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OK. Enough celebrating. Let's get back to work.

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The bell in their history class rang, and all the students fled to the quad. They caught the sight of Rachel, who was walking with another girl.

"What class is it now?" Ginny whispered to Rachel. She smiled. "It's break time. We call it brunch." Rachel put her back pack down. She beckoned to Ginny and Draco. "Here, I want to introduce you to some people I know." She brought them over to three girls who were talking and giggling every second.

"Hey guys. This is Draco and Ginny. They're the 2 guys from London. This is Flora, Nicole and Anna." She waved over the 3 girls, one with a curly mass of shiny red hair, one with a short blonde bob, and Anna had wavy blond hair. They giggled, looking at Draco, and waved slightly.

Then, they met Howard and Danny. They were fooling around, talking fake paparazzi shots from the rosebush. "You guys… stop it." Rachel laughed, and they turned around grinning. Howard came over.

"So… we meet again. I sit in front of you in lit, remember?" He gazed at Ginny with his mysterious eyes.

"Howard, don't pick on her." Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Me? How can I do such thing to such a pretty little girl?" Howard and Danny fell into fits of laughter. Danny looked over. He sort of resembled Ron; he was tall and had bright red hair. The only difference was that he was a bit more built and had black piercing eyes. He examined her seductively. "Ah… those British girls." Rachel groaned and took her away. From the corner of her eye, she saw them meet up with Draco. They exclaimed something, glancing at Ginny, and Draco doubled over with laughter.

"Forget them. Those two are the most idiotic guys ever. They've dated more than half of the girls in the school, breaking each one's heart. Still, they make us laugh and they can be pretty nice." Rachel added, "But… they never are." Ginny grinned as she met another group of guys. They were more polite and mature. Still, she couldn't stop finding Howard's secret in his emerald eyes…

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By the end of brunch, Ginny met almost all the people in Rachel's little group. She was new to the whole muggle school idea, but it came very obviously to her that the group that she hung out with was the elite popular kids. Other small cliques watched their group with a hint of jealousy.

Despite the rowdy guys, Ginny got to know some decent people, like Guy, Tina, Hugh, and Flora. They seemed to be the least sluttiest and the most mature and polite.

During Lunch, Draco whispered across the table to Rachel, "Does Mr. Dumbledore know that we have wands in our back packs?"

Rachel glanced around and shrugged. "Probably not. But I bet Professor Dumbledore already warned him that you guys might have it. I would keep it safe if I were you. Use some vanishing charm or something."

Draco nodded and added. "Oh, I'm coming home late today. I'm hanging out with some guys. Is that alright?"

"But I'm coming late too! I have cheer practice…" They turned to Ginny. They didn't want her to be alone. "Hey, Ginny. Do you want to go shopping with Flora, Tina and Waverly? They said they were going today… So you don't have to be home all alone."

Ginny was shocked. "But… I already have so many clothes!!"

Rachel laughed. "It never hurts to have more, does it? Nah… you don't need to buy anything… just go and check out how the American malls are like. What do you say?"

"Er… I guess its okay."

"Great. Hey, Tina! You don't mind if you take Ginny shopping with you, right?" Tina shook her head. "That's great! Meet us in front of the school, Ginny!"

"Hey… How come they get Ginny, and we don't." Howard leaned over their side of the table. Rachel rolled her eyes. "Howard. Don't be silly… I'm sure it's a guy's night out." Howard grinned and mumbled something to Draco, making him laugh. The two of them stumbled out to the quad with Danny, looking for mischief.

Rachel sighed. Ginny whispered, "Um… Rachel? Who's Waverly? I haven't met her yet." Rachel smiled. "Waverly? She's ONLY my best friend," she said, waving to the girl across the table.

The girl waved back. Ginny was wrong. She had met her in her lit class. It was the blond girl who asked her what school she had gone to.

"And… Exactly what IS cheer?" she whispered.

"Oh. I forgot you were new to the whole thing. Cheer is a group of girls and guys who go to games for sports and cheer their team on. It's really cool. You should try!" Rachel looked at her. Hm… yeah. I can tell you've worked out some how. I've heard you had brothers?" Ginny nodded. "What else do you do?"

"Quidditch."

Rachel smirked at the response. "Chaser?"

Ginny bobbed her head. "How did you know? You know Quidditch?"

"ER… sort of. My mom's a witch… she's talked about it before. I've been to a game once. It's a bit complicated though."

"Hey! Rachel! Come play with us!" A guy named Ben had joined Howard, Draco, and Danny.

"Yeah! The pretty girl next to you has been hogging you all day!" Danny laughed.

"We're having a party!" The guys hooted and ran off again without an answer from Rachel.

Flora cut in. "Speaking of parties… You going to the Perkins' party?" Rachel shrugged. "Probably… I'll have to go, won't I? You know Patricia… she'll bug the hell out of me."

"Yeah… Hey, Ginny. You want to come too? Everyone was invited… and I guess you're one of us now, right? Cute skirt by the way. It really matches you" Ginny smiled.

For the first time that day, Ginny didn't feel so lonely.

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"…and your periodic table is due on Wednesday. Remember that. Class dismissed." The chairs scraped on the ground and all the students rushed out of the chemistry class.

Ginny carefully took her books and was about to walk out when someone grabbed her wrist and led her to a dark hallway.

'Oh my god. This hasn't happened to me since my fifth year…' Ginny was about to scream, when a hand covered her strawberry lips.

Her back collided with an icy cold brick wall, and she met her attacker.

Attacker… it was Howard.

(A/N: was going to leave it here… but it was a cheesy chapter, so I didn't think you deserved it for having to go through the whole damn thing.)

"Scared?"

'Scared? SCARED? WELL, OF COURSE I'M SCARED!' she screamed in her head.

"Look, Ginny. I don't want you to get the wrong impression of me. But I wanted some time alone and you were always tagging after Rachel or Tina or Flora." He stared into her scared brown eyes. He let go. "See? I don't want to hurt you."

"I only want you."

"Forget them. Those two are the most idiotic guys ever. They've dated more than half of the girls in the school, breaking each one's heart." Rachel's words rang in Ginny's head as he leaned in and was about to kiss her.

"When you come back, which I suppose won't be for another year or five, then I'll think about 'us' again, but for now, there is no 'us.'" Then, Harry's hurtful words haunted her again.

'Maybe Howard is not such a bad guy after all.' She shook that out of her head. His lips were only an inch away.

"When you come back, which I suppose won't be for another year or five, then I'll think about 'us' again, but for now, there is no 'us.'" That had hurt. It had broken her heart into pieces.

'Do it as revenge?' she thought. The idea lingered.

His lips brushed against hers. It was not passion that he was using to seduce her, it was anticipation and suspense. The lips trailed down to her jaw, then made its way to her ear. He slipped his arms around her waist.

"Think about that one." He whispered.

'Your hair smells like apples.' She thought.

Everything was silent. Even though Howard had not fully kissed her, she felt a stronger connection between them compared to any other guy. He was certainly the seducer. No wonder he had gotten that many girls…

Howard let go. He brushed some hair out of her sweaty forehead.

"Hey, How-" a voice broke the quiet atmosphere.

The two students turned. They faced an incredibly dumbfounded

"Draco! Hey, my man. I was just clearing up on some things with the pretty girl. You ready to go?" There was no response.

"Well, Ginny, I'll catch you whenever. If you need help, my number's in the book. Ask Rachel too. She's pretty cool." He winked.

"Yeah, I'll warm up my baby, come out to the lot, Draco." He twirled a chain of keys on his finger and scurried off.

'I. was. almost. caught. by. Draco.' Ginny leaned against the wall. A fury of thoughts ran across her head. It was only the first day of school, and already, everything was so complicated.

She locked a stare with Draco. He looked torn between 2 things. Of course. Howard, or Ginny. He bit his lips.

'Should I ask Ginny what happened? Or just trust Howard and run off. What if it hurts her feelings to leave her when she needs someone?' he looked at Ginny. He racked his brain.

'WHAT DO I DO?? WHY IS THE MUGGLE WORLD SO COMPLICATED?!'

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'AH!!!!!!! WHY IS THIS CHAPTER SO STUPID!!' thought youngwriter56.

I AM SOOOO SORRY for the WORST CHAPTER EVER!! It was so cheesily written!! I'm so disappointed in myself, that I couldn't write any better!! I'm so so so sorry! Kill me when you review or something!! I'm sorrrry!! Forgive me!!

And PLEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEE GIVE ME IDEAS FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER. I HAVE NO IDEA. ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. I'M SERIOUS!!

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