Everything

Genre: Angst

Rating: PG

Keywords: Breakup Ginny Love

Disclaimer: See previous chapters (In other words, I don't feel like writing it!)

Daily Prophet

September 9th, 1999

Ginny Weasley Speaks Out!

Her Famous Breakup In Her Own Words!

"I lost everything: my heart, my life, my world…and I didn't get anything in return. I lost everything to love. I've been told that love is pain. The people who told me had no idea.

Love is not only pain; love is torture, anger, insanity, despair, and hunger. You are constantly tortured by thoughts of the one you love. You are angry that you can't be with your love every second of every day. You start to experience insanity because you realize that you are now only half of a person; you need love to be a full person. Despair comes when love breaks your heart. The worst is the hunger. You fall in love once, and suddenly you have to be in love all the time. No, love is more than pain…but love is beautiful.

Sometimes I wish I hadn't fallen in love because then I wouldn't have gotten hurt, but at those moments, I remember all the good times I had when I was in love. There were midnight strolls by the lake, long conversations that warmed my very soul, and romantic dinners as I was bathed in candlelight. My least favorite memory is the night I lost love.

It was a typical date: he picked me up and we went to a quiet restaurant in the outskirts of London. We had been there countless times, so the waiter didn't even ask for our orders: we always got the same thing. We finished our meals, and he took my hand and stared into my eyes. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but I never expected what came out of his mouth.

'I don't think you and I are working out. I love you, but not as a girlfriend. I'll always love you as a friend, but I don't blame you if you never want to speak to me again.'

He couldn't be even more right. I threw my glass of water in his face and then smashed the glass on the table. He decided not to clean it up because of my face. He was smart enough to know that I would only break it again. I didn't say a word to him; I grabbed my purse and stormed out of the restaurant.

That was five months ago. I have yet to completely recover. He's happy now; I'm honestly glad that he found true happiness. I suppose my subconscious knew that we weren't soul mates, but my head didn't listen for awhile. I've started to date again, but I don't give out my heart so easily."

Ginny Weasley is a fighter, even if she lost everything to Draco Malfoy.

--As told to Parvati Patil

Daily Prophet Reporter

Author's Note: Okay, I haven't posted a short story in awhile, and I haven't had any good ideas for a long story, so I decided to write this. I've always liked the idea of Ginny and Draco, and this just turned into one. I think it was going to be Hermione/Harry, but I wanted to write something different…for one.

If anyone has any ideas for a short story, I would love to hear it. You'd receive full credit for the idea! ^_^

Love ya'll!

American Mione