Started writing at 10:42 pm and finished at 1:45 am:)
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The next week and a half was very nice. It had been sunny and very arm and everyone at Hogwarts enjoyed it. The Black Lake had heated up, so some third and fourth year students decided to go swimming. Sixth years spent their time near the forest, practicing spells and charms on each other. Hagrid sat some big crates outside of his hut. They rattled and shook vigorously, as if there were some kind of magical creature inside. Knowing Hagrid, it probably was.
Ginny breathed in the fresh air as she stepped out of the castle with Harry. They had been together for almost two weeks and Ginny couldn't have been happier. She held onto Harry's hand and walked across the grounds to Hagrid's hut. Fang ran out the door to greet them, slobbering like the dog he was. Ginny was grossed out, but pat him on the head anyway. Harry waved at Hagrid and then he and Ginny walked over to the crates sitting outside of his hut.
"Hagrid, what are those?" Ginny asked curiously, nodding towards the crates. "Animals?"
"Yep," Hagrid said while lifting another crate and sitting it in the grass. "Wild squirrels. And lots of 'em."
Harry and Ginny looked at each other, then back to Hagrid, who was sitting down on his steps that led up to the door of his hut. "Why do you need squirrels?" Ginny asked, not really wanting to know the answer.
"Professor Sprout was complainin' about them takin' things out of the greenhouses," Hagrid explained quickly. "So I caught 'em. I think I'll let 'em go out in the forest tonight."
Ginny's head quickly filled with images of squirrels running around in the middle of the night in a forest full of creatures even humans were afraid of. She shook the thought off, looking around now. Some Slytherins were messing about near the Quidditch pitch, first years stood awkwardly around each other, and even some of the teachers were spending their time outside.
"So," Hagrid stood up, beaming at Harry and Ginny. "Hermione told me about you two. Finally together, eh? That's brilliant!"
Harry nodded and pulled Ginny close to him, saying: "Yep. She's mine now and I never plan on letting her go." Ginny grinned and rolled her eyes playfully, looking around the grounds. She saw Luna, who was sitting alone near the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
"I'll be back in a while, Harry," Ginny said, standing on her tip-toes to kiss him. Harry nodded as Ginny ran off towards Luna.
Luna picked small pieces of grass and tossed them back onto the ground, sighing. Ginny walked over to her and sat down. Luna was curious as to why Ginny had come over, so she tilted her head to the side and asked (in her dreamy voice) "Is something wrong, Ginny?"
"No," Ginny said slowly, narrowing her eyes at her friend. She put her hand on Luna's shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. "Is something the matter?"
Sighing and lowering her head, Luna nodded. A little sob escaped her lips and when Ginny heard it, she hugged her best friend. "Heyyyy," she said, making Luna look up. "Don't be sad. What's wrong?"
"It's Neville," Luna explained, "he said he loved me the other day, and then today I went to tell him I loved him back.. and I saw him kissing that Hannah person from Gryffindor!"
"Aww," Ginny hugged her tightly, rubbing her back. "Hey there. Listen." She made Luna look at her, then gave her a reassuring smile. "If he's snogging some Hannah chick, then guess what... he doesn't deserve you. One day he says he loves you, then next he kisses someone? He's not the right guy for you Luna. You can find better. Trust me. There's plenty of people in the world and here at Hogwarts!"
Luna dried her eyes then smiled slightly, looking at Ginny. "Thanks, Ginz." she said, standing up and looking around, taking a deep breath. "You're right. I'm gonna go talk to Seamus..." She drifted off, walking away. Ginny smiled and watched her friend walk away, then she thought about Harry. She loved him so much, she could never imagine losing him.
Someone walked up behind Ginny and tapped her on the shoulder; she spun around, startled, and saw Draco. Frowning, Ginny folded her arms and said: "What do you want?"
Draco frowned, stepping closer to her. "You don't need to talk to me like that," he said, then went slightly calm. "I wanted to tell you something."
"Well hurry," Ginny said, looking up at the blue sky. "I have to go find Harry."
"I've decided that you should be my friend," Draco said, smirking to himself. "It's high time someone in Slytherin becomes friends with someone in Gryffindor."
Ginny stared at him in shock. What she heard was so unexpected! "No way." She said, shaking her head vigorously. "I'm never going to be friends with you. Get it into your brain. People hate you." And with that, Ginny walked off, a proud look on her face. She leaned her head down and looked back at Draco, who stood there like he had just been frozen.
Fifteen minutes later Ginny had found Harry talking with Hermione and Ron in the Common Room about an exam that was coming up in a week before the summer holidays. She sat on the couch beside them, looking at the ceiling.
"Oh hey, Ginny," Harry took hold of her hand as he said her name. "Where've you been?"
"Talking to Draco," Ginny said. Harry, Ron, and Hermione's faces look shocked; Ginny had expected this. "He wanted me to be friends with him! Can you believe that? After everything he's done. So evil, so bad, and then suddenly 'Oooh, I'm mister nice guy now. Love me. I'm lonely.' Well fuck that."
Hermione raised her eyebrows as Ginny swore and Ron laughed at the way Ginny mocked Draco's voice. Harry, on the other hand, frowned and looked down, twiddling his thumbs.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Ginny asked, putting her head close to his. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine..." Harry said, then looked at Ginny. "Funny how Draco suddenly wants to be your friend."
"What do you mean?" Ginny asked, confused. She didn't know what he was talking about.
"He's obviously found out we're together," Harry raised his eyebrows as he explained, then shook his head. "And I'll bet you a thousand Galleons that he wants to try to fuck up our relationship just to make me feel horrible."
"That could be possible..." Hermione said, thinking about it, too. "But why would he do that? He's tortured you enough."
"Maybe Draco likes Ginny?" Ron suggested in a grossed-out tone of voice. "That'd be disgusting, though."
"No," Harry said, rolling his eyes. "It's not impossible. He could like her, but he knows he can't have her."
"Excuse me, bu–" Ginny started, but was cut off by Hermione.
"We could always hex him," she suggested. Harry and Ron both agreed. "Just to keep him away from her."
"HELLO?" Ginny shouted, standing up. "I am sitting right here. I'm not going to let you hex Draco! I'm going to see what he really wants! It's probably nothing." With that, Ginny left the Common Room, and walked down the moving stairs.
'Maybe he likes her!' God. Crazy thoughts! Draco couldn't like me! Ginny thought as she walked through some empty corridors, wondering if Draco had come back into the castle or if he had just stayed outside, frozen.
Just as she thought she'd never find him – CRASH! – as she went around the corner. She had crashed into Draco, who was in a hurry. "Where are you off to so fast?" Ginny asked, pushing herself up off of the floor.
"Looking for you!" Draco said, panting slightly from running. "Why did you just walk away earlier? Do people really hate me that much? And why can't we just be friends?"
"Draco! What I want to know is why the sudden change!" Ginny said, groaning and rolling her eyes. "Why do you want to be my friend? And yes, people do hate you. You're mean to people and make some of them become your little followers like you're some sort of God or something, and you're not!"
"I know I'm not!" Draco shouted, then sighed, lowering his voice. "Look. I'm really sorry about all the times I was mean to you, your brothers, Granger, and Potter. I just want to be your friend. You seem like a brilliant person."
"Are you sure you're not just doing this so I'll say 'Okay, Draco. Yeah, I'll be your friend.' and then you end up making my relationship with Harry fall apart?" Ginny asked, frowning. "Because if it is, then you can just stop right there. I'm not going to leave Harry. You can't make me. No one can."
"That's not it!" Draco said desperately. "I'm tired of being a fucking tit to people. Can't a person change, Ginny?"
Ginny was surprised; Draco had never called her by her name. He either called her Weasel or Ginger. "Yeah.. a person can change.." Ginny said slowly, "but not that quickly. Some people can, but very few."
"I'm one of the very few, then," Draco said, sighing. "I don't want to be an asshole to you guys anymore."
Ginny thought this over for quite a while, then nodded. "Okay..." she said cautiously, narrowing her eyes at him. "But if you're lying... I will make it so that you can never use your 'wand' again."
"Fair enough," Draco said, then nodded. "I'm going to go now. See you around."
Ginny thought for a moment, then wondered what she had gotten herself into. She had just made friends with the enemy! Who's a liar, a cheat, and a destroyer of things. She wondered what would happen if he was lying. But for some reason she had a feeling that he wasn't lying to her. She shrugged the thought off, walking back to the Gryffindor Common Room. Once she reached the portrait, she climbed through and saw Harry, alone on the couch.
"Hey," Ginny said, grinning and sitting beside him. "Where did Ron and Hermione go?"
"Oh, they said they were going to go study," Harry said, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend. "And you know how Ron hates to study. But he was eager to, today."
Ginny and Harry looked at each other, then bust into fits of laughter. "They make it so obvious that they're going to go "secretly" kiss each other!" Ginny said, smirking. "But we both know they're destined to be together. Just like you and I."
Harry laughed and kissed Ginny's cheek. "So true. I love you so much, Ginny."
"I love you so much more!" Ginny said, then tickled Harry when he tried to argue back about how he loved her more. This went on for the rest of the day. Until supper. They all went down to the Great Hall. Harry and Ginny noticed that Ron and Hermione hadn't shown up, so they suspected something, but didn't really bother anything.
After supper, Harry and Ginny went back upstairs. They sat in front of the fireplace, talking about everything and anything until it got dark. Ron and Hermione walked into the Common Room around two in the morning, Hermione giggling and Ron chuckling quietly.
"Where have you two been?" Ginny asked, turning around and looking at them. "And why are you giggling?"
"Ron and I are going out," Hermione said, raising her eyebrows and biting her lip. "He asked me out earlier!"
"That's fantastic!" Ginny said, getting up and hugging her friend. "So fantastic!"
"Nice going, Mate!" Harry said, thumping Ron on the back. "Hermione's a keeper!"
"Thanks," Ron said, grinning. "I love her so much."
"Awwwwwwww," Hermione almost melted and Ginny laughed. "I love you so much, Ron!"
"Hermione, Ron," Ginny said, getting their attention. "The lovey-dovey stuff will be over within a week. Trust me. But it gets even more fun coming up on week two. Doesn't it Harry?"
"Oh, definitely!" Harry agreed, nodding his head off. Ginny couldn't help but laugh. They all talked for about thirty minutes, then Hermione and Ginny got tired, so they went up to bed. Ron and Harry talked for a few more minutes, then went up to their dormitories.
"You and Ginny doing all right?" Ron asked Harry, who was climbing into his bed.
"We're fantastic." Harry said, smiling to himself as he thought about her. "Absolutely great!"
"You know, even thought she's my sister, you and her can do what you like," Ron said, crawling into his bed. "Even if it means getting down and dirty."
Harry laughed. "We'll keep that in mind, Ron. Thanks."
They both fell asleep and Harry had a very nice dream about Ginny. He'd have to tell her about it in the morning...
Well fucky-doodle! My fingers hurt so badly. XD
Leave a review! Should I put the sexy-time scene in the next chapter? Or in chapter six? Let me know!
Sorry for the swearing, by the way!
