Title: Switching Places Can Be Fun.
Summary: OotP spoilers. Ginny is sick of School when Dumbledore makes learning a bit more fun. G/D and Hr/R.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter Characters. But have fun reading my fic anyways. Mz Marauder
Chapter 2: My Life 2.
I looked at my self in the mirror. I was wearing the usual robe for classes only that now I had a badge. I was Head Boy. But the best part was I got to teach for my first term in my favourite subject, Potions.
I did a double check on my clothes.
'I wonder what Ginny Weasley would think of me?' I thought to myself.
Suddenly my hand shot up and I had slapped my self. You Idiot! She is a Weasley and you're a Malfoy. Get it through your head that you don't belong together.
Ok, ever since fourth term last year Ginny Weasley started to not care what others thought about her. She started wearing clothing that no one would ever dream she would wear. But ever since then I've felt like I have to impress her. Most boys do the same, though. They're always asking her if she needs help and all she does is walk away. I guess that's what you get for coming out of the wall. I mean she was never seen before. She was always just a shadow on the wall, but now she seems so beautiful-
Whoa I shook my head. I was thinking about her again. It's like I always have her on my mind. Like the first day back after dinner, Potter pushed her over and I just happen to be there to catch the beautiful maiden and I might of slipped out that she was a pretty young lady.
I'm so full of myself sometimes. I hate my name. Draco Lucious Malfoy, my father will always be with me, even though I want him dead. But it's ok You-Know-who's rise to power will be the end of him, or me either way I wont be with my father in the end.
I can smile back at the times my dad told me I would always be evil, and at one stage I thought I would get the Dark Mark printed on my skin, but now that I can see light, I don't want to live in hell any more. I have a way to set my soul back on track, but I need a certain someone for that. I'll find a way, a Malfoy always does.
Great I have to be down in the dungeons in 30 minutes. My first class is with sixth year Griffindors and Slytherins. We're going to make a heating potion for a cold day/night.
I got up and left my chambers. Luckily for me I only have to share my room with three other people. And they all do what I say and believe me. I told them we were having breakfast an hour earlier and they believed me.
Some people are so thick.
I met Professor Snape in the dungeons he had already prepared the ingredients for today's lesson. He looked up and saw it was pointed to the board and the piece of chalk at the bottom. I took out me wand. He shook his head. So for once I'd have to do something the muggle way. Oh well, I took out a piece of parchment in which I had written all the instructions down.
By the time I had finished it was time to greet the class.
I stepped out side and straight away caught a glance at Miss Weasley, she had her school robes on but her hair was by her side, curled so they came just past her shoulders. She looked like an angel. Then I remembered she was here to learn and I was here to teach.
"Come inside class, I am Professor Malfoy. Please take a seat in pairs." There was a lot of shuffling around and then silence. Ginny was on her own. I looked around the room. There wasn't another single person in the room.
"Miss Weasley, he said pairs. 20 points will be taken off Gryffindor for not following instructions." Professor Snape announced. Now I know why there're always loosing. Before I would've taken away more points, but it just didn't seem right.
I told the class what to do and told them to get to work. There was a loud scraping noise as all students stoop up to do their work. I walked around answering any questions or helping when it was needed. Most of the class was quite slow at their work, but I noticed a certain red head doing her work as easily as if she was baking.
"Are you always this good in Potions?" I asked her.
Her reply was "I like to get my work done as good as I can. I listen, do the right things and get points taken from doing the work. I did it too well or something like that and end I'll end up turning them into angels if I don't stop and mess up. I'm a Gryffindor, I'm not supposed to listen, I'm supposed to be too good for work and do the wrong thing. At least that's what Professor Snape tells me."
Well that was another thing that I found out about her. And she was so straightforward. She didn't care if Snape heard her.
I looked at her in amazement. She was the first one finished, first to hand in her potion, and first to get homework. Snape reckons she did something wrong, so she had to do an extra essay on potions and how to prepare them. I guess I'm not the only one that is hard on the Gryffindor's.
She got straight down to business and was finished her real homework by the end of the lesson. But since it was a double, lunch was after it and she got up and left straight away.
Dam! I just needed to tell her that she was Beau-. Ok, if I had said that she would've thought I was crazy, she already heard me say it once and I think she thinks it was a dare.
I'm in way over my head. I told myself. Instead of going to lunch I went straight to my common room to lie down. Unfortunately someone else was there too.
"Hello Draco…" A voice was heard as a whisper in the quiet room.
"Um…Hi Pansy" I answered.
"Draky, I've missed you. You've been sooo busy since last year. We didn't get to go out before you went to Scotland" She stated in a whiny voice.
I groaned inwardly. She has had a crush on me for seven years, but she's fat and whinges all the time. I turned around and mumbled a small I've got classes and then left. All I could hear was her screams for me to come back until I had left the tunnel out of the Slytherin tower.
She really bugs me. I said to myself. One day I wont have to put up with her every breakfast, lunch and dinner, and all of the breaks in between classes. But at the moment it won't be now. Unfortunately it wasn't this term.
Well I made it through the first day of teaching. Right now I'm sitting in the Great Hall half an hour early for dinner because I wanted a seat where I could see one girl even if she sat down at either end of the table.
To my luck, she walked in with Granger and sat with her back to me. To my bad luck Potter and her brother were with them too. I was staring at her long enough to forget that Dumbledore had told all student teachers to stand up. I had to be poked in the ribs before I snapped out of it and stood up.
"Congratulations to all student teachers. I hope you had a great first day, but alas, our plans have changed. You will not be teaching again this year…."
I heard Granger say loudly "You can't be serious, I had so much work planed."
"I am very sorry Miss Granger, but we can not run this program if we are running another activity." He paused to let the chatter start and die back down again. "Yes, we will not be having our usual Quidditch teams this year…." Again chatter rose throughout the Hall. "As I was saying, this year we will be doing a thing I like to call Switching houses." He paused, and someone stood up.
"Sir, does this mean we will become another house?" He asked.
"No Mr. Brooks, the whole house will not change houses, just a few specific people. A Ravenclaw could become a Hufflepuff, or a Slytherin or even a Gryffindor." Whispering was heard all through the Hall, I was sure I had dreamt all of this and when I pinched myself I knew I wasn't dreaming.
"We will announce next week who will be moving houses. Thankyou for your time." He sat back down and food appeared on the tables. I was staring at Ginny again.
'I don't mind if she comes into my house.' I thought. She turned around obviously she had felt me staring at her. I looked back down at my food.
Ginny's POV
I could feel someone looking at me, I turned around to see Malfoy shifting his gaze from me to his food.
'He better not come into our house, but I don't mind Ron and Harry leaving. Hermione better stay, she's the only one I can trust.' I thought.
I went back to eating and didn't stay for dessert.
Draco's POV
She may still hate me but she didn't do anything to me during classes, now I can go back to the way I was last year. Mean and Malfoy.
But I can't…. I can never go back until I either have Ginny or get her out of my life forever.
I watched Ginny leave the Great Hall as dessert came on the tables. She left with grace and style.
A/N: Well this is my next chappie done and over with. Sighs thanks so much to Susannah, who reviewed and told me I didn't suck grins and waves you calmed my nerves so much. Anyways, I got the next chapter posted, but it may take a little longer for the next one to come. Ok please review and until next time…
Mz Marauder