Chapter 4- The Next Day
The next day Ginny was extremely exhausted. She spent four hours on just two essays, that were not even done with that much effort. She knew that her grade on the essays would not be very high. The meeting with Blaise the night before went strangely well.
She expected Blaise to be cold and nasty just like Malfoy but he was charming, in a weird sort of way. He kept staring at her like Ginny was some sort of prize that was yet to be won, but Ginny decided to ignore that. She also did miss that small sign of anger that was in his eyes, while she was telling him that story. Blaise did laugh when she explained his story, " Well now I want to rush back to my common room and bring Malfoy out here to see if it's true. But of course, Virginia, I would believe you. In fact I will alert the rest of the Slytherins at once. We wouldn't want our house's reputation be ruined because of one silly girl with one silly potion, now would we?" Before Ginny had a chance to answer that he bowed and left.
The whole night Ginny wondered what Blaise would have said to his common room. Would he mention her? Would Pansy and all the other female Slytherins try to attack her? And why did Blaise bow to her when he was about to leave? She was even more afraid when she realized the sun was hitting her eyes, meaning morning had came. Ginny decided that maybe if she pretended she was sleeping, no one would remember that she had to take classes today, nor would remind her to wake up to eat breakfast. It was at this moment she wished she did not have to share a dorm with her fifth year friends.
"Hey Ginny! Wake up sleepyhead! Usually you're the early bird!" Leila, a 5th year Gryffindor started to tap Ginny's shoulder's. When she found out that did not seem to be working she starting shaking her. "Was it McGonagall's essay that kept you up last night. You should have started it the day she gave it out."
"OK OK I am up! MERLIN stop shaking me I am up already," Ginny said while Leila laughed.
"The name's Leila not Merlin. If I was Merlin I would be rich and famous and powerful, and also have died a couple of centuries ago. I also would be a teaching Dumbledore, not learning from him."
Leila was going to continue on just to annoy Ginny, but Ginny just got up and went to the bathroom to get ready. She came out a few minutes later, with her hair kept and looking more awake then before. Leila pretended to be mad at Ginny because she left while she was talking, but Ginny just rolled her eyes and Leila laughed. Then Ginny laughed. They knew each other too well. Ginny put on her uniform and it looked complete, but it was not. She started rummaging through her stuff, then threw Leila's, and then through her other roommates. Ginny knew her roommates would not care, because the house elves would eventually clean it all up.
"What are you looking for?"
"My robes I can't find them. You know McGonagall would have a fit if I don't wear them."
"What happened to your other one?" Leila knew of Ginny's financial status and that Ginny only owned two robes. She had a third but it was ruined by one of Hagrid's 'beautiful creatures.' She would have given her own but their sizes were completely different.
"It is in the wash. I don't need it now, class doesn't start for another hour. I can ask Hermione when we reach the Great Hall for one. I think we are almost the same size. We better start leaving before breakfast is finished." And with that said Ginny and Leila left the messy room, but with an awkward silence. Leila knew Ginny was nervous about something, but she didn't say anything. She would find out soon enough, she thought.
"Where were you guys? I thought you weren't coming, and I was about to go back to the common room and try to go up the girl's stairs to come and drag you guys out of bed." Colin said, and Leila and Ginny laughed.
Ginny and Leila sat down. Leila started to chat with Colin, but Ginny stayed silent, chuckling once in a while to make it seem like she was fine. She started to play with her food, taking a bite once in a while. Her gaze went up to Colin when he told this story about a Slytherin who got locked in a broom closet for six hours, and then it slowly went to the Slytherin table.
She saw all the Slytherin's chatting away, and her eyes met up with Blaise who winked at her. I guess that meant he informed the Slytherins. She looked around and saw that no one was giving her death glares, or even was amused at the fact that she 'slipped a love potion' in Draco's antidote. He didn't tell them it was me! She sighed in relief and was about to go back to her breakfast and Colin's story when her gaze fell on Draco.
He was staring at her. He didn't even seem to notice Pansy waving her arms in front of his face to get his attention or Crabbe and Goyle steal Draco's food that was on his plate. Blaise watched Ginny and followed her gaze. He got up and told Draco something, and he got up and left. Pansy followed and decided to give a death glare to every female in Hall who would even THINK of slipping a love potion in Draco's potion. Which basically included, every female in the hall.
Ginny immediately looked down at her plate when Pansy started to glare at the Gryffindor table. Colin and Leila looked at the three leaving and they started to have a conversation on 'what the heck that was all about.' Ginny suddenly decided she was not hungry and got up to go back to her common room and grab her books for class. She forgot to ask Hermione about borrowing a robe.
