Hand me down
A/N: Ok, another one of the stories that came to my head. Only this one's gonna be a short one, maybe a two or three parter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in the series. They all belong to J. K. Rowling.
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"Hey, Ginny." Colin said, smiling a small sad smile. Colin was her first boyfriend. They started going out together over the summer at the end of their third year. "Can we talk?" He asked her. Ginny looked up from her book and nodded, biting her lip nervously. She had heard that the phrase 'can we talk' weather from boy or girl was never very good. "Well, we've been going out for sometime now, and I think..."
"That's ok." She cut in quickly, stopping him before he could go any further. "I know what you're going to say."
He looked down. "You do?" He asked. "Was it that obvious?"
Fighting back her tears, she replied, "Well, I should hope so." She stood up from the chair that she was sitting, holding her book to her chest, and walked to the common room door.
"Ginny, I'm sorry. It's just," Colin tried to explain.
Failing to hide her tears, she started crying. "No, Colin. Don't be sorry. There's nothing to be sorry about." She told him, as she exited the common room.
As she ran down the hall, she ran into Hermione, Ron, and Harry. They were standing in the middle of the hallway, facing Draco and his stupid goons getting ready for a duel. "Excuse me." She said, pushing through the crowd, hoping that Ron wouldn't notice the crying girl was his little sister. Her hopes were dashed when she heard him.
"Ginny?" He asked. When he saw her pass them, his big brother senses automatically kicked in and he forgot about the duel. "Hey, Gin, what's wrong?" He asked, running over to her, placing a protective arm around her.
"It's nothing." She sobbed, trying to leave.
"It can't be just nothing." Ron prompted. Harry and Hermione ran over to the two to see what was going on. When they saw that their younger friend was crying, they got concerned and started asking questions, which made Draco mad.
Draco was ready for a good duel with the Gryffindors. "Potter, are you chickening out? Or are you worried about your girlfriend over there?" He yelled, trying to provoke Harry.
Hearing Draco's 'girlfriend' remark, Ginny started sobbing harder. "Does this have something to do with Colin?" Hermione wondered. Ginny only nodded.
"Oh, so the Weasley is having boy problems. Her mudblood boyfriend broke up with her." Draco smirked, lowering his wand and walking over to the group, his team behind him. "Now no one will ever want to date you." He said.
Ron's face got red as he got mad. "Don't listen to him, Gin. You know he's a rotten Slytherin. Always telling lies." Harry told her, rubbing her back.
"So are you going out with her, Potter?" Draco asked, smiling his smirky smile.
Ginny looked up at the people surrounding her. She looked up at her protective brother, racking his brain for a curse, either for Colin or Malfoy. She looked up at Hermione, who put a motherly arm around her. She looked up at Harry, the Harry that she had a crush on for so long. And she looked at Malfoy.
"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry snapped.
"See, you wont go out with her." Draco said.
"Shut up." Harry said again.
Ginny stopped crying and wiped her eyes, which were now red and puffy. "You wouldn't." She whispered. Everyone's head turned to her. "You wouldn't." She repeated, louder this time.
Harry frowned. "We're just friends, Ginny." He told her.
She nodded. "I know. I understand. I never said we were anything more. I just said you wouldn't ever go out with me." Harry's eyes looked at her like Colin's did. Like he was sorry for not liking her. "Don't be sorry!" She yelled at him. Then she ran away from the group, ignoring the calls for her to come back.
The lake was where she decided to go. She looked out at the water, rippling here and there, thinking about her and Colin. It should have been obvious that something was wrong with their relationship. They hadn't really been talking to each other. There were days when they didn't say a word, yet they saw each other about six times. She was more conversational with Malfoy than Colin. Then thoughts of her and Harry crossed over her mind.
Her silly little crush slowly left when Colin asked her out for the first time, yet there was some of it still left. It hurt when he had said they were just friends and wouldn't be anything more. As she was thinking, she slowly drifted off to sleep. She would have slept there all night, if someone hadn't woken her up.
"Weasley, wake up." The familiar drawl of Draco Malfoy said. Slowly opening her eyes, his pale face and silvery blond hair came into view. "About time. What are you doing here this late anyway?" He asked her.
The wind blew and gave her a chill. "How late is it?" She asked back, tightening her hold on her cloak.
"I don't know, sometime after midnight. Now what are you doing here, Weasley?" He asked again.
Sighing she replied, "I guess I fell asleep."
"Obviously." Draco smirked.
"Obviously not obvious enough or else you wouldn't have had to keep asking." Ginny snapped. She wasn't a morning person, and this was way to early to be woken up.
"You'd better be going back to the castle. Filch might catch you." Draco warned. Ginny nodded, but instead of getting up, she laid back against a willow tree. "You might want to leave before you get a hole in your robe. Who knows when you'll be able to afford another one." He laughed. Then he turned away, walking back to Hogwarts.
Not knowing why, she ran after him. "Draco, wait up." She called. The boy didn't slow his pace a bit, instead, he quickened it. "Draco!" She called again, going faster to catch up. He started running also. When Ginny got to the door, she saw him standing there, waiting.
"What do you want, Weasley?" He asked, his voice in sort of a warning tone.
Between gasps of air, she said, "I just ... wanted ... to walk ... with you. Maybe ... talk." Then she started coughing.
"Don't kill yourself over it. We have nothing to talk about." He sneered.
"Why do you do that?" She yelled.
"Do what?" He asked as he slowly opened the castle doors, which creaked loudly while they were moved.
Shutting the creaking doors back, she entered behind them. "Push me away." She stated simply.
"I'm not pushing you away. Now leave me alone." He growled.
"Yes, you are." She said, heading after him.
"No, this is pushing you away." He turned around and gave Ginny a hard shove. She fell over to the ground. Her elbow throbbed in pain, yet no tears fell. They had all been spent earlier that day. "Now go away."
Instead of doing that, she followed him into the dungeons. When Draco heard the dungeon door open, he spun around quickly, wand held out. Seeing that it was just Ginny, he lowered it back. He opened his mouth to ask, 'Why wont you go away?', but Ginny beat him. "I just want to talk. I'm not going away and I'll follow you all the way to the Slytherin common room." She informed him.
Rolling his eyes, he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about? There is nothing about me you need to know. Except that I think you and your whole family are..."
Now it was Ginny's turn to roll her eyes. "I already know you don't like my family. Or me. But can't you, just this once, put aside your hate towards my family and talk to me?" She asked.
"I don't talk to Weasleys. Get that through your head!" He whispered harshly, pointing a finger to her head. He was on the brink of yelling it. He turned away from her again.
"Fine, just answer me one question. When you said that no one would date me now after Colin broke up with me, what did you mean by that?" She asked him.
He turned around with a smirk on his face. "Why?" He asked. She nodded. "You're just a one more hand me down." He said. Then he left her standing in the middle of the hall.
A/N: Ok, that was part one. Please r/r and tell me if it's good so far. And, question, can anyone guess where I kinda got the idea from?
A/N: Ok, another one of the stories that came to my head. Only this one's gonna be a short one, maybe a two or three parter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in the series. They all belong to J. K. Rowling.
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"Hey, Ginny." Colin said, smiling a small sad smile. Colin was her first boyfriend. They started going out together over the summer at the end of their third year. "Can we talk?" He asked her. Ginny looked up from her book and nodded, biting her lip nervously. She had heard that the phrase 'can we talk' weather from boy or girl was never very good. "Well, we've been going out for sometime now, and I think..."
"That's ok." She cut in quickly, stopping him before he could go any further. "I know what you're going to say."
He looked down. "You do?" He asked. "Was it that obvious?"
Fighting back her tears, she replied, "Well, I should hope so." She stood up from the chair that she was sitting, holding her book to her chest, and walked to the common room door.
"Ginny, I'm sorry. It's just," Colin tried to explain.
Failing to hide her tears, she started crying. "No, Colin. Don't be sorry. There's nothing to be sorry about." She told him, as she exited the common room.
As she ran down the hall, she ran into Hermione, Ron, and Harry. They were standing in the middle of the hallway, facing Draco and his stupid goons getting ready for a duel. "Excuse me." She said, pushing through the crowd, hoping that Ron wouldn't notice the crying girl was his little sister. Her hopes were dashed when she heard him.
"Ginny?" He asked. When he saw her pass them, his big brother senses automatically kicked in and he forgot about the duel. "Hey, Gin, what's wrong?" He asked, running over to her, placing a protective arm around her.
"It's nothing." She sobbed, trying to leave.
"It can't be just nothing." Ron prompted. Harry and Hermione ran over to the two to see what was going on. When they saw that their younger friend was crying, they got concerned and started asking questions, which made Draco mad.
Draco was ready for a good duel with the Gryffindors. "Potter, are you chickening out? Or are you worried about your girlfriend over there?" He yelled, trying to provoke Harry.
Hearing Draco's 'girlfriend' remark, Ginny started sobbing harder. "Does this have something to do with Colin?" Hermione wondered. Ginny only nodded.
"Oh, so the Weasley is having boy problems. Her mudblood boyfriend broke up with her." Draco smirked, lowering his wand and walking over to the group, his team behind him. "Now no one will ever want to date you." He said.
Ron's face got red as he got mad. "Don't listen to him, Gin. You know he's a rotten Slytherin. Always telling lies." Harry told her, rubbing her back.
"So are you going out with her, Potter?" Draco asked, smiling his smirky smile.
Ginny looked up at the people surrounding her. She looked up at her protective brother, racking his brain for a curse, either for Colin or Malfoy. She looked up at Hermione, who put a motherly arm around her. She looked up at Harry, the Harry that she had a crush on for so long. And she looked at Malfoy.
"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry snapped.
"See, you wont go out with her." Draco said.
"Shut up." Harry said again.
Ginny stopped crying and wiped her eyes, which were now red and puffy. "You wouldn't." She whispered. Everyone's head turned to her. "You wouldn't." She repeated, louder this time.
Harry frowned. "We're just friends, Ginny." He told her.
She nodded. "I know. I understand. I never said we were anything more. I just said you wouldn't ever go out with me." Harry's eyes looked at her like Colin's did. Like he was sorry for not liking her. "Don't be sorry!" She yelled at him. Then she ran away from the group, ignoring the calls for her to come back.
The lake was where she decided to go. She looked out at the water, rippling here and there, thinking about her and Colin. It should have been obvious that something was wrong with their relationship. They hadn't really been talking to each other. There were days when they didn't say a word, yet they saw each other about six times. She was more conversational with Malfoy than Colin. Then thoughts of her and Harry crossed over her mind.
Her silly little crush slowly left when Colin asked her out for the first time, yet there was some of it still left. It hurt when he had said they were just friends and wouldn't be anything more. As she was thinking, she slowly drifted off to sleep. She would have slept there all night, if someone hadn't woken her up.
"Weasley, wake up." The familiar drawl of Draco Malfoy said. Slowly opening her eyes, his pale face and silvery blond hair came into view. "About time. What are you doing here this late anyway?" He asked her.
The wind blew and gave her a chill. "How late is it?" She asked back, tightening her hold on her cloak.
"I don't know, sometime after midnight. Now what are you doing here, Weasley?" He asked again.
Sighing she replied, "I guess I fell asleep."
"Obviously." Draco smirked.
"Obviously not obvious enough or else you wouldn't have had to keep asking." Ginny snapped. She wasn't a morning person, and this was way to early to be woken up.
"You'd better be going back to the castle. Filch might catch you." Draco warned. Ginny nodded, but instead of getting up, she laid back against a willow tree. "You might want to leave before you get a hole in your robe. Who knows when you'll be able to afford another one." He laughed. Then he turned away, walking back to Hogwarts.
Not knowing why, she ran after him. "Draco, wait up." She called. The boy didn't slow his pace a bit, instead, he quickened it. "Draco!" She called again, going faster to catch up. He started running also. When Ginny got to the door, she saw him standing there, waiting.
"What do you want, Weasley?" He asked, his voice in sort of a warning tone.
Between gasps of air, she said, "I just ... wanted ... to walk ... with you. Maybe ... talk." Then she started coughing.
"Don't kill yourself over it. We have nothing to talk about." He sneered.
"Why do you do that?" She yelled.
"Do what?" He asked as he slowly opened the castle doors, which creaked loudly while they were moved.
Shutting the creaking doors back, she entered behind them. "Push me away." She stated simply.
"I'm not pushing you away. Now leave me alone." He growled.
"Yes, you are." She said, heading after him.
"No, this is pushing you away." He turned around and gave Ginny a hard shove. She fell over to the ground. Her elbow throbbed in pain, yet no tears fell. They had all been spent earlier that day. "Now go away."
Instead of doing that, she followed him into the dungeons. When Draco heard the dungeon door open, he spun around quickly, wand held out. Seeing that it was just Ginny, he lowered it back. He opened his mouth to ask, 'Why wont you go away?', but Ginny beat him. "I just want to talk. I'm not going away and I'll follow you all the way to the Slytherin common room." She informed him.
Rolling his eyes, he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about? There is nothing about me you need to know. Except that I think you and your whole family are..."
Now it was Ginny's turn to roll her eyes. "I already know you don't like my family. Or me. But can't you, just this once, put aside your hate towards my family and talk to me?" She asked.
"I don't talk to Weasleys. Get that through your head!" He whispered harshly, pointing a finger to her head. He was on the brink of yelling it. He turned away from her again.
"Fine, just answer me one question. When you said that no one would date me now after Colin broke up with me, what did you mean by that?" She asked him.
He turned around with a smirk on his face. "Why?" He asked. She nodded. "You're just a one more hand me down." He said. Then he left her standing in the middle of the hall.
A/N: Ok, that was part one. Please r/r and tell me if it's good so far. And, question, can anyone guess where I kinda got the idea from?