Chapter 10

By Crystal

Author's Notes: Okay, I'm going to make TWO endings.  I'll do the one I have in mind first, that is the one with the sad/happy ending, then I'm going to do a happy ending if you reviewers are not happy about it, okay?  *grins*  Good.  Cause I really like my ending right now, but if you reviewers are really against it, I'll put another ending up.  I'm taking up Darcel Lucia's idea if you guys aren't happy with the sad/happy ending.  But I'll do my sad/happy ending first and I'll make a happy ending if you guys really disagree with the sad/happy ending.  I'm repeating myself... Ugh.

*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*

Warnings: Language

~*~ Ginny ~*~

I love Draco...  I really love you...  But, what should I do?  Should I stay close to you, or should I leave you?  I couldn't find an answer, for right now, you're kissing me.  And whenever you do that, I can't think straight.  I don't want you hurt...  And therefore...  It's best if we break up...  "Draco..."  I pulled away from him.

"Virginia, I really don't care."  He said, his voice was serious and I knew what he was saying was the truth.  I know he doesn't care if he died, after all, he had nothing else to live for but me.  But...  What about the world?  Would it really be that good for him to leave the world, just because I died?  I don't want to pull him away from life, I want him to be happy.  Find happiness.  I know he can do it...

"Draco, I think it's better if we break up..."  I looked up in his eyes.

He looked angry for a second, but calmed down almost immediately, "Virginia, if this is about the whole Tuber whatever-the-hell being resistant to all drugs, then fuck it.  I don't care, and you know.  I've told you already, there is absolutely no point in living if you die.  I won't be able to find any other happiness, and for the first time in life, I'm happy where I am now.  I would die a happy man if I could stay with you forever."  He wiped the single bead of tear that rolled down my cheek.  "Not even death can keep me away from you, you know that?"

"But..."

"No buts, we're going to see your brother and Potter along with Granger and tell them about it."  He dragged me.  I pulled away for a second and crouched down, carrying Rory in my arms.  She licked my face and I smiled, I looked at Draco who was smiling too.

"Oh right, Madam Pomfrey said the closest people around me should check up too..."  I said quietly.  He only smiled at me and nodded.  He was being quiet and was probably thinking.  I left himself to think while I was thinking too.  I guess Draco was the only one that really needed checking up.  No one else was really that close to me.

We took time walking to the Great Hall.  I was carrying Rory while Draco had his left arm draped around my shoulder and the other one was patting Rory on the head.  We joked around and when we opened the door to the Great Hall, everyone was silenced and were looking at us.  I saw Professor Dumbledore's twinkling eyes again, and to my surprise, Madam Pomfrey was already there eating her dinner.  She looked at me sadly and I smiled back.  From the look of Madam Pomfrey, she had already told Professor Dumbledore.  Not that I minded, no.

"Slytherins or Gryffindors?"  I asked, without a word, he lead me to the Gryffindor table and sat down beside me.  The whole Great Hall was quiet and the Gryffindors made room for Draco and I.  Rory sat on my lap.

"So how was it?"  Ron asked, after the Great Hall had gone back to its normal noisiness.  I smiled sadly, noticing that Hermione, Harry, Draco and Ron weren't the only one listening to our conversation.  I didn't want everyone to know, just yet.  Everyone was just dying to know that I was dying...  Well, people are finally paying attention to little dying innocent Ginny.

I took a few cooked carrots and a little slice of meat and started eating.  Draco beside me took a sandwich, but he kept looking at my plate that had barely any food in it.  I whispered to him, "Madam Pomfrey said that people with Tuberculosis will have a loss of appetite, don't worry."  He nodded, but still worried.  "You should eat more, Draco."

At the corner of my eyes, I saw Hermione looking at me suspiciously while she was talking to Ron and Harry.  She knew, probably.  Not really that hard to figure out, it's just that my brother and my brother's friend were clueless gits.

Anyways, dinner flew by quickly and soon, the four of us were in the Gryffindor tower, Hermione's Head Girl room.  Oh right, I didn't mention Hermione was a Head Girl, did I?  Not that I needed to mention that, that was pretty obvious.  Draco was Head Boy, but that doesn't change anything except for taking points off houses, now does it?  Right, Draco had gone to see Professor Dumbledore for I don't know what reason.  He also told me that he'd be checking up with Madam Pomfrey if he had time later. Then he was going to meet me at the piano room after he had finished all his stuff and after I had finished all my stuff.  Then to the lake again.  I took Rory with me, of course.  I don't know for what reason, but he'd say it'd be a lot better if I took Rory, but whatever.

We were sitting down on our butts on the couches, and I, explaining everything to them.  Hermione of course was in shock the least since she had already suspected that I had the one that wasn't curable since dinner.  Harry and Ron, as I've said before were clueless gits, so they didn't see anything abnormal.  Clueless gits.  After the explanation, I left them.

Right now, I'm sitting in front of our piano, playing Für Elise and waiting for Draco.  I'm worried, kind of.  I mean, he's been gone for an hour and a half, or maybe two.  I lose the sense of time whenever I play piano.  It calms me down so much it's not believable.  But believable to me, I guess.

I can also have time to think when I'm playing the piano.  Right now, it was about my life.  Guess that's all I've been thinking about ever since I came out of the Hospital Wing.  It was surprising even to me that I was so calm about it.  Probably because I thought I did have the rare one.  It makes sense, Erica wasn't cured even if she went to Madam Pomfrey's, and she went there as soon as she found out.  Erica also went to a third-world country for volunteering, guess it does all fit.

I wonder if Madam Pomfrey will ever find a cure for it?  Hopefully, she will.  I'm ready to die anytime, but I don't want to die yet.  I still have a whole life ahead of me.  And there's Draco too.  Some time in the Hospital Wing, I was kind of blaming all this on Harry, Ron and Hermione.  If only they had paid attention to me, then I wouldn't have been friends with Erica.  But the more I thought about it, if I wasn't friends with Erica, then Draco would never have paid attention to me, and well, life would pretty much be around the 'Dream Team' and me.  And they'll ignore me sooner or later, what makes me think The Boy Who Lived would talk to a mere girl like me?  After all, I am nothing but Ron's youngest sister, or only sister.

I look downwards next to my foot.  There's our lovely puppy sitting there, staring up at me with those darned cute eyes.  I love her and I love Draco too.  I smile, at least, if I really die, then Draco has Rory.  Startled, I whipped my head around to see who it was when I felt someone's hand on my shoulder.  Greeted by the sight of Draco's handsome face.  Of course, who else would there be that's in here, other than Draco?  No one.  But then again, that's what I thought the night when Draco suddenly showed up beside me playing the lower part of the duet so many months ago.  I met him at the end of November, and it was now...  February...  The fourteenth?  Whoa, Valentine's already?  Time passes fast when you're dying.

"Hey Virginia."  He smiled down at me.  I reached up and pulled him into a hug, making him bend over.

"Hey Draco."  I said, cheerfully.

After a long hug, he pulled away from me, "Still so cheerful?"  I nodded my head up and down.  I might as well be as cheerful as possible, right?  Not much time left and as I've said before.  Time passes fast when you're dying.  "Did you miss me?"

I shook my head, "Nope."

"Aw...  I've been gone for three hours!"  My eyes widen, three hours already?  "Yeah, time passes fast when you're playing piano.  Anyways...  Let's go out to the lake."  He looked kind of shy and embarrassed about something. 

We were at the lake now, and he still was looking shy.  I frowned, Malfoys do not get shy.  What is he planning?  Suddenly, he mutters something under his breath and the next second, he gives me a bouquet of white roses.

I squealed with joy, "Thanks, Draco!"  How he knew white roses were one of my favourites, I did not know.  "How'd you know about the white roses?"

"Umm...  Er, that's a secret.  Happy Valentine's day."  He said, I pouted, but hugged him.  I was still holding on to the bouquet of flowers and looking at them when he suddenly bent down on one knee and produced a small box out of his pocket and he opened it.  A ring, a sapphire sat on top of the silver band.  I gasped in surprise.  Then he looked in my eyes, then mumbled something.

I grinned evilly, "What did you say?"  He mumbled something again.  "What did you say?"

"I said, 'Will you marry me?'" 

Now I was smiling, it was like a dream come true, "Of...  Wait..."  My brain stopped, and finally, two words came out of my mouth.  "I can't..."

KrystyWroth – Lol, I can't believe I was so evil to leave it there either.  Lol, you'll have to see whether I kill her or not ^^

some dude – Because I'm darn evil ^^ That's why.

Nayanya – Draco's parents deserve to die, and they will, trust me.  But I won't put a scene for that, I'll just tell you that they die ^^  Harry deserves to die, always.  Lol...  All right, I'll update soon, be sure to check it tomorrow!

Silver Essence – Evil girl?  I like that *grins evilly*  Now you sound like a witch ^^  No, I don't mean bitch, I mean witch.  People always think I'm saying bitch when I say witch.  Morons, lol.  Back to the topic ^^, that can work both ways, if I use Darcel Lucia's idea, then she won't die ^^.  Darcel Lucia's idea's for the happy ending if only you guys don't like the sad/happy ending ^^  So check again later, and you'll se whether or not she dies!  ^^  All these questions about the ending, lol.

Darcel Lucia – Yup, I'm going to use that idea if people don't like my ending ^^  Thanks for the idea!  And thanks for the review too!

Sphinxqueen127 – D/G sick and wrong?  How come?  Kind of sounds like Romeo and Juliet to me, and I think, personally that it's romantic, but everyone has their own opinions, so I won't change yours and hopefully, you won't change mine either ^^  Thanks for the review!

Jin Munku-JGSPTV – We are all fools?  Well, I don't think I'm a fool, but I certainly might be wrong.  Never been called a fool before, been called a computer junkie though, lol.  They're not going to die unhappy, don't worry.  Thanks for the review!

Orothoroniel aka Celena – Cliffies are evil?  Now that I agree to.  There are soooo many cliffies in this stupid ff.net place, lol.  Evil authors, but I happen to be one of them, so I'm a hypocrite ^^  Yeah, it's more like 36 hours for me yesterday after noon, though I thought it was the 31st yesterday, I'm an idiot, I know ^^  Check back soon!

tonnie - *no comment* lol.  You'll see ^^

brown-sugar – lol...I would stop there and let you suffer, just to prove that I'm right, I put another cliffie up for this chapter.  *smirks evilly*  Lol.  Draco is damn sexy, lol.

Pseudonym Sylphmuse – I did read it, *grins*  Your uncle complimenting you on your kicking your cousin's shins?!  I want your uncle!  Lol.  Well, congratulations on kicking a guy right.  *grins*  You gotta teach me sometime!  Lol.  Thanks!

Teri – Yup, I'm a meanie ^^  I update almost everyday since it's a Christmas Holiday and it's officially my most successful fics, with 10+ reviews or more per chapter.  *grins proudly*  I'm writing more ^^.  Thanks for the compliment and the review!  Check back soon!

Lilane – What can I say, I'm evil ^^  Since I'm evil, I make evil cliffies ^^  Thanks a lot!

Tiger Lily – Classic indeed, like I've said, I'll be having two endings if people don't like the sad/happy one ^^

Sharlene - *covers ears*  Sorry!  Sorry!  I can't tell, lol.  And there's the result in this chapter, hope you're happy!  But I have another cliffie, *covers ears again*

KeeperOfTheMoon – Oh man, if everyone keeps yelling at me for this chapter, I'm never going to do a cliffie again (that's a lie).  *covers ears*  Ron is kinda cute in the movie, too bad he's younger than me.  Same with Draco...  I think.  Damn Draco's cute...  *huggles Draco all to herself*  LoL.  Happy New Years to you too!

Author's Notes: 16 reviewers! I am definitely stopping here, lol.  Cliff-hanger, kind of.  ^^  Anyways, I'm going to update tomorrow, so review pleaaaase!  I want to get over 120...  Hopefully.  *smiles*  Anyways, thanks for the reviews!  Lol, and yes, it was 36 hours for yesterday till New Years.  I thought it was the 31st yesterday.  Woops.  It's the 31st today, so anyways...

Old News: I have about 3-4 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 tells Draco why she can't marry him, and maybe even the marriage?  I don't know, I haven't started writing it yet.  But Molly and Arthur is certainly going to Hogwarts along with the rest of the family and they're going to have a large talk with Ginny...  Maybe even Draco!
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Happy New Year!
Of course…NOW there's another 12 hours to go (for me anyways), but just... lol.