Disclaimer: Nothing is mine ;_; Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and his publishers. Romeo & Juliet belongs to W. Shakespeare.
I'm going to update this pretty fast now, since I'm going on holidays soon. Arg. And I don't want you to wait too long, do I? Enjoy!^_^
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Ginny. Ginny!" Ron passed a hand in front of her eyes, and ripped her from her dreaming.
"What?" Annoyed, she poked her fork violently in her potato and glared at him.
"Woah, so-rry. I just wanted to tell you you were great. I couldn't have faked death knowing that a slimy Slytherin is going to kiss me. Erk."
Ginny tried to control herself. She would have loved slapping Ron for the insult, but realized she didn't want to give in to Draco.
"I mean, my part is going to be so easy! Just fight and stab Seamus, then die. Pity it's Malfoy who kills me tough…"
Ginny didn't even bother to listen anymore. Was it true Draco liked her? And that he wasn't faking it just to annoy the world?
It's a miracle… What is? The fact your supposed-to-be-archenemy wants to date you and actually likes you?
Ginny rolled her eyes. She had realized she liked Draco too, and felt happy (no, make that lucky) he felt the same but… Her eyes lifted towards her nagging brother: Ron. Not only Ron, but if Fred, George, her other brothers, and even her parents found out, she would be killed.
Ginny glanced over to the Slytherin table. Draco didn't show any sign that could lead to the conclusion he had made a love confession a few hours ago. She should do so too.
When she looked next to her, - about to start a whole new conversation - she found Seamus grinning at her. Had he realized?
"You know, it's really sad those two families hated each other. Romeo and Juliet had to die to make them understand."
Seamus spoke to all the friends around them. Ron immediately accepted the topic.
"Yeah, it's tragic. But I guess such stupid situations don't exist anymore. I mean, we are civil enough to solve this properly, huh?"
Seamus glanced over at Ginny again, and continued.
"So you say you wouldn't mind if… Lets see… Ginny goes out with… Malfoy!"
Giny almost choked in her water.
Seamus, what are you doing?
Ron looked startled at first but then turned towards Ginny.
"You wouldn't be so stupid to date that scum, would you Gin?"
It was more a statement that a question.
"I guess so." She mumbled, and quickly stuffed her mouth full. She looked at Seamus again, and understood what he was doing. It was a warning.
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"Seamus, what was your point back there at the table?" Ginny had taken Seamus apart in the way back to the Common Room.
"To be careful. You know what Ron is able of…"
"Actually, I don't. Oh Seamus, it's so confusing! He told me he liked me and…"
"You like him too. It's obvious, as I said before. Too obvious."
"I have to tell Ron."
"Tell him later."
"Why?"
"Because you don't want to face Ron and then discover Malfoy was lying, do you?"
Ginny calmed down. She agreed and started walking again.
"By the way, what part are you playing?"
"Mercutio." Seamus shrugged, "Going to be killed by your brother. Man, I hope he isn't going to in real if he finds out I knew about Malfoy."
Ginny giggled and thanked him silently for the hundredth time this evening. When they finally arrived to the Griffindor Common Room, they wondered what they would do to keep themselves busy.
"Oh I just remembered! I'm supposed to be at Parvati's room for the dress… I'm late! Sorry I can't stay and play chess with you…"
Seamus smiled and waved when she jumped up the stairs. When she got to the seventh-year's level, she didn't even think about knocking and burst in.
"Oh I'm so sorry, Parvati, I'm-" Her words left her in the middle of her sentence as she saw Parvati making some last-minute touches to a magnificent golden dress. It was richly decorated, with many colors staying in the pale yellow and golden tunes. Laces, cuts, layers, motives, beads… It almost seemed to glow gloriously. Ginny didn't even dare to imagine the dress swimming in bright sunlight: it must be blinding…
When she finally recovered from her surprise, she noticed an awaiting Parvati looking at her.
"Well?" She tapped her foot lightly.
"F-For me?"
"Of course… I got a lot of help you know… The tailor in Hogsmaede is just amazing!"
"It… It's beautiful." She whispered. Parvati nodded and walked over to close the door.
"Try it on… It should fit." Ginny did as she was told and carefully slipped into the dress. As Parvati had foretold, it fitted perfectly.
"My, my, my… You look awfully beautiful. And your hair!" Parvati took a handful of Ginny's long, fiery red, wavy hair.
"We won't even have to curl it! Look, we'll put it up like this, and the rest will just fall down on your back." Parvati stared making a twist with the hair above, leaving the lower layer loose. When she was ready, she had made a half-ponytail, slightly twisted into a bun.
"We should look for some ornament… White should be fine." Muttered Parvati.
"Oh I have something! A long chain of pearls, you know, like a necklace of used as hair ornament…" Parvati gasped in delight and consented.
After talking about the play a little bit more, Ginny decided she still had to study for her Potions test. With regret she undressed and put her uniform back on. She thanked Parvati and hurried back to her room, not thinking anymore of what Draco had told her earlier that day. She caught a book and made herself comfortable on her bed.
Potions. Snape. Slytherin… Draco. Hey girl, study. No time for boys now. But it was too late: as her thoughts went wondering and collided with Draco, nothing could make her come back to reality. Except an annoying brother named Ron at dinner, of course.
So, what would she do? Date him and hide her relationship with him as long as she could? Or ignore him, ignore her slowly breeding love for him, for the sake of her family?
Ginny threw her head backwards, and landed on a pillow. She knew she couldn't afford to be enemies with her family… But what is she could convince them Draco wasn't like his father? Well, was she sure of that? Had she fallen for someone who wasn't as people thought he was or had she fallen for a cold and mean Malfoy?
He can't be cold and mean. Hum… Maybe he was adopted? No, the eyes betray the bond between Lucius and Draco. So he's just different. It's hard to believe. But it's the truth. So mum and dad would understand, right?
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Lavender started giving out papers to everyone involved with the play. While reading the little pieces of parchment - which all happened to say the same -, the students's eyes grew bigger and they murmured in excitement. One piece was propped into Ginny's hand.
"What???" She read it again. The date of the play had been forwarded to two weeks before the exams. Not only that, it also said parents had been invited! Ginny closed her eyes and tried to breathe calmly. Her parents would be there, seeing how she would tell Draco how much she loved him, in front of thousands -or so it felt- of people. That was just great. On top of the worry of what her parents would say if she'd just tell them, they had to see it. If she was lucky, her family and Draco's would wait the end to start screaming at and killing each other. But she doubted they would be reasonable enough to wait. She had that bad feeling-
"Good evening Virginia."
Ginny snapped out of her thoughts again, this time interrupted by Romeo.
"Draco. Hi."
"I heard you got your dress. No, I've seen it. It's nice, I bet you look great in it." A charming smirk faced her own lost look.
"Uhm, thanks." Her cheeks started burning now, and she looked away. She noticed the room had emptied and Lavender was criticizing Pansy's performance as Rosaline.
"Look, I understand it's hard for you to forget what I may have done in the-"
"That's not it, Draco. If ever your families found out, they would kill us!"
Draco started in her deep brown eyes for a moment and then let out a little laugh. Seeing that an annoyed Lavender turned towards them, he pulled Ginny to the classroom next door.
"Guess you're right."
He sat on a desk and so did she. A silence installed itself, urging one of them to speak. Finally, Ginny took the chance.
"But…"
"But?" Draco prayed her to continue, for once liking a "but".
"Well… My parents could maybe realize…" Ginny knew she started wrong. She didn't want to admit she found him different form his father: she didn't even know Lucius that well. Then again, the only fact he tried to kill me and hand me over to Tom is enough to know what kind of a person he is.
"And anyway, why are we thinking about parents? It's us we are talking about, right?"
Draco immediately smirked again at her remark. He definitely liked the girl. Was she ready to risk her bond with her family for him? He was, that's a fact. There wasn't much for him to loose anyway: just a non-caring Death-eater father and the unloving queen-of-all-evil mother. Well ok, he would miss his mother a bit, because she hadn't been unloving and cold to him at all times. But motherly love hadn't found its place in the Malfoy family. A Malfoy doesn't love or care.
"So… Care to go on a date with me?" Ginny smiled slightly, not sure of what she was doing.
"It will be a pleasure." She tried to imitate Draco's cold voice but failed miserably and laughed. Draco noticed, and finally let go of his eternal smirk to truly smile and even chuckle.
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And so it was, that Ginny and Draco started seeing each other secretly, hiding from everyone in Hogwards, especially Ron and Pansy (who happened to want to kill Ginny only for having the Juliet role.). Seamus noticed at once, of course, and did everything to help Ginny. Give her an alibi, covering up…
They started to become more and more fond of each other, breaking the glass that covered both of their hearts. It was noticeable in the play too, because every word they spoke was now true. But the weeks passed fast, and even if they made a good couple, Ginny couldn't help but worry for the big day. And finally, there it was.
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As always, big thanks for your reviews! And I hope I didn't forget someone here…
Paz-54: Well, that scene was actually her really confessing, without really noticing it since she isn't aware of her actions. In other words, her drunk-state made her say what she was slowly realizing when not drunk. About the nurse, yep, that's it^^. I hadn't seen Seamus as the nurse just yet, it's an interesting point of view^_^. About Draco, well, I wasn't sure how to do it so I made it quick and fast. And thanks for reading my story with such interest, it's really an honor!
Daughter of the Republic: Thanks, and good idea^^.
PrincessOfIllFate: Thanks!
Goddessteasha: Ooh, I'm a demi-goddess now! Yay! Thank you very much!
Terra Rose: Thankies^^
Heena : Bedankt^^
Renn: Yeah!
Anime Ambreen and Poke' Manic: ^__^
Hpfreak: *nod* Glad you think so^^
Angelic Vampire: Glad you think so too^^
Krisleigh: Well, now that you mention it, it is a bit odd they get it right from the first time. But you could imagine that Lavender told them what she wanted to see (or, seen a play on tv, but that isn't likely to happen, is it?). Anyway, you got a point there^^;. And thanks^^
Fyrechild: Thanks, that's really nice! You've got an awesome fic too *_*
Seekerpeeker: Seamus will stay! And yeah, Ginny could have done worse, huh?
