Jasmine
Courtesy of Airerédiel
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Chapter 2 - Ashen
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That night in the common room Ginny felt shifty and exposed, as if someone had put an invisible spotlight on her. People's eyes kept darting to her and away again, with guilty looks on their faces. How could they know? Was she so easy to read?
No, Ginny reasoned, Draco won't tell, and I can't.
Dennis Creevy glanced at her, then back to his brother, Colin, and burst into silent giggles. A sullen-faced first year kept glancing at her furtively, as if she was about to drop dead or disappear into thin air.
Just when Ginny thought she was about to explode, or at least check the back of her robes for "kick me" notes
"Ginny! You look terrible!" it was Lavender Brown, a sixth year who had previously been huddled in the corner with Parvarti Patil, doing god-knows-what. She, it seemed, had been one of Ginny's many watchers.
"Thanks a lot Lavender!" Ginny mumbled, crimson with embarrassment.
Lavender looked impatient and flicked her hand, as if to cast away her previous remark. "Not like that, Ginny. You're all pale, and" her eyes grew wide and Ginny sighed inwardly. " Let's give you a tarot reading! We can find the route of your troubles!" Of course, Ginny mused grimly, lavender would want to solve all my problems with divination. Should have seen it coming.
"Thanks but, no thanks. You already did my reading last week. I'd better go, and and study." Ginny stuttered, red faced. Then she had no choice but to collect her bag and climb through the portrait to head for the library.
However, Ginny had no intentions of going to the library. She dawdled around the portrait for a while, then took a detour through a hanging tapestry of "Hogwarts 1218" into a hall of doors.
She was halfway through the hall, humming and dragging her bag, when a figure barged out of a room and knocked her off her feet. For a moment, they stared at each other, both equally amazed at their opposite's presence. Harry however, was quicker.
"Ginny! What are you doing here?" The look on his face was so comical, that Ginny would have laughed, had there not been so much weighing down her conscience.
"I could ask you the same," she retorted, allowing a smile to curl around her lips. They smiled at each other for a while, and then
"Virginia Weasly, what the hell do you think you're doing here?" Draco's amused voice curled around the corner of an open door. Ginny stiffened instantly, he had insisted on calling her Virginia ever since they were first together. She winced inwardly at the turn of phrase. "Together" implied that they had a bond that they were close. Ginny had never been further from Draco than she was now, even in the 'potter lover' days.
Harry was watching Ginny very closely, as if he was figuring out something. She returned his inquisitive looks with a blank one.
"She was just coming to my study for tea, Malfoy" Harry replied curtly, all the while smiling warmly at Ginny. She blushed a brilliant scarlet hue and looked away.
"Very well, Potter" Draco paused, laughing softly. " Weasly"
Ginny felt her eyes narrow instinctively. Harry grabbed her hand and led her into his study, allowing the door to click shut behind him.
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Responses!
CrazyGirl47
Thanks. Here's some more:)
Frostyangels
Most of this is going on in Ginny's mind in the first chapter, but later chapters have less of Ginny's thoughts. Use HTML to get italics and other goodies Microsoft word won't let you have.
Eclipse2003
Nope, he didn't rape her. This plot is a lot more about internal struggle. Yeah, cliché I know. *Blushes* thanks.
Neni Potter
:) Thank you!
Linda
Teaser? I guess it was. This chapter will have more of the story in it. Hope you enjoy.
Coolgirlchic16
Ooh, sorry. Chapter three will have more history in it, but I just couldn't fit it in chapter two.
Twisted-monster
Thankies!
AndromacheCassandra
I wrote this story basically because Ginny/Malfoy in head-over-heels-love without them being adults is very improbable. Ginny/Lucious? Oh dear god!
Starlitangel64
Thanks. Your review made me smile.
Razzberry
Yay! My first reviewer! Thanks! I am continuing!
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