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Chapter 2

Later that evening, Ginny sat in the common room, her index finger gently placed on her lips, remembering that Draco had kissed her earlier. She was wondering if he would really succeed in his plans, and if he did how he would do it. It was a scary thought, and one Ginny wasn't about to have come true. She hated that scum, that dirt bag, that piece of trash. He was a Malfoy, and all Weasleys hated all Malfoys and vise versa.

Staring into the fire, and sitting in her favorite chair, Ginny sighed and looked around. It was Friday night, and no doubt a lot of students were off on the grounds having fun. It was only around 7 now, and curfew on the weekends wasn't for a good 3 hours, then came the curfew to go to your common rooms, which wouldn't be for another 5. In the common room, however, there were a few first years playing chess, two actually playing and 3 watching. Ginny smiled, and tried to think of something to do. She was 16-years-old and had been in this castle for so long, but she couldn't think of a single thing to occupy her time. This was just pathetic.

She stood up and stretched out a bit, then made her way up to the girl's dorm to go put on some make up and other clothes, deciding to go out and have a little fun. She put on some eyeliner, which was about all she wore, and dressed in a pair of jeans and a spaghetti strap, scarlet colored tank top that showed off her curves and brought out the color of her hair. She put on a jacket over this, since it was kind of cold out.

After she was ready to go, she checked a clock to find it had only taken her fifteen minutes to get ready. Though her hair was curly, and she hated it that way, and her face looked too pale, she shrugged it off and headed out of the Gryffindor tower, making her way outside. The sun had just begun to set, and it shone off of the lake, casting beautiful colors onto the water. Ginny sighed at how lovely it looked, then began walking towards it, seeing that a few people were down there.

When she got there, she realized only couples were there, having little romantic moments, some already kissing, some giggling and flirting, and one couple was having a complete make out session. Ginny rolled her eyes and sighed, turning from this part of the lake and toward the edge of the forest, where she sat and leaned against a tree. She knew just a few yards behind her was a fence, and behind that fence were creatures she never wanted to encounter, some she didn't know existed, but this didn't bother her. Well, that is, until it got dark. She already knew that she'd have to get up the second the sun went under the water and disappeared for the night. Thoughts of the fence being broken down and those creatures released onto the grounds never failed to enter the redhead's mind. Ever since her first year, she didn't trust any of the "security" of the Hogwarts castle or any of its grounds. But, for now, she stared out at the water, soon closed her eyes, and drifted off.

(An hour later…)

Waking up to almost complete darkness, Ginny blinked a few times and tried to remember where she was. Peering around, she realized she was by the forbidden forest and quickly rose to her feet and turned to look behind her.

Her eyes scanned the trees behind her, but in the darkness she couldn't really see much. She heard footsteps crunching on fallen leaves from the soon coming autumn. She shuddered and spun around, beginning to walk away quickly, when a hand fell on her shoulder. She gasped and turned back to face what had touched her. Her brown gems met a pair of cold gray ones, and her face twisted into, not fear, but anger.

"Malfoy!"

Draco laughed and took his hand off her shoulder, "Did I scare you, Ginny?"

"Don't you dare say my first name, Malfoy. I told you earlier that we are not on a first name basis." Ginny rolled her eyes, purposefully ignoring Draco's question. She sighed angrily and shook her head, turning to walk away. As she began to make her way over to the lake, Draco walked next to her.

"So, what brings you to the grounds this evening, Ms. Weasley?" Draco grinned, "Better yet, what are you doing by the forbidden forest?"

Ginny laughed fakely, "One, why do you care, and two, it's none of your business, for either question. Why are you walking with me anyway? You wouldn't want anyone to see us together, now would you?"

Draco shrugged, "Well, one, I care because I just do, and two that's true, it is none of my business, however, I'd still like to know. As for your two last questions, I'm walking with you because I feel like it and I don't care who sees us together. Why, though, do you? Is it so Harry won't think you're taken?"

"No, I don't want anyone thinking I like you."

Draco smirked, "Ah. You don't want anyone to think you like me. Does that me you do like me, Ginny?"

Ginny rolled her eyes, "Don't flatter yourself, Draco." She hadn't noticed she'd said his first name, but by the look on Draco's face, she could tell she had. Gritting her teeth, she sat by a tree next to lake, and Draco promptly sat next to her, close, but not close enough to touch.

Ginny sighed and looked to the lake, soon getting bored. She didn't want to talk to Draco, but at the same time she was wondering why he wasn't talking to her. It was strange, yet, not. She didn't understand it herself, let alone did she expect anyone else to.

Draco looked out to the lake, but looked over at Ginny through the corner of his eye every now and then just to see what she was doing. Once or twice he saw her yawn, and the last time he looked over, he found her half-asleep. Smiling, he let her drift off completely, then summoned a blanket for her, and covered her. He sighed and looked back to the lake, then up at the stars that had been reflecting in the lake's waters. He thought about why he was sitting next to Ginny, why he wanted to talk to her so bad. She was a Weasley, though, she wasn't like Ron. She was a girl, for one thing, but her personality was quite different from his. She did have the same temper, and hated him just the same as Ron did, but she seemed less violent for some reason. He wanted to know how much more different she was from him, Draco supposed. After thinking this, Draco felt Ginny's head droop unto his shoulder. He looked down at her and laughed quietly, "Alright, Gin. Time to get up now. Curfew's almost up."

"Just five more minutes…five more." She stirred a little and went back to sleep.

Draco snickered, "No, Ginny, not five more minutes, you have to get up right now."

"Why…?" Ginny said sleepily.

"Because curfew's almost up."

"Well…don't wake me up 'til it is, mm k?"

"Ginny…"

"Five minutes, I promise. Just five."

Draco shook his head. This girl was a fighter here. He wondered how her parents got her to wake up in the morning. His own parents usually slept longer than he did. Soon, he picked her up in his arms and walked toward the castle, "C'mon Gin…wake up, love."

"No way." Ginny blinked and looked up, "Where're we goin'?"

"The lake if you don't get up."

"No…put me down."

"I'll put you down, alright…right in that water."

Looking around, Ginny shook her head, "We're not anywhere near the lake."

"Good, you're up." Draco put her down on her feet and Ginny yawned.

"You couldn't have just carried me to the Gryffindor tower?"

Draco patted Ginny on the head, "No, lovely Gin. You don't want anyone to see us together, remember?"

Ginny glared at him and started walking towards the castle alongside Draco, "So, what are you doing when we get back?"

"Hmm…Don't know yet. You?"

Ginny thought for a moment. She knew if she went back to the common room, it would once again be deserted, and she didn't feel like being alone, "I don't know yet either." She said this in a hinting way, as if she wanted him to ask her to hang out. She blinked mentally, wondering why she'd want to hang out with Draco Malfoy, out of anyone else that she could have.

"Oh." Draco winked at her. He knew she wanted to go do something with him, just talk or hang out or something. She must not have had many friends…or maybe she just was warming up to him, but either way, he was going to make her ask.

"Yeah." She sighed, thinking he didn't get the hint, "So, erm…since you're not…well, since you aren't sure what…um, since you don't know what you're going to do, and I don't either…you wanna do something?"

"Well," Draco laughed, "of course I want to do something. I just can't think of anything to do." He grinned.

"You know what I meant, Malfoy."

"Oh, you meant do something with you, Gin?" Draco nodded, "I guess I could. But, what benefits will I get if I do?" He raised his eyebrows in a questioning fashion.

Ginny half-grinned sarcastically, "Oh, I don't know…I'll think up something." She winked at him.

"Oh, no, you know that you have to give me the benefits first, before I actually hang out with you." He grinned, "Just like buying something; you have to pay first."

Ginny rolled her eyes, "What if I give you a down payment and pay off the rest later?"

Draco shrugged, "I guess." He blinked, wondering what she'd do.

"Alright." She smirked and kissed his cheek, "There."

"What, that's it?" Draco shook his head, "That was pathetic."

Ginny laughed, "It's a down payment, what'd you expect? For me to take my jacket off in a stripper-type way."

Draco made a face as if he were thinking about it, "Yeah, that would have been good." He grinned as she hit him in the arm playfully. One thing different from her brother and her was that she definitely had a better sense of humor.

"So," Ginny said with a sigh, "what are we going to do?" They had now reached the castle doors, "Or, actually, how are we going to get in, because…" She didn't finish her sentence, because she both didn't want to hurt Draco's feelings and didn't want to look snobby.

"Ginny…is it that important to you?" He still smiled at her, but he seemed a little hurt.

Ginny shook her head, "Well…I guess not…"

Draco nodded and opened the door, "Weaselette! I'm telling you! I didn't take your little diary! Why would I want to know about your little life?"

Ginny caught the drift after a moment of blinking and yelled back, "I know you took it, Malfoy! It's written all over your filthy face! Give it back or I'll jinx you into next month, you jerk!" She sounded less convincing than she thought she would have.

Draco shook his head and walked away, "Get a new line, Weaselette, and stop taking them from your brother."

"Don't you walk away from me, you thief! I want my diary back and I want it now! Where did you put it?"

"I don't have it! In order to put it somewhere I would have had to take it, and I didn't!"

They must have been making it look like a real fight, because many students had stopped what they were doing to watch them yelling.

"Look," Ginny said in a trying-to-be-calm way, "all I want is my diary back. Why can't you just stop being the selfish person that you are and hand it over?"

Draco smirked in a rude way, "Because, even if I did have it, I can't change who I am just because some little girl asked me to."

The two were walking up the stairs now, on their way to Draco's secret hide-out, and to Ginny, no where she knew of.

"Argh! You're unbelievable!"

"And you're such a Weasley!"

"It's better than being a Malfoy!"

"That's what you think, you poor redheaded filth. You wouldn't know what money was if it fell right onto your foot."

Ginny was truly hurt by this, and said back with true anger, "Well, you rich spoiled brat, you can keep my diary, then! I don't want it back after you've touched it anyway!" Then, she said through gritted teeth, "And I take back that down payment." After, she turned around and quickly stormed away.

Draco sighed angrily, and peered around, realizing they'd been yelling for no reason; there were no students around here. He ran up to Ginny with a confused look on his face, "What did I do?"

"You called me poor filth." Ginny said in both a mad way and a sad way.

Draco laughed, "I didn't mean it, you silly Gin. We were pretending, remember?"

Ginny blinked, "You didn't mean it?"

Draco shook his head, "No. Now, let's go. I want the rest of my benefits."

Ginny snickered and nodded, "Alright, let's go."

Then, the two were off through the halls, on their way to hanging out.

Who would've thought, the Ferret and the Weasel, befriending each other?

Or, is it all part of the War Plan?

A/N: Bad ending, yeah. But, I don't know…I kind of liked this chapter. Not much, though. No smooching or anything. That's kind of depressing. Ha. The next chapter's being worked on. I can say that because I started it right after this one. Yes! But, yeah. You know, I won't say that people need to review, but I'll think it really hard! …alright, I'll say it too, "review!"

Oh my goodness! Chapter two was messed up for a second there..sorry guys! Thanks to Outsider Wolf for reviewing and telling me that! When I got the e-mail about your review..I was confused, too. Thanks again! Enjoy the ACTUAL chapter two.