Mud

The rain was pouring down, no one, and but that I really mean no one wanted to be outside. Even Hagrid was spending the evening not in the forbidden forest but inside of his cabin where it surely was warm and dry. And yet, two students stood out there in the mud, both with each a shovel in their hands.

The two were on detention, and their mission was to dig a notch for the water to flow trough. It was a impossible mission though, for two hours they hadn't got anywhere, because every cut they took was being filled by the rain just as fast again.

"I," Ginny said and tried to get a strand of hair out of her face. "will never, ever, complain over the first years essays again. Never."

"What were you thinking about Weasley!" The student at her side, Draco Malfoy hissed. "Wrestling? Isn't that just as bad as fighting?"

"Well what did you want me to say?" Ginny exclaimed frustrated. The weather wasn't really keeping their moods up. "I can at least not count many things assembling what we were doing!"

Draco catched her eyes and smirked. "I know one thing." He said and arched her a brow.

She punched him at the shoulder. "You disgusting freak!" she yelled. "I wouldn't want to get you undressed if I even got paid for it!"

The rain had glued strands of her red hair to her face and her blue lips revealed that she was cold, Draco had never thought she was a person to wear make-up, but still her mascara was running down her cheeks like black tears. He tilted his head at her. "So, how long did your family saved money to get you make-up?" He said.

"Will you stop that you git!" she answered forious, but then she seemed to realise something and gave him an amused look. "I'm not the one destroying my new, expensive robes." She said and looked at him.

He followed her gaze down to his of mud covered robes. She was right, the expensive fabric was destroyed, while hers of ordinary cotton would probably look just the same as before when being washed. "you couldn't be satisfied by getting us detention in the first place Weasley," he said irritated, this was completely her fault. "you had to get my robes destroyed too!"

"Just a reminder Malfoy, It was you who dared me to get deteniton! You fixed this quite well by yourself!"

"You will have to compensate for these Weasley!"

She glared at him amused, then looking down on her arm, pretending to look at a watch. "Sure, I'll recur when my family have saved the money, about..." she said and pretended to count. "20 years from now, is that okay?"

He glaread at her of sarcasm full face and snorted, even though he didn't want to admit it she was running over him tonight; turning everything he said and used it against him. "You're so full of mud Weasley." He muttered and started digging again.

She sighed. "Will you ever stop that?" she asked and he gave her a oblivious expression. "The Weasley-thing!" she exclaimed. "You don't seem to be able to form a sentence while talking to me if not Weasley is in it."

He looked at her as if she was stupid. "It's your name Weasley." He stated and shrugged his shoulders.

She repeated the sigh and shook her head. "Of course," she said. "you probably don't even know my first name."

"Ginvera Molly Weasley," Draco answered and raised his eyebrows. "You told me yesterday, remember?"

"I thought you wanted us to forget about yesterday?"

"Just the fighting part."

"Oh, I see," Ginny said and looked at him amused. "you don't want me to spread that I fought you down, again"

"No one won Weasley, we got interrupted both times if you remember?"

"There it is again, Draco Malfoy! The Weasley-thing."

"Well listen to you then!" he was really getting tired of her. "All you ever do is Draco Malfoy-me back and forth!"

She threw her shovel to the ground and with some effort she approached him and grabbed him by his collar, pulling him down to her height. "I dare you," she said, and he noticed that she was shaking. "To never call me Weasley, let alone Weaslette, ever again."

He nodded and they lapsed into silence, not letting their eyes go of each other. Neither of them noticed how Ginny slowly tightened her grip around his collar and pulled him close until they almost stood leaned against each other.

Suddenly a lightening lit up the sky, close followed by a deafening thunder that made Ginny lose her grip in the mud. She fell, and due to the fact that her fingers had froze around Draco's collar, he fell too.

They landed soft, him on top of her who letted go slowly of his collar. Ginny laughed.

"What?" Draco asked.

She smiled and wiped away the stains of mud from his face. "It doesn't really suit you to be dirty."

"Are you giving me a compliment?" he asked and watched her roll her eyes.

"Are you planning on laying on top off me all day, or will you help me up?" she asked and he rolled of her and rose. He took their shovels as she stumbled up on her feet.

"We wont get anywhere with this tonight Ginny," he said and looked at her as he uttered her name; it made her smile. "lets get inside." He began to walk rapidly towards the school, leaving her behind, but just as he reached the doors he felt a hand grab his arm.

"Draco," Ginny smiled, she was completely covered in mud. "next dare's yours, and I expect you to be witty."

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