Author's note: Sorry I didn't keep my promise, although you have to admit it was a pretty fast update. I've just realised that the first couple of chapters have no titles. This is something I'm planning on changing soon (if anybody's interested). I hope this chapter didn't go too fast, if you think so, please tell me. Other than that, don't forget to review, they all mean so much to me!


Chapter 7

A lot can happen in a day

What's a girl to do if her friend was cheated on by his girlfriend?

Tell the friend, of course!

What's a girl to do if the girlfriend is her roommate?

Tell him anyway, of course!

Yeah right!

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What's a girl to do if the guy she likes recently broke up with his girlfriend?

Stay away from him and give him time to get over her, of course!

What's a girl to do if she really hated to girl he dated and thinks she can become a much better girlfriend?

Still stay away from him, of course!

Yeah right!

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What's a girl to do if the guy she likes who broke up with his girlfriend disappeared?

Not do anything, of course!

What's a girl to do if this guy also happens to be a friend of hers and all of her other friends?

Maybe it's best to go look for him after all…

For once, you might be right!

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It had only been a week since the party but a lot had happened since then.

First of all, the guys had told Dave about Joyce cheating on him. Dave had confronted Joyce about it, who after a while had admitted being unfaithful, not only at the party but at other occasions prior to that. After a huge fight, they broke up.

A day later, when Eddie had gone over to see how Dave was doing, Dave had disappeared. Eddie had quickly gathered all of his friends and they had looked for him everywhere. Ginny had been in charge of watching her dorm room the entire day in case Dave decided to pay a visit to Joyce. He had never showed up.

Several days later, he was still missing.

Second of all, Chloe had put her master plan in motion and done everything she could to get Eddie and Diane to admit their feelings for each other. Ginny had gotten tired of seeing her fail time after time and had after a few days taken matters into her own hands. She locked up both Eddie and Diane in a closet, just like she had done with her brother and Hermione a few years ago. It had been a lot easier this time since she didn't have to worry about stealing any wands. When they were let out many hours later, they had both had suspiciously happy smiles on their faces.

Last but not least, Joyce had moved out. Ginny was so happy that she nearly jumped through the roof when she received the news of Joyce transferring to another school. Joyce had packed up and left within a day and Ginny hadn't received another roommate yet, much to her pleasure.

At the moment, Ginny was lounging on the couch in the living room she had previously had to share. She was lazily flipping through the channels on the TV hoping to find something worth watching when someone knocked on the door. Ginny sighed heavily before moving to get up.

She opened the door and was face to face with a box. "Great, a salesman," she thought.

"Whatever you're selling, I'm not interested," she said with a bored tone. She was about to close the door but a foot was placed in the way.

"Actually, I was just returning some stuff to Joyce. Maybe you could give it to her."

"Joyce doesn't…" Ginny began when looking up, but stopped abruptly when she saw who she was talking to. "Dave!"

Dave gave her a sheepish grin while shifting his feet a bit.

"What are you doing here?! Where have you been?" Ginny nearly shrieked in her surprise. She briefly considered running to the phone to call Eddie over, but her concern about losing sight of Dave won over.

"I'd rather not discuss it here," he said, gesturing with his head towards the hallway.

"Oh, of course not! Come in." Ginny moved out of the way so that Dave could enter. He hesitated for a second but then accepted her invitation.

Dave walked into the living room and placed the box on the floor. He took a quick look around the room, taking in the surroundings. The thought of calling Eddie still bugged Ginny, but she ignored it, instead focusing on keeping Dave in sight.

"Where are all of Joyce's things?" he asked, a bit confused.

"As I was going to say before, Joyce doesn't live here anymore. She transferred to another school a few days ago," Ginny explained.

Dave didn't do anything but slightly incline his head in a nod. "Do you know why?" he asked after a while.

"No, but I'm sure it had nothing to do with you," she assured him quickly. "Rumour goes that she couldn't afford this school anymore."

To her surprise, Dave laughed. She raised a questioning eyebrow at him and when he had calmed down he answered,

"I'm not surprised, that's all. The way she threw money around her, I'm actually surprised she managed to stay here for as long as she did."

Ginny smiled knowingly. Joyce had been the model of a shopping-addict, always coming back to the dorm with a new shopping bag on her arm.

"What will you do with her stuff now?" Ginny asked, inclining her head to the box in Dave's arms. "I can help you burn it if you want," she suggested with a playful smile.

"Thanks for the offer," he laughed, "but I think I'll just give it to the Lost and Found department."

They stood in silence for a while. The thought of calling Eddie over kept nagging her in the back of her mind. However, for some unexplainable reason she wanted to find out where Dave had been herself. She cleared her throat softly and Dave turned his head toward her.

"Do the others know you're back?"

"No. I didn't want a million questions fired at me the second I got back," he said and smiled at her. She couldn't help but blush as that was exactly what she had done.

"Sorry," she mumbled while looking down at the floor.

"It's alright. I expected it," he said while grinning cheekily. He walked over to her couch and sat down on it. He placed his arm on the back of the couch and turned so he was still facing her.

"Will you give us any answers then?" she asked in a tone that could have been a flirt, had it not been for the fact that Ginny was genuinely interested. The worst heat had disappeared from her cheeks so she joined him on the couch.

"Nope," he said, still with a cheeky smile.

If she hadn't known better, she would have thought that he was flirting with her. Maybe he was? She quickly shook the thought out of her head.

"Seriously though, will you give us any answers?"

He considered her for a while, staring intently into her eyes. Normally, she would have looked away when having someone stare so concentrated at her, but not now. "I wish I could give you some. I wish I could give myself some." He was speaking as though he was only talking to himself, although he still looked her straight into her eyes. Ginny stared back. His eyes were deep grey; she had never noticed that before. From what she could remember they had been blue. She was so into her own thoughts that she barely heard his whispered sentence. "You're doing it again."

"Doing what?" she asked in a soft whisper. Unconsciously she leaned in closer to catch his response.

"Making me want to open up." His gaze left her eyes and travelled downward to her lips. Just as unconsciously, he leaned in closer too.

Their lips where only inches apart when he looked back into her eyes. His deep-grey orbs didn't give her any indication of whether to close the distance or not. Though, her own mind told her to. She leaned in even a bit closer. He didn't pull back. She gathered all the courage she could and leaned in to….

Bang, bang, bang!

Their lips had been only millimetres apart when the intruder knocked on the door.

"Cathy! Are you there?!" Ginny groaned as she recognised Eddie's voice. Unwillingly, she got up from the couch to open the door.

"What do want, Eddie?" she asked, a bit grumpier than she intended.

"I saw Dave's car outside of his dorm. He wasn't there so I thought that maybe he had gone to see Joyce and….Dave!" Dave had too gotten off the couch and with hands in pockets he inclined his head in a greeting.

Eddie didn't have quite the same idea of how a greeting should be. The second he noticed Dave, he broke into a run and wrapped his arms around him in a big, but manly, hug. Ignoring the other man's discomfort, he crushed him over harder in his arms.

"Where have you been? We've been worried sick about you! We've looked for you everywhere; I got almost the entire campus to join us in our search! You can't just take off like that!" He went on rambling for quite a while before Dave managed to shake Eddie off him.

"I appreciate your concern, but I can take care of myself. I just needed to get away to get some room to think by myself," he shrugged. "Am I not allowed to do that?" he added.

"Well of course you can do that, as long as you call every hour or so, so we'll know what you're doing," Eddie answered with no hint of joke in his tone.

Dave rolled his eyes at him.

"We have to call the others!" Eddie burst out suddenly, looking as if he had been hit with a big realisation. "We'll tell them to meet us at the coffee place and you can tell us everything."

"Eddie, there really isn't much to tell…." Dave begun but was ignored.

"You're coming too, Cathy," Eddie instructed her. "Let's go!"

"I have to go drop something off first, you two go ahead," Dave said. Ginny smiled at Dave behind Eddie's back, immediately seeing his attempt to escape. Unfortunately for Dave, Eddie saw right through it too.

"Oh no, we're not! I'm coming with you. I'm never taking my eyes off you, ever again. You hear me?" Eddie was so serious he was starting to remind Ginny of her Mum scolding the twins. "Cathy, you call the others and we'll meet you there as soon as possible. Great."

Before she had any time to react, Eddie had pulled Dave and the box out the door and closed it. She sighed heavily. So much for having a quiet afternoon in her calm living room.