15. Chapter 15: Ginny

Hurrah! We're onto chapter 15 of this story already! Thanks again for all your support, everyone.

And for those of you who want more Hermione and Draco romance, you'll have to wait for the next chapter. But since the next TWO chapters are both from them, it'll be good! You might have seen a pattern in the POV sequencing... :D

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10 Ways to Kill Draco Malfoy

Chapter 15

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GINNY

I.

AM.

GOING.

TO.

KILL!

THAT.

HERMIONE GRANGER!

Why oh why did she have to go and tell the entire school something that I'm sure isn't even true? Well of course, I hope it's true, and Harry did turn a bit pink when Hermione yelled, but that might have been from embarassment. I mean, anyone would have blushed if someone yelled out that they liked someone, who they probably don't like, in front of nearly all the Slytherins (they'd come to cheer Malfoy on, and predictably Pansy Parkinson was sitting next to him, trying to feed him all that she could, cooing while placing a hand on his leg suggestively).

OK, now I'm babbling. MUST STOP BABBLING AND CONCENTRATE! I'm going down the stairs, for goodness sakes, and if I fall then it's all my fault. There'll be no one to catch me, like Malfoy caught Hermione (or so she said, with a rather disgusted shudder). Still, at least someone caught her. Since there's no one to catch me, I'll fall right down to the bottom and will bang my head on the floor. That will result in my brains spilling out, and me dyin-

STOP IT!

My brain seems to have an overactive imagination today. Thoughts about brains spilling out - especially my brains - are not nice to think about, and will not help me to make conversation if I see Harry again today. Which I probably will.

That reminds me of our encounter this morning, when Harry had no shirt on. Phew. I was flushing enough back there to make my head seem on fire, and he also seemed a little surprised to see someone up so early. We had a rather quick conversation, and I just had to tell him I'd gotten up early to cheer him on. God. I sounded so clingy and desperate.

Anyway... must say, Harry has a really nice chest. -Drools- Well, I'd kinda expect that, since he's being playing Quidditch for who knows how long. Longer than I've been at Hogwarts, or so Ron tells me. I assume he probably started playing in his first year, so now he's a real expert when it comes to Quidditch and how to play it. Of course, I don't like Harry just because of his manly man chest, but because he's a really nice and funny person. However, being good-looking doesn't hurt, either.

"Um... Ginny? You there?" Someone waves a hand in front of my face.

I snap out of my thoughts. "Huh? Oh yeah, I'm here. What's next? Is the lesson finished yet?" I said loudly, grinning to cover up my period of blankness.

People around me suppress giggles, and my good friend Georgina, who is sitting to my right, snorts. I look up, annoyed, and catch the evil eyes of Professor Snape as he glares down his greasy long nose at me. I nearly scream in fright and quickly cover my mouth as a small squeak emits from it. "Um... I mean, is my potion finished yet? Ahahaha. Haha. Ha!"

"Miss Weasley, we have not started making a potion yet. So I don't think that excuse will work," Snape sneers, and I realize that he is right. There is nothing in the cauldron in front of me, save for a few flecks of dust. "10 points from Gryffindor, for daydreaming when I am talking about what you need to make a Sleeping Potion. And if I catch you again, the points lost will be double."

When he turns his back and begins talking, I make a face at him. At that moment, he turns around sharply to look at me again. "Did I just see you making a face, Weasley? That's another 5 points."

My eyes bulge, my fists clench and my classmates start to protest. "But, Professor-"

"She didn't make a face, she was just trying to suppress a sneeze-"

"Yeah! That's what she was doing, I'm a witness-"

"ENOUGH!" Snape shouts, his eyes blazing. "20 points off for the class talking back to me when you were not asked to!"

People mumble angrily about how unfair this is, and a few people shoot angry glares at me. My friends (the rest of the class) shoot threatening looks right back at them, which causes them to look down rather quickly. I smile at Georgina, who grins back. Through the rest of the class we are silent, and Snape has nothing to take points away for. Ha. Take that.

When Potions is finished, we walk towards our next class. On the way, a group of us have a rather interesting conversation:

"Jeesh, what bee went up his ass, that stupid Snape!"

"I'll say... PMS, maybe?"

"Ew! He's a man, Georgina, not a woman... hahaha. It'd be funny though."

"Maybe he's a transexual..."

"Let's not get into that subject, guys. It's bound to get disgusting in a few moments."

"Right-o. Let's get to Transfiguration already. If we're late McGonagall's gonna kill us."

"Heehee! Oh, remember last time? When I tried to transfigure that cactus into a turtle? When I was done, the turtle still had huge spikes on it! And it walked around and pricked everyone."

"Not everyone. Mostly it was because you put it on their seats when they were about to sit down."

"-Guilty look- Well, that's cos you suggested it."

"No, I told you to put it on Mike's seat. He's a real idiot, that guy. Tried to put a slug into the back of my blouse the other day. Good thing he sat down extra hard on the spiked turtle, since one of his mates pushed him onto it by accident. Served him right."

"I thought you liked him."

"Me, like that madman? No way! Not in his wildest dreams. Let's hope he doesn't dream about me. Urgh."

"You guys are wandering into another disgusting area of conversation."

"Oops. Sorry, Gins."

"Don't call me Gins! My name is Ginny. Not Gins. Not Gin. Just Ginny."

"I'm sorry, Gins. Oops. Damn! Sorry, Gins! Argh! I said it again!"

"Why you..."

"WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE SHUT UP! We're nearly there! If the Professor catches us talking, she'll probably get really pissed off."

"You're the one yelling, Georgina..." I say, laughing. Suddenly, I bump into someone walking quickly my way. "Wah!"

"Woah... Ginny? Are you OK?" A familiar voice says worriedly as I stumble and fall backwards, rather ungracefully, onto my butt.

"Urgh... yeah, I'm fine. You should have watc- Oh! Harry! Um, hello. So sorry for bumping into you." I accept the hand he offers and he helps me up. It looks like the task took him no energy at all. He's so strong, I think. Must be all that Quidditch. Cute, friendly and has a nice bod. Oooh, yeah. "I'm OK. Honest." I ignore the whistling and giggling of my friends, and send them a quick glare when Harry's not looking. Georgina pokes her tongue out at me and grins.

"Oh, it's Ginny!" Hermione walks up beside Harry and smiles at me. "Sorry about that. Harry was still gloating about our latest victory against Dr- uh, Malfoy, so he wasn't looking where he was going." She leans closer to me and adds, in a whisper, "He's rather simple-minded, you see." I give her a funny glare/grin (I am still a bit pissed about this morning), but decide to let the subject drop for now.

"Everyone's simple-minded compared to you, 'Mione," I grin, giving her a playful punch on the arm. "Looks like Harry's no exception."

Harry laughs. "'Course I'm not. Anyway... just wanted to ask you something, Gins." He grows serious and stares at me. From anyone else, I would have smacked them for using 'Gins', but when Harry says it, it sounds sooooo cute. It's nice that he is using a nickname for me. I'd wanted one ever since Harry and Ron started using ''Mione' for Hermione, but there wasn't really a good choice of nicknames that can come from 'Ginny'. "You know how there's a Hogsmeade trip this weekend...?"

My heart skips a beat. Is this really happening? If I'm not imagining things, and there really is a Harry Potter standing in front of me asking about Hogsmeade - then there was a chance... a very slight one, but a chance all the same, that he'd ask me to go with him...

"Well, I was wondering if you'd like to come with m- us. Us as in me, Hermione and Ron." He grins and grabs my hands, squeezing them vigorously. "Come on! Say yes. It'll be fun."

I blush when he takes my hand and nod as coolly as I can while my hand is being squeezed by Harry. "Yuh-yes, of course. Why not? So this weekend. Sah-saturday or Sunday?" My friends' giggles are really getting on my nerves now. They haven't stopped since Harry said hello. "AND SHUT UP BACK THERE!" I yell when Georgina makes a wet sloppy kissing movement behind Harry. Hermione and Ron suppress laughter, the latter grinning from ear to ear.

He lets go of me and beams. "Great. Yeah, um, Saturday I think. That would be the best day." Then he starts to leave, and waves goodbye. "See ya later, Gins!" I make a feeble hand gesture back at him, in attempt to wave goodbye in my shock. Wow. Harry has just asked me out (in a way)! I am a little disappointed that Ron will be coming too, since no doubt he'd try to stop Harry doing anymore more than talk to me or shake my hand, but I don't mind Hermione. Being the smart girl and agony aunt that she is, she'd definitely make herself scarce as soon as she can without looking too suspicious.

"Hey... Ginny, how come you don't mind him calling you 'Gins', but you get all angry when we do?" Georgina pouts after the trio leave, folding her arms in front of her chest. "Hmph! I know you gotta respect our Quidditch team captain, and the cute Boy-Who-Lived, but you should at least make him equal with us when it comes to nicknames."

"Yeah! Well, maybe Ginny likes him. He seems to like her a whole lot. I mean, he just asked her out to Hogsmeade on Saturday. It may not sound like it, but you know how nearly every boy here in Hogwarts ask a girl out to Hogsmeade for a first date," another of my friends says. "It's like a Hogwarts tradition."

"You think so?" I ask her thoughtfully. "Does he really like me or what?"

Georgina and the rest of my friends roll their eyes. "Well, duh!" they exclaim in unison.

"It's so obvious," Georgina adds. "Practically written all over his face."

I beam at them, and then glance at my watch. "Oh no!" I say in horror. "Transfiguration class started 10 minutes ago! We should have been in there a long time ago!"

"Yeah, but Harry Potter came and asked you on a date. That's a good excuse if I ever heard one." Georgina assures me as we file inside quickly, earning glares from the Professor. We quickly sit down and flip to the page of our textbooks, written on the board. She gives me a thumbs-up sign when McGonagall starts talking again and I grin. Phew. Thank goodness Malfoy was set on fire today, or the Professor wouldn't be in such a good mood.

Thanks, whoever it was that cast the flame on him. I have a hunch that it might be Hermione...

And yes, she's forgiven for yelling this morning.

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