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Ginny grabbed her bags from the counter and hurried out the door to meet the harsh summer sun. Putting her bags down she grabbed her sunglasses out of her pocket and placed them on her delicate face. She looked around and saw most of Hogwarts out and about today making their purchases. She wandered around saying the occasional hello to anyone how might care enough to notice her. Ginny was use to being ignored, after her traumatic first year she knew she would always be seen differently around the school.
Her mom was off buying new supplies for around the house, and for the first time, Ginny was walking around Diagon Alley by herself! It took a lot of convincing but her mom finally gave it. Ginny was tired of always being treated differently because she was both the youngest and the only female offspring to the Weasley name. She told her mom she would meet her in an hour to grab an ice cream before they flooed back home.
Most surprising to Ginny was how many of the males of Hogwarts were taking the time to say hello to her! She had the occasional boyfriend, but none of them were really any good looking. Today she even noticed Evan Applegate take a second glance at her. Ginny blushed furiously seeing as Evan was the school hottie. He had never said hi to her in the halls. Granted, Evan wasn't a total bitch like most of the good looking guys. Evan was friends with everyone, which was probably what made him extremely popular, that and his good looks.
Ginny looked at the clock on top of the shop window and saw that she still had another fifteen minutes before that time rolled around. She picked up her purchases and slowly made her way down the winding streets of Diagon alley. The ground was still a bit damp from the summer storm yesterday, and she slipped on a slippery cobblestone. Ginny lost her balance and went tumbling backwards. She caught her breath when a pair of strong arms grabbed her from around the waist catching her from landing on the wet ground.
Ginny was hoisted back onto her feet and she regained her posture. She turned around to thank her savior but took a quick intake of breath when she saw who it was. Her eyes raked up his body, noticing that he had quite a nice one, and rested on his face. Her eyes met his cold gray ones and she quickly stepped back. Damn she thought when did Malfoy get so frickin' good looking? She held his icy glare for a few moments before regaining her cool. She took a deep breath and rolled her shoulders back.
"Thank you, Malfoy," she finally said to him. Malfoy replied by raising one blonde eyebrow at her. He crossed his arms over his, very nice, chest, and let his eyes rake up her figure as well. Damn, when did Weasley get so frickin' good looking? Draco thought. True, she may have been a Weasley, and she didn't deserve to breath the same air as he did, but damn her body was fine.
She had filled out over the summer it seemed and her hair was exactly the color he liked it to be. It wasn't like a ball of fire like her brothers were. Her hair was the perfect auburn shade that was now cut up to her shoulders with layers running through it. Her face also looked different. It seemed as if the littlest Weasley now wore make up. A lot of her freckles disappeared and her eyes were now outlined. She was going to be in for quite a surprise this year with the guys that was for sure. Malfoy gave her a quick nod and turned on his heel. He walked down the twisting street with thoughts of the tempting new vixen at Hogwarts. He would have to talk to Blaise to see his point of view on his new target.
Ginny's mind spun on the events that just occurred. Malfoy saved her, Malfoy checked her out, and then Malfoy just left. What was that all about? Ginny didn't have too much time to think on the matter seeing as she had to go meet her mother. She grabbed her bags and rushed to the ice cream parlor. She arrived at the same time her mother did, and they grabbed a table discussing the events of the day. Ginny left out the part about Malfoy; for some reason she wanted to keep that to herself.
She couldn't quite figure out why but Ginny had the feeling that someone was watching her. Her mother noticed why she felt that way. Her baby was growing up, and along with that came the figure of a woman. Ginny had caught the eyes of many of the young men at Hogwarts. She knew this day would come and she also knew that she had to let Ginny learn how to handle it on her own. Ginny was a smart girl. After the Chamber Incident she knew how to handle things.
The time came to gather up their things and head back home. Harry and Hermione were arriving tonight and they had to get the house ready. Mrs. Weasley was a bit curious as to weather Ginny would have the same effect on Harry that she seemed to be having on all the other boys of Hogwarts. In a way, she was kind of hoping she would. They would have to wait and see if that would happen though, wouldn't they?
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