Disclaimer: I still do not own Harry Potter. I never have owned Harry
Potter and I never will own Harry Potter. This is for my own enjoyment.
Ginny blinked, maybe it would change. To her own dismay she was still in the hospital wing. What was even worse is that she didn't remember coming here. The door creaked signalling someone's arrival. She craned her neck to get a look at the visitor but found she couldn't see for a curtain around her bed. She didn't have to wait long to find the identity of the mystery person as Madam Pomfrey entered the makeshift cubicle minutes later.
"What am I doing here?" Ginny managed to croak out. Her throat felt rough and speaking hurt. "You had a nasty infection." Madam Pomfrey replied, feeling Ginny's head. Predicting Ginny's next question she said, "Your dorm mates brought you up here a week and a half ago when they couldn't wake you. Good thing they did or things could be a lot worse."
"A week and a half?" Ginny said quietly in amazement, "Things could be worse. I am going to be alright though aren't I?"
"Oh yes, you're over the worst now, you should be well enough to go back to lessons after the weekend. You get some rest now; I've got to go tell the headmaster you're awake." Madam Pomfrey finished checking Ginny's temperature and left the cubicle. In the silence of the hospital wing Ginny began to think to herself. A week and a half, that's a long time, I've probably missed lots of gossip. Not to mention school; I shouldn't be missing school at the moment; I've got my N.E.W.T's at the end of the year. Ginny didn't have much time to think as Cassandra soon showed up to treat Ginny to all the gossip she had missed in an entire week of school. Most of the talk didn't interest Ginny but she listened anyway glad of the company. Cassandra left after two hours because Ginny had almost been falling asleep as she listened to her friend. Ginny fell asleep immediately into a deep dreamless sleep. It didn't take long until Ginny was allowed to leave the hospital wing as Madam Pomfrey allowed her to leave the next day, Friday, when she promised to rest over the weekend.
"Ginny, Ginny, wake up." Anne-Marie's voice called to her, "Come on, it's time for breakfast."
"Coming," Ginny mumbled sleepily. "Wait, what day is it?"
"Monday remember, they want you back in school today." Anne-Marie replied.
"OK I'll see you soon." Ginny told her friend before turning over again to sleep some more.
Ginny managed to get to breakfast on time after all but considered returning her safe-haven in bed when Cassandra informed her that she had potions for her first lesson back.
"Snape won't take it easy on you, you know?" Anne-Marie said eating her toast.
"Of course I know that. When has Snape even taken it easy on anyone?" Ginny asked.
"I guess he kinda likes the Slytherins. They don't ever get detention in his classes. What have we got after virtual hell?" Cassandra asked.
"I don't know look at your timetable," Ginny replied, "I haven't had time to learn mine yet."
"Herbology and Transfiguration this morning and a free period and Defence Against the Dark Arts this afternoon. Not too bad, eh Gin'?" Cassandra asked putting the piece of parchment in her bag. Ginny could have sworn she noticed a pattern of little hearts around Colin's name on the paper. She shook her head at her friend's sudden change of opinion about her housemate, she simply questioned, "Colin?"
"Nothing wrong with him, he's really quite cute. Come on tell me he is not anywhere near your dream guy." Ginny shook her head deliberately avoiding her friend's unspoken question yet she still caught a glance up to the staff table, to where the nearest person to her dream guy was sitting. "People round here are saying that he likes you. I might agree with them too. He visited you every night you know?"
"Actually I didn't know as I don't exactly remember much of what happened while I was unconscious." Ginny said refusing to get excited by Colin's visits, "Come on hadn't we better get to Potions?"
"Twenty points from Gryffindor. Miss Weasley you haven't answered a single question correctly all morning, you obviously have been paying little attention to your studies during you holiday," Snape whispered in his cold tone. Anne-Marie opened her mouth to protest but was stopped by a kick from Ginny.
"It'll make it worse and get you in trouble too." Ginny hissed to her friend.
"I see my warnings have little effect, detention." Snape said to the red head in front of him. No one protested the Potions master this time and the lesson continued.
"He shouldn't have done that. I mean it wasn't your fault that you missed the lessons." Anne-Marie said, "Part of me wants to go and tell someone how unfair he is."
"Not only is that the part of you that gets you in trouble, no one would listen anyway. I mean he knows what he's doing, so what if he's an arsehole." Ginny said.
"I don't want to hear language like that again Miss Weasley otherwise you will be joining me in detention and I wouldn't want that." Professor Sprout said walking into greenhouse two.
"Sorry professor," Ginny apologized sincerely.
When Professor Sprout was out of ear range Cassandra asked, "Are you trying to make Fred and George proud of you or something? That was almost two detentions in two lessons."
"Shut up, I need to know what is going on or I'm going to fail all of my N.E.W.T's and have to live as a social outcast." Ginny said with a definite edge to her voice.
"I think someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning." Cassandra teased.
"I think someone dragged someone else out of the wrong side of bed this morning." Ginny replied before turning away from her friends.
Things failed to improve throughout the rest of the day, Ginny's mood turned from bad to really bad as she discovered she was behind in every lesson. Her friends tried to reassure her that it was just a case of reading up the material when she was in a better mood but she ignored their efforts as a whole. The free period after dinner provided Ginny a welcome excuse for a nap, which she gladly took in an attempt to get some of the stress out of her system.
An hour later the 17 year old was running down the corridor towards Professor Lupin's classroom. Part of her wanted to go back to her nap but that was a small part as the rest was looking forward to the next class, taken of course by her favourite and cutest teacher.
Ginny's eyes blinked into focus. She was in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, her head was rested on the desk and her eyelids felt heavy. The last thing she remembered was a daydream game of anywhere but here, but she couldn't remember where she would rather have been.
"Ah you're awake," Lupin said coming out of his office.
"Yeah," Ginny said looking towards the voice, "Sorry… I mean I shouldn't have… I'll make it up."
"There will be no need for that, Miss Reed and Miss Roberts have already informed me of your recent behaviour after your illness. As long as it doesn't happen again I'll say nothing more about it," he informed her with a smile.
'Gotta thank Cassie and Anne-Marie later' Ginny thought to herself. Turning towards the door Ginny began to walk out, turning to her Professor she simply said, "Thanks."
"Sure, if there's anything else I can do for you just let me know." He said turning to his office.
"There is something, I was wondering if you could help me catch up with what I missed. I've been lost all day with lessons and might need a little help catching up." Ginny said quietly.
"That I can do. How about tomorrow night?" Remus asked.
"Tomorrow night? It's a date," Ginny said. Catching what she had said she corrected, "Well not a date more a place where I'm going to be meeting you. No where you're teaching me…"
"I know what you mean. If that's everything I believe it's time for dinner." Remus said holding the door open as Ginny exited.
Ginny blinked, maybe it would change. To her own dismay she was still in the hospital wing. What was even worse is that she didn't remember coming here. The door creaked signalling someone's arrival. She craned her neck to get a look at the visitor but found she couldn't see for a curtain around her bed. She didn't have to wait long to find the identity of the mystery person as Madam Pomfrey entered the makeshift cubicle minutes later.
"What am I doing here?" Ginny managed to croak out. Her throat felt rough and speaking hurt. "You had a nasty infection." Madam Pomfrey replied, feeling Ginny's head. Predicting Ginny's next question she said, "Your dorm mates brought you up here a week and a half ago when they couldn't wake you. Good thing they did or things could be a lot worse."
"A week and a half?" Ginny said quietly in amazement, "Things could be worse. I am going to be alright though aren't I?"
"Oh yes, you're over the worst now, you should be well enough to go back to lessons after the weekend. You get some rest now; I've got to go tell the headmaster you're awake." Madam Pomfrey finished checking Ginny's temperature and left the cubicle. In the silence of the hospital wing Ginny began to think to herself. A week and a half, that's a long time, I've probably missed lots of gossip. Not to mention school; I shouldn't be missing school at the moment; I've got my N.E.W.T's at the end of the year. Ginny didn't have much time to think as Cassandra soon showed up to treat Ginny to all the gossip she had missed in an entire week of school. Most of the talk didn't interest Ginny but she listened anyway glad of the company. Cassandra left after two hours because Ginny had almost been falling asleep as she listened to her friend. Ginny fell asleep immediately into a deep dreamless sleep. It didn't take long until Ginny was allowed to leave the hospital wing as Madam Pomfrey allowed her to leave the next day, Friday, when she promised to rest over the weekend.
"Ginny, Ginny, wake up." Anne-Marie's voice called to her, "Come on, it's time for breakfast."
"Coming," Ginny mumbled sleepily. "Wait, what day is it?"
"Monday remember, they want you back in school today." Anne-Marie replied.
"OK I'll see you soon." Ginny told her friend before turning over again to sleep some more.
Ginny managed to get to breakfast on time after all but considered returning her safe-haven in bed when Cassandra informed her that she had potions for her first lesson back.
"Snape won't take it easy on you, you know?" Anne-Marie said eating her toast.
"Of course I know that. When has Snape even taken it easy on anyone?" Ginny asked.
"I guess he kinda likes the Slytherins. They don't ever get detention in his classes. What have we got after virtual hell?" Cassandra asked.
"I don't know look at your timetable," Ginny replied, "I haven't had time to learn mine yet."
"Herbology and Transfiguration this morning and a free period and Defence Against the Dark Arts this afternoon. Not too bad, eh Gin'?" Cassandra asked putting the piece of parchment in her bag. Ginny could have sworn she noticed a pattern of little hearts around Colin's name on the paper. She shook her head at her friend's sudden change of opinion about her housemate, she simply questioned, "Colin?"
"Nothing wrong with him, he's really quite cute. Come on tell me he is not anywhere near your dream guy." Ginny shook her head deliberately avoiding her friend's unspoken question yet she still caught a glance up to the staff table, to where the nearest person to her dream guy was sitting. "People round here are saying that he likes you. I might agree with them too. He visited you every night you know?"
"Actually I didn't know as I don't exactly remember much of what happened while I was unconscious." Ginny said refusing to get excited by Colin's visits, "Come on hadn't we better get to Potions?"
"Twenty points from Gryffindor. Miss Weasley you haven't answered a single question correctly all morning, you obviously have been paying little attention to your studies during you holiday," Snape whispered in his cold tone. Anne-Marie opened her mouth to protest but was stopped by a kick from Ginny.
"It'll make it worse and get you in trouble too." Ginny hissed to her friend.
"I see my warnings have little effect, detention." Snape said to the red head in front of him. No one protested the Potions master this time and the lesson continued.
"He shouldn't have done that. I mean it wasn't your fault that you missed the lessons." Anne-Marie said, "Part of me wants to go and tell someone how unfair he is."
"Not only is that the part of you that gets you in trouble, no one would listen anyway. I mean he knows what he's doing, so what if he's an arsehole." Ginny said.
"I don't want to hear language like that again Miss Weasley otherwise you will be joining me in detention and I wouldn't want that." Professor Sprout said walking into greenhouse two.
"Sorry professor," Ginny apologized sincerely.
When Professor Sprout was out of ear range Cassandra asked, "Are you trying to make Fred and George proud of you or something? That was almost two detentions in two lessons."
"Shut up, I need to know what is going on or I'm going to fail all of my N.E.W.T's and have to live as a social outcast." Ginny said with a definite edge to her voice.
"I think someone got out of the wrong side of bed this morning." Cassandra teased.
"I think someone dragged someone else out of the wrong side of bed this morning." Ginny replied before turning away from her friends.
Things failed to improve throughout the rest of the day, Ginny's mood turned from bad to really bad as she discovered she was behind in every lesson. Her friends tried to reassure her that it was just a case of reading up the material when she was in a better mood but she ignored their efforts as a whole. The free period after dinner provided Ginny a welcome excuse for a nap, which she gladly took in an attempt to get some of the stress out of her system.
An hour later the 17 year old was running down the corridor towards Professor Lupin's classroom. Part of her wanted to go back to her nap but that was a small part as the rest was looking forward to the next class, taken of course by her favourite and cutest teacher.
Ginny's eyes blinked into focus. She was in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, her head was rested on the desk and her eyelids felt heavy. The last thing she remembered was a daydream game of anywhere but here, but she couldn't remember where she would rather have been.
"Ah you're awake," Lupin said coming out of his office.
"Yeah," Ginny said looking towards the voice, "Sorry… I mean I shouldn't have… I'll make it up."
"There will be no need for that, Miss Reed and Miss Roberts have already informed me of your recent behaviour after your illness. As long as it doesn't happen again I'll say nothing more about it," he informed her with a smile.
'Gotta thank Cassie and Anne-Marie later' Ginny thought to herself. Turning towards the door Ginny began to walk out, turning to her Professor she simply said, "Thanks."
"Sure, if there's anything else I can do for you just let me know." He said turning to his office.
"There is something, I was wondering if you could help me catch up with what I missed. I've been lost all day with lessons and might need a little help catching up." Ginny said quietly.
"That I can do. How about tomorrow night?" Remus asked.
"Tomorrow night? It's a date," Ginny said. Catching what she had said she corrected, "Well not a date more a place where I'm going to be meeting you. No where you're teaching me…"
"I know what you mean. If that's everything I believe it's time for dinner." Remus said holding the door open as Ginny exited.