A/N: hey again, well this chapter's kinda short so I'll post two this time, sorry if it's a little hard to follow… :S!
Chapter 2:
As luck would have it, the first class was Potions and Ginny's year was combined with 6th years. Professor Meratatous put everyone in pairs and told them all that they were making a potion together.
"Hello everyone. I understand that most of you are uncomfortable with the changes we have, this is to not only save time for students taking more classes but also for you all to gain experience off each other. Now I want you all to turn to page 1385, and brew the invisibility potion. You must change the quantity of the ingredients so that it should last for only five minutes. I will pair you all up with a student from a different year to you. Make sure you add all of the ingredients asked, or there will be side effects…" trialed off Meratatous.
He then paired all the students; Ginny and Draco were paired together. Harry and Ron were not happy with their partners and winged, but the teacher soon sorted them out. Ron muttered under his voice, "This isn't fair." and he received a dirty look from the girl he was partnered with. Ginny walked over to Draco bringing her stuff with her.
"Hey." She said softly, looking into Draco's eyes.
She could see his eyes were puffy and red and he could see the same in hers. She cried herself to sleep… he thought to himself, either way he was still hurting her. He couldn't bring himself to look her in the eyes again, it only showed the pain she felt.
"Hey." He replied.
They started making the potion and occasionally their hands would touch, sending a small tingling sensation through them both. But Draco moved his hands away quickly and Ginny couldn't help feeling it was her fault. Soon the potion was finished and the Professor told them to stop work and for one of them to drink the potion when he came around so that he could grade them. He first went to Ron and a girl called Julie. Ron drank the potion and instead of turning invisible, he turned purple! The class erupted in laughter, which made Ron blush a deeper purple and the class only laughed harder. Hermione just shook her head. The Professor stopped laughing and moved on to Harry and a girl called Sara. She had seen what had happened to Ron, and made Harry drink the potion. Harry took the potion and drank it with a disgusted look on his face. He however, turned half invisible and only his top half was showing.
"Potter! You did not add the whole teaspoon of eel spleen." Informed the Professor, and he moved on to the next group, Draco and Ginny.
Draco went to drink the potion, but Ginny took it and gulped it down. Soon enough she turned completely invisible, but not for five minutes. She had secretly added a tablespoon extra of eel spleen and backbone of a seal to make it last longer. She wanted to be next to Draco to see what was up with him. The Professor marked them and moved to the next group, though he knew what Ginny had done and why. Draco was a little nerve racked that he couldn't see where Ginny was, but he could feel her near him.
"Weasley!?! This isn't funny. Stay away from me." He said a little too harshly.
He immediately regretted saying it when he heard her sniffle and he whispered, "I'm sorry… its not you, its me…"
Ginny was glad he couldn't see her, she was crying and was so confused, she wanted to understand. The bell rang for the end of the lesson and Draco picked up his stuff and left, Ginny tried to follow him. But unfortunately her belongings did not turn invisible with her. She went to her common room to put her stuff down then set out to find him. Soon enough she found him at the lake, but he knew she was there.
"You know…" he started, shocking Ginny and wondering if he was talking to her. She looked around and saw that it was only them and he continued, "…I figured out who the new Professor is…he was framed by my father of being a death eater and was sent to Azkaban. Some how… he escaped. I think he wants revenge…my parents are dead… I have no one..." He trailed off wondering why he was telling her this.
But some how, he felt comfortable and safe around her. He couldn't bring himself to touch her, to hold her, no matter how much he wanted to. The potion wore off and Ginny sighed, and stared up at him.
"What do you think he will do? Should we tell some one?" she asked. She wanted to help him, he knew she did, and this brought him closer to her.
"No. He can't do anything, not while we are in the castle at least." He said and turned his attention to the lake.
Ginny didn't realised she did, but she had moved closer to him to the point she was sitting next to him. He realised how close they were and held out his hand, which she slowly took and he squeezed her hand slightly and they both smiled. They had to make their way to class, but before they left he whispered, "Meet me in the Astronomy Tower at 11:00pm tonight."
Ginny nodded her head in reply and watched him walk away, wishing he didn't leave, and that she could hold him forever…