11. Crush
Ahh, crush, ahhh
I see ya blowin' me a kiss
It doesn't take a scientist
To understand what's going on baby
If you see something in my eye
Let's not over analyze
Don't go too deep with it baby
So let it be what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here's what I'll do
I'll play loose
Run like we have a day with destiny
It's just a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do depends on you
Sha-la-la-la, Sha-la-la-la
It's raising my adrenaline
You're banging on a heart of tin
Please don't make too much of it baby
You say the word "forevermore"
That's not what I'm looking for
All I can commit to is "maybe"
So let it be what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here's what I'll do
I'll pay loose
Run like we have a day with destiny
It's just a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do depends on you
Sha-la-la-la, Sha-la-la-la
Vanilla skies (vanilla skies)
White picket fences in your eyes
A vision of you and me
It's just a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do depends on you
Sha-la-la-la
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing
Not like everything I do depends on you
Sha-la-la-la
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing
Not like everything I do
Depends on you
- Jennifer Paige (gorgeous, stunning and most underrated singer)
Ginny spun around in circles, her arms held out, the invisible hands of the wind whipping through her hair, her skirt flaring out around her.
She was spinning faster and faster, her pulse racing beyond control, waiting for the wind to finally lift her up and carry her away, up into the air.
The wind did not catch her but two strong lithe arms did.
She had stopped spinning but her pulse was still racing and she felt incredibly giddy as if she was still spinning.
She stared up into the face of the person who had caught her in his arms.
Unexpected was the first word that popped in her head she looked up and saw the face of Draco Malfoy.
Ginny sat up with a jolt, the memory of her dream painfully etched in her mind.
Oh No. Oh no oh no. Oh no oh no oh no.
Ginny thought to herself as she pulled her knees up to her chest.
How in the world had this happened? What was going on? Dreaming about Malfoy was positively lethal to her mental state.
She needed a drink to calm herself. Maybe a nice warm cup of hot chocolate would do the trick.
She knew just the place to go: the kitchens, with house elves ready and willing to serve her.
(Never mind what Hermione said about them, she was probably too busy with Ron to care about such things now - they had finally gotten together, much to Harry's relief.)
Ginny pulled her robes over her incongruous looking, over sized t-shirt that had belonged to Charlie many years back. She slipped on the invisible cloak, before making her way towards the kitchens.
After tickling the pear, she stepped into the spacious kitchens.
She leaned against the counter; waiting for her hot chocolate when the door opened and the main character of her dreams stepped in, clad in his dark silken robes.
He stopped short at the sight of her, bedraggled and bright eyed, clutching her robes tightly around her body.
He nodded politely at her before asking the house elf who had run up him to bring him a flask of hot coffee and few cinnamon rolls.
Ginny stood stock still, watching him bend down and talk to the elf, with his regality and noble bearing ever-present.
As Draco straightened up, she could not help but stare at the flash of pale, yet taut looking flesh as his robes revealed his upper chest.
She tore her eyes away, willing herself to look at anything but him.
It was good that she did so - if not, she would have noticed him studying her with an unnervingly acute gaze, almost admiring at that. She did not feel his eyes on her – touring, analyzing, assessing.
The elf came back with Draco's cinnamon rolls, and told him that his coffee would take a moment.
Ginny noticed the disapproving look on the elf's face as he mentioned the inefficiency of the elf in charge of the drinks.
She stifled a giggle as the elf scurried off and Draco turned to look at her, only to find her lips pressed together in a supreme effort to stop herself from laughing.
"You must pity the elves since have such a high demand on themselves," Draco stated, with mock somberness.
Ginny stared at him, her laughter forgotten. She could not help concurring with his statement.. Her heart was doing that heart attack thing again.
She watched Draco bite into his cinnamon rolls; their smell was mouthwatering. Draco caught the look on her face – blatant, almost lustful, greed.
"Want one?" He offered, smirking yet indulgence in his voice and gesture.
Ginny hesitated before her hunger debilitated her pride and she relented, nodding.
"Thank you," Ginny murmured, biting into the cinnamon roll, and savoring its melting sensation in her mouth.
Draco watched her as she ate; the delightful fascination on her face with each tiny bite she took, captivated him.
She was like cinnamon, he decided after a moment. Sweet and tangy all at once; fulfilling but making you want more, no matter how much you had already had. Her eyes were the same color as well.
The elf came back with their drinks, and they both took their respective mugs and left, going their separate ways.
"Luna, Can I talk to you?"
Luna, who had been walking out of the Great Hall with Colin beside her, looked up, startled at the sight of handsome, yet worried looking Jake standing in front of her.
Ginny, she knew, was in the library – so what did her boyfriend want to talk to her about?
Luna exchanged quizzical looks with Colin before glancing back at Jake, frowning.
"Yes, what is it?" She asked him critically.
"It's about Ginny," he started, his forehead creased with worry.
Luna nodded, indicating for him to go on.
"She's been rather dreamy and distant this week. Do you know what's wrong? She tells me that it's nothing, but I feel, and know, that there's something more, and you're the only people she would talk to, about it," he insisted, an expectant look on his face, as he waited for his girlfriend's best friends' verdict.
Luna's eyes narrowed warily.
She had just been telling Colin the exact thing, but unlike the ignorant Jake, she and Colin had a vague idea behind Ginny's sudden restlessness.
To share it with Jake, would be undoubtedly dimwitted.
Luna glanced at Colin and they both came to a mutual and unspoken agreement that Jake should not know the real reason.
"It's the N.E.W.T.S, Jake – nothing to worry about," She smiled at him, reassuringly and Jake nodded, a tad placated.
"That's what I thought. Thanks," he flashed them his pearly whites before going off to what, Luna presumed. would be the library.
The boy seemed crazy about Ginny, but sadly, he was not what Ginny wanted, or even needed.
Colin and Luna were silent for a while, as they made their way up the stairs, each swamped in their own thoughts about their best friend.
"Then it's true. She must like someone else," Colin broke their silence, deciding to voice his thoughts.
"More specifically, Malfoy," Luna murmured, a wistful look on her face.
"How can you be so sure?" Colin asked.
"That day when he told her that he had given her the invisibility cloak changed everything," Luna explained,
"It was my fault, making her ask him – I should have known better, but I never really expected…" Luna trailed off, a look of utter regret and guilt on her face.
"Hopefully, it won't last long – like her infatuation with Harry," Colin suggested in an attempt to pacify her.
Luna looked at him doubtfully.
She could already sense that there was something a bit more precocious about this situation, especially since Ginny was no twelve-year-old.
A/N:
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Thanks to my darlingest beta reader Shauna
And my other beta reader Kat!
Let me see soo much to say..no idea where to start…
You guys must not underestimate Jake..that is all that I can say.. I know the sweet nice guys like him..this is my hint – still waters run deep..nobody's perfect and everyone has their itsy bitsy flaws…
I am so sorry I took so long..my dad kinda left me, my mum and my sister..so we have been going through some rough times as a family..but I am back and rocking!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good..haha..you guys are so cute and encouraging..you make me want to write forever..quit school and just write fanfic..sigh..what a fantasy..
Hope you liked this chapter..I know I did..Ginny beginning to see Draco a bit more than just as Draco…
My lovelife's just a confusing as Ginny's ..worst since there seems to be no reciprocation..but that's just me and my screwed up love life..
Trust me Ginny has a lot in store for her.so watch out…
Here's a sneakie peekie-
"Sit," he murmured, his voice naturally commanding. Ginny complied and slipped off her cloak to settle down beside him in the soft grass. Her knees brushed against his as she sat cross-legged.
"It's going to rain," she said.
"Yes it is."
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