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Ch. 3- Growing Interest

Harry walked cautiously up the steps to Malfoy Mansion. It had been a week since the Narcissa incident. He lifted the heavy brass knocker and banged it against the door. Harry suddenly felt panicked and contemplated turning around and leaving. His thoughts were cut short when the door was opened by none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Potter," he sneered. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see your mother," Harry said coolly.

"Why would my mother want to see you?"

"Harry!" said Narcissa walking to the door. "Won't you come in?"

"Why, thank you, Mrs. Malfoy," said Harry throwing a smirk at Malfoy.

"Harry, you know you can call me Narcissa."

"What? Mother, in case you haven't noticed, Potter here isn't even fit to lick my shoes, let alone yours. cough cough, half blood, cough cough"

"Draco, darling, don't you have something to do? Upstairs? Fifth floor? In your room? That would give us hours upon hours between lovers?"

"Did you just say…?"

(There was a loud thud as Harry fainted.)

"What was that mum? You know, the last part?"

"The part about time between lovers or…?"

(Another thud sounded as Draco hit the floor)

"Whoa… what did I miss?" Harry asked when he came to.

"Nothing, Love. We were just about to go upstairs for some quality time…"

"Ugggggg…. What happened?" asked Draco as he stood up. "I thought that you two said that you were lovers, but Potter, even you wouldn't be foolish enough to think that you have a chance…"

"Oh really? Well, for your information…" Harry was cut off when Narcissa pressed her lips to his.

(There was a third thud as Draco hit the floor again)

Later that night Draco sat in his room, his quill scratching away furiously. Every so often, he paused to hold an ice pack on the rather large bump on his head. He finished what he was writing, and walked over two where his owl sat perched on his bed.

"Take this to Ginny Weasley. She lives in that dump they call the Burrow. You better bring an answer back by morning, or else."

The owl gave him a resentful look before taking off into the night sky.

Ginny sat hunched over her rather lengthy Potions essay that Snape had assigned over summer break. She looked up to see an eagle owl perched on the ledge outside. It was a moment before she recognized it as Malfoy's owl.

'I wonder why Malfoy is sending me a letter,' she thought to herself. 'I should just bin it…. Though I don't think I can pass up a letter from a total hottie.' She smiled to herself as she pictured Malfoy in her mind. Ginny opened the letter and read the following:

Ginny-

What the bloody hell is going on! Potter showed up at my house today, uninvited, to see my mother. And I think there was something about them being lovers… but I don't exactly remember due to the head injury I received when I fainted. (If you tell a single soul that I fainted, I will make the rest of your life as miserable as I possibly can.) You know Potty head better than I do, so what the hell is wrong with him?

D. Malfoy

P.S. If you don't answer by morning, expect my owl to start attacking you viciously.

Ginny stared at the letter for a while. She didn't know what to make of it.

'First Hermione, now this?' she thought. 'What is wrong with everyone? Have they gone mad? Have I gone mad? Hmmm…. Maybe the two are connected…but how? Let's see… Harry after Narcissa Malfoy… Hermione gets nervous whenever Harry is mentioned… I wonder…' She grabbed her quill and scratched a reply on the back of Malfoy's letter and sent his owl on its way. Then she scratched a similar note to Ron.

"Artemis!" she yelled. Artemis was a present from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. She was a tawny owl with curious green eyes. Artemis flew in the room and perched herself on top of Ginny's shoulder.

"Take this to Ron," Ginny instructed her as she fastened the parchment on the owl's leg. "And make sure he answers as soon as possible!"

Artemis gave a little hoot and took off into the night.

Ron yawned and looked at his watch. It was a quarter to one and there was an owl tapping on his window. He opened it up and Artemis flew onto his shoulder.

"Hey, Artemis," said Ron stroking her. He removed the parchment from her leg and opened it. It said:

Ron-

I just got a letter from Malfoy saying that Harry and Mrs. Malfoy are dating or something. I think that it may have something to do with Hermione acting weird. Meet Malfoy and me at the Leaky Cauldron tomorrow morning at ten.

Ginny

Ron stared open-mouthed at the letter in front of him. A few minutes later he regained his composure and scribbled a reply. Artemis went on her way and left Ron staring at his fire in confusion.

A/N (Jewelz)- Yay! We have a third chapter! Jumps up and down for joy Sorry it took forever! (glares at gemini)

A/N (gemini-magus)- Yeah, sorry it took so long. I had to deal with the whole being-grounded-can't-go-on-the-computer-thing for a while. Oh, go read my fic, Harry Potter and the Shield of Ignorance! It's really short, but I like it.

A/N (Jewelz)- Don't read it! It's Harry/Hermione! Gags

A/N (gemini)- Hey!