Chapter 3: Newest Fan Club Member

The train ride up to Hogwarts was the same. Ron arguing with Hermione, Harry telling them to stop it. Same old same old. Ginny sat by the window, watching the blurs of trees zoom by. She kept picturing Malfoy's face. The way he showed genuine emotion that day by the Leaky Caldron. She almost felt like they could relate in a way. She felt ignored and not noticed. He said he'd never been missed….

"Ginny!" Ron yelled a third time. Ginny snapped out of her trance.

"What do you want you prat?" she snapped.

"Did I interrupt a lovely day dream? I said wasn't that great how Malfoy was wandering around by himself when we saw him in Diagon Alley?" Ron laughed. Harry and Hermione joined in.

"Did his parents come to their senses and finally see what a twit he was?"

"He probably hadn't paid those people he calls friends to hang out with him!"

Ginny just glared.

"He had this complete glazed over look the whole time. Like he was almost thinking or something, "Ron laughed.

"I don't see anything funny about that Ron! So what if he was alone? Do you even know what that's like? Not having someone to talk to? Someone to hang out with!" Ginny yelled. She had snapped. Everyone stared at her, frozen.

Finally Harry cleared his throat and asked, "Are you Malfoy's new fan club member? Why are you standing up for him?" Ginny turned slightly pink. She didn't know why she was standing up for him.

"It's just Malfoy, Ginny…" Ron started.

"What's that about me Weasley?" A cold voice spoke. Everyone looked over towards it. It was Malfoy. He looked at Ginny as he spoke, "I don't need Weasleyette's defense thank you very much. And what the bloody hell does it matter if I was alone? I don't need to surround myself with people to make myself feel good, unlike you Weasley. Do you think if you hang out with Potter and Mudblood, no one will notice how dirt poor you are?" Ron turned terribly red. Harry stood up, fists clenched.

"You take that back Malfoy or I'll…." But he couldn't finish because Ginny had gotten in front of him and was facing Malfoy.

"I think that's quite enough out of you," She spat as she slammed the door at him.

On the other side of the door, Draco stood in shock. Did the Weasley girl just slam a door in his face?

" Now Ron if you ever say I'm in his fan club again, you remember this incident so that I don't have to curse you," Ginny said calmly as she sat down and got a book out. Everyone continued to stare at her. She could feel the eyes on her. It was getting irritating. So she got up and left.

She walked down the corridor looking for an empty compartment. Finally towards the back she found one. It looked empty, and it was till someone else came in, interrupting her marvelous time mentally indulging in her fantastic novel.

"Weasley this was my compartment," the person flatly said.

"And now its mine," she replied, pointing to her trunk.

"Weasley it was mine first," he answered back, pointing to his trunk above her head. The boy's voice was starting to get irritated. His arm was right in front of her and she had no choice but to look up and tell the person off. But to her surprise and total annoyance it was Malfoy.

"Look I don't plan on moving. The other compartment is completely filled. Why can't you go? My trunks already here," she said calmly.

"If I wanted to share a compartment I'd be sitting with my friends."

"And if I planned on leaving here I wouldn't have brought my trunk."

"I'll move it for you."

"Touch my stuff and you'll die Malfoy."

"Then leave on your own."

But just then Ron came in completely ticked off and said, glaring, " Malfoy you're supposed to be giving a prefects speech right now and Ginny you're supposed to be hearing it." He paused and took in the situation. It's not everyday you come upon a Weasley and a Malfoy fraternizing. "Why are you even sitting with him?"

"That's what I'd like to know," Malfoy said as he left.

"Oh put a sock in it Malfoy I'm not leaving!" Ginny yelled after him.

He walked back and smiled, "You have to. You're supposed to be at a prefects meeting. You too Weasel. Why aren't you there?"

(a/n): Yeah so I just realized that the way I had grouped the chapters a while ago... made for very short ones. Which means there will either be a lot of short chapters or fewer but longer chapters. Which would you prefer? Anyway I'm still getting a hang of this thing so... sorry.