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Chapter 8: You Bet? I Bet.
I awoke the next day I groaned and prepared to drag myself out of bed before realising that it was Saturday. No school and homework could wait.
I threw off the covers and got dressed in muggle jeans and a muggle pullover that was light pink and had a simple design of white snowflakes over it. I decided to leave my hair down as it was cold out and that's where I was headed. I needed some time to myself.
I practically ran down the stairs to the common room and out the portrait hole.
'Where are you off too in such a hurry?" the fat lady said rubbing sleep from her eyes. I just grinned at her and said:
"Wherever my feet take me." I said shrugging and shoving my gloved hands into my pockets.
"Chin up sweet Virginia." She said and relaxed back into a stupor. I smiled softly. She was the only person or painting as the case may be that called me Virginia. If it had been anyone else it would have bothered me but I didn't mind her calling me that.
I walked briskly across the grounds and ended up by the lake. I climbed up on top of the groups of rocks by the edge and pulled my legs up and rested my chin on my knees. It was incredibly cold outside but I barely noticed because at that moment I saw two figures emerge from the castle and head my way. I soon realised that it was Ron and Hermione so I scrambled down off the rocks and hid behind them just as they drew in line with the Lake and stood.
Hermione looked like she had no idea why she was there and Ron looked like he had just been faced with a twelve-foot spider. Hermione seemed to notice this too because she tucked a strand of her wild hair behind her ear and reached out to touch Ron on the shoulder. He jumped about afoot in the air and I had to stifle a giggle. Had I made noise they would have heard me. I could certainly hear them.
"Ron, what ever is the matter?" Hermione asked, leaving her hand on his arm. What Ron did next surprised me almost as much as it surprised Hermione herself.
He took her hand from his shoulder and held it between his. From where I was sitting I could see her raise an eyebrow but could also see that she was holding back a whoop of joy. I giggled softly and continued to watch them.
"'Mione, there's something I want to ask you." He said looking down at his feet.
"All right then." Hermione said smiling politely at him.
"I've already asked once but you never gave me an answer.'Mione, will you do me the honour of going to the Christmas Ball with me?" he asked, finally finding the courage to look her in the face. I saw Hermione's eyes widen before she clapped her free hand over her mouth.
"Oh Ron! I'm so sorry. I completely forgot about it! I've just been so busy with homework that I forgot to answer you. I was going to I really was."
I saw Ron smile slightly and I could tell that he was just waiting for her answer and wasn't really listening to what she was saying.
"So.will you?" he asked, seemingly getting some of his confidence back.
"Of course I will. See? It wasn't that hard to ask a girl to the ball was it? You would have saved yourself a lot of time if you'd just done this last year." She said. I saw Ron grin then scoop Hermione up in his arms and twirl her around.
"Ron, put me down right now!" Hermione said, supposedly angry but I noticed that when she was swung in my direction she was smiling. Ron obliged and set her down on the ground without removing his arms from around her waist.
I'll give Hermione credit for this. She seemed to know what she was doing. She had put her arms around Ron's neck within seconds. They were standing there staring at each other lovingly. It was so cute! I couldn't help myself. I pulled out my wand and conjured up a camera. A wizarding camera too, not one of those silly Muggle one's where the pictures didn't move.
I held the camera up and waited a few seconds until their lips touched! Picture perfect I thought as I pressed the button down to take the photo. I took a couple because I figured after they both got over hating me that they would each want a photo.
I grinned to myself.
***
I was quietly making my way back to the Castle when I saw another couple walking around the grounds. This couple I wasn't as happy to see. Harry and her. I mean Sarah.
I was just turning to go back in the other direction when Sarah spotted me.
"Ginny! What a lovely surprise."
I cringed. Then I turned around smiling brightly.
"Sarah. A surprise definitely." I said, deciding not to add what an awful one it was.
"I'm so sorry about you and Harry, he told me what happened."
"Oh he did, did he? What did he tell you?" I asked her, placing my hands on my hips. This was going to be good.
"Well he said that you two just didn't connect anymore. What a shame." She said, clearly not thinking it a shame at all.
"We didn't "connect" anymore?" I said looking at Harry in disbelief. It was the first time I had looked at him properly in ages. Truth be told, it wasn't the easiest thing to do.
"Yeah." He supplied hopelessly.
"And let me guess, you guys connect perfectly? I am so like totally happy for you!" I said acting ditsy as Sarah reminded me of the stupidest thing I mean person on earth. Being her ditsy self she didn't even notice my sarcasm. Harry did though and I expected him to glare at me but the look he gave me was one of regret. I didn't expect it and wasn't ready for what Sarah said next.
"You know Ginny, jealousy isn't pretty on a girl."
"Excuse me? I'm not jealous of you! I am jealous of my brother and his best friend, I am not nor will I ever be jealous of you." I said and stormed off.
"What about Ron and Hermione Ginny?" Harry called out.
"Figure it out for your self. Whoever bet that they would get together before the Ball is owed some money." I said as I turned and ran back to the castle.
***
I felt so trapped. Whenever I got upset I would either head outside or to my room and both places had given me bad memories. Both of which included Harry. A week ago I was happy that he had comforted me in my room, now I was annoyed that I had even told him how to get up the girls' stairs. The other place was outside in the grounds. I couldn't go out there because IU knew that I would see him and Sarah together.
I wandered around the Castle aimlessly and realised dimly that Draco could find me and drag me off and no one would know. Would they even care? I thought bitterly. Probably not. I ended up in the Owlery, I don't even know how I got there, I didn't remember walking there. I had a sudden memory of my second year when Voldermort possessed me and I would do things and not remember them. I shivered involuntarily and shook my head as my silliness. That wasn't happening now, nor would it ever happen again.
I looked out of the window of the Owlery and what I saw made my stomach turn.
Harry and Sarah were kissing.
I guess that made it clear, Harry never liked me; he was only using me to get to her and let's face it. It worked like a charm.
***
"I swear to Merlin, nothing is ever meant to go my way!" I said through clenched teeth as I stomped to down to the Great Hall for dinner. I had taken to walking around the Castle after I had seen them. It really did seem as though I couldn't get away from things. Get away! That's it! I thought as I sat down with my sixth year friends. I usually sat with the golden trio, but right now I didn't want anything to do with Harry so that meant blocking out Ron and Hermione too.
Speaking of Ron and Hermione, I noticed that they came into the hall together holding hands. I grinned and waved to Hermione. What I hadn't counted on was her telling Ron that she would be right back and coming to see me.
"Hello Ginny. What are you doing sitting all the way down here? Is it something we did."
"We huh?" I said smiling knowingly at her. "No, you didn't do anything at all. I just can't deal with seeing Harry right now." I said looking down.
"That's not like you to give up on him Ginny." Ashe said sadly.
"What do you mean give up on him? We broke up remember?" I said looking at her.
"He cares about you Ginny." Straight to the point this one.
"Pull the other one 'Mione. He does not. If he cared he'd make an effort."
"He has been trying too but you keep freezing him out."
"He was making a huge effort today when he was stuck to Sarah's face." I said, not meaning too. I wasn't planning on telling anyone that.oops.
"He.what? Oh Ginny I'm so sorry."
"Yeah aren't we all?" I said turning my back on her.
Hermione was the only one I really ever talked to about my feelings for Harry and she was an excellent listener. The only problem was most of what I told her somehow made its way back to Harry and Ron. Not on purpose I know they would squeeze it out of her. Ron would at least. That's the way us Weasley's are.
I spent the rest of dinner thinking about how unlucky I was and how things weren't likely to get any better. I was just telling myself how much of a loser was when a clattering noise came from up the table.
I along with the rest of the table turned their heads in that direction. My eyes widened at what I saw.
" I can't believe you!" Ron yelled at the top of his voice. For once it wasn't Hermione he was yelling at. She was sitting next to him, pulling on his sleeve, trying to get him to sit down. He pulled his arm out of her reach and pointed viciously toward someone sitting across the table from him. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and opened them again.
Yep, my brother was yelling at his best friend and I had the sickening feeling that it had something to do with me.
***
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A/N: Well I'm not in a very good mood so I can't be bothered with my usual shout outs! Sorry bout that guys. But don't be angry; I wasn't even going to post a chapter tonight but I figured that I love getting home and reading your reviews so I thought that I'd post. Happy? Good. To those few people who mentioned that my chapters are too short, (the chapters are 3+ pages on Microsoft. Besides, I usually just end off when I think it's a good time too.) Sorry about that but I've written up the story already so I can't make them longer from now on so you'll just have to deal with it. Besides, it's not like you have to wait weeks for me to update! I update every night! What more can I do?
By the way, thank you to those people who told me how to fix up the format of my story! I probably won't bother with it on this story but now I know how to do it so thank you! =D.
Just thought that you might like to know; I will probably start writing another story next week! Definitely a Harry Potter based one. I'm at school next week but there's nothing to do as it's the end of the year so I thought that I'd put my time to good use and write a story. Nothing better to do and thanks to all my reviewers, I've been spurred on to write bigger and better Harry stories! Yay to my reviewers!!!
~Nesserz.
Chapter 8: You Bet? I Bet.
I awoke the next day I groaned and prepared to drag myself out of bed before realising that it was Saturday. No school and homework could wait.
I threw off the covers and got dressed in muggle jeans and a muggle pullover that was light pink and had a simple design of white snowflakes over it. I decided to leave my hair down as it was cold out and that's where I was headed. I needed some time to myself.
I practically ran down the stairs to the common room and out the portrait hole.
'Where are you off too in such a hurry?" the fat lady said rubbing sleep from her eyes. I just grinned at her and said:
"Wherever my feet take me." I said shrugging and shoving my gloved hands into my pockets.
"Chin up sweet Virginia." She said and relaxed back into a stupor. I smiled softly. She was the only person or painting as the case may be that called me Virginia. If it had been anyone else it would have bothered me but I didn't mind her calling me that.
I walked briskly across the grounds and ended up by the lake. I climbed up on top of the groups of rocks by the edge and pulled my legs up and rested my chin on my knees. It was incredibly cold outside but I barely noticed because at that moment I saw two figures emerge from the castle and head my way. I soon realised that it was Ron and Hermione so I scrambled down off the rocks and hid behind them just as they drew in line with the Lake and stood.
Hermione looked like she had no idea why she was there and Ron looked like he had just been faced with a twelve-foot spider. Hermione seemed to notice this too because she tucked a strand of her wild hair behind her ear and reached out to touch Ron on the shoulder. He jumped about afoot in the air and I had to stifle a giggle. Had I made noise they would have heard me. I could certainly hear them.
"Ron, what ever is the matter?" Hermione asked, leaving her hand on his arm. What Ron did next surprised me almost as much as it surprised Hermione herself.
He took her hand from his shoulder and held it between his. From where I was sitting I could see her raise an eyebrow but could also see that she was holding back a whoop of joy. I giggled softly and continued to watch them.
"'Mione, there's something I want to ask you." He said looking down at his feet.
"All right then." Hermione said smiling politely at him.
"I've already asked once but you never gave me an answer.'Mione, will you do me the honour of going to the Christmas Ball with me?" he asked, finally finding the courage to look her in the face. I saw Hermione's eyes widen before she clapped her free hand over her mouth.
"Oh Ron! I'm so sorry. I completely forgot about it! I've just been so busy with homework that I forgot to answer you. I was going to I really was."
I saw Ron smile slightly and I could tell that he was just waiting for her answer and wasn't really listening to what she was saying.
"So.will you?" he asked, seemingly getting some of his confidence back.
"Of course I will. See? It wasn't that hard to ask a girl to the ball was it? You would have saved yourself a lot of time if you'd just done this last year." She said. I saw Ron grin then scoop Hermione up in his arms and twirl her around.
"Ron, put me down right now!" Hermione said, supposedly angry but I noticed that when she was swung in my direction she was smiling. Ron obliged and set her down on the ground without removing his arms from around her waist.
I'll give Hermione credit for this. She seemed to know what she was doing. She had put her arms around Ron's neck within seconds. They were standing there staring at each other lovingly. It was so cute! I couldn't help myself. I pulled out my wand and conjured up a camera. A wizarding camera too, not one of those silly Muggle one's where the pictures didn't move.
I held the camera up and waited a few seconds until their lips touched! Picture perfect I thought as I pressed the button down to take the photo. I took a couple because I figured after they both got over hating me that they would each want a photo.
I grinned to myself.
***
I was quietly making my way back to the Castle when I saw another couple walking around the grounds. This couple I wasn't as happy to see. Harry and her. I mean Sarah.
I was just turning to go back in the other direction when Sarah spotted me.
"Ginny! What a lovely surprise."
I cringed. Then I turned around smiling brightly.
"Sarah. A surprise definitely." I said, deciding not to add what an awful one it was.
"I'm so sorry about you and Harry, he told me what happened."
"Oh he did, did he? What did he tell you?" I asked her, placing my hands on my hips. This was going to be good.
"Well he said that you two just didn't connect anymore. What a shame." She said, clearly not thinking it a shame at all.
"We didn't "connect" anymore?" I said looking at Harry in disbelief. It was the first time I had looked at him properly in ages. Truth be told, it wasn't the easiest thing to do.
"Yeah." He supplied hopelessly.
"And let me guess, you guys connect perfectly? I am so like totally happy for you!" I said acting ditsy as Sarah reminded me of the stupidest thing I mean person on earth. Being her ditsy self she didn't even notice my sarcasm. Harry did though and I expected him to glare at me but the look he gave me was one of regret. I didn't expect it and wasn't ready for what Sarah said next.
"You know Ginny, jealousy isn't pretty on a girl."
"Excuse me? I'm not jealous of you! I am jealous of my brother and his best friend, I am not nor will I ever be jealous of you." I said and stormed off.
"What about Ron and Hermione Ginny?" Harry called out.
"Figure it out for your self. Whoever bet that they would get together before the Ball is owed some money." I said as I turned and ran back to the castle.
***
I felt so trapped. Whenever I got upset I would either head outside or to my room and both places had given me bad memories. Both of which included Harry. A week ago I was happy that he had comforted me in my room, now I was annoyed that I had even told him how to get up the girls' stairs. The other place was outside in the grounds. I couldn't go out there because IU knew that I would see him and Sarah together.
I wandered around the Castle aimlessly and realised dimly that Draco could find me and drag me off and no one would know. Would they even care? I thought bitterly. Probably not. I ended up in the Owlery, I don't even know how I got there, I didn't remember walking there. I had a sudden memory of my second year when Voldermort possessed me and I would do things and not remember them. I shivered involuntarily and shook my head as my silliness. That wasn't happening now, nor would it ever happen again.
I looked out of the window of the Owlery and what I saw made my stomach turn.
Harry and Sarah were kissing.
I guess that made it clear, Harry never liked me; he was only using me to get to her and let's face it. It worked like a charm.
***
"I swear to Merlin, nothing is ever meant to go my way!" I said through clenched teeth as I stomped to down to the Great Hall for dinner. I had taken to walking around the Castle after I had seen them. It really did seem as though I couldn't get away from things. Get away! That's it! I thought as I sat down with my sixth year friends. I usually sat with the golden trio, but right now I didn't want anything to do with Harry so that meant blocking out Ron and Hermione too.
Speaking of Ron and Hermione, I noticed that they came into the hall together holding hands. I grinned and waved to Hermione. What I hadn't counted on was her telling Ron that she would be right back and coming to see me.
"Hello Ginny. What are you doing sitting all the way down here? Is it something we did."
"We huh?" I said smiling knowingly at her. "No, you didn't do anything at all. I just can't deal with seeing Harry right now." I said looking down.
"That's not like you to give up on him Ginny." Ashe said sadly.
"What do you mean give up on him? We broke up remember?" I said looking at her.
"He cares about you Ginny." Straight to the point this one.
"Pull the other one 'Mione. He does not. If he cared he'd make an effort."
"He has been trying too but you keep freezing him out."
"He was making a huge effort today when he was stuck to Sarah's face." I said, not meaning too. I wasn't planning on telling anyone that.oops.
"He.what? Oh Ginny I'm so sorry."
"Yeah aren't we all?" I said turning my back on her.
Hermione was the only one I really ever talked to about my feelings for Harry and she was an excellent listener. The only problem was most of what I told her somehow made its way back to Harry and Ron. Not on purpose I know they would squeeze it out of her. Ron would at least. That's the way us Weasley's are.
I spent the rest of dinner thinking about how unlucky I was and how things weren't likely to get any better. I was just telling myself how much of a loser was when a clattering noise came from up the table.
I along with the rest of the table turned their heads in that direction. My eyes widened at what I saw.
" I can't believe you!" Ron yelled at the top of his voice. For once it wasn't Hermione he was yelling at. She was sitting next to him, pulling on his sleeve, trying to get him to sit down. He pulled his arm out of her reach and pointed viciously toward someone sitting across the table from him. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and opened them again.
Yep, my brother was yelling at his best friend and I had the sickening feeling that it had something to do with me.
***
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A/N: Well I'm not in a very good mood so I can't be bothered with my usual shout outs! Sorry bout that guys. But don't be angry; I wasn't even going to post a chapter tonight but I figured that I love getting home and reading your reviews so I thought that I'd post. Happy? Good. To those few people who mentioned that my chapters are too short, (the chapters are 3+ pages on Microsoft. Besides, I usually just end off when I think it's a good time too.) Sorry about that but I've written up the story already so I can't make them longer from now on so you'll just have to deal with it. Besides, it's not like you have to wait weeks for me to update! I update every night! What more can I do?
By the way, thank you to those people who told me how to fix up the format of my story! I probably won't bother with it on this story but now I know how to do it so thank you! =D.
Just thought that you might like to know; I will probably start writing another story next week! Definitely a Harry Potter based one. I'm at school next week but there's nothing to do as it's the end of the year so I thought that I'd put my time to good use and write a story. Nothing better to do and thanks to all my reviewers, I've been spurred on to write bigger and better Harry stories! Yay to my reviewers!!!
~Nesserz.