After a long day of shopping, Sarah decided the only proper way to unwind was to go clubbing. Ginny and Micah exchanged an amused look before laughing.

Ginny changed into one of the outfits they had bought her that day. It included a black leather skirt that reached halfway down her thighs and a sleeveless, forest green, velveteen shirt that showed off her curves nicely. She put her hair halfway up and wore the hoop earrings Micah had picked out and a pair of strappy sandals of Sarah's. Sarah wore a denim mini skirt with frayed hem and a sparkly silver halter top.

When they went downstairs, Micah was waiting for them in a black button up shirt and distressed jeans. The top two buttons of his shirt were undone and it was untucked. With his hands in his pockets and his hair hanging before his eyes, he was dead sexy. His crooked smile when he saw the girls only added to the look.

Sarah briefly entertained the thought of playing matchmaker and setting her best friend up with her brother, but decided to see how they acted that night before making any decisions. She smiled when Micah put his hand on the small of Ginny's back to guide her into the car after opening the door for her. Micah saw the smile and rolled his eyes before opening his sister's door for her as well. Sarah laughed and he groaned to himself as he walked around to the driver's side.

They had been dancing for a while when Ginny decided she needed some water and headed over for the bar. Micah followed her.

When they were off the dance floor and at the bar, he leaned over to speak in her ear. "Just thought you should know, that guy at the end of the bar has been staring at you for the past hour."

She turned at looked at him in shock. His eyes were hard to read. They weren't amused, they weren't teasing, they were just blank. He nodded in the direction of the guy he was talking about. She turned to look.

Her mind froze as her soft brown eyes met cold steele. No. It wasn't possible. The bartender interrupted her thoughts with her water, forcing her break eye contact with the guy for a moment. When she turned back, he was gone. She looked around and saw him heading for a side door to the place.

She shoved the water bottle into Micah's hands and tried to run after the quickly disappearing young man. By the time she reached the door and looked out he had disappeared. Micah came up behind her.

"Gin? Who was that?" His voice was full of concern. He didn't like the way she had reacted.

"It…that's a guy I go to school with. What's he doing here?" She still hadn't turned away from the alley.

He put a hand on her shoulder. "I don't know. You all right?"

She let the door shut and looked at him. "Yeah," she smiled, "yeah, I'm fine." She reached for her water and he released it without letting go of her eyes.

"Why don't I believe you?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. Wanna dance?" She turned back to the dance floor.

He watched her for a moment before following. He knew there was more to that boy than she wanted to let on. He didn't know whether it was an ex-boyfriend or what, but there was tension and unpleasantness there and he didn't like it. She was worried about something, and he wanted to know what. He didn't ask anymore questions, though, he knew better than that.

About 2:30 they left the club and started walking back to their car. They had parked three blocks away in order to park free and relatively safe.

They were joking and laughing as they walked. Ginny and Sarah started chasing each other around and Micah watched them in amusement when Ginny froze. She was staring in the window of an all night diner. There, sitting at the counter, was the guy from the club.

"Gin…do you want to go in?" Micah asked carefully.

"What? Who is that? What's going on?" Sarah looked back and forth between her friend and brother in confusion.

"No…no. I shouldn't." Ginny answered absently.

"Then you do want to." Micah observed.

Sarah was thoroughly confused.

Ginny sighed. "Yeah, I guess I do, but I can't. We aren't friends. I just…know him, kind of. I want to know what he's doing here, but…I have no right to ask. He ran away from me, remember?"

"Yeah," Micah said softly, looking at the blonde head in the diner, "yeah, I guess he did."

Ginny started walking again and Micah followed her.

Sarah whined before catching up with them. "What's going on? What did I miss?"

Micah told her what had happened at the club.

"OH!" she said, sobering instantly.

Ginny rolled her eyes.

They went clubbing again a week later. Micah looked pretty much the same, but his shirt was more of a mercury than black and he wore black jeans instead of blue. Ginny wore a little black dress that was a little short for her comfort, but Micah had assured it was fine and looked wonderful. It had a low back and v-cut neckline. Again, she pulled her hair half-up and wore the hoop earrings. Sarah wore a red tank top and black mini-skirt.

While getting some water, Sarah started talking to a guy with black spiked hair and hazel eyes. He asked her dance and she said yes. When she passed off the water to Ginny, the young man looked at her quizzically. Ginny met his gaze for a moment and could have sworn she had seen him before, but Sarah had dragged him off to the dance floor before she could place him.

Shrugging her shoulders, she took a sip of water and pulled Micah out to dance again.

After a while, the guy Sarah was dancing with looked toward the bar and stopped dancing. Saying something in Sarah's ear, he walked off. Sarah nodded and made her way over to Ginny and Micah.

"Hey, guys!" she shouted over the music, "Blaise and I are hungry! We want to go get something to eat! He's getting his friend now and they're going to meet us at the door! Let's go!" She didn't actually ask, but that was nothing new for her. She started making her way toward the door.

Ginny had gone dead at the name and Micah had noticed.

"What is it now?" he asked in her ear.

She didn't answer at first, but after a second she turned to look at him. "We're going to eat with Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy!" Her eyes were clouded over and she looked like she was in shock.

Micah stared at her in disbelief. "The Draco Malfoy?" he asked. He had read her letters after all. "He's the blonde from last week?"

She nodded.

He groaned and started steering her toward the door. There really wasn't anything for it. Sarah had already agreed to go. Things might fall apart at the door, but they had to get at least that far.

When Blaise reached the bar, he stood next to Draco and shouted, "What's with you? You've been standing here glaring at the dance floor all night!"

Draco turned his eyes on his friend, intensifying his glare. "What's it to you?"

Blaise rolled his eyes. "Nothing! Look, we're going out to eat with this girl and her friends, so let's go!" He started to turn, but Draco stopped him.

"What! You've lost your mind!"

"What are you on about! I just picked up a girl!" Blaise was confused.

"Yeah! And the friend we're now eating with is Ginevra Weasley!"

Blaise's face paled. He recovered quickly, though. "So? I really like this girl and we're going! Move!" He grabbed Draco's shirt sleeve and pulled him toward the door.

Draco forced him to let go but still followed.

When the reached the door and stepped outside, the others were already waiting for them. Sarah looked confused, Micah looked worried, and Ginny looked mortified. Blaise scratched the back of his head as he stepped out. "Hey, Love. I don't know if you caught my name in there with all the noise, but I'm Blaise Zabini and this," he indicated the sulking figure behind him, "is Draco Malfoy."

Sarah's eyes went wide and she gulped. She looked at Ginny apologetically.

Knowing that Sarah wouldn't recover her voice for a minute, Ginny rolled her eyes and stepped up. "Hey, I'm Ginevra Weasley and this is Sarah's brother, Micah Jones." It was the most polite way she could come up with to cover for Sarah's shock. She hadn't actually introduced the guy to the girl he had been dancing with for hours, but she had supplied the name in case he hadn't caught it earlier.

Blaise bowed to her. "I really didn't recognize you in there…" he started to explain.

"I know, I didn't recognize you either until Sarah mentioned your first name." She turned to Draco, "Look, if you'd rather not…" she started to excuse him, but he interrupted her.

"We aren't at school, Weasley. I've got no better place to go and Blaise is set on going out to eat with you folks so I'll tag along, unless it will make you uncomfortable."

He had offered her a way out? She couldn't believe that he would leave if it made her uncomfortable. "No! I mean, if you want to come, come."

"Great. Now that that's settled, where are we going?" Draco demanded a bit brusquely.

"There's a great diner down the street," Blaise offered.

Draco caught the look that crossed Ginny's face at the mention of the diner. So she had seen him there last week as well. This was certainly going to be an interesting evening.

They started walking down the street. Blaise and Sarah led the way, talking animatedly. He made her laugh about every five seconds. Behind them, Ginny ended up between Micah and Draco. They walked in rather uncomfortable silence. Every now and then, Ginny would look at Draco and open her mouth, but he would look at her and she would close it, or he would take a breath to say something and she would look at him and he would shake his head.

Halfway there, Micah put his arm around Ginny's shoulders protectively. Draco assumed they were together. They way Micah had looked at him last week and the way he was looking at him now led to no other assumption than that he fancied Ginny and viewed him as a threat. From the way Ginny leaned into Micah, Draco figured she fancied him as well. It made sense, after all. They had been dancing together all night, twice. So why did it bother him? Why did it feel wrong?

They slid into a booth in the diner in much the same order as they had been walking. Blaise and Sarah sat across from Ginny sandwiched between the two boys. Draco was next to the window.