Chapter 4:
"You think you're so smart, don't you?" Draco asked Blaise. Blaise laughed and said, "Am I not, Draco?" It was now Dracos turn to laugh. "You call yourself smart? Well, if you're so smart then why didn't you use your wand in opening the door? Why did you kick it like a little scared child?"
"I panicked alright!" Blaise reasoned. "Whatever. But I still can't believe it! You, of all people, fancy Luna Lovegood!" Draco said. Blaise looked at Draco and said, "What's not to believe is that you, Draco Malfoy, hater of all muggles and muggle lovers, fancy a muggle lover, Ginny Weasley!" Then, they both got silent.
This was too much to handle. It was too unexpected. Who could have known? Blaise liked an odd girl with bottle caps as an accessory and Draco fancied a muggle lover. They both couldn't get over the fact that they have betrayed their oath to their parents that they would not do such a thing and that they would loath anything against the Dark Lord's path. But what if this is bigger than that, bigger than what they had imagined? What if they felt something else?
Over the years, Ginny Weasley grew from a little girl hiding at her brothers to a young lady with wit and charms that no other Weasley had. And during those times Draco Malfoy had seen the improvements. He liked the way she handles him. She wasn't scared of him; she even fought back a couple of times. At first, he fought back the thought of himself liking her, but he gave up and concluded that he was obsessed by her. There was no time that Draco wasn't thinking of her, even though it wasn't obvious. He didn't want any one to know about this. He had a reputation to take care of, of course. And there was his father. He wouldn't approve of this, he would be really furious!
"What are going to do now?" Draco asked after a few moments of silence. Blaise raised an eyebrow and said "What am I going to do? Nothing! Or should I shout to the world that I like her?" "Be serious Zabini. I know you don't have the guts to tell the world." Blaise smirked and said, "And you're telling me that you have the guts? Hah! What a joke." Draco took a pillow and threw it to Blaise. "I said nothing like that! What I meant is that what are you going to do to let her like you and still keep your reputation." the pillow landed on Blaise's head which messed up his hair. He tried to comb his hair back to perfection with his hands. "I never thought about that…" he said as he stared again to space.
"Never thought about it?"
"I thought that she would just like me in time for what I am. And forcing her is not an option!" Blaise said as he snapped back to reality.
"Of course you're not going to force her! That would be too cruel!"
"Are trying to be funny Draco? Do you really know what's cruel or not?"
"I am living a life with a father like Lucious Malfoy, and you expect me NOT to know cruelty?"
"Alright, alright. If your so good at this 'make her like you with out letting them know you like her" business, then teach me." Blaise tested Draco.
"Fine then. Let me teach you." then Draco got up, took a few pieces of parchment and a quill and went to the door. "And where are you going?" Blaise asked, confused. "To the library and you're coming with me!" Draco said as he took hold of Blaise's wrist. "Why are we going to the library?" "To finish our homework then I'll teach you want you need to know." Blaise murmured, "You never slack of don't you?"
They went inside the library and took a seat, but as they settled on the table Ginny and Luna came inside. They both looked in unison at Ginny and Luna. "Oh, look what the cat dragged in." Draco said as the walked past their table. Blaise looked at Draco in amazement. His voice was so cold. Ginny looked at them both and smirked, "Malfoy, Zabini." She greeted. Luna looked at Blaise and smiled slightly. Then they walked to a table and sat down.
"How do you do that?" Blaise asked. Draco looked at him and said in a very mocking voice, "It's a gift Zabini. And I happened to blessed with it." Blaise laughed and said, "The Malfoy gift, I see." But before Malfoy could say anything, Ginny got up from her table and went to the furthest and darkest bookshelf in the library.
A nasty expression grew on Draco's face. "What are you up to?" Blaise knew something was up. "Watch and learn." Draco got up and went to the same bookshelf that Ginny went.
Draco walked slowly and when he reached the bookshelf he scanned the books, as if trying to find a book.
"Malfoy, fancy meeting you here." Ginny said when she noticed him. "Hello Weaselette. Didn't know you were here." Then Draco looked around for the book he was 'looking' for. "What book are you looking for ferret boy?" Ginny asked him as she walked around. "Well, I think it was 'How to Get Rid of Weasels', have you seen that?" Draco answered her sarcastically. Ginny laughed and said, "No, haven't seen that. But I guess you could never get rid of a weasel now could you?" Draco didn't say anything but he just smirked, and walked around.
"Why are you smirking? Did you find anything amusing?" Draco stopped and faced her, "Well actually I did. I find your face amusing, love." Ginny went so red that she looked like a tomato ready to explode. "Are you blushing, love?" Draco mocked as he went closer to Ginny. And now Ginny was as cold as ice. She was shivering from head to foot. 'What the hell is he trying to do?' Ginny tried to go away from Draco by walking backwards. But that was a big mistake; instead she was trapped by the wall and Draco's body in front of her.
Ginny motioned to get away from Draco but Draco was just too quick. "Going somewhere love?" then Draco motioned his arms to the wall so that Ginny couldn't get out that easily. Ginny was now really freaked out. "Don't call me love. It sickens me!" She said coolly without any trace of fear. "Are you scared Weasley?" Draco said as he moved his face towards her re face. His heart beat was really fast that he felt like it would blow up any minute now.
"Get away from me Malfoy!" Ginny warned him. "What if I don't?" Draco asked her with a whisper.
"Then you won't let me go. What can I do? You're double my size?"
"Alright then, so I won't let you go."
"Fine, then don't!"
And they both stayed where they were. No one moved. Draco was staring at her, while Ginny was trying to avoid his gaze. Ginny's heart was beating as fast as Draco's. She felt really uncomfortable. 'Oh Merlin… Why does he have to be so close and what is that perfume his using… smells great… what the hell am I thinking!' Ginny shook the thought out of her mind. She found herself staring at Draco's lips. It looked so smooth and, for the first time she noticed that it was red. The next thing she knew was that she was licking her lips.
Draco noticed that she was licking her lips. 'What the hell is she doing?' Draco thought. He watched as she licked her lips. He was so tempted to touch her lips… to kiss her lips… He leaned forward. He was so ready to kiss her lips. But as he was leaning forward, Ginny just froze. She wanted to move and slap him but she also wanted to know what would happen if she didn't.
Draco was a half inch away from her lips when he snapped back to reality. Draco tilted his head and he said, "Here" Ginny shook her head and she had a confused look on her face. "Huh?" Draco said again, "Here," Still looking confused, Ginny asked again, "What?" Draco raised an eyebrow and wriggled his right hand which was holding a small bottle. "Here, its lip balm, your lips are dry. Isn't that the reason why you were licking you lips?" Ginny laughed quietly and said, "Yeah, of course." Draco moved away from her at last and handed the lip balm to her. "Take it." Ginny took the small bottle and said, "Thanks, I guess…" Draco smiled and looked at the bookshelf to his right and said, "Oh, there it is." He took a book and then walked away to the table where Blaise was. And Ginny followed after a while.
When Draco took a seat across Blaise, he banged his head to the table a couple of times. "What the hell is wrong with you mate?" Blaise asked trying to hold back his giggles. Draco stopped banging his head and said, "Want some lip blam?"