(A/N: I want to thank everyone for their r/w's and a I especially want to
thank Junbug for opening my eyes on my fashion fetish, a mistake I assure
you. also for A.A.J., Alexis is a character formed from the beginning name
of a girl in my science class and the last name of a friend in my Art club.
Iapologize for the coincidence and I hope I haven't offended you.)
Outside the window, Ginny saw little white dots falling to the ground, snow. Ginny smiled as she sat up in her thick, feathery bed. She sighed and stood up to face the day.
"Ginny, what are you doing?" Astella asked as she found her friend scribbling all over her potions notes in the library.
"Huh?" Ginny didn't even know what she was doing until her friend shook her awake.
"Ginny, I think you need help. You also need those notes!" Astella said trying to erase some of the scribbles.
"Why?"
"Because of our test today, stupid!" Ginny wasn't expecting that.
"Test? Oh, shit!" she yelled picking up her books and returned to the common room.
"I could deduct points for that my child!" Madame Pince replied to the outburst.
"Ginny, eat something first." Alexis said as she grabbed Ginny's arm.
"I'll join you guys later. okay?" Astella asked with a smile.
"Okay. See you then Stella!" Alexis smiled happily as she and Ginny made their way to the Great Hall.
"Ginny, what do you think of me?" Alexis asked as she dipped her glass back and forth.
"What in the world do you mean?" A few people had already gathered into the Great Hall, one of those few being Draco.
"I mean, who am I?" Alexis asked again as she out the galass down and sighed. "Never mind. So, what are we going to do today?"
"Oh, I don't know. Anything I suppose." Giunny said with a shrug. But even after Alexis had changed the subject, Ginny was still curioous of why she had asked that.
"Well, I guess we could ask Dumbledore about that little thing I asked you about last night?" Alexis suggested with a smile.
"Hmmmm, you sure you want to do the decorations for the dance?"
"Of course. And we could sign people to help too. Harry, Seamus, Val, Dean, Draco,"
"Draco? Now where did that come from?"
"Well, oh, come on Ginny! He's a fox!"
"I know." Ginny sighed a bit as she looked over at the blonde beaut, who, was looking back longingly. "He is, isn't he?" she waved a bit and blew a kiss, just for fun to her, though. He had blown one back.
"Oh, my. Ron's here." Alexis said, but since Ginny wasn't paying attention (Draco) she had to shake her a bit to wake her up. "Ginny, Ron's here." alexis repeated.
"Ron who?" After a moment of silence she realized what Alexis had said. "Oh! Ron, my brother, Ron." Ginny said with a smile and started to drink her iced tea.
"Hey, Ginny, Alexis." Ron said as he nodded at each and took a seat across from his little sister.
"Hi there, Alexis." Harry said as he sat across from her.
"Hey, Ron." Astella said as she walked in and took a seat next to the red head. "Ginny, Alexis, Harry."
"Astella! How are you dear?" Alexis asked as she smiled mischeviously at her.
"Fine, Alexis, fine." Astella said, cocking her eyebrows.
"So, Ron, what have you been up to?" Ginny asked as she took a bite out of her toast.
"Why?" Ron asked with a confused look on his face.
"Just wondering, gosh, you don't have to get all nosy on me." Ginny said, crossing her arms.
"What's wrong?" Astella asked as she saw the worried look on Ron's face.
"I need to talk to you Ginny." Ron said as he pulled his sister away from the table. After they were out of earshot, he began telling Ginny the bad news he had heard. "Ginny, mom's sick. Real sick. They don't know what she has, but I asked Dumbledore if I could be the onje to tell you. They found out today. She had been coughing and know she can barely keep food down. I found out today."
"Ron, I," But before she could finish, her brother embraced her. This was bad news for Ginny, considering that she had always known her mother to be a strong person and a healthy person at that.
"I'm sorry, Ginny." Ron said as she looked into his eyes.
The morning was hard for Ginny and Ron. They both had to 'suck it up' to get through the day and they, and the teachers of course, were the only ones who knew. They wanted to keep it to the family.
"Ginny, tell me!" Alexis begged as they left their potions class. The next class was potions and they shared it with the Slytherins.
"Alexis. Don't sweat it, okay?"
"Ginny, you MUST tell me! It is my duty"
"Alexis, lay off. It's none of your buisness, anyways."
"But, Ginny!"
"No!"
Ginny and Alexis took a seat at the table in the last row, and Draco took a seat next to Ginny, while a transfer from Durmstrang, Jason Kelly, sat next to Alexis. Jason, was indeed, a hottie. A fox, in fact. He had thich brown hair and deep blue eyes, with a tan that made him seem as if he was born from the sun. He had a perfect build and a the best facial features. But Alexis only saw his butt.
nice and round! She wrote Ginny.
Alexis! Ginny returned.
what?
"Listen, Ron, I think Ginny is going to need a bit of supervision." Harry suggested as he, Ron, and Hermione walked down to their Herbology class in Greenhouse 1.
"Me too. Anyone offering?" Ron asked the group of friends.
"Not me, I need to watch out for Alexis." Harry said sighing at the sight of Alexis, Ginny and Astella returning from their potions class.
"Look at her." Harry muttered as he eyed her. "She's so beautiful, smart, clever.."
"Okay, Harry, we get the point." Ron said as he walked quicker to approach his sister. "Ginny, I need to talk to you."
"Not more bad news I hope." Ginny asked as she and her brother were out of earshot.
"No. Just checking up on you."
"I'll be fine, Ron. I promise. I'm a big girl now, remember?" Ginny said a little brighter.
"Good for you, Ginny. Good for you. Listen, if yu need to talk to me, I'm always here." Ron offered.
"I know. That's what gets me through the day of Alexis." Ginny smiled as she and Alexis rejoined and Astella went off to her classes and they went off to their Charms class.
Ginny woke up that night and didn't know what to do, so she did the only thing she could. She got out of bed and pulled on her fluffy houseshoes and walked out of the Gryffindors Common Room. She walked downa flight of steps and found what she was looking for. She rapped on the portrait a few times and Jason Kelley answered.
"Is he here?" Ginny asked.
"I'll get him." Jason relplied ashe offered her entrance.
"Thanks." Ginny said with a smile. "What are you doing up so late?"
"Studying. He is too. Let me go get him.Oh, here. Have some a cocoa." He offered her a glass and she accepted (of course), and went to go and get him. A few minutes later a shirtless Draco Malfoy came into the room and saw Ginny sitting there. A look of suprise grew across his face as he sat down beside her.
"Ginny? What is it?" He asked as he saw her sad frown. "Is there something wrong?"
"My mom is sick. Really sick." After that she started to cry. And as he put his arm around her she continued between sobs. "Draco, I don't know what to do."
"Don't worry, I'm here for you." He replied as he shook her and rocked her back and forth. "I'm here."
"I know. I know."
"What does she have?"
"They don't know."
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I really am."
"I know. I'm sorry I have to bother you with this, Draco, but I don't know who else I could go to. I mean, Astella and Alexis wouldn't really understand. Well, Alexis and Valerie have had enough problems. And Harry and the rest are too obsessed with Quidditch and how they look. And then, there was you. You came into my life, unlike anyone I had ever met. You're nice, clever, sweet, and you can understand me. Kind of." She said wiping tears off her cheeks. "But you have a perfect life. I'm so poor, and trash to your ex-girlfriend."
"No, Ginny. No." Draco said shaking his head, a little taken aback. "You are NOT trash! You are amazing. And beautiful. And you are not poor. You just aren't the richest person in the world." He said smiling a bit.
"And you are." She said meekly.
"No. No, Ginny, no. I need you to listen to me. Ginny, I think I'm in, love with you."
"What?" Ginny asked as she looked at him a bit confused. "In love? With me?"
"Yes. Of course. Why not?" He said taking her hand. "Ginny, you are magnificent. And I love you."
"Oh, Draco!" She hugged him tightly and they both just sat there in the Slytherin Common Room. He had finally professed his love to her and they were both happy, except for the fact that Ginny's mother was sick. And that's what woke her up that night.
"Draco?"
"What is it, Ginny? I'm right here."
"I had a nightmare." She sat up beside Draco as he began to caress her back, she shivered at the coldness of the room. "It's so cold."
"It gets that way." He replied as he draped a blanket over her bare shoulders. They weren't very well-dressed, but they didn't make out, as Ron would have assumed.
"Why does it get so cold?" Ginny asked as she moved closer to Draco.
"I don't know. Dad brought me up in a life that didn't need a heater, I guess." Draco shrugged at the question.
"You didn't have that much of a childhood, did you?"
"Not really. I was brought up to take after my dad, so I guess you could say I had a lonely childhood." He said with a bit of a smile.
"Are you calling your father lonely?"
"Most likely."
"You are so mean." Ginny laughed as Draco pushed her down and began to lightly kiss her neck. (Does he sound cute now?)
"What am I?"
"A fox!" Ginny laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss.
"And you, my dear, are a flower. So sweet, so beautiful and lovely. Delicious and tender, kind and cute..."
"Oh, you smooth talker."
"Am I now?"
"Ooo, yes please!" She giggled as Draco tickled her a bit and then smothered her with light butterfly kisses. "How did we ever survive so long without each other?"
"I didn't, I thought about you all the time ever since I saw you."
"Uh, really?"
"Yes. When I saw you I thought to myself, look at that rambunctious red- head. I'm going to fuck her some day under her brother's nose and then I am going to marry her and give her plenty of, well, me for ten children."
"And people wonder why I'm attracted to you." Ginny drawled sarcastically.
"They do?" Ginny looked surprised at his hurt statement.
"A surprise?" She asked with a smile, trying to cheer him up.
"Yes, indeed."
"Don't worry. At least Alexis supports this whole idea. Which means Harry supports it, which means Ron supports it, which means Astella supports it, and Valerie thinks you're hot and Seamus hates you, and.."
"I get the point, Ginny."
"Sorry."
Outside the window, Ginny saw little white dots falling to the ground, snow. Ginny smiled as she sat up in her thick, feathery bed. She sighed and stood up to face the day.
"Ginny, what are you doing?" Astella asked as she found her friend scribbling all over her potions notes in the library.
"Huh?" Ginny didn't even know what she was doing until her friend shook her awake.
"Ginny, I think you need help. You also need those notes!" Astella said trying to erase some of the scribbles.
"Why?"
"Because of our test today, stupid!" Ginny wasn't expecting that.
"Test? Oh, shit!" she yelled picking up her books and returned to the common room.
"I could deduct points for that my child!" Madame Pince replied to the outburst.
"Ginny, eat something first." Alexis said as she grabbed Ginny's arm.
"I'll join you guys later. okay?" Astella asked with a smile.
"Okay. See you then Stella!" Alexis smiled happily as she and Ginny made their way to the Great Hall.
"Ginny, what do you think of me?" Alexis asked as she dipped her glass back and forth.
"What in the world do you mean?" A few people had already gathered into the Great Hall, one of those few being Draco.
"I mean, who am I?" Alexis asked again as she out the galass down and sighed. "Never mind. So, what are we going to do today?"
"Oh, I don't know. Anything I suppose." Giunny said with a shrug. But even after Alexis had changed the subject, Ginny was still curioous of why she had asked that.
"Well, I guess we could ask Dumbledore about that little thing I asked you about last night?" Alexis suggested with a smile.
"Hmmmm, you sure you want to do the decorations for the dance?"
"Of course. And we could sign people to help too. Harry, Seamus, Val, Dean, Draco,"
"Draco? Now where did that come from?"
"Well, oh, come on Ginny! He's a fox!"
"I know." Ginny sighed a bit as she looked over at the blonde beaut, who, was looking back longingly. "He is, isn't he?" she waved a bit and blew a kiss, just for fun to her, though. He had blown one back.
"Oh, my. Ron's here." Alexis said, but since Ginny wasn't paying attention (Draco) she had to shake her a bit to wake her up. "Ginny, Ron's here." alexis repeated.
"Ron who?" After a moment of silence she realized what Alexis had said. "Oh! Ron, my brother, Ron." Ginny said with a smile and started to drink her iced tea.
"Hey, Ginny, Alexis." Ron said as he nodded at each and took a seat across from his little sister.
"Hi there, Alexis." Harry said as he sat across from her.
"Hey, Ron." Astella said as she walked in and took a seat next to the red head. "Ginny, Alexis, Harry."
"Astella! How are you dear?" Alexis asked as she smiled mischeviously at her.
"Fine, Alexis, fine." Astella said, cocking her eyebrows.
"So, Ron, what have you been up to?" Ginny asked as she took a bite out of her toast.
"Why?" Ron asked with a confused look on his face.
"Just wondering, gosh, you don't have to get all nosy on me." Ginny said, crossing her arms.
"What's wrong?" Astella asked as she saw the worried look on Ron's face.
"I need to talk to you Ginny." Ron said as he pulled his sister away from the table. After they were out of earshot, he began telling Ginny the bad news he had heard. "Ginny, mom's sick. Real sick. They don't know what she has, but I asked Dumbledore if I could be the onje to tell you. They found out today. She had been coughing and know she can barely keep food down. I found out today."
"Ron, I," But before she could finish, her brother embraced her. This was bad news for Ginny, considering that she had always known her mother to be a strong person and a healthy person at that.
"I'm sorry, Ginny." Ron said as she looked into his eyes.
The morning was hard for Ginny and Ron. They both had to 'suck it up' to get through the day and they, and the teachers of course, were the only ones who knew. They wanted to keep it to the family.
"Ginny, tell me!" Alexis begged as they left their potions class. The next class was potions and they shared it with the Slytherins.
"Alexis. Don't sweat it, okay?"
"Ginny, you MUST tell me! It is my duty"
"Alexis, lay off. It's none of your buisness, anyways."
"But, Ginny!"
"No!"
Ginny and Alexis took a seat at the table in the last row, and Draco took a seat next to Ginny, while a transfer from Durmstrang, Jason Kelly, sat next to Alexis. Jason, was indeed, a hottie. A fox, in fact. He had thich brown hair and deep blue eyes, with a tan that made him seem as if he was born from the sun. He had a perfect build and a the best facial features. But Alexis only saw his butt.
nice and round! She wrote Ginny.
Alexis! Ginny returned.
what?
"Listen, Ron, I think Ginny is going to need a bit of supervision." Harry suggested as he, Ron, and Hermione walked down to their Herbology class in Greenhouse 1.
"Me too. Anyone offering?" Ron asked the group of friends.
"Not me, I need to watch out for Alexis." Harry said sighing at the sight of Alexis, Ginny and Astella returning from their potions class.
"Look at her." Harry muttered as he eyed her. "She's so beautiful, smart, clever.."
"Okay, Harry, we get the point." Ron said as he walked quicker to approach his sister. "Ginny, I need to talk to you."
"Not more bad news I hope." Ginny asked as she and her brother were out of earshot.
"No. Just checking up on you."
"I'll be fine, Ron. I promise. I'm a big girl now, remember?" Ginny said a little brighter.
"Good for you, Ginny. Good for you. Listen, if yu need to talk to me, I'm always here." Ron offered.
"I know. That's what gets me through the day of Alexis." Ginny smiled as she and Alexis rejoined and Astella went off to her classes and they went off to their Charms class.
Ginny woke up that night and didn't know what to do, so she did the only thing she could. She got out of bed and pulled on her fluffy houseshoes and walked out of the Gryffindors Common Room. She walked downa flight of steps and found what she was looking for. She rapped on the portrait a few times and Jason Kelley answered.
"Is he here?" Ginny asked.
"I'll get him." Jason relplied ashe offered her entrance.
"Thanks." Ginny said with a smile. "What are you doing up so late?"
"Studying. He is too. Let me go get him.Oh, here. Have some a cocoa." He offered her a glass and she accepted (of course), and went to go and get him. A few minutes later a shirtless Draco Malfoy came into the room and saw Ginny sitting there. A look of suprise grew across his face as he sat down beside her.
"Ginny? What is it?" He asked as he saw her sad frown. "Is there something wrong?"
"My mom is sick. Really sick." After that she started to cry. And as he put his arm around her she continued between sobs. "Draco, I don't know what to do."
"Don't worry, I'm here for you." He replied as he shook her and rocked her back and forth. "I'm here."
"I know. I know."
"What does she have?"
"They don't know."
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I really am."
"I know. I'm sorry I have to bother you with this, Draco, but I don't know who else I could go to. I mean, Astella and Alexis wouldn't really understand. Well, Alexis and Valerie have had enough problems. And Harry and the rest are too obsessed with Quidditch and how they look. And then, there was you. You came into my life, unlike anyone I had ever met. You're nice, clever, sweet, and you can understand me. Kind of." She said wiping tears off her cheeks. "But you have a perfect life. I'm so poor, and trash to your ex-girlfriend."
"No, Ginny. No." Draco said shaking his head, a little taken aback. "You are NOT trash! You are amazing. And beautiful. And you are not poor. You just aren't the richest person in the world." He said smiling a bit.
"And you are." She said meekly.
"No. No, Ginny, no. I need you to listen to me. Ginny, I think I'm in, love with you."
"What?" Ginny asked as she looked at him a bit confused. "In love? With me?"
"Yes. Of course. Why not?" He said taking her hand. "Ginny, you are magnificent. And I love you."
"Oh, Draco!" She hugged him tightly and they both just sat there in the Slytherin Common Room. He had finally professed his love to her and they were both happy, except for the fact that Ginny's mother was sick. And that's what woke her up that night.
"Draco?"
"What is it, Ginny? I'm right here."
"I had a nightmare." She sat up beside Draco as he began to caress her back, she shivered at the coldness of the room. "It's so cold."
"It gets that way." He replied as he draped a blanket over her bare shoulders. They weren't very well-dressed, but they didn't make out, as Ron would have assumed.
"Why does it get so cold?" Ginny asked as she moved closer to Draco.
"I don't know. Dad brought me up in a life that didn't need a heater, I guess." Draco shrugged at the question.
"You didn't have that much of a childhood, did you?"
"Not really. I was brought up to take after my dad, so I guess you could say I had a lonely childhood." He said with a bit of a smile.
"Are you calling your father lonely?"
"Most likely."
"You are so mean." Ginny laughed as Draco pushed her down and began to lightly kiss her neck. (Does he sound cute now?)
"What am I?"
"A fox!" Ginny laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss.
"And you, my dear, are a flower. So sweet, so beautiful and lovely. Delicious and tender, kind and cute..."
"Oh, you smooth talker."
"Am I now?"
"Ooo, yes please!" She giggled as Draco tickled her a bit and then smothered her with light butterfly kisses. "How did we ever survive so long without each other?"
"I didn't, I thought about you all the time ever since I saw you."
"Uh, really?"
"Yes. When I saw you I thought to myself, look at that rambunctious red- head. I'm going to fuck her some day under her brother's nose and then I am going to marry her and give her plenty of, well, me for ten children."
"And people wonder why I'm attracted to you." Ginny drawled sarcastically.
"They do?" Ginny looked surprised at his hurt statement.
"A surprise?" She asked with a smile, trying to cheer him up.
"Yes, indeed."
"Don't worry. At least Alexis supports this whole idea. Which means Harry supports it, which means Ron supports it, which means Astella supports it, and Valerie thinks you're hot and Seamus hates you, and.."
"I get the point, Ginny."
"Sorry."