Chapter 10
Gryffy Tensions
Ginny woke up early the next morning and she gently and delicately slipped out of Draco's embrace. She kissed him on the forehead and quietly crept out of the room and into the Prefect's bathroom. She quickly left the bathroom and was on her way to the Gryffindor Tower.
Ginny arrived ten minutes later at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" She said in a deep voice.
"Anubis," and the portrait swung open.
"Give it a rest!"
"NO! There is so much to do, so little time! We need to study, write out study schedules. Oh my god, what am I going to do after I finish school! That has to be taken into account. You can't just sit on your ass all day waiting for the N.E.W.T.'s to come! —"
"Yes I can, and I will!"
"Harry, you agree with me don't you?"
"Actually Hermione, I agree with Ron. Give it a rest, it's five in the morning and we want to go to bed."
"Hmph," was Hermione's only response as she stormed past Ginny.
"She's still at it I see," Ginny said annoyed with a touch of amusement.
"Yeah. You know if she tells me or anyone else to do one more thing about the N.E.W.T.'s I'm gonna kill her. But anyways, what are you doing up so early?"
"I had to send an owl," Ginny lied quickly
"Oh all right, well Harry and I are gonna go back to bed," and the two best friends departed.
Ginny went upstairs and slept for a little bit longer and then woke up, got dressed and went down to breakfast with Ron and Harry.
They all sat down and Ginny slowly picked at her food. She looked up and saw Draco looking at her curiously with a tint of sadness in his eyes.
"Here Ron, I know you didn't mean what you said in the Common Room this morning, so I made you a study schedule. It star—"
"I don't care when it starts! I'm not taking it! I am sick and tired of you trying to get me to study and what not and being so bothersome! Hermione, nobody likes you! Go away and study on your own," Rom shouted, the hall went silent.
Hermione looked around the silent hall, "Shh, Ron, don't be so loud. Here just take the schedule and—"
He snatched the schedule out of her hand and set it on fire, then stormed out of the hall amidst applause.
"Where in the hellfire is he going?" Harry said.
"Probably going to go to the library. I'm glad I got through to him," she said happily.
"Yeah, that's where he went," Harry said rolling his eyes and continued eating.
Elsewhere in the castle
"Alohamora," and Harry's trunk sprang open. Ron grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak and marauders map. He put the invisibility cloak on and ran to the statue with the entrance that leads to Honeydukes.
Fifteen minutes later he was out in the small town of Hogsmeade. He had one thing on his mind and with that final thought and a POP, he was in Knockturn Alley.
He looked around the dark dingy alley and found the shop that he wanted and walked inside.
"Hello, how can I be of service to you?"
"I need a bottle of your strongest arsenic."
The man nodded and went over to a shelf and searched through the bottles and pulled one off the shelf.
"Alright, here's one bottle of the strongest arsenic I own, that will be four galleons."
Ron nodded and took out his birthday money, paid for the poison and left.
He walked back out onto the alley and apparated back to Hogsmeade and back into school, but not before buying some of his favorite candy.
Back at school
Ginny made her way to the library to write and essay for Ancient Runes. She grabbed a book called The Message Of The Sphinx by Graham Handcock and Robert Bouval and sat down at a round table. She took out a piece of parchment and opened the book.
After reading several pages she finally had enough information to write her essay on why putting a date to when the Sphinx was created is so difficult. She began writing when she was cast into shadow.
She turned around and smiled, "Hey Drake,"
"Hey Gin. Umm..are you mad at me?" He asked sitting down looking at his hands.
"Yes Draco, I'm so pissed at you that I can't even think straight," She said in mock seriousness, "Of course I'm not mad at you, what made you think that?"
"You were gone this morning and you didn't say goodbye."
"Oh I'm sorry babe. I would have woken you up but it was five A.M. and you looked so peaceful," she said pulling him into a hug.
He smiled, "Well, why did you leave so early?"
"Didn't want to get caught by my brother or Harry by not being in my dorm. They'd flip, but when I got up to the tower Hermione and the guys were already up, and fighting."
"That's great! About what?"
"N.E.W.T.'s. She was pestering them again. Ever since day one she's been trying to get them to study."
"Ah, I see. So whatcha working on?"
"Ancient Runes essay."
"Fun," Draco said sarcastically.
Ginny chuckled and finished up the essay five minutes later and she put the book back.
"So," Draco said.
"So?"
"Want to go outside?"
She looked out the window, "It's raining," she said giggling.
"I know. I love the rain, unless you want to do something else?"
"No, I'd like to go outside," She said standing up.
"After I bring this back to my room," she said motioning to her bag.
He nodded and they walked to Gryffindor Tower. Ginny told Draco to hide in the shadows as to not be seen by Ron, Harry or any other protective friend of hers.
She quickly ran upstairs into her dorm and back down the stairs when she was ambushed.
She was pulled into the 7th year Boy's Dorm and she saw the livid maniacal face of her brother.
"Ron?"
"Ginny," he said with a maniacal laugh.
"Ron what's wrong with you?"
Ron pulled out the bottle of arsenic.
"Oh dear Ron, where did you get that?" Ginny said backing up in fear.
"Don't worry sis, it's not for you, it's for the one which brings up the subject of N.E.W.T.'s every second," he said laughing again.
"YOU'RE GOING TO POISON HERMIONE?" Ginny shouted.
"Shh! I don't want her to hear. You have to keep it secret. I start tonight!" With that Ron disappeared out the door and out the portrait hole.
Ginny walked back to Draco stunned.
"What is it?" Draco said looking at Ginny's face that was mixed with several different emotions.
"N-Nothing, let's just go," she said putting what had just happened into the back of her mind.
"..Okay."
They walked outside and played in the rain. They had a mud fight and ended up mud wrestling. Ginny laughed as Draco tried to get the muck out of his hair and he growled at her jokingly.
They walked back up to the school and quickly walked to the prefect's bathroom to shower before dinner.
The second the mud was on the ground Filch was on it like flies on a fresh piece of poo. He followed Ginny and Draco but never caught them. Sighing Filch went to get his cleaning supplies to clean up their mess. Not knowing who made it so he assumed it was the first kid he met, which happened to be Hermione. He took off 50 points from Gryffindor and she ran off to her Common Room crying.
Meanwhile Draco and Ginny were having a water fight, Ginny in her bra and underwear and Draco in his boxers. They had thrown their cloths into the pool-sized tub and filled it up and let them soak.
"DRACO! NO! DON'T YOU DARE! –"Splash
A very angry Ginny popped out of the foam and bubbles glaring daggers at her boyfriend. She jumped out of the water, chased him around the bathroom, into his room around his common room back into the bathroom where he slipped into the bathtub.
He popped up laughing and grabbed Ginny's hands pulling her into the tub with him.
He looked at her deeply before he kissed her.
They then began to clean up helping each other with tender kisses and soft caresses.
Ginny looked up at a clock in the bathroom and summoned a towel and got out of the tub and grabbing a towel for Draco and he too got out.
"You want to barrow some cloths?" he said toweling his hair with another towel. "Yeah, sure."
They both wrapped the towels around themselves and walked into Draco's Dorm.
He handed her a pair of his pants that were only slightly baggy on her and a black t-shirt.
She put a drying spell on her bra and underwear and put his cloths on.
He quickly changed and summoned their wet cloths from the tub and he hung them up in front of the fire.
They walked down to the Great Hall together and in the shadows they kiss each other before entering.
Hermione was happy sipping at her pumpkin juice not knowing about the poison that lay within as she talked happily with Ron and Harry. Ron had apologized to Hermione and they were getting along happily now.
Ginny sat down and began to eat.
As time went on Hermione started to feel a bit sick. She told Ron and Harry and they insisted on taking her back to the Common Room.
She was saying something about having a metallic taste in her mouth and how it was watering a lot.
They said that they would go research it in the library right away as they tucked Hermione in after 15 minutes of trying to get up the stairs that they finally got up.
Harry was about to walk out the portrait hole when Ron stopped him pulling out a bottle grinning maniacally and Harry realized and smirked.
Finally we're going to be rid of her! Harry thought happily.
Gryffy Tensions
Ginny woke up early the next morning and she gently and delicately slipped out of Draco's embrace. She kissed him on the forehead and quietly crept out of the room and into the Prefect's bathroom. She quickly left the bathroom and was on her way to the Gryffindor Tower.
Ginny arrived ten minutes later at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" She said in a deep voice.
"Anubis," and the portrait swung open.
"Give it a rest!"
"NO! There is so much to do, so little time! We need to study, write out study schedules. Oh my god, what am I going to do after I finish school! That has to be taken into account. You can't just sit on your ass all day waiting for the N.E.W.T.'s to come! —"
"Yes I can, and I will!"
"Harry, you agree with me don't you?"
"Actually Hermione, I agree with Ron. Give it a rest, it's five in the morning and we want to go to bed."
"Hmph," was Hermione's only response as she stormed past Ginny.
"She's still at it I see," Ginny said annoyed with a touch of amusement.
"Yeah. You know if she tells me or anyone else to do one more thing about the N.E.W.T.'s I'm gonna kill her. But anyways, what are you doing up so early?"
"I had to send an owl," Ginny lied quickly
"Oh all right, well Harry and I are gonna go back to bed," and the two best friends departed.
Ginny went upstairs and slept for a little bit longer and then woke up, got dressed and went down to breakfast with Ron and Harry.
They all sat down and Ginny slowly picked at her food. She looked up and saw Draco looking at her curiously with a tint of sadness in his eyes.
"Here Ron, I know you didn't mean what you said in the Common Room this morning, so I made you a study schedule. It star—"
"I don't care when it starts! I'm not taking it! I am sick and tired of you trying to get me to study and what not and being so bothersome! Hermione, nobody likes you! Go away and study on your own," Rom shouted, the hall went silent.
Hermione looked around the silent hall, "Shh, Ron, don't be so loud. Here just take the schedule and—"
He snatched the schedule out of her hand and set it on fire, then stormed out of the hall amidst applause.
"Where in the hellfire is he going?" Harry said.
"Probably going to go to the library. I'm glad I got through to him," she said happily.
"Yeah, that's where he went," Harry said rolling his eyes and continued eating.
Elsewhere in the castle
"Alohamora," and Harry's trunk sprang open. Ron grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak and marauders map. He put the invisibility cloak on and ran to the statue with the entrance that leads to Honeydukes.
Fifteen minutes later he was out in the small town of Hogsmeade. He had one thing on his mind and with that final thought and a POP, he was in Knockturn Alley.
He looked around the dark dingy alley and found the shop that he wanted and walked inside.
"Hello, how can I be of service to you?"
"I need a bottle of your strongest arsenic."
The man nodded and went over to a shelf and searched through the bottles and pulled one off the shelf.
"Alright, here's one bottle of the strongest arsenic I own, that will be four galleons."
Ron nodded and took out his birthday money, paid for the poison and left.
He walked back out onto the alley and apparated back to Hogsmeade and back into school, but not before buying some of his favorite candy.
Back at school
Ginny made her way to the library to write and essay for Ancient Runes. She grabbed a book called The Message Of The Sphinx by Graham Handcock and Robert Bouval and sat down at a round table. She took out a piece of parchment and opened the book.
After reading several pages she finally had enough information to write her essay on why putting a date to when the Sphinx was created is so difficult. She began writing when she was cast into shadow.
She turned around and smiled, "Hey Drake,"
"Hey Gin. Umm..are you mad at me?" He asked sitting down looking at his hands.
"Yes Draco, I'm so pissed at you that I can't even think straight," She said in mock seriousness, "Of course I'm not mad at you, what made you think that?"
"You were gone this morning and you didn't say goodbye."
"Oh I'm sorry babe. I would have woken you up but it was five A.M. and you looked so peaceful," she said pulling him into a hug.
He smiled, "Well, why did you leave so early?"
"Didn't want to get caught by my brother or Harry by not being in my dorm. They'd flip, but when I got up to the tower Hermione and the guys were already up, and fighting."
"That's great! About what?"
"N.E.W.T.'s. She was pestering them again. Ever since day one she's been trying to get them to study."
"Ah, I see. So whatcha working on?"
"Ancient Runes essay."
"Fun," Draco said sarcastically.
Ginny chuckled and finished up the essay five minutes later and she put the book back.
"So," Draco said.
"So?"
"Want to go outside?"
She looked out the window, "It's raining," she said giggling.
"I know. I love the rain, unless you want to do something else?"
"No, I'd like to go outside," She said standing up.
"After I bring this back to my room," she said motioning to her bag.
He nodded and they walked to Gryffindor Tower. Ginny told Draco to hide in the shadows as to not be seen by Ron, Harry or any other protective friend of hers.
She quickly ran upstairs into her dorm and back down the stairs when she was ambushed.
She was pulled into the 7th year Boy's Dorm and she saw the livid maniacal face of her brother.
"Ron?"
"Ginny," he said with a maniacal laugh.
"Ron what's wrong with you?"
Ron pulled out the bottle of arsenic.
"Oh dear Ron, where did you get that?" Ginny said backing up in fear.
"Don't worry sis, it's not for you, it's for the one which brings up the subject of N.E.W.T.'s every second," he said laughing again.
"YOU'RE GOING TO POISON HERMIONE?" Ginny shouted.
"Shh! I don't want her to hear. You have to keep it secret. I start tonight!" With that Ron disappeared out the door and out the portrait hole.
Ginny walked back to Draco stunned.
"What is it?" Draco said looking at Ginny's face that was mixed with several different emotions.
"N-Nothing, let's just go," she said putting what had just happened into the back of her mind.
"..Okay."
They walked outside and played in the rain. They had a mud fight and ended up mud wrestling. Ginny laughed as Draco tried to get the muck out of his hair and he growled at her jokingly.
They walked back up to the school and quickly walked to the prefect's bathroom to shower before dinner.
The second the mud was on the ground Filch was on it like flies on a fresh piece of poo. He followed Ginny and Draco but never caught them. Sighing Filch went to get his cleaning supplies to clean up their mess. Not knowing who made it so he assumed it was the first kid he met, which happened to be Hermione. He took off 50 points from Gryffindor and she ran off to her Common Room crying.
Meanwhile Draco and Ginny were having a water fight, Ginny in her bra and underwear and Draco in his boxers. They had thrown their cloths into the pool-sized tub and filled it up and let them soak.
"DRACO! NO! DON'T YOU DARE! –"Splash
A very angry Ginny popped out of the foam and bubbles glaring daggers at her boyfriend. She jumped out of the water, chased him around the bathroom, into his room around his common room back into the bathroom where he slipped into the bathtub.
He popped up laughing and grabbed Ginny's hands pulling her into the tub with him.
He looked at her deeply before he kissed her.
They then began to clean up helping each other with tender kisses and soft caresses.
Ginny looked up at a clock in the bathroom and summoned a towel and got out of the tub and grabbing a towel for Draco and he too got out.
"You want to barrow some cloths?" he said toweling his hair with another towel. "Yeah, sure."
They both wrapped the towels around themselves and walked into Draco's Dorm.
He handed her a pair of his pants that were only slightly baggy on her and a black t-shirt.
She put a drying spell on her bra and underwear and put his cloths on.
He quickly changed and summoned their wet cloths from the tub and he hung them up in front of the fire.
They walked down to the Great Hall together and in the shadows they kiss each other before entering.
Hermione was happy sipping at her pumpkin juice not knowing about the poison that lay within as she talked happily with Ron and Harry. Ron had apologized to Hermione and they were getting along happily now.
Ginny sat down and began to eat.
As time went on Hermione started to feel a bit sick. She told Ron and Harry and they insisted on taking her back to the Common Room.
She was saying something about having a metallic taste in her mouth and how it was watering a lot.
They said that they would go research it in the library right away as they tucked Hermione in after 15 minutes of trying to get up the stairs that they finally got up.
Harry was about to walk out the portrait hole when Ron stopped him pulling out a bottle grinning maniacally and Harry realized and smirked.
Finally we're going to be rid of her! Harry thought happily.