DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything except the story.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Written in response to the "48 Hours" challenge thrown out by Cheelalaucha in the forums. And yes, I still can't get "Three Bloody Years" finished. My muse has disappeared. And yes, I know my "Experiencing Love: 100 Themes" ain't finished yet. This story is quite AU, as I have omitted the fact that the Wizarding World is threatened by Lord Voldemort. The students are just leaving a quite ordinary life- well, as ordinary as magic can be. Thank you to my lovely reviewers.

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Chapter 5

There was a pause after Ginny screamed. Ginny could feel the blood pounding in her head. After a minute or two of the strange silence, Ginny slowly opened one eye to peek, checking if Malfoy had really divested himself of his boxers. She did not know whether she felt relieved or disappointed to see that Malfoy's bottom was still covered with the scrap of black silk.

'I'm relieved, of course! Why would I feel disappointed?' Ginny thought to herself. At the same moment, her eyes happened to meet Malfoy's silver ones. The git was smirking at her.

"Disappointed, Ginevra?"

"No!" Ginny's reply came rather too quickly. Malfoy's smirk turned into a grin. "Why would I be?"

"Because you didn't get to see my tushie?"

"No, I- Wait, did you just say 'your tushie'?" Ginny demanded, trying to stiffle her giggles. "Oh Merlin's beard! Malfoy uses the word 'tushie'!" Ginny erupted into a fountain of giggles. She was laughing so hard, she snorted once or twice.

"What's so funny about me using that word?" Malfoy demanded, as he calmly fastened on his pants once again.

"Malfoy's -gasp- trying to be -gasp- cute!" Ginny giggled, gasping for air.

"Excuse me, I resent that statement. First of all, I am not defined as ugly. However, adorable I am and I don't even have to try."

Malfoy's blithe reply sent Ginny into another bout of laughter. He sat down and waited patiently for Ginny to stop laughing. He watched, amused, as Ginny sprawled on her armchair, chest heaving and the sweetest sounds that were ever created flowed from her throat. He liked the way she laughed. It was a true laugh- not the silly, twittering laughter or that so-called breathless laughter that the other girls had. Merlin forbid that Ginny would ever laughed like someone had just placed an elephant on her chest.

"Not ignoring me anymore, are you?" Malfoy said as soon as Ginny had finally stopped laughing.

Immediately, the air around them became very still. Ginny had completely forgotten that she was supposed to ignore Malfoy. Ginny wondered why he was stupid enough to remind her of the fact. However, she stubbornly decided not to ask him and return to her vow of silence. She chose to get up and sit in the seat that was further away from Malfoy and slightly out of his line of vision.

"So, you still are?"

Malfoy did not even blink when he did not receive a reply from Ginny.

"I could go on you know."

Ginny just turned to give him a baleful look.

"Oh, don't worry. I won't bore you with the same trick twice. I've a lot of things up my sleeves."

Ginny wondered what would he do.

"Do you know why I stopped seeing Pansy?" Malfoy paused for a moment as if he expected an answer from Ginny. However, even if Ginny had deigned to reply him, he had continued on. "I found out she had gone through some semi-Muggle operation to enlarge her breasts."

Ginny stared at him in horror. She did not want to know that much personal information about his ex-girlfriends, thank you very much! However, she still refused to speak. This must be another of his ploys to get her to speak. And, she had to admit, she was a bit curious about Pansy's mammaries.

"You must be wondering why she didn't just use some charm or potion, right? Well, apparently potions would have enlarged her breasts- but they gave the irreversible side effects of having saggy breasts at the same time. Didn't you notice Millie's tits were hanging down all the way to her knees at one time? Of course, she had to go to St. Mungoes' to have them removed, rather embarrassingly I might add. That's why she's so flat now."

Ginny just continued staring at Malfoy in bemusement. She did not notice the difference of Millicent Bulstrode's breasts at all.

"And Pansy said the charms were particularly frustratingly complicated. And sometimes they give the user uneven results- they get one boob bigger than the other. And the user had to get them re-charmed every week. Rather time-consuming, don't you think?"

Malfoy glanced at Ginny as if he were really asking her opinion. He smiled to himself when he saw Ginny turn away as if she weren't listening.

"Anyway, I found out about Pansy's operation when we were into a heavy session of making out. I was just grabbing one of her mammaries when suddenly it detached and came apart in my hands. Imagine my shock at that time."

Malfoy sat up to look at Ginny worriedly as he heard a loud 'thud'. Ginny had apparently rolled off the armchair and was curling up on the floor, apparently in pain. Immediately he rushed over to her.

"Ginny! What's wrong?"

Malfoy leaned over her to see her face red and tears streaming down her face.

"Ginny! What's wrong? Where does it hurt?"

Malfoy was about to start panicking when Ginny still did not reply him. He grabbed hold of her shoulders and shook her. Ginny's entire body was shaking by then. Finally, Ginny made some noice. Suddenly, Ginny was gasping with laughter.

"Her boobs -haha- came out!" Ginny wheezed out.

Malfoy was relieved that nothing was wrong with the red-head and at the same time very irritated. Whether he was irritated with Ginny for acting as if she was in pain or with himself for caring whether Ginny was in pain or not, he did not know.

"I -haha- knew they were -haha- fake!"

Malfoy sat back on the floor and smiled as he watched Ginny ride out another laughing fit.

"Serves her -haha- right! Always -haha- shoving them in -haha- people's faces!"

Ginny slowly returned to normal. Her breathing still uneven and giggles threaten to escape every few seconds.

"Apparently, the medi-wizard who was supposedly trained in the arts of Muggle plastic surgery forgot that one was supposed to insert the silicon under the skin. Not glue it to the top of the chest."

That, weirdly, sent Ginny into another round of laughter.

"He -haha- glued -haha- her boobs!"

Malfoy's lips started twitching. It was quite funny if you thought about it.

"No wonder -haha- she can't -haha- play Quidditch! Imagine if -haha- the Beaters had -haha- gotten a swipe at her? Or if the -haha- other Chasers had -haha- bumped into her? We'd see -haha- boobs falling -haha- from the sky!"

Malfoy threw his head back and started laughing. He could just imagine Pansy's expression if it had really happened. He imagined the expressions of the other players and the bystanders. What havoc it would have brought on. It turned out to be a laughing fest for the both of them. Malfoy's laughter triggered Ginny's and vice-versa. Ginny's laughter would slowly filter off but when her eyes fell upon Malfoy's laughing ones, she would start laughing again as she was reminded of the joke. Malfoy would continue to laugh because of the joke and also because Ginny's laughter was just too cute.

Soon, they were breathless and their muscles ached badly. That was when they realized that Malfoy's head was right next to Ginny's, the both of them laying on the floor like the hands of a clock showing six o'clock. They looked at each other for an instant before Ginny quickly rolled away, her face blushing furiously.

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To be continued...