!  Cheers!

Draco rushed to the bathroom.  He almost screamed.  Damn that Weasley!  She did this to me!  Makes me look like a fool!  I'll teach her to mess with me!  Draco did a cleaning spell and the ink vanished, but the anger remained.  I can't believe her.  I am going to teach her a lesson!  She better watch her back. 

     Ginny ate a late breakfast with Katie.  She started wondering about Malfoy because he hadn't come into the great hall and caused a scene like she thought he would.  Fact was, she was getting scared.  Maybe she went over the line… a little too much?  She told Katie she forgot something and left the Great Hall. 

            She walked down a long hall way.  Would Draco be mad?  He couldn't be that upset about such a little thing, could he?  I thought about what he could be capable of doing and shuddered.  I started to have second thoughts. Maybe I shouldn't be wandering down the halls alone.  I can not be too sure about Malfoy just yet.  I was turning the corner to the Slytherin Common Room when someone seized me.  They put a hand over my mouth and another around my waist.  They pulled me into and empty, nearby classroom where they finally let go.  A vicious voice rang in my ear.  "Ha, ha, Weasley,  that was so very funny and ironic.  What did you wake up this morning and say, 'Gee I think I'll embarrass Malfoy today!'"  It was Malfoy and boy was he pissed.  I looked up.  I was scared.  His face was pale and stern.  His eyes were fierce and piercing.  They held no mercy.  He looked like Lucius.  I shuddered and in barely a whisper I said,

            "No… I just thought it would be funny.  I thought that we were friends --- yesterday--- felt like we were real friends.  It was nice.  I didn't mean for it to embarrass you!"  I looked up into his eyes.  They grew soft for a moment but then they returned to those like Lucius's. 

            "Well, you did and I am not your friend.  Malfoy's don't become friends with those lower than themselves."  He grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the wall.  "Got it?"  I nodded my head fresh tears spilling onto my face.  He gently wiped it away with his thumb.  He turned his back on me and before he left he said, "Don't cry Ginny, you look so enchanting when you not."  Then he was gone.  I am so confused.  I ran to the Slytherin Common Room so know one saw me crying.  I cried for hours, but not because he hurt me but because I was scared and confused.  I thought he liked me.  I guess I was wrong.  Am I fool for believing that he could be nice?  I believe that no matter where you come from or what people say about you, you still deserve a chance. If everything is taken away, the skin, hair, fingers and toes, you still have a heart.  Is that all that matters?  Why is he being all of a sudden so mean?  I know he has another side.  It just needs a little help to come out.  He is not like Lucius.  I will never believe that.  No matter what he does!

            I don't know why I got so mad.  I don't think it was because of what she did.  I think I am just mad at her because I hate the way she makes me feel.  I am in love with her but I don't want to be.  There is no hope.  I thought if I got mad and scared her she would take it that I don't like her and she will turn on me and forget.  Then that would make me hate her more and maybe I would stop loving her.  But, I know I can't.  I'll have to do something to make it up to her.  Wait… I got it!  Perfect.  Hopefully I didn't scare her too bad.  I really didn't mean too.  Once again I wish I was just like everyone else.  My life sucks!  Look at what my father has done to me!  He ripped out my heart but, now, Ginny is putting one back in!

         What did you think?  I know this chapter is kind of short but I promise the next chapter will be so much longer!