Disclaimer: Sorry I didn't put one of these on the first chapter. I
actually didn't know how, lol. Now I do, so here it is: I don't own nada
(well, nothing except Jess). JKR has it all. If I did own any one bit, do
you think I'd be here right now, writing this story? Didn't think so.
By the time they arrived at Hogwart's, it was rainy and cold. As soon as Ginny heard the whistle, she hurried out the compartment and as far from Draco as possible. She had slept through the last half of the train ride and she was still unfocused. She didn't see the person in front of her and bumped right into him. It just happened to be Draco.
Just my luck, Ginny thought as she picked herself up off the floor.
"Watch it Weasley!" Draco growled.
"What were you doing standing there anyway?" she asked.
"I'm waiting for an empty carriage." He replied.
"You mean all those up there are full?" she asked, afraid of the answer.
"Yes Weasley, what else would I mean." He said.
What the hell was happening today?!?! She not only had to share a compartment with Malfoy, now she would probably have to share a carriage. Today was just a bad day for Ginny. She took it as a bad omen. Not starting the year out good meant she would have a bad year. Again. Ginny always seemed to have the worst year out of all her friends. Ok, out of her and Jess, she always had the worst year. This year wouldn't be any different, she decided.
As the last carriage came around, she waited for Draco to get in. Not to her surprise, they were the only two in the carriage. She decided to take another stab at conversation.
"So Dra- Malfoy. Why are you really here this year? I know you didn't fail. Your father most likely bought al your good grades". She said, a smirk on her face.
"I do believe, Virginia, that it's my business and not yours." He said, with a smirk that challenged hers.
"My bad. Just trying to start conversation. I hate silences. Especially with you. I would never know if you were trying to plot my death or something."
"Please. Why would I waste my time on you?" he asked.
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Can I ask you one question though?" she asked, looking at him expectantly
Now it was Draco's turn to roll his eyes.
"What Weasley?" he asked lazily.
"Why do you hate my family?" I mean, we never did anything bad to you. I don't think." She said.
Draco, surprised at the question, just stared.
We-we-." He stuttered.
Ginny looked smug.
"What's the matter Malfoy? Can't think of a good lie?" she asked the smug look still on her face.
"Shut it Weasley." It's just that I was raised to hate Mud-Muggleborns and lower class Purebloods."
"Just because you were raised that way, doesn't mean you can't change." Ginny said, matter-of-factly.
Draco just shook his head.
"You don't understand. Your father, your family, isn't like mine. You don't have the same rules, the same discipline, and the same punishments as I do." Draco said a hint of anger in his voice.
Ginny didn't have a chance to say anything back because at this time, they had arrived at the school and Draco was already rushing out of the carriage.
When she got to the Great Hall, she surprised herself by looking for Draco. Whoa, she thought. When did I start calling him Draco? She shook the thought and Draco out of her mind and sat down at the end of the Gryffindor table. Further down she saw Jess and Colin. She felt tears come to her eyes. She was hurting. She felt betrayed. Didn't Jess care? At that exact moment, Jess looked at her, smiled wickedly, and rolled her eyes. Ok, Ginny thought, obviously not. What happened to Jess over the summer? She changed. But the change wasn't good.
She couldn't stand being in Great Hall anymore. She decided to go to her dormitory and cry her eyes out. Like you always do, she thought miserably. She got up in search of a Prefect to tell her the new password for Gryffindor Tower. She was so distracted, she didn't notice Draco sit down at the Head Table, right next to Professor Dumbledore.
Ginny did not come out of her room until the next morning. Even then, she didn't feel like getting up. Get your act together Virginia, she scolded herself. She got to the Great Hall just in time to grab a piece of toast and her schedule for the first term from Professor McGonagall. The worst class to start with the year, she thought. Potions. Ginny hated it more than anything in the world. Sighing, she made her way to her dungeons.
When she opened the door to the Potions classroom, she was rooted to the spot with shock.
There stood Draco Malfoy. At the head of the class. Malfoy was Ginny's new Potions professor. She could not believe this.
A/N: I'm sorry the chapters are so short. I promise they'll be longer in the future. Tell me what ya think anyway.
By the time they arrived at Hogwart's, it was rainy and cold. As soon as Ginny heard the whistle, she hurried out the compartment and as far from Draco as possible. She had slept through the last half of the train ride and she was still unfocused. She didn't see the person in front of her and bumped right into him. It just happened to be Draco.
Just my luck, Ginny thought as she picked herself up off the floor.
"Watch it Weasley!" Draco growled.
"What were you doing standing there anyway?" she asked.
"I'm waiting for an empty carriage." He replied.
"You mean all those up there are full?" she asked, afraid of the answer.
"Yes Weasley, what else would I mean." He said.
What the hell was happening today?!?! She not only had to share a compartment with Malfoy, now she would probably have to share a carriage. Today was just a bad day for Ginny. She took it as a bad omen. Not starting the year out good meant she would have a bad year. Again. Ginny always seemed to have the worst year out of all her friends. Ok, out of her and Jess, she always had the worst year. This year wouldn't be any different, she decided.
As the last carriage came around, she waited for Draco to get in. Not to her surprise, they were the only two in the carriage. She decided to take another stab at conversation.
"So Dra- Malfoy. Why are you really here this year? I know you didn't fail. Your father most likely bought al your good grades". She said, a smirk on her face.
"I do believe, Virginia, that it's my business and not yours." He said, with a smirk that challenged hers.
"My bad. Just trying to start conversation. I hate silences. Especially with you. I would never know if you were trying to plot my death or something."
"Please. Why would I waste my time on you?" he asked.
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Can I ask you one question though?" she asked, looking at him expectantly
Now it was Draco's turn to roll his eyes.
"What Weasley?" he asked lazily.
"Why do you hate my family?" I mean, we never did anything bad to you. I don't think." She said.
Draco, surprised at the question, just stared.
We-we-." He stuttered.
Ginny looked smug.
"What's the matter Malfoy? Can't think of a good lie?" she asked the smug look still on her face.
"Shut it Weasley." It's just that I was raised to hate Mud-Muggleborns and lower class Purebloods."
"Just because you were raised that way, doesn't mean you can't change." Ginny said, matter-of-factly.
Draco just shook his head.
"You don't understand. Your father, your family, isn't like mine. You don't have the same rules, the same discipline, and the same punishments as I do." Draco said a hint of anger in his voice.
Ginny didn't have a chance to say anything back because at this time, they had arrived at the school and Draco was already rushing out of the carriage.
When she got to the Great Hall, she surprised herself by looking for Draco. Whoa, she thought. When did I start calling him Draco? She shook the thought and Draco out of her mind and sat down at the end of the Gryffindor table. Further down she saw Jess and Colin. She felt tears come to her eyes. She was hurting. She felt betrayed. Didn't Jess care? At that exact moment, Jess looked at her, smiled wickedly, and rolled her eyes. Ok, Ginny thought, obviously not. What happened to Jess over the summer? She changed. But the change wasn't good.
She couldn't stand being in Great Hall anymore. She decided to go to her dormitory and cry her eyes out. Like you always do, she thought miserably. She got up in search of a Prefect to tell her the new password for Gryffindor Tower. She was so distracted, she didn't notice Draco sit down at the Head Table, right next to Professor Dumbledore.
Ginny did not come out of her room until the next morning. Even then, she didn't feel like getting up. Get your act together Virginia, she scolded herself. She got to the Great Hall just in time to grab a piece of toast and her schedule for the first term from Professor McGonagall. The worst class to start with the year, she thought. Potions. Ginny hated it more than anything in the world. Sighing, she made her way to her dungeons.
When she opened the door to the Potions classroom, she was rooted to the spot with shock.
There stood Draco Malfoy. At the head of the class. Malfoy was Ginny's new Potions professor. She could not believe this.
A/N: I'm sorry the chapters are so short. I promise they'll be longer in the future. Tell me what ya think anyway.