The Fat Girl
Chapter One: Could be anyone
"Get out of the way fat so!" Some one shouted at her. It wasn't the first time when some one called her names or yelled at her. Everyone at Hogwarts did, well nearly everyone. Ginny sighed and quickly moved out of the way, she never argued back or said anything, it was pointless and could only stir up more trouble for her. She loved Hogwarts more than anyone ever did and she hated it at the same time. Hogwarts was her home, only home she ever had and at the same time she wished she could run away from this place, leave everything behind and start somewhere new but she knew no matter where she end up she will always be called the Fat Girl.
It didn't really bother her much; she had been at Hogwarts from past six years. First she argued and fought with boys when she came here, getting detentions through out her first three years. Than slowly she realized that, it wasn't worth it: nor the fighting or crying. She gave up on defending herself and felt like an outcast in her fourth year as Yule Ball approached, she wished she could hide somewhere until this Yule ball affair was finished. She couldn't hide; instead, she had to bear being some one who boys won't even look at.
Her fifth year was the same as any other year at her Hogwarts, same chaos about Dark Lord and death eaters, same girls crying over the fact that their boy friends cheated on them. It was like any other boring, depressed year in which she literally thought of killing her self. Up until her sixth year at Hogwarts Ginny didn't have any friend, leave alone best friend and being sorted into Slytherin the chance of having friends were very thin. It was the start of January and Christmas break was nearly at the end. Students had started pouring into the magnificent Castle though the classes for Sixth years weren't scheduled yet.
Ginny made her way down an empty hallway. She couldn't help but feel as if living in a personal hell; it wasn't her fault that she was overweight. She could never be like those skinny girls who roam around the castle with their skirts hitched up showing off their thin legs, their attitudes reeked and were mean to nearly everyone. She wasn't rude to anyone, she barely opened her mouth but people from other houses looked at her as if she was some thing dangerous. Ginny's parents were death eaters both prisoned in Azkaban and for good. The war was over and Potter had finally won. Dark lord was dead and everything was at peace.
Ginny had beautiful round eyes, their orbs were brown, like the color of melted chocolate, her hair were red and curly, not frizzy but with light soft curls and a magnificent voice. Ginny secretly painted in her dorm and loved every song every sung by the Sex Pistols and The Killers. She loved to cook and could make anything out of scratch. Of course, Ginny had her secret crushes like any other girl but never was able to get attention of any one. All of them just ignored her and made fun of her whenever they could. The girls were the worst; they were mean and cruel and made her stand on the bench in the girls showering, occasionally hiding her clothes or locking her in side the girls bathroom. The vanished her belongings into the thin air and made fun of her especially in front of the boys.
The worst of them all was Pansy Parkinson.
Ginny never fought with her or argued not once because of Draco Malfoy. Ginny could laugh her head off when she saw the look on Draco's face when Pansy entered the great hall or the common room, his calm face would turn into an expression of utter annoyance and disgust. Pansy had a shrill piercing voice that would make any normal bloke shudder. She was dead thin and had managed to have decent sized breasts. She had jet-black hair and black eyes. All together to Ginny she was dull, dim-witted and a daft wench who would do anything to get a bloke in her knickers.
Ginny made her way towards the common room when John Winos, Beth Robins, the two Slythrine whom she hated to death and Andrew and David Wilson from Ravenclaw cornered her.
"OMG! Did any one ever tell you that you are the biggest walking pimple alive?" Beth Robin's glass breaking voice taunted her.
"Oye, is it true your dad actually hit you back last summer or did you just fell on your fat face." John snickered
"Did he actually hit you, Winston?" Andrew smirked. Ginny's face reddened…"Sod off Wilson." Ginnytried to snap back
"Forget that D, Yo Gin Gin, you failed year 5 didn't you? So going to repeat it again or you aiming to spend your rest of sorry life here.
Andrew and David gave each other a high five while the others burst out .laughing
Ginny Scremaed."!!!Fuck OFF""Or what Winston, going to tell on us?" Beth pushed Ginny and she fell to the floor hard. The four of them started laughing and Ginny could do nothing but just look at them as her eyes started to fill with tears. She got up from the floor with difficulty and started to make her way back down the same path that brought her to the common room.
She had never cried in her whole damned life nor anyone knew about her secrets and her life back at home but once she came back for her sixth year something bad had happened to her at home, her father lost control of his temper and hit Ginny really badly. It wasn't the first time it ever happened. He had a habit of doing it and her mother showed little or no sympathy at times. She hated home even more than she hated Hogwarts at times. Her father dreaming about her being a death eater and Mother, well she was one cold-hearted bitch of a mother.
At times, Ginny felt as if she didn't belong in the Slythrine house and her parents were not actually her parents. They were so cold hearted and cruel. Parents are not suppose to be torture their own child with Cruciatus until her inside bled.
This made Ginny sick…
Ginny failed Year fiveand now she was repeating it again and it killed her physically and emotionally not to mention mentally.
Ginny walked quietly to the part of the castle she knew would always be empty, the seventh floor corridors, the most deserted part of the Castle. No one really came on seventh floor besides snogging couples, nerds the rest just stayed up to the sixth floor. Ginny assumed that maybe Hufflepuff's common room was here some where as mostly Hufflepuffs were seen going up and down the stair case. Nevertheless, she always felt peace on the seventh floor. The corridors were dark almost pitch dark but warm not shivering cold like the ones Slythrine have down in the dungeons.
She slowly made her way down one of the completely dark corridors, softly crying, she wasn't scared of the darkness, it had always been soothing to her. She slumped down against one of the wall; she was sure now that even God hated her that is why he made her hideous and an utter failure. She cried her eyes out until no more tears could fell. She sniffed loudly.
"Oh for Christ's sake! Don't spill your phlegm every where!" came a revolted voice.
Ginny took out her wand at once, "Lumos!" At once bright light invaded the darkness but Ginny could see no one.
"Put it out! I Hate light" The voice came again this time annoyed.
"Sorry…Nox!" Ginny mumbled. "Who are you?"
"Who are you?"
Both of them went quite for minutes. Ginny knew it was a boy's voice and something in the pit of her stomach jumped making her heart beat a little faster than the usual.
"Why are you hiding over here?" Ginny asked
"I can ask you the same question," The boy's voice replied agitated.
"Well, I am not hiding; I usually come here when I want to get away from everyone, especially from rich spoiled bastards and brats who can't get over themselves" Ginny replied. "Your turn…"
"Just like that…" The answer came in a very low rough voice.
Ginny laughed softly, her melodious voice ringing down the empty corridor. "No one hides just like that…."
"Stop getting on my nerves, pick another place!"
No reply came, the boy frowned in darkness, he felt as if his privacy is being invaded. Minutes passed and the girl didn't reply.
"You know, I can hear you breathe…" The boy said in a silky voice.
"Sorry, didn't mean to, I know sometimes people just want to get away from their lives, its pretty much normal." Ginny replied and the conversation died once again.
"I hate to loose, it makes me feel that I am weak…." The boy spoke after what seemed like hours this time. "Especially to people I hate…."
"We all have to loose something in our lives…This is how our life works…"Ginny replied thoughtfully with a hint of regret.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah…"
"Which house are you from again?" The boy inquested.
"Well, its better if we don't tell each other…" Ginny replied, laughing softly. "What difference dose it makes. We all are the same, no matter in which house we are."
"It dose," The boy said forcefully. "If you are a HufflePuff then God have mercy on you soul, Ravenclaw, with that much intelligence they still loose every Quidditch game. Gryffindor, ood red color rushes to their heads and Slytherinl, you know how they are.
"Don't get offended…" Ginny said apologetically.
Another pregnant silence.
"I am Kyle," The boy answered with pride.
"Kyle?" Ginny asked in as she raised one of her eyebrows. She didn't want to believe this was his real name. Her mind instantly began to think of random names.
"Yeah." The boy replied almost honestly.
"Well, that's very modest of you…." Ginny retorted back sarcastically. "I am Andy.."
Both of them fell silent for a long time until Ginny spoke, "Hey Kyle, What did you loose?"
A reply came after a long time, "A bet to nick the snitch…."
Ginny laughed freely this time, this seemed such a stupid immature bet and reason to be hiding in dark….
"What?" The voice had turned angry this time.
"I got taunted and pushed by this rich bitch, that is something to cry about and you are hiding because of loosing a bet?" Ginny asked in between laughs.
"Loosing to your enemy is not a small thing," The voice fumed back.
"Okay okay! Don't put your pants in a twist." Ginny said back trying to control her laughter.
The voice laughed this time, almost a real laugh; inny smiled in the darkness and laughed with the voice. She felt alive and happy.
"Oh! I feel relieved!" She exclaimed.
"Same here!" The voice said calmly. "I should better get going now… It's almost dark now; curfew will be starting any minute. Thanks…"
Ginny heard the sound of him getting up and walking down the dark corridor, his shoes making the click sound against the stone floor.
"Hey Kyle!" Ginny called from back. "What if I want to talk to you again?" She asked hopefully.
The boy laughed; his laughter crisp and soft. "Owl me…"
"Where?" Ginny asked eagerly.
"Address it to me of course and use the black owl…." With that, he walked away from Ginny.
"Why?"
"Shhh…." Came the reply to Ginny's answer."I'm fat…" Ginny's voice came small and dripping with insecurity.
Draco couldn't help but laugh at it. "People say I'm a selfish arrogant bastard and you are worried about being fat"
Ginny sighed.
"Besides have you got any idea how much girls want to get in bed with a "selfish arrogant bastard." Draco smirked at her and a smile cracked Ginny's face, which turned into a soft bubbly laughter that echoed through out the sleeping castle.