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Chapter 17

The morning brought with it mail consisting of O.W.L scores and booklists. Of course, Hermione received Os in every subject. Ron and Harry both got Os in DADA, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, and Herbology. Harry received an O in Potions and an E in Transfiguration. Ron got the opposite.

Draco received 6 Os and his mum was thrilled. Since fall term was stating in a couple of weeks, they all decided another trip to Diagon Alley was in order. While there, Draco and Ginny had to go off separately with their mothers for a while so they could do all the motherly fussing that is so embarrassing to teenagers. When the group returned home that afternoon, the children all went to the boys' room to talk about start of term. They were all very excited, but Draco was the least so. He would be facing a lot more than the rest of them had ever had to deal with. Except Harry, of course. However, Harry seemed rather distant to Draco. So much so, that even Ron noticed. "Everything ok, Mate?" He asked. "Yes," Harry lied. Why am I so upset about this? Its just Ginny. If she's happy, I should be happy for her. But no matter how much he told himself that, every time he saw them whisper to each other, he felt his temper rise.

Much of the next few days were spent on homework. It was really astounding the amounts of work the teachers asked them to do. They all had essays for Potions, Transfiguration, and History of Magic. Hermione made her essays all 3 feet too long. "I hope the teachers don't mind." She said sweetly. Draco just looked at her with disbelief. When he was in Slytherin, he told them, he'd always made a younger student do his essays for him. Ron felt that was definitely the way to go, but since Ginny was the only younger student there, it wasn't going to happen.

Finally the morning of September 1st arrived. It was total mayhem because the twins and half the order showed up to escort the students to Platform 9 ¾. Fred and George had just bought a car (enchanted of course) which the group used to get to the train station. It seated 14 comfortably and there was room to spare in the trunk. The large group made their way onto the platform a few at a time and they had plenty of time for good-byes. Narcissa and Remus stood together talking to Draco and Ginny until the twins pulled her away to say their good-byes first. Remus shook Draco's hand and told him that he'd watch out for his mum while he was away. "That's wonderful. She needs someone to keep track of her," he said with a grin. Remus laughed and said, "you know, I think you're right." Narcissa gave her son a hug and told him to take good care of Ginny. "She's good for you, honey. Don't lose her."

They finally boarded the train to much sobbing from Mrs. Weasley. She always had such a hard time saying good-bye. The group made their way to an empty cart at the back of the train and got settled in. Ron and Hermione left to do their Prefect rounds once the train got moving. Draco wasn't a prefect anymore since he had changed houses. So, the cart was left with just Harry, Ginny and Draco. Harry sat staring out the window and trying his best to ignore the snogging going on across from him. "I need some air," he said at last. He got up and walked out. They hardly noticed, though.

Suddenly, Draco stopped kissing Ginny and stood up. He pulled down his trunk and searched for something, finally emerging with a small box in his hand. He gave it to her and said, "Gin, remember when I said I wanted to get you a present? Well, here." He handed her the box and looked down sheepishly. She opened the little blue box. Inside was the necklace she had seen on their first trip to Diagon Alley.

"Oh Draco, I love it! When did you get it, though?" She asked as she handed it to him to put on her. "When we went to Diagon Alley for our school books. Remember when you were off shopping with your mum? I took mine with me and got you this." As she swept her hair to the side for him to do the clasp, he started kissing her neck sending tingles throughout her whole body. She shivered and he laughed a little but that just made him kiss her neck even more. She turned around to face him and the snogging continued most of the way to Hogwarts.

Sorry this is still pretty short.  So sue me.  Oh yeah, I'm not JKR so it wouldn't do you a whole lot of good anyway.