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Chapter Two

Ginny burst out of the Great Hall desperate to get away from them all and have some time to herself. Sitting by Ron, even though he hadn't said a word to her, made her feel amazingly claustrophobic. It felt like she couldn't breath and could only sit there on the left side of Gryffindor table staring at Draco Malfoy. Which, well, the staring part wasn't so bad, but everything else was horrible.

Ginny's small form made it's way down the stone corridor leading out to the grounds. It was the begining of October and the trees surrounding the castle had just began to turn a wonderful variety of colors. Her footsteps sounded loud to Ginny's ears. Then she heard another pair of footsteps running to catch up to hers. Probably Ron, dammit.....

She quickened her pace and ignored the footsteps.

" Hey, Ginny! Wait up, would you." yelled the voice beloning to the footsteps.

"Piss off, Ron." yelled Ginny behind her. She had become fed up with the little baby act and just wanted to be alone!

"Oi, i'm not that red-headed FREAK!" yelled the voice.

Stopping in her tracks Ginny pivoted around on her foot and gasped.

It was DRACO MALFOY!!! OMG!!!! she had just told Draco Malfoy, the most beautiful boy and most vengeful boy in school to piss off.....this could get ugly.

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Draco hurried to catch up with Ginny. He could see a small form in from of him heading out toward the grounds and ran to catch up with it. Yes, it was Ginny, no one else in school had that brilliant red hair. He called out to her to stop and wait for him to catch up.

And she told him piss off.....wait she had called him RON!!! he wasn't that bloody wanker!!!

Draco put on and extra burst of speed and called out saying he wasn't Ron.

Ginny stopped in her tracks and spun around. He saw shock register in her eyes and he slowed down.

"Ummm. hi?" said Draco

Ginny remained silent

"Sorry about, ummm, pissing you off?" tried Draco again.

This seemed to unfreeze Ginny.

"Oh geez, i'm sorry. I thought you were Ron. I was just trying to get away from Him, so yeah....."

" No problem. Since you're trying to get away from your wanker brother i guess you want to be alone then. I'll go...." said Draco.

Ginny took a few steps forward and daringly put her hand on Draco's arm.

"No, you don't have to go. I'd actually like some company. It's cool if you stay."

Draco smiled and fell in step with Ginny as they started walking down the corridor to the doors that would lead them outside, Nearing the door Draco steped ahead of Ginny and opened the door for her. She blushed and gave him a small smile.

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Holy Great Leapin' Blizzards! Here she was, Ginny Weasley, walking next to Draco Malfoy, her brothers hated enemy and she was having an amazing time. He had even just opened the door for her. And like the unexperienced idiot she was she BLUSHED. It was so embarassing!

She had broken out of her invisible prison for a few minutes and it was great. To hell with what her brother would think. Maybe he would never find out. Ha! this was amazing.

Ginny was so caught upin her thoughts she had partially forgotten about Draco walking beside her and she had tripped over a root that had polked out of the ground. During all the time she had spent thinking they had walked down to the lake and had already rounded one end.

Ginny let out a surprised shreak and fell down...and down...and down. the root she had tripped over had sent her down the embankment that led to the lake.

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Draco was getting worried. He had been walking with Ginny for a while now and she hadn't said a single thing. Did she really not want to walk with him? Was she just being polite?

They began to round the bend around the lake and started coming up to some trees on the edge of the lake. Draco looked up and caught sight of an eagle flying overhead. Then he heard the first thingn Ginny had said to him in a while. He heard her yell.

And then watched as she fell down the bank of the lake and straight into the water.

"Holy CRAP!!! Ginny are you okay?" yelled Draco.

He jumped off the path that skirted the edge of the lake and slidedown the muddy edge of the lake. Surprisingly, no rocks seemed to line the edge of the water. It was just mud. Very thick....mud.

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(A/N: i've decided to stop doing seperate parts of the story when Draco and Ginny are together. its just annoying to write....)

Ginny broker her head out of the cold water.

"DAMN," she thought. " This water is frickin cold."

it was only October but the water had chilled and was REALLY frigid.

Ginny watched as Draco ran down to help her in silence. It really was better to just concentrate on keeping warm. So she doggypaddled over to the bank in silence as Draco slipped and slided over to her through the mud. The thick ass mud. Oh no.......

"DRACO!" yelled Ginny.

Draco looked up at Ginny as he made his way over to her .

"What...?"

"Do you know what kind of mud your in? You're going to get stuck in this stuff. thats why it's so thick. It's Suparnious Mud. Hardens as soon as it senses movement in it."

Draco swore softly and began looking around him.

Ginny was positive she was right. the mud had a slightly sulfurish smell...and was very thick. the two characteristics of Suparnious Mud....

"Damn," said Draco as he relized the situation. "Hey, Ginny?"

"Yes," said Ginny as she continued to tread water.

"Well, I guess I'm gonna have to jump in and join you." said Draco and preceeded to do so.

"DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, DAMN. THIS WATER IS DAMN FRICKIN COLD!!!!!!!!" yelled Draco as he surfaced.

Ginny giggled loudly as she listened to Draco trash around in the water.

Draco stilled a bit then rounded on Ginny.

"What??? Your laughing? Why the hell are you laughing?" yelled Draco.

Ginny was used to loud manly uproars from her brother and Draco's wasn't bothering her a bit.

" Well, buddy." said Ginny. " Here we are, in the LAKE, stuck here, all by ourselves, in damn cold water and you are over their squealing like crazy. Truthfully Draco, you sound very funny."

Draco just stared at the girl.

"Are you mad?" he yelled." What are we going to do? Were stuck out here in the freezing water and can't go ashore because we'll get stuck!"

Ginny knew that they were pretty much screwed until someone came by to get them but she didn't really care. Ron wasn't here to tell on her, she didn't have homework to worry about, and Draco Malfoy the most gorgeous man on earth was across the water from her, just a few feet away, all wet with his robes so wet the clung to his every muscle and boy...they were impressive.

"No, i'm not crazy. But i think the cold water is begining to get to my head. i'm all giggly and can'tstop laughing. Really i'm not usually this bad." said Ginny

Draco's mouth began to twitch and he gave her a small smile, which quickly turned into a big one. Laughter soon followed it and in no time at all both Draco and Ginny were both treading water to stay afloat and laughing up a storm.

Draco got water up his nose which made him snort, which made Ginny laugh all the harder.

After a few minutes the two teenagers had to hold onto each other just to stay upright. and still no one had come along to find them....

A/N:tune in soon to see the next chapter, where, possibly...some D/G fluff and action will go down....yeah. that sounded funny didn't it. Please review. Reviews always brighten my DAY!