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THAT SAME NIGHT…~*~
Ginny has never been furious in he life. She spent the whole day in this goddamn bed all alone with nothing to do except to lie down or read her favorite muggle book entitled Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks given to her by Bill on her 12th birthday [which she had already read for more than 20 times]. She never felt this lonely.
Hailey was on a date with Lawrence Rogers, one of the Gryffindor Beaters. She felt sorry for Ginny and had offered to stay with her. But the sadness on her best friend's eyes was clearly visible and Ginny guiltily insisted her to go.
"Really, Hailey, I'm positively fine, just fine."
But she was not positively fine.
If she were furious with one particular person, it would be Ron Weasley, her so-called brother. He was supposed to be with her three hours ago, as he guaranteed, but it was already quarter to nine [according to her muggle watch]
Not one human being stepped foot on her dorm since morning.
The door suddenly opened, revealing Ron wearing a grin and Hermione with a distracted look on her face.
Until now, she thought angrily.
"Hey Gin! Feeling all right now?" Ron walked over to her as Hermione closed the door and strolled idly behind him.
He completely doesn't have an idea. None at all.
Anger and fury flooded over her at once.
"Ron, just where have you been?" she sputtered in demand at once. Her tone made Ron wince.
"Come on, Ginny, don't be like that. Here," he reached inside his pocked and handed her a small bar of chocolate. Ginny widened her eyes and stared at it stubbornly.
"I don't want any chocolate. I want an explanation. You should have been here three hours ago, Ron! Promises are not meant to be broken… but you did! I can't believe you did that!"
Ron opened his mouth but Ginny held a hand in front of him.
"I'm not finished yet! Do you have any idea how lonely I felt spending all day in this room without any other human contacts? You should have at least visited your sick sister…" she trailed off, her arms shaking violently.
Ron stood frozen. After awhile, he spoke up weakly. "Take this Gin. It will make you feel better."
Ginny hesitated then snatched it from Ron's hand. He watched her as she grumpily munched on the chocolate. Ron was right—it did made her feel better. She felt warmness spread across her numb body.
After she swallowed the last piece of the chocolate, she laid down swiftly, her back away from them.
Ron waited until he heard her muffled voice. "Go away Ron."
Ron looked over at Hermione but she shrugged back and looked away. Ron frowned thoughtfully for a second.
"Didn't you hear me, Ronald? I said you could go now."
Ron shifted his foot hesitantly.
"Don't make me say that again," Ginny growled.
"Ok, ok," Ron said hastily. "Bye then…"
No reply came from Ginny.
Ron slowly turned around and walked over to the door behind Hermione. He waited a few seconds but when Ginny just shifted herself lower in the bed, he gave up and closed the door.
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked Hermione. "Hermione?"
He turned around but stopped.
Hermione wasn't there anymore.
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Outside the castle the next day, the horizon was giving off some tiny hints of sunlight. Inside, Draco was sleeping rather peacefully in his bed with the curtains around it closed.
Five hours later, he blinked when some sunlight glistened at his bed. He opened his eyes and let out a wide yawn, inhaling and exhaling the fresh morning air. All of a sudden, he froze.
He looked around and felt his blood pumped faster than its normal rate.
How the fuck did I got in here?!
He quickly sat up and opened the curtains only to find that Crabbe and Goyle weren't in their bed anymore. In fact, when he got out of his room and went outside, none of his fellow Slytherin students were there anymore.
Shit, they're at the Great Hall for breakfast! What time is it anyway? He thought frantically. Whatever the time it is, he knew it was late in the morning. No it couldn't be that late… could it?
He quickly went back to his room, got out some robes and changed. Within five minutes, he was out in the hall, running towards the Great Hall. He stopped short and skimmed around as he drew his breath in sharply suddenly.
Ginny and Pansy were talking on the side. The color of Ginny's face drained out and was pale. The way her eyebrows were furrowed together and the look on her face – flabbergasted and enraged – came into only one conclusion.
She already knew.
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Ginny walked into the hall but before she could sit down beside Hailey, she heard someone call her name in a singsong voice. "Weasley, oh Weasley!"
She looked behind her and saw Pansy leaning on the wall, waving her arms. Ginny instinctively raised her eyebrows but went over to her. Be polite, be polite and it would be over soon, she told herself over and over again until she found herself in front of Pansy.
"Um, you called me?" she said.
Pansy took a step forward her. " Yes," she purred that sounded like the cat Ginny once had causing her to stifle a laugh. "You were sick, right?"
"Actually, yes." Ginny looked behind her. Hailey was looking at her with her eyebrows raised. She looked at Pansy then to Ginny and raised it higher. Ginny shrugged helplessly and turned around to face Pansy again, which was tapping her foot impatiently. "How did you know I was sick?" she asked curiously.
Pansy smiled in a strained way. "Oh, I have my own ways. So how was it like yesterday?"
Ginny had to roll her eyes.
"You have no idea," she said sourly.
"How was it?" Pansy asked, leaning back against the wall.
Ginny fidgeted on her spot and continued, "I have to spend the whole day in the room lying down with nothing to do but to stare on the wall. And you know what?"
"What?" Pansy urged, staring at her nails.
"Not one human being stepped foot on my room," Ginny finished angrily, feeling all the irritation and infuriation coming back at once.
Pansy patted her arm trying to be sympathetic. "Oh, I know exactly how you feel. I saw Ron and Hermione yesterday and it seems that they were having a grand time."
Ginny could only stare at the wall heatedly. All of a sudden something bright caught her eye. She turned her head to the entrance and saw Draco Malfoy standing there, looking at Pansy and her. She frowned in confusion when she saw his face gone pale and pallid, his eyes widened his in fear.
Fear?
She opened her mouth to call him but before she could say a word, he turned and ran away from the Great Hall.
Behind her, Pansy was smiling triumphantly to herself.
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Hermione saw Harry turned to the corner of the hallway. Making sure they were all alone, she sprinted right after him.
"Harry," she said when she was beside him, panting.
His eyes flickered over Hermione quickly. "What do you want now, Hermione?" he asked, his voice dead prone.
She gulped. "I just need to talk to you," she said quietly.
Hermione sighed, obviously annoyed at her presence. "But—"
He turned at her, his eyes piercing through hers in exasperation. "Damn, 'Mione, I said not now, didn't I?" he growled.
She stopped short and recoiled at him. What is wrong with you, Harry?
Harry gave her one last glower before bolting away from her, leaving her standing there in despair.
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"Hey, Gin," Hailey said, plopping down at Ginny's bed after dinner. After having me look at her best friend, her eyes widened in concern. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Ginny looked away from the window to meet Hailey's eyes, hers gleaming with mixed emotions.
"Nothing, I'm just having this terrible day. Then, I don't know… Draco's been acting cold on me," Ginny explained, her lower lip trembling.
"Really? What do you mean when you said he's been acting cold on you? I mean, how?"
Ginny lied down on her bed, frowning thoughtfully. "Well, first he ran away from me when he saw me talking with that Pansy Parkinson—"
"Wait just a minute here," Hailey said, raising her eyebrow. "For a minute there, I thought I just heard you saying you talked with Pansy Parkinson?"
Ginny lowered her eyes. "I did," she said quietly.
Hailey blinked. "Oh. So what were you talking about?"
"She comforted me. It was quite weird but I thought it was quite nice."
"Then?"
Ginny looked at her odd friend then continued. "Then when we saw each other at the halls, he ignored me and talked to his friend like I wasn't there."
"I see…"
"I don't know why Hailey. Did I do something wrong?"
Hailey felt sympathy for her best friend and wrapped an arm around her.
"I don't know. I knew it, Ginny, I knew it all along. Truth be told right from the very start I didn't want him for you. I knew time would come that he would do this."
Ginny's eyes widened. "Hailey—"
Hailey held up a hand to stop her. "NO. Listen to me. There's something I have to say," she said firmly.
Ginny closed her mouth and kept quiet. Hailey continued, taking a deep breath.
"Last night I was with Lawrence in this bar and I saw Malfoy there. He was all drunk and he was talking with… Parvati Patil."
Ginny's mouth dropped. "Parvati?!"
Hailey nodded. "Yeah and I don't know if they were flirting or having just, you know, a friendly talk or something," she said, sounding unsure of what she was saying.
"Friendly talk?" Ginny snorted. "Oh please. Draco couldn't even stand Parvati. Maybe they were flirting," she finished sadly.
Hailey tightened her hug as a tear rolled down Ginny's face. "Oh Ginny…"
"You know what? I knew that this would also happen. I mean really, I'm a Gryffindor, he's a Slytherin and I guess… we just don't connect or something. Oh what the hell was I thinking?"
Hailey wiped Ginny's tears. "Look, there's many other who deserve your love. You don't deserve Malfoy. He's not worth it. Your world doesn't revolve around him."
"I know," Ginny said softly, smiling slightly. But deep inside, it was like her heart was shattering into a billion pieces.
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Harry crept out of the Common Room quietly and walked into a deserted classroom. He opened the door, closed it behind him and turned around.
Pansy was standing there, tapping her foot impatiently.
"Finally," she said dryly. "I thought you chickened out and weren't man enough to face me, Potter."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Oh please."
Pansy walked over to him. "So any news?"
"Yes, actually."
"Oh goody!" Pansy clapped her hands excitedly like some bratty kid. "What is it, what is it?"
Harry fought the urge to roll his eyes again. "It's turning out pretty good. I just eavesdropped on Ginny's room and she was angry with Malfoy and Parvati. They actually thought Draco was playing with Parvati not that girl you set up with."
"Georgina. Her name's Georgina."
Harry waved his hand dismissively. "Whatever. Don't you think you should straighten this out and tell her that its Georgina not Parvati?"
Pansy just smiled smugly. "Oh come on, I'm not telling on Draco. I'm gonna let him tell her by himself."
"That's impossible! You think Malfoy would tell on himself? That's stupid!" Harry cried in disbelief.
Pansy shrugged. "I know. But you'll see."
With that, she went out the room.
And Harry couldn't help but to roll his eyes at her back.
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That's long again! Wow… 7 pages! Again! You can expect more longer chapters and faster update because…
School has ended and summer officially started!
So I now have time to write. And I hope you also have time to review. It would really mean a lot to me.
So what would happen? Find out! The more you review, the longer the chapter and the faster I update. Ok?
Oh yes, the book Ginny was reading 'Message in a Bottle' by Nicholas Sparks was one of my favorite books. I obviously don't own it. I wanna thank my friend Mica for she was the one who introduced me to that book.
Anyway…
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Love, Kryzll