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Ginny shivered, she was unnaturally cold.
Well at least her dream self was unnaturally cold she reasoned, because on some level Ginny knew that she was dreaming.
She hugged her arms about herself in an attempt to warm up, as she surveyed the dark, dingy room she found herself in.
Looking around she noticed that she was standing in the middle of what appeared to be a very small bedroom. A rickety old bed took up most of the room, and the rest seemed to be filled with bookcases and bare stone walls. Ginny also noticed, as she inhaled the dank musty air, that there seemed to be a slight hint of heather about.
However Ginny's quick inspection was soon interrupted by a light tapping noise coming from behind her.
She turned around to notice a very transparent looking Hermione hovering in mid air outside her window.
Ginny looked to the ghostly Hermione, then back to the gothic style room, and back to the window again.
"No fair !" she exclaimed disappointedly, as she crossed the room.
"I wanted to be Cathy damn it !"
"Hey Hermione" said Ginny resignedly , as she opened the window.
"Oh Ginny, good !" replied Hermione.
"I was getting quite cold out there."
"So ..... ahh ...... You want to come in or something ?" asked Ginny, as she sat down on a small wooden window seat.
"Oh, no thanks. I really don't want to trouble you too much." Hermione answered.
"Actually" she continued "I just came by to get my book back."
"Arrrggggggghhh !!!" Ginny screamed frustradily, as she suddenly sat up, back in her own dorm room bed.
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'Right' Ginny thought, as she looked at her muggle wrist watch, 'If I have to be up at 4:15am then so does Ron!'
She quickly leapt from her bed and started to skip towards the boys dorm room, quietly cackling as she went.
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"mmmph" muttered Ron annoyed.
"Ron wake up !" Ginny whispered in his ear, for what seemed like the 500th time.
"Mmmph. G'way 'arry, I'll get up tomorrow." Ron grumbled, rolling over and going back to sleep.
"Damn it !" cursed Ginny annoyed.
"Fine then !" she smirked evilly as she began to poke him.
poke.
poke.
poke.
"Ow" Ron muttered swatting the air.
Ginny snickered and continued to poke him.
"Okay, okay I'm up" sighed Ron sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
He shoke his head and turned to focus on Ginny.
"Gin ?!" He asked startled.
"What's the matter ? Is everything alright ?" He quickly questioned.
"You haven't been killing chickens again have you ?!" he asked her suspiciously.
"Ron !" Ginny exclaimed offended, as she poked him extremely hard.
"Ow ! ......... Sorry" he mumbled.
"We need to talk" she told him quietly.
"I'll meet you down in the common room."
"Gin, its um ....... well its some ungodly hour in the morning. Can't it wait ?"
"Now !" Ginny replied as she turned and walked out the door.
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"Okay Gin, whats the matter ?" asked Ron gently, as he sat down in the arm chair across from his sister.
"Umm ......" Ginny mumbled as she stared into the roaring fire beside her.
"Here, maybe this will help" said Ron, as he pulled his wand from his robe pocket and conjured up two mugs of hot chocolate.
"How ...... ?!" asked Ginny, rather startled, as she gladly excepted the steaming drink.
"Hermione." smirked Ron.
"Grrrgggghhhh" muttered Ginny, rembering why she was annoyed with her brother.
"Ahh Ron, about Hermione ...... don't you think that you should ahh ....."
"What?" Ron questioned gently.
"Ginny I'm your brother, you can tell me anything" he smiled softly at her.
"Okay." she stated.
"I really think that you need to get over this ludicrous crush you've got on Hermione. I mean you just look like a complete and utter pilick, and have you even considered how it makes poor 'Mione feel ?!"
"Gosh Gin, don't hold back on my account" Ron smirked, shaking his head affectionately at his sister.
"Well, I ah ....." Ginny blushed.
"Ginny I don't like Hermione, well not in that way" he told her kindly.
"Ohh ......" Ginny replied quietly.
"Actually, I don't really like any girls" Ron continued, though he was speaking more to himself than Ginny.
"OHH !" exclaimed Ginny, a little too loudly.
"Ahh, its okay if you like boys Ron, I mean your still my brother and all ..... I'll still love you." Ginny quickly rushed.
"What ?!" Ron questioned suddenly.
"Ohh! No I didn't mean that Ginny." He replied.
"No, I just meant that I don't really like anyone - girls or boys."
"Ohh, I see." Said Ginny, not seeing at all.
"Okay then" said Ginny as a thought suddenly came to her.
"Why have you been staring stupidly at Hermione then if you don't like her ?!" She accused.
"Umm ...... Gin, she wears a St Christopher medallion, that's what I've been staring at." he told her.
"It's so beautiful" he continued, and Ginny could have swore she saw tears in his eyes.
"Ohh, I see." She said once again, not seeing at all.
Ron smirked at his sister, she was just too cute sometimes.
"Gin, I want to be a monk when I leave Hogworts." he told her.
"WHAT ?!" She yelled.
"But Ron we're not even Colic." She stated.
"Catholic Ginny, you mean we're not Catholic." he smiled warmly at her.
"Its what I want to do Ginny ......" he continued "Can you except that ?" he asked her nervously.
"Yeah sure Ron" she smiled lovingly at her brother.
"I think you'll make a really great Colic, but ahhh I wouldn't tell mum for a while."
"Thanks Gin, that means a lot." he replied as he placed his empty mug beside the chair, and stood stretching.
"Now I'm going to bed." He said.
"Night Gin."
"Night" she replied as she watched him walk towards the boys dorm room stairs.
However just as he was about to start climbing to his room he turned and looked at his sister.
"Tell her Gin." he said quietly.
"What ?" Ginny questioned.
"Hermione." He smiled at her.
"Tell her how you feel, she loves you Gin."
"WHAT ?! How did ...... How do ...." she spluttered.
"God told me." he stated as he turned and walked up the staircase.
"?!" said Ginny.
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"Ginnnnnny!" a sweet voice and a hand waving in front of her face broke through her shocked haze.
She looked up to see Hermione looking at her questioningly.
"You alright Gin ?" Hermione asked quietly.
"Ron's a saint .... " she told her angel.
Hermione burst out laughing.
"Ron's very sweet, but I wouldn't go that far Gin !" she replied.
"And your not the hero" she continued, still rather dazed.
"I thought I was Cathy, but I'm not ....." She said as she shook her head slowly, then picked herself up and walked out the room towards the Great Hall for breakfast.
Hermione stared quizzically after the young 5th year.
"Hey Hermione." She felt a slap on her back and turned to see a grinning Ron.
"Mmmm, Breakfast time!" he smiled wider.
She smiled affectionatley at him.
"Hey Ron." Hermione questioned.
"Ginny hasn't been killing chickens again has she ?!"
Ron raised an eyebrow at her questioningly.
"She was going on about you being a saint ...... " Hermione told him.
"Ohh." Replied Ron.
"I ahh ..... I told her I wanted to be a monk when I left here. She was probably still a bit shocked." he finished.
"OHH !" said Hermione, a little too loudly.
"I'm sure you'll make a great monk Ron ! You're a very sweet young man." She quickly added when she saw him start to frown.
"Gee thanks Hermione." He replied happily.
"'Course, you know could 'ave just been 'cos she's in love with you too." Ron muttered thoughtfully.
"What ?" asked Hermione, not quite understanding him.
"Ohh" said Ron, as he turned to face her.
"Ginny's in love with you." he smiled as he rushed out the door to breakfast.
"?!" said Hermione as she fell back into the armchair behind her.
TBC .......
Ginny shivered, she was unnaturally cold.
Well at least her dream self was unnaturally cold she reasoned, because on some level Ginny knew that she was dreaming.
She hugged her arms about herself in an attempt to warm up, as she surveyed the dark, dingy room she found herself in.
Looking around she noticed that she was standing in the middle of what appeared to be a very small bedroom. A rickety old bed took up most of the room, and the rest seemed to be filled with bookcases and bare stone walls. Ginny also noticed, as she inhaled the dank musty air, that there seemed to be a slight hint of heather about.
However Ginny's quick inspection was soon interrupted by a light tapping noise coming from behind her.
She turned around to notice a very transparent looking Hermione hovering in mid air outside her window.
Ginny looked to the ghostly Hermione, then back to the gothic style room, and back to the window again.
"No fair !" she exclaimed disappointedly, as she crossed the room.
"I wanted to be Cathy damn it !"
"Hey Hermione" said Ginny resignedly , as she opened the window.
"Oh Ginny, good !" replied Hermione.
"I was getting quite cold out there."
"So ..... ahh ...... You want to come in or something ?" asked Ginny, as she sat down on a small wooden window seat.
"Oh, no thanks. I really don't want to trouble you too much." Hermione answered.
"Actually" she continued "I just came by to get my book back."
"Arrrggggggghhh !!!" Ginny screamed frustradily, as she suddenly sat up, back in her own dorm room bed.
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'Right' Ginny thought, as she looked at her muggle wrist watch, 'If I have to be up at 4:15am then so does Ron!'
She quickly leapt from her bed and started to skip towards the boys dorm room, quietly cackling as she went.
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"mmmph" muttered Ron annoyed.
"Ron wake up !" Ginny whispered in his ear, for what seemed like the 500th time.
"Mmmph. G'way 'arry, I'll get up tomorrow." Ron grumbled, rolling over and going back to sleep.
"Damn it !" cursed Ginny annoyed.
"Fine then !" she smirked evilly as she began to poke him.
poke.
poke.
poke.
"Ow" Ron muttered swatting the air.
Ginny snickered and continued to poke him.
"Okay, okay I'm up" sighed Ron sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
He shoke his head and turned to focus on Ginny.
"Gin ?!" He asked startled.
"What's the matter ? Is everything alright ?" He quickly questioned.
"You haven't been killing chickens again have you ?!" he asked her suspiciously.
"Ron !" Ginny exclaimed offended, as she poked him extremely hard.
"Ow ! ......... Sorry" he mumbled.
"We need to talk" she told him quietly.
"I'll meet you down in the common room."
"Gin, its um ....... well its some ungodly hour in the morning. Can't it wait ?"
"Now !" Ginny replied as she turned and walked out the door.
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"Okay Gin, whats the matter ?" asked Ron gently, as he sat down in the arm chair across from his sister.
"Umm ......" Ginny mumbled as she stared into the roaring fire beside her.
"Here, maybe this will help" said Ron, as he pulled his wand from his robe pocket and conjured up two mugs of hot chocolate.
"How ...... ?!" asked Ginny, rather startled, as she gladly excepted the steaming drink.
"Hermione." smirked Ron.
"Grrrgggghhhh" muttered Ginny, rembering why she was annoyed with her brother.
"Ahh Ron, about Hermione ...... don't you think that you should ahh ....."
"What?" Ron questioned gently.
"Ginny I'm your brother, you can tell me anything" he smiled softly at her.
"Okay." she stated.
"I really think that you need to get over this ludicrous crush you've got on Hermione. I mean you just look like a complete and utter pilick, and have you even considered how it makes poor 'Mione feel ?!"
"Gosh Gin, don't hold back on my account" Ron smirked, shaking his head affectionately at his sister.
"Well, I ah ....." Ginny blushed.
"Ginny I don't like Hermione, well not in that way" he told her kindly.
"Ohh ......" Ginny replied quietly.
"Actually, I don't really like any girls" Ron continued, though he was speaking more to himself than Ginny.
"OHH !" exclaimed Ginny, a little too loudly.
"Ahh, its okay if you like boys Ron, I mean your still my brother and all ..... I'll still love you." Ginny quickly rushed.
"What ?!" Ron questioned suddenly.
"Ohh! No I didn't mean that Ginny." He replied.
"No, I just meant that I don't really like anyone - girls or boys."
"Ohh, I see." Said Ginny, not seeing at all.
"Okay then" said Ginny as a thought suddenly came to her.
"Why have you been staring stupidly at Hermione then if you don't like her ?!" She accused.
"Umm ...... Gin, she wears a St Christopher medallion, that's what I've been staring at." he told her.
"It's so beautiful" he continued, and Ginny could have swore she saw tears in his eyes.
"Ohh, I see." She said once again, not seeing at all.
Ron smirked at his sister, she was just too cute sometimes.
"Gin, I want to be a monk when I leave Hogworts." he told her.
"WHAT ?!" She yelled.
"But Ron we're not even Colic." She stated.
"Catholic Ginny, you mean we're not Catholic." he smiled warmly at her.
"Its what I want to do Ginny ......" he continued "Can you except that ?" he asked her nervously.
"Yeah sure Ron" she smiled lovingly at her brother.
"I think you'll make a really great Colic, but ahhh I wouldn't tell mum for a while."
"Thanks Gin, that means a lot." he replied as he placed his empty mug beside the chair, and stood stretching.
"Now I'm going to bed." He said.
"Night Gin."
"Night" she replied as she watched him walk towards the boys dorm room stairs.
However just as he was about to start climbing to his room he turned and looked at his sister.
"Tell her Gin." he said quietly.
"What ?" Ginny questioned.
"Hermione." He smiled at her.
"Tell her how you feel, she loves you Gin."
"WHAT ?! How did ...... How do ...." she spluttered.
"God told me." he stated as he turned and walked up the staircase.
"?!" said Ginny.
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"Ginnnnnny!" a sweet voice and a hand waving in front of her face broke through her shocked haze.
She looked up to see Hermione looking at her questioningly.
"You alright Gin ?" Hermione asked quietly.
"Ron's a saint .... " she told her angel.
Hermione burst out laughing.
"Ron's very sweet, but I wouldn't go that far Gin !" she replied.
"And your not the hero" she continued, still rather dazed.
"I thought I was Cathy, but I'm not ....." She said as she shook her head slowly, then picked herself up and walked out the room towards the Great Hall for breakfast.
Hermione stared quizzically after the young 5th year.
"Hey Hermione." She felt a slap on her back and turned to see a grinning Ron.
"Mmmm, Breakfast time!" he smiled wider.
She smiled affectionatley at him.
"Hey Ron." Hermione questioned.
"Ginny hasn't been killing chickens again has she ?!"
Ron raised an eyebrow at her questioningly.
"She was going on about you being a saint ...... " Hermione told him.
"Ohh." Replied Ron.
"I ahh ..... I told her I wanted to be a monk when I left here. She was probably still a bit shocked." he finished.
"OHH !" said Hermione, a little too loudly.
"I'm sure you'll make a great monk Ron ! You're a very sweet young man." She quickly added when she saw him start to frown.
"Gee thanks Hermione." He replied happily.
"'Course, you know could 'ave just been 'cos she's in love with you too." Ron muttered thoughtfully.
"What ?" asked Hermione, not quite understanding him.
"Ohh" said Ron, as he turned to face her.
"Ginny's in love with you." he smiled as he rushed out the door to breakfast.
"?!" said Hermione as she fell back into the armchair behind her.
TBC .......
