Deep Water
Summary – Draco Malfoy fascinates Ginny Weasley, and not being a typical Gryffindor will this interest lead to something more? Disclaimer – I own nothing...I am sure you have read many of these, so as much as I wish I did come up with the Harry Potter idea, I am most certain if I was to tell you I did you probably wouldn't believe me anyway, so therefore it would be a waste of my time to try and convince you, am I babbling? A/N – Thankyou to reviewers. I also have to apologise profusely to my Beta who I actually haven't given anything to beta yet, I just get so damn carried away!
Chapter Four – The Love Triangle
He nodded at her, before whispering back, "And don't you either Gin"
Ginny made her way up the spiral staircase and thought to herself, 'I haven't...'
The next morning Ginny woke up with a splitting headache, they had come and gone for the past few years, a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach told her it was something to do with the chamber of secrets incident in her first year. It wasn't talked about though, her family pretended it didn't happen but she could tell they still thought about it, the way they made excuses for somebody to go places with her, or the way her mothers lip tightened when she said she was going out. Dragging herself out of bed Ginny headed straight to the shower, letting the hot scalding liquid run down her back she sighed deeply savouring the refreshed feeling you can only get by hot steaming showers. Drying herself off she stepped out and glanced into the fogged up mirror, critically she eyed herself. She wasn't an ugly girl, no...definitely not, she held a secret type of beauty, not striking like Cho Chang, or cute like Hermione, but it was there. She wasn't tall like her brothers, she'd gotten her mothers stature, fortunately for her though, Ginny held on to her figure. Ginny brushed out her wet hair, and noticed something, her hair wasn't like her brothers, and it wasn't as red actually. Ginny blinked and looked closer into the mirror, her hair instead of being the blinding tomato red was more of a tawny colour. What did it matter though? Grabbing the nearest clean robe Ginny tore our of the Gryffindor rooms intending to go to the hospital wing and beg Madam Pomfrey for a headache relief potion, she knew how easy they were to make so Ginny expected Madam Pomfrey would have some handy.
Ginny made her way slowly to the hospital wing taking in the majestic halls of Hogwarts, she felt guilty because usually she was in too much of a rush to fully appreciate the magnificence that was Hogwarts. Pushing open the door Ginny glanced around at the empty hospital wing looking for Madam Pomfrey.
"Hello..." Ginny called timidly, hearing her voice echo off the walls.
After no response she ventured further in, peering around the corner where Madam Pomfrey usually was.
"Morning Weasel" an amused voice drawled from behind her.
Ginny smiled recognising the voice before turning around and saying,
"What have you done with Madam Pomfrey?"
Draco laughed. Ginny grinned at him; she really did like him when he laughed.
"What are you suggesting Weasley?" Draco replied raising an eyebrow.
"Whatever you want it to be..." Ginny replied her lip curling.
Draco's eyes glittered and he took a menacing step towards her, "Oh really Weasley?" he said softly way too close to her for comfort.
Ginny took a step back even though her heart was telling her not too.
"Um..." she replied nervously.
Draco stepped back quickly seeing her face, "Don't get your knickers in a twist, I was only kidding"
Ginny blushed. "What...I have no idea what you are talking about..." Ginny repeated Draco's words of a few nights ago.
Draco snorted. "What are you doing here anyway?" Draco asked, as if he only just noticed where they were.
"Oh" Ginny replied, rubbing her temple as if she had only just remember the headache, "I came for a headache potion..." Ginny continued glancing around the room.
Draco moved over towards a cabinet and rummaged around before producing the steaming purple liquid, without saying anything he got a cup and poured some in.
"Here..." he handed it to Ginny.
Ginny looked at it apprehensively.
"As if I would poison you Weasley, its fine just drink it," Draco said wryly.
Not being able to see anything wrong with it Ginny gulped down the liquid sighing with relief when the headache literally melted away.
"Thanks Malfoy" Ginny said earnestly.
He turned around from shutting the cabinet and said, "So it's back to Malfoy now is it?"
Ginny raised her eyebrows in surprise, "When was it ever not?"
Draco stood reaching his full height of 6,1, "I do recall last night..." Draco said referring to her goodbye.
Ginny headed to the door, "Oh yes...that's right, well...C'ya Malfoy..." Ginny replied cheekily then ran out the door.
That morning at breakfast Harry kept shooting Ginny curious looks, eventually Ginny slammed down her plate and said, "Ok, what is it Harry you've been looking at me strangely all morning!"
Harry quickly diverted his eyes from Hermione's who had turned around to see what the commotion was and replied, "Well its just Gin, you seem all happy this morning and I have no idea why!"
"Oh and aren't I allowed to just be happy now?" Ginny said scathingly.
"Well you're not now are you?" Harry replied chewing on a piece of bacon.
"How do you manage to talk and eat so much at the same time?" Ginny asked completely changing the topic.
Harry grinned sheepishly at her, "It's a talent..." he replied proving thus as he was eating a mouthful of eggs.
'Ewww' Ginny muttered to herself and rose jogging over to the Ravenclaw table where Luna had been making strange hand signals at her for the past 5 minutes. Cho Chang slid a long way down the bench to make room for her; Cho had never liked Ginny very much, probably hearing bad tails from Michael Corner.
"What is it Luna, you look like Old Moldy Voldy is about to charge through the doors!" Ginny said sarcastically pointing at the great doors. Just for the sake of doing it they both turned to the doors and were shocked for a second when they opened. They quickly exchanged glances before they watched none other than Draco Malfoy storm through the doors. Luna burst out laughing then Ginny joined in nearly going purple in the face. Ginny wiped her tears then saw Draco giving her funny looks, she smiled at him and pointed at Luna, rolling her eyes. Her nodded at her then went back to his food. Ginny turned her head and saw Luna grinning madly at her.
"I told you he has a thing for you!" Luna exclaimed pointing at Draco.
'For gods sake...' Ginny muttered, "he does not Luna...I've told you before, besides it's not like you even KNOW him" Ginny pointed out pouring some pumpkin juice into a cup. Occupied with that she didn't notice Luna hesitate for a moment before agreeing with Ginny a little too enthusiastically.
"Mmm..." Luna mumbled.
"What do we have first?" Ginny asked Luna, recalling she had no idea where she was going to go.
Luna pulled out her timetable then flicked to the day, "Um...I have Potions...so you must have your free then Gin!"
"YES!" Ginny said loudly pumping her arm in the air. Then blushed wildly when she realised what she did, "That's not usually me..." she told the people sitting around her.
"So what are you going to do?" Luna asked her, suggestively looking towards the Slytherin table.
"Oh shut up you!" Ginny said slapping her on the arm. "I think I might actually go for a fly," Ginny said looking eagerly outside.
The air rushed around her, whipping her loose hair behind her, Ginny loved the exhilaration of flying even if she didn't get around to doing it much anymore. Ron had been made Captain of the Quidditch team and become a bit of a slave driver, and she being the centre chaser had a bit of a rough time. Ginny breathed in the fresh crisp air and relaxed at the soothing chirping of the birds.
"HEY WEASLEY" a voice screamed from bellow. Ginny looked down to see Malfoy waving frantically at her.
Ginny set her broom pointing straight at him and zoomed down, speeding up quickly. She was an expert at dives, but had never been given the chance to do one. A couple of metres above Malfoy she stopped, he hadn't moved a step. Jumping off her broom Ginny flicked the messy hair out of her eyes and said teasingly, "Scared you did I?"
Malfoy shut his mouth, then opened it and replied, "That was actually damn good Weasley!"
Ginny through back her head and laughed, not really aware of why or how she got into such a good mood.
"OF course it was damn good! I'm a Weasley, we live for Quidditch" Ginny said, then looked at Malfoy's reaction. It was interesting to watch, she could see one side of him itched to reply with an insult, but the other side one and he just said nothing at all.
"I was wondering whether you fancied a game," he finally said pointing towards his broom and a snitch.
"Sure..." Ginny replied excited.
Later that night Ginny sat at the table for supper and sent superior looks across the hall. Draco was sitting glaring at her, it wasn't HIS fault the wind had blown him off course, and Weasley had just gotten lucky!
"Ah...Gin...can I ask why Malfoy is looking like he wants to kill you?" Colin asked nodding his head in Malfoy's direction.
Ginny giggled. "Ah.that, well you see Draco's just pissed that I beat him at Quidditch earlier today and I think I may have dented his ego a little bit."
Harry overhearing the conversation looked towards Ginny with a concerned look on his face.
"Do you think your spending a bit too much time with him Ginny?"
Ginny tilted her head as if she was thinking about it and replied, "No, I don't think I am"
"Mmmk" Harry simply said not wanting to get on Ginny's bad side.
"So anyway, how are things going between you and Ron...and Hermione" Ginny asked Harry quietly seeing as they were sitting a few metres away. A dark expression came over Harry's face and he said, "The stupid git..." then Harry as if remembering something continued, "Oh sorry Gin, I mean he is your brother and all..."
Ginny shook her head to say it didn't matter and said, "Not to sound stupid or anything but Har what did Ron actually do?"
Harry's face flushed in anger, then he calmed as if trying to remember. "Well...actually...it's nothing he did..."
"It's just the fact I've got the girl you want!" Ron interrupted sneering at Harry.
Hermione tugged the back of his shirt sending apologetic looks towards them.
Harry bent his head then stormed off. "Now look what you've done Ron!" Hermione hissed at him and ran after Harry.
Ginny couldn't help laughing out loud, they were so ridiculous, these were people who had fought off the dark lord, one of them got rid of him forever but they were still acting like they were ten! Ginny got up, as if to go to tutoring then remembered it was only twice a week anyway, it confused her to feel a touch of disappointment when she remembered that.
A/N – Any ideas for the ball, which will be coming up in the next five chapters or so? What do you want to happen with the Love triangle? Ron, Harry or somebody else? OK here is what I will do, Hermione will reject both and get will Malfoy, I've decided! Just kidding...obviously!
Summary – Draco Malfoy fascinates Ginny Weasley, and not being a typical Gryffindor will this interest lead to something more? Disclaimer – I own nothing...I am sure you have read many of these, so as much as I wish I did come up with the Harry Potter idea, I am most certain if I was to tell you I did you probably wouldn't believe me anyway, so therefore it would be a waste of my time to try and convince you, am I babbling? A/N – Thankyou to reviewers. I also have to apologise profusely to my Beta who I actually haven't given anything to beta yet, I just get so damn carried away!
Chapter Four – The Love Triangle
He nodded at her, before whispering back, "And don't you either Gin"
Ginny made her way up the spiral staircase and thought to herself, 'I haven't...'
The next morning Ginny woke up with a splitting headache, they had come and gone for the past few years, a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach told her it was something to do with the chamber of secrets incident in her first year. It wasn't talked about though, her family pretended it didn't happen but she could tell they still thought about it, the way they made excuses for somebody to go places with her, or the way her mothers lip tightened when she said she was going out. Dragging herself out of bed Ginny headed straight to the shower, letting the hot scalding liquid run down her back she sighed deeply savouring the refreshed feeling you can only get by hot steaming showers. Drying herself off she stepped out and glanced into the fogged up mirror, critically she eyed herself. She wasn't an ugly girl, no...definitely not, she held a secret type of beauty, not striking like Cho Chang, or cute like Hermione, but it was there. She wasn't tall like her brothers, she'd gotten her mothers stature, fortunately for her though, Ginny held on to her figure. Ginny brushed out her wet hair, and noticed something, her hair wasn't like her brothers, and it wasn't as red actually. Ginny blinked and looked closer into the mirror, her hair instead of being the blinding tomato red was more of a tawny colour. What did it matter though? Grabbing the nearest clean robe Ginny tore our of the Gryffindor rooms intending to go to the hospital wing and beg Madam Pomfrey for a headache relief potion, she knew how easy they were to make so Ginny expected Madam Pomfrey would have some handy.
Ginny made her way slowly to the hospital wing taking in the majestic halls of Hogwarts, she felt guilty because usually she was in too much of a rush to fully appreciate the magnificence that was Hogwarts. Pushing open the door Ginny glanced around at the empty hospital wing looking for Madam Pomfrey.
"Hello..." Ginny called timidly, hearing her voice echo off the walls.
After no response she ventured further in, peering around the corner where Madam Pomfrey usually was.
"Morning Weasel" an amused voice drawled from behind her.
Ginny smiled recognising the voice before turning around and saying,
"What have you done with Madam Pomfrey?"
Draco laughed. Ginny grinned at him; she really did like him when he laughed.
"What are you suggesting Weasley?" Draco replied raising an eyebrow.
"Whatever you want it to be..." Ginny replied her lip curling.
Draco's eyes glittered and he took a menacing step towards her, "Oh really Weasley?" he said softly way too close to her for comfort.
Ginny took a step back even though her heart was telling her not too.
"Um..." she replied nervously.
Draco stepped back quickly seeing her face, "Don't get your knickers in a twist, I was only kidding"
Ginny blushed. "What...I have no idea what you are talking about..." Ginny repeated Draco's words of a few nights ago.
Draco snorted. "What are you doing here anyway?" Draco asked, as if he only just noticed where they were.
"Oh" Ginny replied, rubbing her temple as if she had only just remember the headache, "I came for a headache potion..." Ginny continued glancing around the room.
Draco moved over towards a cabinet and rummaged around before producing the steaming purple liquid, without saying anything he got a cup and poured some in.
"Here..." he handed it to Ginny.
Ginny looked at it apprehensively.
"As if I would poison you Weasley, its fine just drink it," Draco said wryly.
Not being able to see anything wrong with it Ginny gulped down the liquid sighing with relief when the headache literally melted away.
"Thanks Malfoy" Ginny said earnestly.
He turned around from shutting the cabinet and said, "So it's back to Malfoy now is it?"
Ginny raised her eyebrows in surprise, "When was it ever not?"
Draco stood reaching his full height of 6,1, "I do recall last night..." Draco said referring to her goodbye.
Ginny headed to the door, "Oh yes...that's right, well...C'ya Malfoy..." Ginny replied cheekily then ran out the door.
That morning at breakfast Harry kept shooting Ginny curious looks, eventually Ginny slammed down her plate and said, "Ok, what is it Harry you've been looking at me strangely all morning!"
Harry quickly diverted his eyes from Hermione's who had turned around to see what the commotion was and replied, "Well its just Gin, you seem all happy this morning and I have no idea why!"
"Oh and aren't I allowed to just be happy now?" Ginny said scathingly.
"Well you're not now are you?" Harry replied chewing on a piece of bacon.
"How do you manage to talk and eat so much at the same time?" Ginny asked completely changing the topic.
Harry grinned sheepishly at her, "It's a talent..." he replied proving thus as he was eating a mouthful of eggs.
'Ewww' Ginny muttered to herself and rose jogging over to the Ravenclaw table where Luna had been making strange hand signals at her for the past 5 minutes. Cho Chang slid a long way down the bench to make room for her; Cho had never liked Ginny very much, probably hearing bad tails from Michael Corner.
"What is it Luna, you look like Old Moldy Voldy is about to charge through the doors!" Ginny said sarcastically pointing at the great doors. Just for the sake of doing it they both turned to the doors and were shocked for a second when they opened. They quickly exchanged glances before they watched none other than Draco Malfoy storm through the doors. Luna burst out laughing then Ginny joined in nearly going purple in the face. Ginny wiped her tears then saw Draco giving her funny looks, she smiled at him and pointed at Luna, rolling her eyes. Her nodded at her then went back to his food. Ginny turned her head and saw Luna grinning madly at her.
"I told you he has a thing for you!" Luna exclaimed pointing at Draco.
'For gods sake...' Ginny muttered, "he does not Luna...I've told you before, besides it's not like you even KNOW him" Ginny pointed out pouring some pumpkin juice into a cup. Occupied with that she didn't notice Luna hesitate for a moment before agreeing with Ginny a little too enthusiastically.
"Mmm..." Luna mumbled.
"What do we have first?" Ginny asked Luna, recalling she had no idea where she was going to go.
Luna pulled out her timetable then flicked to the day, "Um...I have Potions...so you must have your free then Gin!"
"YES!" Ginny said loudly pumping her arm in the air. Then blushed wildly when she realised what she did, "That's not usually me..." she told the people sitting around her.
"So what are you going to do?" Luna asked her, suggestively looking towards the Slytherin table.
"Oh shut up you!" Ginny said slapping her on the arm. "I think I might actually go for a fly," Ginny said looking eagerly outside.
The air rushed around her, whipping her loose hair behind her, Ginny loved the exhilaration of flying even if she didn't get around to doing it much anymore. Ron had been made Captain of the Quidditch team and become a bit of a slave driver, and she being the centre chaser had a bit of a rough time. Ginny breathed in the fresh crisp air and relaxed at the soothing chirping of the birds.
"HEY WEASLEY" a voice screamed from bellow. Ginny looked down to see Malfoy waving frantically at her.
Ginny set her broom pointing straight at him and zoomed down, speeding up quickly. She was an expert at dives, but had never been given the chance to do one. A couple of metres above Malfoy she stopped, he hadn't moved a step. Jumping off her broom Ginny flicked the messy hair out of her eyes and said teasingly, "Scared you did I?"
Malfoy shut his mouth, then opened it and replied, "That was actually damn good Weasley!"
Ginny through back her head and laughed, not really aware of why or how she got into such a good mood.
"OF course it was damn good! I'm a Weasley, we live for Quidditch" Ginny said, then looked at Malfoy's reaction. It was interesting to watch, she could see one side of him itched to reply with an insult, but the other side one and he just said nothing at all.
"I was wondering whether you fancied a game," he finally said pointing towards his broom and a snitch.
"Sure..." Ginny replied excited.
Later that night Ginny sat at the table for supper and sent superior looks across the hall. Draco was sitting glaring at her, it wasn't HIS fault the wind had blown him off course, and Weasley had just gotten lucky!
"Ah...Gin...can I ask why Malfoy is looking like he wants to kill you?" Colin asked nodding his head in Malfoy's direction.
Ginny giggled. "Ah.that, well you see Draco's just pissed that I beat him at Quidditch earlier today and I think I may have dented his ego a little bit."
Harry overhearing the conversation looked towards Ginny with a concerned look on his face.
"Do you think your spending a bit too much time with him Ginny?"
Ginny tilted her head as if she was thinking about it and replied, "No, I don't think I am"
"Mmmk" Harry simply said not wanting to get on Ginny's bad side.
"So anyway, how are things going between you and Ron...and Hermione" Ginny asked Harry quietly seeing as they were sitting a few metres away. A dark expression came over Harry's face and he said, "The stupid git..." then Harry as if remembering something continued, "Oh sorry Gin, I mean he is your brother and all..."
Ginny shook her head to say it didn't matter and said, "Not to sound stupid or anything but Har what did Ron actually do?"
Harry's face flushed in anger, then he calmed as if trying to remember. "Well...actually...it's nothing he did..."
"It's just the fact I've got the girl you want!" Ron interrupted sneering at Harry.
Hermione tugged the back of his shirt sending apologetic looks towards them.
Harry bent his head then stormed off. "Now look what you've done Ron!" Hermione hissed at him and ran after Harry.
Ginny couldn't help laughing out loud, they were so ridiculous, these were people who had fought off the dark lord, one of them got rid of him forever but they were still acting like they were ten! Ginny got up, as if to go to tutoring then remembered it was only twice a week anyway, it confused her to feel a touch of disappointment when she remembered that.
A/N – Any ideas for the ball, which will be coming up in the next five chapters or so? What do you want to happen with the Love triangle? Ron, Harry or somebody else? OK here is what I will do, Hermione will reject both and get will Malfoy, I've decided! Just kidding...obviously!