AN: Okay here's the second part, which will honestly only make you more confused (or so I hope!). I couldn't name all the faithful reviewers 0=) (so sorry!) the other penname went haywire. So I put this story on to my account =) Besides, I'm taking this story into my own hands (hee hee!) Please review – next time I'll be able to get the thank you section up!

Cynical Soul Chapter 2: Celina's Trick

Her hands felt oddly cold against her lukewarm forehead. Ginny moaned inwardly, tossing her head on the stiff pillow. She didn't feel nausea or anything, just frustrated: Ginny couldn't separate her eyebrows or relax her boiling forehead. It was another migraine.

Through her blurry eyes she sensed a fair-haired girl loitering around, looking (as usual) immersed in thought. On a chair was Celina's coat, but she obviously got bored of leaning on her chin and examining the hospital wing from a sitting view; Celina apparently wanted to get a closer look by standing.

Celina was the type of girl that knew how to read between the lines, though you wouldn't have a way of telling unless you knew her well. You either thought Celina was boring or wonderful. Her flaxen hair was naturally stick straight, which (Ginny thought grudgingly) clashed beautifully with her pastel skin. No one could ever read her cloudy, hazel eyes, as if she were a secret locked up. At all times had a tint of sweet smile in the corners of her mouth and a mauve color in her cheeks.

But now Celina was different. She still looked compassionate and her eyes were nonetheless elsewhere. The only change taking place was her smile, or to be more precise, the lack of one. Despite Celina's hidden feelings, you could tell she was melancholy.

She saw Ginny and sighed. Celina now looked more disappointed, which broke Ginny's heart. Expecting a couple of short sentences on imploring Ginny to let her in on the cause of this anger was or perhaps losing House points, Ginny heard Celina simply say,

"You shouldn't have been so mean to Draco."

Draco, Ginny thought flatly then hysterically, Draco?!

Ginny heard her neck crack painfully as she studied Celina upside down to get a better look.

"And since when are you on first name terms with Malfoy?" Ginny couldn't keep her voice soft any longer. "If you were there, you'd understand, okay?" Ginny put a hand to her forehead and shook it.

Sitting down, Celina listened to her gently, and once again Ginny expected her to ask something like, "Well, what happened there?" or "What did he say to you, Ginny?"

But Celina stood there, just studying her blankly.

"What are you going to tell me next that I shouldn't have been so mean to Hermione?" Ginny asked brutally.

No answer.

"Or Kerri?"

Celina's lips were still pursed.

"Or" This time Celina cut in Ginny's sentence.

"Yourself?"

Ginny stopped. Was she mean to herself? She saw Celina hold out her hand.

"Come on," Celina nodded to the door. "Lets go." Ginny gave a quizzical look. Was she kidding around? Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let her out in a million years.

"And how are we gonna do that?" Ginny interrogated. Celina's smile widened faintly and she looked back to the door.

Draco now had his wand and tapped it against the doorframe of the hospital wing. He checked out Celina, reminding Ginny all too much of Harry. Celina faced Ginny again looking slightly frustrated.

"Draco kind of locked Madam Pomfrey up in her office," Celina explained. Ginny was shocked; she never knew this side of Celina. Perhaps it was because of "Draco"?

"Along with some Distracting Potion," Draco drawled in an assuring type of tone.

Ginny checked to make sure she had her robes on and hopped out of bed. Ginny quickly ran a hand through her tangled hair and followed Celina towards "Draco".

"So were are we going?" Ginny asked her friend.

Celina looked back before answering, "Nowhere. The only place we're going is out of here so Draco can-" she cleared her throat significantly "-apologize."

Draco cleared his throat to mock Celina.

"Very funny." Draco looked back at Ginny. "We-" he indicated with hand gestures that "we" was him and Celina "-are going to find a closet to snog in." Celina swung around looking thoroughly ticked off.

"We-" she demanded, poking him in the chest with her index finger. Celina didn't have to raise her voice to get the point across to Draco. "-are going nowhere." A moment later she ordered to Draco, "Apologize."

Ginny rolled her eyes and turned away from them, hopelessly. He was never going to apologize to her and if he did, he wouldn't mean it. Not that she cared. What Ginny wanted to do was fade away from her life. Now that Harry already ruined it.

Ginny pushed her forehead up against a nearby window staring outside, tuning out of their conversation.

"What?" Draco whined, annoyed. "I want to snog with you, is that such a crime?"

"One: Kindly consider my marital status. Two: you know that's not what I meant. Apologize to Ginny."

"What's your marital status?" Celina covered her face and groaned. "Come on, I'm trying to avoid Pansy." Celina immediately stopped scowling and faced Draco bright-eyed. Draco looked at her with a dead expression, as if saying, you wouldn't dare…

They twisted sharply to face Ginny. Her head rested on the window and her eyes were glazed over, giving away the fact away that she was staring into absolute nothingness. She looked as if she were in History of Magic, listening to Professor Binns drone on.

 Celina faced Draco with a sly grin spread across her face. As if reading his mind, she mouthed,

"Why not?"

Draco put a hand to his forehead, covering his view of Celina.

"THERE YOU ARE!" McGonagall stormed down the hallway, looking dangerous as ever.

Ginny and Draco whipped around. The same thought filled their heads simultaneously: Where's Celina?

She was out of sight; vanished; away; missing…gone. For a first time, their eyes met. McGonagall tore them apart with her roaring.

"I DON'T WANT AN EXPLANATION! THAT'S IT – I'VE HAD IT WAY PAST MY LIMIT MISS WEASLEY…" Steam practically pored out of the Professor's flared nostrils. Ginny bravely met her gaze. This only made McGonagall more annoyed.

"DETENTION!" She whipped around and saw Draco. "BOTH OF YOU!"

Draco started to retort when –

"I DON'T CARE! YOUR WHOLE EXPLANATION IS JUST GOING TO BE BULLSHIT!" Professor McGonagall made a bunch of sharp hand gestures. "Go back to your common room!" She snapped at Draco. "Come with me Miss Weasley…" She growled.

She looked back at Draco as he hopelessly wandered around the corner. Where was Celina? None of it made any sense…she was too dizzy at the thought of seeing Harry.

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AN: In case you didn't read the authors note at the top (tut, tut) I couldn't do a thank you section because something went wrong with the other penname and it was (I think) deleted. Anyway, you gotta review because I don't just want the motivation, I need the motivation from you reviewers! Thanks so much!