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A/N: Thanks to all of my reviewers I love you guys! And to Rashaka yes, I have read Fate and Destiny it is a very good story but I assure you that I did not steal Vfoxy's story good as it may be, our stories are completely different and the plots are ENTIRELY different. Even if it may seem that the first chapter is a tiny bit similar to Fate and Destiny since both of the stories start with two people getting trapped in The Room of Requirement nothing else is, and anyway, her story is a D/H mine is G/D and hers is Drama mine is comedy but again I assure you the plot is completely different and I can honestly say that I was planning this story before I even read Fate and Destiny. So there you go. But I do encourage anyone who hasn't read Fate and Destiny to go read it now because it is an excellent story from what I have read so far, it's in my favorites so go check it out.
Anyway, on with the story!
Draco walked towards the Room of Requirement. "I can't believe I agreed to this," he mumbled under his breath.
"Come on, it will be fun," Ginny said to him making him jump.
"Will you please give me some warning next time you plan to sneak up on me?"
"Then it wouldn't really be 'sneaking up' on you now would it?"
They reached the door and they both went to open it so that their hands brushed together. Ginny quickly snatched her hand back and chose to ignore the rush she felt when his skin touched hers.
He opened the door and walked in with Ginny following closely behind. The room was designed perfectly for studying. There was a small round table in the middle of the room with two comfortable looking chairs next to it. Ginny chose a chair and sat down spreading her potions book, quills, ink, and parchment over the table.
"I guess we'll be working on potions first then," Draco said sarcastically.
"I guess so," Ginny said, content that for once she got her way with Draco.
For a half an hour Draco worked with Ginny on her potions homework. Once they were done with that Draco took out his supplies and then swore.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"I forgot my bloody book." He sighed and Ginny could see how tired he was.
"You know what, it's almost ten thirty we only have a half an hour before we have to be in our common rooms and it would take way to long to go and get your book so why don't we meet here tomorrow morning. I could help you with your history of magic homework and you could quiz me once more on the potions material for the test."
"What time?"
"Seven, that way we have an hour before class starts and we can eat our breakfast in here."
"Fine."
Draco walked out the door and Ginny just stared at his retreating back wondering how she even got him to do this. "Me, helping Draco Malfoy, who would have thought?" she said out loud before she got up to go get some much needed rest.
"Why does it have to be so damn early?" Ginny was most definitely not a morning person, as Draco could tell as soon as he walked into the Room of Requirement.
"You're late," she said to him with vehemence.
"By only five minutes," he said casually as he languidly sat down in the chair opposite Ginny, watching her drink her coffee with a look that would kill if looks did such things.
"Not a morning person are we?"
"Just shut up"
"Fine but just remember you're the one who had this idea."
"I realize that and now I know that I am a stupid, stupid person."
"Oh good, finally you recognize yourself for what you are."
"Sod off"
Draco tsked her and said, "You know, a good tutor wouldn't insult the student."
"Well then I guess I'm not a good tutor."
"How about we get to the work?" Draco asked once he realized that if the conversation kept going in this direction he would soon be lying on the floor, dead, with Ginny standing over him with her wand.
At seven fifty a bell rang to signify that all the students should be headed to their classes.
"We better get going, thanks for the potions help, I think I'll do alright."
"You'll do better than alright, you know the material."
"Now, Draco, is that a compliment?" Asked Ginny in mock slash real astonishment.
"I just call them like I see them, I don't give compliments."
"No shit Sherlock," Ginny said as she laughed, she had never heard Draco give someone a real compliment besides when he was younger and he sucked up to all the teachers, but he didn't do that anymore.
"We really do have to go now," Ginny said again. "On to potions!" she said as she headed out the door. Unfortunately Harry, Ron, and Hermione stopped Ginny on her way to Snape's dungeon.
"We didn't see you at breakfast, where were you Gin?" Ron asked sounding concerned.
"I just um, overslept."
"Oh, well don't do that tomorrow, you need to eat your breakfast."
She hated it when Ron babied her like this but she put up with it so that she wouldn't have to endure further questions.
"Alright Ron, I won't miss breakfast again. But if you don't mind," she motioned for him to move, "I must be getting to potions."
He moved aside and she walked past him. He stared quizzically after her wondering why she was at this part of the castle when Gryffindor tower was on the other side.
Hermione noticed Draco come out of the Room of Requirements a few moments after Ginny had left. She thought about telling Ron but she knew it would only upset him. Hermione had this sinking suspicion that Ginny was fraternizing with the enemy, or in other words, she was talking to Draco Malfoy! Oh, the horror! The disgrace to the Weasley name! Hermione decided right then and there that she was going to have a discussion with Ginny at lunch about enemy number one, Draco Malfoy. This little voice in the back of Hermione's head kept saying, 'Maybe he isn't so bad, maybe Ginny has the right idea' but she soon dismissed these thoughts as a result of bad bacon this morning. Of course Draco Malfoy is that bad, he is a Malfoy after all.
"I guess your tutoring thing wasn't that bad of an idea, I got top marks on my History of Magic paper," Draco conceded gruffly.
"I hate to say it, well actually I kind of enjoy saying it, but I was right, wasn't I?" Draco just raised his eyebrows at her.
"Come on, say it, tell me I was right."
"No,"
"Come on now don't be a spoilsport!"
"Fine, you were right, are you happy now?"
"Of course I am."
"What time should we meet tonight?"
"How about eight? Then we have close to two hours,"
"That's fine, and remember no blabbing."
"Do you think I run my mouth off all the time or something?"
"Well I don't expect much from you, you are a Weasley after all."
"Will you shut up about that! Why does it matter? I am no 'just a Weasley' as you so eloquently put it. I am my own person thank you very much. You just can't get over the fact that I, a Weasley, is helping you, a Malfoy."
"Maybe if you didn't look the part it would be different," he said part sarcastically and part truthfully.
"So you are saying that because I have red hair, freckles, and a temper, you can't take me for anything but a Weasley?"
"Pretty much."
"That is so wrong,"
"Maybe it is, maybe it's not."
Draco started to walk off but before he left he called over his shoulder, "Don't forget, eight o'clock."
Draco and Ginny didn't know it but someone had been eavesdropping in the seemingly deserted hallway they had been conversing in. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he left the classroom he had been inspecting for termites. "A Malfoy and a Weasley, not at each other's throats. I never thought I'd see the day," Dumbledore commented to himself.
"Do it Hermione, please!"
"I can't!" Hermione cried as she lifted her wand up to Ginny's long red hair.
"I want it this way."
"Are you sure?" Hermione grimaced.
"Yes, now do it!"
Hermione closed her eyes and performed the spell on Ginny's hair. The red locks fell to the floor of the dormitory. Ginny looked in the mirror and liked what she saw. She had seen the haircut in one of the newest witch magazines called Beautymagic. The magazine had even provided them with a spell to get the hair into this new style. Ginny thought it looked pretty cool. It was short and straight with cropped, uneven ends that added a new edgy look that Ginny had always wanted. It framed her face and the longest part fell just below her chin but there were shorter layers that framed her face.
Hermione gave Ginny a once over and said, "Wow Gin, it looks great! I was so worried that it wouldn't look good! I don't think we need to do the color."
"Yes we do, you're just saying that because you know my mum will get mad if I come home without my red hair. Now come on, do it." When Hermione didn't make a move Ginny said, "Hermione, it's not like it's going to be forever. I'll change it back soon enough, before my parents see." Hermione grimaced. "Come on! You know I won't part with my red hair forever! It's just for a bit, just to try things out."
"You don't need to this Gin."
"Yes I do."
"No you don't"
"Hermione, you have no idea what it's like. The moment any guy sees my red hair and my resemblance to all of the Weasley family, they back off because they know my brothers! I love being a Weasley, but I'm more than that too. I'm me! And to be me I don't this red hair and I just want people to see that." Ginny finished her speech and motioned towards the wand, "Now do it."
Hermione made a face but performed the spell. Ginny took the mirror in her hand again this time with the utmost satisfaction. Her red hair was now black. Ginny looked in astonishment at the left side of her hair. There was one streak of red left. "Why did it do that? That wasn't part of the spell," Ginny asked, not disappointed at all since the red streak made her look extremely cool.
"I guess part of you didn't want to let go of all of your red hair. It looks cool, better than I thought it would."
"You said that just a moment ago,"
"I know but I was just so worried that something was going to go wrong and you would end up with green hair or something like that."
"I'm so glad it worked! Thank you so much for doing this for me Hermione!" She gave her friend a hug.
"Don't thank me yet," Hermione said as she hugged Ginny. "Ron's going to be furious with you."
"I think I can stand his wrath," she said sarcastically.
"Okay, just warning you."
Ginny looked at her watch, seven thirty, just enough time to confront her brother with her new hair and then head off to The Room of Requirement.
"Let's go show everyone," Ginny said.
They descended the stairs. No one looked at them when they walked in but after a moment of Ginny standing there people started pointing at her and pretty soon the common room was completely silent. Ron and Harry still hadn't looked up, they were engrossed in their game of chess but soon they realized that something was up since no one was talking anymore. Ron looked up at Ginny and gaped.
"What the hell have you done?" He asked her as he stood up violently.
"What you don't like it?" Ginny asked in her best innocent voice.
"Why did you do this to your beautiful red hair?" Ron was practically screaming and everyone in the room was watching them with interest.
Seamus decided to speak up and he said, "I think it looks good Gin," This comment started a lot of people murmuring after him, "yeah I think so too," Ginny gave Seamus a huge grin and then turned back to her brother.
"I decided it was time for a change."
"Well change it back!"
"I like it this way."
"But you're a Weasley! You're supposed to have red hair!"
"That's just it Ron. I want people to know who I am, not just who my family is. I am my own person."
"Mum will make you change it back."
"No she won't. She won't be pleased but you know she won't make me turn it back. She never made Bill cut his hair and she won't make me change mine." She paused and looked at her watch, seven forty-five. Just enough time to walk over to The Room of Requirement. "I'm taking a walk," she turned around and went out the portrait hole.
Ron threw up his hands, turned to Harry and said, "I will never understand girls!"
Seamus looked over and said, "No man ever will, mate, it is our curse, to love them but be completely mystified by them at the same time."
Harry nodded his head and didn't say anything since he actually liked what Ginny had done.
Ginny entered the room. Draco looked up and his mouth fell.
"Wha-what did you do?"
"I changed my hair, now you have no excuse. I no longer look like a Weasley so that excuse is gone. Now you have to be nice to me."
Draco was so shocked that he couldn't come back with a smart reply to Ginny's last statement.
"Why do you have a streak of red?"
"I couldn't just forsake all of my red hair, now can I?"
Draco couldn't get over how different she looked, the dark hair against her pale skin had a striking effect and the streak of red made her look, there really was no other word for it, cool. Her eyes looked fiercely green next to her hair.
Ginny sat down and said, "Let's go, I want to get this over with I want to sleep tonight."
The hair had been a success, everyone seemed to love it but her mum still didn't know about it. Ginny figured she'd find out through the grapevine, like she found out about everything else that went on at Hogwarts. She figured she should tell her before other people did. Ginny was apprehensive about telling her. She knew her mother would overreact just as Ron had and even though she had said all those things about mum not making her change her hair back, Ginny was secretly worried that she would make her change it back to her long red locks. Maybe she just wouldn't tell her. She could just change it back whenever her mum found out.
"You guys, I forgot something in The Room of Requirement," she was eating lunch with Ron, Harry, Hermione.
"But you haven't gone in there since you and Malfoy got stuck in there and that was like a week ago."
Ginny looked around uncomfortably and said, "I just remembered I left it in there."
"Oh, then we should go get it."
All four of them started walking to The Room of Requirement. They opened the obscure door and walked in. Ginny set her bag down and looked around for her book. "Here it is!" Ginny called, it was a novel that she had been reading that she left in there last night.
"You know, this brings back memories of fifth year." Ron said whimsically.
"Oh Ron, don't get sentimental on us," Hermione said and hit him playfully on the arm.
Draco was standing in the doorway, he had forgotten his favorite quill in here. He had no idea that while he was retrieving it he would stumble across four Gryffindors laughing and talking amongst themselves. He watched them unseen and thought to himself, "I wish I had someone to do that with," Then thinking about what he had just thought he was disgusted with himself. "I mean, I am so glad I don't have retards like these for friends." But his rebuttal to his own thoughts was half-hearted.
"Oh good, someone has finally noticed me."
Harry stopped laughing abruptly. He had just seen Draco Malfoy standing in the doorway watching them. Ron saw Harry and stopped telling his joke. It took Hermione and Ginny a few seconds before they stopped and realized they were the only ones laughing anymore. They soon were all facing Draco in the doorway.
"What do you want?" Ron snarled.
"Just something I forgot last night."
"Last night? What were you doing in here last night?" Hermione asked.
"None of your business."
"Gin, I saw you reading that book last night, before you went for a walk." Hermione pointed to the book Ginny was holding.
"What are you talking about?" Ginny was scared, was their secret going to be revealed? "That must have been a different book."
"No it was the same book."
"Would you just get off her back?" Draco asked.
"Since when do you come to her defense?" Hermione asked.
"Since never," he snarled back.
Draco turned to leave but was stopped suddenly by Hermione's next statement. "You two were together, in here last night, weren't you?"
"Ginny, what is Hermione talking about?" Ron asked.
"Ginny was tutoring him in History of Magic," Harry said.
Everyone turned to Harry in astonishment.
"What?" Hermione and Ron asked together.
"Think about it, they were both in here last night, History of Magic is Ginny's best subject and Malfoy's worst, there is parchment and ink in here, plus the bookshelf is full of books about the history of magic."
"For once wonder-boy is right," Draco said.
Ginny looked up suddenly, expecting Draco to deny everything.
"Just to let you know, it was your precious sister who came up with this joyous idea of her helping me. I swear if you ever tell anyone I will rip-"
"You were with my sister last night!" Ron cut in.
"Yes, oh does that bother you?"
Ron didn't answer Malfoy's question. He turned to Ginny and said, "I forbid you to talk to him ever again!"
Ginny just rolled her eyes at her older brother and walked out of the room with Malfoy following a few steps behind and Ron, Harry, and Hermione staring dumbfounded at one another.
"What time do you want to meet tonight?"
"You still want to do these study sessions?" Draco spat the last two words out with contempt.
"Harry, Ron, and Hermione are not going to dissuade me from something I put my mind to, I can be just as stubborn as any of them."
"Eight, be there and don't be late."
A/N: What do you guys think? Do you like it? I need some comments, review please! I am SO overloaded with school. I have so much homework! Spanish three is hard, I hate it! Why did I feel the need to take Spanish two in summer school? I could've been in Spanish two this year but NO I wanted all the hard classes, English Honors, Algebra 2, Spanish 3, Chemistry Honors etc. as a SOPHMORE! I am so stupid! I am so tired! It's one in the morning, this is the only time I have to work on this story so all of you have to be grateful because I stayed up late for YOU! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW PLEASE! JUST PRESS THE BUTTON!