A/N: I didn't update last week because I came up with another Instance I hadn't planned for, so I hadn't written it. After making me be all irresponsibleand not update on two Fridays, the chapter isn't even going to make it. Because it feels so weird. It's set on the Halloween Feast of PoA; Harry, I noticed, left the feast before Draco and Ginny did (you can check in the "Flight if the Fat Lady" chapter), so in the Instance I had Ginny menacing Draco because of his taunts to Harry, and Draco freaking out and being very canon and stuff.

Now, this Instance. If you read the part where the Malfoys get to the Top Box, you'll notice Harry is paying attention to what Lucius Malfoy is saying and doesn't note what Draco and Ginny do. Oddly enough, when it starts raining leprechaun gold and Ron hurries to get some, Draco doesn't make any snide remark. In fact, if you go by the book, Draco doesn't do anything during the match, and Ginny doesn't do much either. Hmm...

Rabid D/G-er: Instance #8 - At the Top Box
based on "The Quidditch World Cup" chapter, GoF

"Hi, Draco."

Draco looked around, checking that no one was watching, and no one indeed was - they were all paying attention to his father. And how could they not? He was, after all, the Great Lucius Malfoy...

"Hi, Ginny," Draco said after making sure they weren't being watched. "How have your summer holidays been?"

"Boring," Ginny said, pretending to yawn. "Yours?"

"Nothing much," Draco answered. "Crabbe and Goyle came to visit, but they're no good for conversation. I tried to explain them about the Cup, but I don't think they understood; they just kept saying 'huh' and 'yeah' and 'that's right, Draco' in this stupid way of theirs... how hard is it to understand the scoring system of Quidditch...?"

"Well, at least they show some interest in it, don't they?" asked Ginny. Draco shrugged. "I tried to explain Hermione about the Cup, but she doesn't seem to care, and that's such a shame, because I bet she could really get all the different types of strategies really well, and appreciate them too, if she put herself to it..."

"Reminds me of Nott. He thinks he's so superior, just because he apparently is intelligent. Well, if he's so smart, how come he isn't in Ravenclaw?" was Draco's burning question for the world. "Bookworm!" he added recklessly.

Ginny nodded sympathetically. "I know how that feels. Every time she comes, Aunt Muriel treats us like she's Something Else, just because her position in the Ministry is higher than dad's. But you don't see her here in the Top Box." A smirk spread on Ginny's face, to be replaced by a giddy look as she lowered her voice to say, "just last week, she came to our house for some reason, and when she greeted Ron, she nearly kissed him on the lips!"

A look of utmost amusement was in Draco's face when he said, "Ha, I bet that's the closest thing to a kiss he will ever receive."

Ginny giggled.

People looked around at her.

And she and Draco went grudgingly back to pretending they didn't care about each other.