Chapter 17 – Lovers spat
'Can you tell me the reason why I feel so stupidly happy? I mean, it just takes me a look at this wonderful girl by my side, and I feel like I want to hold her safely in my arms forever after, kiss her pouty lips every two minutes and watch that innocent smile lighten up her face. Yup, this must be love, alright!!!' Draco thought, as he watched Ginny sleep by his side, the next morning.
Smiling, he ran his fingers along her face, feeling her soft skin, the curve of her cute nose and cheeks, the luxurious parted lips... As he caressed her eyebrows, two beautiful chocolate brown eyes looked at him, and a wide smile appeared on her lips.
"Good morning! What are you doing?" she asked, snuggling closer to him.
"Just feeling you..." he replied, smiling back at her. "So, what do you want to do today? It's Sunday and we have the whole day to ourselves..."
"I have homework to do, Draco..." she sighed sadly. "Right now, I must go to my dorm, have a nice bath and change clothes. You have to send that letter to your father, and we'll meet for breakfast at the Great Hall, ok?"
"Will you stay at my table?" he asked, kissing her forehead.
"Why don't you join mine, today?" she asked, with an evil smile.
"NO BLOODY WAY!"
"But, I've stayed at your table so many times! Why can't you stay at my table just for breakfast?" she asked, sad with his reaction.
"It's different, Gin! We'll keep on staying with the Slytherins!" he replied, coldly, not giving her time to complain, as he left the bed and went to his private bathroom.
"Fine... Have it your way!" she whispered and pulled on her dress, before she left his room, towards the Gryffindor Tower.
Luckily it was still early and no one was on the school corridors. As soon as she arrived to her dorm, Ginny took a long bath and put on a pair of jeans and a black turtle neck sweater, with her cloak on top of it. Even after the bath, she was still mad at Draco... She had accepted him, even if he belonged to Slytherin! Why couldn't he do the same about her?
Around 9:30 a.m. the entire school was having breakfast at the Great Hall, when Ginny, Hermione, Harry and Ron walked in the room and went to their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. On the other side of the room, on the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy watched Virginia Weasley with anger.
'Why is she over there? We always eat here, together!' he thought, pushing his plate away, without touching the food. 'Look at me, Virginia Weasley!'
As if she had heard him, Ginny looked at him and dropped her eyes, immediately.
"Gin, what's going on? You look sad!" Angel whispered, as she sat on Ginny's lap.
"Oh, it's just a little fight, sweetie! He's being thick headed, that's all!" Ginny replied, smiling to her little friend.
"Gin, you know you two must remain in peace with each other!" Angel said, licking Ginny's hand.
Ginny sighed, and left her seat, walking out of the Great Hall with Angel in her arms.
"Gin, you must eat... You haven't been eating properly and you're getting weak!" Angel said, worried.
"Angel, you're starting to sound like my mother!" Ginny laughed. "Don't worry, I'm fine..."
"Ginny! Ginny!" Draco's voice called her, down the corridor, but she didn't stop walking to wait for him. She just kept walking to her common room, where she stayed all day long, doing her homework and studying.
"Gin, won't you talk with Draco? He's looking so miserable!" Angel said, as she walked around Ginny's empty dorm.
"Serves him right! Why do I have to accept his true nature and he can't accept mine?" Ginny complained, sitting on her bed. "How bad is he?"
"He didn't leave his room all day, where he lay in bed without even looking at his homework..." Angel replied, rolling up on Ginny's pillow.
"Great!" Ginny said, although she felt extremely sad to know he was hurt.
A whole week went by and the couple was still not talking to each other. Draco didn't try to talk to her after that day, and he avoided her eyes at all costs. It looked like he hated Ginny... again.
Ginny was extremely weak, and sometimes it took all her energy to go to classes. She had tried to eat, but she always ended up throwing up, so she gave up on trying to eat. The fact that Draco seemed to hate her, only made things worse... She couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, she felt like fainting the whole time and her hear was broken... What a wonderful life!
"Virginia Weasley, if you don't go talk to him, right now, I'll kill you!" Hermione warned her, as they ate dinner at the Great Hall.
"Hermione, I'm not feeling ok right now, so, please drop it!" Ginny warned her, placing her hands on her head, as her vision started to go all blurry.
"But, Ginny, you are both looking miserable! And Dumbledore said you had to be at least one our together each day!" Hermione kept talking, making Ginny furious.
Ginny got up from her seat and held the table to keep her balance.
"I will not apologize for loving my house and my friends! I'm not the guilty one in this whole situation!" she yelled, making the entire hall stop to listen and look at her. "Just leave me alone!"
Ginny took a few steps away from the table and then fainted on the middle of the Great Hall.
"If she keeps up like this, she won't survive until the end of the month, Dumbledore!" Madame Pomfrey said, sounding worried.
"Poppy, do what you can to make her stronger! We need her at the top of her powers!" Dumbledore said, before a door closed and Ginny opened her eyes.
"Wow, am I that bad?" Ginny thought to herself, before Madame Pomfrey appeared by her side.
"Hello Miss Weasley, how are you feeling?" she asked, gently.
"I'm feeling a little dizzy, but that's all..." Ginny replied.
Madame Pomfrey held a bottle and gave it for Ginny to drink. It was a Millie's Potion of Complete Meals, rich in nutrients, to make her body stronger.
"Your friends are outside the Infirmary, wanting to see you... Do you want to see them?" the healer asked.
"Fine..."
In a few moments, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Suzie and Cathy were by her bedside, smiling worriedly at her.
"Hey sis, how are you feeling?" Ron asked, hugging her.
"I'll survive Ron... I'm sorry if I got you all worried!" Ginny replied, smiling to her friends.
"We'll always worry about you, Gin! You're everyone's little sister!" Harry joked. "Well, we better go now or we'll get caught in the corridors after curfew."
"I'll see you all tomorrow..." Ginny smiled, watching them go, except for Hermione, who looked ready to cry. "Mione, what is it?"
"I'm sorry I've made you faint! I shouldn't have pressured you..." Hermione sobbed, sitting on Ginny's bed.
"I didn't faint because of you, Mione... I'm just weak and heartbroken, that's all!" Ginny smiled, reassuringly. "Now, get those thoughts out of your head and go join the others."
"Ok, Ginny... Just one more thing: Draco went crazy when you fainted. He jumped over all the tables in record time to get to you and brought you in his arms to the Infirmary..." Hermione said, seriously. "He loves you, and you love him! Please, have a conversation with him and restore the peace!"
When Ginny didn't reply, Hermione left the Infirmary, hoping that her friend would get some sense into that thick head of hers.
"Gin, she's telling you the truth, you know..." a familiar voice whispered. There, standing on the windowsill, Angel looked at Ginny with her sweet pink eyes. "Draco's truly worried about you..."
"Where is he?"
"Ever since he brought you here, he has been sitting outside those doors, waiting for courage to face you... He's blaming himself for what happened today!" Angel explained. "Draco thought you were going to die because you haven't been together for the last week..."
"Why is everyone feeling guilty of my condition? I'm the one who doesn't eat or sleep! Not them..." Ginny sighed, sitting on the bed. "Please, can you tell him to come in?"
Angel left the Infirmary and came back a few moments later, with a pale Draco Malfoy following her.
'Merlin, he's so pale... And has he lost weight? Dark circles under his gorgeous eyes... Oh boy, I'm making both of us suffer!' Ginny thought sadly.
"Hey..." he said, softly, as he sat on a chair next to her bed.
"Hello Draco, how are you?" she smiled sweetly.
"I'm fine... Granger told me you were ok, but needing rest and food!" he said, playing with her bed sheet, not looking at her in the eye.
"Draco, I don't want to fight with you... I miss you!" she sighed, hoping he would look at her, which he did.
"I've missed you, as well... I can't eat or sleep properly, since that day and I hate to be away from you!" he smiled softly, sitting on her bed. "I shouldn't have told you all those things, I was wrong! If you accept my house, then I will accept yours..."
"It's about time you realised that!" she giggled, placing her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to kiss her. "I love you, Ferret!"
"I love you too, Weasel!"
After a whole week without kissing or being in each other's arms, now that they were together, it seemed like their souls were resurrecting inside of them... It was as if they had been dead while they were apart... But, right now, everything was ok again, and they could only hope that nothing would come between them, again.
'Can you tell me the reason why I feel so stupidly happy? I mean, it just takes me a look at this wonderful girl by my side, and I feel like I want to hold her safely in my arms forever after, kiss her pouty lips every two minutes and watch that innocent smile lighten up her face. Yup, this must be love, alright!!!' Draco thought, as he watched Ginny sleep by his side, the next morning.
Smiling, he ran his fingers along her face, feeling her soft skin, the curve of her cute nose and cheeks, the luxurious parted lips... As he caressed her eyebrows, two beautiful chocolate brown eyes looked at him, and a wide smile appeared on her lips.
"Good morning! What are you doing?" she asked, snuggling closer to him.
"Just feeling you..." he replied, smiling back at her. "So, what do you want to do today? It's Sunday and we have the whole day to ourselves..."
"I have homework to do, Draco..." she sighed sadly. "Right now, I must go to my dorm, have a nice bath and change clothes. You have to send that letter to your father, and we'll meet for breakfast at the Great Hall, ok?"
"Will you stay at my table?" he asked, kissing her forehead.
"Why don't you join mine, today?" she asked, with an evil smile.
"NO BLOODY WAY!"
"But, I've stayed at your table so many times! Why can't you stay at my table just for breakfast?" she asked, sad with his reaction.
"It's different, Gin! We'll keep on staying with the Slytherins!" he replied, coldly, not giving her time to complain, as he left the bed and went to his private bathroom.
"Fine... Have it your way!" she whispered and pulled on her dress, before she left his room, towards the Gryffindor Tower.
Luckily it was still early and no one was on the school corridors. As soon as she arrived to her dorm, Ginny took a long bath and put on a pair of jeans and a black turtle neck sweater, with her cloak on top of it. Even after the bath, she was still mad at Draco... She had accepted him, even if he belonged to Slytherin! Why couldn't he do the same about her?
Around 9:30 a.m. the entire school was having breakfast at the Great Hall, when Ginny, Hermione, Harry and Ron walked in the room and went to their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. On the other side of the room, on the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy watched Virginia Weasley with anger.
'Why is she over there? We always eat here, together!' he thought, pushing his plate away, without touching the food. 'Look at me, Virginia Weasley!'
As if she had heard him, Ginny looked at him and dropped her eyes, immediately.
"Gin, what's going on? You look sad!" Angel whispered, as she sat on Ginny's lap.
"Oh, it's just a little fight, sweetie! He's being thick headed, that's all!" Ginny replied, smiling to her little friend.
"Gin, you know you two must remain in peace with each other!" Angel said, licking Ginny's hand.
Ginny sighed, and left her seat, walking out of the Great Hall with Angel in her arms.
"Gin, you must eat... You haven't been eating properly and you're getting weak!" Angel said, worried.
"Angel, you're starting to sound like my mother!" Ginny laughed. "Don't worry, I'm fine..."
"Ginny! Ginny!" Draco's voice called her, down the corridor, but she didn't stop walking to wait for him. She just kept walking to her common room, where she stayed all day long, doing her homework and studying.
"Gin, won't you talk with Draco? He's looking so miserable!" Angel said, as she walked around Ginny's empty dorm.
"Serves him right! Why do I have to accept his true nature and he can't accept mine?" Ginny complained, sitting on her bed. "How bad is he?"
"He didn't leave his room all day, where he lay in bed without even looking at his homework..." Angel replied, rolling up on Ginny's pillow.
"Great!" Ginny said, although she felt extremely sad to know he was hurt.
A whole week went by and the couple was still not talking to each other. Draco didn't try to talk to her after that day, and he avoided her eyes at all costs. It looked like he hated Ginny... again.
Ginny was extremely weak, and sometimes it took all her energy to go to classes. She had tried to eat, but she always ended up throwing up, so she gave up on trying to eat. The fact that Draco seemed to hate her, only made things worse... She couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, she felt like fainting the whole time and her hear was broken... What a wonderful life!
"Virginia Weasley, if you don't go talk to him, right now, I'll kill you!" Hermione warned her, as they ate dinner at the Great Hall.
"Hermione, I'm not feeling ok right now, so, please drop it!" Ginny warned her, placing her hands on her head, as her vision started to go all blurry.
"But, Ginny, you are both looking miserable! And Dumbledore said you had to be at least one our together each day!" Hermione kept talking, making Ginny furious.
Ginny got up from her seat and held the table to keep her balance.
"I will not apologize for loving my house and my friends! I'm not the guilty one in this whole situation!" she yelled, making the entire hall stop to listen and look at her. "Just leave me alone!"
Ginny took a few steps away from the table and then fainted on the middle of the Great Hall.
"If she keeps up like this, she won't survive until the end of the month, Dumbledore!" Madame Pomfrey said, sounding worried.
"Poppy, do what you can to make her stronger! We need her at the top of her powers!" Dumbledore said, before a door closed and Ginny opened her eyes.
"Wow, am I that bad?" Ginny thought to herself, before Madame Pomfrey appeared by her side.
"Hello Miss Weasley, how are you feeling?" she asked, gently.
"I'm feeling a little dizzy, but that's all..." Ginny replied.
Madame Pomfrey held a bottle and gave it for Ginny to drink. It was a Millie's Potion of Complete Meals, rich in nutrients, to make her body stronger.
"Your friends are outside the Infirmary, wanting to see you... Do you want to see them?" the healer asked.
"Fine..."
In a few moments, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Suzie and Cathy were by her bedside, smiling worriedly at her.
"Hey sis, how are you feeling?" Ron asked, hugging her.
"I'll survive Ron... I'm sorry if I got you all worried!" Ginny replied, smiling to her friends.
"We'll always worry about you, Gin! You're everyone's little sister!" Harry joked. "Well, we better go now or we'll get caught in the corridors after curfew."
"I'll see you all tomorrow..." Ginny smiled, watching them go, except for Hermione, who looked ready to cry. "Mione, what is it?"
"I'm sorry I've made you faint! I shouldn't have pressured you..." Hermione sobbed, sitting on Ginny's bed.
"I didn't faint because of you, Mione... I'm just weak and heartbroken, that's all!" Ginny smiled, reassuringly. "Now, get those thoughts out of your head and go join the others."
"Ok, Ginny... Just one more thing: Draco went crazy when you fainted. He jumped over all the tables in record time to get to you and brought you in his arms to the Infirmary..." Hermione said, seriously. "He loves you, and you love him! Please, have a conversation with him and restore the peace!"
When Ginny didn't reply, Hermione left the Infirmary, hoping that her friend would get some sense into that thick head of hers.
"Gin, she's telling you the truth, you know..." a familiar voice whispered. There, standing on the windowsill, Angel looked at Ginny with her sweet pink eyes. "Draco's truly worried about you..."
"Where is he?"
"Ever since he brought you here, he has been sitting outside those doors, waiting for courage to face you... He's blaming himself for what happened today!" Angel explained. "Draco thought you were going to die because you haven't been together for the last week..."
"Why is everyone feeling guilty of my condition? I'm the one who doesn't eat or sleep! Not them..." Ginny sighed, sitting on the bed. "Please, can you tell him to come in?"
Angel left the Infirmary and came back a few moments later, with a pale Draco Malfoy following her.
'Merlin, he's so pale... And has he lost weight? Dark circles under his gorgeous eyes... Oh boy, I'm making both of us suffer!' Ginny thought sadly.
"Hey..." he said, softly, as he sat on a chair next to her bed.
"Hello Draco, how are you?" she smiled sweetly.
"I'm fine... Granger told me you were ok, but needing rest and food!" he said, playing with her bed sheet, not looking at her in the eye.
"Draco, I don't want to fight with you... I miss you!" she sighed, hoping he would look at her, which he did.
"I've missed you, as well... I can't eat or sleep properly, since that day and I hate to be away from you!" he smiled softly, sitting on her bed. "I shouldn't have told you all those things, I was wrong! If you accept my house, then I will accept yours..."
"It's about time you realised that!" she giggled, placing her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to kiss her. "I love you, Ferret!"
"I love you too, Weasel!"
After a whole week without kissing or being in each other's arms, now that they were together, it seemed like their souls were resurrecting inside of them... It was as if they had been dead while they were apart... But, right now, everything was ok again, and they could only hope that nothing would come between them, again.