Chapter 6 --- The bliss of eating plastic

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On with the story!

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A week had past and Draco stomach hurt more than ever. "Eat something, Malfoy. I can hear your stomach from here!" Ginny complained. Draco scowled. "I would but there is NOTHING to eat!" he retorted.

"If you would just SWALLOW UP YOUR STUPID PRIDE AND EAT THE PLASTIC you would be FINE!" Ginny shot back. Draco rolled his eyes. "I am NOT desperate."

"I think otherwise. Come on, it's tasty. Laurielle did a good job . . .it really DOES taste like chicken." Ginny said. Draco's scowl, if possible, grew deeper. "It's all your stupid cousin's fault!"

"So? Zack could be in this too!"

"HE IS NOT!"

"How do YOU know? Laurielle *did* say that Zack would be proud of her!" Draco immediately shut up. Ginny went over to him and put a reassuring hand on his back as he laid his head on his shoulders.

Surprisingly, both of them felt a jolt. Uh-oh. This cannot be good. CANNOT be good. Ginny quickly withdrew her hand and rubbed it. Draco looked up at her. "Eat something, Malfoy." She said soothingly.

Draco shook his head. "No way!" he said. Ginny sighed. "Nobody will see you!" she reasoned. And it was true. Who WOULD stumble upon them? "Well, *you* will." He sneered. "So? You've seen me look like an idiot and eat the plastic. DO I care?" Ginny demanded, feeling triumphant.

"No you don't because you're a bloody Gryffindor. It's in your nature to not care and look stupid unlike slytherins---"

"IT'S NOT ABOUT HOUSES, dumb butt! It's about SURVIVAL!"

"I survived one week without food and I can survive another."

"In your dreams." Ginny mumbled. Draco gave her a look. "Please, Draco? Please eat something."

"Why do YOU care about my well-being?" he demanded. Ginny pretended to think. "Um, maybe because you're my FRIEND?" Draco blinked. Friend? He was Ginny's friend? He ACTUALLY had a friend? Well, didn't he have other friends? No. Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy were just losers. They weren't his real friends. But Ginny. . .she considered him a FRIEND? Unbelievable!

"Draco? Hello?" Ginny was waving a hand frantically in front of his face. "Huh? Oh, sorry." he said, slightly blushing. "So, will you eat some? For . . .for me?" Ginny asked sweetly.

"Sure." Draco sighed in defeat. He marched up to one section of the circular cell and started at it. He heard giggling.

"What?"

"Don't just *stand* there! Eat something."

"And how, pray tell, do I do that?"

"Nibble on it."

"You MUST be joking."

"I'm not laughing."

"Yes you are."

"It's called giggling, Draco. There's a difference."

"You're hopeless."

"So are you. Now eat."

Draco sighed, sucked in all his pride (HEY THAT RHYMES!) and began to nibble (quite uneasily) at the plastic. Surprisingly enough, it DID taste like chicken! Soon enough, he was eating almost the whole thing.

Ginny watched in awe. Suddenly, the door to the empty classroom swung open. Enter Zack and Laurielle, evil grins on their faces.

Zack laughed. "Bro, you look like a rat!" Draco stopped eating at once. "Shut up! Get us out of here!" he yelled. Zack shook his head. "I'm having SO much fun!" Laurielle snaked her arm around his waist and grinned up at Draco.

"Tastes like Chicken, No?"

"No." he replied curtly. "Aw, you love it!" Ginny teased. Draco crossed his arms over is chest and stamped his foot down. "Get us out of here!"

"No." Zack and Laurielle said in unison. "WHHHHYYYY?" Draco whined. Ginny had to stifle a laugh. "C'mon, Laurielle. You had your fun. Get us out. Please?"

Laurielle shook her head. "Haven't you figured it out yet? It's been one week and you still don't have a clue? You guys are so thick!" Zack nodded in agreement. "Look you two, if you EVER want your wands back and your freedom, I might add, you have to see it! Look at each other! Only two more days until the break is over and then your friends will wonder where you are."

"Yeah." Laurielle agreed. "And you don't want to go on the missing persons list, do you?"

"Why are you doing this?" Draco demanded through gritted teeth. Zack's smirk grew wider. "You see, dear brother," he started, taking a step towards the cell. "You should figure that out for yourself."

Laurielle gave Ginny and Draco another creepy smile. "And I'm sure you will. Gin, you look so cute tonight!" Laurielle said. Draco turned to Ginny.

"Those are the same robes she was wearing a week before." He said. Laurielle shrugged. "So? She still looks cute, wouldn't you agree?"

Draco eyed Ginny. Though he didn't want to admit it, she DID look cute. No, she looked pretty. VERRRRRYYYYYYYY pretty. Rrrrr. . . . . .yummy.

Having completed her mission, Laurielle smiled at herself and dragged Zack out of the room.

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"Stop looking at me!" Ginny snapped. Draco shook his head. "Sorry. You just- --"

"I just what?" Ginny demanded. "You just smell, that's all." Draco said airily. [Way to cover that up] he thought.

Ginny's eyes widened. "I SMELL?"

Draco nodded. "Sure. Have you taken a bath?"

"No."

"I rest my case."

"HEY! You haven't taken a bath in a week either!"

"So? I don't stink."

"YOU HAVE BO!"

"Huh?"

"Body odor."

"I know. Smells glorious, right?"

"More like hideous!"

"I DO NOT HAVE BO!"

"Well fine! You don't anyway." Ginny admitted, shrugging. "Consider yourself lucky," Draco was saying. "Being stuck with a drop-dead gorgeous guy like me." Ginny rolled her eyes. "You're just drop-dead." She said.

Draco's eyes widened. "You little-!" before Ginny had a chance to run away, Draco was on top of her, tickling her like crazy. "MALFOY!!!" she cried out between sobs of laughter. "I'm gorgeous!" Draco said, still tickling her. "NO!" Ginny screamed, trying to wriggle away.

"SAY I'M GORGEOUS! G-O-R-"

"YOU'RE GORGEOUS! YOU'RE DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS!" Draco smirked and let go of her. Ginny breathed rapidly. "You are very ticklish, did you know?" Draco asked her. Ginny giggled. "Yep. Oww! My tummy hurts!"

"Who uses the word tummy these days?" Draco muttered. Ginny punched him playfully on the arm. "I do."

They sat quietly in the cell beside each other for a minute. "You know, you're my best friend." Ginny declared. Draco lifted a brow. "What?"

"I said you're my best friend." Draco was stunned. "Me?" he asked, uncertain. She nodded. "Yup. Just you and me for now. Best friends all the way."

"And who said I was YOU'RE best friend?" Draco asked, still shocked. Who would want him for a best friend?

"I did." Ginny said simply.

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