A/N: *yawn* I'm so tired! Anyways, I hope you liked the last chapter... I
wrote it at like ten-thirty. Carleen is back!! YAY! Enjoy reading about
Ginny kissing all the cute guys at Hogwarts. Damn if I were her, I would
have kissed Snape and Lucius (okay he's dead, but ever so hot!). Oh and I
wouldn't have just kissed Draco on the cheek... If you know what I mean...
Also, we really, really want/need reviews. If we don't start getting some criticism and comments (no flames please) then we might stop writing. I enjoy writing, but if no one else is going to read it and help me improve then I won't bother.
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Dumbledore would not let Harry go visit Ginny. It was just too dangerous at the present being. Yet still, none of the students knew about Voldemort except Harry, Hermione and Ron. The threesome spent every day until Ginny's return sitting in the common room doing absolutely nothing. A week at passed and Ginny's return was due that day and Christmas holidays were coming soon.
Ron, Hermione and Harry stood at the entrance doors, eagerly awaiting their friend, or in Harry's case, his love. She came around noon, right before lunch, in a carriage drawn by the thestrals. But when Ginny stepped out, the three friends were surprised to see someone else step out of the carriage. That person was Draco Malfoy.
Ron glared at him, as did Harry. "What are you doing riding with that piece of shit?" Harry asked the red headed girl.
"Okay, all of you really need to listen. Draco has seriously changed."
Hermione laughed. "I've heard that one before."
Draco saw Hermione and Ron holding hands. He bit his lip. She really was beautiful. Draco looked at the ground and let his hair fall down over his eyes. He kicked at the dirt.
"So go ahead, Malfoy! Tell us how you've changed!" Ron mocked.
Ginny glared at her brother and was about to speak when-
"If you call me Malfoy once more, I swear I'm going to kill you, Ron!"
"You already tried to do- Wait... Did you just call me Ron?"
"Well that's your name isn't it?" Draco looked up at Ron, showing puffy eyes that had obviously been crying.
Harry stepped in. "Shut your mouth, Malfoy! We already know that you're no good!"
"Look, Harry, Draco has been through a lot. His parents are dead and you're not even showing any sympathy at all!! Sometimes you can be so insensitive!"
"Oh come on, Ginny. Look at him! You really think he's changed that much?"
"You will never understand him! None of you will! God dammit! You won't even listen to him... Not at all! Why can't you just forget all the hate for a moment and be civil human beings?"
"Because it's Malfoy!" Ron retorted harshly.
Hermione squeezed his hand. "Why don't we just listen to him?" She looked pleadingly into Ron's eyes. Ron shut up.
They all sat on the steps. Draco told his story slowly, his voice sometimes cracking on the verge of tears. "I never wanted to be like that. I really didn't."
"Whatever," Ron said after he finished. "I'm going for a walk, you coming Hermione?" Hermione nodded. "Oh and," He paused. "Draco, this doesn't mean we're friends. We never will be."
"Why don't we go for a walk too?" Harry asked Ginny.
"Um, sure, I guess," she replied, still thinking over everything in her head.
"I'm just going to get a sweater," Harry told her. "I'll be back in a minute."
Harry rushed back through towards the Gryffindor common room to get his sweater.
"You gonna be okay?" Ginny asked Draco as she got up, brushing off her pants.
"Yeah, I didn't expect much anyways. I'll be fine; you go work things out with Harry."
Ginny smiled. "Thank you." Then she kissed on the cheek.
Suddenly Kaida came through the front doors. "Draco," she said, "What the fuck are you doing?
"Nothing," Draco said quickly. "But Kaida, we need to talk."
"So you're going to screw the littlest weasel now aren't you?"
"No, nothing like that!" He shuddered, but hid it from Ginny. "Kaida, this isn't going to work out. I've changed and unless you're going to too, then it's never going to work." He paused, "Ever."
Kaida's eyes flashed red and Draco could swear that he had seen fangs come out of her mouth. But then he blinked and they went away.
"Are you dumping me?" Kaida asked, growing with anger.
"No, he's confessing his ever dying love to you!" Ginny said sarcastically.
Kaida glared at Ginny, but then sneered. "Watch out weasel, you never know what might attack you these days."
Ginny faked a scared face. "Oh my god, I'm so scared!"
Kaida walked off towards the forest and glanced back. "You should be."
Harry came back a few minutes later to find the two students laughing. "Maybe he has changed," Harry thought to himself, but he couldn't shake the memories of how Draco had treated them over the years. He could change back at any moment and Harry didn't want to take that risk.
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"Have I apologized yet for being a bitch?" Hermione asked Ron.
He laughed. "About three billion times. You don't have to be sorry, Hermione. I understand."
Ron and Hermione had headed towards the lake, in the opposite direction of Hagrid's hut. They didn't have a plan for that just yet. They sat down on a bench, still holding hands.
"So...," Hermione said quietly.
"So," Ron replied.
"Christmas holidays are coming up."
"I know. In two days in fact."
"It's that close?" Hermione asked Ron.
Ron nodded. "We should have a party!"
Hermione smiled. "As a matter of fact, my parents are very tolerant on parties. We should have one at my house!"
Ron agreed and they started to make up a list of people to invite.
Harry Potter Ginny Weasley Neville Longbottom Fred Weasley George Weasley Lee Jordan Katie Bell Alicia Spinnet Angelina Johnson Luna Lovegood Parvati Patil Padma Patil Zacharias Smith
"We should invite Cho," Hermione suggested.
"I don't think Harry would be to keen on that," Ron said.
"But her boyfriend is going to be there!"
"Who's her boy-toy now?"
"Well, first she was going out with Michael but then she dumped him because he didn't call her everyday over the summer. So then she went out with Lee Jordan, whom she couldn't stand, so she dumped him and now she's ended up with Zach."
Ron sighed. "She has a commitment problem!"
"No duh! I don't she'll ever get over Cedric!"
"Hey... Why didn't we invite him?"
"Ron, he's dead!" Hermione slapped her forehead. "You stupid kid!"
Ron shrugged. "So many people dying these days, it's hard to keep track."
"Don't remind me!"
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Harry and Ginny had gone towards the Quidditch pitch after they had left Draco who had gone back into the castle. They stood in the middle of the field, surrounded by the towering stands and goal posts.
"Ginny, I've been a real asshole."
Ginny folded her arms. "Yeah, I know."
"I really want to say that I'm sorry. And I want us to get back together."
Ginny sighed. "I don't think that's going to happen, Harry. Just not yet, at least. I need some time."
Harry slumped. "Okay," he said, "I understand."
Ginny turned to him and kissed him gently on the lips. "Don't worry, Harry. It'll work out eventually. I promise!"
Also, we really, really want/need reviews. If we don't start getting some criticism and comments (no flames please) then we might stop writing. I enjoy writing, but if no one else is going to read it and help me improve then I won't bother.
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Dumbledore would not let Harry go visit Ginny. It was just too dangerous at the present being. Yet still, none of the students knew about Voldemort except Harry, Hermione and Ron. The threesome spent every day until Ginny's return sitting in the common room doing absolutely nothing. A week at passed and Ginny's return was due that day and Christmas holidays were coming soon.
Ron, Hermione and Harry stood at the entrance doors, eagerly awaiting their friend, or in Harry's case, his love. She came around noon, right before lunch, in a carriage drawn by the thestrals. But when Ginny stepped out, the three friends were surprised to see someone else step out of the carriage. That person was Draco Malfoy.
Ron glared at him, as did Harry. "What are you doing riding with that piece of shit?" Harry asked the red headed girl.
"Okay, all of you really need to listen. Draco has seriously changed."
Hermione laughed. "I've heard that one before."
Draco saw Hermione and Ron holding hands. He bit his lip. She really was beautiful. Draco looked at the ground and let his hair fall down over his eyes. He kicked at the dirt.
"So go ahead, Malfoy! Tell us how you've changed!" Ron mocked.
Ginny glared at her brother and was about to speak when-
"If you call me Malfoy once more, I swear I'm going to kill you, Ron!"
"You already tried to do- Wait... Did you just call me Ron?"
"Well that's your name isn't it?" Draco looked up at Ron, showing puffy eyes that had obviously been crying.
Harry stepped in. "Shut your mouth, Malfoy! We already know that you're no good!"
"Look, Harry, Draco has been through a lot. His parents are dead and you're not even showing any sympathy at all!! Sometimes you can be so insensitive!"
"Oh come on, Ginny. Look at him! You really think he's changed that much?"
"You will never understand him! None of you will! God dammit! You won't even listen to him... Not at all! Why can't you just forget all the hate for a moment and be civil human beings?"
"Because it's Malfoy!" Ron retorted harshly.
Hermione squeezed his hand. "Why don't we just listen to him?" She looked pleadingly into Ron's eyes. Ron shut up.
They all sat on the steps. Draco told his story slowly, his voice sometimes cracking on the verge of tears. "I never wanted to be like that. I really didn't."
"Whatever," Ron said after he finished. "I'm going for a walk, you coming Hermione?" Hermione nodded. "Oh and," He paused. "Draco, this doesn't mean we're friends. We never will be."
"Why don't we go for a walk too?" Harry asked Ginny.
"Um, sure, I guess," she replied, still thinking over everything in her head.
"I'm just going to get a sweater," Harry told her. "I'll be back in a minute."
Harry rushed back through towards the Gryffindor common room to get his sweater.
"You gonna be okay?" Ginny asked Draco as she got up, brushing off her pants.
"Yeah, I didn't expect much anyways. I'll be fine; you go work things out with Harry."
Ginny smiled. "Thank you." Then she kissed on the cheek.
Suddenly Kaida came through the front doors. "Draco," she said, "What the fuck are you doing?
"Nothing," Draco said quickly. "But Kaida, we need to talk."
"So you're going to screw the littlest weasel now aren't you?"
"No, nothing like that!" He shuddered, but hid it from Ginny. "Kaida, this isn't going to work out. I've changed and unless you're going to too, then it's never going to work." He paused, "Ever."
Kaida's eyes flashed red and Draco could swear that he had seen fangs come out of her mouth. But then he blinked and they went away.
"Are you dumping me?" Kaida asked, growing with anger.
"No, he's confessing his ever dying love to you!" Ginny said sarcastically.
Kaida glared at Ginny, but then sneered. "Watch out weasel, you never know what might attack you these days."
Ginny faked a scared face. "Oh my god, I'm so scared!"
Kaida walked off towards the forest and glanced back. "You should be."
Harry came back a few minutes later to find the two students laughing. "Maybe he has changed," Harry thought to himself, but he couldn't shake the memories of how Draco had treated them over the years. He could change back at any moment and Harry didn't want to take that risk.
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"Have I apologized yet for being a bitch?" Hermione asked Ron.
He laughed. "About three billion times. You don't have to be sorry, Hermione. I understand."
Ron and Hermione had headed towards the lake, in the opposite direction of Hagrid's hut. They didn't have a plan for that just yet. They sat down on a bench, still holding hands.
"So...," Hermione said quietly.
"So," Ron replied.
"Christmas holidays are coming up."
"I know. In two days in fact."
"It's that close?" Hermione asked Ron.
Ron nodded. "We should have a party!"
Hermione smiled. "As a matter of fact, my parents are very tolerant on parties. We should have one at my house!"
Ron agreed and they started to make up a list of people to invite.
Harry Potter Ginny Weasley Neville Longbottom Fred Weasley George Weasley Lee Jordan Katie Bell Alicia Spinnet Angelina Johnson Luna Lovegood Parvati Patil Padma Patil Zacharias Smith
"We should invite Cho," Hermione suggested.
"I don't think Harry would be to keen on that," Ron said.
"But her boyfriend is going to be there!"
"Who's her boy-toy now?"
"Well, first she was going out with Michael but then she dumped him because he didn't call her everyday over the summer. So then she went out with Lee Jordan, whom she couldn't stand, so she dumped him and now she's ended up with Zach."
Ron sighed. "She has a commitment problem!"
"No duh! I don't she'll ever get over Cedric!"
"Hey... Why didn't we invite him?"
"Ron, he's dead!" Hermione slapped her forehead. "You stupid kid!"
Ron shrugged. "So many people dying these days, it's hard to keep track."
"Don't remind me!"
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Harry and Ginny had gone towards the Quidditch pitch after they had left Draco who had gone back into the castle. They stood in the middle of the field, surrounded by the towering stands and goal posts.
"Ginny, I've been a real asshole."
Ginny folded her arms. "Yeah, I know."
"I really want to say that I'm sorry. And I want us to get back together."
Ginny sighed. "I don't think that's going to happen, Harry. Just not yet, at least. I need some time."
Harry slumped. "Okay," he said, "I understand."
Ginny turned to him and kissed him gently on the lips. "Don't worry, Harry. It'll work out eventually. I promise!"