A/N: Sorry it's been a while, but I've been major busy!! So I believe that
we're up to our exciting Hogsmeade trip. What fun this is going to be!
Hope you are all enjoying! I'll respond to reviews at the end!
Chapter 6
Ginny opened her eyes that morning with only one thought in her head, 'Thank God this week is over!' She hadn't spoken to her brother, Hermione, or Harry since that night in the common room two nights before and avoiding them wasn't easy, especially since they all shared the same living environment. Her brother seemed to know what was good for him, however, and was keeping his distance, but she was afraid that now that the actual moment of truth was upon them, Ron would want to begin expressing his opinions over the matter once more. She hoped that she could get out of the castle and be on her way that morning without another episode.
She dressed in a pair of comfortable jeans and a t-shirt before heading down to the Great Hall. She sat with Collin and ate her breakfast. She was going to meet Blaise after at the entrance where they would make their way to Hogsmeade. As she ate her excitement began building. A whole day at Hogsmeade with Blaise, she didn't know what to expect, but she was up for it. Not even the knowledge that they'd be with Draco all day was enough to make her feel bad about it.
Blaise stood up from the Slytherin table when he saw that Ginny was finished with her breakfast, "You ready?" he asked Draco and Pansy. Draco nodded and he and Pansy stood up and walked out of the hall following Blaise.
Back at the Gryffindor table Ron stood up. "Let's go."
Hermione sighed. "There's still time to change your mind about this you know," she said reluctantly standing up.
Ron frowned at her, "You can stay behind if you want, but Harry and I are following them."
"I'm coming with you," she grumbled following behind.
"What is that Weasley doing here?" Pansy squealed when she saw Blaise walk up to Ginny and take her hand.
Blaise turned back to Pansy; "Ginny is coming with us today."
Pansy snorted crossing her arms in front of her, "I don't think so." She turned to Draco who had an indifferent look on his face. "You're letting her come with us?"
"I'm not her mother Pansy, I don't dictate what she does," he said.
"But Draco!" Pansy started, jutting out her lip in a pout, "I can't be seen with her! She's a...a...a Weasley! And a Gryffindor to boot! Think what that's going to do to our reputations!" She turned toward Ginny, "I don't know what you were thinking, but there's been a change in plans! You'd just better get lost!"
Ginny's temper had been simmering the whole time. She tried to keep it down because she didn't want to argue with someone she was going to spend the day with, but Pansy went to far. However, Draco, who grabbed Pansy by the arm and dragged her off to the side, spared her having to say anything.
"That's enough, Pansy," he said through gritted teeth. "If you have such a problem with her being here then don't go but I don't want to hear another word about it." Without waiting for a reply he turned back to Ginny and Blaise, "Let's go." He didn't look to see if Pansy would follow. He knew full well that she would. Her pride wouldn't let her stay behind.
The three walked in a line down the grounds following the others toward Hogsmeade with Ginny between the two boys and Pansy trailing behind them. Blaise and Draco were talking above Ginny's head about they upcoming Quidditch match they had with Ravenclaw.
Ginny's mind turned to what had just happened, Draco had just stood up for her. But why? He could barely tolerate her. If anything she had expected Blaise to say something in her defense. It was after all Blaise who had asked her to come with him, not Draco.
The three were bypassing a group of fourth years when Pansy wedged herself between Ginny and Draco and wrapped her arms around his casting Ginny an evil glare. Ginny looked at her quizzically for a moment and then looked away. If Pansy was worried that Draco was standing up for her for any underlying reason then she could get those thoughts out of her head. There was definitely no reason for Pansy to worry there.
It wasn't until they were passing the Shrieking Shack that Pansy spoke again. "She needs to be initiated." Draco gave her a piercing glare telling her without words what he thought of that idea. "Everyone else in our group had to do it, why should she be any different?" she spoke back defensively.
"What's the initiation?" Ginny asked Blaise.
The group walked over to the fence in front of the Shrieking Shack, "It's very simple, Ginny. Someone being initiated just has to go to the Shack and live long enough to wave to us from the top window."
Ginny raised a brow, "Live long enough?"
"Well, the place is haunted," Pansy said sarcastically. "They don't call it the "Shrieking Shack for nothing."
"The place isn't haunted," Ginny said stepping away from the fence. She knew enough history about this place from what Harry and the others told her to know what had really been going on there.
Pansy got a satisfied sneer on her face, "Well if you're scared..." she finished trailing off.
Ginny gave her a sweet smile. "See you from the top," she said turning back to the fence. She had just gotten her hands on the bars of the fence and her foot on the bottom rung, when Draco's hand on her arm stopped her.
"As determined as I can see you are," he said when she turned back around, "I don't think that you should be doing this now with three Gryffindor bogies at four o'clock."
The other three looked behind them just in time to see Ron, Harry, and Hermione ducking behind a bush. "Oh, this is just perfect!" Ginny said in exasperation. "Fine, we'll save this for after lunch. Even they have to have better things to do with their time than follow me all day."
Instead they decided to go over to Zonko's Joke Shop still closely followed by their stalkers. "Oh he makes me so angry!" Ginny said as Ron walked in and headed down the aisle behind them.
Blaise laughed, "It's not your fault that your brother's a right nutter. Hopefully they'll just get bored and give up."
Ginny looked at him skeptically, "You don't know my brother. He'll be making my life miserable all day."
And so he did. He followed them around Zonko's and when they left he followed them to Honeydukes. After Honeydukes he followed them to Dervish and Banges and finally to the Three Broomsticks where they were going to have lunch. He tried to remain inconspicuous, but that was rather difficult with Hermione and Harry following behind as well.
The only person who was making Ginny's day more miserable than Ron was Pansy. She never missed an opportunity to make fun of Ginny. Whenever Ginny went to buy something Blaise would offer to pay for her. Ginny didn't feel right about having someone pay for her and always declined. Pansy, on the other hand, hadn't paid for a single one of her purchases that day always turning to Draco who would just add it to whatever he was getting.
All this still didn't keep Pansy from commenting on Ginny's deplorable lack of taste or asking if Ginny was sure that she could afford whatever she was buying. Blaise had been shooting her dark looks all day and telling her to bite her tongue each time, but Pansy still persisted in her mean spirited remarks. Ginny didn't know if she could make it another half a day without giving in to her wishes and hexing her into oblivion.
At lunch she was still continuing with her same attitude, "But so many of you in such a small house! I just don't see how you could possibly live that way!"
Ginny's teeth were clenched, "We survive."
"I'm just saying that I never could!" she said looking at Draco and Blaise, who gave her an agitated look. She seemed to realize that she was pushing Blaise too far and decided to let him cool down for a minute, "I'll be right back. I have to run to the restroom." She leaned over to kiss Draco, but he turned his head and she ended up kissing his cheek. She gave him an irritated look and got up from the table.
"I'll go get another round of butterbeers," Blaise said standing up and running a hand through his hair. He shot Draco a look that said his patience with Pansy was running out before heading off to the bar.
Ginny leaned back in her seat looking down at her hands, which were clasped in front of her. She was still fuming over Pansy's behavior.
"I'm sorry about Pansy," Draco said.
She looked up at him, "I don't care about your girlfriends narrow mindedness."
"She's not my girlfriend," Draco informed her.
"But she just—" Ginny started and then realized just what kind of relationship they had. "I see."
Draco took a drink from his butterbeer, "Not that it's any of your business."
"Whatever," Ginny replied, her anger coming back. "I'm not the one that brought her up anyway."
Draco opened his mouth to say something else, but changed his mind since Blaise was back. Pansy came back from the restroom shortly thereafter and remarkably kept her mouth shut for the rest of lunch.
Towards the end when they got up, Ginny noticed that her brother and friends had gotten up from their table as well. "This is enough!" she said as they walked outside. "I'm putting an end to this right now." The four of them stood outside of the Three Broomsticks waiting for the trio to follow suit.
As soon as Ron stepped outside and saw his sister standing there he tried to change course, but she blocked his path. "Don't you dare Ronald Weasley!" she said. She walked up to him and putting a finger to his chest said, "I swear Ron, if you don't stop following us this moment you're not going to like what happens. The rest of this year is going to be long and painful for you if I see you skulking behind any more shrubbery! Am I making myself clear?"
Ron nodded his head feebly. "Good," Ginny said. She turned to look at Harry and then Hermione, "I honestly expected better from you, Hermione." Hermione looked down, embarrassed. "Now I mean it, I don't want to see any of you for the rest of the afternoon!"
"I'm sorry, Ginny," Hermione said as she, Ron, and Harry started making their way down the walk.
Blaise came up behind her and threw his arm around her shoulders, "Way to handle the situation, Ginny. I guess we all know who wears the pants in the Weasley household."
Ginny looked up at Blaise, "I'm the only girl with six brothers. I learned long ago not to let them push me around."
"Still very impressive," Blaise said leading her back to where Pansy and Draco were waiting. "Now I believe there's a little matter of an initiation."
The four made their way back toward the Shrieking Shack and Ginny was extremely happy when she checked behind her and saw that she wasn't being followed. She quickly jumped over the fence and headed up the walk to the Shack.
At the fence Pansy turned happily toward Draco and Blaise, "You both know what to do!"
A/N: So here's the next chapter. Ron, if there's one thing you shouldn't do is follow around your sister. Sisters don't like overprotective brothers. It makes them annoyed. Anyway, hope everyone is enjoying, which leads me to my next topic of conversation . . . I got my second flame! I'm so psyched; I've never gotten them before! I don't know if it's because I said something about it in the last chapter that I opened myself up to it or whatever, but I'm so excited!
This is crap! wrote a long review that you can read for yourselves if you'd like, but I'll just hit on the main points. First and foremost, I don't believe that God likes to be referred to as an f-ing deity...that was just messed up. Now that we've got that settled, let's move on. There was something about Mary Sues. Apparently they have a different idea of what a Mary Sue is than what I do. But let me just reassure everyone that I did not write myself into the story! Second, they said about not minding fluff, but that Draco likes her mainly because of her "damn" looks. Hmm...did I miss the part where I wrote that Draco likes her? I must have misplaced that chapter. IF SOMEONE HAS A COPY OF IT CAN YOU PLEASE SEND IT TO ME? Thanks! Now, I don't know where you live or what the dating scene is like where you are, but just so you know, most people are first interested in others because of how they look . . . that's statistical stuff there. Then they get to know them and like them for who they are and all that non-superficial goodness. Draco may think she looks alright, but I don't think he's been swept of his feet and is ready to declare his undying love for her because he is so captivated by her beauty! But if I wrote that, I must have misplaced that too, send copies of that one as well! But again, as was the case with my other flame, it's kind of hard to be offended when you've read five chapters before deciding that, "this is crap!" Still, I hope you suffered through it all too! Ha ha ha!
I love flames . . . these are fun to respond to!!!
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Spunkypippy – Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Nerwen Faelvirin – Harry does have a problem, he needs to work on that! Yeah, Draco wins . . . what can I say. Update your Dagger story!
Lady Ananas – Thanks! I'm sorry that this chapter took so long! I can't make any promises, but I'll try to be quicker with them!
Nichole Malfoy – Thanks!
Rose Petel – Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
Morgain Lestrage – Thank you! Well, Draco will always be Draco, but he is a bit nicer in this story. My other story that I just finished had mean and harsh Draco and I wasn't looking for the drama in this story so he's just not that mean and harsh this time. But don't get me wrong . . . I do love me a mean and harsh Draco!!!
Miah The Storm Wolf – I'm glad that I was able to save the story for you! But this isn't going to be as long as my last story so I don't know how much longer D/G are going to stay apart.
Star – Thank you! I hope you're continuing to enjoy it!
Me Acorn and Sometimes Banana – I'm sorry to hear about your friend getting flamed. Yes, they do suck, but you've got to see the bright side in everything. I've never had them before and I think they're great. Maybe I'm getting flamed because I've deviated from the more serious stories I've written before, but I really like writing something that doesn't have any deep social significance! I'm glad you are enjoying the fluffy, silly, entertaining stuff I'm writing! I write it for people like you!
Ash Night – If this makes any sense, I'm glad that you were so into the story that you didn't have time to review! Don't worry; I firmly believe that Draco and Ginny belong together so I won't disappoint you!
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Chapter 6
Ginny opened her eyes that morning with only one thought in her head, 'Thank God this week is over!' She hadn't spoken to her brother, Hermione, or Harry since that night in the common room two nights before and avoiding them wasn't easy, especially since they all shared the same living environment. Her brother seemed to know what was good for him, however, and was keeping his distance, but she was afraid that now that the actual moment of truth was upon them, Ron would want to begin expressing his opinions over the matter once more. She hoped that she could get out of the castle and be on her way that morning without another episode.
She dressed in a pair of comfortable jeans and a t-shirt before heading down to the Great Hall. She sat with Collin and ate her breakfast. She was going to meet Blaise after at the entrance where they would make their way to Hogsmeade. As she ate her excitement began building. A whole day at Hogsmeade with Blaise, she didn't know what to expect, but she was up for it. Not even the knowledge that they'd be with Draco all day was enough to make her feel bad about it.
Blaise stood up from the Slytherin table when he saw that Ginny was finished with her breakfast, "You ready?" he asked Draco and Pansy. Draco nodded and he and Pansy stood up and walked out of the hall following Blaise.
Back at the Gryffindor table Ron stood up. "Let's go."
Hermione sighed. "There's still time to change your mind about this you know," she said reluctantly standing up.
Ron frowned at her, "You can stay behind if you want, but Harry and I are following them."
"I'm coming with you," she grumbled following behind.
"What is that Weasley doing here?" Pansy squealed when she saw Blaise walk up to Ginny and take her hand.
Blaise turned back to Pansy; "Ginny is coming with us today."
Pansy snorted crossing her arms in front of her, "I don't think so." She turned to Draco who had an indifferent look on his face. "You're letting her come with us?"
"I'm not her mother Pansy, I don't dictate what she does," he said.
"But Draco!" Pansy started, jutting out her lip in a pout, "I can't be seen with her! She's a...a...a Weasley! And a Gryffindor to boot! Think what that's going to do to our reputations!" She turned toward Ginny, "I don't know what you were thinking, but there's been a change in plans! You'd just better get lost!"
Ginny's temper had been simmering the whole time. She tried to keep it down because she didn't want to argue with someone she was going to spend the day with, but Pansy went to far. However, Draco, who grabbed Pansy by the arm and dragged her off to the side, spared her having to say anything.
"That's enough, Pansy," he said through gritted teeth. "If you have such a problem with her being here then don't go but I don't want to hear another word about it." Without waiting for a reply he turned back to Ginny and Blaise, "Let's go." He didn't look to see if Pansy would follow. He knew full well that she would. Her pride wouldn't let her stay behind.
The three walked in a line down the grounds following the others toward Hogsmeade with Ginny between the two boys and Pansy trailing behind them. Blaise and Draco were talking above Ginny's head about they upcoming Quidditch match they had with Ravenclaw.
Ginny's mind turned to what had just happened, Draco had just stood up for her. But why? He could barely tolerate her. If anything she had expected Blaise to say something in her defense. It was after all Blaise who had asked her to come with him, not Draco.
The three were bypassing a group of fourth years when Pansy wedged herself between Ginny and Draco and wrapped her arms around his casting Ginny an evil glare. Ginny looked at her quizzically for a moment and then looked away. If Pansy was worried that Draco was standing up for her for any underlying reason then she could get those thoughts out of her head. There was definitely no reason for Pansy to worry there.
It wasn't until they were passing the Shrieking Shack that Pansy spoke again. "She needs to be initiated." Draco gave her a piercing glare telling her without words what he thought of that idea. "Everyone else in our group had to do it, why should she be any different?" she spoke back defensively.
"What's the initiation?" Ginny asked Blaise.
The group walked over to the fence in front of the Shrieking Shack, "It's very simple, Ginny. Someone being initiated just has to go to the Shack and live long enough to wave to us from the top window."
Ginny raised a brow, "Live long enough?"
"Well, the place is haunted," Pansy said sarcastically. "They don't call it the "Shrieking Shack for nothing."
"The place isn't haunted," Ginny said stepping away from the fence. She knew enough history about this place from what Harry and the others told her to know what had really been going on there.
Pansy got a satisfied sneer on her face, "Well if you're scared..." she finished trailing off.
Ginny gave her a sweet smile. "See you from the top," she said turning back to the fence. She had just gotten her hands on the bars of the fence and her foot on the bottom rung, when Draco's hand on her arm stopped her.
"As determined as I can see you are," he said when she turned back around, "I don't think that you should be doing this now with three Gryffindor bogies at four o'clock."
The other three looked behind them just in time to see Ron, Harry, and Hermione ducking behind a bush. "Oh, this is just perfect!" Ginny said in exasperation. "Fine, we'll save this for after lunch. Even they have to have better things to do with their time than follow me all day."
Instead they decided to go over to Zonko's Joke Shop still closely followed by their stalkers. "Oh he makes me so angry!" Ginny said as Ron walked in and headed down the aisle behind them.
Blaise laughed, "It's not your fault that your brother's a right nutter. Hopefully they'll just get bored and give up."
Ginny looked at him skeptically, "You don't know my brother. He'll be making my life miserable all day."
And so he did. He followed them around Zonko's and when they left he followed them to Honeydukes. After Honeydukes he followed them to Dervish and Banges and finally to the Three Broomsticks where they were going to have lunch. He tried to remain inconspicuous, but that was rather difficult with Hermione and Harry following behind as well.
The only person who was making Ginny's day more miserable than Ron was Pansy. She never missed an opportunity to make fun of Ginny. Whenever Ginny went to buy something Blaise would offer to pay for her. Ginny didn't feel right about having someone pay for her and always declined. Pansy, on the other hand, hadn't paid for a single one of her purchases that day always turning to Draco who would just add it to whatever he was getting.
All this still didn't keep Pansy from commenting on Ginny's deplorable lack of taste or asking if Ginny was sure that she could afford whatever she was buying. Blaise had been shooting her dark looks all day and telling her to bite her tongue each time, but Pansy still persisted in her mean spirited remarks. Ginny didn't know if she could make it another half a day without giving in to her wishes and hexing her into oblivion.
At lunch she was still continuing with her same attitude, "But so many of you in such a small house! I just don't see how you could possibly live that way!"
Ginny's teeth were clenched, "We survive."
"I'm just saying that I never could!" she said looking at Draco and Blaise, who gave her an agitated look. She seemed to realize that she was pushing Blaise too far and decided to let him cool down for a minute, "I'll be right back. I have to run to the restroom." She leaned over to kiss Draco, but he turned his head and she ended up kissing his cheek. She gave him an irritated look and got up from the table.
"I'll go get another round of butterbeers," Blaise said standing up and running a hand through his hair. He shot Draco a look that said his patience with Pansy was running out before heading off to the bar.
Ginny leaned back in her seat looking down at her hands, which were clasped in front of her. She was still fuming over Pansy's behavior.
"I'm sorry about Pansy," Draco said.
She looked up at him, "I don't care about your girlfriends narrow mindedness."
"She's not my girlfriend," Draco informed her.
"But she just—" Ginny started and then realized just what kind of relationship they had. "I see."
Draco took a drink from his butterbeer, "Not that it's any of your business."
"Whatever," Ginny replied, her anger coming back. "I'm not the one that brought her up anyway."
Draco opened his mouth to say something else, but changed his mind since Blaise was back. Pansy came back from the restroom shortly thereafter and remarkably kept her mouth shut for the rest of lunch.
Towards the end when they got up, Ginny noticed that her brother and friends had gotten up from their table as well. "This is enough!" she said as they walked outside. "I'm putting an end to this right now." The four of them stood outside of the Three Broomsticks waiting for the trio to follow suit.
As soon as Ron stepped outside and saw his sister standing there he tried to change course, but she blocked his path. "Don't you dare Ronald Weasley!" she said. She walked up to him and putting a finger to his chest said, "I swear Ron, if you don't stop following us this moment you're not going to like what happens. The rest of this year is going to be long and painful for you if I see you skulking behind any more shrubbery! Am I making myself clear?"
Ron nodded his head feebly. "Good," Ginny said. She turned to look at Harry and then Hermione, "I honestly expected better from you, Hermione." Hermione looked down, embarrassed. "Now I mean it, I don't want to see any of you for the rest of the afternoon!"
"I'm sorry, Ginny," Hermione said as she, Ron, and Harry started making their way down the walk.
Blaise came up behind her and threw his arm around her shoulders, "Way to handle the situation, Ginny. I guess we all know who wears the pants in the Weasley household."
Ginny looked up at Blaise, "I'm the only girl with six brothers. I learned long ago not to let them push me around."
"Still very impressive," Blaise said leading her back to where Pansy and Draco were waiting. "Now I believe there's a little matter of an initiation."
The four made their way back toward the Shrieking Shack and Ginny was extremely happy when she checked behind her and saw that she wasn't being followed. She quickly jumped over the fence and headed up the walk to the Shack.
At the fence Pansy turned happily toward Draco and Blaise, "You both know what to do!"
A/N: So here's the next chapter. Ron, if there's one thing you shouldn't do is follow around your sister. Sisters don't like overprotective brothers. It makes them annoyed. Anyway, hope everyone is enjoying, which leads me to my next topic of conversation . . . I got my second flame! I'm so psyched; I've never gotten them before! I don't know if it's because I said something about it in the last chapter that I opened myself up to it or whatever, but I'm so excited!
This is crap! wrote a long review that you can read for yourselves if you'd like, but I'll just hit on the main points. First and foremost, I don't believe that God likes to be referred to as an f-ing deity...that was just messed up. Now that we've got that settled, let's move on. There was something about Mary Sues. Apparently they have a different idea of what a Mary Sue is than what I do. But let me just reassure everyone that I did not write myself into the story! Second, they said about not minding fluff, but that Draco likes her mainly because of her "damn" looks. Hmm...did I miss the part where I wrote that Draco likes her? I must have misplaced that chapter. IF SOMEONE HAS A COPY OF IT CAN YOU PLEASE SEND IT TO ME? Thanks! Now, I don't know where you live or what the dating scene is like where you are, but just so you know, most people are first interested in others because of how they look . . . that's statistical stuff there. Then they get to know them and like them for who they are and all that non-superficial goodness. Draco may think she looks alright, but I don't think he's been swept of his feet and is ready to declare his undying love for her because he is so captivated by her beauty! But if I wrote that, I must have misplaced that too, send copies of that one as well! But again, as was the case with my other flame, it's kind of hard to be offended when you've read five chapters before deciding that, "this is crap!" Still, I hope you suffered through it all too! Ha ha ha!
I love flames . . . these are fun to respond to!!!
For the rest of my reviewers:
Spunkypippy – Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Nerwen Faelvirin – Harry does have a problem, he needs to work on that! Yeah, Draco wins . . . what can I say. Update your Dagger story!
Lady Ananas – Thanks! I'm sorry that this chapter took so long! I can't make any promises, but I'll try to be quicker with them!
Nichole Malfoy – Thanks!
Rose Petel – Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
Morgain Lestrage – Thank you! Well, Draco will always be Draco, but he is a bit nicer in this story. My other story that I just finished had mean and harsh Draco and I wasn't looking for the drama in this story so he's just not that mean and harsh this time. But don't get me wrong . . . I do love me a mean and harsh Draco!!!
Miah The Storm Wolf – I'm glad that I was able to save the story for you! But this isn't going to be as long as my last story so I don't know how much longer D/G are going to stay apart.
Star – Thank you! I hope you're continuing to enjoy it!
Me Acorn and Sometimes Banana – I'm sorry to hear about your friend getting flamed. Yes, they do suck, but you've got to see the bright side in everything. I've never had them before and I think they're great. Maybe I'm getting flamed because I've deviated from the more serious stories I've written before, but I really like writing something that doesn't have any deep social significance! I'm glad you are enjoying the fluffy, silly, entertaining stuff I'm writing! I write it for people like you!
Ash Night – If this makes any sense, I'm glad that you were so into the story that you didn't have time to review! Don't worry; I firmly believe that Draco and Ginny belong together so I won't disappoint you!
Karlin88 – Thank you for your review! Keep enjoying!