"Compressed"
He walked into the Great Hall, and Ginny's eyes locked on him like she couldn't possibly tear her eyes away from him. She couldn't understand her reaction, never had, but she was undeniably attracted to him in a way that was almost certainly unhealthy for her.
"…nny? Ginny? Hello?" Hermione's voice jarred into her thoughts, broke her out of her reverie of Draco Malfoy. "Are you alright? You're not eating…" Hermione's voice trailed off uncertainly.
Ginny blinked a few times, and then obligingly picked up her fork and began eating her eggs. She smiled at Hermione to show she was just fine, but Hermione only worriedly frowned at her and Ginny looked away with a sigh. Absently, Ginny found herself studying Draco again, mapping out the contours of his figure at the Slytherin dining table.
It was the way he made her feel – that unsettled yet oddly elated at the same time at the very sight of him. Ginny savored the fluttering of her heart, so fast that sometimes she thought it would sprout wings. Her heart squeezed, wrapped around itself, compressed in ways that made her heart jump and she almost laughed from the feeling. She went through her day in a daze, only thinking of the next time she would see him. it was even hard to concentrate on Quidditch games anymore, and she was nearly heartbroken he was Seeker, because she didn't see much of him from her high-speed Chaser position.
She watched for him every morning, saw him leave the Quidditch pitch every night. Ginny barely took note of the whispers that sprung up behind her when she passed in the hallway, but sometimes they fluttered back to her, murmurs of her name, usually with "poor" in front of it and love-struck behind it, but she dismissed them as quickly as they had reached her.
Someday, she was sure, he would feel the same way about her. She would be his world someday, as he was hers. So she was content with looking. Everything would follow soon, she was certain.
Draco sneered at her as he passed her in the hallway, his cronies two steps behind. "Get out of my way, Weasley."
Day 26, Compressed
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A/N: O.o CreepilyObsessed!Ginny. Enjoy.