1A/N: I'm making Jamaica sorrel it's a drink made with red wine... not that you care but I thought you should know.... The More You Know.
Angel- I'm not answering your question about which school I go to because the fact that one of those school's was right was creepy enough and no matter what you say and how much you compliment I was still slightly insulted by your reveiw. I'm sorry to tell you that but i don't like to lie.
Disclaimer: If I owned it. I wouldn't be writing this I'd be in my pool full of jell-o counting my money. Also the song in this chapter is Ashlee Simpson 'Giving it all away'
Chapter 2- The lounge.
Draco lay back on his bed staring at the ceiling, he actually had nothing to do. For once in his life he was... bored. He sighed and settled into a comfortable trance staring at the ceiling. He didn't register his door opening or the shift in weight on his bed until there was a person right next to him, talking.
"What you looking at?"
Draco smiled. "Absolutely nothing, why?"
"No reason, you ok?"
"Fine why?"
"No reason." he rolled over and looked into her lucid Amytal eyes.
"Gabrielle there is never no reason with you."
She smiled. "Well this time I'm just saying hi and wondering if you were visiting the lounge today."
"Don't I go everyday?"
"Yes but I was checking that you would be there today?"
"Yes I will, why?"
She gave him a bright smile. "No reason." she gave him her most innocent smile and got up to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"To Blaise... duh." she got to the door and turned back around. "Oh and make sure your there by 7ish I have a surprise for you." with that she left.
Draco shook his head. Always an ulterior motive that one.
The lounge was like a common room where all the houses sixth and seventh years could hang out. Harry, Hermione and Ron sat around a round table pouring over their defense against the dark arts project when Gabrielle, Ginny and Luna entered. After scanning the room they came over to the trio.
"Hey guys."
"Hey." they exchanged greetings.
Luna leaned over Ron's shoulder, her dirty blonde hair cascading over the parchment he was working on.
"Are you almost done?" she whispered into his ear.
He turned to face her placing a light kiss on her lips.
"Almost." he replied. She smiled and sat down next to him.
Gabrielle seated herself next to Hermione and Ginny next to Harry. The three girls noticing that the trio was working and there for to busy to talk to them they started a conversation over them.
Hermione was getting annoyed because she kept trying to get Harry and Ron's attention but they were paying attention to the girls and all she wanted to do was explain the last part of the project.
"Could you please go some where else!"
They girls were silent.
"Sooorrrrrrrryyyy." Gabrielle said raising her hands defensively.
Ginny looked down at the project they were working on. At the moment it was a large sheet of parchment with smaller pieces containing writing and pictures stuck onto it.
"You know guys if you moved this piece here and this one over... here, you'd be done." she slid two pieces of parchment to different places on the larger sheet. She looked up Hermione who was still glowering.
Ron looked down at the parchment then at Hermione. "Why didn't you think of that?"
She took I did breath. "I did you weren't listening." she said through gritted teeth.
Out of the blue the three sixth years who had interrupted them broke out into laughter, breaking a very tense moment.
"Hey Gin, do you remember that song you were singing yesterday?"
"Um... giving it all away?"
"Yeah that one, sing it again it was nice."
Ginny laughed nervously and shook her head. "No I can't, I don't want to."
The group pleaded with Ginny.
"Fine but later like in the common room... late... when no one else is there."
"Oh come on Gin. What's wrong with now?"
"Um I don't have any music." she gave the first excuse that came to her head and it sucked.
Gabrielle looked around the lounge and spotted dean's guitar which never seemed to leave the lounge. She mentally noted to ask him about that later. She turned to Ginny.
"Take Dean's guitar he never uses it." she said simply.
"Hey!" dean shouted from his seat.
"Oh shush you're not offended."
"Well I am a little." dean mumbled.
By now there conversation had attracted an audience, who ignoring Deans rumblings handed over the guitar. Gabrielle took it from Seamus with a small smile and turned to Ginny.
"No excuses now." she smirked.
Ginny took a nervous breath. "Don't make me do this." she whispered.
Gabrielle leaned towards her. "Gin, you have a wonderful voice, you just have to get over this stage fright thing. Do it." Gabrielle whispered back to her, handing Ginny the Guitar.
Ginny took another deep breath taking the handle of the guitar. She hated crowds especially small ones, she would much prefer to sing in front of the whole school than a small section of it. You see big crowds all the faces merge into one and then she can always block that off but small crowds you could see each face and see the expressions of disgust if your bad... she hated small crowds.
She took another breath. Closing her eyes she positioned the guitar on her lap, keeping her eyes closed she began to play.
Hey you living for tomorrow,
you sold your dream for a bucket of change,
hey you smoking up your sorrow,
just pointing fingers for someone to blame"
The lounge door opened and some slytherins entered Draco and Blaise heading them and remarkably on entering and hearing the gryff sing they stayed... silent and listened.
Hey you, you turn your back on your children,
it's left you in a big burning bed,
this life's like living in the gutter,
all this pain just makes you feel dead."
Draco couldn't believe the voice coming out of this girl. On the outside she was petit and quiet but when she sang... it was a whole new person.
Oh just giving it all,
giving it all away,
your just giving it all,
giving it all away."
The lounge door opened again and in came Snape. He strode all the way up to Ginny, who's eyes had remained firmly shut through the beginning of the song, and rested a hand over the strings of the guitar. Startled she stopped playing and opened her eyes and immediately let go of the guitar as Snape took it.
"Ms. Weasley, why do you feel the need to disturb your fellow students with this... this noise?"
"Professor I..."
"We asked her to professor, she wasn't disturbing us." Hermione interrupted her head girl badge glinting in the torch light.
"Well, Ms. Granger the Gryffindors aren't the only people in the lounge."
"Well she wasn't disturbing us." Luna said a few other Ravenclaws nodding in agreement.
"Or us." Susan bones piped up for the Hufflepuffs.
"Well let's see what the slytherins thought of your little performance, shall we?" he smirked and Ginny's heart fell. She was done for one bad word for the slytherins. She began to curse under her breath.
"Mr. Zabini?"
Blaise's head snapped up. "Huh? Oh that singing thing yeah it was fine."
Snape raised an eyebrow knowing his relationship with the girls best friend he decided to ask the student he knew wouldn't let him down.
"Mr. Malfoy, what about you?"
Draco looked up at the teacher, then to Blaise, he let his eyes flicker to Gabrielle and slightly rest on Ginny who, to Draco's surprise was swearing quite fluently under her breath.
She's been hanging around Gabrielle to long. He thought looking back at the teacher.
"Truthfully sir?" he smirked but not for the same reason as the teacher. "I only just arrived I don't know what your talking about."
Snape's eyes widened "Ms. Parkinson is this true?" He snapped.
Pansy's head shot up, she looked at the professor and then at Draco. Who was giving her a hard look.
She looked back at the floor and gave a small nod.
Snap was absolutely flabbergasted. "Fine, Ms. Weasley, this seems to be your lucky day I don't know what you have over my Slytherins but I assure you it won't last long, as for this," he indicated to the guitar. "I will be taking this."
With that and a swish of his cloak he disappeared. ( He's like santa only in black and evil )
"But that was...my guitar." Dean spoke up as the door closed. "Shit." he mumbled.
"Oh I'm so sorry Dean you can have mine it's in the common room." Ginny began but Dean cut her off with a wave of his hand.
"Don't bother I have three more at home." Dean took his seat and re-started his previous conversation with Seamus.
Draco, Blaise and their slytherin cronies walked over to their table. Blaise went over to Gabrielle, who got up long enough for him to sit down and sat back on his lap. Ginny turned to Draco.
"Why did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Lie to Snape, I thought you loved getting me in trouble."
"I do but I realized that at this particular moment lying would help none I mean, your best friend, is my best friend's girlfriend and telling on you would get you, mad which would get her, mad which would get him mad at me and I just can't bother with all that, so save me the trouble... I lied."
Ginny shook her head, "So all to help the greater good huh? Yourself."
"Exactly... you looked surprised... why?" Oh no reason here I was thinking you went and grew yourself a conscience... I was obviously wrong."
"Obviously." He turned and walked towards the black leather couches in the corner with the rest of the slytherins at his heels and after removing a few Hufflepuff sixth years, sat down.
There is actually more to this chapter but I changed that part so you'll get it Chappie three. Happy Happy!!kisses
