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A/N: Thanks to all the people who revewed. It helps, knowing people like your writing. Hey, I have a question for you readers. Do you think I should change the name of the charicters, and post this in the original fics area? Or do you think thats pretty stupid. Just asking. Oh, in the reveiws. Something bothered me. One of the reveiwers, Emily, said wizard people can't have cancer. Yes they can. Thery're people just like you and I. Its not like being a wizard of witch is going to stop them from getting AIDS or cancer or something like that. Don't you agree? I think so. Anyway, Ginnys starting to lose weight, starting to get the side effects. I certanly hope I'm doing this okay. Please tell me if you think I'm not. Also, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me. I promise, I'm 13 years old. I'm not going to kill you if you give me your e-mail address. Anyway, happy reading!
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Draco sat in Care of Magical Creatures the following morning. He wondered how Ginny was feeling. She seemed a little depressed yesterday. He saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione walk in. He decided to take his chances and ask. "Weasley!" he called.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron asked.
Draco walked over there. "How's your sister?" he asked quietly. He could tell instantly that stunned Ron. Ron looked at him with slited eyes for a moment.
"Where did you here that?" he asked very slowly after a few miniutes.
"She told me, okay." Draco said
"She told you!" Ron burst out. "I refuse to beleive that. I refuse it. Why in the world would she tell you?"
"Because I'm daiting her, Weasley!" Draco said. "She's my girlfriend. Is that so hard to beleive?" Draco was now aware that everyone was staring at them.
"Why in the world would she date you?" Ron said "Your a Malfoy." He spat the name.
"Why would she date me?" Draco said "Because she wants to. I'm not going to do anything to her. Its not like I'm going to hand her over to the Dark Lord when I'm not even a Death Eater! I'm not like my father. I'm way different than him! People change, Weasley. And I'm one of them. I've changed, beleive it or not."
"Its a little hard to beleive it when 2 months ago, you were threating us on the Hogwarts Express." Ron said. "Whats the matter? Gone soft? And no, I don't beleive you."
"Just tell me how she is!" Draco yelled in Ron's face.
"She's dying, Malfoy! Thats how she is!" Ron yelled back. "She dying!"
"I knew that." Draco said quietly. "You don't have to rub that in, you know."
Ron sighed. "From what I saw of her this morning at breakfast, she's okay. She's scared, but okay."
"Thats all I wanted to know from the start." Draco said. "Thanks."
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Ginny sat in Potions last hour thinking to herself. 'Exactly how am I going to tell Margot. She doesn't take stuff okay. She freaks.' She glanced over at her side. Margot was busy writing notes. She for some reason loved Potions. She didn't think much of Professor Snape, but she enjoyed it. Margot thought she was insane. ' Maybe she's right, I'm insane.'
Ginny's potions was far to runny. She was having a hard time keeping her mind on what she was supposed to do. She was surprised she hadn't blown up the room yet. Snape seemed to have noticed her wandering mind, she thought. He kept glancing over at her. Dumbledore must have told the teachers. He hadn't given her detention yet, which was amazing. She finnaly raised her hand. "Yes Miss. Weasley?" Snape asked.
"May I go to the hospital wing?" Ginny asked. She wasn't feeling to well.
"You may." Snape answered. Ginny wondered if he felt sorry for her. Probley not. She didn't want him to. She didn't want anyone to. She just wanted to live a normal life. She walked to the hospital wing. "Madam Pomfrey?" she asked
"Miss. Weasley." Madam Pomfrey answered. "What do you need?"
"An asprin of some kind. I've gotten myself a headache and its killing me." Ginny said.
"Here you go dear." Madam Pomfrey said. "Need anything else?"
"No." Ginny said. "You know what I think we need in this school?" she asked her suddenly
"What?" Madam Pomfrey asked.
"I think we need a counsler. I have alot of stuff on my mind that I need to talk to someone about, and I can't tell them to my friends, and if I don't get them out, I'm going to explode." Ginny said.
"Well," Madam Pomfrey said "You can always talk to Professor McGonagall. She's been around a long time. She'll know what your talking about."
"How long has Professor McGonagall been at this school?" Ginny asked.
"She's been here over thirty years. She's seventy. Though, don't tell her I told you that."
Ginny smiled. "I won't. Maybe I should. Though I don't think the cancer part of it she'll understand, but I can always try. I better be going. Almost bell time."
"Bye Miss. Weasley. " Madam Pomfrey said. "I hope you get to feeling better."
"I will." Ginny said. "Thanks."
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Draco was walking down a corridor when he spotted Ginny. He walked up behind her and grabbed her arm. She jumped. "Draco what..?" she started. He silenced her and pulled her into an empy classroom. "Draco!" Ginny cried. "What is the matter with you?"
"I need to talk to you." Draco said. "Your brother knows, Ginny."
"About what?" Ginny said. "About the cancer? Of course he knows."
"No," Draco said. "About us The whole Care of Magical Creatures class knows."
Ginny stared. She and Draco had been trying to keep this a secret. They knew no one from either house would agree with it. "How did he find out?" she asked
"I told him." Draco said. "I had to. Beleive me. I'm just warning you in case he's not to happy of a camper tonight around you."
"I'll deal with him." Ginny said. "Don't worry about it. It doesn't matter to me if he knows or not. Does it bother you?"
"No." Draco said. "I'm just afraid he'll tell you parents and they'll make us break up."
"They won't." Ginny said "I promise. But Draco, how are the people in your house going to react. Gryiffindors a little more understand than Slyitherin, I'm sure."
"I'll be okay." Draco said. "They can't hurt me. Sure they can tell their parents etc... But they can't hurt me. The only one I'm afraid of is my father."
"He can't hurt you Draco." Ginny said. "I'll make sure of it. If its the last thing I do."
"You'd better go. People will be wondeing where we are." Draco said.
"Yeah. I've got to go find Margot. I've still got to tell her." Ginny said. Draco leaned down, gave her a quick kiss. Then they left.
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"Margot?" Ginny said, when she walked into the dorm. "Are you in here?"
"Right here." Margot said from her bed. "Whats up?"
"I've got to tell you something. But first, you must promise you won't freak out." Ginny said.
"I promise." Margot said. "Tell me."
Ginny took a deep breath. "Margot, I have cancer."
Margot didn't react like Ginny thought she would. She just sat there. "You have cancer?" she said very slowly. She looked rather pale.
"Yes." Ginny said.
"Are you going to die?" Margot asked.
"Probley." Ginny said very quietly. "Yes, I'm pretty sure I will."
"You're not." Margot said. "I can feel it."
"All I'm gonna do is pray." Ginny said. "Thats just about the only thing I can do. Draco says the same."
"Draco?" Margot said
"My boyfriend." Ginny said.
"Draco Malfoy?" Margot asked "Your daiting him? Gin, he hates your family!"
"You would too if thats all you've ever been brought up to know!" Ginny said." Its not his fault. His father forced him. If he didn't obey, he got abused."
"Kinda harsh, huh?" Margot said. "Poor guy."
"Yeah," Ginny said. "So who are you daiting?"
"Well," Margot started, blushng a bit. "You know that Hufflepuff?" Ginny nodded "Well, he asked me out. He's really cute, Ginny. He's got this light brown hair, light green eyes, and a really good smile. He's really nice too."
"Sounds like a winner." Ginny said. "Well, I better go see mine. I'll see you tonight okay?"
"Okay." Margot said.
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Ron found Ginny before Draco could though. "Ginny," he said "We need to talk."
"About what, Ron?" Ginny said
"You daiting Malfoy!" Ron burst out. "He's a git, Ginny! Our familys have hated each other for centiures! We're enemies, Ginny. We hate each other. The whole family is rotten."
"Thats where your wrong, Ron." Ginny said. "Draco's mothers not rotten. She almost gave her life for him. When his father comes home drunk as a sailor, she get all the blame for everything. She stands up for him. Don't you see, the only reason people don't like her is because she's a Malfoy. Same goes for Draco."
"No," Ron said "We don't like him because he's a stupid git. All he's ever done to us is put our family down!"
"That because he had to Ron!" Ginny yelled. "His father abused him if he didn't. Its all he's ever known. All we've ever know is the good side. Hating Malfoy's. All he's ever known is the Dark Arts. Hating Weasleys and Potters and muggle borns etc... Don't take it out on him! He sees you the same way you see him. A jerk and a git. And if your going to stand there, and tell me you've never tried to set him up, or teased him, or something like that, then you're no better than you think he is!"
There was silence between them. Then Ginny spoke. "Look, I'm sorry I yelled. I'm not in the mood to fight. I'm really not. All I want to do is see my boyfriend and go to bed. Not with him. I don't need this. Please Ron, don't give me a hard time."
Ron stood there for a moment, then finally said, "I understand what your saying, Ginny. But... I'm just worried about you. With you having cancer and all. It just worries me that I can't trust him. Nobody can. Not even you."
"But we can give him a second chance can't we?" Ginny said.
"You can." Ron said. "I won't."
"Please Ron, I promise--" Ginny started
"No." Ron said shortly. "I'm not making friends with him. He's a git, and that is that." And he walked away.
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Ginny stood on a scale. She looked at the weighet and sighed. She was once 115 pounds, not bad for a 14 year old, now she was down to 109. There was a knock on the door. "Come in." she called.
Draco walked in. "Hey." he said. "What are you doing?"
"Weighing myself." Ginny said. "I'm losing, Draco. Couple more and I'll be a stick."
"No you won't." Draco said. "But you don't need to be losing weight."
"Its not my fault!" Ginny said. "Its not like I'm trying to. " She sighed again. "Lets sit down."
She moved over to the bed and sat on it. Draco sat beside her and took her hand. She looked up into his eyes. They weren't at all like Harry's. His were bright and green. Always looking happy. Draco's were soft and grey. Not cold like they used to be. Looking someone who needed love. She had always longed for Harry. But he couldn't possibly make her feel as warm and comfy as she did when she was around Draco. "Draco," Ginny said "I have a question."
"Yes?" Draco answered softly
"Why didn't you join the Death Eaters?" Ginny asked
Draco sighed. "I was wondering if you were ever going to ask me that." he said. "Well, my father took me to one of the meetings. At first I thought it was awesome. I thought the Dark Lord was kind, or as kind as he could be, to his followers. But I was dead wrong. I saw him torture a Death Eater because he didn't do something the Dark Lord wanted. It was too much. So the next time my father wanted me to join him, I told him I was sick. I don't know what I'll do next time. I can't be sick all the time. He'll suspect something."
"I don't blame you." Ginny said. "I wouldn't have joined either. But hey, we don't need the Dark Lord do we? We've got each other, right?"
"Thats right." Draco said, kissing her cheek. "So, how did your bro take it? Us daiting, I mean."
"Not so well." Ginny said. "He'll probley tell Mum and Dad, then the'll worry about me getting pregnant. Not that I could at this point. But the'll worry anyway. I can understand. It's so different then when they grew up, isn't it?"
"Yep." Draco said. "It is. That long ago, sure people were thinking about it, but not many people did it."
"True." Ginny said. "I'm waiting till I'm married. If I ever reach that age." she added quietly.
"You will." Draco said. "I'll arange that. I promise. Now, enough talking, you my dear, need to sleep. I'll see you at breakfast in the morning."
"Okay." Ginny said. "I wait with baited breath." She smiled. Draco leaned down, kissed her lightly, then left the room. As he closed the door, Ginny thought.' I don't care what Ron thinks. I'm very lucky to have a man like Draco. I just hope I'm around long enough to marry that man.'
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Okay, so, did the story bite? DId you like the ending. Yes, there will be more chapters. I'm thinking about 12 in all. Maybe I'll get lots of revews by then. Please do reccomend me to your friends or in other reveiws. I do think the story is okay. Also, do you think I should keep the Ginny/Draco romance? Also, should I kill off Ginny? I've got a sequel planned in both cases. I"m still deciding wether she's going to die or not. Anyway, please reveiw and tell me what you think. Have questions? E-mail me at sphinx_1187@hotmail.com