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Warning: um...bit of cursing but that's basically it

Chapter 10: I'm Only a Lil' Black Raincloud

Ginny heard her brother tell her mother about their guest and rolled her eyes.

"That foul, narcissist git? What's he doing here?" she asked herself as she went down the stairs to greet him, as any Weasley would do.

Today she had taken a break from visiting Draco since he did have the company of Harry now and though it had only been a week and they were still on rough terms but she found that when she left them alone for a day or so they'd be able to sort out their differences.

Last night, Harry had refused to come down to dinner and Ginny had to face Draco's temper tantrum as he wondered why he wouldn't listen to him. A rather horrid brawl had been brought out between them and Ginny left, ready to return in a day or two.

She made it down the stairs and saw that Oliver was still, as he always had been, gorgeous. His long, dirty blonde hair was cut accordingly to the Quittich rules and flopped gently over the top of his head but did not make it past his temple.

"Good day, Mr. Wood, what brings you to our humble household?" she heard her mother ask.

Oliver smirked a smirk that did not make Ginny feel more at ease with him here.

"I'm here to see Harry Potter, could you tell me where he is?" the git asked her mother then looked around to Ron then her when Mrs. Weasley couldn't answer. Ron piped up after a moment.

"Well, Gin told us that he's decided to take a bit of a vacation. Don't know when he'll be back though, right Gin?"

Ginny nodded. "That's correct, I'm sorry but you won't find him here." She crossed her arms and looked at him evenly with the hope that he would leave.

To her pleasure, and mild curiousity, he looked crestfallen as he was delivered this news but then that grin came back to his lips. "Well then his room is empty for now is it not?" he asked. Ginny was afraid he'd think that. He'd never been very smart before, but it appeared that he did have a small thought process that he could depend on.

"That's right," her mum replied, then smiled, "Oh of course, dear, if you would like to stay with us while you wait you'd be more than welcome to!" Ginny gagged then interrupted.

"He can stay in my room however, and I'll stay in Harry's. Harry has some personal effects he'd rather not let strangers see."

Oliver looked at her a fleeting look of annoyance on his face but he plastered on a fake smile. "But of course, that would work out fine." Ginny could tell she'd be in a bit of trouble with the Quittich player.

Oliver had apparently bought some meat at the butchers and he gave it to the Weasley's for his gratitude, though it might have only been Ginny that realized he'd be the one that ate most of it.

When dinner came around, Oliver had asked an awful lot about Harry. Was he dating anyone? Where did he go on vacation? Has he written any letters since he left? It didn't surprise her that Ginny was the only one he really asked questions about but she answered as cool and calm as possible usually with an "I don't know."

At dinner, Ron was shocked to see he had competition for who could eat more. Of course, Ron won because he had an endless stomach of doom, as Ginny liked to call it, and though Oliver may be big he didn't have the metabolism that Ron had.

By the time bed was called for, they all said goodnight and went to their respective rooms. Ginny had just finished dressing when a knock came to her door, or more a less Harry's door.

She opened it and saw Oliver standing in the doorway with a letter in his hand and an owl, Hedwig, sitting on his shoulder eating a bit of bread that he'd given the bird.

"I suspect this is for you," he said, holding it out to her. Ginny was about to take it when he pulled his hand back. "Are you sure you don't know exactly where Harry is?" he asked, very suspiciously looking at her through narrowed eyes.

"Positive," she said, reaching out and grabbing the letter. Hedwig had finished her treat and flew over to her shoulder. Once again bidding him goodnight, she shut the door in his face and looked at the letter.

Unsurprisingly, the letter had been opened, and by who she could guess rather clearly. She thanked the stars that they had decided to use code names when talking to each other. They wouldn't say that Draco was Draco, instead he'd be called "The Beast." Harry would be called "Emerald" and Ginny could bloody well be just "Ginny" being she didn't need to be kept hidden. She opened the letter and scanned its content:

Ginny-

WHY THE BLOODY HELL WEREN'T YOU HERE TODAY?! You know what I had to deal with? The Beast has the most horrifying temper tantrums I've ever seen, and being best friends with Ron, I've seen some pretty bad ones. He was still pissed off at me for not going to dinner, but I felt that if I would eat anything I would throw up. I'm just so homesick; I wish I could just come back to my room and sleep.


But it's weird. Even though I wish I could go back, don't tell this to The Beast, but I kind of like it here. When he isn't on my case about certain things or when he isn't moody, he's really sort of…I hate to admit this, but nice. However, this gives you not a scrap of excuse for not coming tomorrow.

There were some erase marks of an ending and written over it was some more text.

Holy shit! I was just about to send this letter when The Beast came in and, very grudgingly still, apologized! I didn't know he was able to; I thought he was too damn stubborn. Maybe that's change in the air I smell?

I still want to know why he is the way he is though. Neither of you will tell me! I think I will die out of curiosity. Of course, neither of you care about MY wellbeing about dying since you won't tell me. After this, I shall pout quite a bit.

So come tomorrow…and bring something to eat, I'm tired of these stupid peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that he insists on eating.

-Emerald

Ginny smiled momentarily at the letter then frowned. Could Oliver have figured out what was going on? Or perhaps where Harry was?

She got a new piece of paper and wrote a short reply back, stating that she would indeed be there tomorrow and not to worry.

She went to sleep after sending Hedwig off; setting her alarm so she could go early.

A/N- Well it looks like last chapter was a good one! There were no questions O.O So I'll just reply to your reviews anyway. this chapter might be a wee bit confusing, I'll admit.

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