Ginny Weasley stared absent-mindedly at her plate of food. 'Another dull
evening,' thought Ginny sadly as she transferred her gaze to her goblet of
blood. Ginny's mocha eyes searched the crimson liquid as if looking for a
shred of happiness.
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention for a moment?"
Professor Albus Dumbledore's voice rang through the Great Hall like a bell to create silence. Hundreds of eyes turned to the white-bearded man with the half moon glasses and twinkling eyes. Dumbledore gazed at all the students and professors and continued speaking.
"We all mourn the loss of our dear Professor Aria Lupin and hope that her soul rests in peace. That is why I have decided that the Sadie Hawkins Dance will be held tomorrow night. All of you may not know that the Sadie Hawkins Dance is held every 10 years and differs from other dances because the girls are to be the ones that ask the boys. The dance will start at 7 o'clock sharp and all students and professors shall attend. That is all."
Dumbledore smiled and sat down amid whispers among the female population of Hogwarts. Back at the Gryffindor table, Ginny sighed and closed her eyes. Suddenly feeling like being alone, Ginny left the Great Hall and was about to make her way to the Gryffindor Common Room when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Hey."
Ginny turned around to see Justin Finch-Fletchley, who she didn't know very well. Justin blushed a light pink as he cleared his throat.
"So, how have you been?" Justin stuttered nervously, scratching the back of his head.
Ginny was slightly taken aback by Justin's appearance and replied with "uh.um.good.you?"
Justin smiled sheepishly and replied "Good, fine. So, I was wondering, you know the dance tomorrow night? Are you going?"
"You mean the Sadie Hawkins thing?" Ginny asked. "The deal where the girls ask the boys?"
"Yeah," Justin responded with more confidence. "And I thought maybe, you know, if you're free, you might ask me."
Ginny blinked at his response. "Oh, gosh." Ginny exhaled, "I."
"Oh," Ginny heard the disappointment in his voice. "Oh, hey, hey, no, don't, don't worry about it."
"No, no." Ginny answered guiltily, "You seem like a really great guy, it's.me. I - I'm not seeing anybody. Ever again, actually."
"Oh. That's, that's too bad. Okay, well, I better." Justin indicated going away and left quickly.
Ginny watched Justin disappear back into the Great Hall and glanced down sadly at her cold pale hands wondering if he would've still asked her if he knew she was a vampire. Sighing, she walked towards the staircase until she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Hey. You're bailing?"
Ginny smiled and turned around to face Hermione Granger's grinning face.
"Yeah," Ginny replied, "I'm gonna stop by Lupin's to see if he is okay. He wasn't at dinner."
Hermione nodded. "You've been leaving dinner early a lot. In fact, you've kind of been All-Work-And-No-Play Ginny."
"I play," Ginny muttered hopelessly, "I have *big* fun. I stayed until 7 o'clock this time."
Hermione smiled knowingly. "You came, you saw, you rejected," she said, glancing at the door of the Great Hall.
"You mean Justin?" Ginny replied sadly, "Just not in date mode right now."
"Well," Hermione responded brightly, "maybe you need to date to get in date mode."
"I don't think I'm ready for that, Herm."
"You're thinking too much," Hermione said smiling, "Maybe you need to be impulsive."
"Impulsive?" Ginny answered incredulously, "Do you remember by bad boy ex- boyfriend? He was put under the Imperius Curse, now my boyfriend's gone and he could be made to kill innocent people. The next impulsive decision I make will involve my choice of dentures."
"Okay," Hermione replied gently, "So the Draco thing went badly. I'm on board with that, but that's not your fault. And anyways, love isn't always like that. Love can be." Hermione smiled, ".nice."
^*^*^*
Meanwhile in the Astronomy Tower.
"Come back here! We're not finished!" Harry Potter yelled angrily. He grabbed the black-haired girl by the arm and spun her around to face him. "You don't care anymore, is that it?"
"No," Cho Chang sobbed, "it doesn't matter what I feel."
"Then tell me you don't love me," Harry said shaking her, "Say it!"
"Will that help?" Cho replied sadly, "Is that what you need to hear? I don't. Now let me go!"
Cho tried desperately to yank her arm from Harry's strong grip but to no avail.
"No!" Harry cried, "A person doesn't just wake up one day and stop loving somebody!"
Harry took a step back and tapped a book in his hand with his wand. In a flash, it turned into a revolver. Shakily, Harry pulled back the hammer and aimed it at Cho. Cho stared at the gun anxiously and then up at Harry, frightened.
"Love is forever. I'm not afraid to use it, I swear! If I can't be with you."
Suddenly, Ginny's head appeared through the door, obviously curious about the shouting coming from the room.
"Hey!" Ginny yelled.
"Oh my God," Cho said fearfully starting to walk away.
Ginny pushed the door open and plunged her hand into her pocket for her wand.
"DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME, BITCH!" Harry hollered.
Further down a hallway, Hogwarts' caretaker, Argus Filch, heard the commotion and smiled at the though of catching some students breaking rules. He ran into the Astronomy Tower and was stunned at what he saw. Meanwhile, Ginny reacted without a thought.
"Expelliarmus!"
Just as Ginny yelled the spell, Harry actually glanced at her before he and the gun went flying. When the gun hit the floor, it turned back into a book. Filch stood surveying the scene in shock while Ginny slowly approached an open-mouthed Harry.
"What happened?" Harry asked shakily.
"What happened?!" Ginny exclaimed, "You just went psycho on Cho!"
Cho looked around confusedly and then at Ginny and Harry.
"This is nuts! I.I don't know why I got so mad." Harry stuttered.
"Because you have gone totally bonkers?" Ginny replied sarcastically.
"He hasn't," Cho piped up, "We weren't even fighting a few minutes ago."
"We weren't Ginny," Harry said desperately, "I.I swear to God."
"Well if you weren't fighting," Ginny responded, "then why did you have a transfigured gun?"
Harry looked at Ginny confusedly. "I don't know how to transfigure things into guns."
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention for a moment?"
Professor Albus Dumbledore's voice rang through the Great Hall like a bell to create silence. Hundreds of eyes turned to the white-bearded man with the half moon glasses and twinkling eyes. Dumbledore gazed at all the students and professors and continued speaking.
"We all mourn the loss of our dear Professor Aria Lupin and hope that her soul rests in peace. That is why I have decided that the Sadie Hawkins Dance will be held tomorrow night. All of you may not know that the Sadie Hawkins Dance is held every 10 years and differs from other dances because the girls are to be the ones that ask the boys. The dance will start at 7 o'clock sharp and all students and professors shall attend. That is all."
Dumbledore smiled and sat down amid whispers among the female population of Hogwarts. Back at the Gryffindor table, Ginny sighed and closed her eyes. Suddenly feeling like being alone, Ginny left the Great Hall and was about to make her way to the Gryffindor Common Room when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Hey."
Ginny turned around to see Justin Finch-Fletchley, who she didn't know very well. Justin blushed a light pink as he cleared his throat.
"So, how have you been?" Justin stuttered nervously, scratching the back of his head.
Ginny was slightly taken aback by Justin's appearance and replied with "uh.um.good.you?"
Justin smiled sheepishly and replied "Good, fine. So, I was wondering, you know the dance tomorrow night? Are you going?"
"You mean the Sadie Hawkins thing?" Ginny asked. "The deal where the girls ask the boys?"
"Yeah," Justin responded with more confidence. "And I thought maybe, you know, if you're free, you might ask me."
Ginny blinked at his response. "Oh, gosh." Ginny exhaled, "I."
"Oh," Ginny heard the disappointment in his voice. "Oh, hey, hey, no, don't, don't worry about it."
"No, no." Ginny answered guiltily, "You seem like a really great guy, it's.me. I - I'm not seeing anybody. Ever again, actually."
"Oh. That's, that's too bad. Okay, well, I better." Justin indicated going away and left quickly.
Ginny watched Justin disappear back into the Great Hall and glanced down sadly at her cold pale hands wondering if he would've still asked her if he knew she was a vampire. Sighing, she walked towards the staircase until she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Hey. You're bailing?"
Ginny smiled and turned around to face Hermione Granger's grinning face.
"Yeah," Ginny replied, "I'm gonna stop by Lupin's to see if he is okay. He wasn't at dinner."
Hermione nodded. "You've been leaving dinner early a lot. In fact, you've kind of been All-Work-And-No-Play Ginny."
"I play," Ginny muttered hopelessly, "I have *big* fun. I stayed until 7 o'clock this time."
Hermione smiled knowingly. "You came, you saw, you rejected," she said, glancing at the door of the Great Hall.
"You mean Justin?" Ginny replied sadly, "Just not in date mode right now."
"Well," Hermione responded brightly, "maybe you need to date to get in date mode."
"I don't think I'm ready for that, Herm."
"You're thinking too much," Hermione said smiling, "Maybe you need to be impulsive."
"Impulsive?" Ginny answered incredulously, "Do you remember by bad boy ex- boyfriend? He was put under the Imperius Curse, now my boyfriend's gone and he could be made to kill innocent people. The next impulsive decision I make will involve my choice of dentures."
"Okay," Hermione replied gently, "So the Draco thing went badly. I'm on board with that, but that's not your fault. And anyways, love isn't always like that. Love can be." Hermione smiled, ".nice."
^*^*^*
Meanwhile in the Astronomy Tower.
"Come back here! We're not finished!" Harry Potter yelled angrily. He grabbed the black-haired girl by the arm and spun her around to face him. "You don't care anymore, is that it?"
"No," Cho Chang sobbed, "it doesn't matter what I feel."
"Then tell me you don't love me," Harry said shaking her, "Say it!"
"Will that help?" Cho replied sadly, "Is that what you need to hear? I don't. Now let me go!"
Cho tried desperately to yank her arm from Harry's strong grip but to no avail.
"No!" Harry cried, "A person doesn't just wake up one day and stop loving somebody!"
Harry took a step back and tapped a book in his hand with his wand. In a flash, it turned into a revolver. Shakily, Harry pulled back the hammer and aimed it at Cho. Cho stared at the gun anxiously and then up at Harry, frightened.
"Love is forever. I'm not afraid to use it, I swear! If I can't be with you."
Suddenly, Ginny's head appeared through the door, obviously curious about the shouting coming from the room.
"Hey!" Ginny yelled.
"Oh my God," Cho said fearfully starting to walk away.
Ginny pushed the door open and plunged her hand into her pocket for her wand.
"DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME, BITCH!" Harry hollered.
Further down a hallway, Hogwarts' caretaker, Argus Filch, heard the commotion and smiled at the though of catching some students breaking rules. He ran into the Astronomy Tower and was stunned at what he saw. Meanwhile, Ginny reacted without a thought.
"Expelliarmus!"
Just as Ginny yelled the spell, Harry actually glanced at her before he and the gun went flying. When the gun hit the floor, it turned back into a book. Filch stood surveying the scene in shock while Ginny slowly approached an open-mouthed Harry.
"What happened?" Harry asked shakily.
"What happened?!" Ginny exclaimed, "You just went psycho on Cho!"
Cho looked around confusedly and then at Ginny and Harry.
"This is nuts! I.I don't know why I got so mad." Harry stuttered.
"Because you have gone totally bonkers?" Ginny replied sarcastically.
"He hasn't," Cho piped up, "We weren't even fighting a few minutes ago."
"We weren't Ginny," Harry said desperately, "I.I swear to God."
"Well if you weren't fighting," Ginny responded, "then why did you have a transfigured gun?"
Harry looked at Ginny confusedly. "I don't know how to transfigure things into guns."