October 1, 1996
Just outside the Ancient Runes classroom, Draco leaned towards me, his face merely inches away from mine. We stayed in this position for quite some time. It seemed like it, anyway.

And it was pretty risky, because there was always the chance that the footsteps belonged to someone else. But they didn't.

When Hermione saw us - how she panicked! I don't think I've seen Hermione panic like this before. It was kind of funny, to tell you the truth. How her face coloured, how her lips trembled, how her eyes grew wide! I could almost do this for a living. Almost.

Since Hermione was in such a State of panic/shock/horror/bewilderedness, Draco easily slipped by her, not before exchanging a Dramatic/Significant Glance with me. Then I approched Hermione, calmed her down a bit, before telling her that I was secretly seeing Draco. I also begged her to not tell anyone for the moment, because I wasn't ready yet for anyone to know. She agreed, and I know she won't tell anyone, she's pretty trustworthy.

So the plans went well.

Thing is, she'll slip that we're dating to Harry (and Ron) someday - the "for the moment" and "yet" are very important. Hey, it worked with Mr.Lousy-Loser Corner (although that one was unintentional)... It'll work, you'll see. I know what I'm doing.

Yes.

So...

Now Hermione "knows".

I really have no idea how Draco lured her there.

It surprised me that he takes Ancient Runes; not that he'd take Muggle Studies or Divination (must... control... my hormones...). And he's not smart enough to take Arithmancy. That class is full of Ravenclaws. It's funny - Hermione thinks Divination is rubbish, yet she takes a class that is just like it, only they use numbers. I guess numbers make it look oh-so-accurate. Pfft. Divination is better... and I'm not just saying that because of the teacher... really. I liked Divination with Prof.Trelawney too. Seriously. I did!

In fact, I'm going to do my dream diary right now. Even if I haven't dreamed in ages. That's how dedicated I am.


October 3, 1996
I DON'T FANCY ZACHARIAS SMITH!

I don't!

Curse the day I decided to praise Smith to get Harry jealous!

Draco finds it really amusing, too. Oh yes, really funny - hilarious!

Ohh, bloody hell...


October 5, 1996
Could it be, that I actually have nothing to do? This sure is a first.

Now I'm going to tell you the story of how me and Draco ('me' always first!) met. The story we made up.

So one day, I decided to go to the Quidditch field to practice. So did Draco, but I didn't know that until I got there. It was cloudy. We were tired. And we, who hated each other's guts, had to stand our presences if we were to practice. Yet since we are both wonderfully determined beings, we kept on.

And then it started to rain. Really hard.

So we both go to the hut near the Quidditch field. I don't even know if there's a hut near the Quidditch field, but anyway - we got into some sort of building near the field. Not the lockers, because it has to be a small building.

We had to sit there, without anything to do but stare at each other. While Draco was staring at me, he noticed a Tornados badge pinned to my robes. He said, "I thought you and your brother were Chudley Cannons fans?"

Then I explained to him that I didn't follow the league avidly. "But last year the Tornados were quite something. They gained a fan with me. Anyone who doesn't admit they're the best team is an idiot."

Draco nodded and said, "I agree." It felt really weird, agreeing with a Malfoy. It was sort of awkward.

But when we left that hut - we knew we were madly in love with each other.

And so, we started to accidentally bump into each other in empty corridors. And I'd blush. Because, remember, I'm still supposed to be the blush-when-in-love kind. Haha.

Soon we upgraded to meeting in the library while we pretended to do homework. At first, we talked about Quidditch and only that, but it wasn't long before we got more personal, eventually getting to know each other quite well.

And "the rest is history".

I don't think that's exactly convincing, so I hope I'll never have to tell it. It's just so sappy. Like on the stories Mum used to tell me when I was a kid, about Purebloods who fell madly in love with other Purebloods at first sight. Then they would go through all sorts of obstacles, until finallythey married and had many wonderfully pureblooded children.

The end.

But our "love story" will end much sooner.

Not mine and Harry's, though:

"Happily Ever After."

A/N: I've realized that there is a real chance that I'll finish this fic before HBP renders it AU. Woo.

Thanks Faerex(lovely screename!), Solana13 (nice that someone shares my vision of Ginny!), and moony's number 1(see, I updated almost immediately after I saw your review) for reviewing.

Also - there is a drabble I wrote that one can consider an "alternate" version of Draco and Ginny's "love story". I didn't put it up in this site, but it can be accessed from my Author Bio... (nudge).