Anywhere But Here, Anyone But You
Summary: See Chapter One.
Chapter Two: Aftermath of a Broken Heart
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Draco Malfoy. Ginny was confused, and it must have shown on her face, because Snape quickly called her back to attention.
"Ms. Weasley, Draco is simply helping me ready some ingredients for tomorrow's class...please, feel free to stare all you want. He should be here for the next five minutes," he said coldly, earning a smirk from Draco. Ginny blushed profusely. How dare he embarass her in front of anyone? Not that he hadn't before, but this time was...different. She couldn't look stupid in front of her arch nemisis. She had to look composed, and coy...Ginny snapped out of her train of thought by Snape's icy words, yet again. "You know I don't accept tardiness, Ms. Weasley," he told her.
"I know, Professor. I had just lost track of time. I got distracted, and-"
"Yes, you seem to be distracted often," he cut in.
"I know. I'm sorry, Professor," she appologized clenching her fists beneath her robes.
"Very well, then. I have graded your essay. I almost have to step out of my pride," he gave a short, sarcastic laugh, "Well, Ms. Weasley, I have to admit that this is the best paper in your year," he told her. Ginny smiled in pride. She wasn't surprised, she'd spent weeks looking up every possible bit of information for it. "Which is why I have every intention of believing that you cheated on this assignment," he told her in his most slimy, oily, voice with a smirk to match. Draco just grinned evily. Ginny's emotions matched her horror-struck expression. She just gapped at him for a second.
"What are you talking about? I spent weeks on that essay!" her voice rose with every word.
"I would highly advise you not to raise your voice to a teacher, Ms. Weasley. I would also advise you to get this note to your Head of House as soon as possible to recieve proper punishment for your," he stoped to smirk, "unjust actions," he told her uncaringly handing her the essay along with a written note addressed to Professor McGonagal.
Ginny tore the paper from his hands and stormed out the classroom, feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. She dare not let one fall until completely out of eye and earshot. She speedwalked as fast as she could to her dorm. She slowed when she heard voices nearby. She recognized one of them to be Harry's. She peeked around the corner and what she saw made her stomach fly up to her throat and her skin feel like she'd just been drenched in ice-water. Harry was with...Cho. Kissing her...touching her...laughing with her. Ginny didn't even realize that there were silent tears streaming down her cheeks. She just stood there, numb, shaking with anger, frozen with a hate that would never be broken.
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Draco walked out right after Ginny's escapade to go back to his room and finish the Charms homework he had been assigned, when on the way he saw the note addressed to Professor McGonagal lying on the floor. Ginny must have dropped it when she snatched the papers.
Not wanting to miss an opportunity to get a Weasley into trouble, he grabbed the note and started walking toward where he guessed the Gryffindor common room was.
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Down a different corridor, Seamus Finnigan walked hurridley. He was sweating and shaking. He had just attacked a teacher. Snape had called him in his office right after he saw a distraught Ginny Weasley flee from the classroom. Snape told him he had failed him and his anger got the best of him, and pure magic had been used. He dug in his pocket to find a letter his uncle had written him a few minutes after it had happened. His family owned a flock of the fastest owls there were, thankfully. He re-read the letter to make sure to catch the details.
Seamus,
Read this carefully. I've arranged a Portkey for you at the end of the corridor leading to the dungeons. It's a plain white column. It will de-activate five minutes after you've recieved this letter for safety precautions. You need to leave Hogwarts until this mess is sorted out completely. I have a locater to find you when you get to your destination. I do not know where this will be, but if you keep this letter in your pocket, it will tell me where you are at all times, so that I may retrieve you when you achive your destination. Get there fast- this is very important.
Uncle Riley
Seamus started to run to the destination. His mind was going a mile a minute. He knew that the punishment for attacking a member of the Hogwarts staff could be Azkaban. Or expulsion...or a thousand other equally gruesome penalties. He ran even faster.
~*~
Ginny finally broke her stare to spare herself the sight of Harry's hands traveling up Cho's robes. The tears wouldn't stop. The pain wouldn't stop. She slid down the wall until she sat, crying uncontrollably.
She heard footsteps coming from the hallway she had just traveled. Her body froze with panic. She couldn't go either way without being seen crying. She recognized the approacher. Malfoy. He was out of breath from running. Then she noticed the slip she must have dropped. He looked at her with a confused expression.
'Surely she can't be crying over Snape,' he thought, but then heard a faint giggle, and distant male voice. His curiosity took over him as he peeked around the corner to reveal Ginny's worst nightmare. He smirked at it. 'Still in love with Potter,' he thought.
"You dropped this," he told her with malice. By this time, Ginny had stopped crying from shock of seeing Draco. She tore it from his outreached hand and crumpled it up and threw it across the hall. She gave him an uncaring look. He gave her what almost seemed like an impressed grin. He held out his hand for her to stand back up. She gave it a suspicious look as if it were to lash out and bite her, which wouldn't surprise her. She finally accepted it and stood.
This wasn't a good combination, because Ginny's independant force, combined with Draco's strong pull ended up toppling them over onto an erect column. Before either of them knew what happened, they felt the familiar pull at their navels and a rush of wind in their ears, which could only mean one thing- a Portkey.
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Summary: See Chapter One.
Chapter Two: Aftermath of a Broken Heart
~*~
Draco Malfoy. Ginny was confused, and it must have shown on her face, because Snape quickly called her back to attention.
"Ms. Weasley, Draco is simply helping me ready some ingredients for tomorrow's class...please, feel free to stare all you want. He should be here for the next five minutes," he said coldly, earning a smirk from Draco. Ginny blushed profusely. How dare he embarass her in front of anyone? Not that he hadn't before, but this time was...different. She couldn't look stupid in front of her arch nemisis. She had to look composed, and coy...Ginny snapped out of her train of thought by Snape's icy words, yet again. "You know I don't accept tardiness, Ms. Weasley," he told her.
"I know, Professor. I had just lost track of time. I got distracted, and-"
"Yes, you seem to be distracted often," he cut in.
"I know. I'm sorry, Professor," she appologized clenching her fists beneath her robes.
"Very well, then. I have graded your essay. I almost have to step out of my pride," he gave a short, sarcastic laugh, "Well, Ms. Weasley, I have to admit that this is the best paper in your year," he told her. Ginny smiled in pride. She wasn't surprised, she'd spent weeks looking up every possible bit of information for it. "Which is why I have every intention of believing that you cheated on this assignment," he told her in his most slimy, oily, voice with a smirk to match. Draco just grinned evily. Ginny's emotions matched her horror-struck expression. She just gapped at him for a second.
"What are you talking about? I spent weeks on that essay!" her voice rose with every word.
"I would highly advise you not to raise your voice to a teacher, Ms. Weasley. I would also advise you to get this note to your Head of House as soon as possible to recieve proper punishment for your," he stoped to smirk, "unjust actions," he told her uncaringly handing her the essay along with a written note addressed to Professor McGonagal.
Ginny tore the paper from his hands and stormed out the classroom, feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. She dare not let one fall until completely out of eye and earshot. She speedwalked as fast as she could to her dorm. She slowed when she heard voices nearby. She recognized one of them to be Harry's. She peeked around the corner and what she saw made her stomach fly up to her throat and her skin feel like she'd just been drenched in ice-water. Harry was with...Cho. Kissing her...touching her...laughing with her. Ginny didn't even realize that there were silent tears streaming down her cheeks. She just stood there, numb, shaking with anger, frozen with a hate that would never be broken.
~*~
Draco walked out right after Ginny's escapade to go back to his room and finish the Charms homework he had been assigned, when on the way he saw the note addressed to Professor McGonagal lying on the floor. Ginny must have dropped it when she snatched the papers.
Not wanting to miss an opportunity to get a Weasley into trouble, he grabbed the note and started walking toward where he guessed the Gryffindor common room was.
~*~
Down a different corridor, Seamus Finnigan walked hurridley. He was sweating and shaking. He had just attacked a teacher. Snape had called him in his office right after he saw a distraught Ginny Weasley flee from the classroom. Snape told him he had failed him and his anger got the best of him, and pure magic had been used. He dug in his pocket to find a letter his uncle had written him a few minutes after it had happened. His family owned a flock of the fastest owls there were, thankfully. He re-read the letter to make sure to catch the details.
Seamus,
Read this carefully. I've arranged a Portkey for you at the end of the corridor leading to the dungeons. It's a plain white column. It will de-activate five minutes after you've recieved this letter for safety precautions. You need to leave Hogwarts until this mess is sorted out completely. I have a locater to find you when you get to your destination. I do not know where this will be, but if you keep this letter in your pocket, it will tell me where you are at all times, so that I may retrieve you when you achive your destination. Get there fast- this is very important.
Uncle Riley
Seamus started to run to the destination. His mind was going a mile a minute. He knew that the punishment for attacking a member of the Hogwarts staff could be Azkaban. Or expulsion...or a thousand other equally gruesome penalties. He ran even faster.
~*~
Ginny finally broke her stare to spare herself the sight of Harry's hands traveling up Cho's robes. The tears wouldn't stop. The pain wouldn't stop. She slid down the wall until she sat, crying uncontrollably.
She heard footsteps coming from the hallway she had just traveled. Her body froze with panic. She couldn't go either way without being seen crying. She recognized the approacher. Malfoy. He was out of breath from running. Then she noticed the slip she must have dropped. He looked at her with a confused expression.
'Surely she can't be crying over Snape,' he thought, but then heard a faint giggle, and distant male voice. His curiosity took over him as he peeked around the corner to reveal Ginny's worst nightmare. He smirked at it. 'Still in love with Potter,' he thought.
"You dropped this," he told her with malice. By this time, Ginny had stopped crying from shock of seeing Draco. She tore it from his outreached hand and crumpled it up and threw it across the hall. She gave him an uncaring look. He gave her what almost seemed like an impressed grin. He held out his hand for her to stand back up. She gave it a suspicious look as if it were to lash out and bite her, which wouldn't surprise her. She finally accepted it and stood.
This wasn't a good combination, because Ginny's independant force, combined with Draco's strong pull ended up toppling them over onto an erect column. Before either of them knew what happened, they felt the familiar pull at their navels and a rush of wind in their ears, which could only mean one thing- a Portkey.
A/N: REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! PPPPPLLLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAASSSEEEE!!!! Wha-do-ya-think??? Good, bad, needs work??? Tell me!!! ALL REVIEWS ARE WELCOME- EXCEPT REALLY BAD FLAMES. THOSE ARE JUST POINTLESS AND DON'T HELP ME MUCH. I love ya'll! If you read it- review it! Come on- Cater to my ego! I need some encouragement!!!
