Beautiful
The next few days were rather boring, our school shopping was of course, completely finished and we had nothing to do but sit around. Ginny was still angry with me and spent most of her time in the room that we shared. Ginny being in that room, I tried to avoid it, going in there only to grab things I really needed and to sleep.
There wasn't much to do at Number 12, I spend most of my time reading, once in awhile we were allowed to take walks to the park down the street or around the block. I know it sounds stupid, but we didn't have the privilege of going anywhere last year, it was too dangerous for us to leave Number 12 so we were kept inside. This year, if we wanted to go to Diagon Alley, we actually could since there were one or two members of the Order already there or one would come with us.
I was in Harry and Ron's room, they were playing chess and I was laying on Ron's bed with a book propped up against to the pillow. I could hear every move, and without even looking at them I knew Harry was losing, not that I would be doing any better than he was.
Tomorrow was September 1st, which meant we would finally be going back to Hogwarts . I, myself, had lost track of the days and didn't know till Molly reminded us to pack during breakfast this morning. If I'd remembered, I would have had them packed days ago! Since I was trying to avoid Ginny and keep away from the room, I decided that I would rush in there and pack whenever she happened to leave the room.
I looked at my watch, it was twenty after six, I wondered if I'd have enough time to take a walk before dinner. I turned the page, Ron said "Checkmate." And Harry mumbled something about Ron always winning. I closed the book and put it on Ron's night table.
"I'm going for a walk, anyone want to come with?" I asked. "Harry?"
He shook his head. "I still have to pack."
"Ron?"
"Sure."
I went and grabbed a sweater from the room I shared with Ginny while Ron cleaned up the chess board. It was a gray 'hoodie' (Again Parvati's word for the them) with two navy stripes down the sleeves, I zipped it up so that the tank top I was wearing underneath was barely visible.
On our way out, we met Arthur coming home from work. "Where are you two going?"
"Around the block." I said at the exact same time Ron said. "The park." Arthur gave us a skeptical look. "Yes, well, send up sparks if you get in any sort of trouble."
Ron nodded. "I know, I know."
Once we got out the door, I looked at Ron.
"Well, you didn't tell me where we were going."
I laughed. Even though I had said 'around the block' we actually did go to the park down the street. There were two small kids, a little brunette boy and a red-haired girl abandoned the swings and started playing a game of soccer. After they left, I went and sat on one of the swings. Ron, instead of taking the swing beside me stood behind mine.
He gave a small push on my back, the swing went forward and although I was expecting he would do that I was a little startled.
"Kinda glad to get out of there." Ron said.
"Me too." I agreed, my runners started to form a grove in the sand. I watched as the little girl kicked the soccer ball through the two rocks they were using as a net.
I wasn't sure what to say, I tried to think of a time when there was awkward silence between us, but since I couldn't think of one other than now I branded it the first. I didn't like it, I waited for him to say something.
"What's going on with Ginny?" Ron asked, we could hear giggling: the little boy and girl had started to play tag, their mothers, who had been watching from a bench and now gotten up as if ready to leave. "Everyone seems to be making a big deal about it."
"I wish I could tell you." I said, I looked down, my runners had made a deep pit and I couldn't touch the ground if I had tried. "But I can't."
Ron grabbed the chains of the swing and I fell off. "You could." He managed to say through laughter.
I stood up and brushed the sand off, I looked around the kids were gone. I reached over and quickly, but lightly hit him in the shoulder. "You're it."
"That's not fair." He said, he jumped over the swing I had fell off, I started to run. He chased me until he had me cornered, I turned around to see where he was and he got me. I was against a tree, feeling a little bad because I was crushing some flowers but all I could think about was the fact I never realized his eyes were blue. Of course, I'd always known but never taken it in. Never realized they were like clear like water, blue as the sky. I never looked, until now. "No, You're it." He said and then he kissed me.
~*~
ApricotKisses (Shay) was my inspiration for this chapter, she supplied me with an idea and after I re-read You Deserve Better, her Digimon story, I was inspired and re-wrote this whole chapter. Of course, it means I had to do some more rewriting in other chapters but that's okay, I'm pleased with the way it turned out and hope you are too.
Shay, I slipped in something for you. Did you notice it?
The next few days were rather boring, our school shopping was of course, completely finished and we had nothing to do but sit around. Ginny was still angry with me and spent most of her time in the room that we shared. Ginny being in that room, I tried to avoid it, going in there only to grab things I really needed and to sleep.
There wasn't much to do at Number 12, I spend most of my time reading, once in awhile we were allowed to take walks to the park down the street or around the block. I know it sounds stupid, but we didn't have the privilege of going anywhere last year, it was too dangerous for us to leave Number 12 so we were kept inside. This year, if we wanted to go to Diagon Alley, we actually could since there were one or two members of the Order already there or one would come with us.
I was in Harry and Ron's room, they were playing chess and I was laying on Ron's bed with a book propped up against to the pillow. I could hear every move, and without even looking at them I knew Harry was losing, not that I would be doing any better than he was.
Tomorrow was September 1st, which meant we would finally be going back to Hogwarts . I, myself, had lost track of the days and didn't know till Molly reminded us to pack during breakfast this morning. If I'd remembered, I would have had them packed days ago! Since I was trying to avoid Ginny and keep away from the room, I decided that I would rush in there and pack whenever she happened to leave the room.
I looked at my watch, it was twenty after six, I wondered if I'd have enough time to take a walk before dinner. I turned the page, Ron said "Checkmate." And Harry mumbled something about Ron always winning. I closed the book and put it on Ron's night table.
"I'm going for a walk, anyone want to come with?" I asked. "Harry?"
He shook his head. "I still have to pack."
"Ron?"
"Sure."
I went and grabbed a sweater from the room I shared with Ginny while Ron cleaned up the chess board. It was a gray 'hoodie' (Again Parvati's word for the them) with two navy stripes down the sleeves, I zipped it up so that the tank top I was wearing underneath was barely visible.
On our way out, we met Arthur coming home from work. "Where are you two going?"
"Around the block." I said at the exact same time Ron said. "The park." Arthur gave us a skeptical look. "Yes, well, send up sparks if you get in any sort of trouble."
Ron nodded. "I know, I know."
Once we got out the door, I looked at Ron.
"Well, you didn't tell me where we were going."
I laughed. Even though I had said 'around the block' we actually did go to the park down the street. There were two small kids, a little brunette boy and a red-haired girl abandoned the swings and started playing a game of soccer. After they left, I went and sat on one of the swings. Ron, instead of taking the swing beside me stood behind mine.
He gave a small push on my back, the swing went forward and although I was expecting he would do that I was a little startled.
"Kinda glad to get out of there." Ron said.
"Me too." I agreed, my runners started to form a grove in the sand. I watched as the little girl kicked the soccer ball through the two rocks they were using as a net.
I wasn't sure what to say, I tried to think of a time when there was awkward silence between us, but since I couldn't think of one other than now I branded it the first. I didn't like it, I waited for him to say something.
"What's going on with Ginny?" Ron asked, we could hear giggling: the little boy and girl had started to play tag, their mothers, who had been watching from a bench and now gotten up as if ready to leave. "Everyone seems to be making a big deal about it."
"I wish I could tell you." I said, I looked down, my runners had made a deep pit and I couldn't touch the ground if I had tried. "But I can't."
Ron grabbed the chains of the swing and I fell off. "You could." He managed to say through laughter.
I stood up and brushed the sand off, I looked around the kids were gone. I reached over and quickly, but lightly hit him in the shoulder. "You're it."
"That's not fair." He said, he jumped over the swing I had fell off, I started to run. He chased me until he had me cornered, I turned around to see where he was and he got me. I was against a tree, feeling a little bad because I was crushing some flowers but all I could think about was the fact I never realized his eyes were blue. Of course, I'd always known but never taken it in. Never realized they were like clear like water, blue as the sky. I never looked, until now. "No, You're it." He said and then he kissed me.
~*~
ApricotKisses (Shay) was my inspiration for this chapter, she supplied me with an idea and after I re-read You Deserve Better, her Digimon story, I was inspired and re-wrote this whole chapter. Of course, it means I had to do some more rewriting in other chapters but that's okay, I'm pleased with the way it turned out and hope you are too.
Shay, I slipped in something for you. Did you notice it?