Hello everyone! I hope this chapter is OK. I dedicate this chapter to Miriamimus...sorry for being so grumpy...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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The whole crowd watched in awe Harry's head and the Bludger collided. Ginny, now completely stationary up in the air, gasped as he fell of his broom. Beside her, Dean also froze in the air and started chuckling. He didn't even try and be discreet about him. Ginny scowled at him.
"What are you laughing at?" she snapped. "It's not funny!"
"Just look at him!" said Dean, pointing at Harry, who was now falling down towards the ground of the Quidditch pitch. "Stupid berk!"
"No, he's not!" Ginny insisted, indignantly. "How is he a berk? Mclaggen beat a Bludger straight at him!"
Dean stopped laughing abruptly, shocked at Ginny's tone.
"Ginny, calm down! Why do you care so much?"
"Because...Harry's my friend!"
"So? Harry's my friend!"
"Yeah? Some friend you are."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, are you that stupid that you can't work it out for yourself?"
Dean was so shocked at this that he nearly fell off his broom.
"I'm saying," Ginny continued, in the same fierce tone. "Harry could be really hurt now, and all you can do is watch and laugh! Yeah, you're a really good "friend", Dean!"
She flew away and left Dean, looking bemused.
As the day went on, Ginny was in a foul mood. Even fouler than usual, especially with Dean. She could not be bothered to go back to Gryffindor Tower and change, so instead she lingered in the corridor by the Quidditch pitch, while victorious Hufflepuffs walked past her and gave her smug looks. But she did not care.
She stayed in that corridor for two hours without moving. The corridor had been deserted for about an hour and a half, but suddenly she heard footsteps around the corner. She didn't bother to turn around and see who it was, but she soon felt someone put their hands across her eyes and whisper in her ear, "Guess who?"
"Hi, Dean," she said, flatly.
"Hi!" Dean said, removing his hands from her face. "I've been looking for you everywhere. Why are you looking so sad?"
"We lost, Dean."
"Yeah, but it's not the end of the world."
Ginny rolled her eyes and turned her back to him, her arms folded. Dean took hold of her wrists and turned her back around.
"Look," he said. "I'm sorry for laughing at Harry."
"Why are you saying sorry to me? It's Harry you should be apologizing to."
"OK, but I am sorry. I should have been more considerate."
Because she didn't say anything in reply, Dean thought that she had calmed down a bit. So he started to kiss her. Ginny, at first, merely refused to respond. But then, she pushed him away.
"Dean, don't," she said, and walked away. Dean, feeling hurt, wondered whether he should go after her. But he then realised that this would be a recipe for disaster. So, he made his way back up to Gryffindor Tower. What was up with Ginny these days? She couldn't have just walked away for no reason. Had he done something?
When he got back to the common room, he saw Seamus talking to Parvati by the fire. Dean went over to them.
"Seamus?" he started. "Can I asked you a personal question?"
Seamus, obviously taken aback, edged slightly away from Dean on the sofa.
"It depends how personal," he answered. Dean edged slightly closer to Seamus.
"Do I have bad breath?" he whispered.
"I'm really not comfortable with you being this close to me!" Seamus replied.
"No, Seamus, seriously. Do I ever have bad breath?"
"Seamus shook his head. "No, not that I know of. Why?"
"No reason. It's just that, Ginny..."
"Did Ginny say you had bad breath?" Seamus asked, trying not to laugh.
"No!" Dean insisted. "No, it's not that! It's just, well, I tried to kiss her just now and pushed me away."
"Oh," Seamus said. "Well, I don't know why that is, mate, but you don't have bad breath."
"So am I just a bad kisser, then?"
Seamus edged away even more.
"How am I supposed to know!?" he asked, in horror. "Seriously, Dean! I'm running out of sofa room here!"
"Sorry," Dean said, coming to his senses. "Sorry. I need to go." He departed from the room and made his way up the boys' staircase.
"Oh, poor Dean!" Parvati said, a solemn expression on his face.
"Poor Dean?" Seamsu asked. "Why?"
"Well, I hate to be the one that says it, but if a girl pushes her boyfriend away when he tries to kiss her, then it usually means that she likes someone else."
Seamus took a moment to digest this. "Really?" he asked, finally.
"Well, yeah."
"Are you sure Ginny wasn't just in a bad mood? I mean, we did just lose the Quidditch match."
"Seamus, it's Ginny. If she was simply in a bad mood, she wouldn't let Dean near enough to try and kiss her in the first place."
"True. So, do you want to break it to Dean?"
"What? No! It's just a theory! I mean, that is what usually what happens, but I'm not certain! But it is very likely."
"So, why don't you ask Ginny if she likes someone else? And if she does, who is it?"
"Ginny's a closed book. The only person she confides in is Hermione."
"So, why don't you ask Hermione?"
"No! Ginny obviously wants to keep it a secret if she only told Hermione!"
"Your're really nice, Parvati," said Seamus, in amazement. "Too nice."
"Thanks, I think. So, why don't you ask Hermione or Ginny?"
"No way! I'm no good with this girl stuff! You're the girl! You do it!"
"I just said! I'm not doing it!"
"OK, fine! Neither of us will do it!"
"Fine! I could be wrong anyway."
"Oh, come on, Parvati. We both know that you are never wrong about these kind of things!"
"Yeah, that's true. Oh well, it's none of our business."
Whilst, Parvati and Seamus were having this debate, Hermione and Ginny were talking in Ginny's dormitory. Ginny had just told Hermione what had happened with Dean.
"Ginny," Hermione said, sternly. "This has gone far enough. I daresay that Dean is in his dormitory right now feeling very confused. You have got to end it with him. It's not fair to him, and it's not fair to you either. You deserve to be with the person you love. It makes no sense to be with someone who you only like a little bit. You've got to break up with Dena, Ginny."
Ginny was silent for about five minutes, and then she said:
"You know, I know that all you're saying is true, but it's so much easier said than done. Can't I just wait till he dumps me?"
"And when will that be? I don't think that will be happening any time soon. Ginny, you've got to do it really soon. You're getting fed up, and just take it from me: Do not hint. The more you hint that you want to be over, the more he will cling on. You've got to do it quickly."
Ginny didn't say anything, she merely took in all that Hermione was saying. She knew that Hermione was absolutely right (as per usual), but how was she to do it?
"OK, Hermione," Ginny said, suddenly. "I'm going to do it. At least, in the next two days. I will break up with Dean."
But Ginny still had doubts. What would she do if Dean saw it coming and just clung on even tighter. Well, if he acted like that, then she'll just have to be extremely blunt, and she did not want to put Dean throught that. As annoying as he was, he didn't deserve it. So, Hermione and Ginny sat there and brooded over the best way to break Dean's heart as gently as possible.