Ginny walked outside feeling the cold of the winter. Moving slowly, she thought, "Maybe I should ask Harry to the Yule Ball…"
Even thought it seemed like they were just friends, her being Ron's sister, but that was not the case. Or at least it wasn't for Ginny. She has liked Harry ever since the first time she laid eyes on him. But he didn't know.
"I need to find him before he already asks someone else," she thought.
As she moved across Hogwarts grounds, she realized that Hermione was only a couple feet away from her reading.
"Hey Hermione!"
She turned with a slightly annoyed expression, then seeing that it was Ginny, she smiled. "Hi Ginny."
"Hey, do you know where Harry is?" she could feel her cheeks turn a dark shade of red as she spoke his name.
Hermione looked confused, but answered, "Oh, he just went to the Owlery. I think he said something about sending a letter."
She smiled, "Thanks Hermione!"
Being only a little bit from the Owlery, this made Ginny very happy.
Moving hurriedly from Hermione, she began to think of what to say to Harry. Should she be straight forward? Joke around a little?
How would she know? It's not like she's an expert dater or anything.
OK, she thought. I'll just say, "Hi Harry, are you going with anyone to the Yule Ball? I was wondering if you wanted to go with me. So… do you?" Nah, that's too straight forward. I'd stumble or something, and then he wouldn't even know what I was trying to say!"
Just then she got back into the real world and not in a very pleasant way either. I mean, running into a wall is never pleasant. Especially when it's the outside of the Owlery, and it's even worse when your crush is right there. Do you know what could make this even worse than it already is? That while you're running into a wall, your crush is snogging another girl.
Harry moved away from Cho and looked over at the ginger on the ground. "Ginny! Are you okay?"
"I'm, I'm fine." She stammered as she realized what was happening. She was just about to ask him to the Yule Ball and he was here, snogging Cho. She felt as if someone punched her in the stomach, and this pain was worse than running into a wall could cause. She was not fine, even though she said that she was.
"Are you sure? Your face is all red and your arm, oh my god, is that blood!?"
Cho gasped at the sight.
"Cho, I have to take her to the hospital wing. I'll see you at the Yule Ball."
This was just too much for Ginny. Partly because of the sight of her blood, and partly because of what Harry said, Ginny fainted.
