As Time Goes By

Chapter 4

Ginny's P.O.V

Ginny sat in Defense Against the Dark Arts taking notes on a Lethifold, a rare creature only found in the tropics. Or she would be if she wasn't doodling on the corner of her parchment, trying to distract herself from Harry passing notes to another Gryffindor witch named Fay Dunbar. He was making plans to meet her before lunch, she knew because he had asked her to give it to the girl and it opened a little to reveal what it said. She used the fact that she was taking notes on the lesson to prevent him from asking her to pass more letters along.

She wished Hermione was here so they could work together. Being around Hermione distracted her from Harry more than anything else, but she'd been removed from the class at the beginning of the term because she'd known everything they were going to do for their lessons already from beginning to end. Their new teacher was so delighted, he offered to make her his assistant. She accepted, but she only helped on Tuesdays and Fridays when Ginny didn't have the class.

Ginny looked over to a hufflepuff who was concentrating so hard on the lesson, he didn't even realized that he was drawing on his face with his quill. She smiled and wrote what he was doing on the bottom of her notes before ripping the piece from the rest, crumpling it into a ball and throwing it at him while the teacher wasn't looking. He scowled at her before his expression turned to confusion as she mimed for him to pick it up and read it. He smiled his thanks and did a quick spell to make it disappear.

When the teacher turned around as the class ended to give out the assignment, Ginny sighed, looking down to see barely any notes written on her parchment. She made a mental note to sit away from Harry next class so she wouldn't get so distracted as she left the classroom, Harry and Ron both behind her with girls on their arms.

"Hey Weasley, over here!" Malfoy started walking towards them from the other side of the hall.

"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron snarled at him while Harry looked up and glared, both of them unwrapping the girls arms from their own.

Malfoy narrow his eyes at him. "I don't know where you get your inflated sense of importance Weasel, but I wasn't actually talking to you," He sneered, before looking down at Ginny.

"What could you possibly have to say to her?" Ron asked him.

"What is it Malfoy?" She asked curiously as he ignored Ron's question.

"Meet me at the Slytherin table during lunch,"

"Why?" She asked, blinking in confusion.

Malfoy rolled his eyes and looked at her. "Because I said so," He said in annoyance.

Ron and Harry rolled their own eyes and looked at Ginny in amusement, waiting for her to tell him to sod off. They both balked at her when she didn't. "Yeah fine whatever. But I'm not staying long, I'm meeting Hermione down by the lake since we both have a free period," She avoided looking at either one of them as she told Malfoy this, knowing that they were giving her looks behind her back, daring her to turn around.

"Cancel it," Malfoy ordered her. She opened her mouth to speak in protest and he looked at her pointedly. "Weasley. Cancel it," He told her again.

She knew what he was getting at, they were supposed to work on the Bloodroot potion today. She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair, knowing that she needed the tutoring but wishing she could just forget about it and focus on having a bit of fun. She nodded and he gave her a small smirk that she wasn't totally sure was hidden from the boys, before he was off.

Ginny ran her fingers through her hair as she watched him walk down the corridor and sighed, turning around to see them both standing there looking like they didn't know her, both of the girls were standing there with their hands on their hips and she squirmed uncomfortably before she started walking away. "You're blocking the doorway you know,"