Drink Tea and Eat Cake

Groan

Written for the "30 Drabbles in 30 Days" challenge by Mystii at the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum.


I was quite exhausted when I finished my story, realising belatedly that Ginny was also a pureblood and that she may harbour those very prejudices that I had mentioned. But she kept on holding me, running her hand over my hair and I fell into a light sleep.

When I woke up, I was lying across someone's lap. They were stroking my hair. Suddenly everything came back to me and I groaned.

"Hey, hey it's OK." Ginny's voice was soft and comforting. "You don't need to worry, I won't say a thing. And I'm not as narrow-minded as most purebloods. I'm a Weasley, remember?

I sat up and opened my eyes. "What time is it?"

"Eight o'clock," Ginny didn't even look at her watch. "We've still got time for breakfast if we hurry." I put my hand up to my face. "Don't worry, you look fine. Perfect."

I slipped off of her lap and got to my feet, offering my hand to help my comforter and confidante to hers.

She slipped her arm through mine and together we went for breakfast. She chatted away to me about this, that and the other, and I didn't even think of Lavender once. I didn't even remember to look at her in the Great Hall as we passed, Ginny leading me away from my usual spot at the Gryffindor table.


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