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Here I am, back again!! Yaaay! I had fun writing this chapter, dunno why! Anyway, I thank all my reviewers.........you guys rock! Also, thank you to my beta reader, Kat Hallowell, I can't believe I make so many typing errors!! Sorry there are no personal thank you's......... I'll get to that in later chapters. Well, here we are.........
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As she was making her way down to the Great Hall, when one boy, with jet black hair, and intense blue eyes came up to her.........
"Hi! I'm Kevin from Ravenclaw, how are you doing?"
Ginny froze. 'Who the hell.........'. "Umm.........I'm sorry, I'm in no mood for a conversation, please don't take it personally."
She walked off, leaving the boy a tad bit confused. Why on earth would any boy, especially one from Ravenclaw want to talk to her? She did have her fair share of admirers, but, none of them actually came up to her. Maybe it was because they knew.........about Draco. Oh my god, if they knew about Draco, then maybe Ron knew as well. She didn't need this right now! 'I'll worry later, I need my strength right now.'
As she entered the Great Hall, she peered around first, before sitting down. Her eyes laid on Draco. He was sitting at the end of the Slytherin table, away from his goons. He looked pale, with his eyes puffed up, and cheeks red. Ginny's heart shrank into her stomach. She sighed, not believing what she had done. Was she really that heartless to reject someone that truly loved her? Well, that is a controversial topic, did he really truly love her? That's the reason why she rejected his "proposal".
She told him that she'd wait, and she was waiting. 'For how long though?' She sighed again, she was lost for words, and she certainly didn't want to give Ron any ideas about her and Draco, although she thought that it was definitely time to tell him. No, no it wasn't, she wanted to play it safe.
She sat down at the Gryffindor table, next to Hermione, opposite Ron and Harry. Her back was towards the Slytherin table, she didn't want to take any chances and start staring at Draco in public.
Hermione, already knowing what had happened, decided not to talk to Ginny. Ron and Harry knew that something was wrong with the girl, but they decided not to say anything, knowing the way her temper had started to work this year. Christmas wasn't even here yet, and she probably had more outbursts than she had had all of her 16 years combined.
She started pouring some pumpkin juice in her goblet. 'This is going to be a very long day.'
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On the other side of the Great Hall, at the end of the Slytherin table, Draco sat there, staring at his first and only love. Ginny. She had not believed him when he told her how he felt. Damn his father and the Dark Lord.
Without her he felt.........lost. Utterly confused, and vulnerable. She had taught him the ways of the good side, the light side. She had taught him that love was all you needed to be happy. Money wasn't important to her. He had learnt that the Weasleys weren't bad people, although he would never, ever start being nice to her brothers.
Because of her, he was now convinced that he would definitely not join the Death Eaters. He would resist his father in any way. He would rather die than worship Lord Voldemort. Now he was scared he'd loose all the knowledge he had gained, and back out of the good side, and once again, join the dark. She was his savior.
He sighed, she was waiting for him to say the words again. When should he? When would she actually believe him?
He had seen that blasted Ravenclaw boy go up to her and start talking to her. At that moment, he wanted to go up to him and knock the daylights out of him. But he didn't have to do that when Ginny rejected his request to start talking. That made him feel a little bit relieved. At least he wouldn't loose her now.
He shook his head; he didn't know what to do. He went back to his food, and tried to finish off everything on the plate.
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Because it was the first day of the Christmas break, students either went out by the lake, or they went up to their common rooms.
Ginny, along with Ron, Hermione and Harry made their way up to the Gryffindor common room.
Hermione made Ginny go up with her to her dorm room to talk to her. Even in the morning, she felt that Ginny was a bit uneasy after last night's events.
Before Hermione could ask any questions, Ginny started talking.
"Hermione, I'm just so scared. How long will I have to wait? You know how I feel about him. I just have this feeling that I did the wrong thing yesterday, walking away from him like that. I'm just so confused."
Hermione didn't say anything, knowing that Ginny wouldn't want to be disturbed.
"And then this morning, this one guy from Ravenclaw came up to me and started talking to me. I couldn't talk to him; it disturbed me that I found him good looking. Oh Hermione! What am I going to do?"
Hermione got up and sat next to Ginny, putting a comforting arm around her.
"Ginny, honey, you can't just stick to one guy for all your life. You know that. You're waiting; he's probably wondering when to come up to you. You can't take any risks and stay like this all your life. If you do, then I can very well guarantee that the rest of your life will be spent sitting in a room and weeping. You're such a wonderful person, I'm sure anyone would be happy to have you."
Ginny looked up at her and smiled. What Hermione said actually made sense. What good would it do spend the rest of her living days crying? She hugged Hermione, and hung on to her tightly.
"Woaah girl!! Calm down there! I only said what was right! And, uuh.........Ginny, could you mind pulling away, it's getting hard to breathe."
Ginny laughed. "You're the greatest, you know that? You made me feel so much better."
Hermione joined in, "Well that's not the first time I've heard it!"
Ginny looked at her slyly. "Yeah? I wonder who else must of said that! How are things going with Mr. Wood?"
At once Hermione blushed. "Fine!"
"Fine! That's all I get!??! I know something happened, and I darn well want to know right now!"
"Okay, okay," Hermione said, holding up her hands in defeat. "He asked me out yesterday, and kissed me as well."
Ginny screamed and started jumping up and down on her bed. "Eeeeeeee!!!!! No way!!"
Hermione laughed. "Ginny, you might want to calm down, I'm actually afraid you might fall on me."
Ginny laughed, and sat back down. "Hey 'Mione, can you do my hair?"
"Sure thing, you want it braided?" Ginny nodded.
As Hermione was plaiting her hair, she asked, "So, you going to go and give that Ravenclaw guy a chance to talk to you?"
"Yeah, I'm planning to go up to him during dinner and apologize." She smiled.
Hermione smiled as well, she was glad that Ginny had her mind away from Draco.
Ginny couldn't help but feel relieved. Deep down she knew that if she and Draco were meant to be, they would be. Besides, the only reason she was apologizing to Kevin was because she felt bad. There was no way she was ready to go out with someone else again. That would take some time.
Once Hermione was done, they both went downstairs. As they arrived, Ron and Harry acknowledged their presence by saying 'hello'. The two girls sat down on the couch right next to the fire place, opposite the guys.
Through out the morning, Ron kept on giving Ginny worried looks. Ginny seemed to notice these and decided it was time to reassure her brother that nothing was wrong.
She got up and when to sit next to Ron. "Ron, are you okay?"
He looked at her, and took her hand. "Gin, I'm really worried about you. You've been very different right from the beginning of this year. Are you absolutely sure that nothing happened, and that you're perfectly alright?"
Ginny sighed, "Ron, I'm not going to lie to you, yes, something did happen, but I'm alright now, and I've gotten over it. I promise." She smiled at him.
He smiled back, but she knew that he was dying to ask her something. "Go on, ask me, whatever it is," although she kind of guessed what it was going to be about.
"Ginny, I want the truth. Whatever happened to you, did that by any chance have anything to do with Malfoy?"
Ginny sat there silent for a while, avoiding eye contact with Hermione, because that might put the older girl in trouble, which she didn't want to do.
A few seconds later she looked up at him, straight in the eye, and whispered, "Yes."
Harry at once stood up, but Hermione pulled him down, not wanting him to interrupt.
Ron looked back at her, through clenched teeth he managed to say, "That prat put you through all of this? I know you were crying Ginny, I'm not clueless. He made you cry. What did he do Ginny?"
Ginny closed her eyes, holding back tears, she didn't need this right now. But she knew that this time would come. Did she have to tell him about their relationship? About the Dark Lord and his plan? She couldn't lie to him either.
After a great deal of time, realization dawned upon Ron, his eyes went as wide as dinner plates. "Oh my god, no, please no Ginny. Please don't tell me that you, a-and, h-him.........together?"
He let go of her hand at once, his hands started to clench. His face was turning red.
Ginny had no choice; she opened her eyes and slightly nodded.
At the nod, Ron and Harry both got up and made their way to the portrait hole.
Ginny stood up at once. "It's not what you think Ron! He didn't do anything to me!"
Ron stopped abruptly and turned to her. "I know you're not going to tell me, I'm going to go to Malfoy for the answers. Ginny, I don't know how you could do this, I really don't. Malfoy will have to pay for hurting you." He then turned around and went through the portrait hole.
She started crying, sat down, and whispered "But I love him." She put her face in her hands and wept, not believing that life had chosen to take such path.
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How was it? Good? Bad? Please reviewww!!!!!!
One more thing, I might not be able to update for a while because this Thursday I'm off, outta the country for my summer break, I'm not sure if I'll have access to a computer, but I'll try my best, if I don't, then I'm sorry! I'll do my best to have at least one more chapter out before I leave, I'll TRY!!
Until next time.........
Here I am, back again!! Yaaay! I had fun writing this chapter, dunno why! Anyway, I thank all my reviewers.........you guys rock! Also, thank you to my beta reader, Kat Hallowell, I can't believe I make so many typing errors!! Sorry there are no personal thank you's......... I'll get to that in later chapters. Well, here we are.........
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As she was making her way down to the Great Hall, when one boy, with jet black hair, and intense blue eyes came up to her.........
"Hi! I'm Kevin from Ravenclaw, how are you doing?"
Ginny froze. 'Who the hell.........'. "Umm.........I'm sorry, I'm in no mood for a conversation, please don't take it personally."
She walked off, leaving the boy a tad bit confused. Why on earth would any boy, especially one from Ravenclaw want to talk to her? She did have her fair share of admirers, but, none of them actually came up to her. Maybe it was because they knew.........about Draco. Oh my god, if they knew about Draco, then maybe Ron knew as well. She didn't need this right now! 'I'll worry later, I need my strength right now.'
As she entered the Great Hall, she peered around first, before sitting down. Her eyes laid on Draco. He was sitting at the end of the Slytherin table, away from his goons. He looked pale, with his eyes puffed up, and cheeks red. Ginny's heart shrank into her stomach. She sighed, not believing what she had done. Was she really that heartless to reject someone that truly loved her? Well, that is a controversial topic, did he really truly love her? That's the reason why she rejected his "proposal".
She told him that she'd wait, and she was waiting. 'For how long though?' She sighed again, she was lost for words, and she certainly didn't want to give Ron any ideas about her and Draco, although she thought that it was definitely time to tell him. No, no it wasn't, she wanted to play it safe.
She sat down at the Gryffindor table, next to Hermione, opposite Ron and Harry. Her back was towards the Slytherin table, she didn't want to take any chances and start staring at Draco in public.
Hermione, already knowing what had happened, decided not to talk to Ginny. Ron and Harry knew that something was wrong with the girl, but they decided not to say anything, knowing the way her temper had started to work this year. Christmas wasn't even here yet, and she probably had more outbursts than she had had all of her 16 years combined.
She started pouring some pumpkin juice in her goblet. 'This is going to be a very long day.'
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On the other side of the Great Hall, at the end of the Slytherin table, Draco sat there, staring at his first and only love. Ginny. She had not believed him when he told her how he felt. Damn his father and the Dark Lord.
Without her he felt.........lost. Utterly confused, and vulnerable. She had taught him the ways of the good side, the light side. She had taught him that love was all you needed to be happy. Money wasn't important to her. He had learnt that the Weasleys weren't bad people, although he would never, ever start being nice to her brothers.
Because of her, he was now convinced that he would definitely not join the Death Eaters. He would resist his father in any way. He would rather die than worship Lord Voldemort. Now he was scared he'd loose all the knowledge he had gained, and back out of the good side, and once again, join the dark. She was his savior.
He sighed, she was waiting for him to say the words again. When should he? When would she actually believe him?
He had seen that blasted Ravenclaw boy go up to her and start talking to her. At that moment, he wanted to go up to him and knock the daylights out of him. But he didn't have to do that when Ginny rejected his request to start talking. That made him feel a little bit relieved. At least he wouldn't loose her now.
He shook his head; he didn't know what to do. He went back to his food, and tried to finish off everything on the plate.
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Because it was the first day of the Christmas break, students either went out by the lake, or they went up to their common rooms.
Ginny, along with Ron, Hermione and Harry made their way up to the Gryffindor common room.
Hermione made Ginny go up with her to her dorm room to talk to her. Even in the morning, she felt that Ginny was a bit uneasy after last night's events.
Before Hermione could ask any questions, Ginny started talking.
"Hermione, I'm just so scared. How long will I have to wait? You know how I feel about him. I just have this feeling that I did the wrong thing yesterday, walking away from him like that. I'm just so confused."
Hermione didn't say anything, knowing that Ginny wouldn't want to be disturbed.
"And then this morning, this one guy from Ravenclaw came up to me and started talking to me. I couldn't talk to him; it disturbed me that I found him good looking. Oh Hermione! What am I going to do?"
Hermione got up and sat next to Ginny, putting a comforting arm around her.
"Ginny, honey, you can't just stick to one guy for all your life. You know that. You're waiting; he's probably wondering when to come up to you. You can't take any risks and stay like this all your life. If you do, then I can very well guarantee that the rest of your life will be spent sitting in a room and weeping. You're such a wonderful person, I'm sure anyone would be happy to have you."
Ginny looked up at her and smiled. What Hermione said actually made sense. What good would it do spend the rest of her living days crying? She hugged Hermione, and hung on to her tightly.
"Woaah girl!! Calm down there! I only said what was right! And, uuh.........Ginny, could you mind pulling away, it's getting hard to breathe."
Ginny laughed. "You're the greatest, you know that? You made me feel so much better."
Hermione joined in, "Well that's not the first time I've heard it!"
Ginny looked at her slyly. "Yeah? I wonder who else must of said that! How are things going with Mr. Wood?"
At once Hermione blushed. "Fine!"
"Fine! That's all I get!??! I know something happened, and I darn well want to know right now!"
"Okay, okay," Hermione said, holding up her hands in defeat. "He asked me out yesterday, and kissed me as well."
Ginny screamed and started jumping up and down on her bed. "Eeeeeeee!!!!! No way!!"
Hermione laughed. "Ginny, you might want to calm down, I'm actually afraid you might fall on me."
Ginny laughed, and sat back down. "Hey 'Mione, can you do my hair?"
"Sure thing, you want it braided?" Ginny nodded.
As Hermione was plaiting her hair, she asked, "So, you going to go and give that Ravenclaw guy a chance to talk to you?"
"Yeah, I'm planning to go up to him during dinner and apologize." She smiled.
Hermione smiled as well, she was glad that Ginny had her mind away from Draco.
Ginny couldn't help but feel relieved. Deep down she knew that if she and Draco were meant to be, they would be. Besides, the only reason she was apologizing to Kevin was because she felt bad. There was no way she was ready to go out with someone else again. That would take some time.
Once Hermione was done, they both went downstairs. As they arrived, Ron and Harry acknowledged their presence by saying 'hello'. The two girls sat down on the couch right next to the fire place, opposite the guys.
Through out the morning, Ron kept on giving Ginny worried looks. Ginny seemed to notice these and decided it was time to reassure her brother that nothing was wrong.
She got up and when to sit next to Ron. "Ron, are you okay?"
He looked at her, and took her hand. "Gin, I'm really worried about you. You've been very different right from the beginning of this year. Are you absolutely sure that nothing happened, and that you're perfectly alright?"
Ginny sighed, "Ron, I'm not going to lie to you, yes, something did happen, but I'm alright now, and I've gotten over it. I promise." She smiled at him.
He smiled back, but she knew that he was dying to ask her something. "Go on, ask me, whatever it is," although she kind of guessed what it was going to be about.
"Ginny, I want the truth. Whatever happened to you, did that by any chance have anything to do with Malfoy?"
Ginny sat there silent for a while, avoiding eye contact with Hermione, because that might put the older girl in trouble, which she didn't want to do.
A few seconds later she looked up at him, straight in the eye, and whispered, "Yes."
Harry at once stood up, but Hermione pulled him down, not wanting him to interrupt.
Ron looked back at her, through clenched teeth he managed to say, "That prat put you through all of this? I know you were crying Ginny, I'm not clueless. He made you cry. What did he do Ginny?"
Ginny closed her eyes, holding back tears, she didn't need this right now. But she knew that this time would come. Did she have to tell him about their relationship? About the Dark Lord and his plan? She couldn't lie to him either.
After a great deal of time, realization dawned upon Ron, his eyes went as wide as dinner plates. "Oh my god, no, please no Ginny. Please don't tell me that you, a-and, h-him.........together?"
He let go of her hand at once, his hands started to clench. His face was turning red.
Ginny had no choice; she opened her eyes and slightly nodded.
At the nod, Ron and Harry both got up and made their way to the portrait hole.
Ginny stood up at once. "It's not what you think Ron! He didn't do anything to me!"
Ron stopped abruptly and turned to her. "I know you're not going to tell me, I'm going to go to Malfoy for the answers. Ginny, I don't know how you could do this, I really don't. Malfoy will have to pay for hurting you." He then turned around and went through the portrait hole.
She started crying, sat down, and whispered "But I love him." She put her face in her hands and wept, not believing that life had chosen to take such path.
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How was it? Good? Bad? Please reviewww!!!!!!
One more thing, I might not be able to update for a while because this Thursday I'm off, outta the country for my summer break, I'm not sure if I'll have access to a computer, but I'll try my best, if I don't, then I'm sorry! I'll do my best to have at least one more chapter out before I leave, I'll TRY!!
Until next time.........
