Forbidden Fruit

Chapter 01 - The Beginning

Dearest Diary,

I must admit that I am nervous about writing in you. I seriously doubt you are going to try to kidnap me and hold me hostage; that incident was just too horrible to get over, I'm afraid. Now … my day. I can't say it was very good. A feeling of dread fills my heart with every step. It is bad enough that we cannot be together and be ourselves in public. It is even worse, perhaps, that he is not here. If he was, I could at least steal the most inconspicuous of glances at him. O, why must I fancy the infanciable? (Is that a word? I somewhat doubt it. Anyway.) Well, the future of the world and defeating You-Know-Who is more important than being with little old me. (That wasn't meant to come out so sarcastically.)

My, I do sound like a rabid little fan girl, don't I?

Love, Ginny

Ginny sighed. She was pathetic. Wallowing after Harry Potter, she was! I should be happy just to know he returns my affections, she thought, angry at herself.

'Don't be greedy, Ginevra Weasley …' she muttered to herself. She stared out the library window longingly. What could Harry be doing right now?

'Funklesprackts got you?' a familiar voice said behind her with the most serious of tones.

Ginny stifled a chuckle and said, 'What are--?' It was Luna Lovegood, of course. The blonde Ravenclaw girl stood with a glazed look of wonder on her eyes. Count on Luna Lovegood to break a moment.

'Great swarms of them fly in front of the eyes, and one gets the most serious vision problems,' she informed Ginny sternly. 'Dad said the Ministry's breeding them for a top secret mission.'

Ginny let out a soft laugh. She knew better than to argue there weren't such things. She nodded instead, 'I see. Actually I was just thinking. might have been a bit dazed.'

Their banter got them a severe 'Shh!' from Madam Pince, the librarian.

Ginny lowered her head. She couldn't tell Luna the full extent of her thoughts, of course. Only three in the world knew that they were together (not including part of the Weasley family). And two of them were Harry and Ginny themselves. Soon that number would increase to four.

Author's Notes

Dashing chapter title, isn't it:P Not my most serious piece of work, I must say. The tense is confusing and awkward. Hope I don't get too cliched here. Oh, and my chapters will always be rather short, mind you.