Chapter 9
By Crystal
Author's Notes: Ahhh... This is the chapter you've all been waiting for! *grins* I might even move it to the next chapter so I can get my ass kicked for waiting you reviewers wait, but naw. I think I'll tell which kind of Tuberculosis Ginny has in this chapter ^^ Whadda say? Yes? Okay ^^ *smiles*
Warnings: Language, lol.
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*
~*~ Draco ~*~
God damn it... God
damn it... Right now? It's an hour before dinner and all of us,
Granger, Weasley and bloody Potter, and I, of course (Along with Rory). We're
walking like frigging morons outside the Hospital Wing, hoping Virginia is
okay, at least Weasley's pacing around like a frigging moron. God damn it, you know what I saw when I saw
her the moment just before I left the room?
I saw her lying on the hospital bed, so weak...
Her eyes were so sad. I didn't want to
leave her, no, but Madam Pomfrey ordered us to leave the god damn room. I am so pissed off. She said she loved me, fuck. You know who I thought of at that very
moment? Yeah, I thought of my sister
Aurora's last few minutes of her life.
How she was on my bed lifeless and weak, full of tears. How she said 'I love you,' to me.
Fuck it. You have absolutely no idea how irritated I am right now, having to stay outside and wait slowly for the school nurse to see which Tuber whatever-the-hell she has. You have absolutely no idea. Granger and Potter's sitting down on a bench in the hall that they transfigured, or more like Granger transfigured, Weasley's simply pacing around, his eyes shining with fear. As for mine? I'm sure mine were emotionless, because I'm absolutely not going to let anyone see my emotions right now. Too much of a weakness. But my heart's as loud as thunder right now. I'm scared too... I'm scared for Virginia's life too. Not that I'd ever admit out loud to anyone... except Virginia.
Suddenly, without thinking, from the position of leaning on the wall, I stood up abruptly, making the three of them look at me, then I slammed the wall with my hand, making a little hole in the wall. "God damn it," I hissed.
I heard Granger said a repairing charm to repair the frigging wall and also a curing spell on my hand. "Thanks." I said quietly, still quite irritated.
"You're welcome. Look Malfoy, just sit down quietly, she'll come out soon. Calm down, she'll be fine." Granger said.
I growled at her, "How am I suppose to calm down and relax when my girlfriend is inside and when I don't know what she has?"
"She's not going to get the rare one so easily, Malfoy." She said calmly. Or tried to say calmly. She was visibly nervous about the whole thing too, but I guess I wasn't about to argue with her right now. I decided to be quiet about that Erica girl going to a third-world country to volunteer. They already had enough on their minds as it is. And yes, for once, I'm trying to be nice to the 'Dream Team'.
I didn't know why I was so, worried... Yeah, worried about the answer. Virginia had told me that she didn't really mind that much if she died, and I told her there was nothing worth living for me if she died. That much was true, but I probably was worried, because, well, she has a family. At least her family cared... At least, well... They did care, they probably didn't feel like they excluded her because of the big family. As for mine... Well, they don't give a shit if I died, well, Lucius did, but he only gave a shit because I wouldn't be able to serve Voldermort. That son of a... Never mind...
Suddenly, I felt someone on my foot and looked down. Rory. Right, there was Rory to worry about if Virginia and I died, but then again they could be taken care of Granger. No, if you're going to ask me if I hate that mudblood, the answer is no. She's only human and I don't see why she has to die if she was born a mudblood, if you want to blame someone, blame her parents. Her parents gave birth to her, it shouldn't be her fault.
I sat down on the floor and let the puppy climb on my lap and drool all over me. It wasn't that disgusting, to me anyways. I took a glance up to the three idiots and they were staring at me as if I was insane, "What?" I snapped.
"Nothing..." Potter said. An uncomfortable silence, though I'm pretty comfortable with it, I always hear it, "It's just that... Well..." I thought he said 'nothing' but whatever, I'll let him talk just for the hell of it, I'm bored and there's nothing else to do but wonder about Virginia who's still inside and listen to bloody Potter bullshit... "It's just weird, to see you so nice... to, something... Well, alive."
I raised my eyebrow, "Are you telling me, Potter, that my girlfriend, Virginia Weasley, is not alive?"
He raised his hands in defence, "No, I don't mean it that way, like, it's weird finding you so nice to it... Just wondering why..."
"Well," I guess I decided to answer, better bullshitting than the silence, "There's two reason. One, because this is Virginia's Christmas present to me. Two, that's a totally personal question that nobody but Virginia knows about." That's not true, Draco, your bloody parents know that too.
Well, yeah, I decided to let that drop since they're not interested in my bloody moronic parents that killed my sister because she was a girl, that was bullshit, and because she loved me, also the same as bringing my weakness out. Lucius is a very sick bloody bastard that I absolutely despise with all my heart, thank you very much. And if anyone says differently, then he can kiss my ass and say good bye to his life. I absolutely detest that piece of shit that is a wizard and I am sick of being the same species as him, although, I can't very well change that. And let's just say, I'm just sickened by the fact that I'm his son.
Suddenly, the door opens and out comes Virginia. She's smiling her usual smile, but I can see she's saddened about something. Although, of course, being the three thick headed gits, they don't see it.
"How was it, Gin?" Potter asked, smiling.
Virginia smiled, "Umm... I just want to talk to Draco for a second, then I'll see you in the Great Hall, all right?" She said, almost shyly. I swear there was something wrong with her.
"Bloody hell, Gin. I'm your brother, at least you can tell me first!" Weasley bellowed.
Virginia gave him an angry look then poked his chest again, "Sod of, Ronald. Draco found out about the whole thing first, so he gets to hear the news first. So if you don't mind, go to the Great Hall and wait for me there!" She nearly shouted, then dragged me into the room, letting Rory in too, then slamming the door shut.
I looked at her, raising my eyebrow, showing my surprise. "Umm... Madam Pomfrey's in her office, she says I should tell you this... And..." Suddenly, she looked so very nervous.
I smiled down and kissed her forehead, "Hey, it's all right, if you're dying, I'm dying with you."
She smiled too, "I know... I just wanted to tell you... The whole thing first before I tell you the result..." I nodded for her to go on, "Madam Pomfrey did some kind of a muggle thing called skin test. She injected a small amount of tuberculin, I have no idea what that is, and she told me it normally would be ready in 72 hours, but she sped it up to 5 minutes, after all, we are witches."
She took a deep breath, as if calming herself. Rory seemed to see her troubled and snuggled up closer to her foot, "You're a good girl," She said, smiling to Rory. "Well, it's positive, so we took an x-ray thing, another muggle thing. After all, this is a muggle illness, I had no idea Madam Pomfrey knew so much about muggle medicine, but anyways... it reveals a nodule tissue that has formed in my lungs... And last, she took a sample of my urine to make a culture test..." She said quietly.
I lifted her head up again, "I'll always be with you, all right? Remember, I promised you we'd meet again next year the snow falls, so no matter what happens then, I'll be with you." I smiled and kissed her softly on the lips.
"Thanks, Draco... You're the best..." She sighed, "The results... Well..."
"Shh... You can tell me that later. Relax..." She did, and I kissed her on the lips again, this time more passionately.
Author's Notes: Yes, I'm stopping here, and don't kill me! I know I told you I'd give you the answer here. I just had to stop here, lol. A cliff-hanger, I'm evil, I know. But I couldn't help it! Lol. Anyways, after the skin test and the x-ray, they still don't tell you about if it's resistant or not, so don't bother looking it up on the internet. I'll be the only one that has the answer. *Laughs evilly* lol. I'll update tomorrow, I promise. In the meantime, review or I won't post up the next chapter! Okay, that's a lie, but review anyways, or I'll cry *sniffles*
Thank you my beloved reviewers!
KeeperOfTheMoon – You don't really like Ron, do you? Not that I like him either. *laughs*
Tiger Lily – Thanks!
some dude – Normal is just too... not unique ^^ I don't like wrestling, but I'm more of a tomboy, lol. ^^ You want Ginny to live...? I'll see *grins*
crazyme89 – Thanks!
Sharlene – Lol. Ron's finally not being a prick! Pretty amazing, I know, lol. ^^
Pseudonym Sylphmuse – LoL. Yeah, I curse. At first, my friends thought I was innocent. Oooh, they are so wrong. Lol. They learned, I don't hit guys, but I hit my darn annoying brother ^^ I'm an angel when no parents/teachers are looking *makes a smirk that would make Malfoys proud* ^^
depth – I will ^^ Thanks!
GoldenRed Phoenixia – Ron blow up? I might do that in one of the next chapters ^^.
Silver Essence – I did not admit Ginny will die! Lol. I said if Ginny dies. *Grins* I'm an evil, evil person, and damn proud of it ^^. I'll keep that in mind ^^. And I did figure out you were Silver Unicorn after a few minutes. I did wonder where Silver Unicorn went cause I remember replying your review ^^
kitten – I did a lot of research on Tuberculosis before and while I'm writing the fic, actually, I'm still doing research. But I've got all my notes now, but I still research on it cause I might as well. I mean, I've done half and if I stop now, it'll all be a waste, so I'm planning to research about the whole Tuberculosis during the holidays, then show off to my friends after holidays. Lol. The showing off is a joke ^^
Orothoroniel aka Celena – I'll see ^^ I'll update soon, promise ^^
Love Angel – Teary? I'm getting all teary while writing this! Lol. Man, it's so sad when your own writing makes you cry.
KrystyWroth – Wedding, I think so ^^ But... I can't promise a happy, happy ending. But as I've said to Silver Unicorn (now Silver Essence) it's a sad/happy ending. So... Just check out the ending, which will most likely come out before the holidays are over, then judge whether it's sad or not ^^ This who comment might not fit if I'm not sticking to the ending I have in mind right now.
Author's Notes (Again, I'm getting boring, aren't I?): Thirteen reviewers in total. This is officially my most successful fics! Maybe I should write more angst, lol. I have an idea in mind for my next D/G fic after this one is done, but I won't tell you yet, and yes it's another angst. *Huggles all reviewers and non-reviewers too!* For those who reads my 'Winter Dreams', I'm just warning you that I won't update it until I'm inspired, which might be a while. So I apologize for that, but I'll be inspired soon... Hopefully.
Old News: I have about 4-5 chapters going up, and an epilogue, then I'm going to do a whole chapter of Random Omake. So if you have any ideas what I should do for it, leave a message!!! You can either leave it on a review, or you can email me at clear_crystalglobe@hotmail.com. If you don't know what a Random Omake is, read the bottom of chapter 6, 'A Secret Let Out' about Snape... and... err, his virgin eyes. Lol. So I'll be updating as soon as possible, then you can tell me what scenes you want me doing and how ^^. So leave a review/email and tell me!
The next chapter, Ginny finally reveals if she has Tuberculosis or not. Give me your votes through email or reviews and I'll see if I change the ending or not. She has to have Tuberculosis.
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Happy New Year!
Of course…there's another 12 hours to go, but just... lol.