Disclaimer: Look, let�s get something straight here. If I was blonde and was a single writer, I�d be owning this but alas, I�m not blonde, I�m not a single mother and heck, I don�t make money out of this so if you think you�d want to sue me (Yes, J.K., I�m talking to you) think again. Who would sue a 14 year old? *coughs* Not J.K *coughs* And umm�this song is �Hands Down� by Dashboard Confessionals.
Half of Chapter Fifteen: In Placing Hands Down
Ginny couldn�t sleep that well last night. Somehow, even though she knew what she was doing was right, she still didn�t feel right.
�Look, if he really likes you, he won�t give you up that easily.�
Colin�s words last night were echoing in her head as she walked outside of the Great Hall, towards her first subject, Potions. Everyone had given her the same nasty looks she had been getting since yesterday when she first entered the vast room to eat breakfast. No one really knew about what happened yesterday afternoon in the snow, but Ginny was pretty sure that it�s pop out sooner or later. Since Ginny was positive that Malfoy wouldn�t do something to actually have her back, she prepared herself for a whole lifetime of being ignored or else, being insulted by her worst enemy. Malfoy had started out as her worst enemy anyways, might as well accept the fact that he can�t be anything else.
�Ginny, wait up!� Colin�s voice bounced in the walls as he ran towards her breathlessly. �What�s with your dramatic exit? You can�t keep on running away from those people! You have to defend your side!�
�Yes, I would defend my side, if only I didn�t agree with them in the first place,� Ginny argued as she returned to her fast pace towards the dungeons.
�When it was only Ron who disagreed with you and Malfoy, that didn�t stop you from helping the Slytherin team out with their match against Ravenclaw,� said Colin as he tried hard to keep up with her, �but when the numbers increase you suddenly turned your principle upside down.�
�I wasn�t feeling anything for Malfoy when I helped him out in the match�I merely did that for a good cause.�
�Good cause for whom? Earth to Ginny! You�re in Gryffindor! Helping out your house�s enemy doesn�t really qualify for a good cause.�
�Good cause because it�s right! I�m just trying to do the right thing!�
�And you think turning your back to all the things that you thought were right is actually one of those good causes you�re talking about?�
�Tell me one thing that I thought was right that I have done in this past week,� Ginny challenged, suddenly stopping as she confronted Colin bravely.
�If you didn�t think following your instincts was right then you would never have kissed Malfoy,� Colin answered as he placed his hands on his hips. �Admit it, Ginny, you kissed Malfoy because you felt that it was right.�
�Well obviously, that was a mistake.�
�Being right is not when you follow those rules that people have been following for years! Who says that they�re right anyway? If someone thinks that killing people who have a deadly disease is right, would you do the same too?�
�People know its right because they don�t only think about themselves, they also think for what�s best for the group.�
Just then, a particularly scrawny looking house-elf appeared between the little space Ginny and Colin were making. It had on its hands a card that says: For you.
�A card, kind sirs!� the house-elf announced, waving the tiny paper under their noses.
�You must have the wrong person,� said Ginny, brushing the tiny creature off.
�No sirs, Penny can�t be wrong on this, sirs! Master asked specifically for a red-head, sirs, that have six freckles on each cheek, sirs! It you, sirs�it�s you!�
�Wow, six�� said Colin thoughtfully as he stared at Ginny�s face as if trying to prove if the count was right.
�Knock it off, Colin�look, you�re most probably mistaken�but if it�s a hate card, that�s probably mine, since the whole school�s beginning to think I�m a whore�oh, wait, they already think that�hey, wait a minute, what are you doing?�
The elf was opening the card in a very mischievous manner that made Ginny nervous. As soon as the card was opened, the elf disappeared behind a small puff of smoke.
Soft guitar melody began to fill in the hallway.
A/N: Before reading this part, for a full clich�d and cheesy feeling, download Hands Down by Dashboard Confessionals and I�m telling you, it is very worth it.
�Breathe in for luck,
Breathe in so deep��
A familiar voice began to sing as Ginny stared wide-eyed, frozen (with Colin), at the card, as slowly, students who also had Potions that morning started to wonder what was going on as they heard the soft singing.
�This air is blessed, you share with me.
This night is wild, so calm and dull,
These hearts they race�
From self-control��
�What�s going on?�
�Who�s singing?�
�Why�s Virginia and that guy gaping over that card?�
�Is the card singing?�
People started whispering to one another, as slowly, a small crowd began to circle around Colin and Ginny.
�Your legs are smooth,
As they graze mine��
Colin raised his eyebrows at Ginny dubiously.
�I did not graze his leg,� Ginny confirmed, her voice shaking�although a part of her brain brought her back memories of her and Malfoy walking so close�so close together that she could feel his legs underneath his robes.
�We�re doing fine�
We�re doing nothing at all��
The way they just walked, even without talking, even without any kind of contact being made, just plain walking�made Ginny�s heart at the depths of her chamber smile.
�My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me,
So won�t you kill me?
So I�d die happy��
Ginny remembered the way she had waited for hours for him to kiss her. Of course, there were a few times that she saw his eyes glaze and his hard face soften, every time she gives a small smile. Who could have ever known they�d end up falling for each other? They were so different�
�My heart is yours to fill or burst,
Or break or bury or wear as jewellery,
Which ever you prefer��
�Oh, you definitely broke it,� Colin whispered softly.
�And buried it too,� Ginny agreed regretfully.
�The words are hushed� let�s not get busted�
Just lay entwined here, undiscovered��
�I can�t believe I�m doing this,� Ginny mumbled breathlessly as Draco helped her up to the last rock, and practically carried her beside him.
�I so can�t believe��
�Look,� he whispered as he went behind her and wrapped his hands on her cheeks, directing her face to look towards the west, towards the setting sun�
�Entwined?� Colin broke into her thoughts.
�He was hugging me,� Ginny said wistfully.
�Safe from the earth and all those stupid questions�
�Hey did you get some?� Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet,
Stay near,
Stay close they can't hear�
So we can get some��
�I was going to ask that question,� said Colin, �but I thought twice about it.�
�Ron did�without even thinking.�
�So did you get some?�
�I got lots.�
�Hands down, this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
and the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
And the time on the clock
When we realized it's so late
And the walk that we shared together.
The street was wet and the gate was locked
so I jumped it and I let you in��
�Oh my god, it�s Malfoy!�
Ginny turned around as soon as a fellow Gryffindor shouted his name out loud. Sure enough, he was there, standing right behind her, wearing a look on his face no one had ever seen him wear before.
�Malfoy�� Ginny began, almost to tears.
�Hush,� he said, putting a finger in his heart-shaped lips, �just listen to the song.�
�And you stood at the door,
With your hands in my waist,
And you kissed me�
Like you meant it��
�Malfoy�I�� Ginny stuttered, not minding the suddenly quiet hallway as she walked towards him.
�And I knew that you meant it��
�I didn�t fancy serenading you in front of people,� said Malfoy, as he watched Ginny slowly tread her way closer to him, �so I told Crabbe and Goyle to get me any house-elf and I placed my voice in that card��
�That you meant it��
��seeming to me that once I do something as embarrassing as singing a song I made for you in front of everyone, you�d finally have some sense in your puny brain to see that what other people think is something I personally don�t give a damn about.
�That you meant it��
�You can�t possibly dump me now, after I humiliated myself in front of everyone here. You�re supposed to fall head over heels for me.�
�And I knew that you meant it��
�Do you love Pansy?� Ginny finally asked the question that was bothering her for a long time.
And as the song ended and silence filled the hallway once more, Malfoy answered, �You ask me if I love Pansy. Ask me a question I can answer��
�That you meant it.�
��ask me if I love you.�
A/N: Nasty cliff-hanger, no? The Ravenclaw match is after that serenading thing, so I guess�next chapter is Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin, wherein we see that history definitely repeats itself *wink, wink*
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