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A/N: this is my first fic, so BE NICE! You can flame me if Nessicary (sp?), but try not to make me feel like a horrible person! Thanx! I bet that you are gonna hate me for this but I need to say: Hi Hawkins, Dreamer, Svedlana, Martha Stewart, Beachball(I hate you!), ummm... and any one else!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gift Of Hope: Part One~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With a large crash, Ginny dumped her books onto her bed.

"How dare Ron humiliate me in front of all my friends!"She sobbed. Her eyes filled with tears as she remembered the mornings events.

It had started out as a good day. The leaves of the forbidden Forest were begining to change color. There was red, orange and gold. Ginny had walked to breakfast with her usual group. She was begining to be popular these days. Everyone was in a good mood, including Professor Snape (well, he was in as good of a mood as possible without tormenting someone.) In fact, there wasn't any trouble at all... until she sat down for breakfast.

After finishing a conversation with Trisha (a Ravenclaw) she went to find a seat with her friends. The only available was the one next to Harry (as in Harry Potter.) Taking a deep breath, she forced a nervous smile, and sat down. She had just lifted her spoon when Ron showed up.

"Hey, Ginny! I know that you are madly in love with Harry and all, but could you at least try to be a bit more descreet?"

Then again, her reaction hadn't helped. She had begun to cry.

"Aww, poor baby!" Ron had sneered, "Did I hurt your itty-bitty feelins'? Huh? Did I?"

At least Fiona, her best friend, had helped. She had walked over and slapped Ron so hard that he spilled his breakfast all over his robes. "Shut-up, if you don't mind..." she had growled."C'mon, Ginny!" Then Fiona had led her out of the Great Hall.

Ginny sighed."Now, blend two cups unicorn horn..."

Draco Malfoy grinned slyly. His plan would finally work. Now Ginny felt alone...

"Ron, you didn't have to be so MEAN! She just wanted to sit with her friends, you idiot!" Hermione cried.

"Your not my Mum! Don't tell me what to do! Shes MY sister!" Ron replied angrily.

"Well, if you had been nicer, maybe you would've been spared the shame of Fiona beating the tar out of you! I mean, come on! Fiona, a girl that is younger than you, you look like a complete idiot in front of every one! That's gotta bother you at least a little bit!"

"Excuse me, but may I talk to Ron?" Fiona asked. Hermione stepped aside. "Ihear you bullying Ginny one more time and you are gonna wish that the birds would stop circling your head. Understood? I thought so..."with that, she, followed by Hermione, stormed up to the girls dorm. Ron, shocked, just stood there.

Harry was flopped on the bed. It was obvious that Ginny liked him. But... he didn't know. He liked the way she was always teasing Ron, and how she laughed... But being Ron's friend was more important. Tomarrow, He would tell Ginny to leave him alone. Yeah. Tomarrow.

End Part one. (If you want more, you better review this!)