Chapter Seven

I'm Addicted to you, don't you Know That you're Toxic

After that little run-in with Madam Pince, and the fight with Ginny, and the fact that my nose was throbbing and felt as though it was hanging by a thread after she threw that colassal encyclopedia at it, the last thing I wanted to do was see Ginny again before dinner. I was sitting there, on a comfy armchair, trying to teach Ron how to do the spell to repair my nose because it didn't seem to work when I tried it on myself (probably because my voice sounded horrible Ð I think my nose was completely broken), when she waltzed in with the blood gone, her nose even more perfect than it had been before.

I couldn't stand it.

I was smarter, braver, and a much better person than she was and yet she got everything. The looks, the nose, what more could I want?! So, jumping out of the chair and whipping my wand out, I pointed it straight at her and shouted the first jinx that entered my mind.

She screamed and earsplitting scream as she grabbed her nose. Blood was pouring out of it. It was worse than before.

It was worse than mine.

"GOD, DO YOU EVER GIVE UP?!?!??!" she screeched, whipping out her wand and causing my ears to erupt with puss.

I shot towards her and knocked her to the ground. I yanked her hair an pinched her nose. Off in the background I could hear Ron shouting, "Catfight!" I didn't care. My blood was dripping onto her already bloodstained face. Someone pulled me off of her and then led us to the portrait hole, shoving us through it.

Immediatley she started shouting.

"What is wrong with you?!" she cried. "First you break my nose, then you pull out my hair, break my leg, and then break my nose AGAIN!"

"Who is this all about, anyway?" I spat. "Who is this mystery man you are so keen to impress?!"

"It's none of your business you slut!" Ginny screeched back.

I charged at her, my wand pointed straight at her nose. "Tell me, or I'll break it off," I said quietly, through gritted teeth.

"Malfoy," she grumbled, shoving me off of her.

"WHAT?!" I cried. Had I just honestly heard what I think I did? But Malfoy was the guy that I liked! The guy that I had tried to impress! The guy that I wanted to take to the Yule Ball! This was so unfair? He had kissed me! But he probably had screwed Ginny already.

My hopes were shattered. My life was utterly ruined.

"SEE!" she screamed. "AND YOU WONDER WHY I AVOIDED TELLING ANYONE! WELL WHO WAS YOUR BOY? NEVILLE? MY WRETCHED, FOOL OF A BROTHER? POTTER?!"

"NO!" I exclaimed, trying to shut her up. "My guy was Malfoy, too!"

My eyes began filling with tears as I heard Ginny's faint gasp. This couldn't be happening.

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Suddenly I felt guilty for all that I'd done to her. For pratically breaking her nose, pulling her hair, calling her all those filthy names. For making her ears puss. And now, for ruining her day. But she would have to face more pain when I told her about Malfoy and my kiss under the stars

"Okay, okay," a voice said from next to us. "This has go to stop. I normally like girls fighting over me, but this is getting out of control."

We looked up. Malfoy was standing right there. Both of our cheeks turned redder than the evening sun.

"I know you're going to kill me once you hear this," he said, his voice shaking. "But I'm going to the Yule Ball with Cho."

And with that, he turned around and bolted off down another corridor before we could hex him to oblivion.

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