Disclaimer: Now, when I say that Draco is mine, that doesn't mean he's mine, heh heh, so you guys in suits can stop calling my house. I swear I've never even considered owning him ::crosses fingers behind back::

Chapter Twelve

A/N: I hope everyone doesn't get confused by all the italics, I know they were driving me crazy...

December 1

I don't know why I've always been drawn to diaries, but ever since I could write I've always wanted to write down my thoughts. But then my 1st year here at Hogwarts happened and I haven't written a thought down since then. Well, I've written a few notes to friends, but nothing permanent like a diary. And even more weird than being attracted to diaries is the silly notion of naming my diary and treating it like my best friend. Maybe that's why at first I had been ecstatic that Tom was speaking back to me, it had been a dream come true. But what should I call you?

Immediately Ginny had a thought, it was crazy, probably a dorky thing to do, but she hurried down to the Owlery and sent a small little owl used for just in-school mail. After she watched the owl fly to its destination she hurried back to her room, anticipating the answer she would receive. It seemed seconds but it also seemed like hours that it took for the owl to find its way back to Ginny with a reply. Quickly she grabbed the paper from its outstretched leg. As she opened the paper and read the words she noticed how the words were able to seem scrawled yet flourished, just as before.

Gin-

Easy question, next time give me a challenge. Fidelis is the most common meaning for faithful. Now for the even easier part, there is a masculine form of the word and a feminine form, the male you just drop the ending, plain and simple it becomes Fidel. It's amazing how a cruel dictator in Cuba has a name that means faithful, quite ironic. Anyways, so the feminine form is slightly different, you change the end, and presto, Fidella Hope that helped. See you later tonight.

Your extremely sexy year-long-report partner,

D. Malfoy

It's perfect! Draco is such a life saver, and a cute one at that, Ginny thought after reading his reply. God, I really need to find some new eye candy, there's no chance of anything happening between a Malfoy and me. Quickly she finished up her first journal entry.

I've found the perfect name for you diary. Since you are my safest diary ever and there is no way you could ever spill my secrets that I confide in you I'm naming you Fidella. I know Dumbledore said that my true love or what not could read you but there's no way in hell my true love goes to Hogwarts, if so I would have known by now. Speaking of the guys that attend here at Hogwarts, the real problem that I'm having.

How do I tell you the problem that I'm having? Ginny paused as she tried to gather her thoughts.

"Hey, Gin," a voice called out interrupting Ginny's thoughts.

Gin looked up startled. She saw Amanda, a dorm mate of Ginny's, standing in the doorway.

"Aren't you coming to supper?" Amanda asked

"S-s-supper?" Ginny stammered out, quite confused

"Yea," Amanda answered. "Supper, you know that thing where you sit down at a table and talk with a bunch of friends while shoving food in you mouth?"

"Its supper time already?" Ginny asked quite confused. "I missed lunch?"

"Yeah, we all were wondering where you were at lunch. But after hearing about the Colin thing we figured you were avoiding him. And then you kept running in and out of the common room so we never really got a chance to talk to you ever..."Amanda trailed off.

"The Colin thing?" Ginny asked. News had gotten around that fast about Colin asking her out? Wonderful, now Ron would have another hissy fit, he really needs to accept the fact that I am slightly able to turn guys' heads. How I wish I could turn Draco's head. Damn it, Ginny, you really need to stop with this Malfoy thing.

"Ginny..." Amanda interrupted her thoughts once more.

Ginny shook her head, startled. "Hmm?"

"You keep spacing out. You do remember that Colin asked you out and you said no to him right? Course I don't know why you'd do that..."

"What?" Ginny asked. "I don't like Colin, I have no reason to go out with him."

"How about maybe because he likes you a lot and he's pretty adorable."

"Yeah, but he's my friend," Ginny stressed.

"All right, fine," Amanda conceded. "But let's go eat, you must be starving, skipping breakfast and all."

"I actually am, thanks for coming up here and waking me out of my dream," Ginny answered as she closed her diary and followed Amanda out the door.

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"Who was that mysterious owl from, Draco?" Pansy asked. She was sitting next to him at the Slytherin table, in the process of trying to prevent Draco from eating his meal by stroking his leg. "I noticed it was an in-school bird and you were quite excited when you received it."

"Pansy, if I didn't know any better I would have thought you were jealous of that owl," Draco joked.

"Not of the owl stupid, but of the person who sent it," Pansy snapped.

"Don't get all jumpy, Pansy, take a Midol or something."

"I'm not all jumpy, Malfoy. I'm acting like a Slytherin, which is something you certainly haven't been doing," sneered Pansy.

"What are you talking about?" Draco shot back.

"Well just look at you, you smile for no reason, and when I say smile I mean smile, your smirk has all but disappeared. I'd be fine if you smiled when some puny 1st year tripped or ran into something but not when nothing has happened."

"Have you ever thought that maybe something really good and important happened to me?" Draco asked.

"Now why would something good happen to you?" Pansy questioned. "We haven't shagged yet."

"Oh, how right you are, Parkinson. What was I thinking in smiling?" Draco sneered. "My life will never be happy or complete until you and I do the nasty all night long."

"I knew you'd see it my way," Pansy replied as she hurried up from the table.

I was that excited about Ginny's letter? Draco asked himself in shock. What is this girl doing to me? Slowly Draco rose, ready to happily go serve his detention with the illustrious Ginny.

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Should I bring it up? Draco asked himself as he waited for Ginny to arrive in their dungeon room (a/n: wow, doesn't that sound like some kinky domi thing) I mean, it's not like I kissed her for real or anything. All I did was kiss her forehead, course then I started to put my lips to her soft and velvety ones. Draco quickly shook his head to get those thoughts out of his brain.

"All right, Draco!" Ginny exclaimed as she burst through the dungeon door. "Let's get this project started!"

"You all right, Gin?" Draco asked with a huge grin.

"I'm great!" replied Ginny with extreme enthusiasm. "Fred and George sent me some products of theirs to test today. They've come up with these amazing energy enhancers. They call them Mighty Mouse Pills. I think the name needs a little bit of work, but oh well. They do a really good job."

"Ginny, how many of those did you take?"

"One," Ginny quickly replied.

"Do you have the bottle or instructions they came with?" Draco questioned.

"Yea," Ginny handed over the bottle.

Draco read the instructions out loud, "Consume one pill for every 200 pounds (a/n: sorry I don't do metric stuff). Gin, how much do you weigh?"

"110."

"You, uh, definitely should have taken only ½ a pill..." Draco pointed out.

"Well that's not cool," Ginny remarked.

Now is not the time to bring up last night, Draco decided. Maybe later, towards the end. That is if that stupid pill has worn off. Why in the world did her brothers not warn her? Draco glanced over at Ginny and saw her bouncing away happily on her stool. "How about we get started on the project," Draco suggested.

"All right," Ginny agreed. The two of them set to work, Draco was often interrupted though by Ginny's sudden bursts of energy. Many of the times she started doing cartwheels around the room.

"Can you believe its December already?" Ginny shouted from a far away corner of the room where she was doing a handstand.

"Virginia Weasley, get your tiny ass over here now," Malfoy hollered back at her.

"Well fine," Ginny slumped down on her stool, "You don't have to get all snippy."

Draco sighed, "I'm not getting all snippy. I think we just need to get busy."

"Well maybe I'm taking a break, am I not allowed to have one of those?" Ginny questioned. Minutes of silence followed. "Draco," Ginny spoke, breaking the silence that had allowed Draco to get many notes copied. "Draco, why did you try to kiss me last night?"

All of Draco's air left his body, he looked at Ginny's face, it appeared to be quite inquisitive. Damn brave Gryffindor. "Come on, Ginny. I don't wanna talk about this right now."

"Why not?" Ginny asked, wanting to know badly.

"Because you're acting strangely," Draco answered. "You're not being yourself."

"Just tell me, Draco," Ginny demanded.

"It doesn't matter, Gin!" Draco exclaimed. "It'll never happen again, it had no reason to happen in the first place. We need to both understand that. I'm a Malfoy, you're a Weasley. At most we're supposed to just pretend the other person doesn't exist. It's shocking enough that we're friends. Nothing more can happen from this."

"Please gather up your things," Snape's voice echoed through the room. "Your time in this room is now done."

"Great timing, Snape," Draco growled as he stormed out of the cold dungeon leaving a very confused Ginny.

"What in the hell was that about?" A voice cried out in Draco's brain.

"What do you mean what was that about?" Draco asked it back. "I set Gin straight about where our friendship can go."

"Your friendship can go wherever it wants! And how could you yell at her like that? There was absolutely no reason for it. Earlier, this afternoon, you took a step forward; and that right there, my friend, what you just did in there was 2 steps back! I hope you're happy with yourself!"

"Yea, I'm real happy," Draco snapped. "I'm ecstatic."

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December 1 (cont.)

Well, Fidella, my problem was solved this evening and I didn't even have to confide in you. It's amazing how that happens isn't it? Maybe I should just start from the beginning. Well not the full beginning I guess, that would take way too long. So anyway, there's this boy, well not really a boy. Draco is a man, or at least a young man. Either way, he's super attractive. He's hot, sexy, suave, and erotic. Yes, erotic. There's just something about him that gives a girl a feeling she's never felt before. Ya know? But then he opens his mouth, with those to die for lips, and cracks on my family's hair, skin and financial situation. But lately he's been so sweet and charming. He even took me for a ride of his brand new Nimbus Extreme and I'm pretty positive he was holding me closer than he needed to on all of the dips. Then, imagine this, last night he confided in me, told me things that no one else knows. After he opened up he kissed me on the forehead and he was about to kiss me, for real on the lips. But I was so stupid, I acted like a little girl who had never ever been kissed and pulled away. Yet, I have been kissed, plenty of times, I've even initiated some kisses. Then earlier today Colin Creevey, the cutest Gryffindor in my grade, asks me to be his girlfriend, and what do I tell him? No, I tell him no! All the girls of my year think that I've gone bonkers. And I agree with them, ya know why? Because I prefer the slightest possibility of getting Draco Malfoy to enjoy my company to an entertaining, funny and adorable relationship with a friend of mine. There's no chance between Malfoy and I, and for that I gave up Colin. Gave him up for a guy who makes me feel warm inside, stirs my heart, and holds me close while riding a broom. I gave up Colin for a guy who's father tried to kill me.

Ginny sighed and closed her diary.

A/N: Did you guys enjoy the new chapter? My proofer pushed me to come up with a quick chapter since the last one was so short, sowwy about that. Ginny's first diary entry is interesting, her and Malfoy corresponding via owl is interesting. And Draco had a bit of a fit. Hmm. How do I follow this up? I can't imagine. Got any ideas? I'd be happy to take them.

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