Disclaimer: I am not the genius author who made up these characters in my story, they are, JK Rowling's!
Summary: Chapter 4 to Only the Lonely, Ginny finds
something out about her friend that will change their relationship forever.
Chapter 4 He hates me, She hates me
"Drink it!
Or I'll make you!"
Ginny
gasped and screamed, "JULIA!?! What are you DOING?!?" Julia had Ron held
up by his collar and she was forcing a cup into his mouth. Julia dropped the cup and Ron who fell to
the floor. "Ginny! Uh…er…I was just…"
"You were
just trying to pressure my brother with some sort of drink, that's what you
were doing!" exclaimed Ginny. Ron sat
there on the floor staring from Ginny to Julia like it was a tennis match. "Woah,
weren't you just a veela?" asked Ron to Julia.
Julia
laughed heartidly, "A veela? Ron, what were you thinking? I am definitely not a
veela, I mean, look at me!" She looked a Ginny and laughed. Ginny didn't laugh back. She had an angry look on her face.
"Julia,
tell me the truth. What were you doing
to my brother, Ron?"
"Ginny, I
told you, I wasn't doing anything."
"Ron, what
did she do to you?" Suddenly, Julia ran
to the door and ran down the staircase. Ginny chased her while yelling, "Catch that girl and don't let her out
of this room!!!!!" Harry stared at the
scene that he saw when all of a sudden Julia and Ginny crashed right into his
lap. His chair toppled over and they
all landed in a very awkward position. (And I mean awkward when I say it.)
"Ginny,
what are you doing?" asked Harry.
"Don't let
her get out…" gasped Ginny. He grabbed
Julia's hand. She seemed to be knocked unconscious. He and Ginny seemed that they didn't know what to do with her for
a couple of seconds when Ginny finally came to her senses. "Harry! It's her, it's her who bewitched
Ron, c'mon…"
"What? But this is your best
friend, why would she do that?" asked a puzzled Harry.
"Just,
c'mon, help me drag her to a more private place, if you know what I mean,"
hinted Ginny, staring at everyone who was looking at them.
Harry
couldn't help but laugh as he heard her say, "help me drag her…"
"Drag her?
Okay, let's drag her somewhere."
"Oh shutup
you git, you know what I mean!" Ginny said with a wry smile.
They both
dragged her, Harry at her head, Ginny at her feet, to Harry's room, since it
was more private, being his own dorm and everything. Ginny began to talk outloud to her self, trying to put the pieces
together. "Julia was a veela when Ron
kissed her, but when I saw her, she wasn't. She was forcing him to drink something…but what?" She sat on Harry's bed
and thought for a while and thought everything out. Harry looked at her quizzically and didn't know what to do. After awhile, Ginny began mumbling something
that Harry couldn't quite get out. "Love potion…drink … bewitch…I GOT IT!
HARRY! I GOT IT!" burst out Ginny.
"What? What
do you get?"
"Harry,
listen. Julia somehow probably put some
sort of spell on her to bewitch her to be a veela while she was at the dance
with Ron. And you said that Ron said
that she offered him a drink? Well,
earlier that day we were in Snape's class and he taught us how to make love
potions…well, she must've made some of that or something and gave that drink to
RON! And that's why he kissed her! And when I walked into Ron's room, she was
trying to force him to drink it! Do you get it Harry?"
"Yeah, I
get it, but why would she want to do that? Does she like him or something?"
asked Harry.
"Oh, I
never thought about that … I guess she does. Oh my! I never knew this… oh gosh, this is terrible! What am I to do?"
Ginny started freaking out.
"Ginny,
come on, it's okay, we'll figure something out. We should go to Hermione first." They hid Julia in Harry's closet and locked the door and headed toward
Hermione's room.
When they entered
her room they found her lying in her bed, eyes bloodshot. "Hermione! Guess what!" exclaimed Ginny
excitedly.
"What
Ginny. What is it?" droned Hermione. (Not enthusiastically, may I add.)
"Ron didn't
cheat on you!"
Hermione
started laughing rather hard, and she wouldn't stop. She didn't stop until she rolled on the floor and her stomach
hurt. Harry looked at Ginny with a
puzzled face and said, "Uh, Hermione? Are you okay?"
"Did you
hear Ginny? What she said? Ron didn't
cheat on me? Doesn't she listen? Ron
kissed another girl and she says that Ron didn't cheat on me. What a stupid
little girl."
With this,
Ginny's eyes filled up with tears and she looked away. Harry was surprised that Hermione would say
something like that. "Hermione, what
the hell is wrong with you? Ginny is telling the truth! Ron did not cheat on
you."
"Yeah, and
there really is a toothfairy. C'mon
Harry, get real."
"Maybe Ron
was tricked into drinking a love potion? Hm…every think of that?" said Harry,
who was rather angry with Hermione by now.
Hermione
stayed quiet for a while. Harry turned
towards Ginny who was crying silently and gave her a quite long hug. He whispered in her ear, "Ginny, you know
that Hermione didn't mean all of that. She's just under a lot of stress now, you know?"
Ginny
nodded and wiped away her tears. But
she went back into a hug with Harry. He
was rather quite enjoying this. But
after a while, he pulled away and said to her, "Maybe we should save this for
later. Let's tell Hermione what really
happened."
They told
her the whole story while she listened wide-eyed. After all of that, she said,
"Oh my god! What have I done? I totally yelled at Ron and he did absolutely
nothing! He must hate me! What have I done?!"
"Hermione,
it's okay, I'll go talk to him," said Harry. He left the room for Ginny to comfort Hermione. He didn't want to deal with that. (sorry,
just had to say that! :-P)
Harry
entered the boy's dormitory and went over to where Ron sat.
"This isn't
exactly comfortable, Ron, why are you on this floor?" said Harry while finding
a seat next to him.
"I was just
thinking. Now I know how it feels for a
younger girl to like you. Gee Harry,
I'm real sorry about Ginny liking you and all. "
Harry
didn't know what to say. "Oh, uh, it's
quite alright. I mean, it's not like I
hate her or anything. She was quite fun
this evening. "
Ron looked
up at Harry. "Is Hermione still mad at
me?"
"Oh no,
we've worked that all out. We told her
the whole story. But she thinks that you
are mad at her."
"What? How
could she think that?"
"Well she
said that she yelled at you and everything. "
"Yeah, but
that doesn't mean that I hate her or anything."
Harry
sighed and said, "Well Ron, I guess this is your chance to tell her that."
There stood
Hermione, cleaned up and refreshed, standing in front of Ron and Harry. Harry stood up and walked up to Ginny, and
put his arm around her. Ron stood up
with a sheepish grin on his face and kissed her. Hermione started crying happy tears and kissed back. Harry and Ginny silently walked out of the
room into the common room. "Well Ginny,
I guess our work is done here, what do you say we go get butterbeer and snuggle
up by the fire?" said Harry.
"Sure
Harry, that sounds great." Ginny said.
And with
that, they walked hand and hand out of the common room.
Hey everyone,
I'm sorry
if you are disappointed by this ending. It was my very first fanfic and I guess I kinda suck at endings. Oh well. But I hope you enjoyed reading it! Please review because I love reading them. :-D You guys are great!