A loud beeping sound filled Ginny's head as her alarm clock woke her up the next Monday morning. Groaning, she climbed out of bed and turned the alarm off before collapsing back on her bed. Ginny was not a morning person, anything before noon always seemed to pass in a hazy blur unless she had several cups of coffee to keep her conscious. Usually she didn't bother as she found that being half asleep was actually a very nice state to be in during lessons as long as no teacher asked her any questions.

The alarm began to shriek at her in a high pitched voice until she got off the bed, muttering about how she really hated magic sometimes. With her eyes only open a slit, Ginny collected her uniform from around the room and widened the door to the bathroom from its already slightly ajar position. She had made it all the way up to the sink before she noticed that the room was full of steam and the shower was on. She slowly turned around to see Draco having a shower.

"Oh shit!" she yelled, suddenly wide awake. She span back around to face the sink and said, "Sorry Draco, I didn't realise you were in here."

She heard the shower turn off behind her and the shower door open. Against her will, her eyes travelled to the mirror to watch as Draco stepped out of the shower. Her eyes slowly traced his body, starting at his feet and making their way up. She watched droplets of water trickle down his legs, his thighs, his well toned stomach, saw water drop from his hair and finally made contact with his eyes. He was smirking at her.

He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his hips, his eyebrow raising teasingly as he asked her if she had enjoyed the view. She blushed bright red and looked away. He clutched at this and walked up to her.

"Shower is all yours," he whispered into her ear. "You might want a cold one, you look awfully hot."

Ginny gasped, instantly knowing what he was talking about. "I knew that note would come back to haunt me somehow!"

Draco smirked, "It's nice to know what you and your friend think of me. I hope you weren't disappointed at what I actually look like in the flesh."

"No," Ginny breathed, "definitely not disappointed."

He leaned down and kissed her softly before leaving the room.

***

Draco paced his room in front of his bed, mentally making a list for and against asking Ginny out.

"What should I do?" he asked Blaise, who was sitting on his bed sniggering at him.

"Just ask her out already, Draco. It's not that hard."

"But what if she says no? We have to work with each other and it will be awkward."

"Why would she say no? You're the Slytherin Sex God."

"No, I used to be the Slytherin Sex God and then I betrayed all of the Slytherins and now they all hate me and I am just Head Boy."

"But she seems to like you."

"I'm a Malfoy and she's a Weasley, it would never work."

"Look Draco, you like her and she likes you so you should just ask her out and get it over and done with."

"But-"

"No, don't even think about it. Go ask her out and then snog her senseless like any normal teenage boy would."

Draco laughed, "OK then, I will, I suppose what you're saying makes sense. Thanks Blaise."

Draco smiled at his friend and got up, feeling slightly nervous.

"Wish me luck."

***

Ginny hummed slightly to herself as she waltzed around the Heads' common room with her eyes closed. She had been in a really good mood all day. Her friendship with Draco had been fixed and there even seemed to be something else happening between them which she simply couldn't explain. He was good looking and, while not kind, was certainly never cruel anymore. In fact he was quite charming and sweet towards her.

Suddenly she felt eyes on her and turned to see Draco standing at the end of the corridor that led to his room. She stopped humming abruptly and felt her face burn up.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were in."

"Evidently. Would you like to dance with me?"

She smiled slightly and nodded. He walked up to her, took her hand lightly and began to dance.

"I was looking for you actually," Draco whispered.

"You were? Why?"

"I wanted to ask you something."

"What?" Ginny breathed, feeling a strange flutter of hope in her chest.

"I wanted to ask you if you would like to be my girlfriend. Would you?"

"Really?"

"Really."

Ginny hugged Draco tightly and kissed him firmly on the lips. "It would be my honour to be your girlfriend."

Draco smirked slightly, "True."

She swotted him on his arm lightly but smiled anyway.

"My brother is going to kill you when he finds out about this."

"Which one?"

"Good point - any of them, especially the ones that have actually met you."

"Maybe we should wait awhile before telling them."

"Maybe we should wait awhile before telling anyone."

"That's probably a good idea; there are a lot of people out there who don't really like me."

"So, we'll keep it a secret then, only tell a select few."

"OK, I'll do it if you will. Just remember to control yourself around me," Draco teased

"I don't think it will be that hard," Ginny replied, smiling determinedly.

"Really? Let's see about that," Draco said, smirking as he kissed her again.