Chapter 6. The assignment
That night Ginny and Draco were sitting opposite each other during dinner. Ginny had gone shopping for a second time, and this time managed to come home with the purchases.
"Well Weaslette, I've been thinking, and I know what I want you to do for me."
"It's Ginny, not Weaslette", said Ginny angrily.
"Alright then, 'Ginny', I've thought what I want you to do for me."
Ginny listened attentively, she knew that what he was going to say wouldn't be good.
"I want you to take me with you tomorrow to that dinner with Saint Potter."
"What! Why should I do that?", said Ginny angrily.
"Just let me finish. As I was saying, I want you to take me to your dinner with Potter. And I want you to introduce me as your boyfriend."
"What! They will think that I've lost my mind. And to be honest, I think that I will have lost my mind if I do that. But why do you want me to introduce you as my boyfriend? What's in it for you?", asked Ginny curiously.
"I imagine Potter and Weasley's faces will be priceless as soon as they hear this. They want to see you happy, but what will they do if the person that is supposed to make you happy is me? They'll probably want to attack me, but they'll also want to see you happy. Their reaction will be fun to see", said Draco.
"Alright, I guess you're right. But how will I ever convince them about that. They will never believe me."
"That's your problem. Well, I'm off to bed, although I have to say, you can hardly call it a bed. I can't believe you could sleep in it. My sore back…", said Draco while he rubbed his back.
"If my bed is so bad, why don't you let me sleep in it? ", said Ginny.
"Because your bed is the only thing in this house that somewhat looks like a bed. But if you want, you can always come and lie next to me", said Draco while he winked and walked to her bedroom.
He thought the assignment was a very good idea. Not only could he see the faces of Potter and Weasley when she told them about him, he could also see how Ginny would fight with her feelings, because if he had read her diary correctly she would find it very hard to only pretend that she had feelings for him. He smiled maliciously, this was a very good plan.
That night Ginny kept turning in her fold up bed. How was she going to tell Harry, Ron and Hermione that she and Draco were in love? And even worse, how could she pretend that she and Draco were involved? She was afraid that her feelings would show themselves, something that wouldn't be too much of a problem, unless Draco noticed. Ginny sighed. Draco and his stupid assignment.
She struggled to fall asleep, and when she was finally drifting off a mosquito started to buzz in her ear.
Oh great, just what I need, thought Ginny angrily. She turned on the lights and was lucky, because she saw the stupid animal hovering just above her fold up bed. Quickly she grabbed a book and carefully stood on the bed. Just when she was about to hit it, it flew away.
Just my luck, thought Ginny. She was just getting out of bed, when her foot fell through it to the floor.
This was another of those nights where everything that could go wrong was going to. She looked at her bed and saw that it truly was broken and she couldn't possibly sleep in it again. She then thought back to what Draco said to her earlier that night.
But if you want, you can always come and lie next to me.
That was just what she had to do. Quietly she walked to her bedroom and carefully opened the door. She tiptoed towards her bed, trying not to wake Draco. Draco was really looking very sweet, sleeping like that. Why couldn't he be a bit more like that during the day? Carefully she crawled to the other side of the bed and soon fell asleep.
That morning she woke up from a scream next to her.
"Weaslette, what are you doing in my bed!"
Ginny looked around and saw she was lying in her own bed. Next to her stood an angry Draco wearing only his boxers. Ginny couldn't help but laugh at the sleepy Draco that stood before her with his hair standing in every direction.
"Relax Malfoy. This still is my room and my bed. Besides, you said yourself that I could lie next to you."
"Yes, but I didn't expect you to actually do it. You could have raped me!"
"You wish", said Ginny.
"Well..", said Draco with a malicious smile.
"Draco", said Ginny warningly.
"What! I'm not the one who goes lying with someone else in bed late at night."
"You're acting as if I like lying next to you! The only reason I did this was because the fold up bed is broken."
"As if you didn't like it to wake up next to me. There are lots of girls, who would be very happy to have been in your place."
"Well, then those girls must be crazy, because I don't understand what is so nice about waking up next to a hysterical Malfoy."
And with those words Ginny walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
What is that arrogant prick thinking? He is acting as if he is god's gift. Alright, he is good looking, but he doesn't have to be such a jerk about it.
When she walked out of the bathroom again, she saw that Draco was busy in the kitchen. He still hadn't dressed himself and was walking around in only his boxers.
"To lazy to dress yourself, Ferretboy?", said Ginny. She didn't want to call him by his real name after that morning.
"To be honest, I didn't have time for it, but if it distracts you too much I can put some clothes on."
"Don't bother. I'm going to my work in a few minutes", said Ginny while she made a cup of coffee.
"In that case I really should get dressed, so I can walk you to the apparation point."
"You don't have to do that. I'm sure I can find the way myself."
"That isn't what I'm scared of Weaslette; your stalker is still walking free outside."
"But yesterday I went shopping all alone and that went just fine."
"That was because I was sleeping, or else I would have went with you. Besides, you met Potter who could have protected you against your stalker."
"Alright, just hurry or else I'm going to be late!"
Within two minutes Draco was dressed. It was only his hair that took him more time. He had already been in the bathroom for ten minutes and Ginny was impatiently waiting for him.
"Hurry up, I'm going to be late."
"Just five more minutes", said Draco.
If Ginny were to wait five more minutes, she truly would've been too late and she didn't want that. She opened the bathroom door and pulled Draco out by his arm.
"Your hair is fine, just come now."
"But fine isn't good enough, it must be great."
Ginny sighed.
"I'm going to work. You can come or stay."
"Alright, alright, I'm coming."
Together they walked out of the flat. The whole way to the apparation point Draco talked about how important it was for him that he took good care of his hair and how wrong it was sitting right now and that it was all her fault.
Ginny found everything he said very boring. She had heard girls talk about their hair before, but this was 10 times worse. Finally they reached the apparation point.
"I'm going to the hospital", said Ginny, interrupting Draco's rant about hair products.
"Alright, don't forget our 'date' tonight!"