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Couldn't Be, Could It?

Ginny had just finished braiding MacKenzie's hair when Juliet came flying back in.

"Ooh, who's owl is that?" she asked in awe.

"Mine," Ginny replied proudly, stroking the bird's feathers. Then she explained to MacKenzie and Misty how she got her.

"Oh, I wonder who it could be!" Mackie squealed. "I bet it's Mark Maxwell! I saw him in the Common Room a few minutes ago."

"It could be Michael Mann, that really wealthy Hufflepuff! Not to mention, he's really hot!" Misty replied. Ginny and her were back on speaking terms, and better friends than before.

Mackie explained to Ginny what happened, and why Misty was mad at her. Kevin (Ginny's ex, the Ravenclaw) was Misty's boyfriend at the time that he and Ginny started dating. She and Ginny had a long talk, and Ginny explained that she had no idea whenever they started dating. It was the reason they broke up, too. He had also cheated on Ginny.

"Ooh, ooh! Or..... ooh! Maybe it's Max Morgan, the Ravenclaw!" MacKenzie replied, clapping her hands. "Ooh! Or the other Ravenclaw, Mark Mosely! Or-" Ginny cut her off.

"Or we can just read the note."

"Yeah," the other two replied in unison.

Ginny carefully tore the seal, and read the letter.

Ginny,

No, those are not my initials. It stands for Mystery Man. Now, I have to go. I'm studying to be an auror, but this is known only to me and my head of house. It takes a lot of time and energy, so I'll be going now.

M.M.

"Those aren't even his initials!" MacKenzie exclaimed, reading the letter over Ginny's shoulder.

"Why doesn't he want you to know who he is?" Misty asked her.

"He said something in his last letter about me not appreciating the things as much if I knew who it came from."

"That is a load of bull!" Misty said. "I mean I would appreciate it, even if it came from Malfoy."

Ginny made a disgusted face. "I wouldn't go that far!" she said, laughing. "Have you guys seen him today? He's got a huge bruise on his eye!"

"Your brother did that!" Mackie said, delighfully.

"Really? When?"

"Umm... earlier today, I think. Around lunch. Got a month's worth of detention for it from McGonagall."

"Yeah, he did it right there, in front of the whole school!" Misty added. "McGonagall swooped down on him like a hawk!"

"That must have been why he was 'late' this afternoon. He never got around to telling me why, though!" Ginny said, grinning.

"Back to this Mystery Man," Mackie said delightfully, changing the subject. "He's studying to be an auror. That tells us something. He's smart and can handle pressure well."

"Not to mention, he has quick reflexes," Misty added.

"So, are you going to write him back?" Mackie asked.

"No."

"What?! Why?"

"I don't want to seem like a bother."

"A bother?"

"Gin!"

"Don't try to talk me out of it. I don't want him to think I'm lonely or something."

"Fine," Mackie said, rolling her eyes. "But, we gotta run. I promised your brother and Harry that I would watch them play Wizard Chess, then play the winner. And Misty wanted to come, too."

"Alright. Have fun."

"We will! You should come down there and watch us later!"

"I might."

"Okay, then!" She and Misty went downstairs, leaving Ginny and Juliet in the room.

"Juliet," Ginny cooed, stroking the owl. "Y-your eyes!" she said shocked. The owl's eyes were no longer purple, but bright blue. Ginny stared at the owl's eyes for about 5 minutes, then they slowly started changing from bright blue to seafoam green.

Ginny gasped in surprise and looked at the owl's tag, and sure enough it said Juliet III.

It was October 7, and Ginny was laying on her bed, crying once again. The first time her parents' death really hit her was on the day of their funeral, and it was horrible. Ron was right. It was the worst feeling she's ever had. A day hadn't passed since then that Ginny didn't cry. She even found Ron crying a couple of times.

Juliet was sitting right beside her, hooting gently. Ginny gently stroked her.

She got up off of her bed, grabbed her book bag, and opened it. She grabbed the 3 letters written from M.M. and read them. They always seemed to make her feel a little better.

When she got to the one that mentioned the freezing charm, she grabbed a piece of parchment and quickly scribbled:

M.M.

Here's the rose. I thought I would send it a day early, just in case.

Ginny

She sealed and tied the letter and the rose to Juliet's leg. "Take this to the person who gave you to me."

Juliet hooted and took off through the window. Ginny laid back down on the bed and tears started pouring down her face, again.

"Gin, we're going to Hogsmeade. Are you sure you don't want to come? Fred and George would be more than happy to see you," Hermione said, opening the 6th year girls' dorm door.

"I'm positive," Ginny said, sitting up and wiping her face. "Could you tell Ron to bring me back some chocolate or something?"

"Yeah. For the last time, are you sure?"

"I'm sure. Thanks. Tell him I owe him."

"Okay. See you later tonight."

"Alright."

Hermione left and Ginny sat there for a little while before deciding to go to the library. She had tons of homework to do for Potions, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Ginny sat her books, book bag, and parchment down on a table, and went to the bookshelves to search for books to help her with her three essays.

When she got the 7 books she thought would help her, she went back to the little round table, sat the books down, then plopped down into the chair.

"Okay," she mumbled to herself. "Let's see here. I'll start with... Transfiguration. Get it out of the way." She grabbed the two books that she got from the shelf, Transfigurations Gone Bad and The Correct Method of Transfiguration: From A to Z, her Transfiguration book, a piece of parchment, an ink bottle, and a quill.

She got started when she heard a loud crash from the back of the library. She quickly stood up and tiredly walked to where the noise was made.

"Malfoy?!" Draco stood there with a guilty look on his face. He was standing by a tipped over bookshelf.

"Weasley. Go away!" he hissed, waving his hand. She glared back with her puffy eyes.

"What did you do?" she asked menacingly, with her hands placed on her hips.

"None of your business, now do what I said and go away!" He bent over and tried to pick the bookshelf up, but couldn't do it by himself.

"You are a wizard, you know. You could use magic to pick it back up," she said, matter-of- factly.

"I don't have my wand with me," he hissed. "It's in my robes. Why am I even giving you an explanation?" He shook his head, and tried picking up the bookshelf again. He got it pretty far off the ground, but could not pick it all the way up.

"Move out of the way, Malfoy," Ginny said amused, pulling her wand out of her pocket.

"Just go away, Weasley," he growled.

"Madame Pince would hate to find out that you knocked one of her shelves over," Ginny said, sighing, fingering her wand.

"What do you want?" he asked, in a low voice.

"Just move, Malfoy. I'll clean this all up."

"Why?" he asked, whipping around.

'Why am I doing this?' She couldn't answer herself, so she shrugged. "If you don't need help, then I'll just go back to my business."

"Weasley, wait. Just hurry up and clean this mess. It's awful," he replied, standing up.

She looked skeptically at him for a moment, then murmured the words to the spell, and the bookshelf was back to new.

Ginny turned around and saw Juliet flying into the library. She was about to hold an arm out for the bird, but it flew right past her. She turned around and saw Juliet land on Draco's shoulder. He looked at her, then the bird, then at her.

Ginny quickly shook her head disbelievingly, gathered her things, and ran out of the library.

When Ginny was finally back in her room, she was breathing hard. She sat down on her bed, hugged her knees to her chest, and buried her head into her knees.

'Malfoy's not M.M. He can't be! It couldn't be, could it?'

Author's Note: Sorry if I'm slipping. I hope it's not too disappointing. And I'm sorry if Ginny seems too friendly to Malfoy, but I was trying not to make it that way, but I was also kind of trying to speed things up, because this is already the 7th chapter, and they've barely had any interaction. Anyways, hershey kisses to those who guessed that M.M. stood for Mystery Man! Thanks to the following:

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