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"He What?!"
"I 'said', he was being civil to me for a change." Ginny was now seated on the sofa next to her brother and was telling him, as well as Hermione, Harry and Seamus- who decided to join the conversation, about what had happened when she had encountered Malfoy in the bathroom earlier that day. "He didn't shout at me, insult me, hell he didn't even bring up the fact that my poor family wont be able to afford a new skirt" –As it was, Ginny didn't have another skirt so she had to send word home to her mother that she had ruined her current one and was in desperate need of a new one; unless she was to suffer the shame of having to borrow her brothers old trousers, which, were 'far' to big for her.
"So what exactly did he say Gin?" Hermione voiced from the armchair by the fire. Harry was sitting on the armrest and seemed quite interested in the answer aswell.
"Well, nothing specific, he just didn't tell me to 'get lost' when I went into the boys toilets"
Ron began to laugh, "Wait....'you' went into the boys toilets. Well that's a new edition to the story."
"Ron stop being so childish" Hermione scowled at her immature boyfriend. "Its not like you've never been in a 'girls' toilet.
Ron stopped laughing and looked at Hermione who was trying her self not to laugh. In Harry's case however, he was finding rather difficult, and almost fell of the armrest trying to control his giggles.
"Don't you laugh Harry, you were there too." Harry now didn't have a problem stopping. He regained his composure and turned to Ginny.
"So why do you think he was being civil. I mean after that prank we pulled today, you'd think he'd be livid with any Gryffindor that crossed his path. I know I'd want to hex them into the next century"
"I don't know. I mean its not like he was being 'nice'. He just wasn't being.....well.......his usual dick head self."
Hermione 'hmphed' and rested her chin on her hands. "You know. Now that I think about it.....when I was in the library last week he wasn't being his usual 'dickhead self' as you put it. Quite the opposite in fact."
"How do you mean?" Ginny asked, rather intrigued.
"Well he sat quite happily at the same table as me while he was doing his charms homework, and when a first year asked him for help reaching a book from the top shelf he obliged. I think he even 'smiled' at her too."
"Whoa." Seamus finally spoke up. "Are we still talking about 'Malfoy'? 'The' Malfoy you guys played that prank on today?"
"Yes Seam....I wonder what's up?" Harry looked confused.
"Maybe we're seeing a new side to Malfoy" Hermione voiced, a small smile playing on her lips.
"Whoa.... hold up there missy...." Ron stood up from his position and knelt down in front of Hermione, grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. "This is 'Malfoy'. M.A.L.F.O.Y. He's not known for being noble, or nice, or sweet, or kind. He's a rich, stuck up, prick who wouldn't even know what the term 'nice' means. To change him, would be like trying to change Voldemort into the Easter bunny. It just doesn't happen. Never has and never will."
"Oh Ron stop shaking me for goodness sake I'm not hoping for a miracle, I'm just saying that 'maybe' he's realising that everything he's put us, and everyone else through in the past was wrong, and he's coming to terms with his mistakes." Ron, Harry and Seamus looked at her as if she had grown a tail. "It could happen." When she received no answer she turned to Ginny who was smiling. "Well Gin...well done for standing up to Malfoy, perhaps we are experiencing a moment that will make history." Hermione didn't even bother looking at the boys as she stood up and left up the girls staircase.
They sat in total silence for a while before Seamus spoke up. "Ron.....no offence, but I think your girlfriends mad."
Harry and Ron laughed.
"Yeah me too mate. Hey Gin," Ron turned to his sister. "Be careful ok. I mean, even if Malfoy is going through a life altering change, he's still Malfoy, and he always will be. Just watch your step."
Ginny, who knew her brother, was only looking out for her smiled and nodded. She then watched as he got up and made his way to the girl's staircase.
"Give it up mate" Seamus shouted at him. "You'll never make it. How many times have you seen me try and 'fail'."
"I know, but it's worth a try." And with that, he ran as fast as he could up the stairs to the girl's dorm. He didn't even get half way up before it turned into the oh so familiar slope and he slide back down it and landed with a thud on the floor right at Ginny's feet.
Ginny was laughing as he got up and rubbed his swollen backside. "There must be a way to stop that from happening. Harry, Seam, we 'have' to solve that little problem before we graduate."
They all shook on it. "Deal" They said in unison.
Ginny left them to mull over how they were going to come up with a way of getting into the girl's dorm, and went to find Hermione. It didn't take her long, as she was sitting on her bed and reading her book. On closer inspection, Ginny read the title, "Pride and Prejudice"
"Any good?" She voiced as she sat down on the bed.
"Yeah ok. It's a bit hard to get into at first but so far its pretty good. This family has 5 daughters and the mother is keen to marry them all off. Jane- the eldest- is very pretty and seems keen on Mr Bingley, while the second eldest- Elizer- is rather head strong and slightly more stubborn and wont settle for just 'any man' that comes along. I'll lend it to you when I'm done."
"Oh yeah...please do"
Hermione closed her book and placed it on her bedside table. "So......what's on your mind Gin?" She queried.
Ginny's head snapped up. "W-what makes you say that?"
Hermione laughed. "Oh...only that you have a funny looking smile playing on your lips and you have had 'all' the way through dinner and ever since we arrived back at the common room."
Ginny blushed and ducked her head. "Oh......right."
Hermione held her chin between her forefinger and her thumb and tilted her head up to face her. "Ginny Weasley.....does this have something to do with a certain...blond Slytherin?"
Ginny's mouth fell open, "Lord no. Are you mad? Of course not."
"It does doesn't it?" Hermione could see right through her.
Ginny dropped her head again and stared at her hands.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Only......a lot. Well, not to Ron or Harry thank god. They are too dense to notice when a girl falls in love. Thankfully. 'I' however am not so dense and yes Ginny, it is obvious. Atleast, it is when you spend your entire mealtime looking across the hall at him, and looking away when he looks in your direction."
Ginny rested her head in her hands. "Oh god what has come over me. Just this morning he was being horrible to me and 'now' I cant take my eyes of him."
Hermione laughed and lifted her head up again to look her in the eye. "Ginny....this is not the end of the world. So you have a crush. Mind you it 'is' on 'Malfoy' of all people but I 'can' see the attraction there. I have seen him when he pulls his oh so seductive smile that makes women weak at the knees, and I'm sure being brought up in a rich family like his he has exceptional manors, and knows how to get what he wants when is comes to women. But listen to me Ginny, none of us have had the...shall we say......lucky fortunes to experience the charms that are Draco Malfoy... so therefore it is difficult for us to say what Malfoy is really like behind his façade. But look at it this way...... If you feel 'anything' for Malfoy, be sure not to jump in there head first. Get to know the 'real' Malfoy first before you end up hurting your self."
Ginny smiled. "Thanks Herm."
"Any time." Hermione smiled back.
Ginny got up from the bed and walked to the door. Before she left, she turned to Hermione and asked: "Do you really think Malfoy is changing...for the better?"
"I'd like to think so. For your sake and mine. Maybe me and Ron will be able to spend a bit of time together with out the usual "Weasel couldn't you have done better than that Mudblood" or "Granger what bad taste you have"" The girls laughed together as Ginny opened the door.
"Oh...by the way....you may want to talk to Ron....he's trying to get up the stairs again. And you know he only does that when he's in the dog house for some reason."
Hermione laughed and stood. "Well.... what can I say, if he puts him self through the pain of the girls stair case I know he must love me." And with that, both girls left together to go put Ron out of his misery.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
"He What?!"
"I 'said', he was being civil to me for a change." Ginny was now seated on the sofa next to her brother and was telling him, as well as Hermione, Harry and Seamus- who decided to join the conversation, about what had happened when she had encountered Malfoy in the bathroom earlier that day. "He didn't shout at me, insult me, hell he didn't even bring up the fact that my poor family wont be able to afford a new skirt" –As it was, Ginny didn't have another skirt so she had to send word home to her mother that she had ruined her current one and was in desperate need of a new one; unless she was to suffer the shame of having to borrow her brothers old trousers, which, were 'far' to big for her.
"So what exactly did he say Gin?" Hermione voiced from the armchair by the fire. Harry was sitting on the armrest and seemed quite interested in the answer aswell.
"Well, nothing specific, he just didn't tell me to 'get lost' when I went into the boys toilets"
Ron began to laugh, "Wait....'you' went into the boys toilets. Well that's a new edition to the story."
"Ron stop being so childish" Hermione scowled at her immature boyfriend. "Its not like you've never been in a 'girls' toilet.
Ron stopped laughing and looked at Hermione who was trying her self not to laugh. In Harry's case however, he was finding rather difficult, and almost fell of the armrest trying to control his giggles.
"Don't you laugh Harry, you were there too." Harry now didn't have a problem stopping. He regained his composure and turned to Ginny.
"So why do you think he was being civil. I mean after that prank we pulled today, you'd think he'd be livid with any Gryffindor that crossed his path. I know I'd want to hex them into the next century"
"I don't know. I mean its not like he was being 'nice'. He just wasn't being.....well.......his usual dick head self."
Hermione 'hmphed' and rested her chin on her hands. "You know. Now that I think about it.....when I was in the library last week he wasn't being his usual 'dickhead self' as you put it. Quite the opposite in fact."
"How do you mean?" Ginny asked, rather intrigued.
"Well he sat quite happily at the same table as me while he was doing his charms homework, and when a first year asked him for help reaching a book from the top shelf he obliged. I think he even 'smiled' at her too."
"Whoa." Seamus finally spoke up. "Are we still talking about 'Malfoy'? 'The' Malfoy you guys played that prank on today?"
"Yes Seam....I wonder what's up?" Harry looked confused.
"Maybe we're seeing a new side to Malfoy" Hermione voiced, a small smile playing on her lips.
"Whoa.... hold up there missy...." Ron stood up from his position and knelt down in front of Hermione, grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. "This is 'Malfoy'. M.A.L.F.O.Y. He's not known for being noble, or nice, or sweet, or kind. He's a rich, stuck up, prick who wouldn't even know what the term 'nice' means. To change him, would be like trying to change Voldemort into the Easter bunny. It just doesn't happen. Never has and never will."
"Oh Ron stop shaking me for goodness sake I'm not hoping for a miracle, I'm just saying that 'maybe' he's realising that everything he's put us, and everyone else through in the past was wrong, and he's coming to terms with his mistakes." Ron, Harry and Seamus looked at her as if she had grown a tail. "It could happen." When she received no answer she turned to Ginny who was smiling. "Well Gin...well done for standing up to Malfoy, perhaps we are experiencing a moment that will make history." Hermione didn't even bother looking at the boys as she stood up and left up the girls staircase.
They sat in total silence for a while before Seamus spoke up. "Ron.....no offence, but I think your girlfriends mad."
Harry and Ron laughed.
"Yeah me too mate. Hey Gin," Ron turned to his sister. "Be careful ok. I mean, even if Malfoy is going through a life altering change, he's still Malfoy, and he always will be. Just watch your step."
Ginny, who knew her brother, was only looking out for her smiled and nodded. She then watched as he got up and made his way to the girl's staircase.
"Give it up mate" Seamus shouted at him. "You'll never make it. How many times have you seen me try and 'fail'."
"I know, but it's worth a try." And with that, he ran as fast as he could up the stairs to the girl's dorm. He didn't even get half way up before it turned into the oh so familiar slope and he slide back down it and landed with a thud on the floor right at Ginny's feet.
Ginny was laughing as he got up and rubbed his swollen backside. "There must be a way to stop that from happening. Harry, Seam, we 'have' to solve that little problem before we graduate."
They all shook on it. "Deal" They said in unison.
Ginny left them to mull over how they were going to come up with a way of getting into the girl's dorm, and went to find Hermione. It didn't take her long, as she was sitting on her bed and reading her book. On closer inspection, Ginny read the title, "Pride and Prejudice"
"Any good?" She voiced as she sat down on the bed.
"Yeah ok. It's a bit hard to get into at first but so far its pretty good. This family has 5 daughters and the mother is keen to marry them all off. Jane- the eldest- is very pretty and seems keen on Mr Bingley, while the second eldest- Elizer- is rather head strong and slightly more stubborn and wont settle for just 'any man' that comes along. I'll lend it to you when I'm done."
"Oh yeah...please do"
Hermione closed her book and placed it on her bedside table. "So......what's on your mind Gin?" She queried.
Ginny's head snapped up. "W-what makes you say that?"
Hermione laughed. "Oh...only that you have a funny looking smile playing on your lips and you have had 'all' the way through dinner and ever since we arrived back at the common room."
Ginny blushed and ducked her head. "Oh......right."
Hermione held her chin between her forefinger and her thumb and tilted her head up to face her. "Ginny Weasley.....does this have something to do with a certain...blond Slytherin?"
Ginny's mouth fell open, "Lord no. Are you mad? Of course not."
"It does doesn't it?" Hermione could see right through her.
Ginny dropped her head again and stared at her hands.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Only......a lot. Well, not to Ron or Harry thank god. They are too dense to notice when a girl falls in love. Thankfully. 'I' however am not so dense and yes Ginny, it is obvious. Atleast, it is when you spend your entire mealtime looking across the hall at him, and looking away when he looks in your direction."
Ginny rested her head in her hands. "Oh god what has come over me. Just this morning he was being horrible to me and 'now' I cant take my eyes of him."
Hermione laughed and lifted her head up again to look her in the eye. "Ginny....this is not the end of the world. So you have a crush. Mind you it 'is' on 'Malfoy' of all people but I 'can' see the attraction there. I have seen him when he pulls his oh so seductive smile that makes women weak at the knees, and I'm sure being brought up in a rich family like his he has exceptional manors, and knows how to get what he wants when is comes to women. But listen to me Ginny, none of us have had the...shall we say......lucky fortunes to experience the charms that are Draco Malfoy... so therefore it is difficult for us to say what Malfoy is really like behind his façade. But look at it this way...... If you feel 'anything' for Malfoy, be sure not to jump in there head first. Get to know the 'real' Malfoy first before you end up hurting your self."
Ginny smiled. "Thanks Herm."
"Any time." Hermione smiled back.
Ginny got up from the bed and walked to the door. Before she left, she turned to Hermione and asked: "Do you really think Malfoy is changing...for the better?"
"I'd like to think so. For your sake and mine. Maybe me and Ron will be able to spend a bit of time together with out the usual "Weasel couldn't you have done better than that Mudblood" or "Granger what bad taste you have"" The girls laughed together as Ginny opened the door.
"Oh...by the way....you may want to talk to Ron....he's trying to get up the stairs again. And you know he only does that when he's in the dog house for some reason."
Hermione laughed and stood. "Well.... what can I say, if he puts him self through the pain of the girls stair case I know he must love me." And with that, both girls left together to go put Ron out of his misery.
