A/N: hey everybody! Today is an extremely special day! Why, you may ask? Because it's my fifteenth birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR FATUMA!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Sorry, couldn't help doing that. Its eight o'clock in the morning and everybody in my family is sleeping so I couldn't start singing at the top of my lungs like I usually do.
Ooh, ooh, ooh I almost forgot. A huge thanks to all the wonderful people who reviewed and made my day. I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 27 reviews for one chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!
One more thing, The Harry Potter universe does not belong to me, it belongs to J.K Rowling, and I only own some minor characters like T.J and Dom who will be introduced in this chapter.
I forgot to mention in the last chapter but this fic is pretty much AU. I'll use cannon whenever I feel like it but I'm not going to try and stick to it, okay?
Teresa Jaqunetta Chickalini, better known as T.J, sat on the edge of her bed in the 6th year Gryffindor girls' room, staring at the stopwatch that was in her hand. Every few seconds she'd look towards the doorway as if she was expecting somebody to walk thru. Fifteen minutes later, an extremely pissed Ginny Weasley walked thru the door, shut it with a bang, and plopped down on her bed with a huge scowl on her face.
"Finally," T.J said, getting up to sit besides her. "What took you so long? You went way over the five minute mark."
"How much?" Ginny asked, wincing.
"Seventeen minutes and thirty-eight seconds." T.J informed her.
"Really?" Ginny said snatching the stopwatch from her hand. "Darn. Who knew Harry would be so hard to dump?"
"Judging from your mood, I'd say he was hard to dump." T.J said. "Are you having second thoughts?"
"No way." Ginny said, shaking her head. "This is Harry remember? I've wanted to dump him ever since I got involved with him."
"So what's the problem?" T.J asked.
"Oh nothing." Ginny said, avoiding her best friend's eyes.
"Don't you oh nothing me, Virginia Weasley." T.J said. "What's wrong?"
"Well, if you must know," Ginny said with a huge sigh. "I just got three detentions and a total of thirty points taken away." She said the last part in a rush.
"So?" T.J said with a shrug. "You're always getting in trouble. I'd be surprised if you didn't get into trouble."
"Gee, thanks." Ginny said wryly. "And you're supposed to be my best friend."
"Anyhoo, back to our original subject, did you dump Harry?" T.J asked.
"Duh." Ginny said. "Have I ever set out to do something and not do it?"
"Nope." T.J said. "That's one thing I really admire about you."
"Aww, thanks and this time I mean it." Ginny said.
"Your welcome, now tell me what happened." T.J said.
"Well, you know how I left about twenty minutes to go meet Harry in the common room to give him 'The Speech." Ginny said.
"Yeah," T.J said.
"I had it all worked out, I even timed myself. It would take me about a minute and twenty seconds to give him the 'talk' and hopefully before five minutes elapsed we would be kaput."
"I didn't ask you what you planned, Gin, I asked you what happened." T.J interrupted.
"I'm getting there. So I go down to the common room, he's sitting on one of the empty couches holding a little bouquet of flowers, even though I've told him a million times I don't like flowers. When he sees me, he gets up and gives the usual peck on the cheek. We sit down and he asks me what I had to tell him that was so important. I give him the speech and either the boy is really clueless when it comes to girls or he really thinks that there is something between us because ten minutes later we are still sitting in the same place and I'm still trying to dump him, except by now I'm really fed up so when he asks me one more time if I'll reconsider, I grab the vase off the nearest table and break it over his head and scream so the whole school can hear that it's over between us." Ginny paused to take a breath.
"You didn't." T.J gasped.
"I did." Ginny said. "And then-"
"You mean there's more?" T.J said. "I should've known better then to let you go down there by yourself."
"But of course." Ginny said, with a mischievous grin." Now, where was I? oh yeah, so then this guy makes this remark about redheads and their fiery tempers and by then I was in a really bad mood, so I took another vase and smashed it over his head."
"Ouch.' T.J said.
"And too late I notice that McGonagall was in the room the whole time and had just witnessed the entire thing."
"Aha," T.J said with an understanding nod. "That's how you got those three detentions."
"Unfortunately." Ginny said. "I got one for damaging school property and the other two for attacking students."
"But look at the bright side I've finally got rid of Harry." She added. "My family's going to be so disappointed though, especially Mum and Ron."
"I can just imagine how Ron is going to react when he hears the news." T.J grinned.
"The second he lays his eyes on me, he'll start yelling at me for dumping his best friend, and when's done with that, he'll get on my case for nearly killing him." Ginny said, also grinning. "I'm actually looking forward to it. It's always fun to get a rise out of Ron."
"Totally." T.J agreed.
"What I'm not looking forward to is Mum finding out." Ginny said, a grim look replacing her smile. "She won't say anything; just give me those sad, reproving looks she gets whenever she's disappointed in any of us. She really had her heart set on this relationship."
"That's why you started dating him, right?" T.J asked.
"Yeah," Ginny said. "I mean my family hardly approves of any of things I do or the guys I date and so when Harry asked me out and I saw how happy my mother was, I was like why not? Make her proud of me for once. I wasn't planning to dump him until Christmas but then my parents started acting like that my relationship with Harry was the real deal and I even overheard my mum telling my grandmother what a wonderful son-in-law Harry would make."
"That's nothing," T.J scoffed. "You should see my mother. Remember last year when I was dating Anthony Goldstein right before Easter?"
"How could I ever forget?" Ginny said. "You were so serious about him."
"I still would be if my mother hadn't interfered." T.J said, rolling her eyes. "And if I hadn't been stupid enough to invite him to my house over the holidays. But who was I to know that my mother would humiliate me like that? I was hoping since he was half Italian and all, she treat him more cordially than she'd treated my past boyfriends, and for once my wish came true, in fact they got along so well and she liked him so much, she had the nerve to tell me-and in his presence too- 'Teresa, you marry this boy he will give beautiful babies'" she said mimicking her mother's Italian accent.
"You're kidding." Ginny said, laughing.
"Nope." T.J said. "And as a result I got dumped two days later."
"You poor thing." Ginny said.
"Yeah," T.J said, sniffling. "I was so completely heartbroken; I couldn't get involved with anybody for weeks."
"Liar." Ginny said, throwing a pillow at her "You started going out with one of his friends two days later."
"Oh right, I forgot about that." T.J said innocently, causing Ginny to throw two more pillows at her.
"Okay, enough, enough." T.J laughed. "So who's going to be your next conquest?"
"Conquest?" Ginny repeated, looking offended. "You wound me with your choice of words."
"Cut the crap, Gin," T.J said. "You know what I mean."
"Yes I do and the answer is nobody." Ginny said. "I'm thru with guys."
"What?" T.J said. "You're kidding, right?"
"I'm serious." Ginny insisted. "I'm tired of the whole dating thing."
"I'm shocked speechless." T.J said, putting hand over her heart. "I really am."
"What's so shocking about that?" Ginny said with a shrug.
"Umm, everything!" T.J said." Not ever being able to shag or snog another guy? How can you live like that?"
"I don't mean forever. Maybe just until I get out of Hogwarts." Ginny said thoughtfully.
"Are you mad?" T.J practically shrieked. "That's the only reason I transferred to Hogwarts."
"And here I was thinking it was because you wanted a better education." Ginny said sardonically.
T.J just shook her head and looked at Ginny.
"While you stop staring at me like I've grown an extra head." Ginny said exasperatedly.
"Sorry Ginny, but I'm really surprised." T.J said. "Ginny umm-"
"Yeah?" Ginny said when she paused.
"Does it have anything to do with Davis?" T.J said hesitantly.
There was a long pause. "What makes you say that?" Ginny finally said.
T.J shrugged. "Cos we saw him yesterday in Hogsmeade and he was parading yet another girl and I saw how you looked at him. Then boom, you decide to dump Harry and make this announcement about being thru with guys. I'm not stupid."
"Well, can you blame me?" Ginny said angrily. "I gave him everything I had to give. My heart, my soul, my virginity and in the end he threw it all back in my face, and I'm supposed to act like it was no big deal?"
"Of course not Ginny and I know how much he hurt you and I'm really sorry about it." T.J said gently. "But don't you think a tiny fraction of this was your fault?"
"My fault?" Ginny repeated incredulously. "T.J, I-"
T.J held up her hand. "Just hear me out." She said. "Don't you think you expected a little too much of him? Roger Davis is a ladies man. Always was and always will be. You knew that he hardly stayed with anybody for too long yet you still agreed to date him. You knew he had a reputation for seducing girls yet you still slept with him and gave him your virginity. Maybe it was because when you were with him, he treated you like you were the only girl in his world but even that wasn't true and you knew it and yet you insisted to fall in love with him. Ginny, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but while your breakup came as a shock to you, it was not a shock to anybody else."
"So it's my fault because I loved him?" Ginny said.
"Ginny, you were a fifteen year old girl what the hell did you know about love?" T.J asked.
"So it's my fault because I'm ignorant?" Ginny said.
"No!" T.J exploded. "Well, actually yes. But then were all ignorant when it comes to love. Ginny can you look me in the eye and tell me that you actually loved Davis? And when I say love I mean the 'this is it, this is the person I want to spend the rest of life with' kind of love."
"No, I can't." Ginny answered slowly.
"Right, because you really weren't in love with him. You're just a teenager Ginny give yourself a break. Nobody expects you to fall in love at this age. Your teenage years are there so you can mess around, be wild, try different things and most importantly have fun." T.J explained. "And nobody's going to say anything cos it's your teenage years."
Ginny sighed. "You know I hate it when you're right." she grumbled good-naturedly.
"That's my girl." T.J said giving her a hug. "So you're not giving up on guys?"
"I guess not." Ginny said.
"And you agree to be a little wilder, try new things and have fun?"
"Why not?" Ginny said with a shrug.
"Great!" T.J beamed. "Cos there's this party on Friday and I really think you're going to have a wonderful time. Maybe meet a couple of cute guys." She said raising her eyebrows suggestively. "And who knows what that will lead to?"
"T.J," Ginny said warningly.
"Just kidding! But all joking aside, this is the party of the century and there is no way we are going to miss it, right?" T.J said.
"Hmm," Ginny said. "Is it going to be in Hogwarts?"
"Yup." T.J answered. "Isn't that great? We don't have to sneak out."
"And everybody's going?" Ginny asked.
"Everybody who is invited." T.J said.
"Well, there you go. I'm positive that I didn't any invitation to a party on Friday so I can't go." Ginny said.
"Wrong. I got an invitation and I am allowed to bring along one person. Usually I'd find a guy just so I wouldn't be dateless but since you're single and I'm single I'm thinking we should go have a fun girl's night out kinda thing." T.J said speaking fast like she always did when she was excited.
"Sounds like fun," Ginny said, "but one more question. Who's throwing the party, and why?"
"Actually that's two questions." T.J corrected.
"Answer the question, T.J" Ginny said sternly. She was starting to feel a little suspicious.
"Does there have to be a question?" T.J whined. "Can't you just skip the questions and go to the party?"
"Now you're just confirming my suspicions." Ginny said. "Something is obviously going on or you wouldn't be avoiding the question."
"Okay, fine. Something is going on and if you knew you wouldn't like it but it's not something bad honestly." T.J said. "So now that you know that there is something but it's not a bad something, can we go?"
"No, we can't go because I still don't know what that something is!" Ginny said. "Now T.J, I will ask you one more time. What's this party for?"
"You know, that's not what you originally asked." T.J pointed out but seeing Ginny's stern look she sighed. "Some slytherins are throwing a party for Draco's eighteenth birthday on Friday."
"Malfoy?" Ginny said.
"Yeah," T.J replied.
"As in Draco Malfoy?" Ginny said.
"Well, I'm sure it's not his father." T.J said sarcastically.
"Just making sure. At least now I know why I wasn't invited. It's because the slytherins are throwing it and I'm a Weasley and I hate Malfoy." Ginny said. "And plus I have red hair." She added as an afterthought.
"Okay, the first three I get but the red hair thing is just way off." T.J said. "And like I said I have an invitation so you don't have to worry."
"No." Ginny said, folding her arms across her chest.
"No?" T.J said her face falling.
"Sorry, but there's no way I'm going to that bastard's birthday party." Ginny said.
"I know you don't like him-" T.J started.
"Correction, I hate him." Ginny said.
"Whatever. Just because you don't like him it doesn't mean we should pass up the chance to go to the coolest party ever." T.J said.
"I wouldn't be caught dead going to some party that Malfoy's going to be at." Ginny said. "Like I said T.J I'm sorry, but that's final."
"Fine." Said T.J quietly.
They were both silent for a minute.
"Ginny?" T.J said almost hesitantly. "Why do you hate him so much?"
Ginny sighed. She usually tried to avoid the subject of Draco Malfoy because it brought back some unpleasant memories but since T.J hadn't been there for their first and second year (she transferred from Drumstrang in their fourth year) she really didn't know Malfoy and didn't understand why Ginny hated him so much. Ginny had no other choice but to try and explain. "The typical answer would be because he's a Malfoy but that's not true. "Ginny said slowly.
"I don't get it." T.J said.
"I grew up in a household that has had nothing but hatred towards the Malfoys ever since before I was born." Ginny started. "My dad absolutely despises Lucius Malfoy and everything he stands for. So does my mother, in fact she hates Lucius even more than my dad does. I never really understood why and whenever I asked all she would tell is to stay away from the Malfoys, especially Draco. Back then all I knew about him was that he was the son of my parents' worst enemy, he went to Hogwarts and was in the same year as Ron and didn't get along with him. I really didn't think much of the last fact because I knew firsthand how difficult it was to get along with Ron. So despite everything my family had told me about the Malfoys I can honestly say with a clear conscious that I had nothing against Malfoy before I met him."
"And after you met him?" T.J asked.
"After I met Malfoy, I realized every single thing my family had told me and I had tried so hard to ignore was true." Ginny said with a bitter smile. "From day one, Malfoy did his best to make my life a living hell and he succeeded. he used to ridicule me about everything, he'd insult my family, he'd call me names, he'd play tricks on me, trip me, steal my things and it continued like that for two years. And those two years were probably the most miserable years in my life."
"And you didn't do anything about it?" T.J said disbelievingly. She couldn't believe the fact that her strong willed (stubborn is more like it) and opened minded (frank) friend would let somebody push her around like that.
"This might be hard for you to believe but I was so horribly shy back then, I stuttered whenever I got nervous which seemed to be all the time and I had no friends at all so that meant I was on my own. Of course Ron and the twins tried to help me out as often as they could but they all had their own lives and their own problems. It got so bad at the end of my second year I decided I had to leave Hogwarts." Ginny said.
"But you're still here?" T.J asked.
"I am." Ginny said, this time a genuine smile spreading over her face. "All thanks to Dom."
"Dom?" T.J questioned.
"Dominiq Zabini." Ginny answered. "Blaise Zabini's older brother."
The look on T.J's face showed utter bewilderment. "Blaise Zabini's older brother? I never even knew Blaise Zabini had an older brother."
"Hardly anybody does and those that do don't talk about him." Ginny said. "He's a squib."
"No!" T.J said. "Blaise has a brother that's a squib?"
"Yes, hard to believe isn't it? A squib being born into a pureblood family is extremely rare and to most purebloods a huge disgrace." Ginny said. "But I didn't care he was the nicest person I'd ever met and my first -and for a while only- friend even though he was three years older than me."
"How did you two meet?" T.J asked.
"We met on the last day of my second year, I was getting off the train and Malfoy and his goons were picking on me as usual and as usual I was crying." Ginny said a faraway look on her face as she remembered.
Flashback
Ginny tried to keep the tears from rolling down her face as Malfoy and his two lackeys, Crabbe and Goyle laughed. She bent down to pick up her books. She'd been carrying them in her arms and they had fallen when Malfoy 'accidentally' bumped into her.
"Oops, sorry." He said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"No you're not but you will be if you do that again." Another male voice said.
Ginny looked up in surprise. She saw Malfoy standing next to a tall boy with cobalt blue eyes and light brown hair.
"Now pick up the books you've spilled." He said.
"Who's going to make me?" Malfoy said defiantly.
"I will." the boy said, grabbing Malfoy by the front of his robes. "Now do it or else."
He let go and Malfoy hastily bent down and picked up the books.
Ginny was dumbfounded. Nobody had ever gone out of his or her way to help her or bothered to put Malfoy in his place. She kept staring at the boy. He noticed and gave her a kind smile. She hurriedly looked away.
"Here," Malfoy said, dumping the books in her arms.
"Now apologize," the boy said pleasantly but there was an edge in his voice.
"Sorry." Malfoy muttered.
"There. That wasn't so hard was it?" the boy said. "You can leave now and if you ever bother her again, I will hear of it and when I do, you'll be sorry."
Malfoy didn't waste any time in making himself scarce.
"Thanks," Ginny mumbled, still shocked by the turn of events.
"It was nothing. If there's one thing I hate its bullies." The boy said. "By the way I'm Dominiq Zabini but all my friends call me Dom."
"Ginny Weasley." She replied automatically, then her eyes widened as she realized what the boy had just said. "Zabini?"
"That's what I said isn't it?" Dom replied with a grin. "And before you ask yes Blaise is my sister and no I don't go to Hogwarts because I'm a squib."
"Squib?" Ginny repeated her jaw dropping open.
"It happens." He said with a shrug. "Don't tell me you're one of those witches and wizards who look down on squibs?"
"Of-of- of course not." Ginny said. She felt bad for offending the boy who had just saved her. "I- I mean you- you-"
"Relax, I was just kidding." Dom said with a teasing grin. "So why was Malfoy picking on you?"
"He's always been like that." Ginny answered automatically. "Ever since I started at Hogwarts."
"You want to tell me about it?" Dom asked. "It might help if you talk to somebody about it."
Ginny looked up startled. Nobody, her family included had ever seemed so genuinely interested in her problems. Mulling over the thought, she decided she did want to talk to somebody about her problems with Malfoy.
"There's a really nice ice cream parlor around the corner." He suggested. "We could go there unless you're waiting for somebody to pick you up?"
Ginny shook her head. "Mum's not going to be here for at least another hour." She said after quickly consulting her watch. "And I have no idea where any of my brothers have run off to so I guess it'll be okay."
"Sounds good. Blaise won't be ready to leave for a while and I always dread standing around waiting for her." Dom said.
They started walking towards the ice cream parlor. It wasn't until they were inside eating that Ginny spoke up. "It's so hard to believe-"
"That Blaise and I are related?" Dom chuckled. "Yeah, I've heard that one before but actually Blaise and I have a lot in common."
"Really?" Ginny said doubtfully.
"Have you actually met her?" Dom asked.
"No, but" Ginny said hesitantly. "She's in slytherin and all."
"No surprise there." Dom said with an easy shrug. "All the Zabinis' have been in slytherin. I'd probably be in slytherin if I went to Hogwarts, but that wouldn't change me. You should talk to Blaise, you'd be surprised."
"Like she'd ever want to talk to me." Ginny muttered under her breath.
"Why wouldn't she?" Dom looked surprised. "I haven't known you long and I can tell you're a wonderful person. I'm sure you have lots of friends."
That one sentence caused Ginny to burst into tears. She told Dom how she didn't have any friends and was disliked by the whole school thanks to Malfoy. She poured out her whole heart to him and in return he listened and paid attention to every single word.
"Typical Malfoy behavior," Dom said after she was done telling her tale. "Only picking on the people who won't stand up to him. You know what you need to do?"
"What?" Ginny asked, sniffling.
"You need to stand up to him." Dom said firmly. "Show him that he can't push you around. Then and only then will he stop bothering you."
"I couldn't do that." Ginny said quickly.
"And why not?" Dom said impatiently.
"Because-" Ginny said but then she stopped.
"Because?" Dom repeated, motioning for her to complete her sentence.
"I'm too scared to." She admitted.
"You'll never go anywhere in life if you're too scared. Take my advice Ginny, the next time he insults you or something, don't cry or run away, insult him back or better yet hex him." Dom said.
"I'd never be able to do that." Ginny said, looking down. "It doesn't matter anyway; I'm not going back to Hogwarts next year."
"And what good will that do?" Dom said gently. "I hate to be the one to tell you this but life is filled with people who are like Malfoy or worse. Are you going to spend your life running away from fights?"
"I suppose not." Ginny said. "Besides I doubt my parents would let me leave Hogwarts."
Dom smiled. "So you're going to stand up to Malfoy?"
"I guess." She said, looking frightened and determined at the same time.
"And to all the other people that bully you around even when the mean well?" Dom said.
"You mean my brothers?" Ginny said.
"Why not? Try standing up to them a couple of times this summer, it'll give you enough practice for when school starts." Dom said. "And after you do, you better owl me and give me all the details of Malfoy's downfall at your hands."
"I will." Ginny said. "Thanks Dom."
"Don't mention it." He said with an easy smile. "Now, I have to go but promise me that you're not going to let Malfoy or anybody else intimidate anymore?"
"I won't." Ginny promised and she meant it with her whole heart. "And you promise to keep in touch?"
"Promise." He said before walking away.
End flashback
"I saw Dom a couple of more times during the summer and I even got to know Blaise. We got along okay but we didn't become what I'd call real friends. Every time I saw Dom he'd remind me of what I promised him and that just made me even more determined to stand up to Malfoy." Ginny said. "
"And did you?" T.J asked pointedly.
"Of course I did." Ginny said indignantly. "And in front of the whole school too."
"Uh uh." T.J said.
"Oh yeah," Ginny said with a smile. "It was on our first day back at Hogwarts at the feast. I was walking into the Great Hall alone and of course Malfoy noticed this."
flashback
"Well, well if it isn't the little weasel all alone. Where are all of your friends?" Malfoy said in a loud voice so the whole hall could here and as a result everybody stopped what they were doing so they could watch. "Oh stupid of me, I forgot you don't have any."
Crabbe and Goyle and a couple of other slytherin fourth years laughed but not Blaise she gave her a look that said 'it's or never'.
Ginny took a deep breath. "Look who's talking? Last time I checked you didn't have any either." She snapped.
There were a couple of audible gasps. The few people who had been too occupied with their personal businesses to pay attention in the beginning now turned to watch the youngest Weasley stand up to the big bad slytherin.
"What how dare you?" Malfoy said. "When my father hears about this-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Ginny interrupted in what she hoped was a bored tone because in reality she was scared to death. "We've all heard it before. Honestly Malfoy can't you think up any new threats. This one's getting kind of old and when are you going to grow up and stop running to daddy every time something goes wrong?"
There was a couple of more gasps, mostly from the slytherin girls but their gasps were drowned out by a noise Ginny was all too familiar with. Laughter. But this time people weren't laughing at her, they were laughing at Malfoy.
Malfoy looked dumbstruck.
"What's the problem, Malfoy?" Ginny taunted. "Weasel got your tongue?"
He didn't say anything and that's when Ginny knew she had won.
End flashback
"Wow." T.J said. "Was he really that much of a prat back then?"
"Big time." Ginny said.
"And did he stop after you stood up to him?" T.J wanted to know.
"Nope." Ginny said. "He was so outraged that I, a Gryffindor, a girl and a Weasley had got the best of him that he spent the whole year trying to get back at me. And every time he did something to me I retaliated. I swear I must have spent half my time in detention. It was so much fun. I wish you could've been there, I could've pulled off a lot of more stuff with your help."
"Me too." T.J agreed. "But unfortunately it didn't work out that way. The year I came was the same year he left, right?"
"Right." Ginny said. Malfoy hadn't come back for his fifth year at Hogwarts and nobody knew why and hardly anybody cared but then out of the blue, he resurfaced a year and half later when he came to Hogwarts towards the end of his sixth year. "Now T.J let me ask you something. Why do you like Malfoy?"
"Cos he's so friggin' hot!" T.J said. "I mean have you ever actually looked at him? Six foot, a hundred and sixty gorgeous pounds. He has that air of casual elegance, and of course there's that yummy mouth that just makes you want to go snog the hell out of him and who could ever forget those beautiful pools of melted silver?"
"Fortunately, I know you and understand that you do think more of men then you do puppies in a pet-store window." Ginny said. "but c'mon T.J I get the fact that he's hot but he's also arrogant, egoistical, conceited, and haughty-"
"Gin, all those words mean the same thing." T.J pointed out.
"And they all suit him perfectly well. Malfoy maybe dead sexy but he's really lacking in the personality department." Ginny said. "He's not worth it, T.J."
"Not worth what?" T.J asked.
"Not worth having a crush on." Ginny said. "Guys like him break hearts without spilling a drop of blood."
"Who said I have a crush on him?" T.J said with a shrug. "I just think he'd be a good lay."
"You have such a gift with words." Ginny said dryly.
"Thank you," said T.J, bowing. "but you never know Ginny maybe he's changed."
"Malfoy?" Ginny said. "I don't think so."
"Why not?" T.J said with a shrug. "he hasn't bothered you once since he came back has he?"
"No, but-"
"and he doesn't pick on the little kids like some of the slytherins do, does he?" T.J asked.
"again no, but I'm sure the only reason he doesn't is because he thinks he's too high and mighty to bother to pick on people anymore." Ginny said.
"I don't think that's the case," T.J said doubtfully. "But don't worry Gin-bug; I have zero serious interest in Draco Malfoy."
"Then why did you want to go to his birthday party so badly?" Ginny asked.
"It sounded like it would be fun. Does this mean you're considering going?" T.J said hopefully.
"No!"
"Darn." T.J sighed. "Is there anyway-"
"No!" Ginny said again. "Even after I explained everything to you, you still don't understand-EEK!"
But what exactly T.J didn't understand Ginny never said because at that exact moment an owl flew in from the open window and landed in her hair.
"Stupid owl." Ginny muttered as she tried to detangle its claws from her hair. "There." She said when she done. She took a good look at the owl and frowned.
"What?" asked T.J noticing her frown.
"This looks like Blaise's owl." Ginny said. She picked up the parchment the owl had dropped. "Yup, this is from her. But why would she be writing to me?"
"Open it." T.J suggested. Ginny did as she said. The letter was short and to the point.
V. Weasley,
We need to talk. Meet me at the Quidditch pitch in five minutes.
B. Zabini
"What is that all about?" T.J asked.
"I have no clue." Ginny said.
"You want me to come with you?" T.J said.
"No, it's okay. I'll be back soon." And with that Ginny grabbed her cloak and headed out the door.
Okay ppl here comes the part when the author tries to think up new tactics of getting you to review or they just outright beg you to review. Don't worry I won't do either. I'll just say that you guys will make this the happiest and most memorable birthday I've ever had (well, at least until my next birthday comes) if you send me a review. I'll think of each review as a little birthday card and it will really cheer me up because so far I haven't gotten a single thing (that probably has a lot to do with the fact it's only eight in the morning.) so................................
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
That was just pathetic, wasn't it?