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Chap 4
Saturday, September 13
Dorm
7:30 AM
Well... I've just taken a shower, and here I am, sitting down on my bed, clad in my undies and a
gigantic, fluffy lilac towel while Lavender and Parvati are arguing about what I'm going to wear
to Hogsmeade.
Hermione... well, she didn't take the knews too bad.
Really, she understands me more than Ron does.
So she said she would take care of Ron.
I trust her. If anyone can calm Ron down its Hermione.
Well, Helen looks a tad bit jealous. Ha! that's for saying I'm heartless!
"You know, the ride to Hogsmeade leaves in 45 minutes." A/N: what do the students ride to
hogsmeade? I'll assume they're carriages then I announced flatly.
"So just decide what you want me to wear before I do myself."
"I think you should wear green. Girls with auburn hair always look great in green." Hermione
suggested from her position on Lavenders bed.
"Or beige." Lavender added.
"Or pale yellow... or cream." Parvati added as an afterthought.
"Maybe I should wear black."
"Well... I think you should go for the 'I just remembered I had a date with you so I just quickly
threw this on in an attractive way' kind of look." Lavender informed me.
I almost snorted.
"'Quickly threw this on'? It's taken you an hour and counting to figure what I'm going to wear."
"Well... it's just what the look suggests." Parvati explained.
"You should wear black and green." Hermione said.
"Maybe you should skip the date." Helen called from her bed, maroon velvet curtains shut tight.
I bet she's wallowing. Hahaha... ladidadida
"Don't you dare skip this date Ginny!" Parvati warned me.
"Yeah, yeah." I answered.
I'm not intending to anyway. "Put these on." Lavender commanded me.
She then handed me this white shirt which read, 'Bite me' in green and this denim black mini
skirt which kinda looked like a cheerleader's skirt and these black platform sandals.
"Fine, whatever you say." I replied as I put on the clothes.
Ergh... I look weird.
"Oh Gin you look great!" They all squealed.
Well...minus Helen anyway.
"Let me fix your hair." Parvati offered.
"I'll fix your face." Lavender added.
"I'll go talk to Ron." Hermione offered then left the room abruptly.
Carriages
8:30 AM
By the time Lavender and Parvati were finished, I had my hair in this kinda messy high ponytail,
and I had my normal lip gloss on, loose powder, nude eye shadow and hints of blush which
gave me a "flushed look" according to Lavender.
"Don't you think it's too much?" I asked Lavender just a while ago.
"Of course not. You look natural." She immediately answered, looking at me as if I was nuts.
Which I may be. Nuts I mean. But not under these circumstances.
Well, I sure looked natural compared to them.
Parvati went for the diva look, wearing this sparkly blue (but not too sparkly) halter top, black
slacks and black ankle boots. Her hair was in this really, really high ponytail and it was all
glittery. Her lip gloss and even her eye shadow were glittery.
She... well, looked... glittery in general. But she still looked okay.
Lavender went with the gothic look, (which was the complete opposite of her personality)
wearing a black racer back, an ankle length black skirt and black combat boots (which I never
knew she had) she had heavy black eyeliner and blood red lips. She even charmed her hair,
making it black. (the spell lasted for 8 hours)
Well, black hair definitely suited her, if you ask me.
Ooooohhhh...we're nearing Hogsmeade now. Lavender and Parvati decided that we spend all
the time we had before noon shopping then while it was my 'date' with Draco, they'd leave me
alone. But they did tell me that if I wanted to cut my date with Draco, I could find them in this
new clothing shop. I forgot what it was called but I'm sure I could always ask someone else.
Dressing room of Nowhere on Earth
11:45 AM
So that's what the name of the shop was.
Nowhere on earth.
Well, the girls and I had a fantabulous day.
I bought a whole load of stuff since this shop's really cheap but they have fantastic clothes.
Oh... date with Draco in 15 minutes.
I have butterflies in my stomach.
Actually, more like Hungarian Horntails.
Probably because I'm hungry.
Like I said, he's just a fling. I'll give it about a week before I switch to a new guy.
No one ever lasts with me.
I dunno why.
I guess I get bored with them.
Guys- they're all the same. Fun or interesting for about an hour or two then as dull as a chunk of
wood the next.
Well, I must be going now. Lavender and Parvati must be wondering why I'm taking so long in
the dressing room.
Gryffindor Common Room
11 PM
The date was amazing.
I've stayed up just rewinding and replaying it in my head, over and over again.
Draco... was nothing I expected at all.
He stands out among the other guys.
He's well... interesting. And no matter what he did, I didn't seem to get tired of his presence.
Well... I'm going to write what happened down (typically) so I could read it over and over
again.
I entered the 3 Broomsticks at about 10 minutes past noon.
Well, I knew I could have come early but I chose to be 'fashionably late'.
I spotted him right away, by one of the booths by the corner looking as morbid as Lavender,
wearing all black but still looking particularly hot.
I sauntered over to him.
"Hi." Then I sat down across him.
"Took you long enough."
"Well, sor-ry. Its just 10 minutes."
"I don't like it when people are late."
"Whatever. So...can we eat first? Lavender and Parvati starved me."
He chuckled.
"Fine. But not here."
I looked at him bemusedly. "Okay. Whatever. You're the one who invited me."
He stood up and led me out the doors.
"Your shirt fits you." Draco smirked.
"Wanna try and bite me?" I teased and smirked back.
"I don't bite. I only kiss."
"Haha Draco. Point taken."
"I'm serious."
Well, he definitely did not sound serious.
"Whatever. What's with all the black anyway? Its like, the only color you wear." I suddenly
asked him.
"It is."
"Well... you should wear other colors... like say... green! Your house color! Or... blue! Or
maybe even pink!" I joked.
"Disgusting. You expect me to wear... to wear pink?! Are you insane?!"
"Good question. I think I may be but I'm not so sure." I answered, feigning seriousness.
"You're crazy." He muttered.
I laughed. "Aren't I?"
I don't know why I have a thing for running around, dragging Malfoy with me but I always seem
to do it. Particularly in this situation. So there we were, running through the park, me laughing
like crazy and him, well, just smirking I guess. Tired, I dropped down on the grass and sat
down. He squatted beside me.
"I love running n the park." I announced dreamily.
"I noticed. Although I don't think you should run when wearing a short skirt. Your knickers
could be seen from time to time."
I turned red. "Malfoy you perv!" I began playfully slapping him.
"Don't slap me! I wasn't staring, I swear! I respect women, believe me."
I stopped. "Awww... that's so sweet." I said in a baby-ish voice.
"You have the most unique ability to act wild and dangerous in one minute then innocent and
sweet the next."
He informed me.
"It's a gift." I answered, batting my eyelashes at him.
"Then extremely annoying the next." He added.
"Hey!" I slapped his arm.
"See what I mean?" "
You old sneaky rat!"
"I most certainly am not a rat and I know you think so yourself. If I didn't know any better,
I would say you think I was hot." "
I always thought that among all the guys I've dated, Dean had the biggest ego but you beat him
in that department." I answered thoughtfully.
"Who do you find the hottest?" He asked playfully, which I never knew he was capable of
doing.
"Hmmm... I'm not sure. It's either Mark from Slytherin or-"
"Cornwall?! Seriously-"Draco cut me off.
"I wasn't finished, Draco. Or maybe Justin." I smirked at him.
He looked really annoyed. "Well... I suppose there is you." I added. "I just don't know
though..."
"Admit it, Draco Malfoy is the hottest of them all. Or else." He pinned me down.
I laughed. "Or what Malfoy?"
"I'll... kiss you!"
"That's not a bad threat. I think I can handle a kiss from you." Then he leaned down and kissed
me.
Oh he really is a good kisser.
Reluctantly, I pulled away. "I'm hungry Draco. Let's go eat."
"Fine."
"So... er... where are we eating?" I asked.
"You'll see."
What's with the whole secretive act anyway? By this time I knew that pestering Malfoy for
answers never worked so I just shut up about it.
"What made you ask me out Draco?" I asked him suddenly, knowing that he wouldn't want to
answer his question. This question just bothered me from the time he asked me out. There was
just this... suspicion. I mean... you can't insult someone 5 years straight and then suddenly ask
that person out.
Right?
I tried to read his expression but... how could I? Everyone knew it was impossible to read
Draco Malfoy's expressions.
He shrugged.
I couldn't help but feel insulted.
Come on, people. Whoever would ask someone out just because they felt like it and they didn't
have anyone else to go out with for that weekend?
"So what am I? Just some spur of the moment?!" I asked heatedly.
He looked at me as if I was crazy.
And like I said, that could be pretty much possible.
I actually have 2 theories on why I'm going crazy.
Either,
a) the work load the teachers keep on giving us or
b) Draco kissing me
Well... hey... why am I talking about this? I have the shortest attention span in Hogwarts, really.
Anyway, he just looked at me and then softened a bit. "Of course not."
He really knew how to make a girl melt.
I just 'stared' (not gazed) into his eyes then he suddenly announced,
"We're here."
Then I took my time to notice what exactly "here" was.
Boticelli's.
The classiest restaurant in Hogsmeade.
As if everything was just normal, Draco ushered me inside.
Then I remembered. I wasn't properly dressed!
Surely he couldn't be thinking of having lunch with me here...? Suddenly we were seated in a
secluded booth, the Maitre D' handing us our menus.
"I'll have a rib eye. Medium rare. And butterbeer." Draco announced cooly, as if he went there
all the time... which he probably did.
"Er... same here." I answered. It was, after all, probably the safest decision. Thr menu was full of
stuff I've never heard of before.
The maitre d' nodded and left us alone.
"So... tell me about our life." Draco said, looking at me intently.
"There's nothing to talk about. It's just the normal only girl among 7 children story. Really, my life
is boring. Nothing spectacular really happens and I make up for that by dating 4 guys a week...
well, until recently then I've only dated 1 guy a week."
He cocked his eyebrow at me.
"That sounds pretty interesting. I've heard you've earned you reputation as a playgirl."
"Er... yeah." I could feel myself blushing.
"Well... you've earned your reputation as a player as well."
"Indeed."
"Why do it though? Why so many guys?" He suddenly asked.
For a moment there, I thought he actually looked curious.
I stared at the table, feeling unsure of myself. There was that theory about Tom.
Come to think of it, I hardly talk about him anymore.
Then, I managed to mumble, "Tom." Then blushing furiously afterwards.
He looked at me bemusedly. "Tom...?"
"Riddle." I answered quietly. Before he could speak, I continued. "He wasn't like any of the
other guys I've been out with. He didn't bore me. He promised me everything I wanted and...
he accepted me for who I was. I- I fell in love with him I guess... I didn't even know he was
Voldemort. But... that's all in the past now. Like I always say, water under the bridge. Tell me
about yourself." I suddenly chirped.
Hypocrite! My mind suddenly screamed at me.
At that moment, I was who I didn't want to be. The fake who hid behind a façade of a perky,
innocent schoolgirl to avoid talking or thinking about my problems.
"My father died and left me all his money and belongings, Voldemort is gone and my mother still
lives. I have everything I could ever ask for. Although all those rumors about my father beating
me and my mother up when I was a child were untrue. He loved my mother dearly and he
vowed to her he would never hurt neither of us." He answered after staring at me bemusedly.
"I-I see." I stammered.
We gazed (yes, gazed, not stared... which is quite a big improvement)at each other then I
suddenly felt the urge to explain to him... why I was acting this way.
"Um... Draco... I'm sorry if I acted... secretive earlier. It's just that..."
"Shh... If you don't want to talk about it, no one's forcing you to."
And right then, I knew Draco had a heart.
After lunch, Draco brought me to the park.
To a secluded area.
It was actually a really lovely spot and we sat on the grass, under one huge tree.
I played with his hair. I was really shocked that he did not protest but it gave me some wicked
little satisfaction to ruin what he took about half an hour each morning to perfect.
"Have you ever fallen in love Draco?" I asked suddenly.
"Yes."
"Really? With who?" I asked incredulously.
"I saw her during my second year. She looked so cute and innocent, her messy braids flying all
over as she ran to her next class. Pity she had 6 older, overprotective brothers. I didn't get the
chance to ask her out until now."
I could feel myself blushing furiously. "So... who... who is this girl?" I stammered.
"Let me give you some clues... she's from Gryffindor... the same year as I am in fact since she
was smart enough to get accelerated... her brothers hate me and they would probably kill me if
they found out about our date."
"Draco... You can't be in love with me." I answered, flushed till the tips of my ears.
I sounded like I was trying to convince myself this... although I wanted what he was saying to be
true real badly.
"Too bad. It's already happened." He answered nonchalantly.
"Have you fallen in love?" He asked me.
"Yes. Twice. With Tom and... with... er... my enemy for about 5 years." I answered quietly.
"So... who is this enemy?"
Really... should I have admitted I was in love with him? This was the first date! But then... I've
known him since the time I've entered Hogwarts and I actually enjoyed our little arguments in a
twisted, ironic way.
"Let me give you some clues... he's blond, a slytherin, a complete airhead who loves tormenting
me and my family, has about every girl in Hogwarts down to his feet and he knows it, he's witty
and sarcastic and his insults can either make me laugh or throw my shoe at him." "
And his name is Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes. His name is Draco Malfoy."
"What would you do if I kissed you?" He asked.
"Would you want to try and find out... again?" I asked teasingly.
Then he kissed me.
God, he's a really good kisser.
Did I say that already? Because he is.
And even though I hate to admit it... I think I wasn't lying when I said I was in love with him.
And suddenly... it's not a fling anymore.
At least... I hope its not.
A/N:
I'm sorry its so short... I kinda ran out of things to say... there was supposed to be a dessert
scene but I decided to cut that... too bad. ,
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