Returning from Sirius', Ginny stopped by the three W's to check in with
her brothers. Pushing open the door, a small bell ring letting the two know
someone was entering the shop. As George looked up from his magazine, his
lips curled into a smile.
"Hey Gins!" He called and then turned, "Fred, Gins is here, come on out of the back!"
"Be there in sec, George!" Ginny could hear Fred reply. He came out wiping his hands on his shirt that was now covered with dust as well as a few spots on his face. "So Gins, what are you here for?"
"Stopping by, that's all." Ginny nodded as she leaned over the desk. "So, what's going on with you people?"
"Nothing much, might go to that dance your school is having." Fred smiled.
"What? And kill people?" Ginny smiled. The last time one of the twins had played a prank someone wound up in the hospital for over a month.
"Not that severe, Gins. Gosh, what do you take your own brothers for?" George joked with a grin.
"Not much really." Ginny replied. "Well," She glanced up at the clock and then down at her watch just to be sure. "I'd better be heading back. Good to talk to you two again, see you in a couple of weeks for vacation." Ginny waved goodbye to the two and then made her way back to Hogwarts.
Ginny walked up the stairs to Hogwarts with a sweater tightly wrapped around her shoulders. She shivered slightly and then pushed open the door as the sun began to set slowly on the horizon.
She walked into the Great Hall with a smile on her face as she sat down by Alexis.
"You look happy, you and Draco haven't been doing anything kinky have you?"
"Alexis!" Ginny tried to look shocked but smiled anyway. "Besides, you know a girl never kisses and tells. It's against our female code." Ginny took out two ponytail holders and tied her hair into two ponytails, each next to her ears.
"Ginny, your hair is so pretty, I wish we could switch." Astella sighed as she smiled at Ginny.
"Please! This hair is a trademark, if you had red hair you really WOULD be a Weasley. Besides, you grow accustomed to it after a while." Ginny smiled as Astella laughed slightly.
"Hey there Ginny, Astella, Lexi." Harry walked up followed by Ron and a tall, mysterious looking man.
"Hey Harry. Who's that?" Alexis asked as she stood up and kissed Harry on the cheek, much to his pleasure.
"This is, well Alexis, this is.."
"Sirius!" Ginny exclaimed looking up at him. "How did you get here?"
"Ginny!" Sirius smiled happily, the circles under his eyes almost disappearing. "I called up Harry and I drove over here. Good to see you again." Sirius smiled as he gave Ginny a wink.
"Ginny, you remember Sirius!" Harry exclaimed with a confused look on his face.
"Yes." Ginny smiled with her eyes wide, searching for an alibi, " How could I forget him?"
"Um, and this is-?" Alexis asked with a blank look on her face.
"Alexis, this is Sirius Black, Sirius, this is Alexis." Harry introduced the two as Sirius and Alexis shook hands.
"So I hear old Hogwarts is going to.." Sirius was cut off as Dumbledore walked up with a grin followed by a distraught looking Severus Snape.
"Sirius my dear boy!" Dumbledore heartily laughed as Sirius and Dumbledore shook hands. "It's been too long. Glad to see you out of Azkaban." Dumbledore joked as Sirius laughed.
"Me too. Severus, I figured you would be here to kick me off school grounds."
"Grow up Black." Severus snapped as he rolled his eyes annoyed and turned away.
"Good to see you too, Snape." Sirius smiled as Dumbledore shook his head at the memories.
"Well, shall we?" Dumbledore asked as he led the way to his office.
"Where are you going?" Ginny whispered to Sirius.
"Just a little conference, don't worry about anything." Sirius smiled and followed Dumbledore and Severus out of the Great Hall.
Ginny's eyebrows furrowed as her facial expressions went from happiness to suspician. "What would Snape and Sirius be doing in the same room?"
"Dueling?" Harry asked as he and Ron sat down.
"It would be likely, wouldn't it." Ron added. " Astella, what are you wearing to the dance?"
"I'm not telling. It's a surprise." Astella smiled as Ron looked down at his plate and blushed.
"Well then how am I going to know what to wear?"
"Independence my dear boy." Alexis swung her arm around Harry and smiled at him before looking back at Ron. "That and a damn good imagination."
"Thanks for the advice." Ron rolled his eyes and smiled over at Astella.
"So," Ginny began and looked over at Draco who sat at the Slytherin table talking actively with the new boy. "Two days." She said counting out the days until the dance.
The sunshine was bright as it covered Ginny with a blanket of light. She blinked at the vibrancy of it. She smiled as she heard a bird sing outside her window and she looked over at Alexis whos slept in her bed soundly with the headphones on, thought the cd had stopped hours before.
Ginny shook herself awake as she walked into her bathroom and combed out her long red hair.
Alexis woke an hour later and they both picked out an appropriate outfit for the day and walked out to the Great Hallo where Harry and Ron were waiting at the tables with Astella and Valerie.
"Val, where's the boytoy?" Alexis asked with a grin as she took ehr spot on Harry's lap.
"Quidditch, I swear his first love is Quidditch and his second his broom. I'm like in the sixth place after all the equipment." Valerie sighed. "I only wish I could move up a little. Just a little! This boy eats, sleeps and shits Quidditch and I've about had enough!" Valerie slammed her fists down on the table in anger.
"Val! Chill! He loves, he justs likes Quidditch too." Ginny siad and smiled reassuringly before walking over to the Slytherin table upon seeing Draco.
"Mr. Malfoy?" She asked as she walked up. Pansy shot her a sour look and Ginny cocked an eyebrow. "Draco, dear." She began as he looked up to her, now somewhat used to her 'antics'.
She smiled and sat down on his lap, one leg on each side. She leaned in, her 'front bum' rubbing into his.. (cough cough) "lap".
Pansy's look went to a deeply unhappy gaze as Ginny caressed Draco's lips with hers and then kissed his eyebrow. "Morning sunshine!" She smiled happily as Pansy stormed off followed by her posse.
"Now why can't you say hello like that EVERY morning?" Draco asked with a grin on his face.
"Because then I would be putting effort into the relationship." Ginny replied with a grin.
Ginny walked down the hallway with her arm looped through Draco's as Alexis and Harry tagged behind.
"I still can't believe him and her...." Harry looked ahead in disappointment.
"Why do you care?" Alexis asked as she wrapped her arm around his waist.
"Because Malfoy has always been an enemy. It's how we all identify him." Harry shook his head trying to explain.
"All?" Alexis looked over at him questioningly.
"Well, me, Ron, and others that met him first year anyways." Harry shrugged.
"And does that make a difference in his character? Since I've known him he's just been a little arogant on his family and himself. That's about it. But I can't blame him, knowing his father." Alexis looked on solemnly
"That's just it, I've lived with my Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia for years but I never turned out like him." Harry said with a worried look.
"Oh, please Harry! You're a little protective of your ego whether you know it or not," Alexis slapped his arm playfully.
"It's just, you grow up with someone so fragile like Ginny and you get worried about her. She was like a sister to me and if I had a sister I'd treat her the same way. But seeing Draco like he was up to fourth year, it's just too suspicious that he would go from asshole to hero in a year." Harry shook his head.
"Harry, Ginny's a big girl. She may be in love with him but she knows when she gets hurt, someone's gone too far." Alexis said knowingly. "I mean, I've known her for the past two years or so and I've noticed a great difference in her maturity." (AN: And now in honor of the movie that just came out-Chamber of Secrets..drumroll please! ) Alexis looked down at her shoes and then stopped Harry for a moment. "No one really knows what happened between you and Ginny in the chamber of Secrets that day, but I've heard that that has changed the behavior between you two. Now I know you two have become close but you have to let ehr grow up."
Harry nodded and they started walking again. "Alexis," He began and continued when she looked up at him. "I know I've been sensitive to Ginny lately but it's because she's grown up a lot. When I first met her she was a scared little girl and when I first met, I don't know if I've hated another student more. But the two of them, it just seems as if there are some strings attatched."
"Hey Gins!" He called and then turned, "Fred, Gins is here, come on out of the back!"
"Be there in sec, George!" Ginny could hear Fred reply. He came out wiping his hands on his shirt that was now covered with dust as well as a few spots on his face. "So Gins, what are you here for?"
"Stopping by, that's all." Ginny nodded as she leaned over the desk. "So, what's going on with you people?"
"Nothing much, might go to that dance your school is having." Fred smiled.
"What? And kill people?" Ginny smiled. The last time one of the twins had played a prank someone wound up in the hospital for over a month.
"Not that severe, Gins. Gosh, what do you take your own brothers for?" George joked with a grin.
"Not much really." Ginny replied. "Well," She glanced up at the clock and then down at her watch just to be sure. "I'd better be heading back. Good to talk to you two again, see you in a couple of weeks for vacation." Ginny waved goodbye to the two and then made her way back to Hogwarts.
Ginny walked up the stairs to Hogwarts with a sweater tightly wrapped around her shoulders. She shivered slightly and then pushed open the door as the sun began to set slowly on the horizon.
She walked into the Great Hall with a smile on her face as she sat down by Alexis.
"You look happy, you and Draco haven't been doing anything kinky have you?"
"Alexis!" Ginny tried to look shocked but smiled anyway. "Besides, you know a girl never kisses and tells. It's against our female code." Ginny took out two ponytail holders and tied her hair into two ponytails, each next to her ears.
"Ginny, your hair is so pretty, I wish we could switch." Astella sighed as she smiled at Ginny.
"Please! This hair is a trademark, if you had red hair you really WOULD be a Weasley. Besides, you grow accustomed to it after a while." Ginny smiled as Astella laughed slightly.
"Hey there Ginny, Astella, Lexi." Harry walked up followed by Ron and a tall, mysterious looking man.
"Hey Harry. Who's that?" Alexis asked as she stood up and kissed Harry on the cheek, much to his pleasure.
"This is, well Alexis, this is.."
"Sirius!" Ginny exclaimed looking up at him. "How did you get here?"
"Ginny!" Sirius smiled happily, the circles under his eyes almost disappearing. "I called up Harry and I drove over here. Good to see you again." Sirius smiled as he gave Ginny a wink.
"Ginny, you remember Sirius!" Harry exclaimed with a confused look on his face.
"Yes." Ginny smiled with her eyes wide, searching for an alibi, " How could I forget him?"
"Um, and this is-?" Alexis asked with a blank look on her face.
"Alexis, this is Sirius Black, Sirius, this is Alexis." Harry introduced the two as Sirius and Alexis shook hands.
"So I hear old Hogwarts is going to.." Sirius was cut off as Dumbledore walked up with a grin followed by a distraught looking Severus Snape.
"Sirius my dear boy!" Dumbledore heartily laughed as Sirius and Dumbledore shook hands. "It's been too long. Glad to see you out of Azkaban." Dumbledore joked as Sirius laughed.
"Me too. Severus, I figured you would be here to kick me off school grounds."
"Grow up Black." Severus snapped as he rolled his eyes annoyed and turned away.
"Good to see you too, Snape." Sirius smiled as Dumbledore shook his head at the memories.
"Well, shall we?" Dumbledore asked as he led the way to his office.
"Where are you going?" Ginny whispered to Sirius.
"Just a little conference, don't worry about anything." Sirius smiled and followed Dumbledore and Severus out of the Great Hall.
Ginny's eyebrows furrowed as her facial expressions went from happiness to suspician. "What would Snape and Sirius be doing in the same room?"
"Dueling?" Harry asked as he and Ron sat down.
"It would be likely, wouldn't it." Ron added. " Astella, what are you wearing to the dance?"
"I'm not telling. It's a surprise." Astella smiled as Ron looked down at his plate and blushed.
"Well then how am I going to know what to wear?"
"Independence my dear boy." Alexis swung her arm around Harry and smiled at him before looking back at Ron. "That and a damn good imagination."
"Thanks for the advice." Ron rolled his eyes and smiled over at Astella.
"So," Ginny began and looked over at Draco who sat at the Slytherin table talking actively with the new boy. "Two days." She said counting out the days until the dance.
The sunshine was bright as it covered Ginny with a blanket of light. She blinked at the vibrancy of it. She smiled as she heard a bird sing outside her window and she looked over at Alexis whos slept in her bed soundly with the headphones on, thought the cd had stopped hours before.
Ginny shook herself awake as she walked into her bathroom and combed out her long red hair.
Alexis woke an hour later and they both picked out an appropriate outfit for the day and walked out to the Great Hallo where Harry and Ron were waiting at the tables with Astella and Valerie.
"Val, where's the boytoy?" Alexis asked with a grin as she took ehr spot on Harry's lap.
"Quidditch, I swear his first love is Quidditch and his second his broom. I'm like in the sixth place after all the equipment." Valerie sighed. "I only wish I could move up a little. Just a little! This boy eats, sleeps and shits Quidditch and I've about had enough!" Valerie slammed her fists down on the table in anger.
"Val! Chill! He loves, he justs likes Quidditch too." Ginny siad and smiled reassuringly before walking over to the Slytherin table upon seeing Draco.
"Mr. Malfoy?" She asked as she walked up. Pansy shot her a sour look and Ginny cocked an eyebrow. "Draco, dear." She began as he looked up to her, now somewhat used to her 'antics'.
She smiled and sat down on his lap, one leg on each side. She leaned in, her 'front bum' rubbing into his.. (cough cough) "lap".
Pansy's look went to a deeply unhappy gaze as Ginny caressed Draco's lips with hers and then kissed his eyebrow. "Morning sunshine!" She smiled happily as Pansy stormed off followed by her posse.
"Now why can't you say hello like that EVERY morning?" Draco asked with a grin on his face.
"Because then I would be putting effort into the relationship." Ginny replied with a grin.
Ginny walked down the hallway with her arm looped through Draco's as Alexis and Harry tagged behind.
"I still can't believe him and her...." Harry looked ahead in disappointment.
"Why do you care?" Alexis asked as she wrapped her arm around his waist.
"Because Malfoy has always been an enemy. It's how we all identify him." Harry shook his head trying to explain.
"All?" Alexis looked over at him questioningly.
"Well, me, Ron, and others that met him first year anyways." Harry shrugged.
"And does that make a difference in his character? Since I've known him he's just been a little arogant on his family and himself. That's about it. But I can't blame him, knowing his father." Alexis looked on solemnly
"That's just it, I've lived with my Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia for years but I never turned out like him." Harry said with a worried look.
"Oh, please Harry! You're a little protective of your ego whether you know it or not," Alexis slapped his arm playfully.
"It's just, you grow up with someone so fragile like Ginny and you get worried about her. She was like a sister to me and if I had a sister I'd treat her the same way. But seeing Draco like he was up to fourth year, it's just too suspicious that he would go from asshole to hero in a year." Harry shook his head.
"Harry, Ginny's a big girl. She may be in love with him but she knows when she gets hurt, someone's gone too far." Alexis said knowingly. "I mean, I've known her for the past two years or so and I've noticed a great difference in her maturity." (AN: And now in honor of the movie that just came out-Chamber of Secrets..drumroll please! ) Alexis looked down at her shoes and then stopped Harry for a moment. "No one really knows what happened between you and Ginny in the chamber of Secrets that day, but I've heard that that has changed the behavior between you two. Now I know you two have become close but you have to let ehr grow up."
Harry nodded and they started walking again. "Alexis," He began and continued when she looked up at him. "I know I've been sensitive to Ginny lately but it's because she's grown up a lot. When I first met her she was a scared little girl and when I first met, I don't know if I've hated another student more. But the two of them, it just seems as if there are some strings attatched."