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Disclaimer: Right, I do now own any of the characters and all of that! Didn't remember to put that first! *sigh*
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Ginny's heart fell the last inch down to the pit of her stomach. She felt like she couldn't breathe. Harry's voice echoed in her head. 'She wants to give us a try...'
She was in the Gryffindor common room, sitting at a table with her homework in front of her and Hermione on the other side of the table, scribbling away on some essay. Ginny couldn't focus on the paper; all the words were floating together.
Finally, after five serious fruitless tries, Ginny gave up. She put the paper aside, staring out in the open space, drumming her fingers at the table. Hermione looked up with an annoyed look on her face.
"Ginny?"
Ginny snapped back to reality and looked at Hermione, unaware of that she was both drumming her fingers and that she stopped when Hermione spoke to her.
"Thank you", Hermione said, returning to her essay. Ginny gave her head a questioning look but turned to stare into the open space again, drumming her fingers against the table.
"Ginny!" Hermione exploded. "Stop... Drumming!"
"Sorry", Ginny said absent-minded, pulling a hand through her red hair.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked with a sigh as she noticed Ginny's lack of expression. She put down her quill and parchment. She was obviously not going to be able to finish her homework today anyways, she realized after a quick glace at the clock.
Ginny sighed. "Harry and I were watching Ravenclaw totally slaughter Hufflepuff this morning, when Hedwig delivered two letters to Harry", Ginny began to explain. "The first one was from Hagrid, asking if Harry could come over and talk."
"Yeah?" Hermione asked. "Nothing odd there."
"No", Ginny replied. "But then he read the other letter and like became distant." Hermione looked at her, expecting her to continue. "It was from Cho", she said, hearing Hermione gasp. "And she wanted to get back together with Harry."
"You're kidding!" Hermione exclaimed. "What did he say?" she asked. "Oh wait. Let me guess; he got that absent stare in his eyes and watched absolutely nothing?" she added, looking at Ginny in question.
"You're right. He didn't say anything and just stared at a spot in midair", Ginny replied. "How did you know?"
"Was he smiling?" Hermione asked.
Ginny shook her head. "No, but..." She couldn't understand what that had to do with anything.
"There you go. Problem solved!" Hermione said with a pleased look on her face. When Ginny kept looking at her with a puzzled face, Hermione sighed. "He's just shocked. He was like that when Sirius died. And when he knew Sirius was his godfather", Hermione patiently explained. "But he might not want to get back together with Cho", Hermione continued. "See, when Harry found out he was allowed to visit Sirius, that he had a godfather and that he could come and live with him, he had this absent look on his face a long time after. And he had this big grin on his face too. But when Sirius died..." Hermione trailed off. This wasn't just a touchy subject for Harry; Hermione, Ginny and Ron loved Sirius too, and they all missed him. They thought about him every day. Ginny knew where Hermione was going and a small, flickering light of hope lit in her stomach where she thought her heart was. Harry had walked around with a blank face almost all the time for two, three months after Sirius' death. He still had it on from time to time. Ginny always thought that Harry looked like he was doomed, like he had nothing to live for when he had that face on.
"So you say there's a possibility that Harry doesn't want Cho back?" Ginny said, half to Hermione, but mostly to herself. Maybe this wasn't the end of the world after all Ginny came to conclusion after thinking about it. She smiled at Hermione. "Thanks 'Mione", she said, feeling much better.
Disclaimer: Right, I do now own any of the characters and all of that! Didn't remember to put that first! *sigh*
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Ginny's heart fell the last inch down to the pit of her stomach. She felt like she couldn't breathe. Harry's voice echoed in her head. 'She wants to give us a try...'
She was in the Gryffindor common room, sitting at a table with her homework in front of her and Hermione on the other side of the table, scribbling away on some essay. Ginny couldn't focus on the paper; all the words were floating together.
Finally, after five serious fruitless tries, Ginny gave up. She put the paper aside, staring out in the open space, drumming her fingers at the table. Hermione looked up with an annoyed look on her face.
"Ginny?"
Ginny snapped back to reality and looked at Hermione, unaware of that she was both drumming her fingers and that she stopped when Hermione spoke to her.
"Thank you", Hermione said, returning to her essay. Ginny gave her head a questioning look but turned to stare into the open space again, drumming her fingers against the table.
"Ginny!" Hermione exploded. "Stop... Drumming!"
"Sorry", Ginny said absent-minded, pulling a hand through her red hair.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked with a sigh as she noticed Ginny's lack of expression. She put down her quill and parchment. She was obviously not going to be able to finish her homework today anyways, she realized after a quick glace at the clock.
Ginny sighed. "Harry and I were watching Ravenclaw totally slaughter Hufflepuff this morning, when Hedwig delivered two letters to Harry", Ginny began to explain. "The first one was from Hagrid, asking if Harry could come over and talk."
"Yeah?" Hermione asked. "Nothing odd there."
"No", Ginny replied. "But then he read the other letter and like became distant." Hermione looked at her, expecting her to continue. "It was from Cho", she said, hearing Hermione gasp. "And she wanted to get back together with Harry."
"You're kidding!" Hermione exclaimed. "What did he say?" she asked. "Oh wait. Let me guess; he got that absent stare in his eyes and watched absolutely nothing?" she added, looking at Ginny in question.
"You're right. He didn't say anything and just stared at a spot in midair", Ginny replied. "How did you know?"
"Was he smiling?" Hermione asked.
Ginny shook her head. "No, but..." She couldn't understand what that had to do with anything.
"There you go. Problem solved!" Hermione said with a pleased look on her face. When Ginny kept looking at her with a puzzled face, Hermione sighed. "He's just shocked. He was like that when Sirius died. And when he knew Sirius was his godfather", Hermione patiently explained. "But he might not want to get back together with Cho", Hermione continued. "See, when Harry found out he was allowed to visit Sirius, that he had a godfather and that he could come and live with him, he had this absent look on his face a long time after. And he had this big grin on his face too. But when Sirius died..." Hermione trailed off. This wasn't just a touchy subject for Harry; Hermione, Ginny and Ron loved Sirius too, and they all missed him. They thought about him every day. Ginny knew where Hermione was going and a small, flickering light of hope lit in her stomach where she thought her heart was. Harry had walked around with a blank face almost all the time for two, three months after Sirius' death. He still had it on from time to time. Ginny always thought that Harry looked like he was doomed, like he had nothing to live for when he had that face on.
"So you say there's a possibility that Harry doesn't want Cho back?" Ginny said, half to Hermione, but mostly to herself. Maybe this wasn't the end of the world after all Ginny came to conclusion after thinking about it. She smiled at Hermione. "Thanks 'Mione", she said, feeling much better.