(A/N I want to thank everyone for their wonderful reviews, it is really motivating to get such nice reviews. Also I think I am on the second Wednesday since Hogwarts started. If I am not on that day, then well I am now.)
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Chapter 10: Draco Remembers
"Ginny hurry up." Harry called to her as he ran down the coorridor.
"You are the one making me come with you and now you are telling me to hurry up." Ginny replied starting to jog slowly behind him.
"We are going to be late." Harry replied stopping so she can catch up.
"Yeah well you are going to make me late to meet Draco for my potions lesson." Ginny replied as she caught up.
"Well Quidditch is a lot more important then spending time with that lump." Harry said jogging beside her.
"What about my potions grade?" Ginny asked defensively.
"Get Hermione to help you if you are so desperate." Harry replied. "This year is an important year for Quidditch."
"No this year is important for you." Ginny replied. "You just want to beat Slytherin once more before you graduate. I however have to get to potions."
"You really are spending too much time with Malfoy." Harry added looking over at her.
"What are you talking about?" Ginny asked confused.
"I know where you were the other night." Harry replied not really answering her question.
"You mean when Draco was helping me with potions?" Ginny asked starting to get pissed. "So what?"
"No I'm talking about after that." Harry replied.
"So what are you spying on me now?" Ginny asked defensively. "What business is it of yours anyway?"
"Ginny I'm just worried is all, you don't know Malfoy as well as I do." Harry replied.
"That's great and all but in case you haven't noticed I can take care of myself." Ginny replied as she stopped jogging. "Further more I am not your concern."
"Ginny don't be like that." Harry said stopping beside her. "You're like a little sister to me."
"News flash Harry, I'm not your little sister. In case you haven't noticed I have enough big brothers to look after me. I don't need one more." Ginny replied her eyes flashing. "In fact if you just once could actually see me as someone other than a little sister you might actually be able to see that I am not defenseless. Nor am I your little sister."
Ginny didn't know why she was yelling at him. He hadn't really done anything wrong, in fact he was just watching out for her.
"Ginny-" Harry tried to interrupt.
"No Harry, just no. I can handle myself around Draco. In case you haven't noticed he isn't the biggest bad I have ever had to deal with. Remember Tom Riddle?" Ginny continued. "I am not your sister, I am not here for you to babysit. I am not here for you to play hero to. Now I am late for potions. You will not be seeing me at Quidditch practice."
Ginny stormed off, ignoring Harry's shocked face.
Holy hell Ginny thought to herself what did I just do.
Ginny was still angry when she entered her and Draco's tutoring room.
"Sorry I'm late." Ginny said as she walked in and then stopped short when she noticed Draco wasn't in the room. "Where is he?"
Ginny sat down and pulled out some homework while she waited for him to arrive. After a while Ginny looked up noticing how much time had passed.
"Where is he?" Ginny asked herself putting down her book She sat there for five more minutes before deciding to leave. Ginny was still angry, and storming up to her room when she ran into someone.
"Watch where you are going!" Ginny huffed at the person she ran into.
"Ginny whats wrong?" Colin asked grabbing her arm.
"Oh, Colin, I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you I ran into." Ginny said turning to face him. "I'm just not hacing a good day. I yelled at Harry, and I don't really think he did anything wrong. Then Draco didn't show up for potions. I'm just not having a good time of it."
"Ginny, I'm sorry, but hey I talked to Veronica she said she wouldn't say any more bad things about you." Colin said pulling her into a hug. "Do you want to go hang out?"
"No that's fine I am just going to go to sleep." Ginny replied pulling out of his hug. "I'll see you later. Go visit your girl friend."
Ginny stuck her tongue out at him as he playfully gave her a shove on the shoulder.
"Bye Ginny."
"Bye."
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Draco didn't meet Ginny for her potions lesson. He didn't even go out of his room. He was scared of running into Pansy, and even more afraid of running into Ginny.
"You're pathetic." Draco said looking at himself in the mirror. "When the hell did you become so scared of a couple of girls?"
Truth be told he wasn't really afraid of seeing Pansy, just confused as to what to say to her. He really didn't like her, especially after making out with her for an hour. In fact he disliked her even more.
"What is happening to me?" Draco asked himself.
He paced around his room, contemplating what to do next. I can't like a Weasley he thought to himself.
"I don't like her." he said to himself.
"Draco, one of the first things my father taught me is that money is everything. It determines who you are and who you know. Without money you are nothing." Lucius told him.
"Dad I was just playing with my friend." Draco replied.
"House elves are not your friends, they are your slaves. A Malfoy doesn't worry about friends, friends are not important unless they get you ahead in life."
"What about love?"
"Love," Mr. Malfoy said with a snare. "Love is for mudbloods and muggle lovers. Love only keeps someone from becoming all they can."
"What about mom?" Draco asked his father.
"Your mother is a pure blood and had potential. That's all." His father told him. "That's why she married me also. Do you understand why I am telling you this."
"No." Draco replied confused.
"The sooner you realize that love is for losers, the better off you'll be."
"No wonder I'm so screwed up, you get something drilled into you head since the age of 7." Draco said as he shook the memory out of his head.
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Ginny was sitting in the common room when Harry entered.
"Harry, can we talk?" Ginny asked him quietly.
"Yeah sure." Harry replied not really looking at her.
"Harry, I shouldn't have gone off at you like that." Ginny said pulling him over to the side. "I meant what I said, for the most part. It's just that all I have ever been to you is a little sister. Why can't you ever see me as anything beyond that?"
"Ginny, I've known you since you were 11, what would you expect?" Harry replied.
"I know Harry, but I'm not that same little girl. I have grown up. I'm not a little girl." Ginny said looking at him.
"What do you want from me?" Harry asked her.
"I don't know, just stop babying me having one guy do that is more than enough." Ginny said giving him a hug. "If you insist on having me as a little sister treat me like Fred and George do. Ron is more than capable of looking out for me and if he needs help then he will ask. Until then though."
"I get it." Harry replied giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Are we good then?"
"Yeah." Ginny replied.
