November 15, 1996
Merlin's beard!...

Ohh...

Wowww...

Breathe in. Breathe out. This has to be quick, because I'm leaving for Hogsmeade now.

I went to the boy's dorm and saw that Harry was...

He was...

Looking at my Valentine!

I mean the one I gave him on my 1st year. The little silly poem.

And he was smiling! But not in a "this is so silly" kind of way.

Oh, this is so awesome...

Got back. Although Draco was convinced I wouldn't.

You see - it all started when we decided we couldn't stand people whispering when we passed by them. You'd think they would have gotten over it after all this time! But nooo - apparently a Gryffindor going out with a Slytherin is a bigger shocker than I thought. I mean, I hate Slytherins as much as the next person, but please. I'm still a bit of a romantic (nothing compared to Maddy, though!), so I say, it can happen! Surely not all Slytherins are nasty gits (like Malfoy)...? Anyway.

We went to in front of the Shrieking Shack, where we were certain there wasn't going to be anyone. And there wasn't. I noticed he was a bit apprehensive, but he acted like he wasn't. But he was. I just know it. Don't ask how.

After a while I decided it would be fun to enter the Shrieking Shack, just to see how he would react. I think it occurred to me after I embarrased myself - see, I commented that I didn't know why the Wronski Feint was called that, and Draco told me it was after a Quidditch player and that I should know that because hadn't I read Quidditch Through the Ages? I told him that I had only read it once, so I didn't retain everything. But that's not true... I've read it several times, but since the copy I've read is Harry's, I mostly just kind of giggle at it and don't concentrate on the lecture. So, ummm...

Anyway.

First I told Draco I wanted to jump over the fence. He asked me "What for?" with this funny look on his face, and I answered I just felt like it. I jumped over the fence, and he followed. I said:

"Oh, but this isn't scary at all. Let's go further." Draco just stared at me. "I'll take that as a 'yes'," I said, and went toward the Shack. But Draco just stayed where he was, with his arms crossed over his chest, so I went back, grabbed him by the wrist, and took him to in front of the Shack's "garden". Then I suggested that we enter the Shack.

Draco said, "Are you out of your mind, Weasley? This place is haunted."

To which I replied, "You're not supposed to call me 'Weasley' - it's Ginevra. Or better yet, 'Ginny'." And then I hopped up to the door happily. Well, not really.

Anyway, I entered, and seconds after Draco entered too. At first he stayed at the doorway, calling me crazy, but eventually he walked a little bit forward. He started to tell me stories about stuff that supposedly had happened there, like people coming back from it all scarred. "This place is haunted; you don't know what will happen. Ginny. Get out of there."

I was in the Shack's lounge, or what was supposed to be a lounge, anyway. I poked my head out of the archway and said, "Oh, did you just call me Ginny?" with a grin on my face, but Draco only scowled. So I told him that "Look, if you're so darned scared of this place, why don't you leave? I'll be fine... Go. Shoo."

"Alright. Your problem," he said, and stalked off. I kept touring the Shack, but after a while I got bored and, admitedly, a bit creeped out. Abandoned houses are creepy, haunted or not. I had started to think up a way to come back to Hogwarts that would scare Draco when the door creaked open and in came...

Draco Malfoy accompanied by Snape.

Imagine my shock.

So Snape asked me what I was doing there and such - I didn't answer to any of his questions. For once I was tongue-tied, because I really wasn't expecting this. Then, on our way back to the center of Hogsmeade, he took some points off Gryffindor - I think it was twenty-five. Oh God. Draco was looking thoroughly annoyed until he heard that, at which point he went back to being his smug little self.

Oh, and by the way, the Shrieking Shack isn't really haunted. Hermione told me. So I wasn't being foolish.

Hm, that was long.

A/N: Two-chapter special today, because I'm such a good person. Never mind that I didn't update on two days. Anyway.

I'm warning you guys - don't expect a super-dramatic reaction from Harry. I want to keep the characters as in-character as I can, and, well... I don't think Harry would explode of jealousy. Or maybe he would...

But don't leave! Heehee. And thanks to the people who reviewed: Faerex, moony's number 1, ExtremeDancer, Kiba's lover, and saima. Yeah, mint rules - poor Ginny.