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I gladly dedicate this fic to Hoppers, who still continue to read my fic. Even though it's not perfectly written, despite the flaws and grammatical error. Im just too lazy to proofread my work and once I finished typing it I upload them right away. And I can't deny the fact that writing is not my best virtue.

THE INCIDENT

CHAPTER 1: THE GREENHOUSE INCIDENT

HOGWARTS

HERBELOGY GREENHOUSE

GINNY'S 6TH YEAR

1 HOUR BEFORE DINNER

2ND WEEK OF NOVEMBER

FRIDAY

Ginny Weasley is sitting on Herbology Greenhouse. She is slumping on the bench at the very back of the greenhouse. The bench where is she sitting right now is meant for a student like her who comes in once in a while to finish someof their Herbology projects. Ginny had been so lonely ever since Fred and George had left Hogwarts, and for no reason at all she had been strangely drawn out away from everybody. She hasn't dated anybody since she broke up with Michael Corner. She had moved on long time ago, it's just that she doesn't have time for anybody right now. The war that is going on is affecting her. With her brother's doing some chores for the Order there was never a day that she stops worrying about them. Everything around her is changing. She rarely hangs out with her friends nowadays. Hermione, Ron and Harry have their own little world, she was never be a part of their little clique and it makes her feel more sad that they keeping things away from her. Into their eyes, she was nothing but a child.

Ron, being the prefect he had so many things to deal. Nowadays he had stopped noticing her everyday move. Hermione, as the head girl was busier than usual. And Harry, with all the pressure that had been put on his head had so many things to deal with. With the war that is going on, there are more DA meeting than usual.

Ginny stared at the plant that she is growing. It's only been a month since she planted the seed of Essence Flower, and now few more weeks of watering and its ready to use for potions. The Essence Flower is a plant that can be use to many potions. There is also a popular belief that the red nectar from its bud is commonly used for love potions. Since love potions had been banned long time ago, who knows if the legend is true. Ginny is busy staring at the plant that she is growing that she did not become aware of the shadow of a man that is standing two meters away from her.

Draco Malfoy had been standing behind the pots ofplants ten minutes ago. Ginny is busy with her plant that she did notice him coming. As a head boy, it's his responsibility to check every corner of Hogwarts ground. At this hour some students are sneaking inside the greenhouse dating. Draco Malfoy had gotten taller over the past two years. He is now standing 5 feet 11 inches tall. He is a good-looking boy. His nose is perfectly shaped, along with his thin kissable lips. His eyes are gray and they look so cold. But if you look deep into his eyes all you could see is loneliness. He is one of the most handsome guys in Hogwarts. He has everything that any guy could ever ask for. Fame, looks, and money he has it all.

Over the past few months Draco noticed how Ginny had been strangely drawn of everybody. He never failed to notice how she always walked along the corridor by her self. The Weasley girl, that's what he calls her. Unlike her brother and his friends, he never picks up on her. Draco just doesn't care about her, for him there is nothing especial about him. Ginny is plain looking girl; she's not that pretty. But the more you stare at her, the more she looks prettier into your eyes. Classic beauty, the term that Draco used since the first time that he really look at her.

Draco continues to watch over Ginny. She is watering the Essence Flower; Draco concluded that it is her project because he had the same project from last year. Ginny is about to prune her plant and this time Draco shook his head as he watched her prune the plant in a wrong way. He walk from where he is standing and walk towards where is Ginny is sitting.

"You're pruning your plant in a wrong way, Weasley" commented Draco. Ginny looks up and surprise to see that it was Draco Malfoy who's standing in front of her. When did he come here? She doesn't know. How long had he been standing there watching her? She doesn't have any idea. Ginny look away, feeling a little embarrassed as blood started to rise from her check. More to say she is afraid of him, who knows what he will going to do with her. They're alone inside the greenhouse and according to her Harry; Malfoy's father is a death eater. Who knows if Draco Malfoy is a death eater as well?

Ginny bowed her head unable to look at him in the eye. "What…what are you doing here Malfoy?" she ask as she put down the scissor that she is holding in her hands. Instead of answering her question, Draco Malfoy seat beside her, rolled up his sleeves and picks up the scissor that Ginny just put down.

"An Essence Flower is rather sensitive plant. Patience and attention are the main key points to grow this plant" explains Draco as he started to prune the plant. "It is being use to many potions, every parts of this plant is important. Did you also know that the red nectar from its bud is the main ingredients to brew to brew love potions?" asked Draco not looking up at Ginny as he prunes her plant.

It was the mention of the love potion that made Ginny looked at Draco. All of a sudden there is a growing interest from her, which made her look at him. Draco Malfoy is sitting so close to her. Only a few inches away, he is carefully pruning her plant and. Ginny could smell the perfume that he is wearing. She stared at him, and she just realized how Draco Malfoy really looks good.

"So anyway, nobody ever really knows if the nectar of this plant had been used for love potions since it had been banned long time ago" he added as he finished pruning Ginny's plant. "There you go, Weasley it had been pruned in a right way. Your Essence Flower is ready to use let's say about a month from now" Draco said as he put down the scissor. He looks at Ginny, and then he gave her his sweetest smile ever. Ginny look down as Draco smiles at her, he suddenly realized that Ginny looks prettier from a closer look. Her eyes are deep light brown that is captivating him the more he look at her. Ginny is 5 feet 6 inches tall, her hair is so red that as much as he hate to admit it Draco thinks that her red hair that attracts him the most.

"Tha…thanks Malfoy" Ginny said feeling so shy. No matter how hard she tries, it's hard for her to look into his eyes.

"Thanks? That's all I got? You know I'm quite sure that you just got a hundred percent mark in your Herbelogy project. I deserved more than a simple thank you" demanded Malfoy followed with a smirk.

"What? I didn't even ask for your help" objected Ginny.

"Relax, Weasley… Or should I say Jenny?" said Draco. Her name is Ginny not Jenny, and by mentioning her name Ginny chuckled. "Its not that Im going to eat you or something"

"My name is Ginny not Jenny" corrected Ginny. "If your asking for payment, I don't think that there is a way that I could pay you" said Ginny as stood up from where she is sitting and put her plant away. "You came in here and disturbs my privacy, you volunteered. I did not plead for your help"

"Is that so?" asked Draco in a haughty tone. "Suppose I did not come here and didn't even help you, think about your plant. Im quite sure that the way you pruned it you'll get a big fat zero with that" said Draco as he stands up from where he is sitting and went to the nearby faucet to wash his hands. "A little payment Jenny, I mean Ginny it's good enough" he added.

"Are you crazy? What is this a wizard debt or something? I don't owe anything from you" she said bitterly.

"You're the one who said that, not me. No it's not a debt Weasley. A fair treat is enough for me"

"A treat? What else do you want Malfoy? You have everything in this world" said Ginny as she watches how Draco meticulously washes his hands.

"Draco… you can call me Draco" he said as he finished to wash his hands. Ginny gave him a surprise look. Since when did they started on a first name basis? "You're merely wrong about that Weasley. I don't have everything" he said and he glances at her followed with a sigh.

"What else could you ask?" ask Ginny with a curiosity in her voice.

"Something that money and fame cannot offer me" he said. "Money cant buy love"

"Love? Are you capable of love?" she said mocking him.

"Im still a human being, you know" he said and he continues to gaze at her. Then she smiles.

"See now, your smiling. About my treat or payment whatever you call it" he said still insisting about his payment.

"I told you… I can't repay your kindness" she said as she reaches for her bag.

"Yes you can…you just don't want me to have it"

"What are you implying Malfoy?" she asked feeling a little bit nervous whatever he has on his mind right now as she accidentally drops her bag.

"Draco…" corrected Draco.

"Dr..Draco" said Ginny in a very low voice.

"Go out with me Weasley… I mean Ginny?" said Draco seriously. "That will be enough as your payment for today" Ginny was surprised as she heard those words that just came out from his lips. She looks at him trying to find sarcasm in his voice, but there was none. Had he gone mad? Does her ears are deceiving her? Is Draco Malfoy really asking her to go out with him? She concluded that what he just said is nothing but a bad joke.

"You're joking" she said and she shook her head as she felt a coldness rising up from her body.

"Im afraid that I'm quite serious" said Draco and walks in front of her. Looking her in the eye. For seconds they are staring each other's eyes, but it was Ginny who gave up first.

"No, Draco. I wont go out with you" said Ginny and walks away a meter away from Draco.

"Why not?" asked Draco "Did you find me unsatisfactory? Or perhaps I'm not qualified when it comes to your taste and liking?" added Draco as he walks to where is Ginny is standing.

"That's not what I mean" she responded. Its not that Draco is not qualified when it comes to her taste and liking, in fact he is over qualified. Its just doesn't feel right "There is no reason for me to go out with you, nor do you. You don't have any reason at all to go out with me" she said dryly.

"Are you sure?" asked Draco. "I have reasons… If that's what you think. I'll give you three reasons to go out with me. Enough reason that even you can't disagree" he said with an assurance in his voice.

"And suppose I disagree with you?" asked Ginny.

"Then lets call this thing off" said Draco seriously. Ginny ponders for a while, trying to figure out what was going on inside Draco's mind. Draco glanced at Ginny, trying to weigh her feelings. He doesn't know what had gotten into his mind why did he asked Ginny to go out with him. At first the whole thing about the payment for his help is nothing but a joke. He thought that Ginny would fall for it; Ginny is smarter than he thinks. He had underestimated her too much. He looks at her one more time, waiting for her answer. As minute passes by, he had become so serious.

"What are your reasons? I want to hear it" asked Ginny.

"Isn't it that your friends with Pansy Parkinson now?" Draco asked out of the blue. Ginny looks at Draco in astonishment "Don't deny it. I've seen both of you talking a lot in the library" he added.

"It doesn't mean that when two people talk they are friends" denied Ginny as she look away, afraid to meet his eyes. Its true that just last year, when Ginny and Pansy had given a detention for knocking each other out in the air an unexpected friendship had grown out of them. Nobody knows that they are friends now. It was their secret; nobody was supposed to know it.

"Don't deny Ginny… I know that you are now friends with Pansy. Do you think that I don't know anything about it? So will you go out with me then?" asked Draco one more time.

"The answer is no I wont go out with you" finishes Ginny already made up her mind. "Is that what you are Draco? Forcing someone to go out with you?" she added with a slight annoyance in her voice.

"No, Ginny. I don't have to force someone to go out with me" said Draco in a conceited tone. "Everyone will give up anything right now just to be with me" he added feeling more arrogant than ever "I don't take no for an answer"

"If that's the situation, why do you have to ask me then?" ask Ginny "You cant have me"

"I don't want anybody else, I want you. You will go out with me" said Draco with an assurance in his voice. For a while it felt like everything in Ginny's world had stopped. What does Draco Malfoy want from her? Draco is still looking at her, this time he strokes her hair. She looks at him, trying to read his eyes but all she could ever see is a cold expression from him. His expression is frigid, however he is looking directly into her eye. It's hard to tell whether he is lying or not.

"There is no reason for you to go out with me" said Ginny matter-of-factly.

"Have you forgotten about my payment already?" asked Draco, he moved more closer to her. Ginny could smell his perfume and the smell of fresh mint coming out from his breath. If Draco is seducing her, he is sure doing a good job. Draco looks at her, and then shifts from her eyes then into her lips. He doesn't want anything from her, but he realized that the more he talks to her the more he fells the growing attraction inside of him.

"You will go out with me. Ill give you three reasons to go out with me. First, I helped you to finished your project and I want my payment. Second, from where we are standing right now I could tell that you find me attractive" said Draco as he moves closer only a few inches away from her. Ginny looked at him intently, unable to say any words. Yes she can't deny the fact that she find Draco attractive. But no matter how she find him attractive, she must resist his charm "And third, you look so beautiful in my eye and I can't resist your charm" he finishes giving her his arrogant smirk and pinned her on the pot stall.

"No, Draco I will not go out with you. Now if you let me go, I still have some stuff to do" she said.

"Fine Ginny… if you don't want to go out with me that's ok. I want a kiss then" he said still not looking away from her. Ginny is speechless and before she could protest he already locked her lips into his. He is kissing her full on the lips, as he put his arms around her. It's a short passionate kiss; which astounded them both. Draco wants to stop his self, afraid that he will deprive for more. It was a kiss meant to tease her, not to kiss her as if he is comforting her. She wants to push Draco away from her, but there is a strong bond that is connecting her from him. She is rather enjoying their kiss, which she can no longer deny.

He broke his embrace away from her, and he look directly into her eyes afraid of the hunger that is rising up from his body. Afraid that he might ask for more, he shouldn't have kissed her. This is all wrong. He looked away, and regains his composure "That is my payment. Ill be seeing you around Ginny" said Draco and as he made his exit from the greenhouse.

Ginny's eyes followed Draco as he vanishes from the greenhouse. She touched her lips; still feeling quite a little bit shocked. She reached for her bag and left the greenhouse feeling a deep urge to catch Draco to demand for his explanation, but she knew that it was already too late. Draco Malfoy had just stole her first kiss.

TO BE CONTINUED