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Chapter 2:

The great hall was filled with laughter and talking as everyone waited for the new arrivals. Ginny Weasley sat listening to her brother and his two best friends, Harry and Hermione, talk about up coming classes. She let her mind wander as her eyes swept the room. Professor Dumbledore and the other teachers sat at the top of the room gazing down at the students and chatting amongst themselves.

The other students were catching up with each other and making plans for the upcoming year. Ginny always felt kind of left out at times like these as she never really clicked with people her own age. She found that she got on a lot better with Ron and his friends, but in that lay its own problems. She always looked at Harry and Hermione as Ron's friends instead of her own, so she always felt like an outsider in their little group.

**Get a grip Ginny.** She thought pulling herself back to the present to meet a pair of bright blue eyes. Unfortunately those eyes belonged to one Draco Malfoy. And no matter how cute Draco may be, he was that big of a git that she would never be able to think of him any other way.

**Just you keep telling yourself that Ginny.**

**Shut up.**

**Oh come on, that is one premium piece of meat and you know it.**

Ginny was again awoke from her own thoughts as she found herself giggling.

"What's so funny?" Ron asked looking at his sister.

"Huh… oh nothing, just random thoughts." **Like I'm gonna tell you that every time I look at Draco for the rest of the year I'm gonna see a sirloin steak with blond hair and blue eyes in my head.**

Ron shrugged and turned back to the conversation and Ginny let her eyes travel back over the room to where Draco sat alone looking around him and just about looking as bored as she felt. She had heard about Crabbe and Goyle being removed from the school, in fact Ron had heard and had wasted no time telling every single person he knew. He was probably very much looking forward to rubbing it in Draco's face that the only friends he had had in a way left him.

Personally Ginny thought it was rather sad, but looking at Draco sitting at the other side of the room she didn't think that he looked too upset about it; in fact he looked like he was waiting on something.

**Maybe he knows some of the first years**.

Just as she turned to question her brother about this possibility Professor Dumbledore stood and cleared his throat to get every one's attention.

"First of all I would like to welcome back all students. (A loud round of applause) But before the new students arrive there is something I would like for you all to know. We will be having a new student join us this year. Her name is Alicia Winters and she will be joining fifth year (pause for the whispers to settle). Yes I know this is very exciting news but I, and I'm sure she, would appreciate it if everyone could try to make her transition into life at Hogwarts as smooth as possible. She will be arriving with the first years and will be sorted after all the first years have been put into their houses, thank you."

**So that's what Draco's waiting for. He must have met this Alicia on the train. Wonder what she's like, maybe she'll be in Gryffindor. That would be cool. She must have move here from pretty far away, she's not likely to have transferred from one of the other European schools. I can't wait till I'm older, I am so going travelling.**

**God she must be pretty freaked, starting a new school and everything. I know I would be. But by the looks of things she won't have any problem making friends; the entire hall is going gossip crazy. Bet all the guys want to know is what she looks like.**

"Wonder what she looks like."

**I'm good!**

"Ron, that is just so typical, what if she's really nice, or smart, or what if she's really mean and horrible. Do you even care or are you going to judge her just on the way she looks. Jeeze, its times like this that make me wonder why I hang around with you."

"You hang around with us cause we are the only ones in the school that can put up with you know-it-all attitude, and so what if I'm curious as to what she looks like, I'm male, it's what we do."

"So how come Harry didn't come up with something as Neanderthal like as that."

"He's just too much of a gentleman to say it, but if he's any kinda guy he was thinking it."

"No he wasn't, were you Harry?"

"I rather not get involved Hermione." Harry said looking to Ginny for help. They had found over the past years that it was safer for their health to stay away from Ron and Hermione when they got into one of these conversations.  Giving Ginny a look that clearly said 'these two are driving me insane' he said, "So, Ginny, are you going to try out for Quidditch this year?"

"Maybe."

"Come on Gin, I've seen you fly, you're really good. And you know the team could do with more players, if we had reserves over the last couple of years we wouldn't have lost have the matches we did, and with wood gone we need them all the more."

"Maybe."

"Don't make me beg."

"I'll think about it."

"I'm warning you I will make a fool of myself right now. All I want you to say is that you'll try out."

"I'll see how I feel when the time comes."

"Not good enough, come on, Ron's trying out for keeper."

Ron, who was at that time glaring at Hermione in a non believable way turned at hearing his name called.

"Huh, did someone say something to me?"

"Ron, tell Ginny she should try out for Quidditch."

"No way!"(Ginny looks kind of offended by this.)

"Why not, she's good."

"No sister of mine is gonna be on the team, I'd spend the entire time worrying about her getting knocked off."

"I can take care of myself thank you very much Ronald Weasley, and for your information I AM going to try out. For the sole purpose of annoying you!"

"Thanks Ron." Harry said with a smile.

Ginny who had just realised what had happened turned to Harry to yell at him for tricking her into agreeing, but upon seeing the grin on his face she found herself grinning too. Even though she had gotten over the crush she had on him a few years ago she found that she couldn't stay mad at him.

"I hate you."

"No you don't."

**Yes I do.**

**No you don't.**

**SHUT UP!...**

**Did it just get a whole lot quieter in here? Oh, the first years have arrived, they look scared, and I wonder did I look that scared when I got sorted, probably. So where's Alicia…. Oh! Wow! Well she defiantly won't have any trouble making friends.** (Looks over at Ron who is practically drooling) **No trouble at all.** (Looks over at Draco who looks pretty calm and more than a little smug) **Yeah yeah, so you know the new girl, it not that big of a deal.** (Alicia spots Draco and waves. Draco nods and does that half smile he does so well. Every guy in the room, including Ron and to Ginny's surprise Harry looks at Draco with envy and shock) **Ok, so apparently it is that big of a deal.**

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