A/N: so I didn't get any reviews last chapter so I am assuming I am doing okay, let me know what you want to happen and I will take them under consideration. Also I had some other ideas after I posted the original chapter 3 so I replaced it with this one. Enjoy!
Ginny's POV:
Last week's visit to Hogsmeade was both a good and bad thing. The good thing was I got to spend some time with Hermione, and the bad part was when I got a face full Malfoy's enchanted snowball and that hurt. A lot. Well that's all in the past it's almost Christmas and the whole school is in full swing. Hogwarts is always so good at celebrating the holidays. Knowing Hermione she is probably in the library studying for some homework that isn't due till the term begins again. When I head towards the library I see couples walking down the hall together and some others have mistletoe magically appear above them. They all seem so happy and it's hard not to feel lonely during the holidays when you are emotionally alone. As I enter the library I hear two voices. When I get closer I easily recognize them both. The first is my love, Hermione. And the second is my rival, Ron. I stop dead in my tracks and weigh my options. If I went in there, I would have to have an excuse for being there, which I would probably screw up. On the other hand if I left now I could my dignity intact and I could visit her elsewhere. The net thing I know I am heading out of the library, feeling that I have made the wrong choice.
After dinner I am heading back to the dorms and I see Ron and Harry walking together and Ron has a beaming look on his face and Harry is beside him smiling and looking down, shaking his head. I wonder what that was about…
I am sitting on my bed, in my pajamas brushing my hair when I hear a knock on my door, probably Dorothy forgetting her perfume. She is supposed to be on a date with Seamus right now.
"Come in!" I don't even bother to look up until I hear the voice,
"Hey Ginny?" I instantly bring up my head, at the sound of Hermione's voice.
"Oh, hey" I say stupidly while fumbling around trying to get up. "What's on your mind?"
She sits down on my bed and says, "Well Ron sort of asked me out…"
My stomach drops and I manage to get some words outs, "Oh? And what did you say?"
She fiddles with her hair, "Well I said yes of course! I had to give him a chance you know."
My heart shatters into a million pieces, "Oh well that's good" My voice begins to crack, I hope she doesn't notice.
I don't look back up to her, after a moment of silence she says. "Oh look at the time, I better be off to bed, catch up with you later?"
I try my hardest to say a few words, "Yea sure, later"
I can barely hold back the tears as she leaves. The second the door closes I ram my face into my pillow and start to bawl. Why can't I be like everyone else?
"Hey Ginny are you in there?" Its Dorothy.
"Yea I'm coming" I say wiping my tears from my face, I will probably still look like a wreck, when I open the door I see Dorothy crying. A lot. "Hey come in, what happened?"
She is sniffling and trying to calm herself down. "It was a joke, Seamus never really wanted to go out with me, it was a dare from his friends"
I hug her and try to say some comforting words, "Shh Shh its gonna be fine, Seamus was always a mean old bloke"
"I just thought someone finally liked me enough to get to know me better" she finally beins to calm down.
"Oh trust me you aren't alone in this, there are plenty of people who are looking for affection, I guess the trick is to distract yourself with other things so you aren't so lonely" I say, the words are truer than a lot of things I have said lately. She nods and begins to get up.
"I'm just tired, I'm going to bed, thanks for the talk."
"Yea, anytime" As the mood calms, I find myself thinking more and more about what I said. Maybe I should start distancing myself from Hermione. All it does is bring me sadness when I know she likes other people. I know Ron is my brother but I can't believe that he would ask her out! I mean sure it was going to happen eventually but I figured not till they were both out of Hogwarts.
"Hey Ginny?" I turn to Dorothy's bed.
"Yea?" She doesn't make eye contact.
"How come Hermione was crying on her way out?" What?
"What do you mean?"
"Well I saw her leaving the room and she was wiping tears from her eyes. Did you say something?"
"Um, no. She just came to tell me that someone asked her out." She sighs
"Oh well. I guess it was nothing to do with you then. Night"
"Night."
An hour since she fell asleep and I am still wide awake. Why was Hermione crying?
A/N Well I had extreme writers block writing this and I'm afraid this isn't one of my better pieces but I still managed to finish it. Please leave a review, for they are very helpful. Thanks for reading!