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Ginny slowly dirfted back to coniousness. Her head felt like it was about to explode. She could distantly hear people talking and feel someone touching her, but she couldn't talk. She could almost make out what the voices were saying. Then someone touched her hand and electricity shot through her fingers. She opened her eyes, to see Ron sleeping all curled up in a chair by her bed. He was holding her hand, but not the one that had caused her to wake up. She looked to the other side and saw Harry who was also asleep. His head was down on her bed and his fingers laid on top of hers. She smiled. There was a knock on the door and both Harry and Ron jumped. Ginny heard the door open and saw a huge smile on Ron and Harry's face's, but not until Ron spoke did she know why.
" Hermione! Your okay!" he said. She walked over and he let go of Ginny's hand.
" I'm sorry if I made you worry, I've just gotten so used to saying my house, that I forgot that I was going to your house." Hermione said quickly. After an akward pause she flung her arms around Ron and he wraped his arms around her too. Ginny noticed how pink his ears were and couldn't supress a laugh. Ron and Hermione both looked at her, without, she noticed, letting go of each other, and Harry quickly withdrew his fingers. She stopped smiling now, because Ron had started yelling at her, which made her head head pound.
" What the hell were you thinking Ginny? Why did you lie and tell Harry that you would be right behind him? You knew that I had all the Floo Powder! What was so important you had to lie to us? Huh Ginny, we're waiting." Ron had screamed. She hadn't made him this mad in a long time. Ginny rolled over and there was a nurse standing there. She sat straight up and looked around wildly. Hermione and Harry had succeeded in making Ron stop yelling at her and now he just glared at her furiously. She knew that only reason he stopped was because Hermione had her hand laying on his knee, and he knew if he kept yelling she would move it. This thought infuriated her, but there was a more pressing matter.
She looked around the room, and had no idea where she was! " This isn't my room!" she yelled, making her head hurt worse. " Where am I?"
" You are at St. Mungo's Miss." said the nurse as if she got asked that question a hundred times a day. Which, Ginny thought, she probablly did.
" Why? What happened?"
" Thats what i would like to know." said another voice. Ginny looked around and saw a tall woman in green robes. The lady had a peice of parchment and a quill out and began asking questoins at such a fast pace that Ginny didn't even try to listen. She didn't have to ignore the lady very long because the nurse came and pushed her out of the room.
" Sorry about that miss, there are just so many reporters trying to get in here that its hard to keep them all out." said the nurse apoligetically.
" Reporter's?" Ginny asked. " For me? Why?" This was to much for Ron, he jumped out of his chair and left the room with Hermione on his tail.
" I should go alert your parents that you are awake." the nurse said and she too left the room. Now it was just her and Harry.
" Ginny?" he asked quietly.
" Yes?" she said. She didn't feel like talking to Harry just now.
" Why did you tell me you would be right behind me?" He asked.
" I didn't want all of the people in Diagon Alley to die, so i warned them," then it dawned on her that this was probably the reason reporters were there.
" Why didn't you just tell me that you were going to warn them?" Gee, I wonder? She had thought this was completely obvious.
" Because if I told you that, you wouldn't have left, and it was more important for you to get out then me, and....." she paused remembering Malfoy and the look in his eyes.
" And what?" he asked not being able to control the tone of concern in his voice. She had been wondering if Draco was hurt too, but was snapped back to life when the door flew open. The reporter was back, except this time she wasn't alone. There were about twenty peole in all, crowded in her room. There were camera lights flashing all around her.
"This is just how it started." she thought. She went into shock, and started to violently shake. Harry saw what was happening. He ran over to Ginny and caught her just in time. He picked her up in his arms and ran for the nurses station. She saw the nurses screaming at the reporters, but she couldn't hear them. Everything was happening in slow motion. She couldn't hold her head up anymore and it lolled to the side. She saw Ron look over at her still furious until he saw her. The last thing she could remember was Ron running to her looking scared.
Ginny slowly dirfted back to coniousness. Her head felt like it was about to explode. She could distantly hear people talking and feel someone touching her, but she couldn't talk. She could almost make out what the voices were saying. Then someone touched her hand and electricity shot through her fingers. She opened her eyes, to see Ron sleeping all curled up in a chair by her bed. He was holding her hand, but not the one that had caused her to wake up. She looked to the other side and saw Harry who was also asleep. His head was down on her bed and his fingers laid on top of hers. She smiled. There was a knock on the door and both Harry and Ron jumped. Ginny heard the door open and saw a huge smile on Ron and Harry's face's, but not until Ron spoke did she know why.
" Hermione! Your okay!" he said. She walked over and he let go of Ginny's hand.
" I'm sorry if I made you worry, I've just gotten so used to saying my house, that I forgot that I was going to your house." Hermione said quickly. After an akward pause she flung her arms around Ron and he wraped his arms around her too. Ginny noticed how pink his ears were and couldn't supress a laugh. Ron and Hermione both looked at her, without, she noticed, letting go of each other, and Harry quickly withdrew his fingers. She stopped smiling now, because Ron had started yelling at her, which made her head head pound.
" What the hell were you thinking Ginny? Why did you lie and tell Harry that you would be right behind him? You knew that I had all the Floo Powder! What was so important you had to lie to us? Huh Ginny, we're waiting." Ron had screamed. She hadn't made him this mad in a long time. Ginny rolled over and there was a nurse standing there. She sat straight up and looked around wildly. Hermione and Harry had succeeded in making Ron stop yelling at her and now he just glared at her furiously. She knew that only reason he stopped was because Hermione had her hand laying on his knee, and he knew if he kept yelling she would move it. This thought infuriated her, but there was a more pressing matter.
She looked around the room, and had no idea where she was! " This isn't my room!" she yelled, making her head hurt worse. " Where am I?"
" You are at St. Mungo's Miss." said the nurse as if she got asked that question a hundred times a day. Which, Ginny thought, she probablly did.
" Why? What happened?"
" Thats what i would like to know." said another voice. Ginny looked around and saw a tall woman in green robes. The lady had a peice of parchment and a quill out and began asking questoins at such a fast pace that Ginny didn't even try to listen. She didn't have to ignore the lady very long because the nurse came and pushed her out of the room.
" Sorry about that miss, there are just so many reporters trying to get in here that its hard to keep them all out." said the nurse apoligetically.
" Reporter's?" Ginny asked. " For me? Why?" This was to much for Ron, he jumped out of his chair and left the room with Hermione on his tail.
" I should go alert your parents that you are awake." the nurse said and she too left the room. Now it was just her and Harry.
" Ginny?" he asked quietly.
" Yes?" she said. She didn't feel like talking to Harry just now.
" Why did you tell me you would be right behind me?" He asked.
" I didn't want all of the people in Diagon Alley to die, so i warned them," then it dawned on her that this was probably the reason reporters were there.
" Why didn't you just tell me that you were going to warn them?" Gee, I wonder? She had thought this was completely obvious.
" Because if I told you that, you wouldn't have left, and it was more important for you to get out then me, and....." she paused remembering Malfoy and the look in his eyes.
" And what?" he asked not being able to control the tone of concern in his voice. She had been wondering if Draco was hurt too, but was snapped back to life when the door flew open. The reporter was back, except this time she wasn't alone. There were about twenty peole in all, crowded in her room. There were camera lights flashing all around her.
"This is just how it started." she thought. She went into shock, and started to violently shake. Harry saw what was happening. He ran over to Ginny and caught her just in time. He picked her up in his arms and ran for the nurses station. She saw the nurses screaming at the reporters, but she couldn't hear them. Everything was happening in slow motion. She couldn't hold her head up anymore and it lolled to the side. She saw Ron look over at her still furious until he saw her. The last thing she could remember was Ron running to her looking scared.