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Tuesday, 12 November 2002
A/N: *Makes incomprehensible noises* for the last 3 weeks I have seen a ladybird everyday … its freaking me out and I'm starting to think that it might be the same one … be afraid … be *very* afraid … of … the … LADYBIRD!
Summery: Funny how sometimes two wrongs make a right. Ginny knew that something was wrong with her family but she was too young to understand. Now, several years later, the missing link from her life visits her, but does she recognise who it is? And whom will she turn to for comfort? When you're young you don't understand what your feeling, but you cant learn a lot about feelings within a couple of months, and when you think back you feel like an idiot.
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Blades of Grass and Ladybirds
~ Home
The wind whipped through the grass and sent it bobbing up and down, up and down around Ginny's legs and toes, over her head and brush across her eyes. Ginny liked it out here, if she lay very still and close her eyes all she could smell was the sweet sent of the honey suckle bush near the fence and all she could hear was the buzzing of bees and the slight chirping of distant birds. She could stay that way for hours without moving an inch and eventually the whole world would forget she was there, the grass was so tall the it would just swallow her and it seemed that all her problems would just melt away along with her existence.
A shadow swept across the sky and blocked out the warm sun kissing her face. Ginny snapped her eyes open suddenly just in time to see the flutter of white owl wings sweep towards the house. She sighed in relief. As long as it wasn't one of her brothers she was fine. She looked at the grass towering over her face and smiled as a ladybird crawled to the end of a blade of grass, weighing it down till the grass almost touched her nose. Ginny crinkled her nose at the ladybird and the ladybird pulled a clueless face that only ladybirds seem to be able to pull. Ginny smiled. She felt so warm and contented. Nobody should be feeling this happy. Completely forgetting the ladybird dangling an inch above her head, Ginny sat up quickly (sending the ladybird flying a metre before it remembered that it had wings and flew into the nearby strawberry patch, where it started nibbling at a fairly large strawberry then flew away. The strawberry was then eaten and choked on by a rabbit, which collapsed outside a gnome hole and was eaten for breakfast by a family of 4 gnomes.) And looked around, taking in her surroundings once again. She decided it then and there, she wouldn't rather be anywhere else in the world … home, 'the burrow', its where she belongs, and she'd have to be strapped to a speeding locomotive before she left it again (unless it was for school), everywhere else is just too dangerous.
She stood and waded through the waist length grass towards the house. Ginny stepped through the door to a scene of absolute chaos. Fred and George were starting their last year at Hogwarts (and they were taking advantage of the fact that it would be their last chance to add to this chaos), Ron was in his 6th year and his two best friends, Harry and Hermione, had stayed at The Burrow for the last 2 weeks of the holidays, and Ginny was starting her 5th year. That was the scary thing. Her *5th* year. It was all catching up to her too fast. She was now 15. *15*! She remembered like it was just yesterday that she was standing on platform 9 ¾, waiting anxiously for the day that *she* would be leaving for Hogwarts with her brothers.
But that day had been and gone, along with many days after that. Now she found herself wishing to be a 1st year again. Wishing to be 'innocent little Ginny' again. But you can't change the past. Well … not without consequences. Consequences that she was just not able to deal with right now.
"Ginny!" her mother called, "Are you packed and ready yet?"
"Yes mum … and my trunk is in the car too …"
"Good girl, can you go wait outside while the rest of us finish getting our stuff?" her mother said while trying to battle away a wand that had suddenly sprung to life the moment she touched it and started to just get in the way.
Ginny nodded obediently and found a nice rock outside to sit on. What she didn't notice was that a ladybird had crawled up her arm and was now nicely snuggled in her breast pocket.
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Soon enough everyone was in the car, owls, cats, backpacks, trunks, snacks and all. Ginny just sat in silence and looked longingly out the window as the burrow disappeared out of view and was replaced by trees slinking out into the distance. She sighed.
All through the drive Ginny tuned in and out of the conversations going on around her, but none of it was worth listening to.
"I'm going to try out for the Quiddich team this year as …"
"Have you finished your transfiguration homework on the …"
"You should see that new broom in Diagon …"
"Do you like the new collar I got for Crookshanks? …"
'They're all so boring! I wish I had a friend that I could talk to …I mean … Fred and George have each other to talk to and now that Ron has Harry and Hermione to talk to I'm the odd one out …'
Ginny sighed again. 'Just think … soon this will all be over and I wont even think twice about it later …'
And soon enough it was over. Her, Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Hermione and her parents were all standing on platform 9 ¾ and she wasn't even thinking twice about that car drive. She pecked her mother on the cheek and got on the Hogwarts Express as fast as she could. She found an empty compartment and sat with her head on her knees, trying to cover her face as much as possible with her hands.
A moment passed before she felt the grateful movement of the train. Another moment passed before she realized how lonely she was and how long this train ride was going to be.
'Just think, soon this ride will be over and I won't even think twice about it later …'That's where she was wrong, for, right at that moment, the door to the compartment slid open to reveal a boy who she recognised on sight. He was 16, around 6" high, had a great body with silver hair and eyes to match.
"Mind if … uh … mind if I sit?" Draco asked
'Scanning for sarcasm ... It's clean! Go for it!'
"Uh … sure …" Ginny replied, making eye contact but looking away again after she saw that he was staring right at her.
Draco sat across from her and sat looking at her. Ginny knew he was looking at her but didn't want to show that she did. Ginny looked out the window.
"Hi." Draco said finally.
"Hey" Ginny said and glanced at Draco awkwardly.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" Draco asked.
'Get a clue!'
"Well … I don't know … maybe? We *do* go to the same school … Maybe you've seen me around?" Ginny replied nervously.
"Maybe … I don't see how I could have missed you … I'm Draco, by the way." Draco said in his most charming voice and took her right hand, planting a soft kiss on her knuckle.
'Is he for real?!?'
Ginny took her hand back, but not too quickly, 'Does he seriously not know who I am?!? Maybe I could play with him a bit? Gosh he has sexy eyes … wait! We're from completely different worlds!'
"I'm Virginia. Pleased to meet you Draco." Ginny said then tore her eyes away from his to look out the window again.
They sat in silence for longer than a moment. For a while Ginny forgot he was there and started to doze off. Who wouldn't? She was watching the scenery dash past, there were dark trees planted against a dark, cloudy sky, outside the train was freezing cold and inside the compartment was toasty warm. There were only the sounds of the train moving steadily along the old track and the distant murmuring of distant students, inside the compartment was silent. Her eyes were getting heavy and she closed them absentmindedly. She was almost unconscious when she heard the food trolley approach her compartment and snapped her eyes suddenly open and sat bolt upright. Draco looked at her curiously just before the kindly witch opened the compartment.
"Want anything from the trolley, dears?"
"Uh … no thanks … I'm set." Ginny mumbled quietly.
Draco stood and made his order then sat down with his arms full of items from the trolley. Ginny continued to stare out the window, only looking away from it to glance at a packet of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans that Draco had set down on the seat beside him. Ginny absolutely loved jelly beans … if there was one thing that she loved just as much as jelly beans it was watermelon flavoured lip gloss … but when it came to Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Ginny was the champion. She only ever seems to get the good flavours, like watermelon, strawberry, cherry, watermelon, chocolate, caramel, watermelon, lemon, grape and did I mention watermelon?
Ginny glanced at the jelly beans for what seemed like the10th time when Draco surprised her by picking them up and throwing them to her. She caught them and looked at him quizzically.
"I saw you looking at them … they're jelly beans … you can have them." Draco said and Ginny smiled at another human being for the first time since the holidays began. She hadn't smiled at anyone all holidays. She had just taken to sitting in silence and sending 'hate vibes' to everyone. It seemed that Draco had taken to doing it too. He probably wasn't aware of it, but he was sending her hate vibes that very moment.
"Thanks." Ginny said then opened the packet of jellybeans and ate a watermelon flavoured one.
'He's very observant …'
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"Virginia …" Draco started but was cut off.
"Ginny." She corrected.
"Ginny …" Draco said then tried to smile (tried), "We're not as different as I first thought" Draco leant forward and took her hand.
"I noticed." Ginny said just as the train slowed to a stop, "but I bet you didn't notice that I'm a Weasley."
Draco looked at her in shock as Ginny stood and walked out of the compartment with her cloak in arms.
Ginny stepped out of the train, through the streams of bewildered students and into an empty carriage. Three 2nd year girls that she didn't know also got into the carriage before it took off. Ginny just looked out the window and emitted hate vibes into the carriage so the girls wouldn't attempt to talk to her.
Ginny had completely blocked out the three girls from her little world, but two small words had forced her to give them her full attention to their conversation.
" … Draco Malfoy? He is tomorrows YUM!"
"His eyes are sooo Dreamy!"
"And his hair! I love that look on him!"
"He's so romantic too! Did you see what he gave Katreena for their 5 month?"
"YES! That was so sweet!"
"But did you see his puppy dog face as he got off the train?"
"Aww … poor thing"
"Anyone who turns him down must be insane or something – oh … hi" said one of the girls to Ginny. She hadn't noticed but she was looking at each girl as she spoke and was no longer emitting hate vibes.
'DAMN IT! I should have kept up those hate vibes … they were working!'
"Uh … hi" Ginny said then looked out the window again. The girls started a mindless conversation about nail polish for the rest of the ride.
Ginny was in her idea of a living hell. No escape, and three tarts talking about beauty products.
'Just think, soon this ride will be over and I won't even think twice about it later … soon this ride will be over and I won't even think twice about it later …THIS RIDE IS NEVER GOING TO BE OVER!!!' Just as Ginny thought she was going to scream the carriage stopped and Ginny lunged for the door before the 3 girls could even move and almost ran to the great hall. She sidled into the great hall and took a seat at the Gryffindor table. She couldn't help but notice a certain Slytherin enter the hall.'Why do I keep thinking about him? Lust. I'm lusting over him. What is lust anyway? I don't get it … I'm just going to forget him.'
Easier said than done.
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A/N: Good? Bad? Continue? Yes? No? Maybe? Oh I wish someone would put me out of my misery! I have run this through spelling/grammar check but you cant rely on computers to pick up on everything, and my grammar isn't all that good … so if there are any mistakes then please tell me and be kind enough not to abuse me about it … and I will fix any speeling or gremmer errors (don't mind me … I'm mildly insane … -^) Anyhoo … if you cant tell … if I had one wish I would ask for a watermelon flavoured jelly bean the size of my fist … Muahahaha!!! |^-^|
~The Golden Goose
~MWAH!
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