**A/N: FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN OR READ "A Walk To Remember,"
there will be a twist. So please keep reading and reviewing. Thank you.
**A/N #2: HI! Sorry I didn't get to post this any sooner. Some people didn't notice my previous chapter (Beaujon's Pub) and I was getting worried that you would get worried that I had ended the story or something. So here's another chapter just for you. Make sure you read the other one!!!
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A Walk To Remember
There's Something I Need To Tell You...
It was early April, over a month after Ginny's birthday. Some people finally gave up on wondering why the Slytherin Prince and the poor Weaslette were seeing each other. They'd never tell them anyway.
Seventh years were bombarded with homework and studying for NEWTs. That meant Draco and Ginny were away from another for longer periods of time. Soon, in May, the Hogwarts students would be heading back home, to take the tests there and graduate. Everyone could hardly wait, Ginny the most. Over the past few weeks she'd been getting more and more homesick, and worried. Draco noticed this (even though he wasn't around her as much) and the fact she'd been losing weight quickly. Sure, he could wrap his arms entirely around her, but soon it was getting to the point where he could almost wrap them around twice.
Draco decided to bring this up one afternoon out in SAWWA's school gardens. These were the most beautiful places in the area. Statues, fountains, fairy lights at night, and flowers filled the area. But I'm going past the point. Draco led her to the gardens. He was wearing a robe to ward off the chilly wind; she was wearing a sweater and a robe - something she had been doing lately.
They sat down on a bench under a large tree where fairies were sleeping. Draco took a deep breath and faced her. "Ginny, I need to talk to you."
"That's what you said in the note you gave me." She smiled. "What is it?"
Draco looked past her. Ginny noticed he was pondering hard, his eyes seeming to look at something way off in the distance. It all broke when he looked at her again. "What's going on with you?"
Ginny was puzzled. "Nothing's going on."
Draco shook his head. "Don't tell me nothing's going on. Remember the time you fainted on the plane? The hallway? How come you're suddenly getting small? What's wrong??"
Ginny bit her lip. 'How am I supposed to tell him?' she thought. 'I can't tell him, it will only ruin what we have.' "I'm...I'm sorry. I can't say." She looked down and played with her hands.
Draco took her hands in his. His were so warm, hers were so small and fragile now. "Please?"
"No. I can't." said Ginny firmly.
There was a long silence. Then Draco spoke again. "Would you ever tell me?"
"Maybe," Ginny shrugged. "When I think it's the right time."
Draco didn't want to accept this. He wanted to know, he had always gotten his way before. But that was until he met Ginny. She had changed him, and he knew it. Whenever the right time was for her, he was ready for it. They got back up and headed back to the school for lunch.
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Ginny was abnormally quiet in Potions the next day. Carrie would talk to her about every subject possible, even the weather (!), but Ginny still wouldn't talk. She got fed up, and she slammed her fist on the table. "Ginny, what IS it with you?!"
Students in the room turned around and looked curiously at them. Her outburst was a bit loud. "Sorry," she mumbled, and everyone went back to taking notes. Once she heard every quill in the room scratch against parchment, she turned to Ginny. "Gin, what is it? Is something bothering you?" Her eyes widened. "What did Malfoy do?"
Ginny shook her head. Nothing.
"Come one Gin, speak to me!" cried Carrie.
"Please?" Suzanne prodded Ginny with her elbow.
Ginny moved her head to look at both of her friends on either side of her. "Draco did do something."
Suzanne gasped. "Oh no, Gin I'm so sorry!"
Ginny laughed, "No not that! He never did that. It's something he asked me."
She stopped talking. Suzanne and Carrie looked at the other and then the redhead. Carrie waved her hands, urging her to speak. "Go on. You were saying?"
"He asked me what was going on. He asked why I've been fainting and all that." She sighed and continued writing, like this conversation wasn't and never had taken place.
It was Carrie's turn to gasp. "Did you tell him?"
Ginny shook her head, never looking away from her book.
Suzanne dropped her shoulders. "You do know you'll have to tell him sometime soon. He has a right to know."
Ginny nodded.
"When will you tell him?"
The redhead shrugged. She was back in her 'I don't want to talk' attitude. Suzanne and Carrie understood this and continued on with their notes as Ms. Babb walked back into the room, inspecting everyone's work, and making the Chartington boy, Parkes, spit out his Everlasting Bubble Gum.
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Draco was punching an enchanted star gazing map in Astronomy. Mrs. Mast had assigned them to answer questions from the book, using the star gazing map as their reference. He couldn't figure out the answer, and his map's stars were moving every 5 minutes, like they do when the Earth moves. It was making him dizzy, and every so often the star he wanted was already gone. It was pissing him off.
"Damn it Malfoy, stop punching it! You'll have bloody knuckles before you know it!" Tony hissed in Draco's ear next to him.
"I'd rather have bloody knuckles. This goddamned map keeps moving at the wrong times!"
Draco was about to punch the map again when it jerked to the right and the next question's star disappeared. Tony snapped forward and grabbed Draco's fist before it hit the map. Both boys' hands hit the table hard. Students turned in their seats, to see what the commotion was about. Tony grinned widely. Everyone turned back to his or her work, and Tony's grin turned back to a scowl in a flash. "Stop punching it and get to work. I'll show you my answers if your stars keep moving before you can get to them." Draco nodded.
A while later, Draco sighed loudly. The class turned around once again, and again Tony looked up and smiled. Some girls giggled, and then everyone turned back to work. Tony's smile faltered immediately and he whispered to Draco, "Dude, what's wrong?"
"Ginny."
"Ah...so what happened?"
Draco sighed again. Tony's head snapped again, hoping no one would turn around and make him smile again (A/N lol I couldn't help it. Whenever people look at me if I made a loud noise or something, I smile, they turn away, and I immediately return to my previous face). Thankfully, they ignored the boys in the back, so Tony leaned down and asked what happened...again.
"She won't tell me what's wrong with her." Draco replied back, now doodling on his moving map.
"The whole fainting and getting skinny thing?" Tony twirled the quill in his hand.
"Yeah."
Tony put the quill on his book, leaned back, raised his hands behind his head and let it rest. "Have you ever thought about her being anorexic? Or bulimic?"
Draco shot him a death glare. "She's not deathly skinny, Gohsler! Besides, she fainted before she got skinny. And she eats like a pig too."
Tony leaned forward again, and backed away from Draco. "Geez, man, I only asked."
Draco furrowed his brows. 'Maybe she IS anorexic.' "I'll owl her tonight." He looked back down on his map and noticed the past 3 questions' stars had left. "FUCK THE STARS!!!!"
The class erupted in laughter from the guys and gasps from the girls. Tony grinned at Draco, who pretended that he always yelled at moving maps and this was only normal. Soon it got quiet and Mrs. Mast came back in the room. "The assignment is due in ten minutes!" Draco cursed under his breath and five languages, and finished what he could of his work.
* The Parent/Teacher meeting, during Ginny's Potions/Draco's Astronomy *
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Please sit down." Carrington shook hands with the Weasley adults, and sat down. Every teacher at SAWWA, and Dumbledore, were in Carrington's office. "I'm sure you understand why I called you here?"
Mr. Weasley nodded. "Yes. About Ginny?"
"Yes. We've been noticing that she faints in the hallways." Carrington glanced at his papers, and then back up at Ginny's parents.
"She also fainted on the plane to America," Dumbledore added.
Mrs. Weasley only looked down at her hands. "She's very sick," she mumbled.
"We understand that. Mr. Ronald Weasley had taken her to the nurse's office once," Carrington handed Mr. Weasley the paper that the nurse had given him. Arthur should it to his wife, who only nodded. He handed the paper back to Carrington.
"Is there anything we should know about her, in case this should happen again?" Dumbledore asked. The other teachers nodded.
Mrs. Weasley took a deep breath and explained. Some of the more sensitive teachers' eyes watered, and others only covered their mouths. When she was done, Carrington nodded.
"Should we move the date for the Hogwarts students up? That way she could be home sooner?" Carrington looked up at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood for a while, then spoke. "It is fine with me as long as it's fine with her parents. Mr. Weasley?"
The Weasley parents looked at each other. They wanted what was best for her. Mr. Weasley turned to Dumbledore and Carrington and spoke, "If she faints one more time."
Both headmasters nodded. Teachers were excused and so were Ginny's parents. The meeting was adjourned.
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It was mid-May. Ginny felt fine. But she didn't look fine. She and Draco walked in the gardens one night, the fairy lights glowing brightly. Draco took a deep breath, and turned a bundled Ginny to face him. 'It's warm out. Why is she wearing a jacket? AND a sweater? I should ask her now, and no won't be an answer.'
"Yes?" Ginny smiled sweetly. Draco kissed her forehead and took her hands.
"How are you?"
This threw Ginny off. "Fine. Why?"
"Oh nothing..." They continued walking. Soon Ginny couldn't hold it any longer.
"Can we sit over here?" She led him to the bench they sat on over a month ago. They sat in silence for a while, then Ginny moved, pulling up her sleeve, which revealed bruises.
Draco took her arm and stared. He looked up to her eyes. "What happened??"
"Draco, I need to tell you something." Draco slowly let go of her arm, letting her sleeve fall back down. She took a deep, deep breath and spoke. "I'm sick."
Draco furrowed his brows. "Well, maybe you should just go to bed, you'll get well s-"
"No, Draco! I'm sick." Draco leaned forward, motioning her to continue. It took her a few minutes to let out three words that stopped Draco's heart from beating. "I have leukemia."
Those words processed slowly in his mind. Leukemia! How can she have it? She can't! "No, no it's a mistake."
"I found out this summer. Witches and wizards rarely get this, and I never received any medicine. The only thing that works is the spell Ron uses one me. You saw it, twice I think."
Draco wasn't listening. Ginny, his Ginny, has cancer. Why would this happen to him?! To HER?!?
"Draco, I'm sorry." Draco wouldn't move. He just stared straight. Ginny leaned over and hugged him, and stayed that way for the longest time ever.
* A Week Later *
The school knew...okay, I'm exaggerating a bit. All of their friends knew, but swore not to tell anyone. Ginny didn't want to be treated any differently. Her friends were doing a pretty good job of ignoring it, but it still bothered her that they knew.
Draco wanted to do something. He wanted her to stay with him. He didn't want her to die (of course, no one did). He wanted to make her happy, make himself happy. Everything he tried only made everything seem not right, like there was a piece of a puzzle missing.
What is it? He racked his brain, but nothing came up. What was he going to do?
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**A/N: How many times have I mentioned the Chartington boy Parkes in here? Twice? lol. I think only a few chapters are left now. And the twist to the story is coming. So just because Ginny has leukemia doesn't mean you should quit reading and reviewing. GOOD WILL COME!!!!! SO PLEEEASE continue reading, you have no idea what will turn out. Don't assume everything! =)
**A/N #2: HI! Sorry I didn't get to post this any sooner. Some people didn't notice my previous chapter (Beaujon's Pub) and I was getting worried that you would get worried that I had ended the story or something. So here's another chapter just for you. Make sure you read the other one!!!
.:~*~:..:~*~:.
A Walk To Remember
There's Something I Need To Tell You...
It was early April, over a month after Ginny's birthday. Some people finally gave up on wondering why the Slytherin Prince and the poor Weaslette were seeing each other. They'd never tell them anyway.
Seventh years were bombarded with homework and studying for NEWTs. That meant Draco and Ginny were away from another for longer periods of time. Soon, in May, the Hogwarts students would be heading back home, to take the tests there and graduate. Everyone could hardly wait, Ginny the most. Over the past few weeks she'd been getting more and more homesick, and worried. Draco noticed this (even though he wasn't around her as much) and the fact she'd been losing weight quickly. Sure, he could wrap his arms entirely around her, but soon it was getting to the point where he could almost wrap them around twice.
Draco decided to bring this up one afternoon out in SAWWA's school gardens. These were the most beautiful places in the area. Statues, fountains, fairy lights at night, and flowers filled the area. But I'm going past the point. Draco led her to the gardens. He was wearing a robe to ward off the chilly wind; she was wearing a sweater and a robe - something she had been doing lately.
They sat down on a bench under a large tree where fairies were sleeping. Draco took a deep breath and faced her. "Ginny, I need to talk to you."
"That's what you said in the note you gave me." She smiled. "What is it?"
Draco looked past her. Ginny noticed he was pondering hard, his eyes seeming to look at something way off in the distance. It all broke when he looked at her again. "What's going on with you?"
Ginny was puzzled. "Nothing's going on."
Draco shook his head. "Don't tell me nothing's going on. Remember the time you fainted on the plane? The hallway? How come you're suddenly getting small? What's wrong??"
Ginny bit her lip. 'How am I supposed to tell him?' she thought. 'I can't tell him, it will only ruin what we have.' "I'm...I'm sorry. I can't say." She looked down and played with her hands.
Draco took her hands in his. His were so warm, hers were so small and fragile now. "Please?"
"No. I can't." said Ginny firmly.
There was a long silence. Then Draco spoke again. "Would you ever tell me?"
"Maybe," Ginny shrugged. "When I think it's the right time."
Draco didn't want to accept this. He wanted to know, he had always gotten his way before. But that was until he met Ginny. She had changed him, and he knew it. Whenever the right time was for her, he was ready for it. They got back up and headed back to the school for lunch.
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Ginny was abnormally quiet in Potions the next day. Carrie would talk to her about every subject possible, even the weather (!), but Ginny still wouldn't talk. She got fed up, and she slammed her fist on the table. "Ginny, what IS it with you?!"
Students in the room turned around and looked curiously at them. Her outburst was a bit loud. "Sorry," she mumbled, and everyone went back to taking notes. Once she heard every quill in the room scratch against parchment, she turned to Ginny. "Gin, what is it? Is something bothering you?" Her eyes widened. "What did Malfoy do?"
Ginny shook her head. Nothing.
"Come one Gin, speak to me!" cried Carrie.
"Please?" Suzanne prodded Ginny with her elbow.
Ginny moved her head to look at both of her friends on either side of her. "Draco did do something."
Suzanne gasped. "Oh no, Gin I'm so sorry!"
Ginny laughed, "No not that! He never did that. It's something he asked me."
She stopped talking. Suzanne and Carrie looked at the other and then the redhead. Carrie waved her hands, urging her to speak. "Go on. You were saying?"
"He asked me what was going on. He asked why I've been fainting and all that." She sighed and continued writing, like this conversation wasn't and never had taken place.
It was Carrie's turn to gasp. "Did you tell him?"
Ginny shook her head, never looking away from her book.
Suzanne dropped her shoulders. "You do know you'll have to tell him sometime soon. He has a right to know."
Ginny nodded.
"When will you tell him?"
The redhead shrugged. She was back in her 'I don't want to talk' attitude. Suzanne and Carrie understood this and continued on with their notes as Ms. Babb walked back into the room, inspecting everyone's work, and making the Chartington boy, Parkes, spit out his Everlasting Bubble Gum.
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Draco was punching an enchanted star gazing map in Astronomy. Mrs. Mast had assigned them to answer questions from the book, using the star gazing map as their reference. He couldn't figure out the answer, and his map's stars were moving every 5 minutes, like they do when the Earth moves. It was making him dizzy, and every so often the star he wanted was already gone. It was pissing him off.
"Damn it Malfoy, stop punching it! You'll have bloody knuckles before you know it!" Tony hissed in Draco's ear next to him.
"I'd rather have bloody knuckles. This goddamned map keeps moving at the wrong times!"
Draco was about to punch the map again when it jerked to the right and the next question's star disappeared. Tony snapped forward and grabbed Draco's fist before it hit the map. Both boys' hands hit the table hard. Students turned in their seats, to see what the commotion was about. Tony grinned widely. Everyone turned back to his or her work, and Tony's grin turned back to a scowl in a flash. "Stop punching it and get to work. I'll show you my answers if your stars keep moving before you can get to them." Draco nodded.
A while later, Draco sighed loudly. The class turned around once again, and again Tony looked up and smiled. Some girls giggled, and then everyone turned back to work. Tony's smile faltered immediately and he whispered to Draco, "Dude, what's wrong?"
"Ginny."
"Ah...so what happened?"
Draco sighed again. Tony's head snapped again, hoping no one would turn around and make him smile again (A/N lol I couldn't help it. Whenever people look at me if I made a loud noise or something, I smile, they turn away, and I immediately return to my previous face). Thankfully, they ignored the boys in the back, so Tony leaned down and asked what happened...again.
"She won't tell me what's wrong with her." Draco replied back, now doodling on his moving map.
"The whole fainting and getting skinny thing?" Tony twirled the quill in his hand.
"Yeah."
Tony put the quill on his book, leaned back, raised his hands behind his head and let it rest. "Have you ever thought about her being anorexic? Or bulimic?"
Draco shot him a death glare. "She's not deathly skinny, Gohsler! Besides, she fainted before she got skinny. And she eats like a pig too."
Tony leaned forward again, and backed away from Draco. "Geez, man, I only asked."
Draco furrowed his brows. 'Maybe she IS anorexic.' "I'll owl her tonight." He looked back down on his map and noticed the past 3 questions' stars had left. "FUCK THE STARS!!!!"
The class erupted in laughter from the guys and gasps from the girls. Tony grinned at Draco, who pretended that he always yelled at moving maps and this was only normal. Soon it got quiet and Mrs. Mast came back in the room. "The assignment is due in ten minutes!" Draco cursed under his breath and five languages, and finished what he could of his work.
* The Parent/Teacher meeting, during Ginny's Potions/Draco's Astronomy *
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Please sit down." Carrington shook hands with the Weasley adults, and sat down. Every teacher at SAWWA, and Dumbledore, were in Carrington's office. "I'm sure you understand why I called you here?"
Mr. Weasley nodded. "Yes. About Ginny?"
"Yes. We've been noticing that she faints in the hallways." Carrington glanced at his papers, and then back up at Ginny's parents.
"She also fainted on the plane to America," Dumbledore added.
Mrs. Weasley only looked down at her hands. "She's very sick," she mumbled.
"We understand that. Mr. Ronald Weasley had taken her to the nurse's office once," Carrington handed Mr. Weasley the paper that the nurse had given him. Arthur should it to his wife, who only nodded. He handed the paper back to Carrington.
"Is there anything we should know about her, in case this should happen again?" Dumbledore asked. The other teachers nodded.
Mrs. Weasley took a deep breath and explained. Some of the more sensitive teachers' eyes watered, and others only covered their mouths. When she was done, Carrington nodded.
"Should we move the date for the Hogwarts students up? That way she could be home sooner?" Carrington looked up at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood for a while, then spoke. "It is fine with me as long as it's fine with her parents. Mr. Weasley?"
The Weasley parents looked at each other. They wanted what was best for her. Mr. Weasley turned to Dumbledore and Carrington and spoke, "If she faints one more time."
Both headmasters nodded. Teachers were excused and so were Ginny's parents. The meeting was adjourned.
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It was mid-May. Ginny felt fine. But she didn't look fine. She and Draco walked in the gardens one night, the fairy lights glowing brightly. Draco took a deep breath, and turned a bundled Ginny to face him. 'It's warm out. Why is she wearing a jacket? AND a sweater? I should ask her now, and no won't be an answer.'
"Yes?" Ginny smiled sweetly. Draco kissed her forehead and took her hands.
"How are you?"
This threw Ginny off. "Fine. Why?"
"Oh nothing..." They continued walking. Soon Ginny couldn't hold it any longer.
"Can we sit over here?" She led him to the bench they sat on over a month ago. They sat in silence for a while, then Ginny moved, pulling up her sleeve, which revealed bruises.
Draco took her arm and stared. He looked up to her eyes. "What happened??"
"Draco, I need to tell you something." Draco slowly let go of her arm, letting her sleeve fall back down. She took a deep, deep breath and spoke. "I'm sick."
Draco furrowed his brows. "Well, maybe you should just go to bed, you'll get well s-"
"No, Draco! I'm sick." Draco leaned forward, motioning her to continue. It took her a few minutes to let out three words that stopped Draco's heart from beating. "I have leukemia."
Those words processed slowly in his mind. Leukemia! How can she have it? She can't! "No, no it's a mistake."
"I found out this summer. Witches and wizards rarely get this, and I never received any medicine. The only thing that works is the spell Ron uses one me. You saw it, twice I think."
Draco wasn't listening. Ginny, his Ginny, has cancer. Why would this happen to him?! To HER?!?
"Draco, I'm sorry." Draco wouldn't move. He just stared straight. Ginny leaned over and hugged him, and stayed that way for the longest time ever.
* A Week Later *
The school knew...okay, I'm exaggerating a bit. All of their friends knew, but swore not to tell anyone. Ginny didn't want to be treated any differently. Her friends were doing a pretty good job of ignoring it, but it still bothered her that they knew.
Draco wanted to do something. He wanted her to stay with him. He didn't want her to die (of course, no one did). He wanted to make her happy, make himself happy. Everything he tried only made everything seem not right, like there was a piece of a puzzle missing.
What is it? He racked his brain, but nothing came up. What was he going to do?
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**A/N: How many times have I mentioned the Chartington boy Parkes in here? Twice? lol. I think only a few chapters are left now. And the twist to the story is coming. So just because Ginny has leukemia doesn't mean you should quit reading and reviewing. GOOD WILL COME!!!!! SO PLEEEASE continue reading, you have no idea what will turn out. Don't assume everything! =)