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Friday
September 13th
"They are still going ahead with their plans."
"I knew they would."
"What do we do?"
"We watch and wait."
"That's what you suggest?"
"Yes. We can't do anymore."
"We shouldn't have done what we had."
"We didn't do anything. Just hurried things along."
"We shouldn't have done it at all."
"You're right."
"We can't stop it now."
"That's okay."
"Is it really?"
"Yes."
Ginny closed her eyes willing herself to go back to sleep. It was too early for her to get up. She hadn't slept well for the past two weeks and it was starting to wear her out. She rolled over praying for sleep to come. It didn't though, sleep never came back to her. Ginny sat up and looked at the clock. 3:30 in the morning. She cursed quietly as she got out of bed and wrapped a blanket around her. Ginny grabbed a book and made her way down to the common room. She curled up in a chair beside the fire and opened her book. She stared at the first page for a few minutes before putting it down. She couldn't concentrate she was too tired.
"Ginny wake up." Harry said shaking her gently.
"Good morning." Ginny said opening her eyes and smiling.
"Why are you sleeping in the common room."
"I didn't mean to fall asleep out here. I was reading but then I suppose I fell asleep." Ginny said stretching.
"Oh, well people are going to start flooding out on their way to breakfast, I didn't think you would want to be out here."
"You're right Harry, thanks." Ginny said getting up. "How are you and Hermione getting on?"
"I didn't know you knew about us." Harry replied.
"Yeah, I heard about it sometime." Ginny nodded. "So?"
"Great." Harry smiled. "How about you? You're looking a lot happier."
"I'm great." Ginny told him. "Except for this not sleeping thing."
"You haven't been sleeping well?"
"No I keep having these dreams and then waking up early." Ginny replied.
"That sucks."
"Anyways, I have to go." Ginny replied grabbing her book and blanket. "Thanks again for waking me."
"No problem." Harry replied. "You aren't mad I asked Hermione out right after you are you?"
"No." Ginny replied walking up the stairs. "I'm kind of shocked Hermione wasn't though."
Ron lay in bed thinking. He had to tell Harry. Harry kept looking at him with this guilty look on his face. No matter what Ron told him he didn't believe him when he said he didn't mind Harry dating Hermione. He just didn't know how to tell him. He wasn't sure if he really wanted Harry to know.
It made Ron nervous. Being with Blaise felt natural. It felt right. Everything about Blaise made him happy. The way he laughed and the way he talked. The way he smiled, kissed. The way he did other things that Ron blushed every time he thought about them. Ron actually felt whole around Blaise. He had been trying not to think about the fact that he might be gay for a year and a half. But, now that he had admitted it to himself, he didn't mind. In fact dating Blaise and being around Blaise was a lot more fun than Hermione ever was.
Ron rolled out of bed sighing. He had to tell Harry eventually. Just maybe not today.
"Pansy, what do you want?" Draco asked her impatiently as he rolled away from her. He had woken up to find her hand running down his chest.
"You use to love it when I woke you up." Pansy whined sitting on the edge of his bed.
"It wasn't you, it was how you woke me up." Draco smirked as he got up.
"I can do that for you still." Pansy replied reaching towards him.
Draco pushed her hand away. "No. I don't want you."
"What you want that little Weasley bitch?" Pansy asked him angrily.
"I don't want you." Draco repeated. "It was nothing to do with her. And I suggest you don't call her a bitch."
"If it has nothing to do with her why can't I call her a bitch?" Pansy asked him.
"Because I told you not to." Draco hissed angrily.
Pansy opened her mouth to say something.
"Get out of my room Pansy." Draco sighed again. "Stop coming in my room."
"We use to have fun together Draco. What happened?" Pansy asked him. "We can still have fun."
"I don't want you." Draco repeated again. "Why can't you get that?"
"I don't believe you are throwing me away for that bitch."
"I told you not to call her a bitch." Draco warned icily. "Get out of my room."
"You use to be fun. You use to be one of us. Now you are just like the rest of those goody Gryffindors." Pansy said angrily.
"Fine, I don't care. Just get the hell out of my room." Draco said pushing her out of his room. "Don't come back."
Draco pushed Pansy out just as Blaise was walking by.
"Blaise come on." Draco said pulling him in his room and casting a locking charm.
"What was Pansy doing in your room?" Blaise asked casting him a suspicious look.
"She just showed up and decided to wake me up and whine about how much fun I use to be." Draco replied. "She's so annoying."
"No shit." Blaise agreed. "I believe I told you that all the time."
"You were right, I never denied that." Draco replied. "Anyway I took the Weaselette to that room with all the crystal balls and things."
"Did she like it?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah." Draco replied. "She found this book on dream interpretation. She offered to give me a tarot card reading."
"I bet that was a big fat no." Blaise smirked. "Not after the little reading I gave you."
"Not that your predictions would have ever worked out."
"It was worth a shot."
Draco flung himself back on the bed. "She doesn't trust herself around me."
"She told you that?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah. I think she thought I took her there to shag her. Please I am a Malfoy, I have standards." Draco replied. "I don't know. She told me she didn't trust herself around me and that after she was done looking around she'd go snog with me in a hall."
"I told you she was different." Blaise told him smugly.
"It was fun." Draco told him. "Being with her."
"You're happy." Blaise noticed. "I should have gotten you a girl a long time ago."
"I'm far from happy."
"No, you're happy." Blaise repeated. "Now if only you could learn to smile."
Draco smirked. "I don't smile."
"You are going to look at her one day and you won't be able to not smile."
"Yeah, sure." Draco replied sarcastically.
"I am sure." Blaise smirked. "I'm always right."
"We'll see." Draco replied as he entered his bathroom. He exited a few minutes later dressed. "Let's go to breakfast. Did you have fun last night with Weasley?"
"Ron and I had a great time." Blaise smirked. "We did some things that you wouldn't want to hear about."
"I'm glad you had a good time." Draco replied. "And for not giving me details."
"No worries." Blaise reassured him. "I will tell you this, if Ginny is half as good as her brother in bed than you will have a fun time."
Draco rolled his eyes. "That would be one of those things I didn't have to know. Plus I thought I had no chance of shagging her."
"I'm sure you will find out eventually." Blaise smirked.
"It'll happen when it happens." Draco replied nonchalantly. "Until then cold showers."
Blaise laughed. "If you want I have some old Playwizards."
"Why do you have Playwizards?" Draco asked puzzled. "They are filled with naked women."
"I was maintaining an image." Blaise replied smirking.
"Thanks, but I don't need your Playwizards." Draco replied. "I'll live."
"Sure you will." Blaise laughed. "Best friends with your hand, I suppose."
"Real mature." Draco replied rolling his eyes.
"I wasn't trying to be." Blaise replied laughing. "I just find it ironic that the Slytherin Sex God isn't going to be getting any."
"Anyway, I mailed the letter to my father." Draco said changing the subject.
"You are so dead." Blaise replied shaking his head.
"He can't touch me. He's just going to send me another pissy letter."
"Have fun with that."
"I'm sure I will." Draco replied. "Goyle still hasn't been found has he?"
"No." Blaise answered. "Not that that is a bad thing. In fact I think you should get a prize for getting rid of that oaf."
"A prize because I got rid of Goyle temporarily. Interesting. I only hope that when he gets back here he will be found immediately."
"Why?"
"Because if I find him bad things will happen."
"You should have heard Ron when I told him." Blaise told him. "He got so mad. I thought he would explode. Of course I told him that you were the one who saved his sister. He didn't know what to say. Because he hates you yet, you saved his little sister."
"He can hate me all he wants." Draco replied. "I don't care."
"It would be easier for Ginny if he didn't hate you."
"It would be easier for Ginny if she didn't date me." Draco replied.
"Why does she put up with you?"
"I don't know." Draco replied. "I have no clue."
"Shouldn't you find that out?"
"I suppose so." Draco said as they entered the Great Hall. "She was always so insistent on knowing why I liked her and I never thought to ask why she liked me."
"No, it's because you have a large ego and every girl should love you." Blaise told him.
"That too."
"Do you two feel sorry for me or something?" Ginny asked Hermione. "Because you haven't spoken to me since you broke up with Ron and Harry hadn't since before Hogsmeade. And now the two of you have spoken to me in the same day."
"Well, Harry and I thought it might be fun to set you up on a date, and we could double this Saturday to Hogsmeade."
"I can't." Ginny replied.
"Come on Ginny, you can't fool me." Hermione said smiling knowingly. "Dean has been asking about you."
"Hermione, no." Ginny replied. "I'm already dating someone."
"Look I know you probably feel bad because of Harry and me, but-"
"I don't feel bad." Ginny interrupted. "I didn't want Harry and I don't want Dean. I already told you, I'm dating someone"
"Who are you dating then?" Hermione asked her smirking.
"That's none of your business." Ginny replied getting up from the table.
"So then go out with Dean."
"No, I don't want to. I'm dating someone." Ginny repeated.
"But-"
"Just leave me alone." Ginny interrupted. "I don't want to date Dean. I'm leaving don't bother me."
Hermione watched Ginny walk away before walking over to Ron. "Ron?" Hermione said sitting down across from him. "Did you know your sister is dating someone."
"Yeah." Ron replied not looking up from his breakfast.
"How come you didn't tell us?"
"It isn't really your business." Ron told her.
"But, don't you even care?"
"I know she's dating, I know who she's dating. I do care. But that doesn't mean I have to go around and tell the whole school."
"Ron, but it's me? Why wouldn't you tell me?"
"Why would I? It's Ginny's business. If she wants you to know than she would tell you. Stop trying to be a know it all."
"I'm not being a know it all." Hermione said grumpily. "I just care."
"If you cared you would have noticed before now that she has a boyfriend." Ron replied getting up. "Why do you care anyway?"
"I just feel bad, because of Harry."
"She doesn't like Harry anymore. Get past it." Ron said walking away.
"Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute?" Dean asked falling instep beside her
"Sure Dean. What do you want?" Ginny asked sighing.
"So, do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow?"
"Wow. As wonderful as that sounds, waiting till the last minute and all, I can't. Thanks anyway." Ginny replied continuing down the hall.
"Come on Ginny, it'll be fun." Dean continued.
"You've been speaking to Hermione haven't you." Ginny asked.
"It was her idea, but it sounds like fun." Dean replied. "We had fun when we dated a few years ago."
"Until you turned into a giant ass." Ginny replied. "But I can't I'm dating someone already."
"No you aren't."
"Yes I am."
"Who then?"
"Not that it is any of your business." Ginny replied rolling her eyes. "But, I'm dating Draco."
"You'd rather date Malfoy than me." Dean asked shocked. "Why?"
"That isn't your business." Ginny said walking in front of him.
"I don't get it, why would you rather date him than me? He is such an ass."
"That's why." Ginny said turning to look at Dean. "I'm dating Draco because he is a giant ass. You happy now?"
"Seriously." Dean asked. "What makes him better than me."
"His hair is better than yours." Ginny started. "His skin is nicer, his body better. His eyes are more mysterious and to tell the truth he's a better kisser too. In fact when I'm around him I don't ever want to leave. He knows me better than you and I have fun when I'm with him. I like him more than you because he asked me to Hogsmeade last week. But mostly I like him because he's an ass." Ginny replied angrily. "Because of course if I don't like you it isn't you that's the problem, it's me and my taste in guys." Ginny rolled her eyes. "Do you remember why we broke up?"
"No."
"Because you made out with Amy at the Halloween feast." Ginny yelled at him. "So who's the ass now?" Ginny watched as Dean stormed away from her.
"Now I don't have to ask you my question." Draco said coming up behind her and hugging her around the waist.
"What was that?" Ginny asked leaning against him.
"Why you liked me so much." Draco replied kissing her on the neck. "So, I'm a better kisser?"
Ginny laughed quietly.
"You know your neck blushes when you blush." Draco said turning her around. "You sure did stick it to him."
"He was being an ass." Ginny replied.
"The question is did you mean it."
"Wouldn't you like to know." Ginny replied smirking.
"Actually, Little Red, I would." Draco replied kissing her on the neck.
Ginny sighed quietly. "I meant what I said." Ginny replied as she pulled out of his arms. "Even the part about you being an ass."
"I don't mind being an ass as long as I'm the better kisser."
"That's good to know."
Draco kissed her again on the lips pulling her back to him. "I have to go. Class."
"So do I." Ginny replied. "That's where I was going before Dean interrupted me."
"I'll see you later?"
"Yeah." Ginny smiled as she pulled out of Draco's grasp again.
"Did you hear?" Colin asked Ginny as he sat down beside her at lunch.
"Hear what?"
"There was an attack on Hogsmeade." Colin replied. "Death Eaters started to swarm the town, half the stores were burned."
"How did you hear about this?"
"I heard Professor Dumbledore telling Professor McGonagall." Colin replied. "I think they are going to cancel the Hogsmeade weekend."
"You think?" Ginny asked sarcastically.
"What's with the sarcasm?"
"Nothing." Ginny said shaking her head. "I've had a weird day. So, did anyone get hurt?"
"A couple of the shop keepers got burned, one is in a coma, but besides that everyone is fine." Colin replied. "Luckily no one was killed."
"Did Professor Dumbledore know why they were attacked?"
"I don't know, I didn't hear that much."
"So you heard about Hogsmeade right?" Amy asked sitting down across from them.
"Colin just got done telling me." Ginny nodded.
"What about Hogsmeade?" Harry asked turning to them.
"Attention Please!" Professor McGonagall called from the front of the Great Hall. "Attention!" She stood there waiting for the Hall to quite down before she spoke up again. "I'm afraid to announce that all Hogsmeade weekends have been cancelled until further notice." She stopped, waiting for the groans to cease. "I know how disappointed you all are. So Professor Dumbledore has decided to throw a party to make up for the cancelled weekends. This will be open to all kids including the younger kids who wouldn't be allowed to go to Hogsmeade."
"Why was Hogsmeade cancelled?" a Ravenclaw called out from their table.
"Hogsmeade was attacked by Death Eaters last night." Professor McGonagall replied.
"Why?"
"I can not answer any more questions." Professor McGonagall replied. "If you have any questions than you need to talk to your head of house."
Professor McGongall sat back down at the staff table leaving the kids to wonder what had happened exactly. The story Colin had told Ginny quickly spread around all the tables.
Come one come all to the:
Hogwarts Hogsmeade Party
This Saturday at 5 o'clock.
A Special Surprise is expected, you won't want to miss it.
"I wonder what the surprise is." Ginny said looking at the flier.
"Probably lemon drops for everyone." Draco replied. "You know Dumbledore."
Ginny laughed. "It's sort of cool that they are giving us a party since we can't go into Hogsmeade."
"Yeah, just plain nifty." Draco replied sarcastically.
"What? You don't want to go?"
"I'm not exactly the party type." Draco replied rolling his eyes.
"Could have fooled me." Ginny replied sarcastically. "But still, you do want to go right?" Ginny asked him giving him a quick kiss on the lips.
Draco didn't reply. He pulled her closer kissing her deeper. Ginny pushed him away. "Draco."
"Fine." Draco replied kissing her again. "I'll go." Draco pulled her closer to him. Enveloping her in his arms as he started to kiss her again. He groaned as he pulled away from her. "I have to get to class."
"You mean class is more important than me." Ginny smirked and pouted at the same time.
"No, it isn't." Draco replied kissing her again.
Ginny pushed him away laughing. "Go to class."
"What about you, don't you have class?"
"No." Ginny replied smirking. "I'm done with classes after lunch on Fridays."
"Well, I suppose I could skip class this once."
"Get to class. " Ginny repeated. "You aren't going to blame me when you get detention for skipping."
"Of course, it would be your fault." Draco told her.
"Why is that?"
Draco kissed her again as he played with her hair. Ginny sighed into his mouth pulling him closer, pushing herself against him.
"That's why it would be your fault." Draco replied as he finished kissing her pulling his hands out of her hair. Ginny laughed.
"Go to class."
"Bye little Red." Draco called as he walked to class.
"Hey Ginny. How's it going?" Blaise asked sitting beside her in the old Divination room.
"How did you know I was in here?"
"I didn't. I was coming to find a book. The fact that you are here was just a lucky coincidence." Blaise replied smiling. "So you and Draco looked pretty friendly."
Ginny blushed.
"Your brother blushes easily too." Blaise replied smirking. "I don't think Ron is going to bother you anymore about Draco."
"Why do you say that?" Ginny asked.
"Because I told him that if he hurt you than I would help Ron kick Draco's ass." Blaise replied.
"Thanks." Ginny laughed. "That's so thoughtful of you." Ginny looked over at Blaise. "So, my brother, you really like him?"
Blaise nodded. "I do. He's great."
"That's good, because if you hurt him, I'll kick your ass."
"Fair enough." Blaise smiled. "So I'm guessing you and Draco aren't going to that party tomorrow."
"Why would you think a thing like that?" Ginny smirked. "Of course we are."
"How did you manage that?" Blaise asked. "He hates things like that."
"Yeah well he loves snogging me." Ginny replied. "Being a girl is nice every once in a while."
"Using those girly charms of yours?"
"I don't have girly charms." Ginny laughed.
"Trust me with hips and lips like those, you do."
Ginny laughed. "You're insane."
"Pansy showed up in Draco's room this morning. She didn't look so happy on her way out." Blaise laughed. "I think Draco put her in her place."
"She was in his room?"
"Yeah she found out the password somehow." Blaise replied. "That doesn't bother you does it?"
"No, he just didn't tell me."
"Probably didn't think of it." Blaise reassured her.
"It doesn't matter." Ginny said. "I hate that girl."
"Amazing, we have something in common." Blaise smirked. "I hate her too."
"Who wouldn't?"
"Her mother?"
"Of course she hates her, she named her Pansy."
"You are a funny one." Blaise laughed. "Anyways I'm going to go to dinner now. Want to walk with me?"
"Sure." Ginny replied standing up. "I drew you something."
"Really what?"
"This." Ginny replied handing him a piece of parchment.
"It's Ron."
"Yeah. I thought you might like it."
"Hey I do, thanks." Blaise said kissing her on the cheek.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you shouldn't be a Slytherin."
"Yes." Blaise replied. "I truly wonder about it sometimes."
They walked the rest of the way to dinner without talking. Just as they were about to enter the Great Hall something caught Blaise's eye.
"What's that?" he asked pointing towards her necklace.
"Draco got it for me." Ginny replied holding it up to show Blaise.
"It's nice." Blaise told her looking at the charm appraisingly.
"What do you want now?" Ginny sighed as she was stopped on the stairs by Hermione.
"Dean told me about you and Malfoy." Hermione replied. "Why Malfoy."
"Since you and Dean are such good friends ask him." Ginny replied pushing her way past Hermione. "I'm going to bed."
"I'm sorry Ginny."
"I don't care." Ginny sighed continuing up the stairs.
"Go away." Draco yelled as his door opened.
"You sure are polite. I bet you wouldn't say that if it were Ginny that had just entered." Blaise replied closing the door behind him as he walked into Draco's room.
"What are you doing here?"
"I was just curious about the crystal in Ginny's necklace." Blaise told him. "I seem to remember reading something about the properties of crystals."
"What?"
"It looks like a fairy crystal." Blaise replied raising his eyebrow.
"It is."
"Interesting." Blaise replied. "So does it glow a certain color around you?"
"Yes it does." Draco replied sighing. "Why?"
"So what color does it glow around you?" Blaise asked curiously.
"Pink."
"No. It doesn't."
"Yes it does." Draco replied rolling his eyes.
"But pink, that means-"
"I know what it means." Draco interrupted.
"That's great." Blaise replied clapping Draco on the back. "What did she say when you told her."
"I haven't." Draco replied. "I'm not planning to."
"Why not?"
"Because, I don't want to pressure her."
"But-"
"You aren't going to tell her either."
"But-"
"I'm serious." Draco replied standing up. "Don't tell her."
"Okay." Blaise replied pushing Draco back into his chair. "I won't, even if I think you should."
"Thanks."
"Anyway I found out what I wanted to so I guess I'm going to go now." Blaise sighed. "Good night."
"Yeah."