Sorry about the no-reviews-for-like-a-week thing. College classes just
started up again, plus I have a poster to make and a ton of housework to do
(I'm explaining it not excusing it). Will try to do better!
Okay, I have a retraction to announce. I made a mistake. In Chap. 1, when Ginny is daydreaming about Harry, she mentions that he was heroic at the second task, but in Chap. 2, it says he was listening to his Triwizard egg when she asks to borrow his Firebolt. (What happened to that egg, by the way? Surely he didn't just throw it away?) Anyway, apologies, and it will be changed eventually. Please let me know if you find any other mistakes, I want this story to be as good as possible!
Reviewer responses:
Hplova4eva: Back to the standby, huh? J/k, more is coming!
Forbidden: OOPS! So sorry! No offense meant! (And I agree, Draco is a git, but I love him anyway.)
marvindamartian: Did I say there would be no more D/G fluff? Did I? Hmm? I do have more of a plot than just what's in the HP books, you know. Thanks for reviewing!
Kerbi: About your little blow-up-at-people/blow-up-people mixup; I read "blow up people" as "blow people" in the review. Although that's probably more than you needed to know. Update "Betrayed" already!
dragonsprincess: She hasn't, yet. And of course I'll review your fic. It may take a couple days, though, I'm really busy, but I can't take a favor without returning one.
I give it all to Mr. Black: Interesting name. Yes, Forbidden did me a huge favor. I really will have to read her stuff. And not accidentally call her a guy, either (whoopsies..) I agree about Fred, he really didn't deserve it. But there'll be more about that later.
Anybody else who wants me to review them, let me know! I willingly hand out reviews if people ask for them, although I forget to do it if you don't ask me to.
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Dear Diary I really should know better than to write in a diary, now shouldn't I? After what happened in first year, you'd think I would have learned my lesson. But I haven't, I still write in diaries- as long as they don't write back, anyway. Well, yesterday was a busy day. I beat up Malfoy, cut off my Potions help, yelled at Fred when he really was just trying to help, and kissed Michael Corner. I should have waited, I don't know him that well, but the moment was just so perfect. I guess I'm on the rebound from Malfoy. Although we weren't dating. But still. Plus there's the whole matter of Harry. I know I sounded sure when I was talking to Fred and Michael, but I'm not. I still can't stop thinking about him. Maybe I'm
Tap. Tap. Tap. Ginny stopped writing and looked up. Then she jumped about a mile in the air. Malfoy was hovering outside her window on a broomstick, tapping on the glass.
"Good Lord, isn't he ever going to give up?" Ginny thought and turned away.
. just going crazy. He doesn't like me. And there's the yelling-at-poor- Fred thing. I mean, my brothers don't really bug me that much. And I've known exactly what Malfoy thinks of my family for years. I thought I could change him. But of course I was wrong. I'm always wrong about stuff like that. But there's no way anything would have worked anyway between us, we're just too
Tap. Tap. Tap. Ginny looked up again, annoyed, and opened the window to tell him off.
"I'm going to get McGonagall if you don't-"
He wordlessly shoved an envelope at her and flew off. She picked up the envelope from the floor where it had fallen and opened it. A letter fell out.
Dear Ginny
I know you hate me, and I don't blame you. I'm not a nice person. I do things people don't like, and I'm perfectly aware that they don't like them. I'm mean, even sadistic sometimes. But I'm also a human being. And every human being has the emotional capability to care. I care about you, even though you don't care about me. And you have some problems I'm not sure you even know about.
You're obsessed. You know that already. But do you know why? No, I didn't think so. And I don't think you'd believe me if I told you. But I'm going to try. I'm just going to have to trust you, and hope that you trust me.
Your brother Bill is a curse breaker for Gringotts. Charlie works with dragons. Percy is destined for a respectable position at the Ministry. Fred and George are already known around Hogwarts for their jokes and tricks, and they will probably put Zonko's out of business when they graduate. Ron will become a prefect next year. (Don't ask me how I know all this, because you won't get an answer.) And you? You're their little sister. Just little Ginny, innocent and pure. Stop frowning. You know that's what they think of you and you act the part too.
Will you have a career? Do you have any interests? What are you good at? Will you just marry someone and become a housewife like your mother? Or are you going to do something with your life? I'm willing to bet you don't have answers to any of those questions. But they're questions you will need answers to soon.
Like I said, I know you hate me, and I don't blame you. But if you'll just trust me one last time, I might be able to help you before we go back to what we were before this whole mess started. And maybe we can be less than enemies this time, even if we can't be more than friends.
Love, Draco
P.S. That corridor. You know which. Seven o'clock. Please. One last time.
Love, Draco. The words banged and clattered around in Ginny's head. Love, Draco.
Elena, one of the other Gryffindor girls, came in and slammed the door behind her. Ginny glanced up. "Hi, Ellie."
"My life is over! O-V-E-R! Why me? Why?" Elena collapsed on her bed, sobbing.
"You broke up with Colin?"
"No, he broke up with me! Just because I said I didn't see why Potter got to skip exams. Just for that! I swear, sometimes he's as obsessed with Potter as you are!"
Ginny tuned out. This happened about once a week. She focused on the letter instead. He wanted her to meet him in that corridor. Ginny remembered their first encounter in that corridor. "Well, he's trusting me all right," she murmured under her breath.
"Hmm? What did you say?" Elena's tears had vanished and she was peering at the letter. "Dear Ginny, I know you hate me, and I don't-"
Ginny stuffed the letter back into the envelope. "It's nothing. A letter my grandfather wrote to my grandmother when they had a fight. I was named after her."
Elena sat back down on her bed and reached for a nail file. "Oh. You know, I heard that awful Devin Iglett talking about you just after Charms yesterday."
"What?" Ginny tore her mind off the letter. "What did he say?"
"That you beat up that Slytherin fourth year. Did you?"
Ginny closed her eyes. How on earth had Iglett known about that? "Ellie, I have to go."
Elena's eyes lit up. "You did, didn't you? Ooh, was he mad? Did he try to fight back? Did he curse you? I bet his father is going to be hopping!"
"Ellie, it's just a rumor. You know Iglett."
Elena pouted, then brightened again. "He's cute though. And when I heard him telling Loony Lovegood some rot about your brothers winning money off Bagman, and I looked at him, and he smiled at me! Do you think he likes me?"
Ginny made an enormous effort not to roll her eyes and left the room. Life used to be simple..
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Please review? *makes puppy eyes and whines * I'm young, cute and desperate for input! Plus, I'm in the mood for writing, so I'll have another chapter ready soon, and I'll put it up if I get lots of reviews!
Okay, I have a retraction to announce. I made a mistake. In Chap. 1, when Ginny is daydreaming about Harry, she mentions that he was heroic at the second task, but in Chap. 2, it says he was listening to his Triwizard egg when she asks to borrow his Firebolt. (What happened to that egg, by the way? Surely he didn't just throw it away?) Anyway, apologies, and it will be changed eventually. Please let me know if you find any other mistakes, I want this story to be as good as possible!
Reviewer responses:
Hplova4eva: Back to the standby, huh? J/k, more is coming!
Forbidden: OOPS! So sorry! No offense meant! (And I agree, Draco is a git, but I love him anyway.)
marvindamartian: Did I say there would be no more D/G fluff? Did I? Hmm? I do have more of a plot than just what's in the HP books, you know. Thanks for reviewing!
Kerbi: About your little blow-up-at-people/blow-up-people mixup; I read "blow up people" as "blow people" in the review. Although that's probably more than you needed to know. Update "Betrayed" already!
dragonsprincess: She hasn't, yet. And of course I'll review your fic. It may take a couple days, though, I'm really busy, but I can't take a favor without returning one.
I give it all to Mr. Black: Interesting name. Yes, Forbidden did me a huge favor. I really will have to read her stuff. And not accidentally call her a guy, either (whoopsies..) I agree about Fred, he really didn't deserve it. But there'll be more about that later.
Anybody else who wants me to review them, let me know! I willingly hand out reviews if people ask for them, although I forget to do it if you don't ask me to.
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Dear Diary I really should know better than to write in a diary, now shouldn't I? After what happened in first year, you'd think I would have learned my lesson. But I haven't, I still write in diaries- as long as they don't write back, anyway. Well, yesterday was a busy day. I beat up Malfoy, cut off my Potions help, yelled at Fred when he really was just trying to help, and kissed Michael Corner. I should have waited, I don't know him that well, but the moment was just so perfect. I guess I'm on the rebound from Malfoy. Although we weren't dating. But still. Plus there's the whole matter of Harry. I know I sounded sure when I was talking to Fred and Michael, but I'm not. I still can't stop thinking about him. Maybe I'm
Tap. Tap. Tap. Ginny stopped writing and looked up. Then she jumped about a mile in the air. Malfoy was hovering outside her window on a broomstick, tapping on the glass.
"Good Lord, isn't he ever going to give up?" Ginny thought and turned away.
. just going crazy. He doesn't like me. And there's the yelling-at-poor- Fred thing. I mean, my brothers don't really bug me that much. And I've known exactly what Malfoy thinks of my family for years. I thought I could change him. But of course I was wrong. I'm always wrong about stuff like that. But there's no way anything would have worked anyway between us, we're just too
Tap. Tap. Tap. Ginny looked up again, annoyed, and opened the window to tell him off.
"I'm going to get McGonagall if you don't-"
He wordlessly shoved an envelope at her and flew off. She picked up the envelope from the floor where it had fallen and opened it. A letter fell out.
Dear Ginny
I know you hate me, and I don't blame you. I'm not a nice person. I do things people don't like, and I'm perfectly aware that they don't like them. I'm mean, even sadistic sometimes. But I'm also a human being. And every human being has the emotional capability to care. I care about you, even though you don't care about me. And you have some problems I'm not sure you even know about.
You're obsessed. You know that already. But do you know why? No, I didn't think so. And I don't think you'd believe me if I told you. But I'm going to try. I'm just going to have to trust you, and hope that you trust me.
Your brother Bill is a curse breaker for Gringotts. Charlie works with dragons. Percy is destined for a respectable position at the Ministry. Fred and George are already known around Hogwarts for their jokes and tricks, and they will probably put Zonko's out of business when they graduate. Ron will become a prefect next year. (Don't ask me how I know all this, because you won't get an answer.) And you? You're their little sister. Just little Ginny, innocent and pure. Stop frowning. You know that's what they think of you and you act the part too.
Will you have a career? Do you have any interests? What are you good at? Will you just marry someone and become a housewife like your mother? Or are you going to do something with your life? I'm willing to bet you don't have answers to any of those questions. But they're questions you will need answers to soon.
Like I said, I know you hate me, and I don't blame you. But if you'll just trust me one last time, I might be able to help you before we go back to what we were before this whole mess started. And maybe we can be less than enemies this time, even if we can't be more than friends.
Love, Draco
P.S. That corridor. You know which. Seven o'clock. Please. One last time.
Love, Draco. The words banged and clattered around in Ginny's head. Love, Draco.
Elena, one of the other Gryffindor girls, came in and slammed the door behind her. Ginny glanced up. "Hi, Ellie."
"My life is over! O-V-E-R! Why me? Why?" Elena collapsed on her bed, sobbing.
"You broke up with Colin?"
"No, he broke up with me! Just because I said I didn't see why Potter got to skip exams. Just for that! I swear, sometimes he's as obsessed with Potter as you are!"
Ginny tuned out. This happened about once a week. She focused on the letter instead. He wanted her to meet him in that corridor. Ginny remembered their first encounter in that corridor. "Well, he's trusting me all right," she murmured under her breath.
"Hmm? What did you say?" Elena's tears had vanished and she was peering at the letter. "Dear Ginny, I know you hate me, and I don't-"
Ginny stuffed the letter back into the envelope. "It's nothing. A letter my grandfather wrote to my grandmother when they had a fight. I was named after her."
Elena sat back down on her bed and reached for a nail file. "Oh. You know, I heard that awful Devin Iglett talking about you just after Charms yesterday."
"What?" Ginny tore her mind off the letter. "What did he say?"
"That you beat up that Slytherin fourth year. Did you?"
Ginny closed her eyes. How on earth had Iglett known about that? "Ellie, I have to go."
Elena's eyes lit up. "You did, didn't you? Ooh, was he mad? Did he try to fight back? Did he curse you? I bet his father is going to be hopping!"
"Ellie, it's just a rumor. You know Iglett."
Elena pouted, then brightened again. "He's cute though. And when I heard him telling Loony Lovegood some rot about your brothers winning money off Bagman, and I looked at him, and he smiled at me! Do you think he likes me?"
Ginny made an enormous effort not to roll her eyes and left the room. Life used to be simple..
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Please review? *makes puppy eyes and whines * I'm young, cute and desperate for input! Plus, I'm in the mood for writing, so I'll have another chapter ready soon, and I'll put it up if I get lots of reviews!