SWEET RAPTURE'S SHAKESPEARE
A Ginny Weasley Fan Fiction
By: MeEm
Summary: The new DADA teacher decides to put on the play 'Romeo & Juliet'. Ginny is made the lead role of Juliet and her mortal enemy; the arrogant disdainful Draco Malfoy is Romeo. Will Shakespeare bring them closer or drive them further apart? Not your stereotypical Shakespearian tale, either, with surprises cropping up around every corner, Ginny's about to take a dive headfirst into trouble- but the show must go on!
Disclaimer: The plot and any new characters/ settings etc. are copyright MeEm 2003, everything else is copyright JK Rowling and Warner Bros 2003. Satisfied? Good.
A/N: I realized last night that the four boys in this fic are actually based on boys I know- isn't that weird?! Okey doke y'know the claptrap- read, review and spread love not pollution!
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Chapter 4: Shall I Compare Thee To A Snake?
Monday morning was a grey, chilly one with swirling storm clouds threatening to pour down. Ginny lay in bed, musing over her rejection of Will on Saturday. Rolling over she groaned, "Why did I say no?!" Then the little voice at the back of her head whispered, "You know he only asked you out to have a dig at Harry!" What made it worse was she knew it was true.
Down at breakfast, Ginny kept to herself and stirred her porridge miserably. Will was seated opposite her and the crackling tension between them was almost unbearable.
"Could you pass me the toast?" asked Will. "Or will you rebuff that proposal as well?" he added irksomely. That was too much for Ginny, who -biting her lip and trying not to burst into tears there and then- fled from the Great Hall.
Outside she regained control of herself -just- and managed to arrive to her first defence against the dark arts lesson on time and dry-eyed.
Ms. Hathaway was dressed in a sweeping black skirt and blue tie-dyed shirt complete with a bright purple cardigan. Her long black hair was scrappily tied back in a half-ponytail.
"Good morning, class!" she said cheerily as everyone got seated. Ginny sat at the front on her bill as per usual.
The lesson passed quickly and Ginny enjoyed the fast pace Ms. Hathaway was teaching at. Many couldn't keep up and got lost and dumb-founded but Ginny felt just fine- she worked hard to keep her teacher's son out of her mind.
After the class, Ms. Hathaway asked who would be auditioning tonight. Ginny and some others put their hands up.
"Excellent," said Ms. Hathaway briskly. "Class dismissed."
In care of magical creatures, they were continuing learning about Smogs. Ginny also discovered another favourite food of the cubs; bacon.
She had had a bacon sandwich in her pocket incase she got hungry later at the auditions, and when she lifted up Nychta (her favourite Smog), he had dived his nose into her pocket; retrieved the bacon butte and gobbled it up at alarming speed.
Altogether, the schooling day went smoothly and rapidly. Before Ginny knew it, the time was ten to four and she was making her way to the Quidditch pitch- accompanied by Ron and Hermione who were trying out and Harry who was watching.
Ginny was amazed at the number of students congregated on the Quidditch pitch (at least 200!) including Draco Malfoy among lots of other slytherins.
"Attention please!" Ms. Hathaway announced, her soft voice magically enchanted to a booming shout. "Can those trying for principal parts stand to the left and those trying for minor parts go right?"
Ginny, Ron and Hermione (Ron being pulled along by Hermione) moved to the left, Harry tagging along. About sixty others followed, the majority bagging for minor parts.
"Okay- well as there's so many of you favouring smaller parts- it would be much easier if you all came back tomorrow," suggested Ms. Hathaway. "Else we'll be here all night. Now- people to the left I'll divide you into groups and we can begin!"
The bulk of the crowd left to return the next day, leaving those hopeful of a big part. Ms. Hathaway took down every candidate's name- smiling pleasurably.
"Now I've got your names, we can get started." She said (her voice normal) after a few minutes.
"Harry! You lot!" Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Harry turned around to see Neville Longbottom; Dean Thomas; Seamus Finnagin; Ernie Macmillan and many others of their friends all grinning and waving.
Ms. Hathaway sorted everyone into more manageable groups of ten to start off with- when Harry told her he was just watching she [made] him audition!
Ginny's group consisted of: Hermione; Ron; a ravenclaw called Terry Boot and his mate Arthur Moon; Lavender Brown; Clara Thompson; non-other than [Draco Malfoy] and his side-kick, Blaise Zabani.
First of all they warmed up by doing an improvisation about someone stealing an apple. Ginny was rightfully amazed to discover that Malfoy was an [brilliant] actor- and that she was darn good too!
During the improvisation, Malfoy played the part of the shop-keeper and Ginny was the thief.
He snatched her wrist when she 'stole' the 'apple' and clutched it tightly. "Do you know the price for stealing?" he hissed at her with such vehement, Ginny was petrified.
"No," she stammered fearfully. Malfoy's cold grey eyes stared icily into her and taunted her childishness. "The price is this pretty little hand of yours!"
He squeezed Ginny's wrist harder, making her gasp out loud. Suddenly, she was a poor beggar girl who had been thieving by this merciless tyrant.
"Please!" she sobbed, trying in vain to wrench her wrist out of his vice- like grip. "Have mercy on me! I have not eaten for days-"
"Let the child go!" Terry shouted. "She has learnt her lesson!"
Malfoy released Ginny and shortly the impro ended. Afterwards, Ginny noted that her pale wrist had been marred with angry red finger marks from Malfoy.
Everyone clapped loudly and the atmosphere was that of a relaxed and generally good vibe.
After the other groups had shown their impros, Ms. Hathaway asked for a show of hands for who wanted the two lead roles of Romeo and Juliet.
Ginny nervously raised her -bruising- hand but put it higher when she saw Malfoy raise his. 'If he can do it, so can I!' she thought stubbornly. To her surprise, only sixteen people raised their hand- eight girls, eight boys.
"Good," said Ms. Hathaway after putting a tick by their names on her list. "A nice number,"
She told the remaining fifty or so that they could take a break (A/N: and have a Kit Kat! Lol couldn't resist!) and get some refreshments from the Great Hall if they wanted whilst she 'sorted this lot out,'
Ginny waved goodbye to Harry and prepared for the next task.
"I want you all to get into pairs-" Ms. Hathaway affirmed. "Boy/ girl- understand?"
A groan rippled through the group- working with people from the opposite sex- Argh!
Ron and Hermione obviously went together; Luna Lovegood went with Arthur Moon; Lavender Brown bagged Seamus Finnagin- there was no was Ginny was going with her ex dean Thomas who thankfully paired up with Parvati Patil. Ernie Macmillan predictably went with his Hufflepuff girlfriend, Susan Bones. That left Pansy 'b*tch' Parkinson, Clara Thompson, Neville Longbotton (surprisingly great at acting), Blaise Zabani and Draco Malfoy.
'Neville!' Ginny went over to her fellow gryffindor- but Clara got there first!
"Neville, can I go with you?"
"Sure,"
'Nooo! B*tch! Damn her! SCREAM!' Ginny silently fumed. Pansy Parkinson went over to Malfoy. "Drakkie? Want to-"
Ignoring her, Malfoy strode over to Ginny.
"We're going together," he declared to her. "Huh! Since when was-" Ginny's indignant cry was cut short by Malfoy snapping, "You're a good actress. Better than [her]." He nodded towards a sulking Pansy, who contented herself with Zabani.
Ginny blinked at Malfoy's forwardness. "Oh," was all she could say. Ms. Hathaway then got everyone's attention and said, "I'll give you a section from the script for you to act out, okay? Here- Miss Bones, hand them out please."
She dumped a stack of yellowing scripts in Susan's arms that began handing them out.
"After a few minutes rehearsals you will perform your piece- begin!"
Ginny looked down at her copy -the scene was when Romeo was talking to Juliet at the Capulet's ball and then he -Ginny's stomach squirmed at this next part- [kisses her]. 'Ugh! Malfoy saliva!'
"Do you need to read through the words?" Malfoy asked coolly. Ginny shook her head. "No, I know this play well- I love reading Shake-" she abruptly stopped and flushed vermilion when she realized how sad she sounded. Smirking, Malfoy dropped his script on the grass. "So do I. Can we begin?"
Nervously, Ginny nodded. That was when everything changed- Malfoy was not Malfoy anymore. He was Romeo- [her] Romeo and she was [his] Juliet.
"Time's up!" Ms. Hathaway called a few minutes later. Ginny and Malfoy had delayed the line where they -'urgh!'- Kissed each other.
"First pair," Ms. Hathaway ordered. Ron and Hermione were fairly good- but they went overboard at the kiss part! Next, Lavender and Seamus who kept giggling. The same with Parvati and Dean. Luna and Arthur were good- even if Luna [was] a bit spaced out. Clara was good, but not innocent enough for Juliet. And she made sure Neville only pecked her briefly on the cheek. Then it was Ginny's turn.
Malfoy took both her hands- softly, tenderly, and looked deep into her eyes as he said his lines. They both said their words with awesome empathy.
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake." Ginny recited beautifully, pulling slightly away from Malfoy teasingly.
He drew her back closer, so their bodies were touching. "Then move not, while my prayers' effect I take." He said huskily, pulling Ginny even closer and gently kissing her. His kiss was vibrant and Ginny felt hypnotized by his gaze, lost in his strong arms.
"Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged." He finished.
"Then have my lips the sin they have took." Juliet said softly.
"Sin from my lips?" Romeo raised an eyebrow. "O trespass sweetly urged. Give me my sin again."
"You kiss by th' book." Juliet said coolly.
"And cut!" Ms. Hathaway's voice cut through them, and Juliet was Ginny again and Romeo became Malfoy once more.
"Excellent!" Ms. Hathaway praised. "Next couple."
Ginny felt strange.that, that kiss- had she enjoyed it? Had Malfoy actually let her feel wanted? Loved, even?
'Yes,' was the answer.
Malfoy strode past Ginny, adding loftily, "You're a fairly good snogger," He smirked. "For Weasel King's ickle sister!"
He laughed cruelly and swaggered off.
'You were wrong,' Ginny chided herself angrily. 'He's just a bl**dy good actor!'
Feeling betrayed, Ginny sunk into the shadows- bitterness for Malfoy coursing through her.
'And I hate him!'
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A/N: I've made pumpkin cookies to give out on Hallowe'en! I got this great midnight blue velvet dress that trails along the ground, which I'm going to wear, plus a load of fake blood pouring down my neck!
I had such a 'Bridget Jones' day yesterday. Firstly, I got covered in a load of painful splinters when I picked up a pumpkin coated in little spines (it really hurt!) and just as I was about to start sobbing my eyes out in the middle of the supermarket (I'm a real wimp when I hurt myself!) when I noticed this really fit guy watching me- you know, wavy blonde hair, sharp blue eyes etc. Anyway, I noticed him looking at me and then he came over to me and my mum and said, "hello!"
Well, I was like, ::smile and try not to faint, cry or swoon:: when my mum goes, "Oh Em, this is your cousin [sensored], do you remember him?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Typical, the only fit guy around for ages and I'm related to him! Well, he and my mum were exchanging numbers as he's going to come around ours to cut some of our trees (he's a tree surgeon) so I got out my -rubbish- standby mobile phone out (mine's being repaired) to type the number in. Guess what, I couldn't turn it on! In addition, my 'helpful' mum pipes up with, "Oh Em's just showing off with her new mobile!" Yep. Thanks mum. Very helpful.
Later on, I was in the kitchen carving out the pumpkin when my brother's martial arts teacher came to the door to pick them up for training. I answered the door, and then realizing I was COVERED in pumpkin (even on my nose!) and my rock music was blaring out of the stereo.Oops!
Well, I'd better stop boring y'all now! Peace n Luv, MeEm xxx
A Ginny Weasley Fan Fiction
By: MeEm
Summary: The new DADA teacher decides to put on the play 'Romeo & Juliet'. Ginny is made the lead role of Juliet and her mortal enemy; the arrogant disdainful Draco Malfoy is Romeo. Will Shakespeare bring them closer or drive them further apart? Not your stereotypical Shakespearian tale, either, with surprises cropping up around every corner, Ginny's about to take a dive headfirst into trouble- but the show must go on!
Disclaimer: The plot and any new characters/ settings etc. are copyright MeEm 2003, everything else is copyright JK Rowling and Warner Bros 2003. Satisfied? Good.
A/N: I realized last night that the four boys in this fic are actually based on boys I know- isn't that weird?! Okey doke y'know the claptrap- read, review and spread love not pollution!
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Chapter 4: Shall I Compare Thee To A Snake?
Monday morning was a grey, chilly one with swirling storm clouds threatening to pour down. Ginny lay in bed, musing over her rejection of Will on Saturday. Rolling over she groaned, "Why did I say no?!" Then the little voice at the back of her head whispered, "You know he only asked you out to have a dig at Harry!" What made it worse was she knew it was true.
Down at breakfast, Ginny kept to herself and stirred her porridge miserably. Will was seated opposite her and the crackling tension between them was almost unbearable.
"Could you pass me the toast?" asked Will. "Or will you rebuff that proposal as well?" he added irksomely. That was too much for Ginny, who -biting her lip and trying not to burst into tears there and then- fled from the Great Hall.
Outside she regained control of herself -just- and managed to arrive to her first defence against the dark arts lesson on time and dry-eyed.
Ms. Hathaway was dressed in a sweeping black skirt and blue tie-dyed shirt complete with a bright purple cardigan. Her long black hair was scrappily tied back in a half-ponytail.
"Good morning, class!" she said cheerily as everyone got seated. Ginny sat at the front on her bill as per usual.
The lesson passed quickly and Ginny enjoyed the fast pace Ms. Hathaway was teaching at. Many couldn't keep up and got lost and dumb-founded but Ginny felt just fine- she worked hard to keep her teacher's son out of her mind.
After the class, Ms. Hathaway asked who would be auditioning tonight. Ginny and some others put their hands up.
"Excellent," said Ms. Hathaway briskly. "Class dismissed."
In care of magical creatures, they were continuing learning about Smogs. Ginny also discovered another favourite food of the cubs; bacon.
She had had a bacon sandwich in her pocket incase she got hungry later at the auditions, and when she lifted up Nychta (her favourite Smog), he had dived his nose into her pocket; retrieved the bacon butte and gobbled it up at alarming speed.
Altogether, the schooling day went smoothly and rapidly. Before Ginny knew it, the time was ten to four and she was making her way to the Quidditch pitch- accompanied by Ron and Hermione who were trying out and Harry who was watching.
Ginny was amazed at the number of students congregated on the Quidditch pitch (at least 200!) including Draco Malfoy among lots of other slytherins.
"Attention please!" Ms. Hathaway announced, her soft voice magically enchanted to a booming shout. "Can those trying for principal parts stand to the left and those trying for minor parts go right?"
Ginny, Ron and Hermione (Ron being pulled along by Hermione) moved to the left, Harry tagging along. About sixty others followed, the majority bagging for minor parts.
"Okay- well as there's so many of you favouring smaller parts- it would be much easier if you all came back tomorrow," suggested Ms. Hathaway. "Else we'll be here all night. Now- people to the left I'll divide you into groups and we can begin!"
The bulk of the crowd left to return the next day, leaving those hopeful of a big part. Ms. Hathaway took down every candidate's name- smiling pleasurably.
"Now I've got your names, we can get started." She said (her voice normal) after a few minutes.
"Harry! You lot!" Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Harry turned around to see Neville Longbottom; Dean Thomas; Seamus Finnagin; Ernie Macmillan and many others of their friends all grinning and waving.
Ms. Hathaway sorted everyone into more manageable groups of ten to start off with- when Harry told her he was just watching she [made] him audition!
Ginny's group consisted of: Hermione; Ron; a ravenclaw called Terry Boot and his mate Arthur Moon; Lavender Brown; Clara Thompson; non-other than [Draco Malfoy] and his side-kick, Blaise Zabani.
First of all they warmed up by doing an improvisation about someone stealing an apple. Ginny was rightfully amazed to discover that Malfoy was an [brilliant] actor- and that she was darn good too!
During the improvisation, Malfoy played the part of the shop-keeper and Ginny was the thief.
He snatched her wrist when she 'stole' the 'apple' and clutched it tightly. "Do you know the price for stealing?" he hissed at her with such vehement, Ginny was petrified.
"No," she stammered fearfully. Malfoy's cold grey eyes stared icily into her and taunted her childishness. "The price is this pretty little hand of yours!"
He squeezed Ginny's wrist harder, making her gasp out loud. Suddenly, she was a poor beggar girl who had been thieving by this merciless tyrant.
"Please!" she sobbed, trying in vain to wrench her wrist out of his vice- like grip. "Have mercy on me! I have not eaten for days-"
"Let the child go!" Terry shouted. "She has learnt her lesson!"
Malfoy released Ginny and shortly the impro ended. Afterwards, Ginny noted that her pale wrist had been marred with angry red finger marks from Malfoy.
Everyone clapped loudly and the atmosphere was that of a relaxed and generally good vibe.
After the other groups had shown their impros, Ms. Hathaway asked for a show of hands for who wanted the two lead roles of Romeo and Juliet.
Ginny nervously raised her -bruising- hand but put it higher when she saw Malfoy raise his. 'If he can do it, so can I!' she thought stubbornly. To her surprise, only sixteen people raised their hand- eight girls, eight boys.
"Good," said Ms. Hathaway after putting a tick by their names on her list. "A nice number,"
She told the remaining fifty or so that they could take a break (A/N: and have a Kit Kat! Lol couldn't resist!) and get some refreshments from the Great Hall if they wanted whilst she 'sorted this lot out,'
Ginny waved goodbye to Harry and prepared for the next task.
"I want you all to get into pairs-" Ms. Hathaway affirmed. "Boy/ girl- understand?"
A groan rippled through the group- working with people from the opposite sex- Argh!
Ron and Hermione obviously went together; Luna Lovegood went with Arthur Moon; Lavender Brown bagged Seamus Finnagin- there was no was Ginny was going with her ex dean Thomas who thankfully paired up with Parvati Patil. Ernie Macmillan predictably went with his Hufflepuff girlfriend, Susan Bones. That left Pansy 'b*tch' Parkinson, Clara Thompson, Neville Longbotton (surprisingly great at acting), Blaise Zabani and Draco Malfoy.
'Neville!' Ginny went over to her fellow gryffindor- but Clara got there first!
"Neville, can I go with you?"
"Sure,"
'Nooo! B*tch! Damn her! SCREAM!' Ginny silently fumed. Pansy Parkinson went over to Malfoy. "Drakkie? Want to-"
Ignoring her, Malfoy strode over to Ginny.
"We're going together," he declared to her. "Huh! Since when was-" Ginny's indignant cry was cut short by Malfoy snapping, "You're a good actress. Better than [her]." He nodded towards a sulking Pansy, who contented herself with Zabani.
Ginny blinked at Malfoy's forwardness. "Oh," was all she could say. Ms. Hathaway then got everyone's attention and said, "I'll give you a section from the script for you to act out, okay? Here- Miss Bones, hand them out please."
She dumped a stack of yellowing scripts in Susan's arms that began handing them out.
"After a few minutes rehearsals you will perform your piece- begin!"
Ginny looked down at her copy -the scene was when Romeo was talking to Juliet at the Capulet's ball and then he -Ginny's stomach squirmed at this next part- [kisses her]. 'Ugh! Malfoy saliva!'
"Do you need to read through the words?" Malfoy asked coolly. Ginny shook her head. "No, I know this play well- I love reading Shake-" she abruptly stopped and flushed vermilion when she realized how sad she sounded. Smirking, Malfoy dropped his script on the grass. "So do I. Can we begin?"
Nervously, Ginny nodded. That was when everything changed- Malfoy was not Malfoy anymore. He was Romeo- [her] Romeo and she was [his] Juliet.
"Time's up!" Ms. Hathaway called a few minutes later. Ginny and Malfoy had delayed the line where they -'urgh!'- Kissed each other.
"First pair," Ms. Hathaway ordered. Ron and Hermione were fairly good- but they went overboard at the kiss part! Next, Lavender and Seamus who kept giggling. The same with Parvati and Dean. Luna and Arthur were good- even if Luna [was] a bit spaced out. Clara was good, but not innocent enough for Juliet. And she made sure Neville only pecked her briefly on the cheek. Then it was Ginny's turn.
Malfoy took both her hands- softly, tenderly, and looked deep into her eyes as he said his lines. They both said their words with awesome empathy.
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake." Ginny recited beautifully, pulling slightly away from Malfoy teasingly.
He drew her back closer, so their bodies were touching. "Then move not, while my prayers' effect I take." He said huskily, pulling Ginny even closer and gently kissing her. His kiss was vibrant and Ginny felt hypnotized by his gaze, lost in his strong arms.
"Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged." He finished.
"Then have my lips the sin they have took." Juliet said softly.
"Sin from my lips?" Romeo raised an eyebrow. "O trespass sweetly urged. Give me my sin again."
"You kiss by th' book." Juliet said coolly.
"And cut!" Ms. Hathaway's voice cut through them, and Juliet was Ginny again and Romeo became Malfoy once more.
"Excellent!" Ms. Hathaway praised. "Next couple."
Ginny felt strange.that, that kiss- had she enjoyed it? Had Malfoy actually let her feel wanted? Loved, even?
'Yes,' was the answer.
Malfoy strode past Ginny, adding loftily, "You're a fairly good snogger," He smirked. "For Weasel King's ickle sister!"
He laughed cruelly and swaggered off.
'You were wrong,' Ginny chided herself angrily. 'He's just a bl**dy good actor!'
Feeling betrayed, Ginny sunk into the shadows- bitterness for Malfoy coursing through her.
'And I hate him!'
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A/N: I've made pumpkin cookies to give out on Hallowe'en! I got this great midnight blue velvet dress that trails along the ground, which I'm going to wear, plus a load of fake blood pouring down my neck!
I had such a 'Bridget Jones' day yesterday. Firstly, I got covered in a load of painful splinters when I picked up a pumpkin coated in little spines (it really hurt!) and just as I was about to start sobbing my eyes out in the middle of the supermarket (I'm a real wimp when I hurt myself!) when I noticed this really fit guy watching me- you know, wavy blonde hair, sharp blue eyes etc. Anyway, I noticed him looking at me and then he came over to me and my mum and said, "hello!"
Well, I was like, ::smile and try not to faint, cry or swoon:: when my mum goes, "Oh Em, this is your cousin [sensored], do you remember him?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Typical, the only fit guy around for ages and I'm related to him! Well, he and my mum were exchanging numbers as he's going to come around ours to cut some of our trees (he's a tree surgeon) so I got out my -rubbish- standby mobile phone out (mine's being repaired) to type the number in. Guess what, I couldn't turn it on! In addition, my 'helpful' mum pipes up with, "Oh Em's just showing off with her new mobile!" Yep. Thanks mum. Very helpful.
Later on, I was in the kitchen carving out the pumpkin when my brother's martial arts teacher came to the door to pick them up for training. I answered the door, and then realizing I was COVERED in pumpkin (even on my nose!) and my rock music was blaring out of the stereo.Oops!
Well, I'd better stop boring y'all now! Peace n Luv, MeEm xxx