Ch.6
"So did you do it?" Crabbe asked as Draco entered the Slytherin Common Room.
"Of course I did." Draco shot him a glance.
"What'd she say?"
"Of course she said yes. Who would turn down the hottest man in the school?" Draco smiled at himself maliciously.
Crabbe and Goyle grunted with laughter.
"Hottest? Hmm…" Goyle muttered under his breath to Crabbe, hoping Draco wouldn't hear.
"What was that, Goyle?" Draco said sharply and turned around to stare at the both of them.
"Nothing…" Goyle looked up stupidly at Draco.
"Yeah… well I've got homework to do." Draco sneered one last time and went up to his dorm room.
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"You love her!?"
"Yeah… I should have told you both earlier, but I just couldn't." Harry looked at his best friend apologetically. Ron was getting upset.
"Do you have any idea how much she's loved you for all these years? How much she's cried because Mr. Famous himself doesn't love he back? How many times she's tried to change to get your attention? How many times she cried herself to sleep over how you two could be best friends and nothing more?" Ron was now red in the face.
"Okay, look, Ron. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make her suffer. Now she's making me suffer. Is it because she wants revenge for all these years?"
"You know what, Harry. I have no bloody idea to whatever the bloody hell she's doing and just bloody leave me alone!" Ron went up to the room in an uproar.
Harry sat down on the couch when Hermione entered the common room and came over to sit next to him.
"You never told me love could be this… confusing," Harry looked down.
"What?" Hermione looked at her best friend. Was he actually talking to her about love after what she'd done?
"I confessed my love to Ginny and she… rejected me after confessing her love for me." Harry let out a sigh.
Hermione sat there silently.
"Aren't you surprised that I love Ginny? I mean I never told anyone…" Harry was still looking down in a depressed manner.
"Harry, a girl just knows." She put her hand under his chin to make him look up at her.
Just at that moment, a certain red head had just come down the stairs and was staring at the both of them before running back up the stairs to her dormitory.
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Ginny was going to forgive Harry and give him the exact reason why she'd turned him down. She slowly lifted herself from the bed and made her way to the door, unlocked and exited, shutting it quietly behind her. She crept quietly down the stone staircase leading to the common room. Once she got there, she looked around for Harry. Once she spotted him she smiled. Until she realized that Hermione was sitting next to him, touching him, and from Ginny's perspective it looked a little more than friendly.
She gasped. She rushed back up the way she came and slammed the door behind her, letting the bottled up tears inside her pour down her rosy cheeks again.
'How could Hermione do this to me? She's supposed to be my best friend!' Ginny wondered to herself as she picked up her Arithmancy book and threw it across the room.
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Harry and Hermione looked up at the loud crash that had come from the Gryffindor Girls' Dorm rooms.
"Doesn't sound too good," Hermione said, still looking up at where the sound had come from.
Harry spotted Ron come down the stairs from their dormitory quickly.
"What in the hell?" Ron looked at Harry and Hermione as he rushed towards them.
"No idea. I'm gonna go find out." Hermione stood up and headed for the dorms.
Hermione knocked softly on the door and waited for someone to answer. She knew who was the only girl in there, though. Ginny was upset again. She could hear sobs from inside the door, muffled but still clear.
"Ginny, it's me."
"Go away." Ginny mumbled.
Hermione attempted to open the door without making much noise, yet not to her surprise it was locked.
"Alohomora!" Hermione whispered quietly.
Hermione quickly opened the door and closed it swiftly behind her. Ginny didn't even glance up. She had her face buried in her pillow and was sobbing uncontrollably.
"Ginny…" Hermione walked over to Ginny and placed her hand on her shoulder.
Ginny jumped a little.
"What do you want?" Ginny's face was streaked with tears. Her eyes were brimmed with water and her mascara had run all over the place.
"Ginn, what's wrong?" Hermione sat down next to Ginny on her bed.
Ginny started to ball again.
"Ginny, calm down…" Hermione brushed her hand through Ginny's long wavy red hair.
"Calm down!? You're telling me to calm down!!" Ginny screamed and sat up on her bed quickly.
"Ginny, tell me what's going on."
"You should know, you're the cause of all of it." Ginny spat and another tear trickled down her red cheeks.
"What?" Hermione asked looking at Ginny questionably.
"Don't act so innocent, Hermione. You know he's in love with you." Ginny's bottom lip quivered.
"In love with me?" Hermione laughed. Ginny just kept staring at her. "If that's all this is about then there are some serious misunderstandings going on."
"Misunderstandings? No, Not misunderstandings. I understand completely. I saw you both in the common room that one night when Draco interrupted you, I saw you just now… you touching his chin in a very friendly way." Ginny was giving Hermione an evil look now and stood up to walk over to the window and look out of it.
"Ginny! That's not it at all. That night, yes I must admit, I thought I liked Harry, but I don't! Harry doesn't like me like that either. Believe me!" Hermione stared at her friend's back.
"Hermione, how can I? You're supposed to be my best friend!" Ginny turned around to look at Hermione again.
"Ginny, I promise," Hermione stood and walked over to Ginny, placing her hands on her shoulders, "Nothing is going on between Harry and I. Nothing at all. Never has, and never will!" Hermione looked at Ginny pleadingly.
"How can I believe you?" Ginny's look changed from evil to curiosity.
"You just said it yourself… because I'm your best friend," Hermione stated and gave Ginny a smile.
"Promise?" Ginny asked.
"Promise." Hermione hugged Ginny, who started crying again.
"So what do I do now?" Ginny said, still hugging Hermione tightly.
"Go talk to Harry." Hermione said flatly as Ginny pulled away.
"Go talk to Harry. Right." Ginny headed for the door, but before she reached it she turned around to Hermione again. "Wait… what do I say?"
[Author's note! ~~ Sup my review-ersooo! Lol. Sorry for such a long wait! Writer's block is going away, I feel it. Lol. I'm about go update Between the Two after uploading this okay-chapter. I don't really like it, but it could be a lot worse. Now… before you bitch at me for Ginny having wavy hair, get over it, I like red wavy hair and you're gonna get over it. :-p… er… Draco, hmm what to think about him? (besides the fact that he's hot, yes we know)… anyway. Go review, go now! Go now! Oh wait here's something to expect for the next chapter:
1. What's Draco up to?
2. What will Ginny say to Harry?
More, I'm sure… just a thought! I'm Out—Hannah]