INTRO:
Ginny had been there for two weeks already, and her and Lara had gotten extremely close. After the first night there, and their 'girl talk' they had become the best friends that neither one of them had had. They had had similar 'girl talks' almost every night since Ginny had arrived. They had both never really had a close friend that was a girl. Both of them kind of tomboys in a way. Ginny told Lara all about her crush on Harry, the way she was always ignored, how she felt about the death of her parents, and even Tom Riddle and the Chamber of Secrets. In turn, Lara told her about the death of her father, her old partner/flame Alex West, and other secrets about her that no one else knew. They had both found someone that they could confide in, which neither of them had before; they were alike, yet so different. It was truly astonishing.
Ginny had also started training with Lara for tomb raiding. They had started out with general exercising and getting her in shape. Ginny had gotten in shape pretty quick and everything had seemed to come pretty easy to her. That was only the first week. Then, in her second week, they had started to do more physical training (i.e. fighting/sparring/acrobatics) Ginny was trying really hard to keep up, and oh how her body ached, but she was learning and getting stronger. Lara said she was doing better than she had expected, and learned quickly.
Ginny also got to know the two men she saw on her first day there. One of them was Hillary, Lara's butler (the constipated-looking one), Ginny thought he was a nice man and seemed intelligent. The other man, Bryce (grease stains fellow), was the most amusing of the lot. He was Lara's friend, and was obsessed with muggle machinery and odd gadgets. He had a very peculiar sense of humor, she discovered.
Ginny was having a great time, and it was slowly melting the pain away from her parents' deaths. Lara said she should have a good time, and not to feel guilty about it. She said her parents wouldn't have wanted her to mope about, and that death was like that. You can't change the past.
the next morning
Ginny woke up to the sound of music BLARING through the house. 'Lara's Party Mix', was something she had to suffer through constantly. Lara was a great person, but her taste in music was appalling! Lara was the only person living there that didn't agree with Ginny on this. She was a stubborn cow, Ginny had learned, and would not stop her terrible music mixes for anyone. She groaned and put the pillow over her bed.
"SHUT UP!!" She yelled and threw the pillow across the room "IT'S A BLOODY SUNDAY MORNING- A DAY OF REST!"
Ginny heard laughter and someone opening the door. She groaned again. Someone pounced on her half-asleep form.
"Day of rest, HA!" Lara yelled as she batted the redhead with a pillow.
"EERRUGGHHF!" Ginny howled
Lara continued laughing.
Ginny sat up, scowled, and promptly threw a pillow at her.
Lara caught it and threw it back at her. This was the beginning of a huge pillow fight.
Hillary opened the door to Miss Weasley's room, only to find her and Lara laying on the ground beside the bed, feathers everywhere, laughing like there was no tomorrow.
Typical Sunday Morning.
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After they had ended the massive pillow fight, Ginny had cleaned up, and got ready for the day. She took her shower and went to look for and outfit in her walk-in closet. Lara had insisted on getting her a new wardrobe, after looking at Ginny's tattered old clothes, as well as giving Ginny some of her old clothes that Ginny had liked. Ginny refused at first, but Lara insisted, saying that "a –lady- needs to be pampered". So needless to say, Ginny's closet was pretty darn full.
You see, she never really got to spend any money or buy anything, but now, Ginny had that chance because Lara wanted to pamper her. Lara knew how she never had any money and decided that Ginny should shop to her hearts content. So, now, she and Lara had shopping trips all the time, hence, Ginny's new clothing, makeup, etc...
Ginny knew they were going to be training today, so she picked out one of the old outfits Lara had given her (Ginny had charmed all of them to fit her). It was a low-cut, long sleeved, tight, black shirt, with tight black pants to match. Then she brushed her teeth, and did her hair (which was almost as long as Lara's) into a high ponytail, a few loose strands falling down and framing her face. She applied a little lip gloss; and then went downstairs.
Ginny skipped breakfast and went straight into training with Lara, who was wearing a similar outfit to her. Both were ready for some action.
"Morning Ginny"
"G'morning Lara"
"You ready for training?"
"Aren't I always?" She replied with a grin
"Sparring, and some practice with muggle weapons is on the schedule today" Lara told her protégé with a smirk.
"Sounds like fun, but not" Ginny joked, waiting for an order from Lara.
"Ginny- fight stance"
"Yes, Master" Ginny replied perkily and got into her fighting stance, Lara followed suit.
Soon they were doing hand to hand combat, and not holding anything back (didn't need to, they had Ginny's healing magic if they got bruised up. Fred and George had taught her how to do magic over summer with the wizarding officials being none the wiser.)
Ginny was doing pretty good and holding up, but Lara eventually pinned her down, thus winning the fight.
"Damn" Ginny cursed, just as she was pinned to the ground.
"Ginny, you're doing quite good and are learning quite fast, don't put yourself down."
Ginny smiled awkwardly "I know, it's just-"
"Don't" Lara told her with a stern look on her face, and Ginny laughed at the expression.
"Alright, we can skip the weapons training today since it is a –Sunday-, the day of rest." She mimicked Ginny's words from earlier.
"How about a pre-birthday party instead, in honor of your ever-growing combat skills?" Lara suggested
"Pre-birthday party?" Ginny asked, wondering what her devious cousin was up to.
"Yeah, you ARE turning sixteen tomorrow, and I want to have a pre-party to celebrate it. Then tomorrow, we'll have the real thing" Lara answered with an infectious grin.
Ginny shook her head, a pre-birthday party; she never got one of those, especially from her family, which couldn't even afford one party. This saddened her, thinking of her family. The one that was either dead, or didn't want her around. She felt the tears coming into her eyes. She forced the tears away, putting a happy look on her face, and looked back up at Lara.
"You are too much" Ginny said
"I know" Lara replied with yet another smirk.
This really did make Ginny smile, and her bad mood went away instantly. Lara could do that to you.
"Okay, Ginny, I'm going to go change, and then we can decide on something to do for your pre-party, alright?" Lara asked suggested.
"Ok" she responded, and Lara went up to change, leaving Ginny sitting on the couch in the training room, sipping a bottle of water.
Ginny felt sweaty and nasty, and supposed that she must look awful, when in reality she looked quite good. She was a bit sweaty, but it looked appealing, her tight outfit stuck to her frame even more because of it. Her hair had gone a bit more loose from all the training she had done and gave her a bit of a sexy look. She practically glowed.
Then the doorbell rang, and she went to get it. Standing there was one of the hottest guys she had ever seen. Correction, she thought, one of the hottest men she had ever seen. She looked at him curiously.
"Hello" She said, speaking first, breaking him from his thoughts while he had been looking her over.
"Hi, uh, I'm here to see Lara" he said in a charming American accent.
"Oh, well then, come on in, she'll be down in a minute" She replied politely
He was wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt and matching pants, you could tell he had a muscular body from what he was wearing. He looked at her curiously before stepping in. He also had something other than curiosity in his eyes when he looked at her, she couldn't tell what it was, though.
"How do you know Lara, Miss-?"
"Ginevra Weasley" she said and put her hand out "I'm her cousin"
He took her hand and said "Now what is it gentleman are supposed to do when meeting a lady, again?" He asked playfully and kissed her hand. She blushed, and he grinned at her, putting her hand down very slowly.
"Well, hello Ginevra, my name is-"
"Alex" Lara said before he could finish, appearing out of the shadows.
