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Chapter 9
On a day that Draco was extra sick, couldn't get out of bed slept all day kind of sick- and unexpected guest came. The nock came about three in the afternoon and in walked Luna Lovegood. It was visiting hours, and as she had promised, Ginny was sitting in her bed finishing up and essay. She smiled when they walked in and whispered, "What are you doing here, where's Neville?"
"He's outside he'll be in when he finds parking." She whispered back walking over the the sleeping Draco and examining his sleeping form before walking over to Ginny and smiling.
"What are you talking about Luna?" Ginny asked sitting up strait, as Neville walked in.
He sighed and said, "Okay well he's just gonna have to wait outside the door until we leave because I can't find anywhere to tie him up." Luna held her fingers to her lips telling hi to talk quieter as he did the same as Luna had but more hesitantly.
"What the heck did you two need to park?" Ginny asked as they each sat down at the end of a bed across from her.
She realized she asked it a little to loud as Draco started to stir. He turned onto his side and whispered, "Gin, go to sleep."
"Alright." She said and held her finger to her lips until she knew he was sleeping again, about two minuets later. She looked back at the two and whispered, "What did you two have to 'park'?"
"The thestril." Luna said and as Ginny mouth fell open she asked, "How is he?"
"Well, you caught him on one of his worst days." He's been sleeping all day. Well if you can call it sleeping. He wakes up so often that I call it more like a series of cat naps. But- thestril- wht the hell did you ride one… up here?"
"It's quite a thrill."
"I know, I mean why the heck didn't you just walk…you know up the stairs?" she waving her hands to make a point.
"Why not?" Luna asked and Neville laughed at them.
Ginny shook her head giving up and said, "Well, I don't really think your gonna be able to talk to him today," she said frowning at his bed. "But he should be much better tomorrow." She said looking back at them to see them frowning at her.
"Gin, we're here for you…I mean him too, but he's got you, so he doesn't need anymore." Neville said walking over and sitting on the side of her bed.
"Oh jeez your so sappy." Ginny said punching him in the shoulder.
Neville held it while Luna said in her dreamy voice, "I thought so." And flashed a smile at Draco.
Neville's face grew to major offense, "Hey." He said thinking that she meant she agreed to was had been said.
"No, no." she chuckled, and then she shook her finger at Ginny "You know, Nev wouldn't tell me about it, but I had an idea that you might be going with Malfoy."
The two girls smiled as the doors flew open and seeing Pomfrey's face hers fell to a frown. Pomfrey ran up to her and handed her the latter tapping her foot. A tear fell down Ginny's face as she read. Pomfrey's toe tapped and she looked over at Draco nervously. Ginny handed her the letter when she finished and nodded to her friends that they should leave and she would fill them in later.
As soon as the door closed Pompey said, "Adams is the out the family house now. His father has ordered that he not be aloud to come home, but I'm not going to stop him if he wants to." Ginny nodded and walked to sit at the end of Draco's bed.
He woke at the tilt of the bed and opened his eyes enough to see she had a tear running down her face. He sat up slowly, very, and with his eyes still closed and his hand massaging his head he asked her what was wrong. She grabbed his hand and looked over at Pomfrey who said softly, "I'm sorry Dra-c-co." she said beginning to cry. Obviously she hadn't had to ever tell a student something like this. She looked like she wanted to run out the door and get Dumbledore.
Ginny looked back at Draco, "You dad…"
"What about him, he's alright right?"
Ginny shook her head and instantly Draco began to shake. She threw herself into his arms and he hugged back tighter then he ever had before. Just before she was about to run out of breath he let up enough for her to be able to breath. Pomfrey was still standing there holding the letter and looking around nervously. Ginny motioned for her to bring the letter over, laying her hand on his neck. He was now completely bald. She missed being able run her hands through his hair, but he looked just as good now as ever.
He read over it and by the end had a horrible look of hurt on his face that Ginny couldn't stand. She kissed his forehead and with her lips still on his temple she asked, "What do you want to do?"
"What do you think I should do?" he asked rubbing his eyes. And looking like he was about to fall back asleep.
"I think you should get some sleep now… and then, then when you wake up we can do whatever you want."
"But I don't know what I want."
She smiled softly, "Well, you might tomorrow. Which reminds me, some people came to see how you're doing when you were sleeping." Draco's hands flew strait to his head. She tilted her head to the side and frowned, sticking out her lip. "They didn't say anything."
"Who was it?" he asked as she stood up shooing him back into his covers. Pofrey flew forward and conjured a water to hand to him before he went to sleep. He took a swig as she sat on her bed.
"Luna and Neville."
"Longbottom and…who?"
"Luna Lovegood, his girlfriend, she's in my grade you don't know her."
"The why the hell did she come to visit me?"
"I don't know, it's Luna, she probably comes to visit all the patients." She said standing up and holding up the covers so he wouldn't get tangled in them while he was scooting down. He was wearing a t-shirt that said New Liar- a Quidditch clothing line, and a pair of black boxers, his pajamas. His bare legs and arms looked paler and small, but she didn't know if that was how they always looked or not.
"Why the hell would she want to do that, be in the hospital when she doesn't have to I mean?" he pulled the covers over his head so his voice was muffled.
She smiled and he could hear it as she said, "It's Luna."
He poked his half closed eyes out and asked, "What does that mean?"
"You'll find out tomorrow…" she glanced at Pompey and added, "If your feeling better."
Pompey nodded and left, telling Ginny to come and visit her when he fell asleep. It was weird it was like they had decided to let her work there again but not tell her. Well she wasn't going to complain.
She sat on the bed quietly and after three minuets he said, making her jump, "I think I wanna go…will you come with me?"
She hesitated but nodded, and then she realized he was under the covers and said quietly, "If you want me to." She waited another half hour in quiet before deciding to go to the office.
This though, was a bad idea, she walked in and screeched as Adams and Pompey pulled apart from each other. She heard Draco snort and turned to see him staring in her direction. Ginny started laughing and hunched over. Draco, realizing that she had just been standing in Pompeys door burst out laughing too.
Her hand over her mouth, still laughing she turned back into the office. Never mind he isn't sleeping anymore." She said closing the door and stumbling over to Draco's bed. She fell onto the bed, over his legs, and he grabbed her around the shoulders laughing too.
Eventually she was sent back to her dormitory's. She walked through the portrait hole with absolutly no fights and was smiling so big a lot of the younger year students stood in her way and stared at her. She noticed the trio over in some chairs and fell down next to them. Ron and Hermione smiled at her and harry glanced up at her for a second before staring back into the fire. "What's the deal with the grin?" Ron asked and Hermione too looked interested.
Well, it wasn't just that she'd caught the teachers making out. No, as she was about to leave Adams and Pompey walked out to her and walked into the halls, telling her that they were pretty sure it would only take one more treatment until he was back in Kyo. "He's going to be alright." She said, even though only Ron knew what that meant.
Harry and Hermione looked up as Ron shouted, "Thank Gawds."
"Who," both said at the same time.
"Draco."
Harry scowled and asked, "What did someone finally hex him?"
Ginny bit her lip, "No…he has cancer."
"What's that?"
"Never mind Harry, I'm to happy to talk to you." And with another smiled at her bother she ran up to her room and fell asleep.
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