Chapter 7
The next morning Ginny woke up and to her surprise Harry wasn't there. She slipped out of bed, got dressed, and left her bedroom to see where he went. She found him in the kitchen, making them both a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and sausage. When he saw her he smiled and said, "Good morning. I'm just making something to eat. Figured you'd be hungry and we all know you can't cook."
They both laughed and Ginny replied, "Remember when I tried to cook dinner for us all once and I gave Ron food poisoning by accident?"
"Yeah, almost too well. Good thing Hermione was there. How are they anyway?" he asked inquisitively, curious of what his close friends of almost nine years were up to.
"They are doing great. Oh, Hermione wants to see you. You should go visit Ron and her tomorrow while I desperately try to finish my work." Ginny suggested, stealing a strip of bacon and then pouring herself a glass of pumpkin juice.
Harry kept glancing from his cooking back to Ginny. She had caught on and so she asked, "Is there a problem?"
"I'm still trying to process you with blonde hair in my mind. You look good with it."
Harry finished making breakfast, and then served the food out onto two plates. Ginny was about to sit down and dig in when she heard a light rapping at her window. "I'll go see what it is." she said as she walked over.
She opened her shades and looked out. There was a black raven outside her window, and she was about to close the shades again, but it kept rapping. Then she noticed there was a little scroll attached to it, so she opened the window and took it off the bird. Without any hesitation the raven flew off promptly when she took the scroll. 'What a rude animal' she thought and closed her window once more. She stood there and opened up the scroll to see what it was about.
"What was it?" she heard from the kitchen.
"Oh, I just received a letter from someone. That's all." she answered.
Then she read:
Dear Paige,
I'm just writing to remind you about our plans for tomorrow.
'Since when did we have plans for tomorrow?'
Meet me at Malfoy Park,
'Malfoy Park, as known as the land that Mr. Malfoy bought and only made into a park so that they could not build a store there that specializes in Muggle items that 'Mudbloods' would buy...'
I'm sure you already know where it is but in case you don't then you can owl me back and I'll send directions. I'll meet you there at ten o'clock. I'll show you my new Firebolt 2000. See you then, don't be late.
Draco Malfoy
'No wonder it was a rude raven, it was Malfoy's! Stupid prat...'
"Everything alright?" Harry asked after swallowing the eggs he was chewing on and taking a large gulp of pumpkin juice.
"Yes, everything is fine." Ginny replied, rolling the scroll back up and sticking it in her pocket before heading back to the kitchen to begin eating her breakfast. Now she would have to see him again, that one letter from his father would not be enough evidence to go on. Although, she could get started on her piece, which is what she was planning to do that day.
"Good. I'm taking you out to dinner tonight."
Ginny looked up at him surprised. Two dinners at restaurants two nights in a row, what more could a Weasley ask for? "What's the occasion?"
"Does a man need an occasion to take his girlfriend out to dinner?" he asked in response while pushing up his black glasses that were sliding down his nose.
She didn't say anything, but smiled and then picked up both of their dishes and cups to put them in the sink.
She spent most of the day working on the story while Harry was watching television and talking to Hermione on the phone. Ginny read the letter that she took some time trying to find, she forgot that she put it in her jean pocket and then after she remembered that she had to figure out where she put her jeans. Eventually she found them in her hamper and the letter was safely folded and waiting for her in the back pocket.
The letter wasn't very specific about anything. Lucious probably wrote it like that just in case someone else laid their hands on it. It inquired about Draco's 'current task' and how his 'recruiting' was going. At the end was a short reminder about a dinner party that his parents were going to host at the Malfoy manor.
Ginny frowned after re-reading the letter multiple times and then finally folding it back up and placing it carefully in a desk drawer. So far all that would give her to go on are accusations and implications, no solid factual evidence. She started writing some notes on the article and then she remembered that her book reviews were due in a couple of days.
Instead of finishing the romance novel that she despised so much, she wrote the review from what she already knew about the book and then added that it had a 'surprise ending', a.k.a. she didn't read the end of the book. She out her reviews together, totaling eight books read in a week and a half. She stuck the work in her bag, and then decided it was time to get ready for going out.
Ginny chose to dress nice, or rather what she thought constituted the word nice. She put on black dress pants along with a light blue blouse that went nicely with the blonde hair that she let flow down her shoulders. When she was ready she met Harry in the living room. He was wearing black pants with a red dress shirt that she had bought him for Christmas.
He took her to a restaurant that they frequented together on special occasions. They were seated quickly, and received a table near the bathroom. They held the menus in their hands, scanning over the various dishes and trying to decide which one they wanted.
"What are you getting?" Ginny asked with her eyes reading over the menu.
"I'm not sure," Harry replied. "Maybe the steak."
Five minutes both of them made up their minds and handed the menus back to the waiter when he came around. "Would you like to see the wine menu sir?"
Harry looked from Ginny to the waiter and replied, "Yes I would, thank you." Then he took the wine menu from the waiter and skimmed over the choices of wine and picked one of the more expensive choices.
"It's good spending time with you again." she said to him after the waiter left with their order and she took a sip of water. She meant every word. Harry had always been a great friend to her, and she remembered back to when she first met him and was simply Ron's little sister to him. She even sent him a Valentine. Now she was his girlfriend, which was kind of funny if she thought about it, and she knew that they would always be friends.
"Same here."
Meanwhile, a certain blonde with gray eyes entered the exact same restaurant. He was meeting up with some old friends from school for drinks. He entered the establishment without waiting simply by mentioning his name to the hostess, who immediately let him in despite the protest of the line that was rapidly forming.
He made his way over to the bar and sat down on one of the stools. He turned to the bartender, ordered a shot, and then turned around again to look for his friends. He easily spotted the two rather large figures in the crowd and shouted over to them, "Crabbe! Goyle! Over here!"
In fact, there was no real reason why he was meeting up with them. They had never really been what most people would consider friends, he only was with them because they were big and stupid and gladly took the position of his two bodyguards without realizing it. Nonetheless, he liked having his own mindless minions. Another trait of being a Malfoy was desire for power, and he enjoyed having power over others, and so he shamelessly dropped his name wherever he went to receive all the commodities offered to Malfoys out of fear.
The two goons walked over to where he was sitting and they both took a seat on either side of Malfoy. They ordered their own drinks and soon each one of them had a drink in front of them. Crabbe and Goyle were arguing over some nonsense while Draco's eyes scanned the room.
'Hey, that looks like Potter over there.' The black haired man with glasses shifted so he could see him better. His hair moved and revealed a scar on his forehead the shape of a lightening bolt. 'That is Scarhead Potter. They must be starting to let all sorts of people in here now, and to think it used to be a respectable restaurant.' He took finally took the shot of firewhiskey and then looked back over to Potter's table.
"What do you think Draco?" Goyle asked him, switching his eyes from Crabbe to Draco.
'And look he's with a girl. Maybe Potty is finally getting lucky. A blonde at that, what kind of blonde would stoop so low?' he thought to himself, ignoring the man next to him.
"Draco?" Goyle asked again, wondering why he wasn't receiving a response.
'Wait a bloody minute, that's Paige. What is she doing with him?' This Malfoy was confused, and getting angry. He stood up and began walking over there. A waiter got in his way and so he pushed him to the side. He stopped walking and stood close enough to the table that he could hear their conversation.
"Ginny-" Was the first thing he head Harry say.
'Ginny? Ginny Weasley? What the bloody hell is going on here?'
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A/N: Thanks for reviewing everyone! And please review because it gives me incentive to keep going.
Catmint- Thanks. Yup, Harry does make the situation a bit more complicated.
HollyMahogany- You'll see, but I'll just say that it won't be bad. Even though I'm an evil writer, I'm not that evil, lol.
Stephanie- Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like it.
blink182rawk- Well, considering it is a Ginny/Draco story one would think that something happens. So I guess you'll have to keep reading to find out! Mwa-ha-ha-ha!!
jewels03- Thank you, I attempt to keep him in character.
The next morning Ginny woke up and to her surprise Harry wasn't there. She slipped out of bed, got dressed, and left her bedroom to see where he went. She found him in the kitchen, making them both a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and sausage. When he saw her he smiled and said, "Good morning. I'm just making something to eat. Figured you'd be hungry and we all know you can't cook."
They both laughed and Ginny replied, "Remember when I tried to cook dinner for us all once and I gave Ron food poisoning by accident?"
"Yeah, almost too well. Good thing Hermione was there. How are they anyway?" he asked inquisitively, curious of what his close friends of almost nine years were up to.
"They are doing great. Oh, Hermione wants to see you. You should go visit Ron and her tomorrow while I desperately try to finish my work." Ginny suggested, stealing a strip of bacon and then pouring herself a glass of pumpkin juice.
Harry kept glancing from his cooking back to Ginny. She had caught on and so she asked, "Is there a problem?"
"I'm still trying to process you with blonde hair in my mind. You look good with it."
Harry finished making breakfast, and then served the food out onto two plates. Ginny was about to sit down and dig in when she heard a light rapping at her window. "I'll go see what it is." she said as she walked over.
She opened her shades and looked out. There was a black raven outside her window, and she was about to close the shades again, but it kept rapping. Then she noticed there was a little scroll attached to it, so she opened the window and took it off the bird. Without any hesitation the raven flew off promptly when she took the scroll. 'What a rude animal' she thought and closed her window once more. She stood there and opened up the scroll to see what it was about.
"What was it?" she heard from the kitchen.
"Oh, I just received a letter from someone. That's all." she answered.
Then she read:
Dear Paige,
I'm just writing to remind you about our plans for tomorrow.
'Since when did we have plans for tomorrow?'
Meet me at Malfoy Park,
'Malfoy Park, as known as the land that Mr. Malfoy bought and only made into a park so that they could not build a store there that specializes in Muggle items that 'Mudbloods' would buy...'
I'm sure you already know where it is but in case you don't then you can owl me back and I'll send directions. I'll meet you there at ten o'clock. I'll show you my new Firebolt 2000. See you then, don't be late.
Draco Malfoy
'No wonder it was a rude raven, it was Malfoy's! Stupid prat...'
"Everything alright?" Harry asked after swallowing the eggs he was chewing on and taking a large gulp of pumpkin juice.
"Yes, everything is fine." Ginny replied, rolling the scroll back up and sticking it in her pocket before heading back to the kitchen to begin eating her breakfast. Now she would have to see him again, that one letter from his father would not be enough evidence to go on. Although, she could get started on her piece, which is what she was planning to do that day.
"Good. I'm taking you out to dinner tonight."
Ginny looked up at him surprised. Two dinners at restaurants two nights in a row, what more could a Weasley ask for? "What's the occasion?"
"Does a man need an occasion to take his girlfriend out to dinner?" he asked in response while pushing up his black glasses that were sliding down his nose.
She didn't say anything, but smiled and then picked up both of their dishes and cups to put them in the sink.
She spent most of the day working on the story while Harry was watching television and talking to Hermione on the phone. Ginny read the letter that she took some time trying to find, she forgot that she put it in her jean pocket and then after she remembered that she had to figure out where she put her jeans. Eventually she found them in her hamper and the letter was safely folded and waiting for her in the back pocket.
The letter wasn't very specific about anything. Lucious probably wrote it like that just in case someone else laid their hands on it. It inquired about Draco's 'current task' and how his 'recruiting' was going. At the end was a short reminder about a dinner party that his parents were going to host at the Malfoy manor.
Ginny frowned after re-reading the letter multiple times and then finally folding it back up and placing it carefully in a desk drawer. So far all that would give her to go on are accusations and implications, no solid factual evidence. She started writing some notes on the article and then she remembered that her book reviews were due in a couple of days.
Instead of finishing the romance novel that she despised so much, she wrote the review from what she already knew about the book and then added that it had a 'surprise ending', a.k.a. she didn't read the end of the book. She out her reviews together, totaling eight books read in a week and a half. She stuck the work in her bag, and then decided it was time to get ready for going out.
Ginny chose to dress nice, or rather what she thought constituted the word nice. She put on black dress pants along with a light blue blouse that went nicely with the blonde hair that she let flow down her shoulders. When she was ready she met Harry in the living room. He was wearing black pants with a red dress shirt that she had bought him for Christmas.
He took her to a restaurant that they frequented together on special occasions. They were seated quickly, and received a table near the bathroom. They held the menus in their hands, scanning over the various dishes and trying to decide which one they wanted.
"What are you getting?" Ginny asked with her eyes reading over the menu.
"I'm not sure," Harry replied. "Maybe the steak."
Five minutes both of them made up their minds and handed the menus back to the waiter when he came around. "Would you like to see the wine menu sir?"
Harry looked from Ginny to the waiter and replied, "Yes I would, thank you." Then he took the wine menu from the waiter and skimmed over the choices of wine and picked one of the more expensive choices.
"It's good spending time with you again." she said to him after the waiter left with their order and she took a sip of water. She meant every word. Harry had always been a great friend to her, and she remembered back to when she first met him and was simply Ron's little sister to him. She even sent him a Valentine. Now she was his girlfriend, which was kind of funny if she thought about it, and she knew that they would always be friends.
"Same here."
Meanwhile, a certain blonde with gray eyes entered the exact same restaurant. He was meeting up with some old friends from school for drinks. He entered the establishment without waiting simply by mentioning his name to the hostess, who immediately let him in despite the protest of the line that was rapidly forming.
He made his way over to the bar and sat down on one of the stools. He turned to the bartender, ordered a shot, and then turned around again to look for his friends. He easily spotted the two rather large figures in the crowd and shouted over to them, "Crabbe! Goyle! Over here!"
In fact, there was no real reason why he was meeting up with them. They had never really been what most people would consider friends, he only was with them because they were big and stupid and gladly took the position of his two bodyguards without realizing it. Nonetheless, he liked having his own mindless minions. Another trait of being a Malfoy was desire for power, and he enjoyed having power over others, and so he shamelessly dropped his name wherever he went to receive all the commodities offered to Malfoys out of fear.
The two goons walked over to where he was sitting and they both took a seat on either side of Malfoy. They ordered their own drinks and soon each one of them had a drink in front of them. Crabbe and Goyle were arguing over some nonsense while Draco's eyes scanned the room.
'Hey, that looks like Potter over there.' The black haired man with glasses shifted so he could see him better. His hair moved and revealed a scar on his forehead the shape of a lightening bolt. 'That is Scarhead Potter. They must be starting to let all sorts of people in here now, and to think it used to be a respectable restaurant.' He took finally took the shot of firewhiskey and then looked back over to Potter's table.
"What do you think Draco?" Goyle asked him, switching his eyes from Crabbe to Draco.
'And look he's with a girl. Maybe Potty is finally getting lucky. A blonde at that, what kind of blonde would stoop so low?' he thought to himself, ignoring the man next to him.
"Draco?" Goyle asked again, wondering why he wasn't receiving a response.
'Wait a bloody minute, that's Paige. What is she doing with him?' This Malfoy was confused, and getting angry. He stood up and began walking over there. A waiter got in his way and so he pushed him to the side. He stopped walking and stood close enough to the table that he could hear their conversation.
"Ginny-" Was the first thing he head Harry say.
'Ginny? Ginny Weasley? What the bloody hell is going on here?'
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A/N: Thanks for reviewing everyone! And please review because it gives me incentive to keep going.
Catmint- Thanks. Yup, Harry does make the situation a bit more complicated.
HollyMahogany- You'll see, but I'll just say that it won't be bad. Even though I'm an evil writer, I'm not that evil, lol.
Stephanie- Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like it.
blink182rawk- Well, considering it is a Ginny/Draco story one would think that something happens. So I guess you'll have to keep reading to find out! Mwa-ha-ha-ha!!
jewels03- Thank you, I attempt to keep him in character.