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It had sounded like a good idea at the time, she would reason later. The whole escapade had seemed like a good idea, simple and basic. Why then had she ended the perfectly routine trip from the library to Gryffindor tower by kissing Draco Malfoy? She couldn't stand Draco Malfoy - she HATED Draco Malfoy. She groaned as she walked - she'd kissed a man she hated, she'd kissed him and he'd kissed her back and now everything was...messy. She looked down at the front of her robes covered in liquid from where her body was pressed so close to Malfoy's and felt like crying - not only was her life messy but now her clothes were the same way - could this get any worse? Yes, you still have to think about Ron and Harry's reaction, that'll be worse. Poor 'ittle Ginny's going to be in trouble!
Well, that was a given. She continued walking when she heard voices whispering ahead of her so she looked up and saw Seamus and Parvati standing outside a door giggling. She smiled and walked up to them - friendly faces. As long as you don't kiss Seamus...
"Hey, what are you laughing at?"
Parvati smiled and grabbed Ginny's arm. "Ugh, what is that stuff on your robes? Never mind - you will not believe what we saw. We were coming down here to..."
She blushed slightly and Seamus grinned as he looked away from Ginny in an effort to hide his laughter. "Study."
Parvati smiled and nodded her head. "Uh huh, that's it we came down here to study and we heard voices coming from in here."
"So, being the good students that we are we opened the door and who should walk out but Crabbe and Goyle..." Seamus added.
"So we look in and the class is completely trashed, covered in something or other. We stepped right through it and we came out to ask them what it was and you know what we saw?"
Ginny shook her head as Parvati looked almost ready to burst. "They were holding hands as they walked away. Crabbe and Goyle!"
Ginny almost choked as Seamus and Parvati dissolved into further laughter. "Excuse me?"
Parvati looked at her and wiped her eyes. "The two of them, as brazen as you like just walking down the hall way hand in hand! I never knew the two of them were...you know, that way inclined. Wait 'til Millicent sees it, she's been spouting off constantly about how wonderful her 'boyfriend' is."
"Couldn't happen to a nicer person after what she said to Hannah Abbott about dating Dean. Like he's not good enough for a 'pure blood' - I just hope that she sees Crabbe all over Goyle then we'll see how much better 'real' wizards are for boyfriends," Seamus said as he reached over and placed his hand on the small of Parvati's back.
Parvati looked at him with a smile. "She wouldn't know a 'real' wizard if they went and slapped her in that ugly face of hers. Although, it would probably be an improvement...."
Ginny smiled and nodded her head as she looked in the class room at the mess. It looked exactly like what Malfoy had been covered in. Just typical, he would make a mess and leave his two lovesick goons to clean it up and take the blame and they, being as stupid as they were just accepted it. What was wrong with them? Didn't they have a problem with doing his every command. Well, lets be honest, Ginny. You would do his every command as well given half a chance. She let out a growl in frustration - why the hell wouldn't her brain stop thinking things that it had no business to be thinking? She was not interested in Draco Malfoy! No, it's Harry that you love, you poor confused, hero worshiping ticket into the Weasley family...
"I do not love Harry!" Ginny yelled abruptly interrupting Seamus and Parvati and causing them to turn around and look at her. She looked and blushed as she began walking away slowly as they each gave her a strange look like she'd lost her mind. "Um, I'm not feeling so well so I'm going to go..."
Seamus looked at her in concern. "Uh-huh, you want us to walk you back?"
She shook her head as she quickened her pace hoping to quickly get away and into bed before this night could get any worse, and before Parvati could talk. She thought she'd made it before she heard Parvati call her name so she stopped and waited on the inevitable.
"Um, Ginny - I know you have a crush on Harry and to be honest I don't blame you, I mean he is a sweetheart and a really good looking sweetheart at that," she began before Seamus gave an indignant huff causing her to turn and whisper something inaudibly to him which caused both of them to break into smiles before she turned back to Ginny. "Anyway, you can have a crush on him until the cows come home but, for your own sake, don't let Padma hear you talk about her boyfriend in terms of loving him. She's...smart and that means you don't want to get on her bad side. She's pretty thorough when it comes to exacting revenge - Ernie MacMillan is still getting the occasional outbreak of the Honduras Heat Hex because he dared insult her."
Ginny sighed and nodded her head - like she didn't know that already. Could this night get any worse? She'd obviously been subjected to some awful wizarding flu and it had thrown her off balance - things would be normal tomorrow.
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As Ginny walked away Seamus watched her go and gave a slow smile. "When did she get so beautiful? I could definitely grow to like seeing that everyday..."
It took him a second before he'd even realised that he'd spoken and it was only when he turned to see Parvati looking at him, her beautiful big brown eyes looking at him with a mixture of pain and anger that he realised that he'd done something stupid.
"Maybe if Ginny is so pretty to you then you should go with her and leave your plain girlfriend here? Because I certainly wouldn't want you to miss out on one precious second of basking in her beauty!"
He shook his head quickly as he reached for Parvati's hand. What had got into him? He didn't like Ginny in that way - she was pretty, sure but not...not stunning. And definitely not on a par with Parvati. "Parvati, I'm so sorry I don't know what I was thinking. I have no idea why I said that - you're much prettier than Ginny."
She glared at him as she pulled her arm away. "It's not about looks - you think I would say how much I would like to see Justin everyday because he looks so good in front of you? You know how many times I've turned him down even though he looks that good?"
Seamus looked a bit taken aback. "I never knew you thought Justin looked good..."
She rolled her eyes as she walked away airily. "Well, it shouldn't matter to you, should it? He certainly doesn't think that other girls are prettier, so maybe I should be with him."
He sighed as he watched her go. He was going to have to do some major grovelling to make up for that before Fletchley got his grabby little mitts into her. Although, he thought as he walked after her - there's definitely worse fates than having Justin's mitts stuck into you. It could be quite a pleasant experience, Seamus. You might want to try it. He stopped and slapped his head as he looked around. What the hell was he thinking? He wasn't...he had a girlfriend! A girlfriend that he loved and now he was thinking about not only other girls but guys as well? What was wrong with him? He slapped his head quickly, "Stupid, stupid Seamus!"
He shook his head and tried to clear his head - Ginny had obviously infected them both with her weirdness. Which meant, if he was thinking these strange thoughts the odds were that Parvati was having the same thoughts and if that was the case...His eyes widened and he ran in the direction she had went - if Justin wanted his girlfriend he better be willing to fight for her. And if he doesn't want to fight for her maybe he'll just want to grapple around with you for a while anyway...
He groaned and ran faster - he definitely had to find Parvati - just to make sure certain things. Like he still liked girls for one...
TBC