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LITTLE RED EARS

Full Summary:

Ginny's ears always turn searing red in embarrassing situations. What happens when a certain someone starts to notice? Somehow he finds the fiery look on Ginny quite attractive. So what happens when his worst enemy begins to fall for the same person too? Should he forget about her or will he fight for her heart?


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A Word with Snape

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After finding the word Sorry written on the parchment from Draco, Ginny mood picked up a bit. Happy that Draco had at least apologized for not returning her wand after detention, she headed off to potions. On the way there, she noticed the halls were quite empty, and scolded herself for not checking the time earlier. She picked up her pace and almost ran down to the dungeons. Rounding the last curve, she crashed into someone's back, throwing them forwards and landing slightly on top.

"I'm so sorry!" Ginny cried, trying to lift herself up before smothering the person. "Oh, hi Harry"

"Hey. Don't worry about it, Ginny," Harry's voice came from slightly beneath her. "It's not like you're a giant, you didn't hurt me at all"

"Break it up or go find a room!" a sneering voice came from the doorway.

"Oh be quiet Malfoy!" Ginny answered calmly as she and Harry helped each other clean up their things. The next thing he did surprised her: Hurry up! The bell is about to ring! he mouthed before sweeping back inside the room. She smiled slightly and picked up her pace. They were soon done and made it to their chairs just before the bell.

Ginny turned to Draco and mouthed Thanks. He smirked back.

Ginny heard Pansy question Draco about why she said thanks. She smiled at his curt answer; he hated Pansy too.

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The rest of the day went without incident for Ginny. She could tell Professor McGonagall was pleased she got her wand back. Ginny did everything to keep her happy and actually earned some points back for being the first one to completely turn her parrot into a vase. Her secret? She'd gotten some pointers from Hermione while she was wandless.

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The next morning found Ginny rushing through her usual routines so she could get to potions on time. She was quite grumpy; she had slept in and missed breakfast because none of her friends had bothered to check if she was still asleep. She hastily brushed her teeth, scrambled into her regulation school clothes, slightly too small, and shrugged into her robe. After grabbing her school bag, she rushed down the dormitory stairs. Unfortunately, she rushed a little too quickly and her left foot missed a stair. She fell awkwardly onto it. Ginny's hurt ankle couldn't support her and she tumbled down the rest of the stairs, straight into Harry's arms.

"Watch it Gin"

"I need to hurry to eat or I'm going to be late for potions!" Ginny cried, wincing as she attempted to stand up.

"Ginny, it's not worth killing yourself over any class," Harry said, a concerned expression on his face.

"Yeah, but it's Snape we're talking about here"

"True"

"Harry, do you think you can help me to the hospital wing? I don't think I can walk on this"

"Sure Gin, here hold onto my arm." Eventually, after what seemed like a lifetime of hobbling down dim corridors, they made it to the hospital wing.

"Madame Pomfrey!" Ginny called.

"Dear dear, what happened?" Madame Pomfrey asked as she bustled over.

"I missed a step and fell down the stairs," Ginny admitted, her ears slightly pink.

"Let's have a look at it then. Harry, be a dear and help her to a bed. I'll be back in a moment."

Madame Pomfrey came back with her wand and a few potions for pain. After running her wand over Ginny's ankle, she declared it was only a sprain. "You'll be back on your feet in no time but I want you to stay in bed here until at least dinner. If you need to go to the bathroom, call me. I don't want you walking on that ankle just yet."

"I guess I'll leave now then," Harry said, looking over at Ginny.

"Alright, thanks a lot Harry," she answered with a smile. Ginny's eyes followed him to the door, where he turned around and caught her eyes once more. He tossed her a quick smile and left through the oak doors.

Ginny leaned back on her pillow. The pain potions made her a bit drowsy and she closed her eyes, welcoming the peace that came with sleep.

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Harry was doing a lot of thinking. The few minutes with Ginny left him with butterflies in his stomach, not a very manly thing. He started noticing things about her he didn't notice before; the way her brown eyes sparkled, the way her little ears turned pink or red when she became embarrassed, the golden highlights in her deep red hair. Ginny also possessed a great figure, taller than most of the other girls in her year. He wondered what it would be like to kiss those kissable lips and run his hands through her long hair. Harry stopped and berated himself for thinking about her that; she was his best friend's sister. He shook these thoughts from his head and made his way to potions.

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Draco entered the dim potions room and looked around for Ginny. She wasn't there and he grew a little worried. Wait a minute? Why are you of all people worried? he asked himself. He sat down at his usual table, unfortunately next to Pansy, and waited for Professor Snape to show up.Just before the bell rang, a dishelved Harry rushed into the room. Everybody looked up, and a few Slytherins snickered. He went over to his table and was about to tell Ron and Hermione where Ginny was when Snape entered the room.

"Quiet," he demanded as he scanned the room. "We seem to be missing somebody. Where is Ms. Weasley."

Harry tentatively raised his hand.

"Yes Mr. Potter?"

"She's in the hospital wing. She sprained her ankle and won't be coming to class."

"Very well then," Snape answered and began his lecture. He wasn't too pleased that one of his best students was missing class.

Draco wasn't either. Despite the fact that he despised Ron, he couldn't help but feel a little bit friendly towards Ginny after that night in the tower. He expected her to be mad at him for evading her privacy. But she was nice, and offered him a peanut butter a jelly sandwich, which turned out to be delicious. For some reason, the thought of friendship kept running through his head. He didn't like the Slytherins, the way they were always suck ups, and thought that being a Death Eater was the best thing in the world. No, he didn't want to be around these people.

He felt comfortable around Ginny. Even though they didn't really talk much that night at the tower, he liked it. She didn't demand anything from him like Pansy and the other Slytherins did. He could probably be himself around her and not even care about making an impression.

Draco sat in class with those thoughts running through his head. Professor Snape noticed the blank but thoughtful look on his face and left him alone. He saw by Draco's expression that he was thinking about something that was important to him.

After assigning the potion to make to the class, he made his way to Draco and asked for a word in his private office. Draco followed him, curious.

"I noticed that you weren't quite paying attention in class Mr. Malfoy," he began.

"I'm sorry Professor, I was just thinking about something," Draco answered.

"Do you mind telling me?" Snape questioned.

"Well…Its just that, um…" Draco began, uncertain.

"Whatever is said here will stay here. Have I ever gone blabbing your secrets, Mr. Malfoy?"

"No, you're right Professor. A few days ago, I met Ginny Weasley in a tower and we were really polite to each other. I was just thinking if maybe she could-um-be a possible-um-friend." Draco finished.

"Well, I understand if you don't want to be friends with Slytherins. But don't make enemies of them. You can pursue your friendship if you like, just make sure that you want anyone to know about it, they won't be against inter-house relationships and won't tell your father."

"Alright, thanks Professor," Draco finished with a small smile.

"Oh, and show her your smile; you look a lot friendlier that way," Snape added with a small uplift of his mouth. Draco grinned in return and they both entered the classroom again, receiving some curious looks from students. They quickly disappeared when Snape announced that there should have been enough time for them to finish their potions and they should bring them to the front right then.

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Well I finally got chapter 7 up! It took me a while, but I did it. I don't know if the next chapter will be coming out soon though, because I have a lot of summer assignments to finish and school starts in a couple weeks. Let me know what you think in the meantime. If I don't find time to work on this, I'll probably work on my other story. Please review!


Thanks for chapter 6 and other reviews! Once I hit at least 50 reviews, I'll know that I should continue this story, so let me know!