A/N: I'm baaaaack!!! This is Ginny's POV again, if you must know.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry POtter ...
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Chap 8
Friday, September 19
Dorm
10 PM
Oh. My. God.
Dumbledore just announced earlier during dinner that we were going
to have a ball for 6th and 7th years next week.
Friday in fact. The 26th of September.
Guess who my date is?
It's Harry.
He asked me just a while ago, right after dinner when we were
seated in front of the fire of the common room.
"Ginny... would you... would you.... Wouldyougototheballwithme?"
I turned to look at him. "Excuse me?"
"Would you go to the... to the ball...w-with me."
I shrugged. "Sure Harry. I would love to!" I beamed at him.
He sighed in relief. "Thanks Gin. You see... I actually kind
of...er...liked you ever since last year. When you went out with
Malfoy I could have broken every bone in his body if you weren't
actually hap-"
"Woah, woah! Harry. It's okay. It's okay. No need to tell me that."
Yes, Harry, don't tell me. Its way too much information.
But of course I wouldn't tell him that. So I just spent time "cuddling"
with Harry by the fire.
Aaawww... how sweet.
If only he was different...
If only he was Draco.
Saturday, September 20
Dorm
6 AM
Would you believe Lavender and Parvati woke me up just to get me
dressed and all pretty and dolled up so we could go to Hogsmeade?!
Well... actually, that's not very surprising... But its 6 am!!!
They told me that we needed to be in Hogsmeade early because if
we weren't, all the best gowns would be taken.
"Gowns for what?" I asked sleepily a while ago.
"God Gin! Are you daft? The ball of course!" Parvati reminded me.
Yeah, yeah. She just wants to look gorgeous and all, having Blaise
as a date.
Blaise. One of the very few guys I haven't dumped and dated yet.
Oops... gotta go. Lavender's making me wear this yellow sun dress
and sandals.
The things I've got to do to maintain my image.
Gryffindor Common Room
9 PM
Today was so fun!
First, Lav, Parv and I headed for The Sleeping Beauty for breakfast,
which was delish, then, we went gown shopping.
Our first stop was at Malkin's and we didn't really find anything
there. Then, Lavender remembered that Nowhere on Earth had
marvelous gowns so we rushed over there.
She was right. Their gowns were exquisite.
By lunch time, Lavender had acquired an elegant black gown with a
v-neck cut and three fourths fitted sleeves. Yes, she's going for the
gothic theme again.
Parvati had gotten a plum colored gown. I really loved hers. It was a
halter, the torso's bit covered in plum sequins then a long, trailing
skirt of plum silk.
I, in turn have gotten... you guessed. A forest green gown.
It was a simple tube with a wonderful sequin detail printed over the
right breast and a flowing green skirt. It was actually really nice.
Simple, a little revealing but nice.
"Have you gotten a date yet Lavender?" Parvati asked during lunch
time, when we were all seated in our usual table at the 3
Broomsticks.
She blushed. "Well... yes. It's Mark Cornwall. The one Gin dated from
Slytherin."
"Lucky you." I murmured slyly.
We all laughed.
"Who are you dating Gin?" Lavender asked me in turn.
"Harry." I answered shortly, and then proceeded to sip my butterbeer.
"Harry?!" They asked simultaneously, the surprise in their voices
evident.
"Who do you think it would be? Malfoy?!" I asked sarcastically.
"Not really. We heard he got back with Athena again." Parvati
replied.
"Oh."
Well, I wasn't going to let that burst my bubble. Because there Harry
was, coming through the doors. We waved him over and he sat down
beside me.
"Where's my brother?"
"Somewhere with Hermione. I'm not ready to find out what they're
doing though." He shuddered.
"How sweet." Lavender and Parvati sighed.
I rolled me eyes. "What a revolting thought."
"Here comes Mr. Malfoy..." Parvati went in this sing song voice.
She was right. T
here Malfoy was, arm in arm with Athena, the stupid slut.
For a moment, we locked eyes. I looked away from him and turned to
Harry. Too bad Malfoy took a seat in front of our table.
"Ooohhh Harry! Guess what! Gin got you this little sliver pocket
watch thing!" Lavender burst out a little bit enthusiastically.
"Oh yeah. Lav and Parv told me I should get it for you so I did." I
said, taking out the pocket watch from my pocket and handing it over
to him.
"Hey, thanks Gin!" Then he leaned over and gave me a peck on the
cheek.
I'm sure I must have been hallucinating but from the corner of my
eye, I think I saw Malfoy actually seething!
I definitely need to get some sleep.
Malfoy hates me anyway.
He was just using me wasn't he?!
Wasn't he???