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Chapter 2
"And what, may I ask, were you expecting?" Asked the strange girl, rolling her eyes, a trademark talent.
Ron looked at her, uncomprehendingly, even though he had heard her and was choosing to ignore her. It was basically what he did, that way people didn't put on him any high expectations like they did to Hermionie. (People did it to Harry too, but that wasn't really his fault.) If people believed that he was an idiot and treated him like it, it allowed him to slack off as much as he wanted, and he really wanted to slack off.
"Who are you?" He asked raising his eyebrows, it was rather obvious that he didn't trust her, or at least that he wouldn't until she told him her name.
She stood up, placing her hands on her hips, obviously frustrated. Then rolling her eyes again she held out a hand impatiently. "Hello, I'm Melanie Kess, it's very nice to meet you." Obviously putting to use a well-drilled set of manners.
Ron looked around at Fang, who was lying down and observing this from one of Hagrid's large chairs, and then at his sister before looking up to her. He shyly took her hand, looking down at his feet embarrassed for his small amount of training in the proper manners. "Ron Weasley." He muttered, noticing how well tailored and clean all of her clothes were and how new everything that she owned looked. She obviously came from a well-treated family. (The fact that she'd been an orphan for about a year and a half completely skipped out of his mind.)
She smiled at him; he was obviously making her uncomfortable.
Ginny loudly cleared her throat, and stepped forward. "I'm sorry for my brother's oddness; our family knew that he was eventually going to have a breakdown, we just didn't expect it this soon." She told Melanie, looking confused at her brother. When he looked up she shot him a 'What's-wrong?' look. He just looked back down at his knees. Ginny looked straight on into Melanie's eyes; it took her a moment to realize how green they were. Like emeralds. Like Harry's eyes. Melanie saw a glaze pass over Ginny's smiling features, and knew that Ginny was thinking about a crush. She frowned, twice already in her short time of existing on this earth had she had her heart broken; but that was in the past; this was going to be a new start for her, she was going to make some friends.
She turned to Ron, Ginny was still standing there smiling, thinking about Harry. "So you guys are brother and sister?" He nodded, looking like a child being reprimanded. "I should have figured." She muttered to herself.
"What?" He asked looking up.
"Look, don't be mad at me. Please, I didn't mean to make you feel stupid or anything. I'm just too used to automatic rejection to expect anything else from anybody, and I guess that I'd kind of forgotten where I was."
He wasn't sure how to respond. Except to tell her, "I'm not mad." Except it didn't come out that way, it sounded more like "Imnt mdddd."
She smiled, "What?" A slight laugh ringing from her voice.
He cleared his voice, "I'm not mad." He managed to actually get it out this time.
She smiled at him. Then turned her attention to one of the clocks that was hanging up on Hagrid's right wall. "Oh gosh!" She grimaced, "I've got to get to potions in, like, ten minutes."
It was just then, when she looked back at him, that he realized why he'd been so uncomfortable; it was her eyes. She'd obviously inherited Dumbledore's eyes! (Well excluding the color, green not blue.) "Oh," Ron said, looking back up at her,"me too. I guess that you probably don't know where you're headed."
"No, Hagrid was supposed to show me. But, he went off into the forest to handle some problem with- I think that he said Centaurs? Are there really centaurs here?"
Ron chuckled; she was obviously less dignified than she'd first appeared. "Yep. But they don't usually leave the forests, I wonder what the problem could possibly be. Oh well. Do you want me to show you where the Potions classroom is?"
She sighed, and relaxed. "I'd been initially hoping that you would since you guys first walked in here. I mean, Hagrid's great, it's just that, well, I feel a bit more comfortable around people my own age than all of these adults. Actually I think that you're the first actual teen that I've met. Your sister here is the second. Speaking of which, is she gonna' be okay?"
Ron laughed, "Yeah, she'll be fine, all that you've got to do is shake her. I think it was your eyes that did it. Harry's got the same color eyes as you do, actually they're almost identical, it's a little scary. But my family and I can leave Ginny spaced out like that in her room for hours. Actually, it's surprising that we can even manage to get her to eat anymore."
"Oh, so this crush of hers is pretty intense then? Well, this should be fun." She grinned, rubbing her hands together.
"If you're planning on getting them together you've got more work than you think cut out for you. A couple friends and I have been placing bets on whether she'll get up the courage to ask him out. He already knows that she's got a crush on him."
Melanie took a step forward, and lightly gripped Ginny's shoulder, then cautiously shook her. Nothing really happened. Ron stood and somehow got over to them in about five seconds. He reached out with both hands and began to roughly shake Ginny, until Ginny blinked a few times, cleared her throat, and looked around a bit startled.
Ron then turned around and walked to the door, "Come on Ginny. We've got to get to class." Then strode out of the hut. Melanie followed practically on his heels, and Ginny came a few steps behind them.
It was clear that 'Dumbledore's grand daughter' was all that anyone could talk about. Everyone kept casting them sideways glances and couldn't hide their interest.
**Alright, my few friends, I hope that you enjoyed it. I'm sorry for the delay, but I've been concentrating on homework. Please leave a review at the beep.
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Chapter 2
"And what, may I ask, were you expecting?" Asked the strange girl, rolling her eyes, a trademark talent.
Ron looked at her, uncomprehendingly, even though he had heard her and was choosing to ignore her. It was basically what he did, that way people didn't put on him any high expectations like they did to Hermionie. (People did it to Harry too, but that wasn't really his fault.) If people believed that he was an idiot and treated him like it, it allowed him to slack off as much as he wanted, and he really wanted to slack off.
"Who are you?" He asked raising his eyebrows, it was rather obvious that he didn't trust her, or at least that he wouldn't until she told him her name.
She stood up, placing her hands on her hips, obviously frustrated. Then rolling her eyes again she held out a hand impatiently. "Hello, I'm Melanie Kess, it's very nice to meet you." Obviously putting to use a well-drilled set of manners.
Ron looked around at Fang, who was lying down and observing this from one of Hagrid's large chairs, and then at his sister before looking up to her. He shyly took her hand, looking down at his feet embarrassed for his small amount of training in the proper manners. "Ron Weasley." He muttered, noticing how well tailored and clean all of her clothes were and how new everything that she owned looked. She obviously came from a well-treated family. (The fact that she'd been an orphan for about a year and a half completely skipped out of his mind.)
She smiled at him; he was obviously making her uncomfortable.
Ginny loudly cleared her throat, and stepped forward. "I'm sorry for my brother's oddness; our family knew that he was eventually going to have a breakdown, we just didn't expect it this soon." She told Melanie, looking confused at her brother. When he looked up she shot him a 'What's-wrong?' look. He just looked back down at his knees. Ginny looked straight on into Melanie's eyes; it took her a moment to realize how green they were. Like emeralds. Like Harry's eyes. Melanie saw a glaze pass over Ginny's smiling features, and knew that Ginny was thinking about a crush. She frowned, twice already in her short time of existing on this earth had she had her heart broken; but that was in the past; this was going to be a new start for her, she was going to make some friends.
She turned to Ron, Ginny was still standing there smiling, thinking about Harry. "So you guys are brother and sister?" He nodded, looking like a child being reprimanded. "I should have figured." She muttered to herself.
"What?" He asked looking up.
"Look, don't be mad at me. Please, I didn't mean to make you feel stupid or anything. I'm just too used to automatic rejection to expect anything else from anybody, and I guess that I'd kind of forgotten where I was."
He wasn't sure how to respond. Except to tell her, "I'm not mad." Except it didn't come out that way, it sounded more like "Imnt mdddd."
She smiled, "What?" A slight laugh ringing from her voice.
He cleared his voice, "I'm not mad." He managed to actually get it out this time.
She smiled at him. Then turned her attention to one of the clocks that was hanging up on Hagrid's right wall. "Oh gosh!" She grimaced, "I've got to get to potions in, like, ten minutes."
It was just then, when she looked back at him, that he realized why he'd been so uncomfortable; it was her eyes. She'd obviously inherited Dumbledore's eyes! (Well excluding the color, green not blue.) "Oh," Ron said, looking back up at her,"me too. I guess that you probably don't know where you're headed."
"No, Hagrid was supposed to show me. But, he went off into the forest to handle some problem with- I think that he said Centaurs? Are there really centaurs here?"
Ron chuckled; she was obviously less dignified than she'd first appeared. "Yep. But they don't usually leave the forests, I wonder what the problem could possibly be. Oh well. Do you want me to show you where the Potions classroom is?"
She sighed, and relaxed. "I'd been initially hoping that you would since you guys first walked in here. I mean, Hagrid's great, it's just that, well, I feel a bit more comfortable around people my own age than all of these adults. Actually I think that you're the first actual teen that I've met. Your sister here is the second. Speaking of which, is she gonna' be okay?"
Ron laughed, "Yeah, she'll be fine, all that you've got to do is shake her. I think it was your eyes that did it. Harry's got the same color eyes as you do, actually they're almost identical, it's a little scary. But my family and I can leave Ginny spaced out like that in her room for hours. Actually, it's surprising that we can even manage to get her to eat anymore."
"Oh, so this crush of hers is pretty intense then? Well, this should be fun." She grinned, rubbing her hands together.
"If you're planning on getting them together you've got more work than you think cut out for you. A couple friends and I have been placing bets on whether she'll get up the courage to ask him out. He already knows that she's got a crush on him."
Melanie took a step forward, and lightly gripped Ginny's shoulder, then cautiously shook her. Nothing really happened. Ron stood and somehow got over to them in about five seconds. He reached out with both hands and began to roughly shake Ginny, until Ginny blinked a few times, cleared her throat, and looked around a bit startled.
Ron then turned around and walked to the door, "Come on Ginny. We've got to get to class." Then strode out of the hut. Melanie followed practically on his heels, and Ginny came a few steps behind them.
It was clear that 'Dumbledore's grand daughter' was all that anyone could talk about. Everyone kept casting them sideways glances and couldn't hide their interest.
**Alright, my few friends, I hope that you enjoyed it. I'm sorry for the delay, but I've been concentrating on homework. Please leave a review at the beep.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
What're you doing still reading this? You heard me, LEAVE A REVIEW!**