BIG DREAMS.
Chapter 1
Ginny Weasley sat in the great hall one morning surrounded by her friends and wonderful food, but she wasn't interested in talking or eating. She was interested in one confident,pale-faced, platinum haired slytherin.
She sat at the long Gryffindor table in the great hall unaware that Hermione was waiting for an answer for a question Ginny hadn't heard. "mm...yeah" Ginny absent mindedly said in a pitiful attempt to pretend she was remotely interested. Hermione looked in the same direction as Ginny's gaze then smiled at her friend. "Look if you're going to stare, don't make it so obvious!" she joked. Ginny turned a bright shade of Weasley red. For the first time since she entered the great hall that morning she took her eyes off Draco and refocused them on Hermione. There were 2 ways she could play this; confess to Hermione or act dumb. Ginny decided to go with the latter. "Whatever do you mean, 'mione?" She said a little to innocently.
"You don't have to be as smart as I am to see that you like him" she said matter-of-factly. Ginny thought she actually sounded okay with it. Ginny thought Hermione would be disgusted by it, considering how much she loathed Draco. But she sounded like she accepted, encouraged even, her crush. Ginny smiled. "yeah I do. I really like him Hermione. He's so... I don't know." She was lost for words. He was just so perfect. Hermione smiled knowingly.
"Aw Gin, do you think you will tell him how you feel?" She thought about it. Could there be a chance that Draco felt the same way?
"I don't know. What if he doesn't like me back?" Hermione took a gulp of pumpkin juice as she thought it over.
"Want me to talk to him for you? try and see how he feels?" Ginny choked on her juice. She looked towards the other side of the hall at Draco but Cedric Diggory at the Hufflepuff table was blocking her view. She looked back at Hermione. She was still waiting for an answer. Ginny shrugged as she stood to leave. Since when had Hermione been close with Malfoy?
Ginny sat in the great hall the next morning watching Draco, as usual. A piece of toast was clasped in her hand but she had completely forgotten it. All night Ginny had wondered how Hermione would talk to Draco. She thought they hated each other? But more importantly what would he say? She was awake well into the night worrying about it but eventually she had drifted off. As she watched Draco joke with Blaise she wondered if Hermione had already talked to him. She felt a few flutters in her stomach. She didn't know if she wanted to know what he had said or not. She turned her gaze away from Draco and looked down. Ginny was suprized to find a piece of toast in her hand. She took a bite but then put the rest down. The butterflys in her stomach had gotten worse. She was too nervous to eat. She was about to glance back over at Draco when she caught a glimpse of something running towards her from the doors of the great hall. That something was Hermione.
If she thought she was nervous before, she was really nervous now. Hermione scooted onto the seat next to her. She was grinning from ear to ear. Ginny's heart was racing. This is it ,she thought. She took several deep breaths. "okay. tell me, is it good or bad?" She wiped her hands on her Gryffindor robes, Her palms were sweaty. Hermione laughed. "Would I be smiling if it was bad?" Hearing this Ginny's smile soon mirrored Hermione's. She tried top stop it, she didn't want to get her hopes up but he friends positivity was contagious. "Okay so what did he say?" Ginny demanded. She couldn't wait any longer.
"Okay so he said that he didn't really know you that well but he thought you were quite pretty (Ginny smiled even more at this) and he said he wants to get to know you!" Hermione squealed very loudly which got Ron's attention.
"Who wants to get to know who?" he asked with his mouth still full of egg so it sounded more like " 'oo ants ta gitano oo?" Ginny exchanged glances with Hermione. She racked her brains for an excuse but Ginny couldn't think of any. Luckily Hermione made up some rubbish about Professor Binns and a history of magic assignment. As soon as Ron heard the word 'assignment' he lost all interest and went back to stuffing his face as if his life depended on it. She shot Hermione a grateful smile. "Anyway!" Hermione restarted, "As I was saying he's interested!" Ginny let out a triumphant little squeal of happiness. He was interested in her, Ginny Weasley! She thought he wouldn't so much as look at a 'blood traitor' like her. She thought her was into all that pureblood bullshit. But he wasn't. He was into her. She always liked to think Draco was better than all that and here was the proof. He was interested! She couldn't believe it. Ginny looked over at Draco who was sitting at the slytherin table. Ginny was disapointed to see that he wasn't looking over at her. She wondered what would happen now, would they go on a date? She smiled at the thought. "Gin, can you stop staring at him for more than 5 seconds ?" Hermione teased. Ginny blushed but turned her attention back on Hermione. "Oh yeah, he said to meet him at the top of the astronomy tower tonight at 8. He sounded really excited." Ginny couldn't believe her ears. Everyone knew the astronomy tower is where you took someone when you wanted to make out with them. She was so happy, hopefully tonight she would be locking lips with Draco Malfoy!
"Thanks Hermione, I really owe you one. If it wasn't for you I never would have told him!" Ginny said as she hugged her friend.
"No problem. Just promise me you'll tell me everything that happens tonight, deal?" She winked at Ginny. She grinned back at her and got up to leave.
"Deal" she said.
As Ginny practically skipped towards the exit of the great hall she smiled at everyone she saw. Just as she got into the corridor she felt a gentle hand on her right shoulder. She turned around and found herself face to face with cedric Diggory, her smile still covering most f her face. "hey Ginny" Cedric smiled.
"Hello" Ginny said sounding giddy with happiness about Draco. What could cedric want? She couldn't recall ever talking to him. Cedric smiled awkwardly.
"So Hermione talked to me yesterday. I'm so flattered, honestly Ginny. Did she tell you about meeting me tonight?" Flattered? Why was Cedric flattered and why was he telling her? Then she realized. "Did she tell you about meeting me tonight?" No. he couldn't mean at 8 o'clock on the astronomy tower, could he? Ginny groaned. Hermione thought she liked Cedric. And Cedric thought she liked him too...
So guys what did you think? Thankyou for reading, please review! What do you think Ginny will/should do? Chapter 2 is on its way!