Chapter Six: Two kisses and a Detention
"Honey why you calling me so late? It's kind of hard to talk right now. Honey why you crying, is everything okay? I've got to whisper because I can't be too loud. Well my girls in the next room, sometimes I wish she was you.." Hinder--- Lips of An Angel.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Harry Potter, but in my dreams I do.
"Professor Dumbledor has enlightened me on you situation, and has asked me to instruct you on the use of the Lacmatiia Charm. The Lacmatiia Charm is used as a shield for unwanted curses, and not only protects you body, but you mind also. You must hold you wand out in front of you, and concentrate on a single object in the room. You must then imagine a white light parodying from this object, and engulfing you in it rays. A blue flame will appear in you mind, and a white one will appear around your body. The blue one signifies the protection of your mind, and the other the protection of your body. These two flames will then intersect, causing a green flame to burst from the center of your body. This will then complete the conversion of the flames, and the conversion of the shield. Miss. Weasley, are you listening!" Ginny snapped out of her thoughts, remembering that she was standing in the middle of Professors Snape's office. It had been a difficult week, with the trio watching her just as much as the teachers were. Not to mention the way her mum had cried and cried, fearing Ginny's safety. She felt as if she was an experiment, a lab rat, trapped in a cage. The only comfort she felt was from being able to sit up in the Common Room at night, after everyone had went to sleep. She would just sit in her bed, the dark engulfing her, becoming more of a comfort than a nightmare. Walking to the small window located in the far corner of the office, Ginny wrapped her arms around herself.
"Professor, are you afraid to die?" Ginny eyes focused on a small lady bug on the window seal, as she waited for him to respond.
"You aren't going to die Miss. Weasley." Feeling the tears start to form in her eyes, she turned looking Snape dead in the eyes. An anger burned in her stomach that she couldn't control.
"No, I'll just wait around while my soul is sucked out.. The one thing that makes me--me is being taken by someone else The teachers watch me , saying "I hope poor Miss. Weasley is going to be okay" or "Yeah, after the Chamber, how is she going to survive this"! What everyone doesn't seem to realize is that I survived the chamber, and I did it by myself!" Tears were rolling down her cheeks, and her whole body was shaking. Emotions that were kept in for the past week came flooding out, and Ginny couldn't stop them; she didn't want to. Large square hands came to rest on her shoulders, and Professor Snape started to shake her.
"Snap out of it Miss. Weasley, you have to learn to deal with this. No matter how hard it is to believe, no matter how impossible it may seem, you are going to be okay. The Headmaster will find a way around this, and you will be okay in no time. But the last thing anyone needs, including yourself, is for you to brake down every time someone mentions the curse. You have to be strong, for everyone's sake because this doesn't just affect you. If you let your guard down, the person who is trying to take you over will be inside of Hogwarts, and then no one will be safe." Reality hit Ginny as the words Professor Snape told her hit home. He was right, not only would she hurt herself but she would hurt everyone else around her. Calming herself, she pulled out of Snape's grasp, removing the tears from her face.
"Your right Professor, I wasn't thinking. We.. Umm.. Can get back to the lesson now…" Watching as Snape walked to the other end of the room she took a deep breath. Getting ready to perform the charm, she saw Snape bring his hand up. Looking at him curiously, her jaw almost hit the floor when she saw a hint of a ….. smile on his lips.
"It is okay to be afraid Miss. Weasley, but you must overcome those fears. Yes, you did survive the Chamber, and that should prove to you how strong your capable of being. Now own with the lesson if you don't mind, I think we have wasted enough time with this discussion. Now, bring your wand up and concentrate on a single object in the room. " Snape replied. Ginny gave him a small smile, as she raised her eyes, focusing on the bookshelf behind his desk.
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"So Ginny, how are the lessons with Snape going?" Looking up from her food, Ginny smiled at Hermione, Ron, and Harry.
"There going really good, Snape is teaching me a lot of things about the spell were using." Ever since learning about the curse, Ginny had been spending a lot of time in Snape's office. Not only with learning the spell, but with detention too. Looking at the clock, she remembered tonight was her last detention with Malfoy. Picking up her bag, she stood from the table, turning to leave.
"Where you going Gin." Looking at her, she smiled.
"I have to go to detention tonight, but don't worry tonight is my last night. See you guys later." Smiling, Ginny made her way out of the Great Hall, and to the dungeon. The hallway was always barely lit, but Ginny had long ago got use to the dark. Walking into Snape's room, she found Malfoy already there waiting.
"About time you got here Weasle, I was about to report that you had ran out on your detention. Now, that wouldn't make Snape happy would it?" Draco held his, "I'm so much better than you look", and Ginny wanted to slap it right off his face.
"Malfoy, stop being such a drama queen, and tell me what Snape left for us to do." Ginny watched as Malfoy brought his hand to his heart, and mocked pain. Rolling her eyes, she placed her bag on a stool.
"He wants us to clean out all of the potion veils, and by us, he means you of course." Turning Ginny started collection the stuff she would need, while Malfoy sat in the corner snoozing. Ginny ignored the fact that she didn't make him help.
The detention was coming to and end, and Ginny was almost finished cleaning out the veils. Somewhere during the middle of the detention, Mafloy had started to help her. Finishing the last of her pile, Ginny jumped up, cleaning her hands off on a towel. Grabbing her bag, she turned to see Malfoy staring at her.
"What? You should have started sooner, or you would be done too." Smiling at his scolding face, Ginny turned, walking out of the room. Tonight was a good night.
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"Sasha, you must not worry yourself, they will not harm me." Ginny watched as the young woman, turned lashing out at Tom with anger.
"They will Tom, you don't know them as I do. They will not take excuses, they will kill you if they find out about us. I know my father Tom, he is not a kind man." Candle light flickered on the young woman's face, and Ginny felt her heart go out to the emotion she witnessed on her face. Ginny watched as Tom touched the side of her face, his own face gentle.
"I promise you my darling, he will not harm me. But he will if I do not go to this meeting. We wish to overthrow the Order, do we not?" The woman smiled at Tom as she took his hand in hers.
"We do Tom, we do."
Ginny felt the room spin around her, and she closed her eyes from the sensation of it. Opening her eyes, Ginny found herself back in her dorm room. Back in the dark.
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"Can I kiss you?" Draco's mouth hit the floor as he stared at the youngest Weasley.
"Weasley, what the hell has gotten into you?!" Draco felt himself panic inside as she stepped near him, closer and closer.
"I wouldn't make you do anything you wouldn't want to do. You do want to kiss me, don't you?" Her eyes were so innocent, and Draco felt himself slip into them. Reaching forward he cupped her cheek in his hand, and felt something in his stomach stir. Did he want to kiss her?
"Weasle…." Her fingers grazed his lips, and she started to lean forward. Yes, Draco did want to kiss her… and it scared the hell out of him. Closing his eyes, he leaned forward until his lips were covered with her gentle ones, and……
"Sorry Malfoy, I don't want to kiss you." The voice brought him out of his dream, and he was faced with a smirking Blaise. Looking around himself, he brought his hand to his lips, the memory of the kiss still burning bright.
"Oh.. Shit!" Laying back down, Draco placed his hands over his face, wanting to disappear into the mattress.
"Now don't be embarrassed Draco, your not the first one to have one of those dreams." Picking up his pillow, Draco tossed it at Blaise's head.
"What the hell do you want Blaise?" Draco asked loudly.
"Temper Draco, I just thought you'd like to know that if you don't get up, your going to be late for potions. Have a good morning!" Draco watches as Blaise walks out of the room, and jumps out of bed. Pushing the dream out of his head, he jumps into the shower.
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"Yes Harry, but why do you have to mix the worm wood with the orange pulp? Aren't we suppose to making a potion, not a juice?" Laughing, Harry watched as Ginny fiddled with her hair, her eyes laughing along with him. It had been a little over a week since they had found out about the curse, and Ginny had been taking it surprisingly well. Of course she had her brake downs, but other than that, she was the fun personality that Harry found so lovable.
"Gin, you have to mix it so that the texture of the worm wood will be altered enough to place it in the potion. Don't you pay attention during potions?" Harry asked, as Ginny wrinkled her nose at the thought.
"Harry, do you pay attention during potions, or does Hermione give you all the answers?" Ginny asked, making Harry laugh.
"We'll at least I have Hermione to help me, but if you don't start paying attention, your going to fail." Replied Harry.
"Thanks mom." Ginny replied. Harry watched her as she turned her attention back to her book. It shocked Harry how close he and Ginny had become, and he liked their relationship. It wasn't that he had romantic feelings for Ginny, because he didn't, but he felt close to her.
"Hey Gin, do you want to go to Hogsmeat with me this weekend?" Harry asked.
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Ginny's eyes snapped up from her book, shocked that Harry had just asked her that.
"Like… on a date?" Ginny asked, fear entering her stomach. It wasn't that she didn't like Harry, she did, just not in a romantic way. He crush on him long passed when she entered her third year. Relief flooded through Ginny as Harry started laughing.
"Don't look so scared Gin, it isn't a date. I just thought you would like to get out of the castle for awhile. Beside, I thought we could hang out and talk, if you wanted to. You've been through a lot, and I thought I could take you out to have a good time. If you would like to that is…." Smiling at Harry, Ginny picked up his hand in hers. His eyes were so sweet, and Ginny was touched by his invitation. Ginny opened her mouth to reply, but someone beat her to it.
"Well, look like Potter's got himself a girlfriend, and it's the little Weasle."
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Malfoy had one day to finish his report for Potions, and he still couldn't find the book he was looking for. Looking once again on the shelf labeled "Books Of Potions For Everyday Life", Draco felt defeated. Turning to look on a different shelf, he heard an oddly familiar voice. Glancing around the shelf, the scene he saw made his stomach growl.
"I just thought you would like to get out of the castle for awhile. Beside, I thought we could hang out and talk, if you wanted to. You've been through a lot, and I thought I could take you out to have a good time. If you would like to that is…." It was Potter, and it looked as if he was asking the littlest Weasley out. Draco didn't know why the thought made him angry, but when Weasley grabbed Potter's hand in hers, Draco couldn't bit his tongue any longer.
"Well, looks like Potter got himself a girlfriend, and it's the littlest Weasle." Draco felt a deep satisfaction at how quick Ginny dropped Harry's hand, a deep blush racing across her neck.
"Bugger off Malfoy!" Harry said, and Malfoy laughed.
"What are you going to do, make your girlfriend hex me? Seeing as she is the one with any magical talent, which really isn't saying much." Draco watched as Harry's face turned a deep red, and plunged at him. The next thing he knew, he was laying on the floor with Potter on top of him, wand to his neck. Reaching for his wand, he never got to it, because Potter was pulled off of him.
"Harry Potter, get off of him!" Draco was shocked when little Weasle pulled Harry off of him. Sitting up and brushing off his the dust, Draco smirked.
"See Potter, even your girlfriend can't get enough of me." Draco said. Pulling himself off the ground, he came face to face with a very red faced Weaslette.
"One Malfoy, I pulled him off of you so he wouldn't have to touch you, you scum. Second, I'm not his girlfriend I'm his friend, but you wouldn't know anything about friends now would you? And third, and this is the most important of them all, I would never, ever, want you in a million years!" Her face was close to his, and he could feel her breath on his cheek. Behind her, Harry watched them with a look of interest. Glancing down into her eyes, Draco formed a plan in his head.
"You wanna bet Weasley?" Before she could react, Malfoy's hands were around her waste, and his lips were on her soft ones.
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Okay some things I need to explain: the kiss will not change their budding friendship…. I put it in there because it will be a key factor in the developing storyline. There will not be a love triangle between Harry/Ginny/Draco, even though I though about adding one. I decided to give a little insight about parts from the next chapter, before I answer your reviews…. Hope ya'll enjoy.
Scenes from Chapter Seven:
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Ginny eyes widened as she stared at the crying Malfoy's arm. The burn marks still gracing his skin, and the mark clear as day. Tracing her fingers lightly over it, Ginny made eye contact with Malfoy.
"Oh my God…"
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"Ginny, this isn't you!" Harry watched as Ginny turned towards him, her eyes glowing a deep white.
"Don't think you know her boy, because you don't."
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"Ron, do you think she'll be okay?" Ron glanced away from Ginny on the hospital bed. Hermione sat across from him, her eyes watery.
"I don't know 'Mione… I don't know…"
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"Does this mean were friends Malfoy?" Draco watched the youngest Weasley, thinking about her words. Could they be friends?
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Well that's all the high points from chapter seven which I'll be posting sometime this weekend. This chapter will be the first to include Ron and Hermione more in the story line. Now, on to the reviews.
Tanelle: thanks for your review, and I hope you don't mind the little brake down Ginny had at the beginning. I just wanted more Snape---Ginny bonding because he is going to play a key character later on in the story.
Ravenclawroyalty: I really enjoyed writing the bonding scene, and I hope the two kisses didn't make the story stupid. The kiss in Draco's dream is him starting to realize something different about Ginny, and the other kiss was just to prove a point. Their relationship will take a slow beginning, I just put a little teasing in there. J Thanks for your review.
FreeSpritSprite: I considered making a love triangle between Harry/Draco/Ginny, but I didn't want it to end sad for Harry, so I decided for Harry and Ginny to have a very close friendship. Hopefully you like it, and thank you for the review.
Hollylovesyouinateacozy: I can't tell you if Tom put the spell on her, but trust me, the end will shock you. By the way I love, love your name! It is very cute, and totally original. Thanks for the review, too!
There will be a lot of twist to this story, so please bear with me…. Hope this chapter was decent.