Chapter 3 - Another Late Night Encounter
`Rise and Shine!' someone yelled inside her room, opening her window curtains. There was too much light, and she wanted to sleep more, so she covered her head with the pillow.
`Go away…' she said, sleepy.
`No way! It's a beautiful day and Mom and Dad are crazy to see you!' Ron said, sitting on her bed, taking the pillow from her head.
`RON!' she cried, blinking her eyes, to adapt to the great amount of light.
`Ginny, are we ok? We had that fight last night… I don't want you to be mad with me!' he said, with a sad voice.
`Ron, I'm not mad at you… How could I be mad with my favourite brother? It's just I was always overprotected because I'm the youngest… I'm just trying to be independent, to take care of myself! Do you understand that?' Ginny asked him, with pleading eyes.
`Yes, I do, sis! It's just that I get worried about you! You're still my baby sister!' Ron said, hugging her gently. `Love ya, Ginny!'
`Love ya too, Rodnikins!' Ginny smiled.
That was a good start of the day… Ginny got up, took a quick shower, and went downstairs for breakfast. As soon as she walked in the kitchen she felt two strong arms hugging her until she was out of air.
`Mom! I'm going out of air!' Ginny laughed, kissing her mothers cheek.
`Oh, my little girl… You are so skinny… Have you been eating properly? I can see you haven't!' Mrs. Weasley started complaining about the Muggle food.
Ginny ignored those comments and went to hug and kiss her father, who smiled happily at his daughter.
`It's good to have you home, sweetie!' was all he said.
While Hermione and her mother filled her in the latest gossips, Ginny drank her orange juice and read the Daily Prophet, searching for a room for rent. By the end of breakfast she had three choices, and she was going to try them.
The first apartment belonged to an old lady who had an enormous collection of cats. Ginny refused to live in a zoo, so she Apparated to the next apartment.
The next apartment was lovely, very tidy, well located, but the rent was terribly high.
`Merlin! I don't want to buy the house!' she sighed, as she Apparated to her last chance for the day. This last one was located two streets away from St. Mungo's, so she would be able to walk to work, and do some exercise at the same time.
`Yes, how can I help you?' a young woman asked, opening the door.
`Good morning, my name is Ginny Weasley and I cam because of the vacant room!' she said with a big smile.
`Oh, please come in! My name is Julie Sanders! My boyfriend and me own the apartment!' the nice woman explained, while they sat at the living room couch. The room was big and had a lot of natural light, was decorated in modern style, making Ginny love the place. Everything looked so nice and calm.
`It looks wonderful!' Ginny said, truthfully.
`Thank you! So, tell me things about you!' Julie asked, smiling brightly.
`Ok, I'm Ginny, I'm a Healer at St. Mungo's, I work day shifts and night shifts, so sometimes I have to sleep during the day, and I've just moved out from my previous room, due to my roomies behaviours.' She said, smiling as well.
`What happened? If you're staying, we have to make sure some things don't happen!' Julie asked, interested.
`Well, let's just say they did a lot of screaming all day and all night!' she stated, blushing violently.
`I give private lessons during morning, to small children. We don't make any kind of noise, so you'd be able to sleep well… We all split tasks! Each week, one cooks, the other cleans and the other changes the bed sheets. You can't leave your personal things spread around the house, you can't leave your personal items in the bathroom, you can't leave the house without making your bed, you can't make noise after midnight, and you can't bring overnight company without asking first… Do you agree?' Julie asked, serious.
`I sure do! I wish we had those rules on the other house…' Ginny said truthfully. `So, can I have a look?'
The kitchen was tidy and enormous, there were three rooms: Julie and Mark's room, Philip's (their friend) room and the vacant room. The entire house was very modern and with big rooms. The price was excellent, so Ginny decided she couldn't find better!
`I'll have the room!' she said, happily.
`Great! I think we'll get along, just fine!' Julie laughed. `So when will you want to move in?'
`Tonight?' Ginny asked, shyly.
`Well, then, welcome!'
Finally, after a 48-hour shift, Ginny was going back home, along the dark, cold streets of London. It was almost 1 am, and all she wanted was go to bed.
She had moved in a month ago, and she was a now best friend with Julie. They had long conversations about everything… It felt like they had known each other for a lifetime. Mark was a very attractive guy, and worked at the Ministry of Magic, as an Auror, and was Harry's friend. He was nice, but didn't talk much. The other guy, Stephen, she still hadn't met him, because, according to Julie, he was in mission at Ireland.
Lost in her thoughts, Ginny struggled with her keys to open the door, but her arms were over packed, and she couldn't get the keyhole.
When she finally got it, she turned the key and entered the dark room. When she closed the door, something or someone jumped on her, throwing her to the ground, face down against the floor.
//////////// (Draco's Point of View)
Draco had just arrived home, from a two-month mission, searching for Death-Eaters with Harry, his partner. Who would have said? He, Draco Malfoy, working with the Wonder-Boy, Harry Potter! Well, the past was to forget! They had fought a big battle together and now they were friends… Good ones…
As he sat on the couch, lost in his own thoughts, Draco heard someone trying to open the door… Julie and Mark were probably sleeping, so… it had to bad a burglar!!!
Placing himself behind the entry door, he waited for the person to come in, and then jumped on the person, throwing her to the ground, and freezed her movements with his wand.
As he turned on the light, all he saw was a great amount of books and papers spread across the floor, and a fantastic woman body, with great legs… The skirt was a little high on her hips, due to the fall, making him drool at the sight. But he almost screamed when he looked at her head… There was an enormous amount of red curly hair! A Weasley???