Disclaimer: All I own is this plot. Other belongs to wonderful J.K.Rowling. But I really would like to own Draco. :)

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Chapter 5

Next day was the first day of term. The lessons were starting today.

As usual boys were the laziest. Girls were already heading for breakfast, but boys were only starting to get out of bed.

Hermione and Ginny along with Lavender Brown and Parvati Patill entered the Great Hall full of happy chatter between students. Oldest ones were eating, joking and talking at the same time but 1st years were sitting huddled together and still timidly looking around.

Girls went to an empty spot at the Gryffindor table, sat down and started to fill their plates talking about the upcoming school year. Boys arrived shortly after, just before Professor McGonnagall started giving out their study schedules.

7th year Gryffindor's first lesson this year was double potions with who else if not Slytherin.

"Gin, what's your first lesson this year?" Harry asked from beside her.

"Nothing special, just Herbology with Hufflepuff."

"Lucky you. We better head off to dungeons if we don't want to be late for potions."

"You are right Hermione, we better get going." Ron responded.

Harry bent to give Ginny a quick kiss before joining Ron and Hemione. "See you at lunch."

Without their knowledge across the hall someone was watching Ginny and Harry. And planning, planning how to seperate them...

"Draco, are you alright? You looked really strange just a moment ago." Pansy was again all over Draco, although he had made very clear that he didn't want anything with her.

"Leave me alone! Don't you understand that I don't need you or your attention." He stood up and went to dungeons followed by his best friend Blaise Zabini and his bodyguards - Crabbe and Goyle.

Ginny's first class went by very fast. Then she had a free period and then after dinner Muggle Studies. As she was going to her class someone joined her. To her surprise it was none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Where are you heading to, Ginevra?" He actually called me by my first name. That is something unseen.

"Why are you asking me this, Malfoy? No! Why are you talking to me at all?" She snapped.

"If you really must know, we need to take your prefect duties together and I thought it would be easier if we would be acting more civil towards each other. Oh, and as I have said before, I'm not that Draco Malfoy you knew before, quite contrary you don't know me at all. Maybe you should start to get to know me now?"

Ginny was puzzled. This Draco Malfoy was really different. So, she decided to give him a chance.

"If you really want so, we can be civil for the beginning."

"Wonderful. It looks like we have to share Muggle Studies, too not only duties."

Haven't taken this class his 6th year, Draco had asked Dumbledore if he could take it his 7th year, and had been given permission.

As they entered class, they both went different directions. Ginny's griends were giving her odd looks and asking why she was walking and talking with Malfoy.

Ginny's only response was "Just getting to know him better."

Her best friend Lynn wanted to ask her something more, but the lesson begun.

"Hello. I'm professor Celesty and I will be teaching you Muggle Studies. This year we are going to find out all we can about how they live and what are the diferences between them and us. After a moment I'll divide you in pairs. You will have to work with your partner for all the remaining term. Once a month you will have an option to go to some place where Muggles live. That way you'll easier understand their lifestyle. All projects assigned you'll have to do with your partner.

Now let's go on to pairing you..."

"I was going to pair you with your classmates on your own choice, but Dumbledore suggested that I pair Gryffindor students with Slytherin students and I agreed.

So, as I still don't know anyone of you it won't be to hard for me. Let's go on.

All Gryffindors please stand in one line on the left side of the class and Slytherins on the right side."

Ginny with her frien Lynn stood across from Draco Malfoy and an atractive boy named Ted Hedlund.

"So, who will be first?"

"I will." Ginny volunteered.

"Okay. Come here to the front of the class, turn around and choose one number from one to hundred."

"75"

"So, let's count who will it be. Don't turn around, let's make it a surprise. One, two, three... seventy-four, seventy-five. What's your name, dear?"

Boy smirked and answered. "I'm Draco, Draco Malfoy."

Ginny drew a sharp breath.

"Looks like we are going to spend more time together then we thought at the beginning of the term."

"Gin, no, there is no way you are studying together with that ferret. I'll ask professor Celesty to pair you with someone else."

"Calm down Ron. It's not like he is going to bite me or something. And even if he is, I'm not a little girl anymore. So, stay out of it."

"But Gin, I'm your brother..."

"Ron, just shut it."

"Ginny, love are you sure that you will deal with him."

"Yeah, I think so Harry."

"If you say that all will be okay than I trust you."

"Thanks." Ginny leaned in and kissed him as a reward for his trust in her.

"I'm exhausted guys, I'm heading to get some sleep. You coming with me, Hermione?"

"But I have my own... Oh yeah, sure."

Girls went to Ginny room followed by boys corious gazes. When they were comfortably seated on Ginny's bed, Hermione asked.

"What did you want to talk about, Gin?"

"Today before Muggle Studies Malfoy almost offered me his friendship..."