"My Fourth Year by Ginny"
~ Wo Ai Ni16
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Ginny walked out of the DADA classroom, wondering what to do. Tutoring....with Harry? "Oh man," she groaned to herself, "I know! Hermione will know what to do, hopefully." She quickly dropped her things off in her dorm before going to the Great Hall for dinner. The day went by quickly enough and she scanned the Gryffindor table, and finally saw a blob of bushy hair. Walking towards Hermione, who, to Ginny's dismay, was sitting again near Harry, sat down opposite of her and gave her a forced smile. Hermione noticed how preoccupied Ginny is and raised her eyebrows in a 'what's-the-matter' expression. Ginny just mouthed 'later', and resumed eating her dinner.
"Is there anything wrong, Ginny? You've been awfully quiet lately," Ron asked. His mood has been a lot better since the morning, when Hermione received that "love letter" from Viktor.
"Nothing," she muttered.
There was some awkward silence amongst the group for one minute-
"Hey, Ron," Harry interrupted, breaking the silence, "We will be needing a captain and a new keeper this year for the Quidditch team. Are you interested in trying out?"
"Oh yeah, of course I'll try out, when is it?"
"Dunno exactly yet, but we're planning it sometime at the end of this month."
"You know what," Hermione said happily, "Ginny's a pretty good player too. She always told me that she loves Quidditch, right Ginny?"
Ginny, knowing where this was going to lead, just nodded.
"Really?" Harry said, surprised, "Well maybe you could try out then, I've never seen you fly before. It would be cool if you made it in."
"Hey, are you on her side, or mine?" Ron said jokingly.
Ginny ignored her brother. But that comment Harry just gave made her heart soar. "He actually complimented me!" Ginny thought to herself, "and he's interested in seeing me try out." It took all of Ginny's self-control to not squeal. Trying not to smile too broadly, she reminded herself to thank Hermione later.
After dinner, the three went upstairs to the Common Room, and finished their homework. They were trying to go finish their work as soon as they can so that they can go to Hogsmeade with time to spend before the curfew. They finished in about 30 minutes, and quickly went to their separate dorms to get something light to wear over their uniforms.
Ginny took off her robe and grabbed a tattered old blue sweater. She fingered its many sown patches covering the holes made from wearing them so much. She hoped that she would somehow get better clothes to wear. When she was younger, she never really cared about her not-so-fashionable clothes. However, when she got older, she wished that she would get a better wardrobe. Whenever she and her family would go to Diagon Alley to shop for school supplies at the end of August, she would always look longingly at the beautiful casual robes at Madam Malkin's (sp?) and wished that she had enough money to get a new wardrobe.
She sighed and put on the sweater over her uniform blouse. After glancing at herself in the mirror, Ginny went up a couple of stairs until she saw the fifth years' dorm. Knocking, she heard Hermione's voice saying, "Come in." Ginny walked in the door and spoke to Hermione in a hushed voice.
"I thought that we were going to Hogsmeade by ourselves. What will we do with Harry and Ron with us?"
"I know, but I could not find any excuse. Don't worry, we'll go on our separate ways when we arrive at Hogsmeade. I am sure they'd rather look around at Zonkos rather than following us doing some girl shopping."
"Fine, but I have to tell you something. You see, in DADA-"
"Oh gosh, look at the time, we'd better hurry Ginny or else we won't have enough time to shop! I'm sorry, can you just tell me later?"
"Sure, but, why can't we go tomorrow? We can also go to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"I know, but, I really have a lot of tests to study for, I can only go with you today."
"Oh," Ginny said, a little put down, "Alright then."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~At Hogsmeade
The group finally arrived at Hogsmeade and went on their separate ways. Harry and Ron went to check out if there was any new joke tricks in Zonkos as Hermione and Ginny went on their shopping for some new accessories and clothes.
"Ooo, look at this one, Ginny," Hermione called, "This hair clip will look so good on you, and it can make your hair into any hairstyle you tell it to."
"Wow, that is nice," Ginny said.
"Now, I was thinking of some make up. Not too much, probably just some eyeshadow, blush, and lip gloss, I think that will look good on you."
After the girls were done shopping, they met Harry and Ron at the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer.
"So what did you buy?" Ron said, as he handed over the mugs of warm butterbeer.
Hermione looked over at Ginny and both smiled mysteriously, "Oh, you know...stuff."
"Stuff? That helps, no really what did you buy? You spent practically two hours shopping all around Hogsmeade."
Hermione and Ginny just continued drinking the butterbeer. Hermione decided to change the subject and asked as if she didn't even hear Ron's last reply, "So what did you guys get?"
Ron was just about to protest at not answering his question, but Harry interrupted, "Just drop it, Ron. We looked at Zonko's. The whole place is full of new stuff."
"Yeah, but everything was too expensive. Unfair, of them really, to put such high prices on them."
The conversation continued like so, and the group decided to go home as it was getting late.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~At Ginny's dormitory
After changing into her pajamas, Ginny decided to take some time to write the day's events in her diary....
Dear Diary,
I have a lot to tell you. Okay, in DADA, Professor Delacour said that I should have a tutor. And guess who the tutor is.....Harry! Can you imagine that?! I know that I should be happy and all to spend more time with him, but honestly, I don't have the guts. I haven't had any since first year, and I don't think I ever will. Anyway, Hermione did say that she will do her best to help me with Harry. She's such a nice friend. Another thing, at dinner, Harry complimented me! He was talking about the Gryffindor Quidditch Team tryouts this year, and Hermione said that I am a pretty good Quidditch player. That is true. Hmm, maybe if I practice enough, I can make it as a keeper.....I can be just a good a Quidditch player as Cho is, maybe Harry might notice me more. After that we went to Hogsmeade today and she bought me some make-up and this cool hair clip that can make my hair into any style I tell it to. We were thinking about some new clothes, but what for? It's not like there is a ball or anything this year, and we already have these stupid uniforms to wear. Hermione said that I should wake up tomorrow so that she can help me put on the new make-up. As weird as it is, I never used make-up before.......I guess that's all I have to say for today, good night.
~Ginny
Closing her diary, Ginny drifted off to sleep
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AUTHOR'S NOTE:
oki, so how's this chapter? Sound good?
PLEASE ANSWER:
I have this question: What are the new positions that the Gryffindor Quidditch Team need? I know that they definitely need a new Keeper and Captain. The Seeker of course is still Harry, a-duh, the Beaters are still Fred and George, right? This is their last year I believe. But what about our three Chasers? Are they still in Hogwarts? Or did any, or all of them graduate? Pretty pwease answer, It will really help....
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To my reviewers:
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ShadowRomantic: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapters. Hope you also like this one ^_^
met 19: Hmm....never thought of that. I do know that Fleur can attract guys and stuff with her "charm" but I'm not sure if she has that 'sixth sense'....dunno.....*shrugs*
Brian: LOL
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~Thanx, I really appreciate your reviews! I hope one of you guys can please answer the question I have above, it'll really help me
Arigatou Gozaimasu
~Wo Ai Ni16