Ch 3 – A Real Friend
"Ginny? Ginny? Wake up! GINNY!"
Ginny jumped in her bed. Opening her eyes she saw Louise standing over her, looking worried.
"You sleep like the dead!" she accused amusedly. "Everyone else was asl but I wanted to let you sleep in because you looked so happy."
Ginny laughed. Wow I haven't done that in ages she thought to herself, hopping out of bed.
Louise grinned and threw a pillow at her. Ginny stopped. Then she grabbed the pillow and threw it back at her. Louise ducked and stuck her tongue out. Ginny giggled and threw another pillow which hit Louise square in the stomach.
"You're going to pay for that Ginny!" Louise laughed, picking up 2 pillows and pegging them as her. Ginny fell over laughing while Louise collapsed on the bed.
"What is going on here?" asked a cool voice from the door. Ginny turned to see Bree Warren staring at them like they were mad. Ginny instantly stopped laughing and got up, blushing furiously and muttering an apology. Bree Warren was head of the 5th year Gryffindor girls and loved to exclude Ginny as much as possible.
"Bonjour! We were having a pillow fight," Louise said still laughing, "What is there to be sorry about Ginny?" she asked, puzzled
Ginny blushed even more under Bree's icy glare. She put the pillow back on the bed and looked around pointlessly.
Bree harrumphed and turned on her heel and walked out. Ginny glanced at Louise and started giggling again at her expression of dislike.
"What?" Ginny asked, still smiling, her previous shyness forgotten.
"I really hate people like that, they think they are too sophisticated to have fun," Louise replied seriously. Ginny silently agreed, the thing was, until now there had been no one to have fun with.
"Hay Louise?"
"What?"
"This!" Ginny threw the pillow at Louise and hit her in the face. Louise looked shocked for a second and Ginny was about to stammer an apology when she was hit by 2 pillows in the stomach in head.
They grabbed more pillows and ran giggling madly down the stairs, still chucking pillows at one another. They collapsed on the common room floor, laughing their heads off.
"Ginny?" asked a stunned voice.
She looked up to see Harry looking down at her confusedly. She instantly stopped laughing and blushed.
"Um, hi Harry, this is Louise. She's an exchange student from Beuaxbatons." Ginny answered.
Louise stood up and brushed herself off and shook Harry's hand.
"Bonjour, it's a pleasure to meet one of Ginny's friends." She said happily. Ginny noticed with relief that she wasn't eyeing him suggestively and wasn't flirting with him, she was just being friendly. Which was a relief seeing as she was so beautiful thought Ginny wistfully.
"Oh, er I'm not really her friend, I just know her through her brother because he's my best mate." Harry said awkwardly.
Ginny gaped, now that was hurtful.
"Oh well, your loss then isn't it," Louise said dismissively before turning back to Ginny.
Ginny looked at her gratefully. No one had ever said something like that about her before she thought, awed. Most people would say it was their gain.
Louise grabbed her hand and pulled her back up the stairs to get ready for the day. Ginny laughed and turned around to see Harry looking at her strangely. Probably because it's the first time he's seen me laugh or be with another person.
~*~*~*~*
There were a few whispers as she and Louise entered the Great Hall, most likely because they were wondering what such a beautiful girl was doing with her, Ginny thought sadly.
"Oh it is most beautiful!" Louise exclaimed as they were entering. Ginny smiled awkwardly and led her over to the Gryffindor table.
Before they could sit down however, Bree Warren came up to them.
"I think we got off on the wrong foot this morning, I would like you to sit with my group, we have much to ask you about your school and the boys there." She said.
"Well, that sounds, interesting. What do you think Ginny?" Louise said.
"She's not invited, only you," Bree cut in elegantly.
"Well then of course they answer is no, I wouldn't dream of leaving Ginny alone, how horrid of you to think I would!" Louise said coolly, stepping past Bree and sitting down with Ginny.
Bree looked astonished and gaped at her. The she turned with a humph and joined her friends.
"Are you sure you don't want to sit with them? It's okay by me if you do," Ginny said quietly.
"Ginny! Are you mad? If course I'd rather sit with you than those silly cows!" Louise cried, as if it were obvious.
Ginny blushed and smiled at her, hardly believing her luck. I looked like Louise really meant it when she asked if they could be friends.
"Hi Ginny," said a voice. Ginny looked up to see her Hermione smiling at her as she sat down.
"Hi Mione.. Hermione this is Louise, she's an exchange student from Beauxbatons," Ginny said.
"Bonjour Louise, Je m'appelle Hermione. Ca Va ?" (Hello Louise, my name is Hermione. How are you?)
"Ca Va bien merci! Tu parles français?" (Very well thanks! Do you speak French?)
"Un peu," said Hermione sheepishly. (a bit)
"D'accord." (okay) was Louise's a bit disappointed reply.
"Ahem, may I please have your attention before you go off to classes" asked Dumbledore from the Head Table.
"I would like to introduce our exchange student this year, Louise Legna, from Beauxbatons." He continued, pointing at her Louise. Heads swiveled round to look at her and she waved at them all, smiling.
"Are there any volunteers to help guide Miss Legna around?" the Headmaster asked. He looked at the few hands and selected a Gryffindor girl from the Bree's group.
"Pardon moi, Professor Sir, but I already have a guide, Ginny Weasley," Louise spoke up. Dumbledore looked at her for a second before apologizing to the Gryffindor.
"That will be all," said Dumbledore, smiling at Louise.
"He is tres (very) amusing," giggled Louise as they walked out of the Hall.
"In other words, he's odd. Very odd," said Ginny grinning. "Ready for you first Hogwarts class?"
Louise winked at Ginny and they raced their way down the hall.
~*~*~* Friday, the next week
Ginny was smiling as she sat down at the table in the Great Hall, Louise and her were the best of friends already.
Louise accepted Ginny for who she was, although she didn't understand why she was so shy around everyone else.
They sat together in every class and mealtimes. They laughed and joked all the time. They told each other their secrets. Louise had been shocked to hear that Ginny was deeply in love with Harry.
"But he's such a creep to you!" Louise had protested.
"Only because he sees me as a little sister," Ginny replied sadly.
Ginny told Louise all about her shyness and with the fact that no one knew the real her except for Louise. Louise had smiled sadly at this and told her it was because she didn't let them.
Ginny didn't know what she would do without Louise, whenever she was not around her she turned back into her clumsy shy self. The only time she acted different was when it was just Louise and her by themselves with no one else around.
Ginny hated it, why couldn't everyone else see her as Louise did? Why did they make it so difficult?
Ginny smiled to herself; tomorrow she was going to Hogsmeade for the first time ever with a friend, not by herself or tagging along with the trio.
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"Ginny? Ginny? Wake up! GINNY!"
Ginny jumped in her bed. Opening her eyes she saw Louise standing over her, looking worried.
"You sleep like the dead!" she accused amusedly. "Everyone else was asl but I wanted to let you sleep in because you looked so happy."
Ginny laughed. Wow I haven't done that in ages she thought to herself, hopping out of bed.
Louise grinned and threw a pillow at her. Ginny stopped. Then she grabbed the pillow and threw it back at her. Louise ducked and stuck her tongue out. Ginny giggled and threw another pillow which hit Louise square in the stomach.
"You're going to pay for that Ginny!" Louise laughed, picking up 2 pillows and pegging them as her. Ginny fell over laughing while Louise collapsed on the bed.
"What is going on here?" asked a cool voice from the door. Ginny turned to see Bree Warren staring at them like they were mad. Ginny instantly stopped laughing and got up, blushing furiously and muttering an apology. Bree Warren was head of the 5th year Gryffindor girls and loved to exclude Ginny as much as possible.
"Bonjour! We were having a pillow fight," Louise said still laughing, "What is there to be sorry about Ginny?" she asked, puzzled
Ginny blushed even more under Bree's icy glare. She put the pillow back on the bed and looked around pointlessly.
Bree harrumphed and turned on her heel and walked out. Ginny glanced at Louise and started giggling again at her expression of dislike.
"What?" Ginny asked, still smiling, her previous shyness forgotten.
"I really hate people like that, they think they are too sophisticated to have fun," Louise replied seriously. Ginny silently agreed, the thing was, until now there had been no one to have fun with.
"Hay Louise?"
"What?"
"This!" Ginny threw the pillow at Louise and hit her in the face. Louise looked shocked for a second and Ginny was about to stammer an apology when she was hit by 2 pillows in the stomach in head.
They grabbed more pillows and ran giggling madly down the stairs, still chucking pillows at one another. They collapsed on the common room floor, laughing their heads off.
"Ginny?" asked a stunned voice.
She looked up to see Harry looking down at her confusedly. She instantly stopped laughing and blushed.
"Um, hi Harry, this is Louise. She's an exchange student from Beuaxbatons." Ginny answered.
Louise stood up and brushed herself off and shook Harry's hand.
"Bonjour, it's a pleasure to meet one of Ginny's friends." She said happily. Ginny noticed with relief that she wasn't eyeing him suggestively and wasn't flirting with him, she was just being friendly. Which was a relief seeing as she was so beautiful thought Ginny wistfully.
"Oh, er I'm not really her friend, I just know her through her brother because he's my best mate." Harry said awkwardly.
Ginny gaped, now that was hurtful.
"Oh well, your loss then isn't it," Louise said dismissively before turning back to Ginny.
Ginny looked at her gratefully. No one had ever said something like that about her before she thought, awed. Most people would say it was their gain.
Louise grabbed her hand and pulled her back up the stairs to get ready for the day. Ginny laughed and turned around to see Harry looking at her strangely. Probably because it's the first time he's seen me laugh or be with another person.
~*~*~*~*
There were a few whispers as she and Louise entered the Great Hall, most likely because they were wondering what such a beautiful girl was doing with her, Ginny thought sadly.
"Oh it is most beautiful!" Louise exclaimed as they were entering. Ginny smiled awkwardly and led her over to the Gryffindor table.
Before they could sit down however, Bree Warren came up to them.
"I think we got off on the wrong foot this morning, I would like you to sit with my group, we have much to ask you about your school and the boys there." She said.
"Well, that sounds, interesting. What do you think Ginny?" Louise said.
"She's not invited, only you," Bree cut in elegantly.
"Well then of course they answer is no, I wouldn't dream of leaving Ginny alone, how horrid of you to think I would!" Louise said coolly, stepping past Bree and sitting down with Ginny.
Bree looked astonished and gaped at her. The she turned with a humph and joined her friends.
"Are you sure you don't want to sit with them? It's okay by me if you do," Ginny said quietly.
"Ginny! Are you mad? If course I'd rather sit with you than those silly cows!" Louise cried, as if it were obvious.
Ginny blushed and smiled at her, hardly believing her luck. I looked like Louise really meant it when she asked if they could be friends.
"Hi Ginny," said a voice. Ginny looked up to see her Hermione smiling at her as she sat down.
"Hi Mione.. Hermione this is Louise, she's an exchange student from Beauxbatons," Ginny said.
"Bonjour Louise, Je m'appelle Hermione. Ca Va ?" (Hello Louise, my name is Hermione. How are you?)
"Ca Va bien merci! Tu parles français?" (Very well thanks! Do you speak French?)
"Un peu," said Hermione sheepishly. (a bit)
"D'accord." (okay) was Louise's a bit disappointed reply.
"Ahem, may I please have your attention before you go off to classes" asked Dumbledore from the Head Table.
"I would like to introduce our exchange student this year, Louise Legna, from Beauxbatons." He continued, pointing at her Louise. Heads swiveled round to look at her and she waved at them all, smiling.
"Are there any volunteers to help guide Miss Legna around?" the Headmaster asked. He looked at the few hands and selected a Gryffindor girl from the Bree's group.
"Pardon moi, Professor Sir, but I already have a guide, Ginny Weasley," Louise spoke up. Dumbledore looked at her for a second before apologizing to the Gryffindor.
"That will be all," said Dumbledore, smiling at Louise.
"He is tres (very) amusing," giggled Louise as they walked out of the Hall.
"In other words, he's odd. Very odd," said Ginny grinning. "Ready for you first Hogwarts class?"
Louise winked at Ginny and they raced their way down the hall.
~*~*~* Friday, the next week
Ginny was smiling as she sat down at the table in the Great Hall, Louise and her were the best of friends already.
Louise accepted Ginny for who she was, although she didn't understand why she was so shy around everyone else.
They sat together in every class and mealtimes. They laughed and joked all the time. They told each other their secrets. Louise had been shocked to hear that Ginny was deeply in love with Harry.
"But he's such a creep to you!" Louise had protested.
"Only because he sees me as a little sister," Ginny replied sadly.
Ginny told Louise all about her shyness and with the fact that no one knew the real her except for Louise. Louise had smiled sadly at this and told her it was because she didn't let them.
Ginny didn't know what she would do without Louise, whenever she was not around her she turned back into her clumsy shy self. The only time she acted different was when it was just Louise and her by themselves with no one else around.
Ginny hated it, why couldn't everyone else see her as Louise did? Why did they make it so difficult?
Ginny smiled to herself; tomorrow she was going to Hogsmeade for the first time ever with a friend, not by herself or tagging along with the trio.
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