Chapter Two
Ginny's POV
"Read page 59 out to me," I said to Malfoy as we sat going through page after page about mobile phones.
"Mobile/Cell Phones are the form of communication most Muggles use to contact one and other," he quoted, reading from the book. "The devices include a small engine with the power of response, electricity and charge. They allow Muggles to send letters to each other via digital devices. These digital letters are titled Text Messages. Muggles also use their Mobile/Cell Phones to speak to someone without being in their presence. Each Mobile Cell Phone has a number attached to a small card named the Sim. This is the number people use to get hold of each other, to send Text Messages and make phone calls. A phone call is where a Muggle types or taps in a number and presses call to speak to their friends, even if their friend lives on the other side of the world, this will work. In conclusion, Mobile/Cell Phones are great for keeping in touch with other people in your life and a brilliant way to store information."
"Do you get it now?" I asked him, taking the book from him. "Mobile phones are used all over the world by Muggles, and they are easy to transport to different places."
"I think I do," he said. "So shall we move on to Herbology, Weasley?"
I laughed.
"Sure, lets start on page five, read the first two paragraphs out to me, then see if you remember."
He read out the paragraphs about different plants and how every single one in the magic community has a differently shaped leaf out of all of the ones that match, to show that its a magical plant, or explain what it does to the Herbal Mentologisticnals, a very rare person who has the ability to speak to plants and read what they do from the leaves, stalks and soils.
"Tell me what you just learnt from that in a shorter amount of words.
"Herbology is the study of plants and each plant has a differently shaped leaf to the other identical ones to show its magical and so that the Mentologisticnals can read and figure out what it does. The most rare plant is the F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C plant, which is short for," he paused and strained his mind. "Frictionous Analysing Nevermolonga Titanium Acid String Tilted Indestructable Cowplant," he said it slowly.
"Yeah, your right, and I'm completely out of things to do because your a fast learner so you get to get off early."
"No, stay until dinner," he said. "I'll be so bored if you go, unless Granger decides to be nice to me."
"You know, Malfoy, you're not actually that bad," I said. "Harry and Ron and Hermione make you sound like some stuck up, selfish little asshole, like the last person I tutored, Michael Corner, and said stuff like the fact you slicked your hair back to make yourself look as slimy as you were on the inside and you used girls, you were pathetic little dumbass git, but really, your not THAT stuck up, or that selfish, your not really an asshole either. From my experience."
"You know Weasley, your not that bad yourself. Your brother is just really annoying."
"I'd have to agree with you there."
He laughed nervously.
"So, are we like, friends, then?" he said.
"If you want, I mean, I'd like to be friends, but if you don't want to be its fine with me."
"Yeah, friends then?"
"Friends then!"
He laughed.
"Then I have one, request, demand, whatever you call it," he said.
"Whats that?"
"We stop calling each other by our last names, Ginny."
"Deal, I think I can do that."
He grinned.
"So as we're like FRIENDS now," he said, "do you want to come into Hogsmede with me and Blaise?"
"I'd like that," she said. "Thanks Draco.."