Chapter 10
Sweetness, Sarcasm, and Safety
*I had a review where somebody asked what a git was (which has been used in the HP books a millions times...;)) but here is the definition: A silly or contemptible person. Hope you guys like this chapter!*
The next morning Harry awoke with a groan.
He was so tired, he hadn't gotten to bed until one, and it was six now!
Then he sighed, remembering last night....sweet Pansy....and all the others....
We just couldn't stop laughing, he thought, I wonder what today's gonna be like?
Just then, he heard Ron snort beside him, and Harry rolled over to see if he was awake.
Ron's eyes were wide open, and staring at Harry.
"Hi," Harry said groggily, then sat to get up.
Ron just kept staring at him.
"What?" Harry asked, after Ron didn't move.
"You and Pansy Parkinson..." Ron began to chuckle.
Harry went red, "Yeah? So? What's the problem? If you actually got to know her..."
Ron waved his hand.
"It's ok. Hey! I'll bet that the whole school knows about me and Hermione now...since we were so loud when we came in last night..."
Harry laughed.
He and Ron were ok....but what about the rest of them?
As Pansy sat at the breakfast table, Draco sat gracefully next to her.
"Hey..."
"Hi, Draco."
"I'm sorry about last night...."
"You didn't know, it's ok..."
They spoke in hushed voices, but some people seemed to hear what they were saying and giving each other quizzical looks.
"So....you're with Potter? Never would have known you'd go that far, Pansy." Draco smirked at her.
Pansy felt her blood boil.
"Well, I could say the same thing about you and Little Miss Weasley over there!" she said, rather loudly.
Now they were getting really strange looks.
"Ok, Pansy. Let's keep this quiet, alright? Only talk about this when we're in private...? We know we don't want our entire house to know that we're interested in Gryffindors, do we?" Draco whispered.
Pansy shook her head after a short hesitation.
If her friends found out how she felt about Harry, then she knew she wouldn't have any more friends.
Draco smirked as he watched the look on Potter's face when he saw Pansy sitting next to him.
He's not jealous, Draco thought, slightly disappointed, but he's definitely worried...good. Serves him right.
What a world this was.....he, Draco Malfoy, involved with a Weasley. A Gryffindor Weasley.
And Pansy! She was involved with the most famous Gryffindor there was, Mr. Saintly-Holier-Than-Thou- Harry Potter!
The only ones who actually made any sense were Weasley and Granger...many people had seen that coming for a long, long time.... it was just amazing that Granger lightened up enough that she would let Weasley touch her.
Draco let out a small laugh as he saw them approaching the table, not touching at all.
He supposed they (really meaning Hermione) had wanted to keep the whole situation quiet, until somebody found out without meaning to, like he, Pansy, Potter, and Ginny, had the night before.
Ginny.
There she was, dressed in her black robes, with her tall witches hat looking cute on her, accenting her Irish-looking features...she really was beautiful...Draco smiled despite himself.
She was all his....
Ginny smiled faintly across the room where Draco sat with the Slytherins, staring at her.
I love the way he looks at me, she thought, and I was right, that day we were matched...he can see into my soul...I can tell by the way he acts...how he knows everything that I'm feeling...
Draco Malfoy.
The name didn't sound in the least menacing anymore.
It sounded sweet.....sensual....safe...
She came out of her little daydream, noticing that Hermione was giving her a look that said, 'You are so in love'.
Ginny blushed, then began to eat her eggs, knowing that Draco was still watching her.
Last night had been quite the comedy, but Ginny didn't know how Draco felt about it.
She wasn't bothered in the least that Pansy had accidentally kissed Draco, she had heard the disgusted yells and knew it was an honest mistake.
As for the aspect of Pansy and Harry, Ginny nearly laughed out loud.
She still couldn't believe the chemistry that they had...and Ginny knew that they had it, she saw it every time she saw them together, which, lately, was a lot.
She was quite happy with the outcome of Ron and Hermione, though, since Hermione had always seemed quite like a sister to her, it would be so sweet and cute if she ended up really being her sister!
Ginny smiled to herself.
She owed a big thank you to the teachers and The Matching Game.
As Hermione ate her eggs, Ron leaned over very close to her.
"Last night was pretty embarrassing, huh?"
Hermione smiled faintly.
"Yes. Very."
"But we're going to keep this quiet until rumours start, right?"
"Yes."
"And when they start...?"
"We come out and explain the situation so that nobody at the rumour mill can make anything more up that is totally ridiculous."
"Ok."
Hermione and Ron sat in silence for a moment, then heard the faint sounds of what sounded like...smooching!
Both of them raised their eyes across the table to see Fred and George, grinning evilly, and sucking on their arms simultaneously.
Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron, who went brick red, and muttered.
"Iritie Quietus Finite."
Two long rolls of duct tape appeared out of thin air and rolled themselves around the twins' mouths, making everyone at the Gryffindor table, and a few tables besides, laugh hysterically.
Hermione gave a sarcastic, self-satisfied smirk and the twins and at Ron, then got back to her eggs.