25 August 2005
A word from Starry: Ok I'm updating this one more than the other ones. I'm stuck on the other ones but don't fear, I hope to have up another chapter for FF and ID either today or tomorrow.
I'm so happy that a lot of you are liking this fic! Consider yourselves lucky and unlucky. 1.) Lucky, because you guys are the first ones to read beyond chapter two. I've posted this fic up in other places but only up to chapter two. 2.) Unlucky, because it's not beta read yet. I hope (once it's been beta read) to re-post it for you guys.
I hope you guys like this chapter, this one is one of my favorites from this fic. Enjoy!
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Chapter Three: Touching Draco Malfoy
Breakfast the next day was a bit different than how it was usually. The Trio were already seated and eating when Ginny walked in. She pushed the urge to look over at the Slytherin table to see if the pompous git was staring at her remembering what he had said the day before. Raising her head high she walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat beside Hermione, who looked at her with a smile.
"Why are you looking at me and smiling?" Ginny asked, her eyes then scanned her brother and Harry's face. They too had the same expression as the bushy haired girl.
"Ginny! I have decided, actually WE have decided that we are going to start doing research."
Ginny looked confused. "Research on what?" she asked.
This time it was Harry who spoke making Ginny feel the all-familiar butterflies in her stomach.
"Research on your curse! We are going to find out how to cure it. Hermione says since it's a curse it has to have a cure. All curses have cures."
Ginny just gaped at him when her brother spoke up.
"Ginevra Weasley! You are going to be cured from this curse you have had your whole life!" cried Ron with a lot of happiness.
Ginny continued staring at the Trio and felt something inside her. Could it be the joy of hope? If it was she sure liked the feeling. It meant that there was hope that she could be pretty!
"Wow guys, but where are you going to look?" she asked, the little joy of hope had now began to deflate.
"The library of course!"
Staring at Hermione, Ginny couldn't help but smile. Hooray for this, they were going to do research on her curse and see if they could make her pretty.
"Lucky it's the beginning of the weekend and we have no classes for two whole days! That means if we go right now we'll get a big start and hopefully by the end of the weekend, we'll have a few answers," said Ron as he leaned over and gave Ginny a tight hug.
Soon Hermione was hugging her and then came Harry. Ginny felt her heart pounding inside her chest as she saw him get up and lean forward to hug her! Ginny bit her tongue but this time it wasn't to stop herself from giggling, it was to stop her from blushing.
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Draco looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw Harry hugging Ginny. Curiosity took over making him ignore Millicent who was talking about some Muggle thing that made your hair straight. He wondered why he was hugging that ugly girl, had he gone mad? Or perhaps Potter had just decided to ask the little bint because he couldn't get the girl he wanted.
"Draco are you even listening to me? That thing burns your hair and makes it straight, it's such a weird thing—"
"Shut it Millicent! Merlin you're even worse than Pansy" he snapped at her.
He turned to look at the Gryffindor table once more and noted that the Trio and ugly Weasley were now leaving. They seemed to be smiling a lot and patting Ginny on the back a lot, why was that? Once more his curiosity took over and after making sure no one was paying attention to him, he got up and followed them.
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The library was mostly empty except for a few people that included: Susan Bones, Neville Longbottom (who seemed to be reading a book about plants), Padma Patil with a few of her Ravenclaw friends and Pansy Parkinson (the trio were surprised to see her here).
They found an empty table in a secluded corner, soon after that Hermione went off looking for books on curses. Ginny sat down and decided to work on her homework since they had told her that she didn't have to do research. She wanted to finish the Potions essay Snape had told them to write, it had to be six feet of parchment! He was clearly losing his head.
"Ok, I found these books that seem to have some information on curses."
Ginny looked up from what she was writing and stared at the books Hermione had found.
"Harry you will get Ancient Spells, Charms and Curses, Ron you will get Modern Spells, Charms and Curses and I will get Ancient and Modern Curses and Jinxes. Now let's work!"
The petite redhead giggled as she looked at the boys expressions, they weren't really expecting this. She shook her head and went back to her homework.
Everything was going good until a particular tall and blond Slytherin walked towards their table. That's when everyone in the library (yes even Madam Pince) knew that trouble was coming.
"What do we have here? Gryffindors working like house elves to get their good marks eh?" he said maliciously.
He looked over towards Ginny and at that instant he felt something strange when she looked up at him with her wide brown eyes. His smirk had gone off his face and he was now staring intently towards the littlest Weasley.
'She seems so familiar, it's like I've seen those eyes before… but where?'
"Hey Malfoy! Don't look at my sister like that you filthy arsehole!" Ron said through clenched teeth.
Ginny quickly turned away from Draco's prying eyes and turned to see her brother turning red. 'Great! He's going to start yelling and Madam Pince will kick him out again' Getting up she walked over to Ron and put her hand on his arm.
"Calm down Ron, don't lose your temper. You don't want to get kicked out again…" she whispered to her brother who just nodded while continuing to glare daggers at the intruding Slytherin.
"Look here Weasley, even if your sister wasn't this horrible looking I wouldn't get near her or touch her with a hundred foot pole."
"That's enough Malfoy! I didn't punch you yesterday because Ginny pulled me away but I'm sure today she won't do that. You better leave unless you want to see your pretty little teeth on my knuckles" Harry said with anger seeping in every word.
"You don't scare me Potter—"
"Excuse me? What is going on here? Need I remind you that this is a library and it is to be quiet in here! Now Mr. Malfoy, if you are not going to do any work then I suggest you leave immediately. And as for you four, if you continue to talk I will kick you out and not let you in here for a week!" cried Madam Pince towards the glaring teenagers.
Draco turned around and stormed off towards the library doors, before going out he turned around and took one last glance towards Ginny. What was it that was so familiar about her? He sneered and left.
"The idiot seems to like the attention he wants us to give him. Seriously, why the bloody hell does he come in here and bother us when we haven't even spoken to him!" said Ron who was still red.
"Ron! You're language!" whispered Hermione, it was meant to be a whisper.
"Because he's Malfoy, Prancing Prat and king of pricks all over," said Ginny with a grin.
"Ginny! See Ron? Look what your language does! It corrupts innocent peoples minds!"
"Sure Hermione, I'm sure my sister learned that from Fred and George" Ron laughed a bit, he looked over at Madam Pince and saw she was glaring so he went back to the book.
Hermione put a satisfactory smile on her face before she too hid her nose in a book. Ginny looked over at Harry not expecting him to be back on the book. Disappointed that he was, she sighed and went back to her seat, at least homework would get her mind off of things.
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After the library event, Draco had gone to his room to lay down for a bit. He needed to think what he was going to do about those stupid Gryffindors. He also needed to remember where he had seen those eyes they looked so damn familiar! He punched his pillow and turned on his side before saying, "Stupid Potter…" He yawned and before he knew it, he had drifted off to sleep.
Ron, Harry, Ginny and Hermione had spent the rest of the day in the library trying to find out about the curse. They had even discussed their progress through lunch and so far they had not found anything on any curse that changed the identity of a witch, wizard or person. They had stayed in the library until it was time for Ginny to leave, which had been at 7:45.
It was now ten minutes after ten and Ginny was in her bed listening to her roommate's steady breathing. She couldn't believe that on a Saturday they were already sleeping this early! If she didn't have this curse, she'd probably be out in the common room or perhaps doing something else.
Getting up she peeked through the curtains around her bed and grinned, she could go outside now! She quietly got off her bed and bent down to get her broom from under her bed. Touching it made her heart leap because she knew that in a few minutes she would be soaring in the air feeling the wind kiss her. She tiptoed over to the window where she quietly opened it. Mounting her broom she looked back before flying out towards the night.
Closing her eyes, Ginny felt as she cut through the cool breeze. She was glad to have worn pajama pants and a small tee shirt instead of her usual little pajama shorts and tank top. The moon was bright and the stars were twinkling right beside it, looking up at them was breathtaking! She looked down and noticed the vast and wide space of mountains and grasslands. This was wow!
After a while of riding, Ginny decided that it was time to go down and take a rest before going back. She remembered Malfoy popping out of nowhere the last time she was here and she felt a bit of excitement run through her body. It wouldn't hurt if she met with him one more night right? Besides he probably wasn't going to be here tonight since the night before she hadn't come out. Giggling at that thought, she flew down to one of the stands and sat on one of the benches where she began looking up at the sky.
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He saw as she flew to one of the stands and before you could say 'Firebolt' he was flying over there to be with her. He had missed her the night before and he wanted to know why she hadn't come. Being around her he felt, different. He felt like his insides would melt whenever she looked at him, he felt weak, and he felt nice. The fact that he had only met her once and that she already made him feel like that was out of the question. Draco didn't know why he felt like that.
When he reached her she was lying back with her eyes closes. Draco leaned over and began to study her. Her skin had a luminescence glow, her scarlet colored hair looked to be soft if touched, she had curves in the right places, her fairness was just jaw dropping!
He was so amazed by her that he didn't notice her eyelids open. It wasn't until he realized the movement of her hand that he looked up at her and smiled.
"Hello Echo"
'Merlin he scared the living daylights out of me! Oh why did I come here? I should have just gone to bed. What if he discovers it's me?'
Draco outstretched his arm and grabbed her hand making her jump.
"No don't get scared, I won't do anything to you. You are… wow I can't even say because you leave me speechless…" he said as he continued to study her.
'Whoa there ferret boy you are freaking me out! Hmm perhaps I should make him pay for what he did yesterday and today. That would be nice, but I can't speak or else he'll recognize me!'
Ginny straightened up and placed her hand on his chest. 'Ok, I have no idea why I just did that…'
"What are you trying to tell me? Do you want to be my sweetheart?"
Pulling her arm away she shook her head and then shrugged. It was going to be hard to make him suffer like this, if only her voice changed just like the rest of her.
"I still want to know why you come out there Echo. I mean what is it that you like about this place that makes you come over here?" he asked as he leaned back keeping his eyes on her brown ones.
'I come out here because it's the only way I can share my beauty with the world. They don't even know it's me, Ginevra Weasley! Only my family and Harry and Hermione, Merlin's if you knew who I was you wouldn't even be here talking to me!' Ginny felt her back stiff and decided to lie beside Draco who was now staring at the stars.
"You want to know something Echo?" asked Draco, putting his hands behind his head.
Ginny nodded and turned to her side so she was facing him. At this action Ginny noticed that her heart was now beating a little faster than usual.
"I hate this school, I hate my house and I hate living here. I wish I lived somewhere else where no one knew my origin or who I am, then I wouldn't have to worry about anything but just living. People wouldn't be after you for your money or fame and you wouldn't have to worry about never being able to meet the person you love. Here all the girls want me ('Yeah right!') but not for who I am, but because of what I have. It bloody sucks…"
Staring into his eyes, Ginny noticed that what he was saying was true. There was something about his eyes that told her so. She looked away from him and stared up at the stars and her gaze then moved to the moon. She felt weird lying down beside him on the benches in the stands, not in the uncomfortable weird, but in the weird way where your heart was beating fast and little butterflies were flying in your stomach.
'Oi, Ginny you've completely lost your mind! You don't even know what you're feeling or thinking! Poor Malfoy he really wants someone to love him for who he is. Why am I suddenly craving to kiss his yummy lips? GINEVRA WEASLEY YOU GET THAT OUT OF YOUR HEAD!'
"Are you ok? It looks like you were frowning and then your eyes widened," he chuckled before raising his hand to move away a strand of hair that was in her face.
'Oh Merlin! He is so… Malfoy! I really need to get out of here before I start wanting to really kiss him…' Ginny broke the eye contact, got up and grabbed her broom.
Seeing this Draco got up and grabbed her arm before she could get on.
"Please don't go Echo. I missed you yesterday and… Merlin's beard Echo, what is it that makes me feel like this when I'm around you? It's like I've known you and I feel a great sense of comfort with you. You make me act like someone else, Echo… please don't go…" He focused on her eyes once more and Ginny couldn't stop the butterflies from fluttering faster.
'Merlin fish sticks what am I going to do?' Ginny looked down at her watch and saw that she still had time before she had to go in. She looked deep into Draco's eyes (which made her get a chill down her spine) and nodded slowly.
"Thanks Echo"
Ginny just nodded.
"I wish I could hear your voice, I bet it's very beautiful."
'That's not what you have said when you've heard it! You once said it sounded like there was frog stuck in my throat! One time you told me you wanted to put the silencing charm on me because you hated to hear me talk. Then again you hate to listen to people that have Weasley, Potter and Granger as their last name.' Ginny hid her urge to giggle at this. What would he say if he heard her? He'd probably recognize it and say, "It's you Weasley! You tricked me! And blah blah blah."
"Why don't your friends come and visit you anymore? Potter, Granger and Weasley? Did they ditch you because they were jealous of you?" he asked with his signature smirk.
Ginny shrugged and did something she would have never done as Ginevra Weasley. She lifted her hand, touched his lips and continued to caress his face!
'Oh MERLIN'S BEARD! I'LL BE HEXED INTO THE NEXT CENTURY! What did I just do? I TOUCHED HIS FACE! He'll kill me for sure!' Ginny quickly pulled her hand away and got up to leave.
Not turning around to see if he was following her she jumped on her broom and sped off towards Gryffindor Tower. Without thinking, except to get into her bed safely she flew into her dormitory and quietly got off the broom and closed the window. She was breathless! After slowly putting her broom under her bed she jumped on her bed and closed the drapes.
She put a hand on her chest and felt how fast her heart was beating. She was lucky she got out of there alive! He was probably going to kill her or something for touching him! She smiled as she remembered how warm he was when she had touched him. She lifted her hand and placed it on her face wanting to feel his feel on her face. Rolling her eyes at the ridiculous thing she was doing, she turned on her side and closed her eyes.
Starry: Yay! Draco and Ginny interaction! -smiles as the rabid d-g fangirl that she is- yep yep they touched! Well Ginny touched him... anyways Thanks to my reviewers and I hope you guys liked it! Please review! Thanks