From Sugar To Spice
Chapter 9-Who's that girl?
A/N: I am sooooo sorry for the LONG delay! Computer problems! (You all know how it is!) So anyways…. here it is…finally! I hope u like it! And I was just reading over all the chapters I have posted…and I realized I had made A LOT of grammar and spelling mistakes!!! Well, that's what I get for typing and posting at all hours of the night and morning…. anyway please excuse all those mistakes!!!
The Sleepover-
Ginny awoke the next morning just at dawn. The birds were chirping cheerfully and sun poured in the windows. She slowly sat up and looked around her. She saw Hermione sleeping peacefully on the couch and Tanya curled up in a ball on an armchair, both breathing slowly and steadily. They had stayed up until late in the night talking and putting together all the possibilities for Harry and Draco's attackers the night before.
She stood up and stretched before realizing there was a large black owl perched on the window poking at the glass trying to get her attention. A letter was tied to its leg with a deep green ribbon. She turned her head to the side wondering who could be sending her a letter this early in the morning…but she did think that owl looked so familiar. She suddenly smiled and ran to the window when she realized that the owl looked like Draco's.
She skidded to a stop and threw open the window, the crisp morning air filtered through the room and sunlight danced around her. Immediately the owl flew through the window and rested on the banister of the stairs up to Draco's room.
The owl held out its leg and Ginny carefully untied the green ribbon. As soon as the letter was off of the owl's leg, it flew right back out the window.
Ginny carefully unfolded the letter and read:
Gin,
Meet me in front of the entrance hall in 30 minutes. There is something I want to show you.
Draco
Ginny read through the letter before folding it and heading upstairs to Hermione's room. She didn't know what Draco had up his sleeve but she was about to find out.
When she got into Hermione's room she went straight to her closet. Inside were all of Hermione's new designer clothes and half of Ginny's. She picked black low-rise jeans and a pink t-shirt that said "Pink is an attitude" in black writing.
After getting dressed she went to the bathroom and brushed her hair before brushing it back into a ponytail. Then after applying her makeup she went back to the closet, picked out a pair of black heels, put them on, and went out to meet Draco.
The corridors were deserted all the way there. She only had the steady clicking of her heels against the stone floors and echoing off the walls to keep her company.
Finally she turned and saw Draco waiting for her. He opened his arms and smiled as soon as he saw her. Ginny ran into his arms and buried her face into his shoulder.
"I missed you so much…" she whispered to him as she took a deep breath, breathing in the sharp spicy spell of his cologne.
"You saw me last night!" he said raising his head slightly to look at her face.
"I know! But last night you were also attacked may I remind you!"
Draco just rolled his eyes and said, "Anyway, there is something I want to show you! I am the only one at Hogwarts who knows about it, and even if someone else did, they wouldn't be able to get in…"
"What are you going on about?" Ginny asked him looking up suspiciously.
"You'll see, " he said taking her hand. "Just follow me and you'll see."
Together they walked in silence, winding through the castle. Draco stopped suddenly when they reached a long wall, lined with torches. He let go of Ginny's hand and crouched down looking at the wall closely.
"Here it is," he mumbled running his finger over an indentation in the wall. Ginny bent down next to him to see it better. On the wall, very small in the stone was a snake that was wound into a 'M'.
Draco leaned in and whispered something Ginny couldn't hear, then right in front of them, the walls opened up and a marble slide appeared.
"After you." Draco said nodding Ginny to the slide.
"ok…" Ginny sat on the edge and slid down gracefully. She stood up at the end of the slide and looked around. She was in a very big, well-lit chamber. The walls and floor were both made out of shiny glittering marble. All along the walls, were portraits of teen men and women, they all looked to be about 16 or 17.
Draco slid down beside her and stood up and took her hand. "Follow Me," he said as he walked her down the big room. Ginny was still looking around, trying to look at everything at once. A huge crystal chandelier hung in the center of the ceiling, a grand piano stood polished in the corner…and still, painting hung side by side along the walls.
"Draco…where are we?" Ginny asked him.
"This is a hidden chamber that the Malfoy's discovered. All these paintings are the Malfoys that have gone to school here. When you are a Malfoy, you have your painting done in your seventh year." Draco explained. "It has also been the Malfoy tradition and duty that we hold the annual Slytherin ball at the beginning and end of each year. We have them down here."
"Wow." Ginny said leaving his side to scan the pictures. They all looked like Malfoys. They had the platinum blonde hair and the designer robes, the snobbish look and a sneer set firmly on their flawless faces. She continued down the wall looking at them all. Their eyes followed her as she passed and their expressions seemed impassive.
She stopped at one before Draco's father. It was of a brunette witch. The only one, that didn't have blonde hair.
"Draco?" she asked still looking at the witch. She had the same facial features as all the others, the same sneer and selfish snobby face.
"yeah" he said walking over to her.
"Who's that girl??"
"Um, my father hasn't talk much about her, only that she is my aunt or something…she was, is, a pureblood. A Malfoy at its finest…until she turned 18 and fell in love with some muggle, then she went to live as a muggle…leaving the wizarding world forever. She has a daughter, about our age…I don't know if she made it to Hogwarts or not, if she did she would be here with us. Of course we would never know, she would think she came from a muggle, when really she came from one of the biggest and oldest pure-blood family's around."
Ginny looked at the picture again. The witch was wearing emerald green dress robes with gold fastenings. Draco's voice broke her thoughts.
"Are you ready to go to breakfast? It should be about in the middle by now."
"Um, yeah, sure, lets go…" She responded turning back to him. He took her hand and together they headed to the great hall.
They walked in silence all the way back. Ginny kept thinking of the picture…. for some reason she had a feeling that there was something about that picture that wasn't expected. Did she know that lady's daughter? Was she at Hogwarts?
"You ok? You look like something bothering you…" Draco said looking down at her, his face puzzled.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, lets go eat." She said pushing the matter out of her head and smiling up at him.
They walked into the great hall. Ginny started to head down to the Gryffindor table but Draco caught her arm.
"What?" she asked looking at him.
"Come sit at the Slytherin table with me today. We can have Hermione and Tanya join as soon as they come."
"Do you think that's a good idea?" she asked glancing across the room to the Gryffindor table where Ron and Harry were glaring at them.
"Sure it is. Don't worry about those bastards."
"ok" she said. Draco took her hand and led her to the Slytherin table. The only people that were paying attention to them was Ron and Harry.
Ginny and Draco sat down at the end of the table, avoiding eyes and whispers.
"here comes Hermione and Tanya!" Ginny said all of a sudden letting her fork fall with a clatter. Draco looked in the direction Ginny was looking in and watched as Tanya and Hermione slowly edged into the Great Hall, stopped and looked around.
"Tanya! Herm!" Ginny yelled across the room. The two girls spotted Ginny and ran over to her and sat down across from Ginny and Draco.
"hey!" Tanya said. "I talked to Emberlynn on the way here, she will go along with it! OH LOOK! There she is! She is going to talk to Harry!"
"I cont wait!" Ginny said with a grin.
"Look, they're leaving together!" Hermione said.
She was right. You could clearly see Emberlynn's strawberry blonde hair next to Harry's jet-black hair, both leaving together. As the two passed the Slytherin table Emberlynn looked over and winked and nodded slightly when Harry wasn't looking. They four smiled and nodded back.
"So, it's on! She is getting it started now! Oh I can't wait!" Ginny yelled throwing her arms around Draco and hugging him.
"You are eager for this aren't you?" He said looking at her.
"Of course!"she replied pulling away from them. "Girls," she said turning to Tanya and Hermione, "I think we should go back to Herm's room and get ready for tonight!"
"Good idea! I really need your advice on what I'm going to wear!" Tanya said with a smile.
"And I need some advice on how to Chris!" Hermione added.
"Well then, we have a lot of work to do! Draco baby, we will see you tonight. Meet us in the common room around 5, ok?"
"OK" Draco said leaning over to kiss her on her cheek, "I'll be there."
"Good. See you later!" she answered kissing him briefly.
"See you babe. Bye Hermione, Tanya."
"Ciao." They said in unison. Then the three girls left, taking note of the Gryffindors expressions as they passed.
"Wow, did you all see their faces! They looked at Ginny like she just turned into a mandrake!" Tanya giggled as they made their way down the hallway.
"Probably because we have all turned our backs on them. You know…hanging out with Slytherins, talking with them…some of us snogging with them even…" Hermione said looking pointedly at Ginny.
"What? He is a REALLY good kisser you know? And he has a great arse…" Ginny said blushing.
The other two just laughed. "Information OVERLOAD Gin." Tanya said.
"Yes, Lets keep descriptions of Draco out of this conversation PLEASE" Hermione said giggling. "Fairy Blossoms" Hermione added as they approached her dorm.
They three girls joked and laughed all the way to Hermione's room.
"Now, Hermione," Ginny began sitting on Hermione's bed, "About Chris…he needs to come. I think you two would make the perfect date!"
"OH! So do I!" Tanya began, "Why don't one of us go and see if he likes her? I mean that's the best thing I can come up with right now…"
"Actually, I think Herm should ask him herself." Ginny said grinning at Hermione.
"Ginny, I can't do that!"
"Oh yes you can…and you will. Right now." Ginny said with a smile, taking Hermione's arms and attempting to pull her off the bed and out the door.
"Gin! No way!" Hermione said trying to pull her arms free. "I am not going to do that! Tanya stop!" She said as Tanya got up on the bed behind Hermione and started pushing on her back to help Ginny. "You guys…STOP…Really, it's not funny!" Hermione pleaded with them.
With one final tug from Ginny and push from Tanya the three fell into a heap on the floor.
"Yes you will…" Ginny said panting and pushing her hair from her face.
"Fine, fine, if I see him I'll ask him. IF I see him…" Hermione said, defeated.
"Actually Hermione," Tanya started giving Ginny an evil grin. "He is already waiting by the lake," Tanya said beginning to push Hermione towards the door, "We told him you needed to talk to him. Have fun!" She said as she pushed her out of the room and onto the staircase.
"Now…lets see what our clothes options are. We can scan your closet now, then mine that has half of my clothes, then back up here and look at my other half and Hermione's. Sound good?" Ginny said.
"Yeah, lets go."
The two headed out of the Head's tower and out into the corridor.
"So anyway," Tanya said as they neared the Gryffindor common room, "Tracy told Brian that she didn't want anything to do with him. She broke up with him and now she is with Patrick and Brian is single and depressed. He was telling me the other day how he was ready to move on but just had to find a girl. Owelets Wing." She said as they got to the portrait of the fat lady.
"Well, yesterday I was talking to Tracy," Ginny began as they walked across the common room and to the girl's dormitory staircase, "And she said that she and Patrick broke up. Now Patrick is with Stacy and Tracy is with Andrew."
The girls were discussing just one of the romance chains that went on inside the walls of Hogwarts. Love gossip happened to be one of the favored gossip subjects among the girl students.
"Do you remember Andrew's ex girlfriend from America?" Tanya asked looking over at Ginny as they began to climb the girl's staircase.
"Um, yeah, I think so."
"Well, Mike was going out with her earlier this year and then he broke up with her because he didn't like the long distance relationship. Now Mike is like, what, one of the most wanted guys in Hogwarts after Blaise and Draco."
"Yeah…that's what I heard. I was talking to him last week and he likes you. You should see if he wants to come to the sleepover tonight. He is in Slytherin, and 7th year, but the invitation said you can bring other people as long as the teachers don't know about it." Ginny said giving Tanya a side-glance.
"Oh my God! Does he really? I've fancied him for the longest time! Ever since third year.." Tanya said.
"Well…after we decide on our outfits we can go look for him! Draco should know where he is! They ARE friends after all!" Ginny said with a smile.
"They are? How come I didn't know about this?"
"I don't know…but they are together sometimes in classes, at meal times, in the halls, hogsmeade…everywhere." Ginny said looking at Tanya.
"Wow! You learn something new everyday!" Tanya said with a smile, "Well, I don't really want to ask him myself, do you mind asking for me?"
"Of course not! You know I love doing that kind of thing!" Ginny said giggling.
"True! Thanks a bunch Gin!"
"No problem, now, Let's look through our clothes!" Ginny said as they entered the girl's dormitory.
She ran across the room and threw open the closet doors.
The two girls went through the clothes and threw any ones that they considered onto Ginny's bed behind them.
When they were done there was a huge stack on the bed. Tanya pulled out her wand and muttered a spell, the clothes folded themselves and miniaturized. Tanya picked them up and put them in her pocket.
"Ready to go drop these off in Hermione's room, see if she is back and then go talk to Mike? Is that the plan? Then we can raid the other closet in Hermione's room and get ready and go to the party? Sound like a plan?" Tanya asked turning to face Ginny.
"Yeah. That sounds like the plan to me! Lets get going!"
"OK."
Together they walked out of the girl's dorm and into the common room where Harry and Ron were standing by the fire whispering. As soon as Ginny got to the bottom of the staircase Harry turned around.
"Ginny, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Harry yelled at her from across the room.
"What are you talking about?" She said fiercely.
"You know very well what I'm talking about. I'm talking about you and ferret-boy! What the fuck is going on? First you kiss him in the hospital wing last night and then you eat with him! WHAT THE HELL!"
"Potter, it is my life. Choose who to see and who to kiss and who to eat with. Get over it!"
"No I'm not! What is this? Some trick to make me jealous? Well just so you know its not going to work! I have a girlfriend now! You know Emberlynn? Yeah, we are a couple now! You will be able to see tonight at that sleepover. She invited me to go with her!"
Ginny tried not to laugh; he was falling right into their trap. He was walking right into their hands. And he didn't even know it.
"Well, as of Ember, I don't care…I'm TAKEN, remember? Ron's little sister can make her own choices now and she has!"
"Oh come on Ginny! You know I didn't mean that! So why don't you cut the crap and stop with the games, dump Malfoy, I'll break it off with Ember and you can go back out with me!"
"Oh my God Harry! No! I am very happy with Draco thanks, he is a lot better than you in more ways then one. He cares about me and he doesn't play games, he is a better person and he is a whole lot better at making me…satisfied." She said after a pause with an evil grin.
"Ginny, I swear…if you get physical with him, you AND him will wish you were never born!" He said his face getting redder and redder.
Ginny looked at him standing there and then to Ron who was redder than ever, she could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears.
"Well, it's too late for that!" She shouted before storming out with Tanya behind her.
Ron was about to go after her but Harry held out an arm to stop him. "Remember our plan…"
Out in the corridor Tanya turned to look at Ginny.
"What plan? What are they planning? And do you think it was smart to lie to them?" Tanya questioned.
"Well they need to stay out of my life so I'm going to lie. True Draco and I haven't gotten physical, we've only kissed, but they don't need to know every detail! And as far as their plan…I don't know! And I'm not going to worry about it because everyone knows payback is hell with me!" Ginny fumed.
"True…" Tanya said. They continued up the corridor in silence.
"Hey Tanya…Ginny…" They looked to the left as they heard a voice call from the wing archway that they were passing.
A figure was half hidden in the shadows. They could just make out the outline of a person.
The person stepped out of the shadows. It was a tall brunette with sparkling blue eyes. He was wearing black slytherin robes that we wrinkle free and obviously pressed and steamed.
"Hi Mike." Tanya said short of breath. She always loved the way he looked and his voice.
"Hey. Tanya, I was wondering…I've heard some things from some of the 6th year Gryff's that there is going to be a party…and I heard from Draco that he was going with Ginny, I was also invited by my little brother Eric so I was planning on going anyway. I was wondering if you and I could go together?"
A smile immediately crept over her face, and blush rose up her cheeks.
"Of course!" Tanya managed to say in a voice just above a whisper.
"Ok. I'll catch ya later then. Go with Ginny and Hermione to wherever they are going to meet Draco…I'll be with him."
"Ok…" Tanya said, still trying to breath again.
Mike winked at her then turned around and disappeared back into the shadows and down the corridor.
Tanya stood frozen where she was for a minute or two before finding her voice again.
"Did that just happen?" She asked Ginny.
"Yeah…it did."
"SHUT UP! DID THAT JUST REALLY HAPPEN?" Tanya asked again smiling.
"YES IT DID!"
"NO FREAKIN WAY"
"YES!!!"
"OH MY GOD!" Tanya yelled and began jumping around in happiness.
"Yes…now….we should probably go to Hermione's room to get ready for tonight…"
"Oh dear…he is going to be there isn't he?" Tanya said horror dawning on her face.
"Um…yeah…" Ginny said. Tanya was so exited she couldn't put the facts of what had just happened together.
"Oh dear…what am I going to wear?!" She yelled and fled in the direction of the Head's tower.
Ginny rolled her eyes to the ceiling and sighed. Tanya was hopeless. She started to slowly walk up to the tower after her.
When she got to Hermione's room Tanya was frantically pulling clothes out, trying them on and tossing them aside.
"Tanya." Ginny said calmly.
Tanya didn't hear her, or just wasn't paying attention, possibly both.
"Tanya." Ginny said it a little louder. Still, no response.
"TANYA!" Ginny shouted. This time Tanya looked up and her and dropped the shirt that was in her hands.
"WHAT?"
"What are you doing? You need to calm down…"
"Calm down? You want me to calm down? I think I need to review what just happened…MIKE just asked to go with him to the party tonight. MIKE…MIKE DWELLINGS!!! You know…hottest most wanted guy in Hogwarts…just asked me to go with him!"
"He isn't the most wanted…he is in the top 5. Along with Chris and Draco. Point is…He asked you when you were dressed like you normally are! You never had to go through all of this…" she motioned to the mess on the floor, "So he could ask you."
"I guess your right. But you, Hermione and I all decided we would look our best and I think I took it a little far…"
Ginny gave her a look.
"Ok, maybe a little further than a little."
The two began to laugh and couldn't stop for a good 10 minutes.
"Ok…" Ginny said gasping for air, "We should probably clean up this mess!"
"Yeah….I'll do it….since I made it!" Tanya said pulling out her wand.
Within seconds the clothes were folded and hung neatly.
"Now..." Ginny said "Should we wait for Hermione to come back from meeting Chris before we continue on out clothes hunt?"
"Yeah…"
They only waited a few seconds before Hermione came bursting in rosy cheeked and her hair slightly messy.
"So, how did it go?" Tanya and Ginny said in unison.
"PERFECT!" Hermione said with a smile.
"Well, don't keep us waiting…. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED!" Ginny said pulling Hermione to the bed and sitting her down. "Now spill." She said as she and Tanya sat beside her.
"OK, so…I went down to the lake like you said…and sure enough he was waiting…"
FLASHBACK
Hermione walked down the path leading to the lake. He was already there. His brown hair was blowing in the light breeze and his hands were in the pockets of his robes. His back was to her but she could still see the anxious look on his face.
She walked up behind him.
"Chris?"
He immediately turned around to face her.
"H-hi. Um, your friends said you wanted to meet me down here and ask me something."
"Um, yeah. Well…the 6th year Gryffindors are having a sleepover…and I was invited by some friends and, um, we are aloud to invite people from the other houses, as long as the teacher don't find out…and I was just wondering if perhaps you would like to come with me?"
"Of course!"
"Really?" She asked him looking up at his face.
"Really…and now there is a question I want to ask you…"
"Yes?"
"Well, I've fancied you a long time…would you be my girlfriend?"
Hermione felt light, as if someone has given her wings. She didn't expect this…it was the last thing she expected…but she was happy all the same.
"Sure!" She said with a smile.
Chris just smiled and gave her a hug.
"See you tonight?" He whispered.
"Yeah…" She said still breathless.
END FLASHBACK
"That is so-o-o sweet!" Tanya cried with a dreamy smile.
"It is! So what happened next Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Well he kissed me and then one of his friends came looking for him so he had to go…but we are meeting up and going to the party together!"
"Wow…" Was all the other girls could say.
"So Tanya," Hermione began, "Have you got a date yet?"
"As a matter of fact I do!" Tanya said positively beaming.
"Really? Who?" Hermione asked, her face filled with curiosity.
"MIKE!" She screamed.
"Mike Dwellings? NO WAY!" Hermione yelled.
"YES WAY!" Tanya said.
"Wow…I'm with Chris, you're with Mike, and Ginny is with Draco we have 3 of the 5 most wanted guys!"
"Isn't that great!" Ginny said. "Now…lets shock our guys with how gorgeous we are…" She said flipping her hair and bouncing off the bed and bounding to the closet. Not even a second later she was joined by Hermione and Tanya.
They did what Tanya and Ginny did. Tossing any possible clothes behind them on Hermione's bed.
When they had gone over Hermione's closet 5 times they turned to face the bed. Shirts, skirts, pants, robes, dresses, they all were slung across the room. On the bed, on the floor, on the chairs, everywhere.
Ginny bent over and picked up a shirt a few feet away. "I think we should get everything in one place before we try anything on." She said tossing the shirt back on the bed.
"Allow me." Tanya said whipping out her wand. With a wave and a flick the clothes all started to fold themselves neatly and stacking themselves on the bed.
"OK, now we choose what to wear…" Ginny said. Immediately the girls dove and ruined the neat piles.
Two hours later the room was a complete disaster.
"OK, this one or this one?" Tanya said holding up to outfits in front of Ginny.
Ginny surveyed the choices before picking the black flares with a red top and red heels.
"Hermione!" Ginny said banging on the bathroom door. "Come on! We need to get ready too!"
The chaos continued until 4 that afternoon, when finally the room was picked up and the girls were ready.
The three stood in front of the mirror. Tanya was in a lacey low-cut red tank top with black flare jeans and black robes with red embroidery.
Ginny was in a green and black low-cut V-neck with slit arms, and black jeans, her dress robes were black with some green swirl design on them.
Hermione had a white shirt that had a green color, black pants, and green robes. She had also managed to straighten her hair.
On the way out Ginny took one last glance at the mirror and nodded in satisfaction. She followed the other girls down the stairs. They looked great too. Although something seemed a little familiar about how Hermione looked….but she brushed the problem aside and hurried to catch up to them.
They quickly shrunk their bags and stuffed them in their pockets and went out in to the corridor to meet their dates.
The walked down the corridors with confidence chatting about the latest gossip.
"So…where are we meeting them anyway?" Tanya asked looking around.
"The hall with the tapestry of the first Gryffindor Quidditch team." Hermione answered almost instantly.
"Chris was talking to me about it…" she answered quickly blushing.
"Uh-huh" Tanya and Ginny said in unison then started giggling hysterically. They giggled all the way to the tapestry where all 3 guys were waiting. Hermione went right over to Chris who put his arm around her.
Draco and Mike glanced at each other then back to Ginny and Tanya who were still laughing their heads off, by now they had tears streaming down their faces.
They guys grinned nervously. Draco took a tentive step towards Ginny.
"Um, Ginny?" He began. He got another wave of giggles in a response and a hand flapping out to him for support. Quickly he grabbed her hand and she held onto him doubled over laughing. Mike had stayed where he was an amused look on his face, looking down at Tanya his eyes sparkling with laughter.
Tanya was on her knees by Ginny and Draco was now holding Ginny up. 5 minutes later the laughter subsided and Ginny and Tanya straightened up and fixed their hair.
Mike was still looking amused as he gave Tanya a hug and the three couples headed to the sleepover.
"So…" Mike started looking Tanya, whom his arm was around, and Ginny with Draco who had his arm around his waist, "What exactly were you two laughing at anyway?"
"Well we were laughing at-Wait, Tanya what WERE we laughing at?" Ginny said looking over Draco's shoulder to her."
Tanya looked just as confused, "I think it was just one of those time you know?"
"Yeah…" Ginny replied.
"What kind of times?" Draco asked looking puzzled.
"You've never had those times where you just start laughing and can't stop, and it's for the stupidest reasons?" Ginny asked him looking up at his face.
He shook his head. "Maybe it's a girl thing. They just get the giggles I guess."
"That must be it" Mike agreed, "A girl thing" Then he shook his head and let out a small laugh.
Draco, Ginny, Chris, Hermione, Mike, and Tanya all made their way to the gryffindor tower finally coming to a stop in front of the portrait of the fat lady. Draco, Mike and Chris stepped back a little so the Gryffindor girls could give the password and the portrait swung open on its hinges, and the four entered the Gryffindor tower.
A/N: ok guys, that's it for this chapter, I'm soooo sorry that it took so long!
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