Ginny walked down the hallway as she and Alexis joined the rest in the
Common room.
"Wow." Astella, Valerie, Seamus, Ron, everyone was there in their amazing outfits.
"Uh-huh." Alexis agreed as she and Ginny approached Valerie and Seamus, who, finally made up. "So, is the happy couple happy again?" She added.
"Mmmm.." Valerie encircled her arms around Seamus' neck and they smiled at each other as their noses touched. "I surely think so."
"I surely hope so." Seamus smiled mischeviously as they kissed and hugged.
"I wish I had one." Alexis said as they all began their walk down to the Great Hall.
"One what?" Astella asked Alexis as Ron ran up with an, amazingly, beautiful corsage. "Oh, Ron! It's beautiful!" Astella happily accepted it and pinned it on the strap of her blue dress.
"One of what Val has. A good guy, a hero, a hunk.."
"An Adonis." Ginny ended. Alexis sighed as Jason approached in the hallway.
"Hey, gorgeous." He smirked as Alexis blushed. "Miss Jenkins, you look like a princess."
"I hope not." Alexis' smile faded. She turned and walked back to the end of the hall and sat down on the end of a statue.
"Did I say something wrong?" Jason looked over at Ginny who shrugged in response. She sighed and motioned for the others to stay there while she talked to Alexis. Her heels clanked and echoed down the long corridor as she approached the, obviously, slightly depressed Alexis.
"What's wrong now?" Ginny asked as she sat down next to Alexis.
"What's wrong now? What's wrong now?!" Alexis looked up with a hurt look in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Ginny," she stood up with her fists clenched. "Do I annoy you with all my petty problems that you're forced to listen to? Am I just another bother in your bloody life?"
"Alexis! How dare you accuse me of such a thing! If I didn't want to hear all the negative crap you've been dishing out I would have moved to a different room by now! And if you actually looked at yourself by now, you are perfectly fine and I'm tired of hearing you bitch about Harry Potter and every other male in history who hasn't fallen head over heels for you! You play boys as if they aren't human beings and it's making me sick! The moment one falls for you there like heaven and once one dumps you they're the worst things on the planet! Get over yourself Alexis Jenkins, before you decide you deserve friends or a boyfriend!" Ginny stomped off looking for Draco and Alexis stood there, her jaw gracing the floor.
Alexis yelled after Ginny, "You take that back Ginny Weasley!"
Ginny turned on her heel. "No, get.. over.. yourself."
That night wasn't very pleasant at the beginning, but it got better as it progressed. Ginny's dress startled everybody. And sadly to say, Alexis was left behind by the others due to the fact that she through one of her million dollar temper tantrums.
Ginny walked down the steps, as Draco waited at the bottom, talking to a few of his friends. Crabbe and Goyle were nowhere to be seen, and Draco was being on his best behavior. Ginny descended from one step to another. Gold shimmered off of every inch of her body as her red hair curled up on top of her head in a glossy bun. As she walked down to the last step, Draco held out his arm and escorted her to the dance floor where he embraced her happily.
"Ginny, are you okay?" He asked as he twirled her and pulled her in close.
"No!" Ginny stifled a cry. "I just got into a fight with Alexis." Draco pulled her in front of him where she was looking into his deep, yet, soothing grayish-blue eyes.
"What?"
"I told her I was tired of hearing her complain about Harry and everybody, but Harry, she's so sensitive, what if I hurt her too bad?" A tear trickled down her cheek.
"Ginny, if you did, you didn't mean to. And I doubt you did. You could never hurt someone that bad. I know that. Ginny, sometimes you have to hurt people to wake them up and tell them what's going on." Draco's eyes made her heart lighter as she let a small smile, but still a smile out. "Do you want to go talk to her?"
Ginny shook her head, and Draco led her out of the Great Hall and left her to her business.
Ginny found Alexis sitting out in the Quidditch field stands with her blue shawl draped around her arms. Her glittery blue dress was pulled off of the seats and the trail was sitting in her lap.
"Oh, Alexis," Ginny said as she walked up. "I didn't mean it! None of it! I'm sorry."
"No," Alexis stood up and held up her hand. "You were right, Ginny, I'm the one who should be sorry."
Ginny smiled at her friend. "Alexis, Harry isn't the only guy in the world."
"I know, but he was the one that I wanted."
"Wanted?"
"Until Jason came along."
"Jason, eh?"
"Jason, yes, Jason."
"Good." Ginny smiled wider. "I'm glad."
"Me too." Alexis and Ginny hugged and agreed that neither would mention a thing about anything having to do with Harry Potter.
"So do you have a hero now?" Ginny asked.
"I do."
"Finally, the dance I've been waiting for." Astella smiled as Ron walked up behind her with two drinks.
"Milady," He handed her one and smiled as Astella blushed.
"My god, my brother's actually sweet!" Ginny exclaimed with a smile on her face as she and Alexis entered just in time to see the act.
"Oh, shush, Gins." Ron's smile disappeared but a blush ran across his face.
"Awwwww, he blushes!" Alexis teased as she walked up with a now present Jason. His arm was draped around her neck as she clung to his hand.
"Well, shouldn't we start dancing?" Draco smiled as he wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist.
"Yes, and let's do it well this year!" Ginny smiled as she and Alexis remembered the last year when they danced horribly.
"Ah, the ugly memories." Astella and Ron moved out to the dance floor and began to dance to the music of 'Blue Moon'.
"Come my lovely." Jason said as he spun Alexis around and pulled her in close to him. His arm went around her back and Alexis felt a sense of security rise within her. As she rested her head on his shoulder he whispered in her ear, "I've never met such a lovely girl before."
"You're just saying that to get laid." Alexis mumbled as she felt as if she was being swept into a dreamland.
"Never." His voice was soft and gentle as his breath tickled Alexis' ear. "I could never lie to you. And that's what makes you special."
"Is that the only thing?" Alexis asked as a smile grew across her face.
"Of course not."
"What else than?"
"Your eyes, your smile, your hair, your attitude, your wonderful, wonderful butt,"
"Why thank you, I've only heard that one four thousand times." Alexis replied as Jason looked at her with a soft smile. His dimples made Alexis smile wider.
"I hope not, I try to be original." Jason smiled as Alexis hugged him close to her.
"Don't leave me."
"I could never." Jason repeated as he pulled her in close and they hugged.
"Shall we?" Draco held out his hand to Ginny. Ginny removed her shawl and walked over to him. He caressed her bare shoulder as he moved his hand to her back and spun her into a dip. Ginny's glossy lips glistened in the somewhat dim light of the candles that levitated in the room. He pulled her up to him and Ginny closed her eyes as they moved to the rhythm of the music.
"Mmmm, Draco, how could like someone like me?"
"Like?"
"Well, don't you like me?"
"No." Draco smiled at her.
"Why?" Ginny was a taken aback.
"Because I love you, Ginny." He looked at her longingly. "I don't just love you, I'm in love with you. You drive me wild. I have waited for as long as I can remember to see if you feel the same way. Ginny, every night I thought about you, I swear I could have said your name a million times." By the look in his eyes, Ginny knew he wasn't lying. "Ginny, after this year, I was tempted to ask you to marry me. But now I feel like I can't keep it in any more. It's driving me nuts. I swear I'd rather be castrated than not tell you this." Ginny's mouth was open and her eyes were smiling on him. She smiled. "Ginny, I would do anything for you. If you don't want to be a Malfoy, you can keep your name, I'll change mine, whatever! Ginny, you make my heart race. You make me feel like no one has ever made me feel. I can't stand the moments I'm without you." There was a moment's silence before he finished. "If you don't want to get married now, we can wait, I can wait. I can wait forever."
"Are you.." Ginny trailed off before she could finish. Draco got down upon his right knee and brought out a small white case with a silver chain wrapped around it. "Ginny," Ginny held back her tears of joy. Would she say yes? He opened the case revealing a golden ring with pearls around the band a solitary diamond resting on the top. The ring she had always said she wanted. "Will you marry me?"
"Wow." Astella, Valerie, Seamus, Ron, everyone was there in their amazing outfits.
"Uh-huh." Alexis agreed as she and Ginny approached Valerie and Seamus, who, finally made up. "So, is the happy couple happy again?" She added.
"Mmmm.." Valerie encircled her arms around Seamus' neck and they smiled at each other as their noses touched. "I surely think so."
"I surely hope so." Seamus smiled mischeviously as they kissed and hugged.
"I wish I had one." Alexis said as they all began their walk down to the Great Hall.
"One what?" Astella asked Alexis as Ron ran up with an, amazingly, beautiful corsage. "Oh, Ron! It's beautiful!" Astella happily accepted it and pinned it on the strap of her blue dress.
"One of what Val has. A good guy, a hero, a hunk.."
"An Adonis." Ginny ended. Alexis sighed as Jason approached in the hallway.
"Hey, gorgeous." He smirked as Alexis blushed. "Miss Jenkins, you look like a princess."
"I hope not." Alexis' smile faded. She turned and walked back to the end of the hall and sat down on the end of a statue.
"Did I say something wrong?" Jason looked over at Ginny who shrugged in response. She sighed and motioned for the others to stay there while she talked to Alexis. Her heels clanked and echoed down the long corridor as she approached the, obviously, slightly depressed Alexis.
"What's wrong now?" Ginny asked as she sat down next to Alexis.
"What's wrong now? What's wrong now?!" Alexis looked up with a hurt look in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Ginny," she stood up with her fists clenched. "Do I annoy you with all my petty problems that you're forced to listen to? Am I just another bother in your bloody life?"
"Alexis! How dare you accuse me of such a thing! If I didn't want to hear all the negative crap you've been dishing out I would have moved to a different room by now! And if you actually looked at yourself by now, you are perfectly fine and I'm tired of hearing you bitch about Harry Potter and every other male in history who hasn't fallen head over heels for you! You play boys as if they aren't human beings and it's making me sick! The moment one falls for you there like heaven and once one dumps you they're the worst things on the planet! Get over yourself Alexis Jenkins, before you decide you deserve friends or a boyfriend!" Ginny stomped off looking for Draco and Alexis stood there, her jaw gracing the floor.
Alexis yelled after Ginny, "You take that back Ginny Weasley!"
Ginny turned on her heel. "No, get.. over.. yourself."
That night wasn't very pleasant at the beginning, but it got better as it progressed. Ginny's dress startled everybody. And sadly to say, Alexis was left behind by the others due to the fact that she through one of her million dollar temper tantrums.
Ginny walked down the steps, as Draco waited at the bottom, talking to a few of his friends. Crabbe and Goyle were nowhere to be seen, and Draco was being on his best behavior. Ginny descended from one step to another. Gold shimmered off of every inch of her body as her red hair curled up on top of her head in a glossy bun. As she walked down to the last step, Draco held out his arm and escorted her to the dance floor where he embraced her happily.
"Ginny, are you okay?" He asked as he twirled her and pulled her in close.
"No!" Ginny stifled a cry. "I just got into a fight with Alexis." Draco pulled her in front of him where she was looking into his deep, yet, soothing grayish-blue eyes.
"What?"
"I told her I was tired of hearing her complain about Harry and everybody, but Harry, she's so sensitive, what if I hurt her too bad?" A tear trickled down her cheek.
"Ginny, if you did, you didn't mean to. And I doubt you did. You could never hurt someone that bad. I know that. Ginny, sometimes you have to hurt people to wake them up and tell them what's going on." Draco's eyes made her heart lighter as she let a small smile, but still a smile out. "Do you want to go talk to her?"
Ginny shook her head, and Draco led her out of the Great Hall and left her to her business.
Ginny found Alexis sitting out in the Quidditch field stands with her blue shawl draped around her arms. Her glittery blue dress was pulled off of the seats and the trail was sitting in her lap.
"Oh, Alexis," Ginny said as she walked up. "I didn't mean it! None of it! I'm sorry."
"No," Alexis stood up and held up her hand. "You were right, Ginny, I'm the one who should be sorry."
Ginny smiled at her friend. "Alexis, Harry isn't the only guy in the world."
"I know, but he was the one that I wanted."
"Wanted?"
"Until Jason came along."
"Jason, eh?"
"Jason, yes, Jason."
"Good." Ginny smiled wider. "I'm glad."
"Me too." Alexis and Ginny hugged and agreed that neither would mention a thing about anything having to do with Harry Potter.
"So do you have a hero now?" Ginny asked.
"I do."
"Finally, the dance I've been waiting for." Astella smiled as Ron walked up behind her with two drinks.
"Milady," He handed her one and smiled as Astella blushed.
"My god, my brother's actually sweet!" Ginny exclaimed with a smile on her face as she and Alexis entered just in time to see the act.
"Oh, shush, Gins." Ron's smile disappeared but a blush ran across his face.
"Awwwww, he blushes!" Alexis teased as she walked up with a now present Jason. His arm was draped around her neck as she clung to his hand.
"Well, shouldn't we start dancing?" Draco smiled as he wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist.
"Yes, and let's do it well this year!" Ginny smiled as she and Alexis remembered the last year when they danced horribly.
"Ah, the ugly memories." Astella and Ron moved out to the dance floor and began to dance to the music of 'Blue Moon'.
"Come my lovely." Jason said as he spun Alexis around and pulled her in close to him. His arm went around her back and Alexis felt a sense of security rise within her. As she rested her head on his shoulder he whispered in her ear, "I've never met such a lovely girl before."
"You're just saying that to get laid." Alexis mumbled as she felt as if she was being swept into a dreamland.
"Never." His voice was soft and gentle as his breath tickled Alexis' ear. "I could never lie to you. And that's what makes you special."
"Is that the only thing?" Alexis asked as a smile grew across her face.
"Of course not."
"What else than?"
"Your eyes, your smile, your hair, your attitude, your wonderful, wonderful butt,"
"Why thank you, I've only heard that one four thousand times." Alexis replied as Jason looked at her with a soft smile. His dimples made Alexis smile wider.
"I hope not, I try to be original." Jason smiled as Alexis hugged him close to her.
"Don't leave me."
"I could never." Jason repeated as he pulled her in close and they hugged.
"Shall we?" Draco held out his hand to Ginny. Ginny removed her shawl and walked over to him. He caressed her bare shoulder as he moved his hand to her back and spun her into a dip. Ginny's glossy lips glistened in the somewhat dim light of the candles that levitated in the room. He pulled her up to him and Ginny closed her eyes as they moved to the rhythm of the music.
"Mmmm, Draco, how could like someone like me?"
"Like?"
"Well, don't you like me?"
"No." Draco smiled at her.
"Why?" Ginny was a taken aback.
"Because I love you, Ginny." He looked at her longingly. "I don't just love you, I'm in love with you. You drive me wild. I have waited for as long as I can remember to see if you feel the same way. Ginny, every night I thought about you, I swear I could have said your name a million times." By the look in his eyes, Ginny knew he wasn't lying. "Ginny, after this year, I was tempted to ask you to marry me. But now I feel like I can't keep it in any more. It's driving me nuts. I swear I'd rather be castrated than not tell you this." Ginny's mouth was open and her eyes were smiling on him. She smiled. "Ginny, I would do anything for you. If you don't want to be a Malfoy, you can keep your name, I'll change mine, whatever! Ginny, you make my heart race. You make me feel like no one has ever made me feel. I can't stand the moments I'm without you." There was a moment's silence before he finished. "If you don't want to get married now, we can wait, I can wait. I can wait forever."
"Are you.." Ginny trailed off before she could finish. Draco got down upon his right knee and brought out a small white case with a silver chain wrapped around it. "Ginny," Ginny held back her tears of joy. Would she say yes? He opened the case revealing a golden ring with pearls around the band a solitary diamond resting on the top. The ring she had always said she wanted. "Will you marry me?"