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Readers: I know its been a long time since I updated, but I have been really busy with school lately. But its summer now... YAY! so that means I'll be able to post more often! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter... it might be kinda long. Enjoy!
Ginny Weasley stepped into the bustling station of platform nine and three quearters, desperately seeking out her two best friends, Astoria and Morgan.
"What are you so anxious about? You need to bloody calm down!" cried a frustrated Ron, who, for the better portion of the morning, had been doing some last minute packing.
"Don't tell me to calm down. I haven't seen my best mates for the entire summer. Besides, you alredy found yours, I still haven't found mine!" Ginny replied.
"What are you going on about? I don't see –" Ginny pointed to Rons two very amused friends standing behind him. "Oh! Hey mate! Didn't see you there! Hey Hermione." Ron then proceeded to give Harry a 'guy hug' and Hermione a very awkward half-hug before pulling back, blushing. Ginny snickered behind her hand and went over to Hermione and gave her a hug.
"I have so much to tell you." Ginny whispered excitedly into Hermione's ear. Hermione nodded and pulled away mouthing 'later' to Ginny.
Ginny grinned. Hermione had become one of her best friends since the incedent in first year when Ron punched Malfoy. Professor McGonnagall had written home to their parents and explained the entire situation. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had personally come down to Hogwarts and given Ron a talking to, after which he proceeded to apologize to both Ginny AND Draco for getting mad at both of them. Since then, as long as Ginny didn't bring up too much about Slytherin or Malfoy, Ron was nice to her.
Ginny sighed and looked around the platform again for her friends. Where could they be? She thought to herself. Then she saw them. A little of the steam had disappeared from around the train and she saw them waving from doorway of the Hogwarts Express. Ginny grinned and called their names. They rushed over and threw themselves into Ginny's arms.
"We missed you so much Ginny!" screamed Morgan.
"Summer wasn't the same without you!" said Astoria.
"I wish I could have ben with you guys for the summer too but…" Ginny knew why they couldn't be together over the summer and why they werent allowed to send letters either. Her friends just weren't as cunning as her other Slytherin summer pen-pal. Ginny smiled at the thought and then returned back to her friends who were speaking eagerly about their plans for the year. Ginny just laughed and pulled her friends towards the train, rolling her cart over to the side where she, with the help of her friends, lugged the heavy, Slytherin sticker emblazoned trunk into the side storage.
"C'mon!" Astoria said "Let's go find a compartment."
"Okay, let me just say bye to my mum first." Ginny took off running across the platform towards her parents.
"Bye mum, bye dad!" said Ginny cheerfully, hugging and kissing both her parents on the cheek.
"Bye darling. Take care of yourself, okay? And stay out of trouble, alright? I love you!" called Mrs. Weasley as Ginny started to walk away.
"Love you too mum! You too dad!" Ginny called before waving and then rushing onto the train with her friends.
"Can you believe it Arthur? Our little girl is growing up so fast! She is already in the fifth year. I hope she's okay. With all the craziness and the He-who-must-not-be-named coming back… you think she'll be okay right?" Mrs. Weasley sobbed.
"She'll be fine darling, just fine" said Mr. Weasley as they stood and waved at their two youngest children as the train pulled out of the station.
Ginny walked down the aisle with her two best friends on either side of her. People ducked back into compartments or moved out of their way as they walked; not because they had a bad reputatuion or anything, but just because they were respected, Slytherin, pretty, and popular. Also, because at the same time they were walking down the aisle, Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini were walking towards them, and they were definitely feared amongst the lower grade students.
Ginny, Astoria, and Morgan walked casually up to Draco and Blaise, small smiles tugging at the corners of their mouths. When they were close enough, Blaise pushed in front of Draco and swept all three girls into a hug at once, giving each of them a kis on the forehead.
"Ginger, Blondie, Brownie! How are my three favorite Slytherin deserts?" Blaise said cheerfully before releasing them and stepping back to get a good look at them. "Srike a pose for your dearest Blaise girlies! I haven't seen you three the entire summer!"
The three girls struck outrageous model poses while Blaise pretended to click away with an invisable camera.
He put his fingers to his lips and made an exaggerated kissing motion. "Magnifico!" he said in a flawless Italian accent. Draco just stood in the background, arms crossed, with a bored expression on his face as he watched his outgoing best friend play up his charm on the three younger Slytherin girls.
"Blaise, I'm sure these three ladies have other places they would rather be than smothered by you in a crowded train corridor." Draco said jokingly as he made his way towards Blaise.
Ginny looked over Blaise's shoulder at Draco. "Now if it isn't the infamous Draco Malfoy. Well, aren't you going to say hello to your three darling dearest fifth years?" Ginny asked in a sickeningly sweet voice while batting her eyelashes innocently.
Blaise turned to look at Draco and cracked up laughing.
"Lets get a compartment and then we can chit chat alright?" Draco said impatiently before ppushing his way past Blaise and opening the compartment door right next to them and quickly ushering them all in. He closed the door and sat down next to Blaise.
Ginny remained the only one standing. "Are you going to give me a hello hug or not?" Ginny asked, placing her hands on her hips.
Draco pretended to think about it for a moment, before Ginny smacked him and he got up and gave her a hug.
"I missed you." He whispered in her ear before pulling way and giving Astoria and Morgan each their welcome back hug also. Ginny looked over and smiled at Draco, inconspicuously mouthing 'missed you too' to him before taking a seat next to Astoria.
For the next hour and a half, Draco and Ginny held a silent conversation between themsleves while pretending to listen to Blaise explain his summer of hooking up with hot girls in Italy, and Astoria and Morgan's summer of island hopping through the Carribean and flirting with cute cabana boys. It was only when Astoria turned to Ginny and asked about her summer did Ginny and Draco break up their silent conversation.
"Oh, um, well you know…. I did the same old same old. Nothing exotic. Just stayed home, you know, at the Burrow." Ginny smiled weakly and got a 'you-better-explain-to-me-later' look from Astoria.
"The Burrow sounds like a place where rabbits live. Say, that wouldn't be why you have so many brothers would it? You know, cause your parents breed like rabbits?" Blaise joked.
Ginny just glared at him while Astoria, exhasperated, said, "Blaise, you tell that joke every year when we are on the train to Hogwarts. it was barely funny the first time. Now it's just annoying."
Ginny smiled gratefully at her best friend. Before reaching over and smacking Blaise upside the head. She sat down with a satisfied smirk and looked over at Draco, who had a tight lipped grin, like he was trying to hold back laughter. He caught her eye and winked at her, and she accidetally giggled.
"Okaaaay." Blaise said, looking between the two of them. "One: Bloody hell that hurt! What in Merlin's name was that for? And two: what the bloody hell is going on between you two?"
"One," Ginny said. "I did that because I'm sick and tired or you teasing me about my family. And two, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. And three, watch your language!"
Blaise looked at Ginny with a stunned expreassion before he hastily composed himself. "A very likey story Weasley." Blaise said. "Don't think I havent noticed the tortured glances, the mouthing of words, the little silent conversations you guys have been having this entire time. I bet if I asked you right now to tell me what I did over the summer, you wouldn't be able to tell me what I said earlier. You were probably too caught up in Draco's dreamy silver eyes to notice!"
" I can too tell you what you did over the summer! The same thing you have been doing the past two summers. Lounging around in one of your Villas in Italy surrounded by gorgeous Italian girls that may or may not exist and screwing them senseless with a part of your body that may or may not exist in a few seconds if you don't stop talking about me and Draco like that!" Ginny said vehemently.
"Ginny…" Draco said warningly, glancing at his stunned best friend.
"I mean," Ginny continued, oblivious to Draco's warning. "Who cares if we are going out?" She said, in a slightly crazed voice. "And who cares that we have been secretly sending each other letters the entire summer? Or that we got together last year after the Yule ball and have been keeping our entire relationship a secret? I mean does it really matter? Its not like it CHANGES ANYTHING!" Ginny ended her rant, sitting tiredly back down on her seat in the compartment. No one said anything, too stunned to even speak. Draco just looked at Ginny stunned into silence. Blaise was the only one who spoke.
"On the contrary Ginny, this changes everything."
Please review and tell me what you think! Sorry if this chapter was kind of long and boring, it was a kind of needed filler chapter to let you readers know what had been going on.