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Things are never as they seem! by White TIger
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Things are never as they seem!

White TIger

A/N: A couple of reviewers have informed me and I have found out myself that Ginny's real name is indeed Ginerva. My apologies for calling her Virginia throughout this story!

The bathroom door squeaked open and Draco turned around to greet his fiancée only to witness a horrible sight.

Harry Potter in nothing but a towel, and then it got worse, Hermione Granger in nothing but a towel. "Bloody hell Potter," Draco bellowed, shielding his eyes. Hermione screeched and ducked back into the bathroom. "You certainly know how to make a man want to poke his eyes out. You'd think a muggle like yourself would have heard of a tanning bed."

"Like you're one to speak about being pale Malfoy," Harry snapped as he pulled on his trousers. "And you should really learn how to knock before you just *pop* into somebody's bed room."

Draco faded away without bothering to reply. Harry told Hermione the coast was clear and she emerged from the bathroom. "That is IT!" She ranted as she gathered her clothes. "I'm going to the library and I'm staying there till I find some kind of spell to ward against astral projection."

Harry growled in frustration, leave it to Malfoy to ruin any spare time he could have had with his girlfriend.

Draco awoke with a shudder. He had to be cursed; it was the only explanation to account for why he saw Harry Potter naked so often. Pushing himself out of the chair, Draco left the Room of Requirement. It looked like he was going to have to find Ginny the old fashioned way, by looking.

Leisurely Draco made his way towards the library. He needed to pick up a few books to finish his finals paper for Potions, so that seemed as good a place as any to begin looking for Ginny. As he pushed through the doors he immediately saw Ginny's red head in a far off corner, sitting next to *shudder* Granger.

Madam Pince was sitting at the front desk, categorizing a box of newly arrived books. All it took was a flash of his charming smile, and Draco was given a quill and a piece of parchment. He quickly scribbled something down and returned the quill. Folding the parchment into a small square, Draco made his way over to Ginny and Hermione's table.

"Granger, Weasel," Draco addressed the two as he approached. "I was told to inform you that the time of our Prefect's meeting has been changed." Hemione blushed as she took the note from Draco's outstretched hand, and he grimaced in return. Turning on his heel, Draco made his way into the towering bookshelves.

Hermione quickly unfolded the note, muttering under her breath the entire time. "What's that you're saying?" Ginny questioned.

"Nothing," Hermione replied before reading the note.

'I just wanted to thank you Granger, for telling Ginny that I was looking for her. Now if you don't mind, could you please inform my fiancé that I would like to see her in the Room of Requirement as soon as possible?'

Hermione's blush deepened as she passed the note to Ginny and began stabbing her parchment with her quill. After quickly scanning the note, Ginny incinerated it with her wand. "Do you have any idea what he wants?" She asked Hermione as she dusted the remaining ashes from the table.

"Nope," Hermione answered a little quickly as she blushed again.

Ginny's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "What happened?"

With a very audible gulp, Hermione fingered her quill nervously. "Nothing happened," She caught Ginny's eye and quickly looked away. "Ok nothing big happened. Malfoy just kind of astral projected into the room as I was getting out of the shower."

Taking a second to digest what Hermione had said Ginny shook her head. "What else?"

"What do you mean what else?" Hermione said a little too quickly.

Ginny couldn't hold her laugh in. "What I mean is, if Draco had just seen you getting out of the shower you would have come in here ranting and raving about it to me, but you didn't mention a thing about it. So I repeat, what else happened?"

Hermione directed all of her attention on to her parchment and refused to meet Ginny's gaze.

"Oh my God," Ginny gasped. "You were in the shower with Harry weren't you?" She hissed underneath her breath.

Hermione's eyes almost bugged out of her head. "How…I mean…how did you…know?"

Trying to hold in her giggles, Ginny shook her head. "It's a long story, don't worry about it." Gathering her books, Ginny stood up to leave.

Grabbing the sleeve of her robes, Hermione pulled her back down into her seat. "No way you're getting away that easily. It's your turn to tell me what you know."

"I don't know anything," Ginny whined. Seeing Draco exit the library with a rather large stack of books Ginny attempted to escape again. Tugging on her sleeve once more, Hermione glared at Ginny. "Alright alright, everyone knows you and Harry are going out I just thought that, maybe things had progressed?"

Hermione shook her head, her eyes narrowing even more. "Wrong answer, now tell me. Malfoy told you about finding me and Harry in the Room of Requirement I presume?"

Sighing, Ginny slumped back in her chair. "Fine, for starters, did you ever stop to think about how Draco knew Harry was in the Room to begin with?" Hermione's eyes squinted in concentration for a second before shaking her head in the negative direction. Ginny sighed again and took great interest in her finger nails. "Well you see, the night before I was kidnapped Draco had asked me to meet him there, but well, the Room was occupied."

Hermione's eyes widened, which she tried quickly to hide by turning away. "Alot of people know about the Room, it could have been anyone," she began to take interest in her own finger nails at this point.

"Hermione," Ginny said in an authoritative voice. "There's nothing to be ashamed of. I just knew you and Harry were there because, well," Ginny took a deep breath and continued in a rush. "I-broke-the-locking-charm-and-freezed-the-two-of-you-and-Draco-and-I-kindof-saw-what-you-two-were-in-the-middle-of-doing-and-I'm-really-sorry-because-believe-me-if-we-had-known-we'd-have-seen-that-we-would-have-never-opened-the-door-but-curiosity-killed-the-cat." Ginny gulped in a fresh supply of oxygen and begged Hermione with her eyes to forgive her as what she said sank in.

"You WHAT?" Hermione shrieked, catching everybody's attention.

"Girls," Madam Pince warned.

"I'm sooo sorry 'Mione, believe me," Ginny begged.

Hermione's blush deepened as she turned to look Ginny in the eye. "Well," she began. "I guess this means I'll have to work on my locking charms as well."

The two girls began to giggle fiercely, drawing another warning from the ever present librarian. "Sorry Madam," Ginny apologized. "Can I go now please? I do have someone waiting for remember?" With a wave of her hand, Hermione sent Ginny on her way.