21st September

12:27pm

Saw Marvin again in the hallways. Does this kid have nothing else better to do?

Marvin the Random Ravenclaw: Hi. Ginny. (Sighs loudly)

Me: Er, hullo Marvin.

MRR: How's it going? Ginny. (blushes furiously)

Me: (Pauses, looking around for an escape) Fine….

MRR: How did you enjoy the jelly beans? Ginny. (Big grin, combined expertly with a loud sigh)

Me: Oh. Um. Great. I love jelly beans. Mmmm! (Smiles fakely and rubs belly) Especially the- err…- lime flavoured ones… (Truth is I didn't eat them. Luna whipped them away, saying they attracted Bookle Burrs. What ever those are.)

MRR: I'm glad to hear that. Ginny. Well. Ginny. I better go. Ginny. We don't want you to be late for Transfiguration. Ginny. (Large, loud sigh)

Has he got my timetable memorized? Oh dear. He's turned into Trillium the Ultimate Stalker.

5:32pm

Just got trapped into going into another Slug Club Party on Wednesday. Yippee. I love candied pineapple… Can't wait to spend five hours listening to Slytherin Snobs discuss how their great-granddaddy invented toe-nail clippers for trolls. At least Hermione says she's going.

Hair Status: 4- Hair Brushes Beware

23rd September- Slug Club "Party"

7:46am

Urgh. Really don't want to go to Sluggy's party.

7:48am

Got a brill idea- foolproof! I'll say I have a lot of homework so couldn't possibly make it. A big project in DADA sounds realistic, with Snape teaching it and all. I swear, he makes us read half a textbook a night.

5:52pm

Plan definitely not foolproof.

Horace Slughorn: (Calling out to me after class) Ginny, my girl, can't wait to see you at my party tonight! Come to my office at seven.

Me: Ooh! Er, I can't make it, sir! I have… a big project for Defense Against The Dark Arts, something about… Hinkypunks! I'll be up until midnight finishing it. And then what with all the Potions stuff I have…

HS: We can't have my Ginny girl missing my party! I'll give you until Wednesday to finish the homework instead. And I'll have a word with Professor Snape- I'm sure he'll be delighted to give such a star student a few extra days to finish it.

Me: Delighted, I'm sure…Err. Well then… Good-bye Professor…

Yes. Snape will be delighted- ecstatic- to give me more time on a project he hasn't assigned. Guess I'm going to that party. Better go commiserate with Hermione.

9:07pm

Had such a fun time at Dear Sluggy's party… Almost as much fun as feeding Flobberworms. The highlight of the night was talking to Ian McLloyd, who somehow managed to get an invite to the party.

IM: Hey Ginny. (Addressing a point a foot lower than my eyes)

Me: McLloyd! Why are you here? (Looking down to see if I've spilt something. Nope)

IM: (Seeming very interested in this point) Well see, Ginny, my great-uncle's brother-in-law invented the candied pineapple.

Me: (Crossing arms protectively over imaginary point, looking for an escape) Well that's…. fascinating.

IM: Men in my family are very good at (momentary pause as he raises an eyebrow) inventing things.

Me: Erm… Well then you must meet… (pulls random girl out of crowd) Susan! Her great-grandfather helped invent the Cleansweep! (Runs away)

IM: So you like inventing things too? (Point appears to have transferred to a foot below Susan's eyes)

Note to self: avoid McLloyd and his candied pineapple-inventing family.

Hair Status: 3.5-Lumpy Locks

24th September

11:57pm

Unnh. So tired. Just spent four hours writing stupid Hinkypunks homework. Apparently Snape was delighted to find out that I wanted to do a four-foot long essay. He assigned it to me today in class, after also giving us thirty questions Chapter 3.

Got a letter from Dean today to meet him Saturday night at ten in the common room for a little late night stroll. Trill is overjoyed at this. She's been babbling on- planning every detail of my makeup and outfit for this. What is the big deal? From the way she's going on, you'd think we'd be getting married.

Hair Status: 4.5- Le Pouf Junior

26th September

9:31pm

I'm sitting on the bed with Trill doing my hair, getting ready for date with MY boyfriend. Am quite excited. So is Trill. Wish she'd shut up.

TM: See look how shiny your hair got! I told you it would! Next I'll put on this pink eye-shadow I got. All the muggle girls are wearing it. See how pretty-

Me: But I'm-

TM: -it is! And it will go brilliantly with the new lip stuff I got- it was ten pounds, but totally worth it. In Galleons that's about-

Me: Trill, really, this-

TM: well, I can't really remember the exact ratio but- stop squirming! I just got lip gloss all over your nose! Actually, it does wonders for the freckles, doesn't it Jas?

JB: Yeah! Their so much less noticeable-

Me: Er. Thanks guys. (sarcastically) I'm going.

9:57pm

Okay, I'm off. Tee-hee! Date with MY boyfriend. Trill has stuffed me into a pair of her low-rise muggle jeans. Honestly, I don't know how they can stand them. I feel like my butt is going to fall out of them every time I move.

10:51pm

Another non-foolproof plan. Started out well though. Dean greeted me in the common room, and we headed outside to walk around the lake (me clutching the back of my pants firmly). We were standing by Hagrid's hut, leaning in for a snog, when Professor McGonagall came out.

Minerva MCGonagall: Until tomorrow then, Hagrid. (turning) Thomas? Weasely? Never in my life- What are you doing out of bed at this time? We are at war!

DT: (wiping lip gloss off lips) Well, Professor, we…

Me: You see…

DT: We were…

Me: We had to uh….

DT: BABYSIT THE FLOBBERWORMS!

And that's how I got detention for Monday evening.