Enough is enough. She couldn't wait anymore and watch from the sidelines, hoping he would look at her some day the way she looks at him. And it has been a long wait. A 5 year long wait. At first even she thought it must have been a passing infatuation. But boy was she wrong! With every passing day, month and year her feelings grew stronger. It even came as a surprise , more like shock, to her how serious she was about him. "Ginny, get a grip!"she thought to herself. A little more obsessing and brooding would definitely lead to insanity. Besides, when did she get so desperate? Enough of being an overly emotional and sensitive fool, she thought angrily to herself. Tomorrow she would board the Hogwarts Express to begin a new year, her fourth year and it was time for a change in her mindset and attitude. She could give Mourning Myrtle a run for her money with the way she has behaved for the past three years. But not anymore. It was time to be the real Ginny. The Ginny that is waiting to be explored and rescued from the dephts. The Ginny that is smart, funny, cheerful, quite gutsy if need be and most importantly who has a voice in front of a certain Harry Potter. She was not completely giving up on Harry, but she was giving herself a chance to experience life without being so sad and moody all the time. She wouldn't let her happiness be dictated by the actions of other people, specially a boy named Harry Potter. Finally, after this long internal deliberation, she felt quite sorted and in control of her thoughts and actions. She slept peacefully that night. The next morning was utter chaos, as usual. But somehow she was unaffected; it was like she had attained some Zen like peace. After a lot of commotion and heated arguments and accusations, the family of six red-heads and a famous scarhead reached King's Cross. On reaching platform 9 3/4, Ginny was greeted by her favourite brunette in the whole wide world. Hermione Granger. Technically, Hermione is a year senior and Ron and Harry's "best friend", but she and Ginny were like sisters. A sister that neither of them had. But today's greeting was different, if not special. Hermione is always a brains-before-face kind of person. She always complimented Ginny on her intellect and abilities. However, this greeting or should I say compliment was more appearance related. To be more specific, Hermione's exact words were "Is it just me, or is your beauty increasing every fortnight? You are truly beautiful Gin. Inside and out." Woah! A compliment. A compliment from Hermione Granger! This is Huge!!! Well, this year was definitely off to a good, actually make that great start. While moving the luggage inside the train, she made a mental note of how she would never put herself down again. Pining for Harry had some serious side effects, and low self esteem was one of them. But since she wasn't going to pine and whine anymore, suddenly she felt more confident. She didn't think she was beautiful, but she certainly wasn't hideous. And with that she wished her mum and dad goodbye and went in to join the Golden Trio.
As the journey began, she told Hermione about her decision. Hermione was so happy and relieved at her decision and told her that it was the best thing to do. Both the girls soon jumped on to more important topics like dating and boys. Hermione never had a boyfriend. But for the past two years she has been harbouring certain feelings for Ron. Certain romantic feelings. She had confided with Ginny, because they never kept secrets. At first Ginny was mildly shocked. To be honest, she thought Hermione could do much better than Ron; but to each it's own, so she supported Hermione. Although things were not really progressing. The thing is, ickle Ronnie-kins can be or should I say is pretty daft. He can never take a hint and so he has no clue about Hermione's feelings. After a good thirty minutes of deliberating and practically abusing Ron's emotional intelligence, they moved on to Ginny's non-existant love life. Just so you know, the two boys were completely oblivious to the on going conversation between the girls and we're immersed in their own conversation. So as I was saying, Ginny's non-existant love life was brought up. It was a sensitive topic, but one that needed to be addressed. Ginny was quite popular. Make that very popular. She had plenty of admirers who would do just about anything to go out with her. And due to her popularity among boys because of her beauty, she had quite a handful of enemies( girls who were basically jealous of her but couldn't do anything other bitch and gossip). Hermione told her that she had a wide range of suitable admirers to choose from, but Ginny just shushed it off. She did want to date but she had to feel a connection. She just couldn't date for the heck of it. So she and Hermione jointly came to the conclusion that Ginny would keep her options open and if she felt something for someone she would go for it. At that moment Ginny's eyes drifted to Harry, she thought to herself, could she ever truly move on? Will she ever feel a connection with someone else? But she and Harry didn't really have a connection. They hardly spoke. Every conversation was cooked up in her own bloody mind. Aaarrgghhh!! She wasn't going to get negative again! Happy thoughts. Breathe. And if it's meant to be with someone it will. Though she highly doubted that possibility; she thought she would die a crazy old single woman. But fate had something wonderful in store for her. Something she had never ever imagined even in her wildest dreams. Something whose name was Draco Malfoy.