Title: Say the Word

Summary: Draco and Ginny are best friends in school. The Dream Team doesn't know that.yet. What happens when they find out? Will they accept the two? But wait, what happens when the two start developing feelings for each other? Will The Dream Team accept that?

Disclaimer: All the characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling. The only thing that belongs to me is the plot.

A/N: This is the first part of a three part story for those who don't know. Hello to those who read Gaining Custody. I hope you all like this part. I'm really sorry.

Chapter 4: Out in the Pouring Rain

It's been about a month after school has stared. Not much has happened since then. That's if you don't count Ginny and Draco being asked out by a ton of people. Draco is now going out with Maria Menialo; this preppy 7th year who always talks about her hair or clothes. She has this really annoying voice that people can't stand. She always hangs around Draco and co.

No one really likes her. Draco's just going out with her so that the crowd of girls would stop crowding around him. In his opinion she was the only girl that didn't ask him more then 10,000 times. Everyone one else thought she asked more then Pansy, but no one said anything because it wasn't their choice.

Ginny on the other hand isn't going out with anyone. She's been asked out by tons of guys at school and Ron is even trying to get her hooked up with some of them, but he stopped after he got the drift that if he didn't stop Ginny was going to be the effect of a bloody nose, a black eye and a busted lip.

~In the Library~

Draco, Ginny, Sylvia, Blaise and Maria were all in the Draco's room studying for a really hard up coming test for Snape and right now Maria wasn't studying she was taking about what she should get Draco for his birth day which wasn't until the end of that week.

Ginny was trying to go over her notes, but couldn't hear herself think over Maria's ugly, annoying, high pitched voice. Wolfs blood is toxic when mixed with pig's blood but not when you mix with horse mane. But you have to add the horse man first with loin saliva so that it won't- Ginny was interrupted by Maria clipping her fingernails. "Draco hunny, what should I get you for you birthday?"

That was the last straw. Blaise, Sylvia and Ginny stood up. Sylvia pushed Blaise down in his seat and pulled Ginny over to a far corner. "Ginny you have to do something about Maria. She's a pain in the ass!"

"Why do I have to do something about it?"

"Because you're his best friend and he'll listen to you."

"What about Blaise?"

"He won't listen to Blaise. He told him a million times."

"So what gives you the idea that he will listen to me?"

"I don't just try."

They walked back over to the table and Sylvia sat down. Ginny tapped Draco's shoulder and pointed over to the corner that she and Sylvia were not too long ago. Draco got the hint and went over there. Maria noticed this and got up. "Oh Maria don't worry you don't have to come. I just need to ask Draco something." Ginny said.

"Well whatever you want to ask him you can ask in front of everyone. It's not nice to hold secrets."

"Maria I'll be right back." Draco said, "Just stay here."

"Fine." Maria sat back down with pouted lips.

Draco and Ginny headed over to the corner.

"What's up?"

Ginny took a deep breath, "Draco, we're all trying to study. And we can't study with Maria chatting away."

"So what are you asking me to do? Kick her out?"

"Well no, not if you don't want to. I'm just asking you if you can tell her to not talk. I can't even hear myself think."

"Who said you had to be here. Look Ginny, if you can't study here then leave."

"Fine Draco, but I hope you have your fun now because later on, it's going to come back and bite you in the butt. Its called karma, maybe you've heard of it. Maybe even experienced in!"

Ginny walked back to the table, got her stuff and walked into her room.

Sylvia got her stuff and left.

Draco looked over to Blaise, "Are you going to leave too?"

Blaise got and started walking over to Draco, "Man-"

"Leave!" Draco said in a firm voice.

"Alright." Blaise got his stuff and headed for Ginny's room.

Maria got up and walked over to Draco. "Don't worry Baby; they don't understand how much we love each other."

Draco's face hardened, "Maria, I'm sorry. It's over."

Maria's lips started to tremble, "You can't dump me just because your friends don't like me."

Draco, now getting impatient, grabbed Maria's arm and pulled her out the door.

Draco closed the door and sighed, what have I done?

~In Ginny's Room~

While Draco was in his room doing his homework by himself; Blaise, Sylvia and Ginny sat in a circle on the floor in Ginny's room talking about what had just taken place.

"I feel really bad that we did that Draco." Said Ginny.

"Well we're going to have to let Draco handle it now. He was the idiot who got him self into this position now. He should have never gone out with Maria. He thinks these are the ways to solve his problems and their not. He's always doing this shit and he should know by now. "

"I guess you're right, but one question: When did you get so smart about this stuff?" Ginny asked.

"He's just smart." Sylvia replied grinning.

"Well that's one reason, but the other is that I've been Draco's best friend since he was born and you've been his girl friend only for a little while. He tells me stuff that he would never tell anyone."

Ginny looked down, I hope he's alright. I got it! Ginny stood up and took her robe from her chair.

"Where are you going?" Sylvia asked.

"Hogsmeade, I'll be back soon."

Ginny ran out the door and headed for the secret passage to Hogsmeade. When she got there she deeply regretted it because it started to rain! Damn!

She ran under a pavilion to get away from the rain. She waited for the rain to stop and then went to buy the thing she wanted.

You better appreciate this Malfoy.

When she was done she went back to her room. Blaise and Sylvia were still there.

"Hey, what you do you have there?" Blaise inquired.

"Oh just a little something for Mr. Malfoy."

Ginny pulled out a box from the bag she was carrying. She opened the box and showed what it contained to Blaise and Sylvia. The they could do was stare at it with shinning eyes.

"How much was this?" Sylvia asked.

"Not much."

"How much?" Blaise asked sternly.

"I got this from a friend. He didn't want it so I got this for Draco. I know he has this collection of it so I decided to get it for him to add to his collection."

Over the next two days, the three didn't really talk to Draco. They passed in the halls and he would just shrug them off. It really killed Ginny to see Draco and not be able to talk to him. The next day would be his birthday and she hoped that they would become friends again.

As Ginny was walking outside along the edge of the lake, Hermione came out.

"Ginny!"

Ginny stopped dead in her tracks. She hadn't really talked to Hermione in a while and was pretty surprised. "Hey Hermione."

"Ginny I'm going to skip the introduction and just tell you that if Ron and Harry find out about you being friends with Malfoy they're going to flip."

"What! I'm not friends with Malfoy!"

"Don't lie Ginny, I know. Colin told me that you and Sylvia are friends with Malfoy and Zambini. I mean I know that Sylvia and Zambini are going out, but friends with Malfoy?"

"Hermione! I don't need the Dream Team to tell me what to do. I'm a big girl now, not a little baby who needs taking care of every second. Hell knows what the fuck you three were doing when I was getting hypnotized. Now that I'm starting to get noticed you're all the sudden my family again, where you always care about me and my every fucking move! Just because I'm getting asked out more and I might not want to go out with some of them doesn't mean that I need you three here to scare them away!"

"I'm-"

"Don't say you're sorry Hermione. Don't say that you're sorry for being that nosy, smarty pants girl that you are because I know that you aren't sorry at all. Every time any one says that, it's not true. Be cause when you say you're sorry means that you are and that you will back off and give me room to make mistakes. I already have enough to deal with as it is. I don't need this bull shit from you."

Ginny stormed back to Hogwarts leaving Hermione there rooted to her spot staring at nothing going over what Ginny just said.

~AtwistedAngel13~

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