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Ginny heard Harry call out to her but before she could turn around and face him to tell him exactly what she thought about his behavior they took him off to the hospital wing. Ginny glared after him, her eyes shooting daggers. What in the world was he thinking? What he did could've killed him and Draco. At the moment Draco didn't look too great. Madame Pomfrey walked over to Draco and shook her head. She conjured up a stretcher and began talking to Ginny.
"What in the world happened here I wonder? These boys I tell you, Quidditch gets rougher and rougher each year. They thought it used to be bad but wait until a few years from now! I hate to think what it'll be like then."
"Can I come visit him? I mean him and Harry both. They're both my friends." She was relieved to realize Pomfrey hadn't assumed Ginny wanted to see specifically Draco.
"Of course but wait for a little while. Give me one hour and then they'll be yours." She turned and walked back to the castle with Draco following on the stretcher. Two Slytherins had come to carry the stretcher into the castle and were staring murderously at the Gryffindor team still on the field. Ginny managed to tear her eyes away from Draco and because she didn't want to draw attention to herself she walked over to Hermione and Ron.
"I hope Harry's alright." Ginny practically choked on the words as they left her mouth.
"He will be. Harry always is." Ron informed Ginny and she just nodded. Ron and Hermione began a conversation and Ginny's mind began to wonder. Just what happened up there? Harry flew over and him and Malfoy said things to each other, which wasn't unusual, but this time Harry plowed right into Malfoy. Ginny's thoughts shifted to Draco. She hoped he wasn't hurt. Harry was obviously ok but Draco hadn't regained consciousness and she was worried. She was also selfishly worried that someone would begin to suspect her liaison with Draco. If that happened they'd never get to be together, their bond was still a little too fragile. She was so stupid to doubt him over something as simple as jealousy. It was a basic human emotion and Harry had been a little too friendly with her. She needed to see Draco and soon.
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Draco woke up with a pounding head. Pomfrey gave him something and it was quickly relieved but he still was in some pain. He looked around the room and didn't see Potter. He assumed he'd been fine after the fall. That would figure, Wonder Boy saved from harm again. Draco rolled his eyes at himself and his self-pity. He was hoping he'd wake up and find Ginny sitting next to him but unlucky for him, she was no where to be seen. He shifted his position in bed and realized he was only wearing a pair of pants. They were the kind you get in a hospital, very loose and very comfortable. He smiled when he recalled the look on Potter's face when he realized what Draco had said. It was classic Potter, easy to rile up if you could find the right insult. He hadn't counted on Potter going postal and aiming for him at full speed, but it was worth it.
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Since Ginny wasn't allowed to go up to the Hospital area she went to the Gryffindor common room. She assumed Harry was also still being treated so she was surprised to find Harry sitting on a couch looking as if nothing in the world happened. Her surprise quickly turned to anger.
"Harry why are you here?" She threw the question at him.
"This is where I live." His glib reply further enraged Ginny.
"Hmmm...Ok let my try this again. Why are you here, looking smug when Draco could be dying for all you know."
"That would be too perfect. I only wish I'd caught the snitch before I ran into him. That would have been the most perfect game ever, right Ron?" Harry looked past Ginny to Ron and Hermione who had just walked in behind her.
"Yeah perfect. I only wish he woulda been screaming in pain and stuff. That woulda been great." Ron said.
They were joking about this?? This was not something to joke about! Ginny was getting more enraged by the moment.
"And crying like a little boy." Harry added and Ginny couldn't take their stupid laughing anymore.
"You guys are horrible!! I don't know what's worse that you're," she turned and pointed at Ron, "related to me or that I," she turned and pointed at Harry, "used to think I was in love with you! I'm so ashamed of you!! What in the hell happened Harry?! You attacked Draco! I can't even believe it!" She looked at both of them, Ron looked weary like always when dealing with emotional women and Harry just sat there looking stunned. Ginny was giving both of them the evil eye and looking like she wanted to do them bodily harm.
"Well I can't believe I'm hearing a Weasley defend a Malfoy. That's a first and hopefully a last. You know mum and dad would die if they heard about this." Ron explained almost calmly, not wanting to invoke Ginny's wrath again.
Ginny was about to unleash the fury again but Hermione intervened. "Ron and Harry, I agree totally with Ginny. That was a terrible thing you did and It's not something I would've pictured you doing. Why'd you do it anyway?" Hermione automatically assumed the role of peacemaker in situations like this.
Harry, who was still staring at Ginny in a stunned manner, turned his attention to Hermione. "He was just being Malfoy. Saying all this crap and it really pissed me off."
"Harry you can't just go attacking people who piss you off. It's not very smart. I think you'll be punished for this you know." Hermione scolded him then walked over to Ron and grabbed his hand. "I'm not sure but I think you're having a rematch right?"
"Not sure. I hope so, it would be a shame to lose the cup over something as stupid as Malfoy." Ron told everyone who was listening and Ginny couldn't take it. She just got up and left the room. She glanced down at her watch and noticed she was still a little short of an hour. She headed off in the direction of the hospital wing hoping she'd be allowed to see Malfoy anyway. She arrived to find Pomfrey waiting for her.
"No visitors. It's too late and Draco needs his rest. You can come by and see him tomorrow." She walked off completely ignoring Ginny's protest. Ginny was getting so frustrated and all she wanted to do was see Draco. He would make her feel better, feel reassured about everything she couldn't understand between them. He was also impossible to reach right now.
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"You had a visitor but I told her she had to wait until tomorrow to see you. You need your rest right now." Pomfrey walked into the room and explained to Draco. "I'm going to go to bed if you need anything, which I hope you won't, you just call for me and I'll be right here."
Draco's expression remained bland as he asked, "Who was the visitor?" Hoping it was Ginny but not wanting to get his hopes too high, he mentally braced himself for the possible rejection.
"Virginia Weasley. Goodnight Mr.Malfoy." Madame Pomfrey walked off to her bedroom, which was a floor above the hospital wing. A set of stairs on the far side of the room led up to her area, they set it up this way so she was available to all the students who were sick. Draco was the only one in need of her services right now and he looked around the room feeling lonely. Ginny tried to come see him and somehow that made him feel tons better about sitting in this bed, all alone in an empty room. He smiled yet again thinking about Potter and the look on his face. That was something he'd never forget.
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Ginny was irritated she wasn't allowed in to see Draco. She was usually a cautious and very thoughtful person but now she was having pretty drastic thoughts. If she could just sneak in to see Draco somehow, but how? She couldn't think of a spell or a potion and then suddenly she remembered Harry's invisibility cloak. All she had to do was manage to steal it.
She killed time until she figured everyone else would be asleep. Once Harry and Ron left the common room she gave them about half an hour to fall asleep then she made her move. Her heart pounded as she silently climbed the steps to their room. She slowly opened the door and peeked around the corner, everyone was sleeping. She'd never done this before and she really hoped Draco was wrong about her footsteps as she walked as quietly as possible over to Harry's bed. She got down on her hands and knees and peeked under his bed. This was where he kept everything he valued. She felt badly about rifling through his stuff but she had to have the cloak to see Draco. She found it in a box with a picture book. The book contained pictures of his family and she quickly put it back in the box and shut the lid. Then she threw the cloak around herself and crept back out of the room.
A/N: Hello guys! How are you?? I'm good today. Anyway I hope you guys liked this chappie the next ones pretty good too. There's a little naughty naughty in it. Read and Review!! Thanks for all the reviews you've given so far.
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"Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint."
