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Chapter 5 (The Ice Starts to Melt)
Draco woke up the next morning way before any of the other morons in his dorm. He rolled his eyes to their loud, obnoxious snoring and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
He walked out feeling refreshed, only to find that the buffoons were STILL asleep! He shook his head at their laziness and gathered his books in his bag and walked down to the Great Hall to eat breakfast.
As soon as he sat down at the Slytherin table, Draco scanned the Gryffindor table for a certain redhead, but couldn't find her. 'Well,' he thought. 'I guess she's still at the hospital wing. N-not that it matters to me or anything, I-I just… Oh my God, this is pathetic! I'm making excuses to myself! Certainly I can tell MYSELF the truth of how I feel?!' He could have sworn he was going crazy. Draco just shook his head and went to his first class.
At the end of the day, Draco decided to drop by and visit Ginny real quick before going to dinner. When he got to the hospital wing, Ginny was asleep. He didn't want to wake her up, but didn't feel like going to dinner right now either, so he just sat down next to her on the bed.
He was sitting next to her when Ginny's friend, Amy, walked into the wing. As soon as she saw Ginny, she rushed over and sat down on the other side of her friend. They both sat there for a little while, both staring at the sleeping Ginny.
Finally, Amy broke the silence. "Wow, look at all these sweets here! You know, I don't think she'll care too much if I, oh, you know, just, um, borrow some?" And with that, Amy grabbed a chocolate frog, unwrapped it, and bit off its head. Amy started laughing, and a short time after, Draco joined in.
Amy picked up another chocolate frog and tossed it to Draco. "I don't think she'll mind too much if the guy who saved her life, cough, borrowed, cough, one either!" Then they both started laughing again.
Amy took a good look at this new, laughing Draco in front of her. She had never really seen Malfoy laugh like this. It was new to her, and, frankly, she liked it. Draco and Ginny would make such a cute couple…
Ginny woke in the hospital wing to the sound of quiet voices. One was a male and the other a female. She figured it was either Potty and the hermit crab, or Ron and the hermit crab.
Either way, she rolled over and was about to tell them to go away when she was suddenly facing none other than Draco Malfoy! (Ha! What a surprise! NOT!) She rolled over to the other side and found Amy. Was she the one talking to Malfoy? It had to be her, Ginny knew that voice better than even her mom's. But, wait, Amy talking politely to Malfoy?! It just didn't happen! She couldn't believe it! So, that meant that either Amy had betrayed her and was conversing politely with the enemy without even hinting an insult, or Malfoy was actually a good guy. Ginny doubted the last one, but she didn't really like the first one. Both meant a WHOLE lot of explanations.
"Hey guys," she said, still facing Amy. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Nothing," Amy said. "Just talking about you, ya know, the usual."
Ginny laughed. Amy always knew how to make her laugh just when she needed to. She turned to Draco with an accusing stare.
"So what are you doing here?"
"Well, just like your little friend over there said. Just talking about you!" Ginny gave him a look as if to say, 'Ha ha, very funny,' and turned back to Amy.
"What time is it? What day is it? How long have I been asleep?" Then, turning to Draco, she said accusingly, "And what was that stuff you stuffed down my throat? It was bloody awful!"
"Ginny, Ginny, chill down girl!" Amy said. "It's Friday, about dinner time, and you really haven't been asleep that long considering the fact there was some sleeping potion in the potion Malfoy over there stuffed down your throat. It was the only way they could get you to shut up. But, truthfully, I'm proud of you. You fought well. Your next lesson will be on knowing when to fight and when you will just get whooped if you fight."
Ginny turned over to face Draco again and saw a look in his eyes that she really hadn't seen before. His eyes were laughing! Sure, he wasn't, but his eyes definitely were! She also noticed something else in them when he looked at her. Was it relief? But then, just as quick as they were let down, his walls were suddenly up again, and she couldn't read his expressions like an open book like she could before.
He opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly, her bloody brother walked into the hospital wing, looked for her, found Malfoy sitting down next to her on her bed, and stomped over there, now completely pissed off.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING NEXT TO MY BABY SISTER WHEN YOU ARE THE ONE THAT CAUSED HER TO BE HERE?!!!!!!" he screamed. Ginny thought he needed some anger management classes. His ears sure were red.
Just then, Madame Pomfrey charged in, yelling at Ron to be quiet, and telling him to go away. Finally, she shoved him out, and closed and locked the door.
At this lovely entertainment, the three were cracking up, because they thought it was the funniest thing in the world.
After a while, Madame Pomfrey unlocked the door, opened it slowly, and discovered Ron wasn't there anymore. She sighed in relief and walked back to her back office.
The three were still laughing when Harry and the hermit crab walked in, looking for Ginny. When they spotted her, the two walked over, and when they two beds away, Amy stood up, motioned to Draco to do the same, and walked over to where Harry and the hermit crab were standing and blocked the two from getting any closer to Ginny. Amy didn't like either of them for completely different reasons than the reasons why Draco hated the two, but neither of them would let Harry or the hermit crab anywhere near Ginny. Amy didn't want Ginny to get hurt again, and Draco just didn't like either of them.
Harry was furious that they wouldn't let them see Ginny, and the hermit crab was just furious and indignant. Neither of them could believe the injustice in this. Harry became furious, and Ginny could tell he was about to flip his lid and start to scream, so she called for Madame Pomfrey. The matron came rushing in instantly, and after checking up on Ginny, told the four to go away so Ginny could sleep.
"Could I have just five minutes with Ginny real quick? Please?" Amy said.
"Fine! But just you, the rest of you three, out, out, out! There's been too much yelling going on around here! You three, go! And you only get five minutes!"
"Thank you," Amy said smiling. She walked over to Ginny's bed after everyone left, and pulled out a mirror.
"Here you go girl. See? I told you I would get us a couple of two-way mirrors! Well, anyway, you know what to do. You just look into the mirror and say, 'Amy,' and I'm there! Gasp! It's like magic!" she said, laughing. Once again, Amy had Ginny bent over with laughter, tears in her eyes. She just acted so strange, Ginny couldn't help but crack up.
"Hey, if it's magic, then where's your hat? You know, your magician's hat?!" Ginny asked. Amy had a magician's hat in her dorm room, and loved to use it, too. She thought it was the most hilarious thing in the world. Amy always found it hilarious when muggles attempted to use magic.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to bring it to today's show! Gee, how irresponsible of me! You know, I wont make a very good magician if I forget my hat all the time! But don't worry my fans, I will bring it to tomorrow's show." Laughing, Amy bent down to give Ginny a hug. "Well, Mother will be in here soon to shoo me away, so I guess I better get going. See you tomorrow! Bye!" And with that, Amy turned around, waved good-bye one last time, and left through the door.
Ginny sighed. It was going to be a long, boring night. She groaned and turned off her bedside light.
That night, Ginny couldn't get Draco out of her dreams, and yet, all of her dreams were wonderfully pleasant.
