Chapter Three
Numb
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
I've become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me, and be less like you.
(A/N: Yes, short chapter, but very informative, R&R please :-)!!!)
Ginny bent down to pick up her fallen books, sniffling. She pushed a lock of her dark red hair behind her ear. Her hair, almost the color of blood, and her eyes midnight blue made my breath hitch in my chest. I walked quietly behind her, and touched her shoulder. She jerked away and turned to face me on the floor. Relief flooded over her face, and quickly a serious expression covered it.
"Hello Malfoy, um, I dropped my books," she said rubbing her nose with the sleeve of her robe.
"Were you going to lunch, or coming from it?" I asked. She cleared her throat and stood.
"I was coming from lunch," she lied. I searched her face.
"Would you like to walk around the school courtyard with me?" I asked. She quickly nodded yes and I took her hand in mine. She pulled out her wand and shrunk her books to fit them in her pocket. I lead her past the green house to an oak tree. I sat underneath it and conjured an apple with my wand. I handed it to Ginny and she gratefully took it.
"Ginny, I saw what Harry did, and I'm sorry that git did that to you," I said facing her. She smiled and pushed hair out of my face.
"Thank you. I don't know what I'll do without him. I loved Harry so much...I…I loved him," Ginny said, breaking down. The apple dropped into her lap and she covered her face with her hands, crying into them. I flinched and patted her head.
"There, there, no need to cry over him," I said. I lifted her face out of her hands.
"Don't worry," I said, staring deeply into her eyes. She angrily moved away from me, tears running down her red face.
"You don't know what I'm going through! Someone I thought loved me has just left me! He walked away from me…he…he…fucked me and left me." Realization struck her face.
Ginny turned away from me and ran towards the castle. I sighed.
Yes, I do know how you feel. For the one Harry cheated on you with, was also my lover,
Draco remembered the day Hermione entered his life. She was drunk, having partied hard on Christmas, the day of the Yule Ball. Her boyfriend, Ron Weasley then, had dumped her. So Hermione decided to drink whatever was handed to her. He happened to be walking by when a Ravenclaw student was trying to persuade her to his bedroom. He got rid of the boy, but was stuck with her. She fell into his arms, giggling madly. Her eyes were dark and her beautiful white dress glimmered in the moonlight of the darken corridor. She smelled of liquor mixed with the sweet essence of lavender. She had seduced him within seconds. She had him against the wall, tearing at his clothing.
"Granger! Get off me…" he had mumbled against her lips. She shook her head no and continued to ravish his body. He bought into her, dragging her to his room, where they were up until five in the morning, creating sounds that would wake any jungle. After that, they were a couple. Although keeping their new love to themselves, Draco knew some people were aware of them.
"Draco, I can't do this anymore," she had said one afternoon in mid May.
"What are you talking about? Of course you can, we love each other," he had said, drawing her close to him.
"No…no, we can't. I don't love you Draco…There's someone else. I'm so sorry," she had said, moving away from him, repeating "I'm sorry".
Draco had fallen into a hole of Hell. He stopped turning in his homework, he rarely left his dorm on weekends, and he never went into the Great Hall.
His heart had died.
The bell rang and Ginny dragged herself to Charms. She could hardly think as she charmed a pillow to sing the school's anthem. Everyone in the class laughed at how horrible the pillow was singing. When class ended, she carried herself to her next classes until it was dinner. She didn't attend dinner, but went straight to her dorm, where she closed the door quietly and screamed. Luckily, she had put a silencing charm on the room. Ginny tossed her books onto her trunk. Ginny stared outside, where the sky lit with lightning, emitting a booming sound. She curled up on her bed, hating how his year was starting off. School started just a month ago, and her life at Hogwarts was now ruined.
An owl tapped at her window. She stood and slowly walked to her window. The owl stuck out its leg. Ginny unrolled the parchment and read the only line on it.
Meet me in the Trophy Room at nine.
Ginny checked her alarm clock. 8:47. she grabbed her wand and robe, and headed out the door.
