Chapter Ten: Kiss or Snog Whichever You Prefer!
Harry and Ron ran up to the owlry to send the letter, 'I hope it reaches him soon!' They both thought. "I can't believe that Malfoy wants to be friends! This is crazy, so should we be his friends?" Harry asked excitedly. "If I didn't know you better Harry I would think that you actually want to give him another chance, your not, are you?" Ron seemed worried as he said this. "Yes, Ron, I am. I think that everybody deserves a second chance, don't you? Or are you just going to pretend to be his friend?" "I will try to be his friend for Hermione's sake, but I can't promise anything. It is up to Malfoy and his actions towards everybody." Ron retorted, as they finally made it up to the owlry. "Here, Hedwig, take this to Draco Malfoy in the Slytherin common room," Harry said and turned to
Ron. "I believe he is sleeping in there, or at least the is what the Marauders map says. Come on lets go
I am sleepy." Harry stated as they went back to the boys dorm and fell fast asleep. Harry heard a tapping sound on the window and looked at his watch, it was six thirty in the morning!
'Who ever woke me up is going to be sorry!' he thought, the tapping had woken Ron up. Harry raced
for the window to opened it, and let Hedwig in. "Sorry, Ron." Harry mumbled as he noticed that Ron
was glaring at him. Harry looked down at his beautiful snowy owl and saw that there was a letter attached, that was no
surprise, but something else caught his eye, it was a purse! He thanked Hedwig and sent her back to the
owly and tryed to get a little more sleep. After about ten minutes of trying he got back up and took
the out letter. Draco had just gotten up as an owl flew in and dropped a letter in his lap, it was from Harry and
Ron! he read through it carefully and started to write back. It was six at that point and Draco had
been up for at least an hour.
Harry opened the letter and began to read. It said,
Dear Harry and Ron,
I would like you to call me Draco, but only in letters. Until Hermione is your friend again. Oh
yeah, about the purse, don't open it! It is for Hermione, she will understand, but don't give it to
her until you are friends again. I won't tell you what's in it, all you need to know is that you can't
open it, it is important Hermione gets this. I will ask once we're all friends if she did. Take care of yourselves... this better work, or else!
Your Commander and Over Lord (just kidding you guys!),
Draco Malfoy
Harry looked the letter over again, then stared at Ron who was rolling on the floor laughing his head off. Harry burst into fits of giggles, and Ron got up and stared at him...
'Harry, giggles?' Ron thought to himself, "Harry are you ok? What is wrong with you..." Ron started to
mumble something that sounded like, you and Ginny really need to start going out. Harry looked at Ron
in a puzzled way, trying to find out what he had said. "Harry, I have a major question to ask..." "Sure, Ron what is it?" Harry started to wonder if he had heard Ginny's name when Ron had mumbled. "Well, Ginny used to like you a lot you know. And if you want to make a move now would be the perfect
time you know!" Ron was really starting to like the idea of Harry and Ginny together. 'I wonder if I
will ever see Harry for long periods of time if he and my sis get together...' This thought bothered
Ron a lot, but he didn't say anything. "Really Ron, I don't know if she would like me like that anymore. After all it has been six years and I
have not made a move, at all. You really think that I should ask her? Or should I just go up and kiss
her?" Harry asked partly surprised at himself for saying that. Ron looked at him half ecstatic and half blown away. "But, Harry, what about...umm...Cho Chang? I
thought-" Ron couldn't finish his train of thought as Harry piped in, "Cho hates me after the fourth year, I mean, she would after what happened to Cedric..." Harry
trailed off into thought and became very depressed, Ron could tell that Harry still felt responsible for
Cedric's Death and tried to comfort him. "It's ok Harry. It wasn't your fault, anyway Gotta go, I'm starving." Ron ran out and a scream was
heard behind the door that was Ron saying, "GINNY WILL BE SO HAPPY! OH YEAH HARRY, KISS HER! OR SNOG,WHICHEVER YOU PREFER!" Harry's cheeks turned red for the second time in his life. Ginny came through the portrait hole and stared blankly at Ron, who ran right into her.
"Ron, I could hear you in the hall." Then she gulped and asked all teary eyed, "who's Harry gonna snog?"
Ron just smiled at his sister and said, "Nobody, Ginny, just nobody." And he walked off giggling. (A/N: Ron giggles too? Who knew?)
"Boys...I'll never understand them! They are crazy!"Ginny sighed and headed for the library. A small whimper came from behind the one eyed witch statue, and Ginny saw a small trail of a substance that looked like unicorn blood. "What the heck?" Ginny approached the statue with caution. She ran her hand along the rough edges and
into the groves in the stone. Hermione feel to the floor hard from behind the statue but there was no
sound. "OH MY GOSH!!!!!" Ginny screamed then her voice became barely a whisper "Hermione are you ok?
Come on 'Mione, wake up!" she started to cry. The silver substance perceived to be blood stained the front of Hermione's robes.
"Hello Gin-OH MY!!!! What on earth happened? Ginny we have to take her to the Hospital Wing now!" Draco grabbed Hermione but his hands slipped out from under her. The silvery blood was all over his arms and the front of his robes. "Great what do we do now? I can't carry her she'll slip again..." Draco whined, "If father were here-"
"Oh give it a rest malfoy! I don't even know why you're over here! It's not like you care! Go away I can get her to the Hospital wing myself!" Ginny said as she half carried, half dragged Hermione to the Hospital wing. Draco ran after her dertermined to help whether she liked it or not.
"Believe it or not, Ginny, I do care! Now get outta my way and let me help you stuborn. . ." He spat at her.
Ginny stopped so suddenly she had to act fast not to drop Hermione.
"You just called me Ginny." Ginny's jaw slowly crept open.
"Your tongue is gonna collect dust. And I did a second ago, what's your point?" Her jaw immediatly snapped shut and she began to blush.
"Well, um, you never call me anything but Mini Weasel. I just thought it was weird. And since when did you care?" Ginny had recovered and was being indignant again.
"We have to get her to the hospital wing, you coming?" Ginny was angry that he didn't answer her question but nodded in agreement. She lifted her best friend off the ground and began to hawl her through the corridors; Draco at her side.