Duties With Draco

Author’s Note:

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Chapter Two

Duties with Draco

Ginny and Hermione found the compartment Harry, Ron, and Neville were sitting in and opened the door to join them. Hermione was grinning from ear to ear. She had been paired with Drew Draike, a sixth-year Ravenclaw whom Hermione had really liked since her and Ron broke up last year.

Ginny, however, had never felt more miserable. She had been looking forward to being a prefect since she got her letter. She was even spared the humiliation her twin brothers usually caused for the newest prefect of the Weasley family because of the previous summer’s events. But she could not handle thinking about that anymore. It already haunted her every thought. And now, she had duties with Malfoy!

“What’s up with you, Ginny?” Harry asked. “You look really upset.”

“Ginny got paired up with Malfoy for the rest of the year.” Hermione interjected.

“What, are you serious? Why Malfoy? Are you kidding me? After what happened this summer, they went and paired you up with Malfoy? Dumbledore knows what happened, and he went and paired you with that creep’s son?” Ron went ballistic. He was pacing around and hollering. By the time he saw Ginny trying to silently get him to shut up, it was too late.

“What happened last summer?” Neville asked. “Was it the war? Did something happen to you, Ginny?”

“Don’t worry about it, Neville. It’s nothing,” Ginny answered, glaring at Ron.

After she was released from St. Mungo’s last summer, there was a meeting set up with Ginny, her family, and Dumbledore to talk about if she would go back to school. To Mrs. Weasley’s dismay, Ginny informed everyone she was fine and wanted to go back. However, she made everyone swear they would not let the school know what happened to her.

She knew her mother wanted to keep her home so she could keep and eye on her, but Ginny did not know if she could handle not going back. She wanted to have something in her life to look forward to. Plus she knew people would question her absence, and she had a feeling her secret would leak out somehow.

The compartment was quiet except for the occasional huffs from Ron until Ginny’s time came for prefect duty.

“All right, you all, I’m off!” she said. “Wish me luck.”

“Good luck, Ginny. I may come out there and hang out with you for a little while.” Hermione told her.

“Okay,” Ginny replied. “Thanks.”

And with that, she was out the door and gone.

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Ginny was patrolling the corridors for quite some time before Malfoy showed up.

“Well, look who finally decided to grace us with his presence!” Ginny said sarcastically.

“Look, Weasley, let’s get something straight. We--,” Malfoy began, but Ginny cut him off.

“No, Malfoy. Let ME get something straight with YOU! If I have to be stuck with you for the entire term, then you will at least give me enough respect to show up for your shift on time!” she exclaimed angrily.

Malfoy was taken aback by Ginny's interruption, but inwardly smiled nevertheless. Her face turned red when she was angry, he noticed, and her voice becomes low and felt like ice. He was surprised he had never noticed before how cute she was when she got like that. It was almost like...

"Whoa, hold it! Stop right there, Draco Malfoy!" he told himself. “You did not just have that thought with a blood-traitor! And yet, I can’t deny the fact that she is very attractive. A nice shape, perfect tits... No! Stop it! You cannot get feelings for a Weasley! It is out of the question!”

“Malfoy, are you going to listen to anything I say or are you just going to stare at my chest all day?” Ginny said, snapping him back to reality.

“I can’t help it!” Malfoy said, trying to redeem himself and save his reputation. “It’s not everyday you see ones that are that grotesque! I didn’t even know anyone’s chest could be so lopsided and ugly!” He realized a second too late how lame he sounded, which caused Ginny to be very suspicious.

“Stay away from me, Malfoy,” she said coldly and walked away.

“Dear God, Malfoy, could you be any more stupid!” Draco was muttering to himself as he watched Ginny purposely avoiding him for the rest of their shift. “So much for ever getting a chance with her!” he watched her as she talked with Hermione, who had showed up to keep her company.

“But I don’t want a chance with her!” he argued to himself. “Why would I want to screw a blood-traitor Weasley? But, then again, she is a pure-blood. So if I ever did feel the desire, which I don’t, she is fair game.”

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“So he actually was staring at your chest?” Hermione asked in disbelief.

“Yeah, it’s crazy, I know. But he was.” Ginny answered. “And you know how Malfoy is, he always seems to have a retort ready for anyone, but this time it was different. It was almost as if he acted like I caught him doing something wrong. He acted really guilty. God, I don’t need this stuff this year! What the hell was Dumbledore thinking?”

“I have been wondering that same question since I found out, Gin. But you know Dumbledore. He is a genius. I am sure he knew what he was doing, even if we can’t see the reason right now. Come on, it’s getting dark. The train is probably getting close to Hogwarts, and neither of us is even in our uniforms. Your shift is over; let’s head back.” And with that, they were off.

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Author’s Note:

So that is it for chapter two! Thank you so much for those who have reviewed and left advice! Please keep them coming! I love hearing from you! And yes, I know right now that all of the characters are acting somewhat cliché but there is a reason for that. There is a lot of predictable actions from the characters in the first few chapters, but this is because as the story is going on, it is going to get more and more unexpected but it will be done gradually so I had to start with the predictable in the beginning. But I am giving too much away now. Anyways, the next chapter is coming soon! Thank you for reading! Please review!