Chapter 23 – Good or Bad News?
"Gin, please, go talk with him!" Angel pleaded, watching her friend do her homework in the Library, two weeks later.
"No, Angel... He's the one who has a lot to explain to me! I didn't do anything besides caring about him." Ginny replied, finishing her essay for Potions. "I love him, and I know he loves me as well, but something is very wrong and he doesn't seem to trust in me. There can't be a happy relationship if both parts don't trust in each other!"
"I know, but you are both looking so miserable! I haven't seen both of you at meal times for the last few weeks... Soon you'll become sick and I don't want to lose you both, Gin!" Angel insisted.
"Listen, Angel, go to Draco and tell him that I'm willing to hear his explanation, and that if he still wants some time away from our relation, I'll give it to him!" Ginny said, packing her things, in her school bag. "But, tell him that I may hear his explanation but that doesn't mean I'll forgive him..."
"Yes you will, Gin. You love him, just like you said a few moments ago!" Angel replied, running away from the Library.
The last two weeks had been awful. Her appetite was gone, she couldn't sleep at night, her body ached making her feel tired all the time, and her heart literally ached... Something was missing in her, and that thing was Draco's proximity.
She had observed him a few times, when they passed by each other on the corridors, and he looked as sad as she was.
'Serves him right, for doing this with me!' she usually thought. 'But I hate to see him like that...'
How can you hate someone you love? You can't... All you can do is try to pretend you hate him.
Ginny really wanted to hear Draco's explanations, but did he want to explain anything?
About 10 minutes later, Ginny was taking a long walk around the lake, enjoying the white snow that covered the school grounds. She loved to spend the Christmas holidays at Hogwarts...
Ginny was leaning against a tree watching the giant squid breaking the ice on top of the lake, when she heard footsteps on the snow.
"Hello..." a voice she knew very well said.
"I'm listening..." Ginny replied, not moving her body or eyes, towards the boy she loved so much. If she did so, probably she would start crying her eyes out.
"I was upset, and all those things came out of my mouth... Sorry!" Draco lied, waiting for her reaction.
"Ok... I suppose you think I'm stupid, don't you, Draco? Of course, let's lie to the stupid Weasel and have a little more fun!" she replied, sarcastically, her eyes showing how furious she was at him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, although he knew exactly what she meant.
"Have you forgotten what Twinkle said? She said that I would be able to feel what other people felt; she said that my bond with you would be so strong that I would always feel what was happening with you! I've stopped feeling you from the moment you said you didn't want to be with me anymore..." Ginny explained furiously. "But right now, I can see right through you, Draco Malfoy, and you're lying!"
Draco didn't reply. He just stood there, watching her face, wishing he could tell her the truth.
"I see you won't tell me the truth... Why did I even bother, caring for you? For us?" she sighed, sadly. "Ok, so be it... Last week I had a meeting with some people from the Ministry of Magic and with Dumbledore. We got an agreement... All the Fairies will be coming to the Forbidden Forest, to live here, and soon the Ministry of Magic will give us a big forest, in Ireland to be the home of other Fairies. Soon there won't be anymore danger to them!"
"That's great..." he replied with a blank face.
"Yes, it is... I'll start helping them to reproduce so that the Fairies don't disappear." Ginny concluded. "Well, that's all I had to say. Just one more thing, make sure you eat something, because if you die for not eating, I'll probably die as well, because of you!"
With that said, Ginny ran to the castle, where she finally released her tears. Why couldn't he tell her the truth? Was the truth that horrible?
Sobbing softly, she made her way to the Gryffindor tower, where she stayed the rest of the week. Ginny was extremely weak, her face was pale, she threw up all day and when she tried to leave her bedroom, she ended up fainting.
"Ginny, you're not ok... Please, let me call Madame Pomfrey!" Hermione asked for the millionth time.
"I'm fine, Hermione... It's just a flew, don't worry." Ginny replied, coming out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed after a warm shower.
"I don't think it's just a flew, Ginny. Those are the symptoms of your separation from Draco! Why don't you two make up?" Hermione insisted, worried with her friend. "I haven't seen him lately around the school... Probably he's as sick as you are."
"Hermione, I cannot forgive him until he tells me the truth, and he doesn't want to tell me what happened! I'm ok, and tomorrow I'll be back at classes, as always." Ginny replied, sitting on her bed, feeling dizzy.
"That's it! No more 'nice Hermione'! I'm taking you to Madame Pomfrey..." Hermione said furiously, placing a coat around Ginny's shoulders, and pushing her out of the Gryffindor Tower.
At the Infirmary, Madame Pomfrey examined Ginny, while Hermione waited outside.
"Are you sure, Madame Pomfrey?" Ginny asked, shocked with what the Healer had just told her.
"Positive, Mrs. Malfoy... You're going to be a Mommy! Should I call Mr. Malfoy to give him the news?" Madame Pomfrey said with a big smile.
"No, thank you... What do I have to do?" she asked, scared, feeling alone.
"Well, you'll need to come here every month, to make sure the baby is growing ok, and to make sure you're ok as well..." the Healer proceeded to explain all the things Ginny could and could not do while she was pregnant, and Ginny listened attentively, although she was mighty scared.
"So, Ginny, how are you?" Hermione asked, as soon as Ginny met her at the Infirmary doors.
"I'm pregnant, Hermione...And I don't want to have a child whose father doesn't want to trust his wife, and be happy!" Ginny finally cried on her friend's shoulder.
Hermione was shocked as well, but soon shared her friend's concern, and together both girls cried, as they walked back to the Gryffindor Tower.
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Hey, thank you all for your support, and here are three new chapters, just for you!
Love, Carina
"Gin, please, go talk with him!" Angel pleaded, watching her friend do her homework in the Library, two weeks later.
"No, Angel... He's the one who has a lot to explain to me! I didn't do anything besides caring about him." Ginny replied, finishing her essay for Potions. "I love him, and I know he loves me as well, but something is very wrong and he doesn't seem to trust in me. There can't be a happy relationship if both parts don't trust in each other!"
"I know, but you are both looking so miserable! I haven't seen both of you at meal times for the last few weeks... Soon you'll become sick and I don't want to lose you both, Gin!" Angel insisted.
"Listen, Angel, go to Draco and tell him that I'm willing to hear his explanation, and that if he still wants some time away from our relation, I'll give it to him!" Ginny said, packing her things, in her school bag. "But, tell him that I may hear his explanation but that doesn't mean I'll forgive him..."
"Yes you will, Gin. You love him, just like you said a few moments ago!" Angel replied, running away from the Library.
The last two weeks had been awful. Her appetite was gone, she couldn't sleep at night, her body ached making her feel tired all the time, and her heart literally ached... Something was missing in her, and that thing was Draco's proximity.
She had observed him a few times, when they passed by each other on the corridors, and he looked as sad as she was.
'Serves him right, for doing this with me!' she usually thought. 'But I hate to see him like that...'
How can you hate someone you love? You can't... All you can do is try to pretend you hate him.
Ginny really wanted to hear Draco's explanations, but did he want to explain anything?
About 10 minutes later, Ginny was taking a long walk around the lake, enjoying the white snow that covered the school grounds. She loved to spend the Christmas holidays at Hogwarts...
Ginny was leaning against a tree watching the giant squid breaking the ice on top of the lake, when she heard footsteps on the snow.
"Hello..." a voice she knew very well said.
"I'm listening..." Ginny replied, not moving her body or eyes, towards the boy she loved so much. If she did so, probably she would start crying her eyes out.
"I was upset, and all those things came out of my mouth... Sorry!" Draco lied, waiting for her reaction.
"Ok... I suppose you think I'm stupid, don't you, Draco? Of course, let's lie to the stupid Weasel and have a little more fun!" she replied, sarcastically, her eyes showing how furious she was at him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, although he knew exactly what she meant.
"Have you forgotten what Twinkle said? She said that I would be able to feel what other people felt; she said that my bond with you would be so strong that I would always feel what was happening with you! I've stopped feeling you from the moment you said you didn't want to be with me anymore..." Ginny explained furiously. "But right now, I can see right through you, Draco Malfoy, and you're lying!"
Draco didn't reply. He just stood there, watching her face, wishing he could tell her the truth.
"I see you won't tell me the truth... Why did I even bother, caring for you? For us?" she sighed, sadly. "Ok, so be it... Last week I had a meeting with some people from the Ministry of Magic and with Dumbledore. We got an agreement... All the Fairies will be coming to the Forbidden Forest, to live here, and soon the Ministry of Magic will give us a big forest, in Ireland to be the home of other Fairies. Soon there won't be anymore danger to them!"
"That's great..." he replied with a blank face.
"Yes, it is... I'll start helping them to reproduce so that the Fairies don't disappear." Ginny concluded. "Well, that's all I had to say. Just one more thing, make sure you eat something, because if you die for not eating, I'll probably die as well, because of you!"
With that said, Ginny ran to the castle, where she finally released her tears. Why couldn't he tell her the truth? Was the truth that horrible?
Sobbing softly, she made her way to the Gryffindor tower, where she stayed the rest of the week. Ginny was extremely weak, her face was pale, she threw up all day and when she tried to leave her bedroom, she ended up fainting.
"Ginny, you're not ok... Please, let me call Madame Pomfrey!" Hermione asked for the millionth time.
"I'm fine, Hermione... It's just a flew, don't worry." Ginny replied, coming out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed after a warm shower.
"I don't think it's just a flew, Ginny. Those are the symptoms of your separation from Draco! Why don't you two make up?" Hermione insisted, worried with her friend. "I haven't seen him lately around the school... Probably he's as sick as you are."
"Hermione, I cannot forgive him until he tells me the truth, and he doesn't want to tell me what happened! I'm ok, and tomorrow I'll be back at classes, as always." Ginny replied, sitting on her bed, feeling dizzy.
"That's it! No more 'nice Hermione'! I'm taking you to Madame Pomfrey..." Hermione said furiously, placing a coat around Ginny's shoulders, and pushing her out of the Gryffindor Tower.
At the Infirmary, Madame Pomfrey examined Ginny, while Hermione waited outside.
"Are you sure, Madame Pomfrey?" Ginny asked, shocked with what the Healer had just told her.
"Positive, Mrs. Malfoy... You're going to be a Mommy! Should I call Mr. Malfoy to give him the news?" Madame Pomfrey said with a big smile.
"No, thank you... What do I have to do?" she asked, scared, feeling alone.
"Well, you'll need to come here every month, to make sure the baby is growing ok, and to make sure you're ok as well..." the Healer proceeded to explain all the things Ginny could and could not do while she was pregnant, and Ginny listened attentively, although she was mighty scared.
"So, Ginny, how are you?" Hermione asked, as soon as Ginny met her at the Infirmary doors.
"I'm pregnant, Hermione...And I don't want to have a child whose father doesn't want to trust his wife, and be happy!" Ginny finally cried on her friend's shoulder.
Hermione was shocked as well, but soon shared her friend's concern, and together both girls cried, as they walked back to the Gryffindor Tower.
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Hey, thank you all for your support, and here are three new chapters, just for you!
Love, Carina