Chapter 5

Once you go French…

Yo my diary homie!

The guests will be arriving in less than 45 minutes and we are putting the finishing touches on the den. My mum and dad will drop by a bit earlier than when the guests are supposed to arrive and mum will have a crying jag about me becoming a beautiful young lady and dad will simply smile proudly at me while giving sidelong looks at my brothers so that they know that they have to watch me 24/7 lest I do something stupid like say give a friendly peck on the cheek! Of course, that will give my brothers the signal to wallop whomever I did give the kiss to. I love my brothers…but they piss me off. I hear the floo…

12:30 p.m.

Hey,

I am a psychic! I totally knew what was going to happen! My mum came through the floo and then threw herself at me wailing that 'her baby was growing up'. My dad gave me a hug and presented me with their present. It was a small box so I thought it was a bracelet or a necklace or maybe just a wad of cash but on the inside were…keys? Keys… and they had this little button thingy and I saw the symbol on one of the buttons. THEY BOUGHT ME A CAR! A FRIGGIN' CAR! I whooped and jumped up and down hugging my mum and dad. My brothers and company were confused and they followed me when I ran outside. Waiting for me, with a huge red bow, was a sleek black convertible, with an optional top. I screamed and ran into it, not even bothering to open the door, I just jumped over the door in one leap. Meggy screamed too and ran to the other side. I started the car and drove onto the lawn where I started to do doughnuts. Everybody was watching us, bent over double laughing as Meggy and I went crazy. Charlie actually started rolling around on the floor. I finally calmed down and drove back onto the driveway and with a flick of my wand, the lawn turned spotless once more. I might be a little insane, but who wouldn't be with a sweet car like that! When my relatives stopped laughing at me, we went inside and I could still see them snickering at me whenever they caught my eye. Suddenly, the floo roared to life and an absolutely gorgeous boy walked gracefully through. He had dark hair (but not as dark as Harry's) and calm grey eyes (I really prefer green) and a very angular face (much like Harry's). His mouth looked utterly kissable and his nose was a bit crooked, like he had broken it before. Which meant that he wasn't a wuss, and hadn't healed it magically, and let it heal on its own. He calmly shook my parents hand and made hushed small talk. My dad turned to me.

Dad: "Ginny, this is Jean-Pierre. He is the son of the French Minister of Magic. He is to be your escort."

Me: "Escort? Escort for what?"

Dad: "Your mother and I have taken the liberty of booking you and your friends dinner at a new restaurant. I believe it's called New Age or something strange like that…"

Ginny: "You mean NEW WAVE!! The hottest new restaurant this year! You got me reservations there! It's so booked the bloody Queen of England wouldn't be able to get a table (figuratively speaking)!

Dad: "Ginny. I'm the Minister of Magic.

Ginny: "Yeah, but on the wireless…"

Dad: "Let's just say that their Head Chef has a rather dubious past that is only known to the special Aurors division, and I threatened to tell his bosses.

Ginny: "You are evil daddy."

Dad: "Maybe a little."

I gave his a big hug and then my attention turned to Jean-Pierre who took my hand and kissed it. He kissed it! Such a gentleman…

JP: "Ginn-eh, I have heard zo much about you from your father. He did not do your beauty justice." I blushed really red and he winked at me.

Ginny: "Umm, thanks Jean-Pierre."

JP: "A lady as pretty as you can call me JP."

And that's pretty much how it went on. He kept flirting with me, I kept getting red, my brothers kept shooting him murderous looks and Hermione kept looking at Harry with a smug face. After what seemed like the twentieth compliment, the doorbell rang and Charlie went to answer it. He looked a little suspicious and I can't blame him. Neville lost all the baby fat he had and got really muscled and well…hot. So he probably thought that he might have been someone who wanted to go out with me, or someone who already had. I had only shows interest in the 'tall, dark and handsome' type so his concerns were valid. JP got this kind of hard look on his face and while Neville was hanging up his coat and putting his present in the den, my parents took their leave. As soon as Neville appeared in the kitchen, I ran to him and gave him a big hug. He caught me easily and hugged me back. Normally the person would be sprawled on the floor because I like to give what Draco calls 'attack-hugs'. They're fun. JP came to my side immediately when Neville let go of me and introduced himself. Meaghan was kind of lurking in between Fred and George and I think she pinched Georges bum because he gave a little squeak. Then, once again the doorbell rang. Draco and Luna were at the door. JP didn't have that hard look on his face when he caught sight of Luna holding Draco's hand. He gallantly introduced himself to Luna and Draco with that 'well-bred' aristocratic thing that my brothers and I lack. Meh, they must have taken a lot of lessons when they were younger when my brothers and I got to play. Suckahs. Our reservation was for 7 and it was only 1 o'clock so we decided to eat some lunch and then watch some movies. I made them sandwiches (my special cold cut, lettuce and mustard sandwiches) and they drank pumpkin juice and butterbeer. JP kept flirting with me, and Luna, Draco and Neville kept telling everyone stupid stories of what I had done when the Trio had been ignoring me (which is right after the chamber, until the Final Battle, which I will tell you about in my only angst diary entry ever).

I caught Meggy eyeing JP, she looked very intrigued. More like the look that she gets when she REALLY wants to shag a certain someone…. WAIT! WHAT? JP is my sexy French boy! Not hers! But I do have to admit, Harry is around five times better, but it is nice to be notice by an extremely hot French guy with a really cute accent. I'm going to deal with this later. Wait! She's walking away from the twins… ACK! She's heading over to JP! Need to get over there! But I feels like my feet are glued to the ground, damn it why aren't I moving? You know what this might be able to be used to my advantage… I'm just going to sit back and observe. JP was still sitting and eating his lunch like the rest of us… Accept Meaghan who I think is on a hunger strike. When I handed her the sandwich I made her she said 'Sorry Gin, I'm on a no carb diet". Brat. She slipped in the chair next to JP which was conveniently empty. DAMN! I can hear bits of their conversation. I'm going to record it for good measure. I mean she might not be flirting…. She could be talking to him… really closely… just being friendly… right?

Meaghan: "Bonjour, (insert slutty smile here) I don't think we've been introduced, I'm Meaghan. Ginny's best friend." She popped a carrot (which was in a bowl on the table because you can't just have sandwiches for lunch) into her mouth very seductively. DAMNNIT MEAGHAN! He was watching her very closely.

JP: "Bonjour to you az well. Ginn-eh's best friend you zaid?" Meggy nodded

Meggy: "Yup. Since first year."

JP: "Oh?" he sounds very interested now. Oh he so digs me, Meaghan has nothing on me! Accept bigger boobs… blue hair… no freckles… long red nails… and well she's just Meggy. There seems to be some kind of strange aura around her that act as a magnetic field that sucks boys in. But then she gets bored and spits them right back out. Fuck, I'm screwed how do I put up a fight with Meggy! I remember some stupid fifth year tried it and got humiliated in front of the whole school when her boyfriend asked Meggy out in front of everyone.

Meggy: "So, whereabouts in France do you come from?"

JP: "Paris."

Meggy: "Ah, la ville de l'amour."

JP: "Do you speak French?"

Meggy: "Oui." DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They started speaking French!!! ARG! Ok I'm going to wait and see if anything happens.

1:30PM

Ok I have no idea what happened between JP and Meggy but something pissed Meggy off. Slowly she started get more frustrated as they keep talking. Later on she just got up and left. Not dramatically or anything but she stomped a bit. She was mumbling something about stupid French guys not seeing what's right in front of them. But as she passed me she gave me an evil glare out of the corner of her eye….. AH! So being the wonderful friend that I am walked up to the room we were sharing for the week or however long she stays. I'm opening the door right as we speak.

Meaghan: "Hi Ginny."

Damn she's good! How the hell did she know it was me?

Me: "How did you know it was me?" she looked over and me with a raised brow.

Meaghan: "Everyone else knocks before they come in."

Me: "Oh… So what happened out there? You seem a little pissed off." Meaghan gave me a tight smile that looked forced.

Meaghan: "Oh nothing… Just my French needs a little work. SO I'm thinking of dying my hair."

Me: "Right now?"

Meaghan: "Why not? It'll be fun! Call Luna up she can help." Right now I'm giving her a look that says 'what-the-hell-are-you-thinking?'

Me: "But your hair looks fine."

Meaghan: "I know. But I want to change it."

So I'm sighing as I walk down my staircase to go ask Luna if she wants to help Meggy dye her hair. JP is standing at the base of the stars with a worried look on his face. I should ask him what's wrong…

Me: "What's Up JP?" He looks at me with a dashing smile. I thinking I'm melting.

JP: "Ummm… Iz Meaghan ok?"

Me: "Yeah, she's just going to dye her hair." Jp looks confused, well he doesn't know Meggy, she dyes her hair different colors all the time, I think she carries packs of hair dye around with her. He nodded and walked away to where the rest of everyone is. They are all sitting in the living room and talking about things that teens talk about.

Me: "Meaghan dying her hair upstairs and she wants to know if anyone wants to help her."

Luna jumped up and ran up the stairs, she loves dying Meggy's hair, she said something about her actually realizing that the Hicachucks won't eat all your hair if you dye it often. She also likes the feeling of dye in-between her fingers. Hermione shook her head, Hermione isn't the biggest admirer of Meggy, she thinks that she is proof to men that women are only made for sex. JP looked interested.

JP: "May I 'elp?" I shrugged.

Me: "I don't see why not. Come on."

So off we are to dye Meggy's hair.

2:47 PM

Well… That was interesting. Meggy decided to dye her entire head… bright red. And I mean bright. Like it's kind of coppery but it's still super red! She looks like something from a comic book! Like a superhero… ha ha, Meggy a superhero. But anyways she made Luna help her put the dye in her hair and when she saw JP… well if looks could kill he would be dead… a few times over. But she let him help her wash the dye out because he gave her puppy dog eyes. Apparently in France JP did his friend hair all the time for them. Meggy asked him if he was gay. Luna and I where standing outside the bathroom talking for around ten minutes. BIG MISTAKE! So I started getting tried of waiting and yelled at her.

Me: "Meaghan Morton what the bloody hell in taking you so long in there?!"

So Luna and I walked into the bathroom after getting no response and of course what do we see, Meggy snogging JP. Luna started giggling and I cross my arms and tapped my foot, feeling a lot like my mother. Meggy looked up at me after pulling herself away from JP. She smiled looking very guilty, JP's eyes were wide in shock, or amazement I wasn't sure at the time.

Meggy: "Ummmm….oops?" I tried to contain my anger but it didn't go over so well.

Me: "MEAGHAN YOU ARE SUCH A WHORE! I thought that you were seeing George!!!!"

Meaghan: "Ummmm… I got lonely….?"

I shook my head at her and pointed out the door to her room. She let her head fall which sprayed water everywhere. She walked into the room and shut the door.

JP: "I am zorry Ginn-eh, really. I did not mean to, zhe did thiz thing, and looked at me strangely and just kissed me. I am truly zorry" My anger cooled down, I mean who could stay mad at him when was doing such a cute face.

He has a really cute face.

Really

I just want to eat him- Oops, there's Meggy trying to sneak out of my room. Time to show her some of my Get-brother-to-tell-you-your-birthday-present torture techniques.

Au Revoir!

G.W.