30. Chapter 30: Ginny

One of my reviewers just reminded me that Ginny should be able to see thestrals, because she was in the room when Sirius died! Wasn't she? Correct me if she wasn't, I can't remember at the moment.

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10 Ways to Kill Draco Malfoy

Chapter 30

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GINNY

Thank God Hermione is safe. If she ended up as a stain on the ground, destined to be walked over by thousands of Hogwarts students, that would be horrible. I probably would have dived down and joined her.

But that's beside the point. What matters is that she's safe now...

Safe, and with Malfoy in the Hospital Wing. Where none of the other students are conscious. Which means...! A voice, which started reasonably, ends with the last two words at a screeching volume inside my head. He could be trying to do hanky-panky with her! Ginny, you gotta go save her!

She'll be fine, I think to my inner voice irritably. She knows enough self-defense - both magical- and physical-wise - to keep Draco away. Hopefully. Anyway, a little bit of hanky-panky'll do Hermione good. Maybe she'll loosen up a bit and not be so uptight about everything.

Ron won't be so happy about that, the voice warns. You know how he likes her and all. He might get, er, a bit violent.

Oh, shut it, I reply.

I consider what that distant part of my brain had argued. Nah. Ron will be OK with it, I'm pretty sure. I think he knows she doesn't like him that way by now. Alright, I admit it; she might have had feelings for my brother once, but definitely not anymore.

That'll be a crushing blow to his inflated ego, hehe.

"Silverfang. Ginny, duck," Harry's voice floats into my thoughts. I start and realize that we are already at the portrait of the Fat Lady. Before I can do anything, however, he grabs me around my waist and throws me, as gently as he can, through the hole and onto the velvety soft carpet of the common room floor. I giggle helplessly as I land in a heap on the ground and climb up. Good. No bruises. Not that I would have gotten hurt from a little fall like that.

"Wheeee!" Harry jumps through the hole, the painting shutting quickly behind him and smacking him on the butt. "Ow!" The hit throwing him off course, he lands a few feet away from me, face first. I can only guess what he was trying to do originally. Quickly I stand up and hurry over, lifting his head onto my lap to make sure he hadn't broken his nose in the crash. "I'm OK, I'm OK," he says into my skirt. I can feel the heat of his cheek on my leg.

"You sure? You don't look so good." That's an understatement. There's a bump the size of a gobstone on his scalp, and there are patterns squashed onto his face from his hand being under it when he landed. All in all - he doesn't look too good. "Maybe you should have an early night. What were you throwing me and leaping around for?"

He blushes as he stands groggily. "Sorry. I didn't hurt you, did I?" My shake of the head seems to make him feel better. "Good. I was going to... um... jump on you... since we didn't get a chance to do anything at the tower - but that didn't work very well, did it?" Harry looks abashed, like a guilty puppy.

I start to laugh. Harry's face goes even redder, which seems to make me laugh even harder. Soon I am rolling around on the floor, gasping for air and trying to stop myself giggling hysterically any more. The stitch in my side is starting to hurt. "Oh, Harry! I never knew you had it in you to think of something like that," I say, grinning. "You're so unpredictable. That's one of the things I love about you." I twine my arms around his neck, attempting not to snort with laughter into his face, and failing several times.

Harry looks happier and kisses me on the nose, despite my snorting. "Goodnight, Ginny," he says, before I give him a kiss on the lips. He blushes and bounds away, nearly tripping over the dormitory stairs and breaking his neck as he does so.

I shake my head fondly. Harry may be the Boy-Who-Lived AKA The Chosen One AKA Potty AKA 1000 other titles, but he's still as clumsy around me as any other boy around their girlfriend. Chuckling, I head up and into the fifth year girls' dorms, ready for a good night's sleep after that crazy, nerve-wrecking event.

The next morning I look around for Hermione. Hopefully she'd come back during the night/early morning and could join us for breakfast. But, no luck - 20 minutes of waiting later, there's still no sign of her, even though Lavender, Parvati and all the other girls in her dormitory had long gone out to the Great Hall.

"Damn," I mutter. That means my inner voice could very well be right. Told ya so, it said at that precise moment, in an irritatingly nasal voice. "Shut up," I reply loudly, and several first-years, who are poring over their books (much like Hermione), stare at me with unconcealed fear in their eyes.

At the Great Hall, I am surprised and very happy to see Hermione in her normal seat. "'Mione!" I screech, and give her a bear hug from behind. I can faintly hear Harry and Ron's sniggers through Hermione's choking noises.

"Gi-Ginny," she gasps, clawing at my arm. "Let go... I'm going to die from lack of oxygen! HELP!" Her face is rapidly turning a bluish white color.

"Oh, sorry! Are you alright?" I say apologetically and quickly let go. Immediately her face returns to its normal tint, albeit it being slightly paler than usual. Hacking and coughing, she gives me a shaky grin and shakes her head to indicate I'd been forgiven.

I take my seat next to her and pat Hermione a few times on the back. She is smacked forwards and her face lands in her plate of baked potatoes. "Shit!" I swear loudly, and earn disapproving glares from several Prefects, as well as most of the other students. A few hide grins, and the Slytherins are looking hopefully at the Prefects, as if willing them to deduct points from Gryffindor. "Sorry," I say in a small voice, and everyone returns to what they were doing.

When I turn around, Ron (typical) had already helped Hermione wipe the potato from her face. "Ginny! What was that for?" he asks hotly. "You could have broken her nose! That would have ruined her bea- er..." He turns slightly pink as I raise a mocking eyebrow at him.

"You were saying, Ron?" To Hermione, I quickly raise my wand to Scourgify her face but she puts a hand on my arm to lower it.

"Uh, Ginny, don't worry. I can get all of it off with a tissue - I think. I'll pass by the bathroom after breakfast." Another shaky smile. This one I return and decide not to help/hinder her meal anymore.

After I finish drinking the cup of pumpkin juice beside my plate, I sneak a glance at my timetable. It is still hard for me to remember exactly what class comes when, even though it's been four months since I'd received my fifth year timetable. Oh well. I guess short-term memory runs in the family, I think as I catch Ron's eyes darting towards his own timetable under the table.

"Damn," I hiss. Hermione glances up at me, her face potato-free. "Potions!"

The word is pretty much self-explanatory. Harry, Ron and Hermione all shake their heads sadly in unison, looking amusingly like those nodding dolls that you put in cars. Dad had one of those in his car, until Bill got so pissed off at its constant nodding that he threw it out the window to the chickens, who pecked it viciously until it lay, battered, in the dirt. "Poor you," Harry says, putting an arm around me. I kiss him on the cheek and he turns crimson.

Ron makes a noise of protest in the background. Dean, who is still pining a bit after our breakup just before school started, turns his talking volume up a notch and is now practically yelling into Seamus' ear. The latter is moving slowly away from his friend, trying to cover his ears as discreetly as possible. Parvati looks a bit jealous of my openness with Harry - apparently she used to like him, after he'd asked her to the Yule Ball in until sometime early last year.

I smile to myself at the commotion that little peck on the cheek caused around us. I was a little bit sad about dumping Dean, but he was like Ron - talking about football all day, like my brother blabs on about the Chudley Cannons and Quidditch in general all the time. It was bad enough having a brother like that who lived with you; I didn't think I could survive a boyfriend of the same sort too. Dean was a nice guy, and pretty handsome (partly the reason why I chose him in the first place), but he just didn't really appeal to me in the long run.

"I guess I'd better run, or Snape'll have my head," I declare, standing up. Hermione nods at me, smiling, and Ron grunts. Harry jumps up and offers to walk me there. "I'm not a baby, Harry," I say teasingly. "I don't need to be followed everywhere. It's not like a mad axeman will jump out from behind every corner and dice me or something."

Unfortunately, the mental image of what I'd said seems to make Harry more determined than ever to accompany me. Oh well - I didn't really mind. The more time I spend with him, the better.

We chat idly as we walk towards the dungeon. It's amazing how comfortable I feel around Harry. I can talk about nearly everything and not feel too embarrassed. Minutes later, at the entry of the classroom, I stop and stand on tiptoe to give Harry a long, deep parting kiss.

"20 points from Gryffindor for showing an unnecessary amount of affection in public," a voice drawls icily from behind me. I jump and bite Harry's lip as we part in shock. He puts a hand to his mouth and winces slightly. I give him an apologetic look as I hurry into the class, waving goodbye. "Miss Weasley, don't let me catch you doing that in front of my class again," Snape says coldly as he follows behind me. "You may be the 'Golden Couple', but that doesn't give you the right to do such filth right in front of the classroom."

"Your fault you came at that moment," I mutter under my breath as I find my seat next to Georgina.

He stops. "What did you say, Miss Weasley?"

I look up, the picture of innocence. Well, maybe my big smile is pushing it, but oh well. "Er, nothing, Professor Snape! I was just remarking to Georgina how much I love Potions." Beside me, Georgina rolls her eyes but puts on a painful smile when I elbow her.

"Ye-yeah, that's what she was mumbling about," she says brightly. Snape hmphs and walks away to the front of the class. "Phew, thought he was going to take points off," Georgina says, sighing in relief. She turns to me, eyes accusing. "And what 'filth' were you doing in front of the door? Don't tell me you were getting it o-"

I clamp a hand over her mouth. "Shut up!" I hiss, turning a bit red. "He can hear us, you know. Well, he can hear you."

Georgina smirks. "So you were-"

"I was most certainly not!" I say indignantly. "It was just a little goodbye kiss. You know Snape, I don't think anyone's kissed him except his toad. He makes a big deal out of any public display of affection."

After that, there was no more time to chat. Snape immediately made us start with a pretty hard potion, reminding us that OWLS were this year and if we didn't do well enough, i.e. anything less than a E, we wouldn't be staying in his class. Not that we'd want to, but Potions is important in many big jobs, such as Aurors.

I work hard, but as usual my potion is a few shades off from what it's supposed to look like. The book shows a bubbling violet potion, but mine's more lilac than anything else. Snape lip curls upwards as he stops at my cauldron. "I suppose bad potion-making skills run in the family," he says, sneering at my putrid-smelling potion. Funny that. I was just thinking the same thing.

"I think so, too, sir," I answer sincerely.

His eyes flash dangerously. "Another 20 points for answering back," he hisses. "If you don't improve your behavior, you'll be responsible for Gryffindor losing the House Cup with negative figures in points, with the help of Potter. You'll be cleaning up the classroom after class, along with Davidson here." He jabs a finger at a boy with cropped black hair, who glares defiantly at me. I can clearly see why he was also made to clean up.

After everyone else had packed up, and a failed attempt by Georgina to help me tidy the room, the Davidson guy and I are left in the class while Snape checks some of his ingredients in the back storeroom. I resist the urge to lock him in; there would be no point anyway, since he probably knows a lot of unlocking spells and I don't know many locking spells.

Hmm. Isn't Davidson in Slytherin? A bright spark of an idea comes to me. "Sayyyy, er, Davidson," I begin cautiously.

"It's Elliot, bimbo," he snaps back straight away, glaring up at me from his task of scrubbing the floor.

I recoil with surprise and shock. Wow. Talk about fast responses. "Um, OK, Elliot then. Do you know Draco Malfoy?"

He rolls his eyes. "Is this some kind of trick question? Who doesn't know him?"

OK, this guy is really starting to grate my nerves. I grind my teeth and force out a smile. "Oh, really. He's that famous?"

Elliot gives me a disdainful look. "Du-u-uh. Do you live under a rock or something? He's practically a god in the Slytherin community. Girls worship him."

No surprise there. "Does he have a girlfriend - or a love interest, at the moment?" I probe as subtly as I can. Annoying as he is, Elliot is probably the best chance I have of getting information about Draco from a Slytherin. It would look suspicious if I just went up to a random Slytherin during lunch or something.

"Don't tell me you're interested in him," he groans. "That's like, the 100th time a girl's asked him out."

"I'm not asking him out!" I yell, then quickly lower my voice. "I was just asking if he has a girlfriend. God."

Elliot smirks, like a true Slytherin. "Alright, keep your panties on." At this remark I am ready to clobber him. A nuisance and a pervert. Not a good combination. "No, he doesn't seem to have a girl he hangs out with more than others, but he's been seen with this Gryffindor girl a couple of times. Plus he talks about some chick called Herry or Hermy or something sometimes, to that Blaise guy. You know, the bi one."

I think everyone knows about Blaise's sexual nature. But what I'm interested in is what he said about the Gryffindor girl. It's got to be Hermione, despite the bad eavesdropping skills of Elliot. Herry? What the hell? "Hermione? Is that her name? And is that girl brunette?"

"How would I know? Jeez. You're so nosy. Are you sure you're not some kind of stalker? Cos I don't think you stand a chance next to all those other pretty girls queuing up to date him." He wrinkles his nose as he shoves the mop into a dusty corner. I cough as he shakes the mop around, grinning. "Whoops. Sorry."

"Bastard," I mutter rather audibly, and he whistles.

"A foul-mouthed chick," he says, sounding delighted. "Just my type. I mean, if you squint your eyes and tilt your head this way..." he does so, and looks extremely retarded - "... you actually look passably pretty."

I smile sweetly at him, ignoring his jab at my looks as I clean up the last desk and put my soiled rag onto Snape's reports, making sure that it is wet and grimy. Enough boys have asked me out for me to know that the statement contained hardly any truth at all. "Sorry, I'm taken. Ever heard of Harry Potter?"

He stares at me, mouth wide open. His mop trails on his shoe, but he doesn't seem to notice.

"Well, he's my boyfriend." Opening the door, I give him one last glance before leaving. "So personally, I don't think you stand a chance next to him."

That night, exhausted by the day's classes, I collapse onto an armchair in front of the fireplace. The common room is fairly quiet, with most of the students doing their homework - there's been a big increase in the amount of fifth year people reading or finishing off essays now, since it's the year for OWLs. I still have a few assignments to do, but they aren't due anytime soon, so I don't think about them too much.

An hour later, I am woken by someone gently shaking my shoulder. "Ginny, get up," Hermione cajoles, and when I do, she steals my seat and sighs in comfort.

I fold my arms crossly until I remember what Elliot had told me. I snap my fingers. "Hermione, get up and follow me," I say. "I want to have a girl talk with you."

Hermione raises an eyebrow but does as I ask.

Once we are in the privacy of my dormitory, I motion for her to sit. "Hermione, I want to ask you something."

"Shoot," she says, shrugging and peering suspiciously at me. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh no, nothing's wrong. Hermione, are you in love with Draco Malfoy?"

Her reaction is as expected. Her mouth falls open and she falls off the bed with a thump before springing up quickly again, smoothing her hair down. She gapes at me for a few seconds, like a fish out of water, before finally finding her voice: "Wh-wha-what made y-you think th-that, G-Ginny?"

I smirk. "Do you? A reliable (cough) source told me that you've been seen with him on several occasions, and apparently he likes you. Or that's what he told Blaise, anyway. And you know how Blaise is not exactly the best secret-keeper in the world, so Draco must really like you to tell him that."

"I... I don't know," she says after a long pause. "I can't say that I still hate him, like before - that'd be a lie. But I don't know if I love him..."

"You like him."

She blushes. "I-I guess you could say that. But not so directly, Ginny! Learn to be more subtle, will you?"

I sigh. "What's the point of being subtle with this subject? I now know how you feel about Malfoy. Ron won't be happy, but that's life. So what's next? Are you just going to conceal your liking for Draco forever, turning him down out of embarrassment when he asks you out?"

"If he asks me out," she corrects me. "I have a feeling that even if we get together, it won't last. Our personalities are most definitely going to clash. Plus, he's not exactly the commitment type of guy. It's like he has commitment-phobia or something."

"Not really," I say, secretly glad that Hermione is thinking about the future with him already. This means she really does like him a lot, no matter what insults she blabbers about him. "He went out with that girl... Ana, for about six months. That's a pretty long time for Mr Commitment-Phobic."

She wriggles uncomfortably. "Well..."

I pat her arm. "Think about it, Hermione. You know how you really feel. I'm not forcing you or anything, but you should give Malfoy a chance. Harry and Ron hate him, but it's something they'll have to accept, if you feel strongly enough for him." I grin. "I know that sounds like one of those muggle romance novels or something, but it's the truth."

Hermione stands, sighing. "I'll think about it." Walking to the door, she spins around and gives me a glare. "This doesn't mean that I'm in love with him, you know."

Chuckling, I watch her leave and lie back on the bed. Ah, this is going to be very interesting.

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lilithofunderworld: Thank you. I also can't believe she killed off -beeeeeeep-! How could she do that? -Beeeeeeeep- was so cool! ;..; -Teary eyed-

Kewlpoohgirl: Lol, thank you! -Agrees with you- Well, in the movie Tom looks better. :P Apparently they had to airbrush their acne out, hehe.

Hawaiian-Rachael: Yeah, Pomfrey is getting a bit senile, I think. XD Thank you!

crazy azn angel: Hehe! Why do you hate Emma? She's not that bad. O.o Thanks for the review!

sonya: Lol, thank you.

Strong Tower: OK! Thanks.

Stubs4him08: Thank you for the compliment! -Blush-

Megan: Haha! You should have gone to bed 2 hours ago! XD Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read all of my fic, I really appreciate it. -Hugs-

Also thanks to:

Midnight's.Angelic.Reality, iluvdustinbarnell, Rainan Strife, diabolicalone18, Captain-Ammie, Izumi Rules, cenagurl, speechdisappearsintosilence, Kylz, TheScarlettSecret, youngwriter56, . . .TeMpTaTiOnZ. . ., Kelz, Gallaz, Black rainfall, BA de Danone, Onigiri Momoko, theseahorse, Blue Dragon Skies, angeldust893, smile13a, Neth, Christi-McIntyre, Turtle Sister, The Lady of the Four Leafed Clover, Taffy-Isabelle-TaffCunns, Miss Hermione Jane Granger, RAIN3Y, limegreenbeanbag, ITSaBROWNthing92, snowmouse, Rachel, DarkAngelTorchic, Deana, ClassiestMokuren, Norah, Ewanaddict, Animagious-White-Tiger, KitArchivist, thebrinkofdisaster, I Dream of Draco, WannaBArtist, Karriya, rani singala, bangbangxx, plooshgirl, VampireMasquerade, potc-and-hpfan, CaptainDuckula, jesska-14, skinnyrita, koalainglasses, Madam Whitbrook, seamusismyprince, Deadly Storm, cierra, lovebunny91, meeka, cherry arrow, moony's number 1, angledust-893, Gi Xian, ducks-rule-world, Jess, PranksterPrefect, lilacblu, The Notorious Wookie, harry potter hermione granger, theBomb, anya, Morbidly Ori, Signature F, Jen, darkjaguargoddess, drunkonlife, Karana Belle, QiRa, tearfulrose, iheartdraco4lyf, madameclover, RitaL.Black, eLiZaBeThBeAr, P.A.W.07, -Lily Evans 4 life-, EvilsmileyfaceofDOOM, wata rat, AX2, monkeybitmytail, MisticElf, chadick, Wolfsblood, Deadly Hope, CrazyChick15, lilchica, princess-yumin, SleepyHead22, Smile88, cyancrystaldolphins, yuna-ynnah, magicalworldwithyou, Drunk Cat, FallingWithGhosts, Brittany Malfoy, w1nd3y, SweetiePye2332, Crystallized Snow, Kioana, sami, Bull, Irena(plus)Sooie, wockygal, FireGuardian, ezza, Kiwi-San, waterprincess, tomfelton'sbabe429, Lady-Crymsyn, cornelia1715, xputteck, DiguisedInnocence, powerelite, Bookworm1214, ChRoXus NicLypes

-Faints from overtyping- Well, I'm really happy about this very long list! Thank you to everyone! I think next time I do a thanks part, I'll only reply to people whose reviews ask something that needs to be answered. Otherwise the scrollbar will be microscopic...