A/N: This will be Draco/Ginny, I swear. It's just going to take a while to get around to it, of course. But I swear to you that it will be D/G. You have my word as an aspiring author. And there was definitely a reason for the last chapter to have "square" in the title...but you'll find out the reason eventually.

And also let me say that those of you who have reviewed saying you want to see more...it helps to fuel me in writing more. Thank you!

I changed the American's name from Harvey Maren to Todd Maleir. If you can figure out why, I'll give you brownie points! And you'll also have a hint as to what's going on with him. ;D

And please please please PLEASE forgive me for not updating in so long...first it was actual vacations over the summer, and then trying to live it up in the last week or so of freedom, and now school...but I've finally gotten around to it! And don't kill me!

It was easy for days to pass. The sun just rose and set, painting the sky in a rainbow of different colors twice a day. And so the days passed, and so I watched the sun rise and set day after day, never able to sleep long enough to pass them up. I sat on the sidelines, gazing at the sky through my window as the clouds went from deepest violet to palest cream, and back again, passing through every hue and shade in between: lavender, blue, green, yellow, gold, orange, red, pink. I'd never seen something quite so beautiful, except maybe Ginny. I did not just think that.

Ginny was long gone from me; I could see it in everything. I hadn't had to answer her call ever since Todd showed up, thankfully; but that was slightly worrying, especially since Ginny was so good at getting into trouble. But nonetheless, I had a strange, hollow hole in the pit of my stomach where Ginny had been before, and I had an even stranger feeling that the hole would stay there as long as this American boy was present. All of a sudden, it hit me: I was acting like someone who was jealous. I quickly denied it, but I knew that I must have been jealous, because no sane man would ever think about a woman this much. The realization was quickly followed by a noise of disgust over my lunch as I watched Ginny and Todd sitting sickeningly close together, laughing at one another and holding hands. They'd been an "item" for at least a week now, and I was more than ready for it to be over. No matter where they were, they were all over one another, holding hands and sharing little meaningless kisses. The entire school was grossed out. Or so I thought.

I was acting like a woman, for God's sake! I couldn't help but listen for even the tiniest piece of gossip about the pair from the girls. And so I wasn't surprised to find myself listening in as Pansy spoke with some of the others about them. "They're all over each other, all the time," she said, and I smirked smugly to myself at having been right, only to have that feeling of triumph crushed with the next words.

One of the other girls, I couldn't tell who it was because Crabbe was blocking my view, said, "I think they're adorably cute, though. It's not like they're ugly or anything."

Pansy seemed to consider this for a moment as she watched Ginny and Todd, and then nodded her agreement. "Yeah, you're right. They are cute."

I groaned, and Goyle looked at me, puzzled. "You alright, Draco?" he asked, peering at me as I buried my face in my hands.

I ran my hands down my face, stretching my perfectly pale skin as I looked up. "Yes. I'm fine, Goyle," I replied, my appetite suddenly gone. "I just need a bit of air," I added, pushing away the remains of my lunch and promptly leaving the Great Hall. I walked out of the castle, heading straight for the Quidditch pitch, digging in my robes for the silver snitch replica I always kept on my person. In what seemed like far too long a time to me, I had mounted my broom and released the snitch, which hovered in front of my face for an instant before darting out into the sky, leaving behind a faint whistle as its wiry wings cut the air.

I sped off in pursuit, and spent the rest of the lunch hour sidetracking my mind away from the one major problem I couldn't stop thinking of otherwise. I caught the snitch a grand total of three times in that hour, and was damned proud of myself for it. My fastest time to catch the thing was about two minutes, while the slowest was more than half an hour, though I had a good excuse, since Potter showed up. But, all in all, I managed to sufficiently distract myself from the problem at hand, because I didn't spare a single thought for Ginny while I was in the air.

On the whole, I was very, very satisfied.

It wasn't until the next day at breakfast that I actually did something about Ginny and Todd's disgustingly cute relationship. I turned to Pansy and I said, "You know, I'm not sure those two should be together. I mean, they're too cute for words, that kind of thing shouldn't be allowed."

She just giggled and shook her head, thinking I was kidding. I wasn't. But she didn't seem to pick up on that.

So I turned my attention away from Pansy, and back to Ginny and Todd, glaring at them, my stormy gray eyes expressing the hatred I felt towards this invader on my property. Er...did I just say that? I meant...oh, never mind.

Ginny slowly got up and came over. She flopped down across from me, beaming. "I've made friends my own age in my own house. Aren't you pleased with me?" she said, and I felt myself wanting to slap Todd upside the head for having pasted that adorable smile on her face. Adorable smile? Where'd that come from?

I looked levelly back at her. "Ginny, I don't like him."

"What do you mean, you don't like him?"

"I mean, I don't like him. There's something wrong about him, something that doesn't fit. I don't like it," I said, meaning every word.

Ginny just stared at me. "Who do you think you are? He's nice, he's sweet, and I like him. What's wrong with him?"

I hesitated. "I...it's weird, Ginny, but you have to trust me on this. Get away from him."

Her face was flushing as she stood up; I could tell she was angry now, and that she was going to give me a talking to. "You don't even know him, Draco Malfoy! How can you say he's not a nice guy when you've never even spoken a single word to him? For your information, Todd is a nice, kind boy who likes me for who I am, not what I am. That's more than I can say for you! You're a crap friend, you know that?" she hissed at me, and my eyes widened in surprise. This entire scene was proving to be very...Slytherin of her.

I looked up at her, and slowly stood as well. "I may be a crap friend, but you're just bloody blind, aren't you? Just out for a bit of hanky panky, hmmm?" I replied levelly, the words tumbling out of my mouth before I could stop them. I didn't mean to say those things but...something in me really didn't want Ginny dating this...Todd.

She gaped at me, her mouth opening and closing. She finally drew herself up to her full height, and glared down her freckled nose at me. "No matter what you say, Draco Lucius Malfoy, Todd is still a nice, caring young man, and he is still my boyfriend. I'm not breaking up with him just because you think I should." With that, she turned on her heel and walked briskly back to that Todd fellow, leaving me to stew in my own jealousy.

I felt completely worthless. I couldn't even stop the girl I considered to be my best friend from making what I was sure was the worst mistake of her life.

hanky panky: making out, basically.

A/N: Short-chapter-itis again. And thank you for not murdering me, and I hope you enjoyed uber-jealous!Draco and Pissed-off!Ginny.

As usual, thanks to my wonderful beta Herbie, whom I love to no end.