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Chapter 7: Pain
"Cho! What are you doing here?"
The latter just smiled grimly, "Come here"
Harry did as he was told. He approached her with a concerned look on his face "What are you doing here? It's really late…"
Cho slowly wrapped her arms around his neck, and hovered above him so that her lips were just barely touching his ear. "Harry, can you do me favor?" she whispered softly.
Harry's cheeks grew hot. This couldn't be Cho. He turned to his side to face her. And just then he smelled the strong scent of wine from her breath.
She had been drinking.
He then said worriedly "Come on, Cho, I'll walk you back-"
"kiss me" the soft words made Harry stop. It sounded almost desperate. Desperate to be loved.
Harry somehow understood her pain. Cedric's death might have made her feel… alone.
"You don't know what you're saying. You've been drinking" he said, gently pushing her away. "Let's go, I'll-"
Before Harry could finish, Cho suddenly brought her hand to his neck and pulled him into a forceful kiss. Harry's eyes widened as Cho's fell closed. He wanted to push her away, this didn't feel right at all. But his whole body grew numb from the kiss, and Cho was holding him steadily, with no sign of letting go.
He averted his eyes from her. And they fell upon a figure. A figure he knew all too well...
It was the figure he dreaded most to see.
Oh God
He harshly pulled away from Cho and stared into the jarred face of the person. How was he to explain this?
"Ginny…"
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Your heart shall batter, the result of a fortuitous kiss…
Ginny bluntly stood there gaping at the sight. Cho and Harry. Kissing.
He pulled away when she saw her. A worried expression adhered on his face.
"Ginny…"
She shook her head as anger flooded her mind, drowning it into the dark pits of animosity. She then turned her head elsewhere. Anything would have been a better sight than what she had seen.
Nothing seemed more practical than walking away, and she started doing so slowly. She felt as if her whole body had grown heavy, and it made moving the slightest inch difficult.
She could hear Harry's footsteps speedily moving closer. When he caught up to her, he got of hold her wrist.
"Ginny, I can explain"
Before she could stop herself, her free hand came into contact with his cheek. Hard.
She slapped him with all the fury she had. For it was far too fractious to hide as sheer thought, and far too intense to contain under the weak control of her discernment.
After realizing what she had done, her hand shakily declined. She was breathing heavily as her head bowed down.
"Ginny…please listen…" Harry persisted, still not letting go of her, and undeterred by the burning pain in his cheek.
"I saw all I needed to see" she whispered, her voice chastened
She looked up at him. And her eyes were filled with tears.
For amidst all the anger, there was pain.
Harry would have rather received another blow from Ginny, rather than see her like this. The Ginny Weasley he came to know was strong and steadfast, someone who could withstand hardships. But now, she looked weak. She was crying…
Did I do this?
The question pierced through him like a thousand swords, and the sight of Ginny in pain… because of him, was more than unbearable.
"I'm sorry…" he whispered, meaning it with all his grief, with all his love. "…I'm so sorry" he let go of her, but hoping at the same time that she would stay despite the freedom.
His hopes remained a reverie, as Ginny walked away silently
Abandoning Harry in his regretful solitude
***A/N: ooooh, did I disappoint people in this chapter? If I did, forgive me… but you have to understand that to every story there must be a conflict. And in mine, this is it!
And YES. I know that it's too short and it took long at the same time. PLEASE forgive me once again, our teachers are giving us LOTS of work, and I'm pretty stressed… please understand…
Anyway, PLEASE review!!! I shall wait till I get 70 reviews, then I'll post the next chappie… : )