Over the next few weeks I continued to spend a lot of my time with Theo. Walking around the grounds, talking, occasionally he'd hold my hand or kiss me but we hadn't said anything about a "relationship" as of yet.
I was also enjoying speaking openly with Harry for the first time. I hung out with Him, Ron and Hermione a lot nowadays. I'd sit in the common room with them most nights and we'd talk about all sorts of stuff. I discovered that I loved being Harry's friend. I think being just his friend is enough for me. I think.
I looked forward to every Wednesday, double potions. Of course, it wasn't the subject that excited me it was Theo. So, on your typical Wednesday I was sitting in potions listening to Slughorn talk about the Wolfsbane potion when Theo's hand touched mine under the desk as he slipped me a note.
The note read:
"Gin,
Would you like to come for another walk after dinner tonight? I promise to make it worth your while.
Theo. xx"
I caught his eye and I nodded. How could I not want to spend time with him? He was actually the sweetest guy, always complimenting me... And there was something about him that just... Intrigued me. He was the one person I couldn't figure out.
Most people are the same. You get a few "individuals" but their motives are usually the same basic stuff and their morals the same as any normal person. Everybody can be fitted into a stereotype. Except for Theo. He's different, and not in a bad way. He doesn't think the same as other people, I can tell. I've made it my goal to work out how his mind works but somehow I don't think i'll be able to figure it out. Which only makes him more exciting.
The day went agonisingly slow. When it was finally time for dinner I decided to sit with Luna as I hadn't talked to her much. I'd been hanging out with the trio (Harry, Ron and Hermione) and Mary and Vic for the last two days.
"Hey Ginny" she said, with a smile.
"Hey, how are you? Feels like we haven't talked in ages"
"I'm... Fine" she sighed, whilst her eyes told me that she was quite the opposite of fine.
Luna has amazing eyes, but they give her away everytime. She can practically tell her whole life story with them.
"What's wrong? Is it Alice and Zarina again?" I questioned
She nodded.
"God, I am going to slap Alice in the head. Zarina is a little idiot. She's only going along with it to stay "popular". Don't even worry about them, they're losers."
"I know I shouldn't let them get to me but... I mean, I know I'm weird and everything and I don't make any attempt to hide it... Does that mean I'm asking for it? Should I just... I dunno... Act normal?"
"You ARE normal! You're more normal than they are! You're yourself and that's what's normal for you. Never change who you are because you think that a couple of fake bitches might like you better. That's silly and you know it. You're an amazing person. You're beautiful and unique. Both of those girls know that. Alice is just... Plain and we all know Zarina goes along with whatever she says. I'm serious, they're not worth getting upset over. They're both jealous."
"You know what, Ginny? You're brilliant. You really are, i've never had anyway who's stood by me like this. EVeryone usually just gives up, I'm not exactly the easiest person to be friends with.."
"I wouldn't rather be friends with anyone else! We'll always stick up for each other, yeah?"
"Yeah, Ginny. Best friends forever."
"That sounds exactly right."
Now that Luna was feeling okay again we chatted about... Well, everything really. We have transiguration and DADA together, so we were talking about McGonnagals most recent homework.
"I can't believe she wants 2 rolls of parchment on levitation!" I exclaimed.
"I know, this is so unfair! How are we suppose to get three rolls of parchment out of a concept so simple?"
"No idea, but if anyone can do it, you can."
"I can try" she sighed, "Shall we spend tomorrow lunchtime in the library working on it?"
"Sounds like a plan."
Luna is great for motivation. She actually makes doing homework fun... Occasionally. Though I doubt anything could make this essay fun. Luna and I make a great team though and it's never one of us doing all the work and the other copyiny, things are always equal between us. That goes for everything, not just homework.
Dinner past quickly with Luna to distract me and before I knew it I was walking the grounds of Hogwarts hand-in-hand with the only boy who made me feel truly magical.
We stopped walking and he turned to me.
"Gin, you know I really like you..." He said, confident as ever.
I didn't reply, because it wasn't a question.
"And... Well..." He was sounding a lot less confident now.
I knew where this was going so I decided to help him get to the point.
"Are we suppose to be together now... Or something?" I asked,
"Depends on what you want" he replied, his eager eyes fixed upon mine.
"You know what I want"
"I want the same thing..."
"Well... I guess that's settled then?"
"Yeah, I guess it is" a smug little grin appeared on his face and it didn't dissapear for a long time afterwards.
We continued walking without a word. It was one of the few times i'd been perfectly content with silence. Being with him was comfortable and natural as breathing. There was no where I would rather be than by his side. That was when I realised I was in love with him.