"Alexis, get off the table!" Ginny said as her friend danced on a table close by.

"I'm gonna put on…. my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes, just to boogie with you!" Alexis sang to the imaginary music of 'Boogie Shoes'. (A/N: If any of you find this familiar, remember that Mandy IS Alexis!)

"Alexis!"

"What?"

"Get off the bloody table and stop singing! You sound awful!"

"Thanks for being a friend, Ginny!"

"God loves you Alexis!"

"Cause we all know no one else will!"

"That's not true!" Harry interrupted as his eyes surfed over Alexis' every curve.

"Thanks Harry!"

"I swear she's going to get into a lot of trouble if you keep on encouraging her like that Harry." Ginny said with a sigh.

"I can't help it!" Just then Ron and the rest of the Quidditch team came up.

 

"Listen guys." Came the voice of Draco Malfoy as he stared into the Three Broomsticks at the young female Weasley as she went about her daily career. "Keep Weasley and Potter from Ginny for a few seconds or you'll regret not doing so."

"Sure Draco." Crabbe said as he and Goyle walked into the Three Broomsticks and sat down at a table while Draco sat at the bar.

"So, Ginny, what's up?"

"What do you want?"

"Your dorm password."

"No."

"Ginny! You make my heart ache!"

"I hope not."

"But you do! I can't help but scream out your name at night."

"Now there's a scary thought."

"Why do you hate me?"

"Because of everything you are."

"And?"

"Because you really DO kiss bad."

"I do? I'll have to work on that."

"Don't bother doing it for me."

"I will." Then he walked off leaving her angry as usual.

"Alexis! Get off the table!" Ginny yelled as she slammed a mug down.

"Alright Gins, don't have a cow." As she tried to step onto the nearby chair she slipped and fell right into Harry's arms. "My hero!" She yelled in that bad southern accent.

"Oh, my god. Too much subtlety." Ginny sighed sarcastically.

"Hey," Ron said putting his hand on her shoulder. "She's your friend."

"Gee, thanks. That makes me feel a lot better." Ginny muttered, watching Alexis engage in her usual flirtation with Harry.

"No problem." Ron followed her gaze, and saw that Alexis was getting frustrated, and Harry was getting nervous.

"There's nothing really WRONG with Alexis, just with her subtlety. And the fact that she has none." Astella added as she wiped down the counter.

The next day went as it normally did, except there was something wrong with Ron. Ginny didn't know what. Harry didn't know what. Not even McGonagall knew. But everyone was pretty sure Dumbledore knew.

"Ron, what is up? We are family! I MUST know!" Ginny complained at her brother's reluctance to telling her what was bothering him.

"It's nothing Gins. Really."

"Than why are you acting like you have your undies in a bind?"

"Maybe they are!"

"Ron! Come on! Please?"

"No."

"Meanie."

 

Back at the common room Alexis and Ginny sat alone. After the silence was too much to bear for Alexis she sighed and then yelled in her most raspy and hateful voice, "Why doesn't he ask me out already?!?"

"Maybe that's why."

"Gins… Well, I'm not that bad am I? Answer me!"

"What? Stop bothering me!"

Just then the Quidditch team walked in with a new boy in their group.

"Ooo." Alexis said. "He looks cute. Gins, Stella, come with me!" Alexis said grabbing her friend's arms and then leading them into the crowd. Once they got up close Alexis saw someone rather revolting. "Oh, I'm sorry," Alexis began. "You looked cute from far away." (A/N: All Mandy!)

"Alexis!" Ginny hissed through barred teeth.

"You must ignore her. She has this problem with subtlety. She doesn't have any." Astella said.

"Alexis! Anyways, he's not THAT ugly!" Ginny began and than realized what she said. "Dammit, Alexis! You're a bad influence."

"Oops!"

The next day Ginny and Valerie sat in the library with Seamus, who was now going out with Valerie, and Harry.

"Harry, if you don't ask Alexis out soon, she's going to burst. And then you won't have anyone to ask out." Valerie said putting her hand on Seamus' leg.

"I can't! She's so, so, provocative."

"That's her point in life."

"Precisely. She will keep on doing it!"

"Oh, Harry. Just ask her out." Ginny said opening her book to her place and then continuing to read down her page.

"Gins," So everyone called her. "I can't help it."

"Yes you can!"

"No I can't!"

"So what!"

"Hush!" Came the voice of Madame Pince.

"Just do it, Harry!" Ginny said as she stood up and walked off. She walked past the potions room and found Pansy trying to 'seduce' Draco.

"Draco!" Pansy said pouting and sitting on his lap.

"Pansy, get off!"

"Draco!"

"Pansy, get off! Just move!"

"But Draco, I'm so comfy!"

"Too bad!" Draco yelled standing up and leaving Pansy sitting on the ground.

"Draco!" She yelled after him.

"That was scary." Ginny said as she smiled at the surprised Draco.

"Ginny!" He exclaimed, surprise.

"What a revelation! He didn't call me Weasel." She seemed to be showing off to—No one.

"Not you." He said finally.

"Not me what?"

"You are NOT the sexiest person in Hogwarts." He said flatly.

"And you know this how?"

"Because only the sexy people kiss me." He explained.

"Good point. I wouldn't dare kiss you."

"Wanna bet?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.

"No, thanks."

"How come? Do you think you'll kiss me?" He asked hopefully, inching closer.

"No. Doing business with you is like talking to a dog. You both wag your tails and say okay and the next thing people know you're drinking out of a toilet."

"You think so highly of me." He smirked at her, trying to lean in for a kiss. She turned her head away.

"No, I don't." She insisted half-heartedly.

"I was being sarcastic." He said, grinning and putting his hands on her hips.

"And I was being serious." She said pushing him away and turning around.

"Ginny, my love!"

"Piss off Draco!"

"Why do you hate me?" He asked running up beside her.

"Because it seems normal, that and I've hated you for the past years, so it seems like a tradition to do so every year."

"How sweet." He murmured, rolling his eyes.

"No, sweet would be a life without you!" She snapped, on the brink of a breakdown.

"And hell would be life without you." He whispered sweetly in reply.

"Leave me alone!" She demanded.

"Hey, you talked to me first."

"Urgh!" Ginny said frustrated and clenching her fists, she stomped off.