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The Game (In which a lot is revealed)

~ Chapter 3 ~

Ginny stared at the hand that was gently massaging her knee. She couldn't work it out. Why would Draco Malfoy, the most nasty of all the Slytherins, be interested in her, a Gryffindor from a poor, muggle loving family? It just didn't make sense. She suddenly looked up at the others. They were all staring at her. "Ginny? Are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost!" said Hermione, looking at Ginny. "I- I'm fine. I just... Just sort of blanked out..." replied Ginny slowly. She felt Draco's hand leave her knee. He was carefully avoiding her eye. Okay... Do you want to leave now?" asked Harry. "Sure." Said Ginny, a little too quickly, so she added, "Only if you guys want to." "Cool. Let's get back to the Common Room to have a game of chess, Harry," said Ron, getting up from the table, "Fred and George got me a new set for Christmas. It's pure marble! That joke shop must be doing really well..." Harry gave Ginny one last look before he too got up from the table and replied, "Sure. We can have some of those really nice mince pies your mum sent us as well." Ginny and Hermione followed the boys' back to the Common Room. Ginny walked in a daze, still trying to digest what had happened. Draco and Pansy followed them a short way and then went down a dark corridor to what Ginny guessed was the Slytherin Common Room in the dungeons. Perhaps she was imagining it, but she could have sworn she saw Draco's eyes flicker towards her. She kept looking at the ground, even though Harry kept giving her worried glances and Hermione kept trying to engage her in conversation.

* * * * * As Ginny lay awake on top of her bed, the covers tossed aside, she wondered what Draco was doing at that very moment. Was he too thinking of her? Then she wondered why he had put his hand on her knee in the first place. Had he meant anything by it? Or was it just a big mistake? Had he actually meant to put his hand on Pansy's, or even worse, Hermione's knee instead? She decided to get changed into her pyjamas so that if she did finally manage to fall asleep she wouldn't be a total wreck in the morning. As she took off her shoes, she noticed a piece of paper tucked into her robe pocket. She took it out. It was written in emerald ink and had the Slytherin crest at the top. She read it aloud to herself.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar quills are sweet, and so are you! Meet me at midnight behind Hagrid's hut. Love, your secret admirer.

Ginny pulled on her robes and walked silently towards the door.

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