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Disclaimer: All characters and things belong to J.K. Rowlings.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: All of these little "ficlets" take place in only-dialogue form. I once read something of Leibling's (I think that's spelled right) that was written like that, and I was intrigued. I thought I could write some of my own, but the original idea belongs to someone else. And just so you know, none of them are related to the other. That's very important. What happens in one is not related to what happens in another. Ok, and here's the first. It takes place between Ginny and Draco. First Ginny, then Draco, then Ginny, then Draco, etc. You can try to imagine the story it might take place in. All right, here it is.
~~A Hard Woman~~
"They said we were wrong. That we couldn't--wouldn't--understand the way life is." Pause. "And you knew they said that. Didn't you?"
"I didn't even have to try to understand, Weasley. I was brought up different, lived different, loved different. I didn't have to try to succeed or try to do better. Of course life would be different than what it is for them!"
"We're so damned different."
"I've been trying to tell you that all along! Don't you get it, Virginia? We're too damned different."
"You know, I never wanted to believe that."
"Yeah? Well, you'd better start believing now."
"I always thought we were, I don't know, above such absolute bullshit. I thought we could prove them wrong..."
"You can't prove life wrong, Virginia."
"No?"
"No."
"It's a pity, really."
"What?"
"That life can't be proven wrong; that things can't change."
"Oh, things can be changed, all right. Just not by us."
"Then by what, Draco?" Pause. "By what, Draco?"
"Go back to your precious Potter, Virginia, and leave me alone."
"He's not my precious Potter anymore, Draco."
"Look, whatever he is,--you know what? I don't care anymore. I wouldn't give a fuck if you up and disappeared. It wouldn't matter. Don't you see? It doesn't matter."
"It used to matter."
"Yeah, it used to. But it doesn't anymore."
"You don't mean that."
"Yeah? And what do you know about what I mean?"
"I know that you hurt inside. You push and rag on me and everyone else to make that hurt go away. It doesn't work, does it?"
"Leave me alone, Virginia. I don't need this from you."
"Then who do you need it from?"
"Go away, Weasley."
"No."
"Dammit, Virginia! Don't you get it? It's over! We tried to change things and we failed. We fucking failed."
"I don't think we did."
"Oh, yeah? And what do you know about it? Ms. Virginia Weasley; the lovely, the pure, the fucking fairy princess of England! You drew the easy card. It's easy for you to change. Things are different for you."
"Not any different than they are for you."
"Dammit, Virginia! They're different and you know it. Is it clicking in that empty head of yours yet? We can't do this anymore. I can't do this anymore."
"Draco, no one ever said it was going to be easy."
"Yeah? And nobody said it was going to be so bloody hard, either."
"No, but we made it this far. What's the use in ending it now when we've come so close to success?"
"Because that last leg is the longest, Virginia. And I don't think I've got enough left in me to reach the end."
"You do."
"No, Virginia, I don't."
"Why?"
"Why? Because it's wearing me down, that's why! I had my whole life ahead of me, assured for me. I was to have it all set up. And then you had to show up with your damned opinions on life and ideas of--of--Utopian romance. I can't work that way, Virginia. Life can't work that way."
"Then we'll make it work that way."
"God dammit! We've been over this! Virginia, we can't change the way things are. We tried already. It didn't work. We lost, screwed up, failed. It's over."
"I'm not ready to believe that just yet, Draco."
"You don't have to believe. Whether you believe or not, that's just the way things are."
"They don't have to be that way."
Pause.
"Yes, they do."
"Not for us."
"We can't change the beliefs of every man, woman, and child on this world, you know."
"Then we'll make our own world."
Pause.
"You're a hard woman to beat, Virginia."
"I know."
"And that's what I love about you."
"I know."
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Well, this is my first and, I must admit, my least favorite of them all, but I hope you enjoyed it. Please review!
Disclaimer: All characters and things belong to J.K. Rowlings.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: All of these little "ficlets" take place in only-dialogue form. I once read something of Leibling's (I think that's spelled right) that was written like that, and I was intrigued. I thought I could write some of my own, but the original idea belongs to someone else. And just so you know, none of them are related to the other. That's very important. What happens in one is not related to what happens in another. Ok, and here's the first. It takes place between Ginny and Draco. First Ginny, then Draco, then Ginny, then Draco, etc. You can try to imagine the story it might take place in. All right, here it is.
~~A Hard Woman~~
"They said we were wrong. That we couldn't--wouldn't--understand the way life is." Pause. "And you knew they said that. Didn't you?"
"I didn't even have to try to understand, Weasley. I was brought up different, lived different, loved different. I didn't have to try to succeed or try to do better. Of course life would be different than what it is for them!"
"We're so damned different."
"I've been trying to tell you that all along! Don't you get it, Virginia? We're too damned different."
"You know, I never wanted to believe that."
"Yeah? Well, you'd better start believing now."
"I always thought we were, I don't know, above such absolute bullshit. I thought we could prove them wrong..."
"You can't prove life wrong, Virginia."
"No?"
"No."
"It's a pity, really."
"What?"
"That life can't be proven wrong; that things can't change."
"Oh, things can be changed, all right. Just not by us."
"Then by what, Draco?" Pause. "By what, Draco?"
"Go back to your precious Potter, Virginia, and leave me alone."
"He's not my precious Potter anymore, Draco."
"Look, whatever he is,--you know what? I don't care anymore. I wouldn't give a fuck if you up and disappeared. It wouldn't matter. Don't you see? It doesn't matter."
"It used to matter."
"Yeah, it used to. But it doesn't anymore."
"You don't mean that."
"Yeah? And what do you know about what I mean?"
"I know that you hurt inside. You push and rag on me and everyone else to make that hurt go away. It doesn't work, does it?"
"Leave me alone, Virginia. I don't need this from you."
"Then who do you need it from?"
"Go away, Weasley."
"No."
"Dammit, Virginia! Don't you get it? It's over! We tried to change things and we failed. We fucking failed."
"I don't think we did."
"Oh, yeah? And what do you know about it? Ms. Virginia Weasley; the lovely, the pure, the fucking fairy princess of England! You drew the easy card. It's easy for you to change. Things are different for you."
"Not any different than they are for you."
"Dammit, Virginia! They're different and you know it. Is it clicking in that empty head of yours yet? We can't do this anymore. I can't do this anymore."
"Draco, no one ever said it was going to be easy."
"Yeah? And nobody said it was going to be so bloody hard, either."
"No, but we made it this far. What's the use in ending it now when we've come so close to success?"
"Because that last leg is the longest, Virginia. And I don't think I've got enough left in me to reach the end."
"You do."
"No, Virginia, I don't."
"Why?"
"Why? Because it's wearing me down, that's why! I had my whole life ahead of me, assured for me. I was to have it all set up. And then you had to show up with your damned opinions on life and ideas of--of--Utopian romance. I can't work that way, Virginia. Life can't work that way."
"Then we'll make it work that way."
"God dammit! We've been over this! Virginia, we can't change the way things are. We tried already. It didn't work. We lost, screwed up, failed. It's over."
"I'm not ready to believe that just yet, Draco."
"You don't have to believe. Whether you believe or not, that's just the way things are."
"They don't have to be that way."
Pause.
"Yes, they do."
"Not for us."
"We can't change the beliefs of every man, woman, and child on this world, you know."
"Then we'll make our own world."
Pause.
"You're a hard woman to beat, Virginia."
"I know."
"And that's what I love about you."
"I know."
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Well, this is my first and, I must admit, my least favorite of them all, but I hope you enjoyed it. Please review!