Chapter 18
Saying Goodbye
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Author's Note: I decided to upload this chapter as well so that you do not have to wait!
Here you are!
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After Ginny had fainted the five teens stared in shock at her motionless body for a few seconds.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione finally screamed, hurrying to the freckled girls' side, getting over the initial shock. "She's fainted! We'll need to get her to the hospital wing. Fast." She declared.
"Is she going to be okay?" Ron asked, very worried about his baby sister. He rushed to her other side and grabbed her in his arms.
"She should be okay, Ron but Madame Pomfrey really needs to see her." Chloe said, looking at her best friend's pale, bony, body.
"Let's go then." Harry said, leading the way out of the portrait hole and down the dark corridors.
When the group reached the hospital wing, Ron went in first, cradling Ginny in his arms.
"Madame Pomfrey!" Ron bellowed, "Madame Pomfrey!"
"Mr. Weasley! I must ask you to please keep your voice down as I assure you that I am not deaf!"
"Right, Ma'am." Harry said. "But we believe that we have an emergency." He said, gesturing to Ginny's limp body.
"Oh dear!" Poppy said, rushing to Ron and grabbing Ginny, placing her on the bed closest. "What happened?" She asked, bustling about trying to find the right potions.
"We had just confronted her about how she never eats and she told us she was fine. Then she stood up and passed out." Lavender said.
"Oh dear." Poppy said again. "How long has it been since she's eaten anything?" She asked them.
"I'd say nearly two weeks, maybe more." Chloe stepped in.
"We'll need to run some tests, you all need to leave for now and I will summon you when you can come back." Poppy said, shooing them all out.
Poppy knew that this was a very serious situation. Ginny obviously was suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Not just the average type though. Typically in the cases that she had seen girls feared becoming fat and ate very little but did occasionally eat or drink something small at least.
Virginia Weasley didn't have a fear of becoming fat but rather it seemed that she simply didn't see why she should eat. In addition to that, Ginny didn't eat AT ALL.
Poppy set up a scale and set Ginny on it. The results stunned her.
83 pounds. For a girl her height she should weight at least 115. It was nearly unheard of to lose so much weight in so little time.
The small girl's eyes flickered open.
"Madame Pomfrey! What am I doing here?' She asked.
"Ms. Weasley, are you aware that you weigh only 83 pounds?' Poppy asked severely.
"Oh do I?" Ginny asked in a daze. "That's pretty low isn't it?"
"How much did you weigh three weeks ago?"
"One hundred and twenty pounds." Ginny answered distractedly looking at her shoes.
"What?! 37 pounds in just over two weeks!" Poppy exclaimed.
"Ms. Weasley, this is deathly serious. You will need to sit down."
"Okay." Ginny said.
Poppy placed a sleeping charm over her and called in the professionals. Mediwizards.
This was out of her hands now.
* * *
"Mr. Weasley, I must ask you to come immediately to the hospital wing."
"Why?" Ron asked the nurse, puzzled. She had barged into his room at 3 in the morning and woken him up.
"Professor Dumbledore wishes that you bring anyone who is near and dear to Ginny with you. There is a problem." She said before bustling away.
Ron stared open-mouthed at her momentarily before waking Harry, Hermione, Lavender, and Chloe.
"Pomfrey said there's something wrong with Finny and we need to come quick." Ron spat out, leading the others out the door.
They walked in to find Ginny was not on the bed, which they had left her.
"Where'd she go?" Lavender asked groggily.
"In here!" Pomfrey called.
They had moved her into her own secluded room.
Ginny was lying still on her bed, looking peacefully asleep.
"We have some very sad news for everyone tonight." A familiar voice said.
The five students looked up to find Dumbledore speaking to them. Poppy and McGonagall on either side of him.
"Ms. Virginia Weasley is in severe condition. Her system is shutting down and she is not expected to live much longer." Dumbledore said gravely.
"We ask that each of you say goodbye to her tonight - just in case."
"WHAT?!" Ron shrieked. "She's not dying! She's too young!"
"Ron, clam down." Lavender said soothingly. "Ginny's strong she'll make it. You know she will."
"Of course. She's always defied all odds." Harry said.
"Don't worry, Ron! She'll get through it." Hermione said.
"Yeah, we all love her, Ron." Chloe said feeling speechless and distracted.
Ron stepped forward and the teachers exited the small room. He squeezed his sister's hand and kissed her cheek.
"Gin, I love you and please don't die on me." He choked out. Ron couldn't handle it and left the room gravely.
"Gin, don't die! We all love you!" Lavender pleaded, kissing her cheek. Harry and Hermione said pretty much the same thing and they too left, Madame Pomfrey said no one could stay.
Chloe stepped up to Ginny's unmoving body.
"Gin, you're my first and very best friend here. Please don't die. I love you like the sister I never had. More importantly though, you need to stay alive for Draco. He needs you, whether he'll admit to it or not." She said, hugging her tightly before leaving Ginny alone.
She had to talk to someone very important before it was too late.
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Draco awoke to a banging on his door. Who in the sane world would have the audacity to disturb him at this hour of the morning?
The Slytherin got up and padded to the door.
"What?" He asked blearily.
A little blonde-haired girl who was standing out side of his door, waiting very impatiently, greeted Draco. Of course only a Gryffindor would be stupid enough to wake him.
"Malfoy - it's Ginny." Chloe said, breathless from her morning jog through the corridors.
Draco's first instinct was to be concerned but he suppressed it.
"What about her?" He grunted without any emotion whatsoever present in his voice.
"She's real sick." Chloe said, knowing it was the understatement of the year.
"How sick?" Draco asked, eyes widening.
"Do you love her?' Chloe asked, not answering his question.
"How sick, Blondie?" Draco growled.
"Do you love her?" Chloe asked fiercely.
"I did."
"Why'd you stop?" She asked.
"She dumped me."
"I knew it! Why?"
"Another guy." Draco said.
"Colin?" Chloe wondered out loud.
"What is this? Twenty Questions?" Draco asked.
"Maybe."
"Listen, Colin's not safe. I told you that. You needed to do something about it as soon as I came to you. Did you?"
Chloe shook her head in response.
"It's not for me to do." She explained.
"How sick is she?" Draco asked again.
"She's dying." Chloe said, "I thought you should know so you can say goodbye."
"Dying?" Draco asked, incredulously.
"We've already wasted enough time, you need to go now. Before it's too late." Chloe told him.
Draco brushed past her quickly and began running.
Chloe say the tears in his eyes and she knew that he still loved her, if he didn't, he wouldn't be running so quickly.
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Ron, Harry, Hermione and Lavender walked back to the common room quietly, none of them knew what to say.
When they arrived back in the tower they found a mousy boy, sitting up.
"Colin." Harry said, "What are you doing up?"
"I heard something was wrong with Ginny." He said, feigning concern.
"She's not doing well, she may not make it through the night. You should go see her." Hermione said, remembering Colin and Ginny's relationship.
"Maybe I will." Colin said as he hopped up and ran to the hospital wing.
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Naturally, Colin made it first. He had gotten a hold of some liquor and had been drinking heavily. No one could do what he was about to do when they were sobered up. He was very much infuriated. As soon as Madame Pomfrey would lift up Ginny's shirt to check for a heart beat or something she would see the wounds and an idiot would understand that Ginny would not deny it.
Finally he was there, it was show time.
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Well! I'm not very happy with this chapter myself but I hope that it was okay and it ended some suspense from the previous chapter. The next chapter will be up very soon and WARNING: CHAPTER 19 WILL BE IN SONG FIC FORM! You have been warned! Don't miss it! Please review!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Author's Note: I decided to upload this chapter as well so that you do not have to wait!
Here you are!
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After Ginny had fainted the five teens stared in shock at her motionless body for a few seconds.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione finally screamed, hurrying to the freckled girls' side, getting over the initial shock. "She's fainted! We'll need to get her to the hospital wing. Fast." She declared.
"Is she going to be okay?" Ron asked, very worried about his baby sister. He rushed to her other side and grabbed her in his arms.
"She should be okay, Ron but Madame Pomfrey really needs to see her." Chloe said, looking at her best friend's pale, bony, body.
"Let's go then." Harry said, leading the way out of the portrait hole and down the dark corridors.
When the group reached the hospital wing, Ron went in first, cradling Ginny in his arms.
"Madame Pomfrey!" Ron bellowed, "Madame Pomfrey!"
"Mr. Weasley! I must ask you to please keep your voice down as I assure you that I am not deaf!"
"Right, Ma'am." Harry said. "But we believe that we have an emergency." He said, gesturing to Ginny's limp body.
"Oh dear!" Poppy said, rushing to Ron and grabbing Ginny, placing her on the bed closest. "What happened?" She asked, bustling about trying to find the right potions.
"We had just confronted her about how she never eats and she told us she was fine. Then she stood up and passed out." Lavender said.
"Oh dear." Poppy said again. "How long has it been since she's eaten anything?" She asked them.
"I'd say nearly two weeks, maybe more." Chloe stepped in.
"We'll need to run some tests, you all need to leave for now and I will summon you when you can come back." Poppy said, shooing them all out.
Poppy knew that this was a very serious situation. Ginny obviously was suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Not just the average type though. Typically in the cases that she had seen girls feared becoming fat and ate very little but did occasionally eat or drink something small at least.
Virginia Weasley didn't have a fear of becoming fat but rather it seemed that she simply didn't see why she should eat. In addition to that, Ginny didn't eat AT ALL.
Poppy set up a scale and set Ginny on it. The results stunned her.
83 pounds. For a girl her height she should weight at least 115. It was nearly unheard of to lose so much weight in so little time.
The small girl's eyes flickered open.
"Madame Pomfrey! What am I doing here?' She asked.
"Ms. Weasley, are you aware that you weigh only 83 pounds?' Poppy asked severely.
"Oh do I?" Ginny asked in a daze. "That's pretty low isn't it?"
"How much did you weigh three weeks ago?"
"One hundred and twenty pounds." Ginny answered distractedly looking at her shoes.
"What?! 37 pounds in just over two weeks!" Poppy exclaimed.
"Ms. Weasley, this is deathly serious. You will need to sit down."
"Okay." Ginny said.
Poppy placed a sleeping charm over her and called in the professionals. Mediwizards.
This was out of her hands now.
* * *
"Mr. Weasley, I must ask you to come immediately to the hospital wing."
"Why?" Ron asked the nurse, puzzled. She had barged into his room at 3 in the morning and woken him up.
"Professor Dumbledore wishes that you bring anyone who is near and dear to Ginny with you. There is a problem." She said before bustling away.
Ron stared open-mouthed at her momentarily before waking Harry, Hermione, Lavender, and Chloe.
"Pomfrey said there's something wrong with Finny and we need to come quick." Ron spat out, leading the others out the door.
They walked in to find Ginny was not on the bed, which they had left her.
"Where'd she go?" Lavender asked groggily.
"In here!" Pomfrey called.
They had moved her into her own secluded room.
Ginny was lying still on her bed, looking peacefully asleep.
"We have some very sad news for everyone tonight." A familiar voice said.
The five students looked up to find Dumbledore speaking to them. Poppy and McGonagall on either side of him.
"Ms. Virginia Weasley is in severe condition. Her system is shutting down and she is not expected to live much longer." Dumbledore said gravely.
"We ask that each of you say goodbye to her tonight - just in case."
"WHAT?!" Ron shrieked. "She's not dying! She's too young!"
"Ron, clam down." Lavender said soothingly. "Ginny's strong she'll make it. You know she will."
"Of course. She's always defied all odds." Harry said.
"Don't worry, Ron! She'll get through it." Hermione said.
"Yeah, we all love her, Ron." Chloe said feeling speechless and distracted.
Ron stepped forward and the teachers exited the small room. He squeezed his sister's hand and kissed her cheek.
"Gin, I love you and please don't die on me." He choked out. Ron couldn't handle it and left the room gravely.
"Gin, don't die! We all love you!" Lavender pleaded, kissing her cheek. Harry and Hermione said pretty much the same thing and they too left, Madame Pomfrey said no one could stay.
Chloe stepped up to Ginny's unmoving body.
"Gin, you're my first and very best friend here. Please don't die. I love you like the sister I never had. More importantly though, you need to stay alive for Draco. He needs you, whether he'll admit to it or not." She said, hugging her tightly before leaving Ginny alone.
She had to talk to someone very important before it was too late.
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Draco awoke to a banging on his door. Who in the sane world would have the audacity to disturb him at this hour of the morning?
The Slytherin got up and padded to the door.
"What?" He asked blearily.
A little blonde-haired girl who was standing out side of his door, waiting very impatiently, greeted Draco. Of course only a Gryffindor would be stupid enough to wake him.
"Malfoy - it's Ginny." Chloe said, breathless from her morning jog through the corridors.
Draco's first instinct was to be concerned but he suppressed it.
"What about her?" He grunted without any emotion whatsoever present in his voice.
"She's real sick." Chloe said, knowing it was the understatement of the year.
"How sick?" Draco asked, eyes widening.
"Do you love her?' Chloe asked, not answering his question.
"How sick, Blondie?" Draco growled.
"Do you love her?" Chloe asked fiercely.
"I did."
"Why'd you stop?" She asked.
"She dumped me."
"I knew it! Why?"
"Another guy." Draco said.
"Colin?" Chloe wondered out loud.
"What is this? Twenty Questions?" Draco asked.
"Maybe."
"Listen, Colin's not safe. I told you that. You needed to do something about it as soon as I came to you. Did you?"
Chloe shook her head in response.
"It's not for me to do." She explained.
"How sick is she?" Draco asked again.
"She's dying." Chloe said, "I thought you should know so you can say goodbye."
"Dying?" Draco asked, incredulously.
"We've already wasted enough time, you need to go now. Before it's too late." Chloe told him.
Draco brushed past her quickly and began running.
Chloe say the tears in his eyes and she knew that he still loved her, if he didn't, he wouldn't be running so quickly.
* * *
Ron, Harry, Hermione and Lavender walked back to the common room quietly, none of them knew what to say.
When they arrived back in the tower they found a mousy boy, sitting up.
"Colin." Harry said, "What are you doing up?"
"I heard something was wrong with Ginny." He said, feigning concern.
"She's not doing well, she may not make it through the night. You should go see her." Hermione said, remembering Colin and Ginny's relationship.
"Maybe I will." Colin said as he hopped up and ran to the hospital wing.
* * *
Naturally, Colin made it first. He had gotten a hold of some liquor and had been drinking heavily. No one could do what he was about to do when they were sobered up. He was very much infuriated. As soon as Madame Pomfrey would lift up Ginny's shirt to check for a heart beat or something she would see the wounds and an idiot would understand that Ginny would not deny it.
Finally he was there, it was show time.
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Well! I'm not very happy with this chapter myself but I hope that it was okay and it ended some suspense from the previous chapter. The next chapter will be up very soon and WARNING: CHAPTER 19 WILL BE IN SONG FIC FORM! You have been warned! Don't miss it! Please review!
