"Draco...I," Ginny stuttered. "I'm flattered!"
"Flattered." Draco's eyes lowered.
"Draco, what's wrong?"
"Is flattered all?"
"Well, Draco, I'm not..."
"You don't love me."
"No, no, that's not it!" Ginny smiled, trying to get him to look at her. "I'm just not ready to get married yet."
"How come?" Draco asked as he rose form his bended knee. "How come? Is it me?"
"Draco, I love you,"
"It is me isn't it?"
"Draco! Don't make a scene." Ginny said trying to make sure it wasn't catching anyone's attention.
"A scene? You don't want me to make a scene?" Draco looked hurt. Ginny saw it in his eyes and a feeling of guilt came over her. "Ginny," Draco whispered. "I love you crazy. I drive myself crazy trying to keep my mind on school."
"You don't have to worry about school, you're already passing."
"That doesn't mean anything! What good will it do if I don't learn?"
"I have sacrificed..." He looked down.
"Sacrificed? Sacrificed!" Ginny became angered. She pulled him out of the ballroom so she could scream at him. "You haven't sacrificed anything for this relationship!" She hissed.
"Really!" Draco was taken aback. "And you would know this. You would know this since you spend every waking hour with me. You would know this because you know my father hates you and kicked me out of his house because I bought this ring!" At that Ginny's mouth opened and as she tried to let in her words, Draco continued. "You would know this because you asked why it was that I show up to school sad, and I never spend time with you anymore because I have to work my way through life with this job I have as a farm worker on a Muggle farm! I can't sleep in the dorm anymore because of my father's connections! He hates me because of my undying love for you! I sleep in a barn for you! For our love! And you say that I haven't made a sacrifice! I have made more than one sacrifice for you! And you would know this."
"Draco! I hate you." Ginny muttered. She was now crying. "I.. I.. Hate you!" She cried as she ran off to her room.
Standing a few feet away, Draco stopped walking and looked up at the stars. "Beautiful, absolutely beautiful." He sighed and walked down to the lake. As he trudged through the thick wet grass he felt a solitary tear trickle down his cheek. He sat down near the bank and covered his face in his hands. He laid back and stared into the infinity of the glowing lights in the sky. "Stars.."
"Ginny Weasley!" Alexis yelled into their room in the dorm.
"What?" Ginny asked miserably as she looked up from her pillow in which she had buried her face.
"What did you do to that poor boy?"
"What do you mean?"
"We found him next to the lake bitching about how you stepped on his little heart."
"Why aren't you at the dance?" Ginny asked as she turned over, Alexis was still in full costume.
"I was just coming up here to tell you that he's dropped out, Ginny." Ginny started awake. "He said that you don't listen. That you always walk away before someone's done talking. He's gone Ginny. He won't come back."
"Yes he will." Ginny's head was spinning in horror as she realized that all Draco had told Alexis was true. "I hope."
"Yes, well your hoping isn't going to stop the train he's leaving on tomorrow to go back to his father's now is it. He's going Durmstrang."
Ginny gasped, and the normally quite understanding Alexis glared. "You have ruined it, you know? People look up to you two as the couple who, despite the family and house rivalries, could work it out. And I was one of them."
Ginny didn't look her in the eye.
"When you decide to come to your senses, tell me, alright?" Alexis left worriedly, and a paper slipped from Alexis's bed as she swept past it. Ginny went over to pick it up.
As her eyes skimmed the page, she realized Alexis had been talking about it at breakfast just last week.
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"So, anyways, as I was saying.."
Draco looks really good in blue. He should wear it more often.
"Durmstrang.."
He seems to think green is his color.. It's not.
"Transfer…"
He'd even look good in red. Red's a good color for anybody. Well, anybody but me..
"Still get Hogwarts credit.."
Green would be a good color for me, not Draco..
"Hot Bulgarian boys.."
I wonder when Alexis will stop babbling about boys. I've barely caught a word she's said, but I know it's about BOYS.
"So, what do you think, Gins?"
Oh, shit. "I think it's a great idea, Lexi." Whatever it is, the relationship will be over in two months. "But think about Tristen." Always throw that in. "Do what you think is right."
He looks really, really good in blue.
~*~END FLASHBACK~*~
Ginny's eyes widened. "Of course!"
Despite her rather mussed appearance, she threw open the door and ran down the stairs. "ALEXIS JENKINS, YOU BETTER SIGN ME UP, TOO!"
"Ginny, are you sure you want to do this?" Ron asked worriedly as Ginny Summoned her trunk. "I mean, what did Mum and Dad say?"
"They said that because the transfer was cost-free and I'd still be getting Hogwarts credit, that they could care less. As long as I had a friend going." Ginny answered, tying the knot of her bandana underneath her pair of stick braids. "And since Alexis is going, I can go, too."
"But why, Gin? Why?" Ron asked, chasing after her.
"Just because, Ron. I need cultural enlightenment, I need a break from Hogwarts, most specifically from you, and I need.." Ginny kissed her brother lightly on the cheek. "I need him back."
"So it is about him, then." Ron whispered softly.
"Partly. But I do need to get away from here." Ginny hugged him, slinging a strap of the backpack Vivian had gotten her over her shoulder. "I love you."
"Lex!" Harry shouted, and she turned around, fumbling with the straps of her new backpack.
She smiled at him, in spite of their history. "Hi."
Harry didn't hesitate a bit. He hugged her with a full force that caught her by surprise. He stepped back, holding her by her shoulders.
"I'll miss you." He said after staring at her for a moment.
"I'll miss you, too, Harry." Alexis whispered. "I wanted to say goodbye to you this morning, but you were gone."
He nodded. "I wanted to get you this."
Harry stepped back to reveal a caged owl, one that was a shimmering midnight black. "I knew you didn't have one, so.."
Alexis's eyes were brimming with tears of happiness. "Oh, Harry, I'm so sorry."
His sheepish grin was a bit sad. "It's not all your fault, I mean, I was a bit of a prat myself, and I really didn't think about how you felt and.."
Alexis stepped forward and kissed him softly on the lips. She bent over to get her owl. "Thanks, Harry."
She began walking away, and Harry touched his lips gently. "You're welcome."
She turned around. "Oh, I just simply forgot about him.. Harry, tell Jason I said goodbye."
"Goodbye."
"Alexis, wait up!" Came a voice behind her. There standing in his outfit was Tristen.
"Flattered." Draco's eyes lowered.
"Draco, what's wrong?"
"Is flattered all?"
"Well, Draco, I'm not..."
"You don't love me."
"No, no, that's not it!" Ginny smiled, trying to get him to look at her. "I'm just not ready to get married yet."
"How come?" Draco asked as he rose form his bended knee. "How come? Is it me?"
"Draco, I love you,"
"It is me isn't it?"
"Draco! Don't make a scene." Ginny said trying to make sure it wasn't catching anyone's attention.
"A scene? You don't want me to make a scene?" Draco looked hurt. Ginny saw it in his eyes and a feeling of guilt came over her. "Ginny," Draco whispered. "I love you crazy. I drive myself crazy trying to keep my mind on school."
"You don't have to worry about school, you're already passing."
"That doesn't mean anything! What good will it do if I don't learn?"
"I have sacrificed..." He looked down.
"Sacrificed? Sacrificed!" Ginny became angered. She pulled him out of the ballroom so she could scream at him. "You haven't sacrificed anything for this relationship!" She hissed.
"Really!" Draco was taken aback. "And you would know this. You would know this since you spend every waking hour with me. You would know this because you know my father hates you and kicked me out of his house because I bought this ring!" At that Ginny's mouth opened and as she tried to let in her words, Draco continued. "You would know this because you asked why it was that I show up to school sad, and I never spend time with you anymore because I have to work my way through life with this job I have as a farm worker on a Muggle farm! I can't sleep in the dorm anymore because of my father's connections! He hates me because of my undying love for you! I sleep in a barn for you! For our love! And you say that I haven't made a sacrifice! I have made more than one sacrifice for you! And you would know this."
"Draco! I hate you." Ginny muttered. She was now crying. "I.. I.. Hate you!" She cried as she ran off to her room.
Standing a few feet away, Draco stopped walking and looked up at the stars. "Beautiful, absolutely beautiful." He sighed and walked down to the lake. As he trudged through the thick wet grass he felt a solitary tear trickle down his cheek. He sat down near the bank and covered his face in his hands. He laid back and stared into the infinity of the glowing lights in the sky. "Stars.."
"Ginny Weasley!" Alexis yelled into their room in the dorm.
"What?" Ginny asked miserably as she looked up from her pillow in which she had buried her face.
"What did you do to that poor boy?"
"What do you mean?"
"We found him next to the lake bitching about how you stepped on his little heart."
"Why aren't you at the dance?" Ginny asked as she turned over, Alexis was still in full costume.
"I was just coming up here to tell you that he's dropped out, Ginny." Ginny started awake. "He said that you don't listen. That you always walk away before someone's done talking. He's gone Ginny. He won't come back."
"Yes he will." Ginny's head was spinning in horror as she realized that all Draco had told Alexis was true. "I hope."
"Yes, well your hoping isn't going to stop the train he's leaving on tomorrow to go back to his father's now is it. He's going Durmstrang."
Ginny gasped, and the normally quite understanding Alexis glared. "You have ruined it, you know? People look up to you two as the couple who, despite the family and house rivalries, could work it out. And I was one of them."
Ginny didn't look her in the eye.
"When you decide to come to your senses, tell me, alright?" Alexis left worriedly, and a paper slipped from Alexis's bed as she swept past it. Ginny went over to pick it up.
As her eyes skimmed the page, she realized Alexis had been talking about it at breakfast just last week.
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"So, anyways, as I was saying.."
Draco looks really good in blue. He should wear it more often.
"Durmstrang.."
He seems to think green is his color.. It's not.
"Transfer…"
He'd even look good in red. Red's a good color for anybody. Well, anybody but me..
"Still get Hogwarts credit.."
Green would be a good color for me, not Draco..
"Hot Bulgarian boys.."
I wonder when Alexis will stop babbling about boys. I've barely caught a word she's said, but I know it's about BOYS.
"So, what do you think, Gins?"
Oh, shit. "I think it's a great idea, Lexi." Whatever it is, the relationship will be over in two months. "But think about Tristen." Always throw that in. "Do what you think is right."
He looks really, really good in blue.
~*~END FLASHBACK~*~
Ginny's eyes widened. "Of course!"
Despite her rather mussed appearance, she threw open the door and ran down the stairs. "ALEXIS JENKINS, YOU BETTER SIGN ME UP, TOO!"
"Ginny, are you sure you want to do this?" Ron asked worriedly as Ginny Summoned her trunk. "I mean, what did Mum and Dad say?"
"They said that because the transfer was cost-free and I'd still be getting Hogwarts credit, that they could care less. As long as I had a friend going." Ginny answered, tying the knot of her bandana underneath her pair of stick braids. "And since Alexis is going, I can go, too."
"But why, Gin? Why?" Ron asked, chasing after her.
"Just because, Ron. I need cultural enlightenment, I need a break from Hogwarts, most specifically from you, and I need.." Ginny kissed her brother lightly on the cheek. "I need him back."
"So it is about him, then." Ron whispered softly.
"Partly. But I do need to get away from here." Ginny hugged him, slinging a strap of the backpack Vivian had gotten her over her shoulder. "I love you."
"Lex!" Harry shouted, and she turned around, fumbling with the straps of her new backpack.
She smiled at him, in spite of their history. "Hi."
Harry didn't hesitate a bit. He hugged her with a full force that caught her by surprise. He stepped back, holding her by her shoulders.
"I'll miss you." He said after staring at her for a moment.
"I'll miss you, too, Harry." Alexis whispered. "I wanted to say goodbye to you this morning, but you were gone."
He nodded. "I wanted to get you this."
Harry stepped back to reveal a caged owl, one that was a shimmering midnight black. "I knew you didn't have one, so.."
Alexis's eyes were brimming with tears of happiness. "Oh, Harry, I'm so sorry."
His sheepish grin was a bit sad. "It's not all your fault, I mean, I was a bit of a prat myself, and I really didn't think about how you felt and.."
Alexis stepped forward and kissed him softly on the lips. She bent over to get her owl. "Thanks, Harry."
She began walking away, and Harry touched his lips gently. "You're welcome."
She turned around. "Oh, I just simply forgot about him.. Harry, tell Jason I said goodbye."
"Goodbye."
"Alexis, wait up!" Came a voice behind her. There standing in his outfit was Tristen.