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CHAPTER 6

"Took you long enough." Dave murmured good naturedly when Ginny and Parvati returned from the powder room. Parvati had kissed Ginny on the cheek before rejoining her sister and dates in the table across Ginny's.

Ginny ignored his comment and daintily took a seat on a large red, orange and gold velvet pillow across Dave instead. "Shall we order?"

"Oh, I already did. I got us Moroccan Couscous." Dave looked pretty proud of himself.

Ginny gritted her teeth. The nerve of him! She rubbed the lamp given to them and asked the genie for a waitress. Almost immediately, a waitress popped in front of them.

"One Tequila Sunrise please. And make it fast."

"Of course." The waitress smiled sweetly and bowed before popping away. Within a few seconds, she reappeared with Ginny's drink, which looked incredibly alluring.

"Thank you." Ginny smiled at the waitress when the drink was placed carefully in front of her. When the waitress disappeared again, Ginny began furiously sipping at her drink.

"What's up with you?"

"Nothing."

"Then what's with the drink?"

"Can't a person enjoy a cocktail every once in a while?" Ginny shot her boyfriend an irritated look.

"Okay, I'm sorry. Sip away, then." Dave held up his hands.

Just then, their waitress popped in again. "Your food is ready, masters." She smiled sweetly again, before gently extending her hands towards Ginny's table. In a way that was reminiscent of her Hogwarts days, the food Dave had ordered for the two of them magically appeared in front of them, looking exceptionally delicious.

"Thank you." Ginny smiled at the waitress. She loved the restaurant already. The waitress just smiled in return before popping out again.

"I'm so glad you agreed to go out with me, Gin." Dave grinned at his girlfriend.

Ginny stared at him for a few seconds. With a small sigh and smile, she replied quietly. "Yeah, me too."

"If only that blasted Malfoy wasn't here too. He's really ruining the ambience, isn't he?" Dave threw a rotten look over at Draco's table, where Draco was alternately spooning food into his mouth and looking bored.

Ginny didn't even bother to reply. She didn't dare spare a glance towards Draco's direction. Instead, she started eating in silence as Dave enthusiastically jabbered on about a particularly exciting game of Quidditch.

"The Cannons are getting pretty good, Gin. You should've seen their game against the Swallows! It was a smart move, they did, replacing Wilson. Hemmingsphere's a far better seeker. He was practically a blur in the field!"

Ginny tried to look interested in what he was saying, but sometimes even actresses couldn't mask their boredom. Not that Dave noticed, as he droned on and on and on about the game last Thursday.

"And he made these really impressive arials during the game, while searching for the snitch. And the way he caught the snitch! He was so fast, the Swallows didn't even notice he had seen or caught the snitch!"

Ginny's index finger skimmed the top of her drink in last circles. After a few revolutions, she slowly brought her finger to her mouth and sucked at it. Man, was she bored.

"By the way, Draco, Mr. Beetling sent us an invitation to a party at his house on Friday night. We've got two days to get ourselves some suits. Hell knows he throws the fanciest parties in the business." Blaise muttered.

"What's the party for?" Draco asked, not even interested. He threw an idle glance at Ginny's table (he didn't even know why he did) and spotted her leisurely swirling her finger around her drink then bringing it up to her pink lips and sucking it slowly. He nearly choked on his own drink and quickly glanced away. Ginny could look incredibly seductive when she was bored.

"It's to celebrate the finish of the movie."

The conversation was starting to sound very far away for Draco, who had started to furiously (as furiously as his impeccable manners would allow him) chew his food. Once he swallowed a bolus of food, he downed his entire drink in one gulp.

"Sounds like fun!" Padma chirped with a huge smile.

Blaise threw Draco an odd look (he seemed to be the only one to notice Draco's behavior) before turning his attention to the Patil twins.

"Maybe you two can go as our dates." Blaise smirked at the Indian twins.

Padma blushed prettily and Parvati looked thoughtful.

"I would love to! Unfortunately, I have something planned for that night already." Parvati sighed a bit dejectedly.

"Oh, that's alright." Blaise interjected. "The next party then."

Parvati nodded with a small smile on her face. "Sure."

"Kingston then this rather impressive dive and was nearly knocked off his broom by the bludger Lemmings threw his way. It grazed his arm but he was still able to score a goal!"

Ginny nodded noncommittally and went on picking at her food. Why was her boyfriend so boring? Conversations with him mainly consisted of Quidditch plays and himself. And the occasional insult directed towards Draco and other lads.

"I'm definitely going to watch the game this Friday. You have to go with me! It's going to be great."

Ginny blanched. She loved Quidditch and all, but spending another night with Dave didn't sound appealing to her at all.

"I'm sorry but I have a very important party to attend that night." But Ginny was very far from sorry.

"Oh. Okay."

Ginny smiled at him apologetically then threw a quick glance at Draco's table. He looked inconceivably…hot when he was bored. It was unfair, really, how hot he was. It made things so much harder for Ginny. She sighed a bit and dragged her eyes away to look at her boyfriend.

He wasn't unattractive. Actually, he wasn't bad looking at all. He was the complete opposite of that, and he should be, seeing that he was a model. But Ginny didn't feel anything at the sight of his wavy chocolate brown hair, brandy eyes and chiseled face. She didn't feel faint at the sight of his smile, her knees didn't go weak whenever they kissed (and she tried to avoid doing so)…he was just…there.

"Dave, there's something I should tell you." The words were out of Ginny's mouth before she could even think about what she was about to do.

"Okay, shoo-"

"I can't do this anymore." Ginny blurted out.

Dave stared at her, and Ginny could practically see the gears shifting in his head. (really slowly, she imagined)

"What?"

"I can't do this anymore."

"This?"

"This relationship. I can't do it anymore. I can't be with you anymore." Ginny said a bit slowly, trying to get the words through his somewhat thick skull.

"You can't be with me anymore." Dave repeated dumbly. "You're dumping me?"

Ginny had to fight the urge to roll her eyes. Duh.

"Uhh, yes. Yes I am. I'm sorry but I just don't…you just don't….I don't love you."

She looked at him. He stared at her in return. Suddenly, as if everything had just sunken in, Dave got up started yelling at her really loudly.

"What the hell Ginny? WHY?!" He roared.

Ginny just looked up at his livid face with a rather annoyed expression. Didn't she just tell him? Everything was going so well. Why did he have to make a scene?

"I told you, Dave. I just don't love you."

With one roar of anger, Dave swept their small table to the side and towered over her menacingly. Ginny winced at the sound of breaking dishes. She felt bad for whoever had to clean that up. She was broken out of her reverie when Dave grabbed her by her arms and shook her rather violently.

"Get your hands off me Dave!"

His grip only tightened. "Oww!!"

"Get your hands off her." A dangerously calm voice said from somewhere to Ginny's right.

Ginny's heart caught in her throat. It was Draco, and he only used that tone when he was alarmingly close to losing it.

"Keep your nose out of our business, Malfoy." Dave spat out venomously.

"You're hurting her."

"She deserves it."

"Then you deserve to get hurt too." You wouldn't have predicted what happened next by the calm tone of Draco's voice.

The next thing Ginny knew, Dave had released her arms and was sprawled across the floor, clutching his gut. She stared at Dave in disbelief before turning to stare at Draco, who was still glaring at the writhing body of her ex-boyfriend.

Out of the corner of her eye, Ginny could see Blaise talking to the manager calmly, probably informing him of what had transpired.

"Miss Weasley? Are you alright?"

"I'm perfectly fine, Mister…" Ginny glanced at the man's name tag. "Pince. Thanks to Mister Malfoy," Ginny gulped. "That is."

"Ah." Mister Pince nodded his head in understanding before turning to Draco, who was still glaring at Dave. Ginny resisted the urge to roll her eyes again. Dave was such a wimp. Draco couldn't have hit him that hard…could've he?

Mister Pince cleared his throat. "Mister Malfoy? Violence is not tolerated in this place. However, given the certain circumstance, I'm sure we can make an exception. You were clearly defending Miss Weasley, anyway."

Draco grimly nodded at Mister Pince in appreciation and/or agreement.

Mister Pince gave the two a small smile before excusing himself and calling for a few guards to collect Dave and escort him out. Ginny and Draco were left together, staring at everything else but each other.

"So umm, thank you." Ginny finally spoke, but very softly.

"No problem." Draco muttered, and darted a glance at Ginny's arm, which she was rubbing. He quickly looked away. "I have to go." Then he strode out of the restaurant, Blaise and Padma on his tail, and was greeted by another wave of flashing bulbs and yelling reporters, already asking about what had happened with Dave.

"You okay, Gin?" Parvati approached her friend with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah." Ginny sighed. "Owl me, okay? We should go out some time this week." Ginny sent her friend a small smile.

Parvati smiled in return. "Surely. Anyway, I have to go now. They must be waiting for me in the car already. Bye, Gin! Take care of yourself!" She hugged her friend warmly. "I think you made the right decision to break up with that stupid ponce, by the way." She murmured before releasing her friend and hurrying off.

"Bye." Ginny could practically see her soft whisper getting carried away by the wind.

Yes, I know it's dramatic, but it helps the plot move along. :)