Ginny walked into the Great Hall for breakfast, and sat down next to the
Dream Team. Everything seemed relatively normal, and then as usual, the
owls came in and dropped off the mail. Ginny heard gasps, whispers, and
giggles from people all over the Hall. Now what?, Ginny thought, what
wonderful piece of gossip did the Skeeter woman bring in this time? She
really could care less, but whenever that woman did an article, those types
of sounds were made, it was kind of annoying. Ginny always felt bad for the
people in the articles. Ginny looked right at Ron who was holding his Daily
Prophet, and was surprised to see his face turned bright red. Now, Ginny
wanted to know. Was it another article about Harry? Ron didn't act like
this usually when she did articles on Harry and his friends. Ron turned his
eyes on her, full of anger and disgust, and handed her the paper. She
gasped and dropped her piece of toast. Angelus was going to kill her, and
her brother was going to chew up what was left. There, on the front page
was her and Spike, doing the dance they had done in the Three Broomsticks
when they were at Hogsmeade. The very naughty dance. What was even worse
was the title of the article:
"VIRGINIA WEASLEY AND WILLIAM THE BLOODY, A COUPLE?!"
Oh God, she thought, I'm going to wallow in a pit and die. Harry and Hermione looked confused
"What is going on?" Harry asked, and Ron pried article out of her hands and gave it to Harry. Harry gasped, and handed it to Hermione and she gasped and looked at Ginny.
"Is this true?"
"Me and him a couple, no." She answered
All three of them looked relieved.
"I wondered how they made those pictures then?" Ron said and she rolled her eyes, he could be so dense sometimes. Hermione inspected the article.
"The pictures are real Ron" Ginny said quietly.
"What?!"
"I said, we are not a couple, but we did do that" she said pointing at the article.
"We are just friends" she added in before any of them could say anything.
"Friends, my ass!" Ron shouted.
Everyone who had gotten the Daily Prophet was staring at her now, and she was not liking the attention.
"Yes, Ron, friends" she said a tear rolling down her cheek. Hermione glared at Ron, she didn't know what was going on, but she was determined to find out and help Ginny. She knew Ron was overreacting, and Ginny didn't like the attention, but there was something else in her eyes. Fear. It was fear, and she knew it wasn't fear of her brother, and probably not any other family members. Usually, Ginny was very good at holding this sort of thing in before she got away from public. Hermione has only seen this type of fear in her eyes a couple times before, and she just knew something was off.
"Harry" Hermione said desperately, looking at Ron.
"Right" Harry said, and started trying to calm his best-friend down.
Hermione dragged the teary-eyed redhead off to the common room, to comfort her, a usually un-Hermione like thing to do.
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Draco Malfoy took the Daily Prophet from the owl, opened it, looked at the front page, and promptly choked on his toast. Drusilla, who was sitting next to him giggled, and Spike and Angelus looked at them oddly. He handed the paper to Spike, who grinned smugly.
"What the hell is wrong with you pe-" Angelus started to say before had had looked at the article. Draco thought, from the looks of it, that he was gonna pop a blood vessel. He vamped out and a couple of the first years screamed.
"You stay away from her, boy" Angelus growled and leaned over, punching spike in the stomach. Draco could tell this was a hard blow and wasn't surprised when Spike buckled over in pain. Angelus stormed out of the Hall, the article in his hand.
"Naughty boy, playing with our new mommy, tsk tsk" Drusilla said to Spike who looked like he was still in a lot of pain. Angelus must've hit him harder than I thought; Draco thought and looked at Spike.
"What is going on?" Draco asked no one in particular.
"VIRGINIA WEASLEY AND WILLIAM THE BLOODY, A COUPLE?!"
Oh God, she thought, I'm going to wallow in a pit and die. Harry and Hermione looked confused
"What is going on?" Harry asked, and Ron pried article out of her hands and gave it to Harry. Harry gasped, and handed it to Hermione and she gasped and looked at Ginny.
"Is this true?"
"Me and him a couple, no." She answered
All three of them looked relieved.
"I wondered how they made those pictures then?" Ron said and she rolled her eyes, he could be so dense sometimes. Hermione inspected the article.
"The pictures are real Ron" Ginny said quietly.
"What?!"
"I said, we are not a couple, but we did do that" she said pointing at the article.
"We are just friends" she added in before any of them could say anything.
"Friends, my ass!" Ron shouted.
Everyone who had gotten the Daily Prophet was staring at her now, and she was not liking the attention.
"Yes, Ron, friends" she said a tear rolling down her cheek. Hermione glared at Ron, she didn't know what was going on, but she was determined to find out and help Ginny. She knew Ron was overreacting, and Ginny didn't like the attention, but there was something else in her eyes. Fear. It was fear, and she knew it wasn't fear of her brother, and probably not any other family members. Usually, Ginny was very good at holding this sort of thing in before she got away from public. Hermione has only seen this type of fear in her eyes a couple times before, and she just knew something was off.
"Harry" Hermione said desperately, looking at Ron.
"Right" Harry said, and started trying to calm his best-friend down.
Hermione dragged the teary-eyed redhead off to the common room, to comfort her, a usually un-Hermione like thing to do.
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Draco Malfoy took the Daily Prophet from the owl, opened it, looked at the front page, and promptly choked on his toast. Drusilla, who was sitting next to him giggled, and Spike and Angelus looked at them oddly. He handed the paper to Spike, who grinned smugly.
"What the hell is wrong with you pe-" Angelus started to say before had had looked at the article. Draco thought, from the looks of it, that he was gonna pop a blood vessel. He vamped out and a couple of the first years screamed.
"You stay away from her, boy" Angelus growled and leaned over, punching spike in the stomach. Draco could tell this was a hard blow and wasn't surprised when Spike buckled over in pain. Angelus stormed out of the Hall, the article in his hand.
"Naughty boy, playing with our new mommy, tsk tsk" Drusilla said to Spike who looked like he was still in a lot of pain. Angelus must've hit him harder than I thought; Draco thought and looked at Spike.
"What is going on?" Draco asked no one in particular.
