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Discover Me
Ginny awoke to find her head in Harry's lap, on something that was a bit lumpy. Sitting across the compartment, Ron and Hermione were separately occupied, and she shifted her head slightly. Harry breathed in sharply. Closing her eyes, to hide her shock, she shifted her head once more and was rewarded with the same reaction. If she wasn't pretending to be asleep, she would have grinned, knowing exactly where her head was. Content, she didn't fall back asleep, but allowed herself to move her head every five minutes or so, causing him to jerk or inhale, all the while pretending to be asleep.
An hour later, Harry awoke with a jolt, jumping so much that Ginny couldn't pretend to be asleep any longer without being discovered. She did not, however, move her head. Harry looked down at her like a unicorn caught in wandlight. She merely smiled pleasantly and moved her head, pressing down before sitting up. Harry's face was flushed and he continued to stare at her. Maybe she had given him a dream of some sort. The thought thrilled her.
"Are you alright?" she asked, knowing that he was far from it.
"Yes, yes, I 'm fine," he replied all too quickly. Her smile of concern deepened.
"You're awfully hot and bothered," she said, innocently crossing her legs and brushing him in the process.
"Ju-just had a funny dream, that's all."
"Would you like to tell me about it?" He looked mortified at the mere suggestion. "I'll take that as a no." Harry was now rubbing his hand over his face, which had returned to its normal color. "I'll be back, I need to use the loo." Closing the sliding door behind her, she made her way to the bathroom at the end of the hall, laughing. Harry was so funny sometimes. Her laughter stopped short when she found three figures coming up the train towards herself: two large and pudgy, one tall and lean. The Trio from Hell.
"Hmm… Do I smell a rat? Oh no, it must be a weasel." The larger two, oft called Crabbe and Goyle (though she could never remember who was whom…), guffawed.
"Maybe, you smell a ferret?" Draco's smile stayed icy and his eyes glinted with hate.
"Careful, little Weaslette, or you may find yourself mailed home in little pieces."
"Careful, oh foul one, or I might pee on you." She was rewarded by a confused flash of emotion that spread and disappeared on his face.
"You wouldn't have the chance, I would never find myself between your legs."
"You're right, because I won't let you be there. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to pee." She pushed between the giant lumps that followed Draco around like little lost puppies, or more like great blundering boarhounds, and concealed herself within the lavatory. Once her duty was done, she returned to the compartment, finding her friends beginning a game of Exploding Snap, herself already dealt in. This was where she belonged, with her crush, her closest female friend, and her closest sibling, and none of them knew how close she had come to leaving them all behind.
That was sweet and short, wasn't it? So now you all want to know what Ginny's hiding, but I'm not telling…not yet anyways. I need a beta for this story. Just drop me a review (I love those things!) or go to my profile and get my e-mail address. This might sound weird but if you could send me a sample of writing, or a link to one of your stories, I'd greatly appreciate it because I want my beta to be thoroughly critical of my writing in all aspects: ideas, grammar; typographical errors, nonsensical ideas, etc. For example, if I'm stumped I'd like to say, "Where do you think this could go?" and discuss possible outcomes. Thanks.
