Summary: Dumbledore has decided to place a muggle playground on Hogwarts's campus. And you know how some wacky ideas actually work out? Well, this was one of them that resulted in a new school couple! And the oddest, too! D/G-SHORT STORY

Author's Note: This is the LAST CHAPTER of Minty Fresh Friendship! Then comes the sequel called Different. So, enjoy!

Minty Fresh Friendship

Chapter 3: Swing, Merry-Go-Round, Slide

"I have a new announcement! The administration and I have found it a good idea to build a muggle playground for your leisure on Hogwarts's campus. It will be open to all years and since today is Saturday, it will be your first day of enjoyment. That is all! Have fun! And BE CAREFUL!" Dumbledore proclaimed.

Cheers aroused in the Great Hall as the students ran outside to see the new playground, leaving Dumbledore and the staff sitting there all alone.

Draco and Ginny were first on the swings. Well, actually, Draco was and Ginny was sitting on his lap, her legs facing the opposite way so that her stomach and his were touching and she had her arms wrapped around him and her head on his shoulder. Draco kicked off gracefully and soon the two were quite high up in the air.

"The park had been fun," Ginny mumbled.

"Yeah, and now you talk more!" Draco noticed.

Ginny giggled.

"You know, I like this position. We should try it more often," Draco said.

"DRACO!" Ginny cried. Draco laughed heartily. "What if Ron had heard that?"

"YOU BET I DID! GINEVRA AURELIA WEASLEY YOU GET YOU'RE BUTT DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!" Ron bellowed from the ground, Harry and Hermione behind him and soon more of the school was gathering round, too.

Draco bit his lip and was stopping the swing, much to Ginny's regret.

"It's now or never, my lady," Draco told her.

"I'd prefer later."

"That's not a choice, unfortunately, my dear," Draco replied. The swing had come to a stop and Ron yanked Ginny off the swing.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WITH MY SISTER?" Ron yelled at Draco.

Ginny bit her lip. "Ron, I'm as much to blame as Draco is."

"Oh, yeah, I know that. I'm just going to get him before I start with you," Ron replied. "You're in for it Malfoy!"

Ron dived for Draco but Draco jumped off the swing and headed for the slide while Ron got hit by the swing. Then Ron chased after him but slipped on the slide and fell face on the floor but quickly got to his feet and chased Draco to the merry-go-round. Draco began to spin quickly and Ron tried to hop on or grab him. It was quite an amusing sight as Ron got redder and redder and Draco laughed. Soon most of the school was watching and laughing along. Then Draco felt sorry for Ron and jumped off the merry-go-round, facing Ron face-to-face.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Draco asked, pretending to be innocent. Ginny gave him a look saying be nice but Draco decided to ignore it for a while.

"You know what I want to talk about! So stop being stupid!" Ron argued. "Woah, if this is about your sister, I think you're going overboard here, Weasley. I mean, she is her own self, right? So she can do what she wants as long as her parents approve of it, not you. So, in other words, what you think doesn't matter that much to me as to what your parents think," Draco replied calmly.

But that got Ron mad. He thought his opinion counted, and counted a lot. So he aimed for Draco, and hit him right in the stomach.

"Nice punch," Draco said. Then Ron punched him again but this time on the face. "Oh, now you're going to get it. No one punches me twice and gets away with it."

"DRACO NO!" Ginny yelled. Draco was a few inches away from Ron's face when Ginny pushed his hand away. "I said no!"

Draco sighed. "You're sister saved you this time, Weasley. But next time, I don't think you'll be so lucky."

Ron backed away and headed with Harry and Hermione up to the Hospital Wing because Ron sure was aching from the swing and the face on the ground slide.

"Draco I told you to be nice!" Ginny chided.

"I know, but he punched me, Gin. That was taking it too far."

Ginny sighed. "Come on, let's get you up to Madame Pomfrey to look at your face and stomach."

"Believe me, I don't need it."

"And why is that?"

"Because my stomach is too hard to get hurt that easily and my face looks perfectly handsome, doesn't it?"

Ginny giggled. "Yes, you're face does look fine, but how can your stomach be hard?"

"Why don't you see for yourself?" Draco lifted up his shirt and Ginny gasped.

"Six pack!" She squealed. Draco laughed and lowered his shirt. Then he noticed that the school was still looking.

"Hey, what's everyone looking at? SHOW'S OVER! BYE!" Draco said as he waved good-bye to the students, grabbed Ginny's hand, and raced her to the Great Hall.

"This is where the show begins," Draco announced.

He ordered Ginny to sit at one of the tables and he got up on the first one. Then huge speakers appeared around the Great Hall and a microphone appeared in his hand.

"GINEVRA AURELIA WEASLEY!" Draco's voice boomed into the Great Hall. Soon the students from the playground outside started to file into the room at the rumor that Draco was going to announce something in the Great Hall.

"Yeah?" Ginny replied hesitantly.

"Erm...CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

Ginny laughed. "Yeah, I can."

"OKAY THEN, GOOD. GINEVRA AURELIA WEASLEY, WILL YOU BE MY GIRL?"

Ginny was shocked, rendered silent, knocked off her feet, whatever you want to say. Why did he have to announce this to the whole school? Well, she liked the attention, something she had never had since her first year.

Ginny smiled. "Sure."

"THEN I PRESENT TO YOU THIS LOVELY GIFT!"

From a beautiful white owl with the bluest eyes dropped a package right on Ginny's table.

"Nice trained owl," She thought to herself.

Then she focused on the present. She opened it up slowly, then figured out it was a photo album.

"Woah."

"And woah is right!" came Draco's voice. But it was no longer booming, it was near. She looked up from her present to see Draco sitting beside her.

"These are all pictures from our past few days together!" Ginny noticed.

"Yup! The mint herbs, the park, and today. I had Colin take them. He was quite excited and snapped at almost every second!"

Ginny smiled as she looked over the pictures. It had been only three days that they had been together. Actually, more like two. Colin had a picture of the mint leaves falling on Draco's hair, one of Ginny sleeping on the boat, another of them two leaning on a tree, and one of them on the swing. There weren't many, but they were really good.

"Wow, thanks so much!" Ginny said as she hugged Draco tight.

"Oh, about the quantity, don't worry. I've hired Colin for the rest of our lives. He's taking all our pictures from our day today to the day we get married to the day we die."

"Married?"

"Yeah, I have big plans, I know, but with my parents gone I can dream a lot and it can actuallu happen," Draco replied.

Ginny smiled warmly and hugged him again, but this time she didn't let go.

THE END

A/N-THE END! So, what do you think? Was it nice? Short? Too quick? Good? Please review! The sequel should be posted in a few weeks or maybe days, depends on my schedule. Please review!

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Acknowledgements:

1. JessicaDracoMalfoy- Omg thanks soo much! U reviewed like all of the my first two stories and this one and some others i think! it was REALLY sweet of u! thanks bunches!

2. k lu- Lol, i know Draco wouldn't ever be as nice. That would spoil the bad boy rep. he has! lol..thanks for ur reveiw! real sweet of u!

3. smileyface1314-i have no idea how hearing those words over and over can get annoying cuz i've never had that done to me, but w.e! Thanks for the review!

4. loving draco secretly-nope, im not gonna end it there! im ending it here! Thanks for the reveiw!

5. marykate98- I know, i wish he could be mine, too! sobs but alas, he isn't! Thanks for the review!

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