It was a few weeks from the end of term and things had quietened down for Ginny Weasley Draco had called off his hounds and people in school seemed to have forgotten about all that had transpired. Ron and Hermione had announced their plans to get married at the end of term which was in a few weeks. Everyone knew they had been in love since second year and now that they were about to be separated neither could bare it. Ron had casually suggested marriage over a game of wizard chess one day so that Pig wouldn't get worn out and have a heart failure keeping them in touch the whole time and a little more emotionally Hermione had said yes. Ginny was to be maid of honour and Harry was to be best man, Harry couldn't actually believe his two best friends were going to be married. It was quite frightening since they were so young it would be like him getting married. At that thought he smiled slightly wondering how Ginny would like being a Potter. Harry was sat with Ginny after lights out in front of the fire in the common room snuggled up in the chair their arms interlocked with each other. Harry could feel Ginny's heart beating against his as she rested on his chest. It was a marvellous feeling being this close to her, her warmth and her sweet floral smell intoxicated him like opium making him drowsy. Looking down at Ginny, Harry's brow furrowed, she had lost a lot of colour from her cheeks, she had been quite ill for sometime now. She hadn't lost any weight but she looked tired the whole time and like she wanted to puke. Feeling a slight vibration of guilt pass through him Harry thought to himself that it must be the side affects of the stress she suffered during the time when people had been attacking her daily as a result of their relationship. Feeling Harry tremble Ginny lifted her heavy head up from his chest and looked at his penetrating green gaze "Penny for your thoughts?". Harry responded sleepily "Just thinking to myself how lucky I am to be with you. oh that and quiditch" a impish grin appearing on his face. Socking him in the chest teasingly Ginny sat up stretching out like a cat. "You know Harry this has to have been one of the strangest years at Hogwarts ever, I will miss you so much when you leave!" Ginny felt her stomach churn with anxiety, her face paling yet again. Taking Ginny's shoulders Harry steadied her "Ginny what's wrong with you? You haven't been well for ages now, have you been to Madame Pomfrey." "Oh Harry its just stress and worry, you know, I will be fine soon enough I just need loads of sleep and such!".

The next few weeks passed in a haze, it was closing in on the end of term and Harry would soon be gone from Hogwarts. Ginny couldn't bare the thought every time she was reminded of the end of term she would find herself in a bathroom hurling the contents of her stomach into the toilet. She was barely seeing Harry he was so consumed with his duties of sorting the wedding out with Ron and Hermione that they rarely had a second together just to breath let alone say hello. Ginny decided maybe it was time to see the nurse, since she felt like her whole body was betraying her. She was constantly exhausted and dizzy, for a while she wondered if she had been eating enough but she was steadily putting the pounds on and becoming much curvier so it obviously wasn't from lack of nourishment. Ginny thought maybe one of her fellow students had hexed her to make her lethargic. If they had then it was working a treat.

Strolling down the corridor towards the hospital wing Ginny saw Draco coming towards her before she would have run in the other direction but now she and Draco were fine with each other again. "Weasley" "Malfoy" They stood staring at each other for a long moment with looks of mock loathing on their faces before cracking up laughing. Draco wasn't really over Ginny but he knew he had to try. His eyes looked over her with interest before looking at her pale face "You know you aren't looking so great". Rolling her eyes Ginny laughed "Who says romance is dead eh?" but Draco didn't laugh with her. "No Ginny seriously, you look awful!" he cringed he knew he should have phrased that much better than he did. With the flash of an eye Draco was looking at Ginny's receding figure she didn't feel much like standing her ground or arguing, so she ran.

Ginny ran arrived at the hospital wing where Madame Pomfrey had met her and taken her into her office at once to give her a check over. Madame Pomfreys brow was furrowed in concentration every so often tutting and clicking her tongue. Pulling out her wand she tapped Ginny's chest four times but nothing happened. "Oh dear Oh dear Miss Weasley!". Ginny's eyes widened and she sat back down into the leather chair pulling her shirt down. "What does Oh dear mean, Oh dear your so healthy or Oh dear your dying?". Madame Pomfrey sat down before Ginny behind her desk folding her arms and lowering her eyes her voice took on a rather solemn tone "