"Did you hear?" Lavender whispered excitedly to Parvati. "The Yule Ball was such a success last year that they've decided to hold another one!"
At the mention of a Yule Ball, Ginny's ears perked up. This would be her chance to get together with Harry! Should she ask him to the ball, or should she wait and see if he would ask her? She doubted he would, because he seemed just a bit shy. She wished she had someone to talk to about this, but she didn't want to tell Hermione because she was such good friends with Harry, and Colin… well, Colin just didn't understand.
He had been acting so funny lately. He never seemed to want to talk about Harry, and he kept telling her to forget about him, or it was going to make her sick. What a strange thing to say. She remembered their last argument, just a few nights ago.
"Ginny, really, you should stop obsessing over Harry," he had told her.
"I'm not obsessing!" she'd argued indignantly back. "You're just jealous!"
Not looking her in the eye, he told her, "Well, maybe I am, but seriously, it's going to make you sick."
"The fact that I fainted was just a coincidence. Madam Pomfrey said it was from too much schoolwork."
"Well, I know better," he told her. "It was from too much Harry. I swear Ginny, this is going to kill you!"
She stared at him and shouted, "You're crazy, you know that? Absolutely insane!" And she had fled from the room.
She didn't know what was up with Colin, but it wasn't important anyway. All that mattered was Harry. After contemplating it all evening, she decided she would wait a week and see if he would ask her out, and if not, she would ask him.
After an anxious week and he still hadn't asked her, the two sat playing wizard chess until they were the only two left in the common room. As the game drew to a close, Harry got up to leave.
"Wait Harry," Ginny said. She took a deep breath and said, "Would you like to go to the Yule Ball with me?"
"Oh," he said, not looking too surprised at the question, "Well, actually, I'm going with Cho."
"W-what?" she stammered.
"Yeah, I asked Cho a few days ago. Sorry Ginny." And with that, he turned and started up the stairs.
Ginny didn't know what to do. Suddenly she couldn't hold back her feelings any longer. She blurted out, "I love you! Please!"
Slowly he turned around and looked at her. "You don't know me well enough to love me."
"That- that's not true! I know you! I know everything about you!"
"You may know everything about me, but you don't know me."
Tears were streaming down her face by this point but she didn't even care. All her dreams were gone, smashed into little bitty pieces. Harry cast one last glance at her and then walked away.
Well, it didn't matter, she tried to tell herself. But it did, it definitely did. She couldn't face Ron and Hermione, who knew she was wrong the whole time, or Colin… they would never forgive her.
Firmly she decided life without Harry was not worth living. She had to leave this world now and go on to a better one, it was the only option she had. She ran from the Gryffindor Common Room, out into the hall. It was time for her to end her life.
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A/N: Well, here's another chapter for you! I hope everyone's enjoying this story. Well it's time for me to do a little shameless advertising. All you fan fiction fans, join the fan fiction message boards! The link is in my profile, if it doesn't work the first time try it again, it's a tricky little bugger. Also, ever wanted to join Hogwarts? Check out my website: www.geocities.com/harrypottermagic32.
Finally, if any of you have read Order Of The Phoenix (which I'm sure you all have) then check out my new one chapter fic, In A Lupin State Of Mind, about Lupin and his reflections on everything that happened.
Dana Dancer- Thanks for being such a great supporter of this fic, no matter how slow I've been to update!
Please review!
At the mention of a Yule Ball, Ginny's ears perked up. This would be her chance to get together with Harry! Should she ask him to the ball, or should she wait and see if he would ask her? She doubted he would, because he seemed just a bit shy. She wished she had someone to talk to about this, but she didn't want to tell Hermione because she was such good friends with Harry, and Colin… well, Colin just didn't understand.
He had been acting so funny lately. He never seemed to want to talk about Harry, and he kept telling her to forget about him, or it was going to make her sick. What a strange thing to say. She remembered their last argument, just a few nights ago.
"Ginny, really, you should stop obsessing over Harry," he had told her.
"I'm not obsessing!" she'd argued indignantly back. "You're just jealous!"
Not looking her in the eye, he told her, "Well, maybe I am, but seriously, it's going to make you sick."
"The fact that I fainted was just a coincidence. Madam Pomfrey said it was from too much schoolwork."
"Well, I know better," he told her. "It was from too much Harry. I swear Ginny, this is going to kill you!"
She stared at him and shouted, "You're crazy, you know that? Absolutely insane!" And she had fled from the room.
She didn't know what was up with Colin, but it wasn't important anyway. All that mattered was Harry. After contemplating it all evening, she decided she would wait a week and see if he would ask her out, and if not, she would ask him.
After an anxious week and he still hadn't asked her, the two sat playing wizard chess until they were the only two left in the common room. As the game drew to a close, Harry got up to leave.
"Wait Harry," Ginny said. She took a deep breath and said, "Would you like to go to the Yule Ball with me?"
"Oh," he said, not looking too surprised at the question, "Well, actually, I'm going with Cho."
"W-what?" she stammered.
"Yeah, I asked Cho a few days ago. Sorry Ginny." And with that, he turned and started up the stairs.
Ginny didn't know what to do. Suddenly she couldn't hold back her feelings any longer. She blurted out, "I love you! Please!"
Slowly he turned around and looked at her. "You don't know me well enough to love me."
"That- that's not true! I know you! I know everything about you!"
"You may know everything about me, but you don't know me."
Tears were streaming down her face by this point but she didn't even care. All her dreams were gone, smashed into little bitty pieces. Harry cast one last glance at her and then walked away.
Well, it didn't matter, she tried to tell herself. But it did, it definitely did. She couldn't face Ron and Hermione, who knew she was wrong the whole time, or Colin… they would never forgive her.
Firmly she decided life without Harry was not worth living. She had to leave this world now and go on to a better one, it was the only option she had. She ran from the Gryffindor Common Room, out into the hall. It was time for her to end her life.
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A/N: Well, here's another chapter for you! I hope everyone's enjoying this story. Well it's time for me to do a little shameless advertising. All you fan fiction fans, join the fan fiction message boards! The link is in my profile, if it doesn't work the first time try it again, it's a tricky little bugger. Also, ever wanted to join Hogwarts? Check out my website: www.geocities.com/harrypottermagic32.
Finally, if any of you have read Order Of The Phoenix (which I'm sure you all have) then check out my new one chapter fic, In A Lupin State Of Mind, about Lupin and his reflections on everything that happened.
Dana Dancer- Thanks for being such a great supporter of this fic, no matter how slow I've been to update!
Please review!