An unwilling damsel by Joy
A/N: Thanks for your support.
WARNING: We find out a brief overview of what happened to Ginny. In a later chapter there is a more descriptive almost narrative of the event. This description is analytically spoken from the point of view of an analytical person.
Crying equals punching
8.
Hermione left the common room in search of Harry. The Weasley's could deal with each other. Harry needed someone on his side right then. She knew he would go to the clock tower at a time like this. He hurt... a lot. Only Ron could fix things. She would be poor comfort...but it would be something.
Hermione began to speak to air. While she had no proof he was there, she still knew he was. "Don't know what's wrong with him. I think he's gone a bit mad on the protective bend since that kid cornered Ginny. Then again you have both been overly protective for months."
"What are you talking about?" Harry's voice said from the left though from under cloak. Hermione stared into nothing. "They didn't tell you? She didn't tell you?" she murmured moving closer.
"Tell me what?" a disembodied voice asked.
Now Hermione was confused. "I thought you knew... I mean the way you didn't let Ginny out of your sight or go hardly anywhere alone I just assume..."
"What's this about?" Harry said pulling the cloak from his head.
Hermione took a deep breath, "Ginny'll kill me but..." Harry glared at her.
Hermione paced a moment then began to speak; "Bout four months ago or so one of the older guys from Slytherin pushed Ginny into an empty class room and...well tried to..." Harry's eyes lit a blaze with fury. "Fred and George saw the prat push her and got there before anything terrible happened really...not to say that being groped in a classroom by a guy you can't stand isn't awful. Its just he didn't get far on the violating her side."
Harry was beyond seeing red. He wanted to know the guys name, where he lived, and if his godfather would have left him instructions on how to escape from Azkanban somewhere or did he have to become an animagus for good measure.
Hermione continued, "The twins walloped the kid good before turning him over to Dumbledore... who in turn quietly let the boy leave school voluntarily... It scared Ginny good. She must trust you a whole lot not to have completely flipped out when she found you in her room... Which by the way, you are never to do again."
She paused, "Dumbledore pissed Ron and the twins right off by not expelling the boy. They didn't seem to understand Ginny wasn't up for being ridiculed and blamed. Professor Snape somehow got it and help Ron settle down a bit. He also kept a firm grip on his house when a few 5th years attempted to retaliate against her. I heard rumor that about five of them have spent an entire term only being allowed to go to class and meals because of attempting to terrorize Ginny. I have to admit he was a good man for this."
Harry nodded then was silent for a moment, "How come I didn't know about this?"
Hermione shrugged a bit, "Everyone was basically on Ginny's timetable when people knew what. She was embarrassed and freaked. I knew only cause Ron was angry but trying to figure out what it must have felt like for Ginny. I'm a girl so..."
"You're his girl," Harry observed.
"I suppose I am," she replied.
The timeline started to sink up in his head: that night in the dorm with her brothers, her weeping, and her sleeping next to him. Ginny's comment regarding a nightmare about being trapped in a room with a Slytherin boy had absolutely nothing to do with Tom Riddle but some nameless git that Harry would one day find and skin. The five boys in the hall were the five boys that Snape restricted to his house. And lastly the night they talked about her nightmares.
That first night was the night it had all begun for him. Ginny was his friend sure but that night they connected on an intimate level that he didn't understand. All Harry did know was that Ginny went from 'Ginny Weasley - youngest Weasley child and Ron's little sister' to 'Ginny - a good friend I feel very protective of'. But now he recognized it was more. He could admit it was more. The way he would find reason's to touch her- putting his hand on the small of her back when he opened doors for her, clasped her elbow when they came to a curb, or intertwined their fingers to direct her through a crowd. His feelings were genuine.
Harry took a deep breath, "I like her Mione... I really do. I mean figuring it out was a chore but... for a minute things were perfect... then that girl insulted Ginny and I couldn't stop it or defend her... my best friend sees me no better than the prat that..." his voice cut out. His eyes flitted back and forth searching for the right word since he really didn't know what specifically had happened to his Angel. There were any number of things that prat could have tried to do to her.
"...attacked Ginny..." Hermione supplied.
"Yeah," Harry nodded his head.
"He doesn't Harry. Really. Just give him some time."
"I don't think I can date Ginny if Ron doesn't come round, Hermione," he whispered with heavy heart.
"The git will get it together," Ron mumbled from the entryway.
Hermione half smiled, "Well...I'll be going." She touched Ron's hand as she went by, "Be good."
He nodded, eyeing the guy who was his best friend and little sister's boyfriend. Crikey the world was on its ear.
Harry sat quietly saying nothing just staring out into the night. Ron moved toward him, "Nice out here." Harry remained silent. "Bit of a chill. May need one of Mum's sweaters."
Still Mr. Potter said not a word.
Ron dry washed his face, "Look she's my little sister and you were coming down from her bedroom...that's not cool."
"I'm sorry. It won't happen again." Harry remained still gazing at the stars. "I will just tell Ginny that... well, I don't know what to tell her. I guess that it just doesn't seem like a good time for us to be together."
Ron tugged at his hair, "No...that's not what I want...not really. I want Ginny to be happy and you make her happy so... Just don't hurt her. Hating you on her behalf is exhausting."
Harry turned his head to his friend quickly, "I don't plan on hurting her Ron. I didn't plan on even liking her to begin with...but once we got together, I didn't want to hide from you. I knew you wouldn't be happy but I thought..."
Ron groaned, "She's my sister."
"Yeah she is," Harry said frustrated. "I thought you considered me a decent guy. I thought you trusted me. I guess I hoped somewhere in the back of my mind that you would be happy for us since I am your best mate."
The red-haired boy shook his head, "She's my sister."
The brilliant green-eyed boy was frustrated, "What does that mean? Why do you keep saying that?"
Ron sat down next to Harry and leaned into him a bit, "Ginny is special..." Harry went to say something. "Just shut up for a minute okay?"
"Okay."
"Ginny and I are closest in age. I never said anything first year because I thought you would think it was stupid, but I can't remember a time when she wasn't around and then she wasn't. The next year she made it into Gryffindor and I got her back...but she wasn't the same Ginny anymore. She was different. Riddle made her different. She has been different ever since. We may have fought and teased and whatever but we used to be close. Once the Chamber of Secrets was opened, hell once that bloody diary entered her hands that closeness has been gone."
He paused. "You got to save the day then. You always get to save the day," he growled enviously. "Ginny nearly got... hurt this year and Fred & George got to stop it from happening... In both cases I felt cheated out of getting to beat up the guys that hurt my sister."
"I'm not making sense," Ron said with a chuckle.
Harry sighed, "You are...it just really hurts to be lumped together with a psychopathic killer and an guy that assaults women."
Ron rolled his eyes, "I'm not lumping you in with them. I don't think of you like them...I just want to protect her from getting hurt and guys right now are the main target to protect against. Even with that you have been running most of the show... which in retrospect is quite amusing."
Ron got up and looked Harry over, "You can date my sister on the conditions that I get to spend time with her occasionally and I can beat the bloody hell out of you whenever you make her upset enough to cry...since she has been known to cry when she's happy as well."
Harry chuckled, "Not that I ever plan on making Ginny upset enough cry or wouldn't feel like a heel if I did but...Okay."
"Good...Glad we have that understanding," Ron said then promptly punched Harry in the face.
"You prat...what was that for?" Harry groaned clutching his eye.
Ron shrugged, "Ginny is crying in the common room because you abandoned her."
Harry glowered, "You did that on purpose."
The red head smirked, "Of course."
A/N: Yea for brotherly protection. Boo for brotherly overprotection.
A/N2: Next chapter- Ginny and Harry patch things up and we get the first part of the Ron/Hermione story bend.
Everybody knows the line by now- I will REVIEW. I will REVIEW.
A/N: Thanks for your support.
WARNING: We find out a brief overview of what happened to Ginny. In a later chapter there is a more descriptive almost narrative of the event. This description is analytically spoken from the point of view of an analytical person.
Crying equals punching
8.
Hermione left the common room in search of Harry. The Weasley's could deal with each other. Harry needed someone on his side right then. She knew he would go to the clock tower at a time like this. He hurt... a lot. Only Ron could fix things. She would be poor comfort...but it would be something.
Hermione began to speak to air. While she had no proof he was there, she still knew he was. "Don't know what's wrong with him. I think he's gone a bit mad on the protective bend since that kid cornered Ginny. Then again you have both been overly protective for months."
"What are you talking about?" Harry's voice said from the left though from under cloak. Hermione stared into nothing. "They didn't tell you? She didn't tell you?" she murmured moving closer.
"Tell me what?" a disembodied voice asked.
Now Hermione was confused. "I thought you knew... I mean the way you didn't let Ginny out of your sight or go hardly anywhere alone I just assume..."
"What's this about?" Harry said pulling the cloak from his head.
Hermione took a deep breath, "Ginny'll kill me but..." Harry glared at her.
Hermione paced a moment then began to speak; "Bout four months ago or so one of the older guys from Slytherin pushed Ginny into an empty class room and...well tried to..." Harry's eyes lit a blaze with fury. "Fred and George saw the prat push her and got there before anything terrible happened really...not to say that being groped in a classroom by a guy you can't stand isn't awful. Its just he didn't get far on the violating her side."
Harry was beyond seeing red. He wanted to know the guys name, where he lived, and if his godfather would have left him instructions on how to escape from Azkanban somewhere or did he have to become an animagus for good measure.
Hermione continued, "The twins walloped the kid good before turning him over to Dumbledore... who in turn quietly let the boy leave school voluntarily... It scared Ginny good. She must trust you a whole lot not to have completely flipped out when she found you in her room... Which by the way, you are never to do again."
She paused, "Dumbledore pissed Ron and the twins right off by not expelling the boy. They didn't seem to understand Ginny wasn't up for being ridiculed and blamed. Professor Snape somehow got it and help Ron settle down a bit. He also kept a firm grip on his house when a few 5th years attempted to retaliate against her. I heard rumor that about five of them have spent an entire term only being allowed to go to class and meals because of attempting to terrorize Ginny. I have to admit he was a good man for this."
Harry nodded then was silent for a moment, "How come I didn't know about this?"
Hermione shrugged a bit, "Everyone was basically on Ginny's timetable when people knew what. She was embarrassed and freaked. I knew only cause Ron was angry but trying to figure out what it must have felt like for Ginny. I'm a girl so..."
"You're his girl," Harry observed.
"I suppose I am," she replied.
The timeline started to sink up in his head: that night in the dorm with her brothers, her weeping, and her sleeping next to him. Ginny's comment regarding a nightmare about being trapped in a room with a Slytherin boy had absolutely nothing to do with Tom Riddle but some nameless git that Harry would one day find and skin. The five boys in the hall were the five boys that Snape restricted to his house. And lastly the night they talked about her nightmares.
That first night was the night it had all begun for him. Ginny was his friend sure but that night they connected on an intimate level that he didn't understand. All Harry did know was that Ginny went from 'Ginny Weasley - youngest Weasley child and Ron's little sister' to 'Ginny - a good friend I feel very protective of'. But now he recognized it was more. He could admit it was more. The way he would find reason's to touch her- putting his hand on the small of her back when he opened doors for her, clasped her elbow when they came to a curb, or intertwined their fingers to direct her through a crowd. His feelings were genuine.
Harry took a deep breath, "I like her Mione... I really do. I mean figuring it out was a chore but... for a minute things were perfect... then that girl insulted Ginny and I couldn't stop it or defend her... my best friend sees me no better than the prat that..." his voice cut out. His eyes flitted back and forth searching for the right word since he really didn't know what specifically had happened to his Angel. There were any number of things that prat could have tried to do to her.
"...attacked Ginny..." Hermione supplied.
"Yeah," Harry nodded his head.
"He doesn't Harry. Really. Just give him some time."
"I don't think I can date Ginny if Ron doesn't come round, Hermione," he whispered with heavy heart.
"The git will get it together," Ron mumbled from the entryway.
Hermione half smiled, "Well...I'll be going." She touched Ron's hand as she went by, "Be good."
He nodded, eyeing the guy who was his best friend and little sister's boyfriend. Crikey the world was on its ear.
Harry sat quietly saying nothing just staring out into the night. Ron moved toward him, "Nice out here." Harry remained silent. "Bit of a chill. May need one of Mum's sweaters."
Still Mr. Potter said not a word.
Ron dry washed his face, "Look she's my little sister and you were coming down from her bedroom...that's not cool."
"I'm sorry. It won't happen again." Harry remained still gazing at the stars. "I will just tell Ginny that... well, I don't know what to tell her. I guess that it just doesn't seem like a good time for us to be together."
Ron tugged at his hair, "No...that's not what I want...not really. I want Ginny to be happy and you make her happy so... Just don't hurt her. Hating you on her behalf is exhausting."
Harry turned his head to his friend quickly, "I don't plan on hurting her Ron. I didn't plan on even liking her to begin with...but once we got together, I didn't want to hide from you. I knew you wouldn't be happy but I thought..."
Ron groaned, "She's my sister."
"Yeah she is," Harry said frustrated. "I thought you considered me a decent guy. I thought you trusted me. I guess I hoped somewhere in the back of my mind that you would be happy for us since I am your best mate."
The red-haired boy shook his head, "She's my sister."
The brilliant green-eyed boy was frustrated, "What does that mean? Why do you keep saying that?"
Ron sat down next to Harry and leaned into him a bit, "Ginny is special..." Harry went to say something. "Just shut up for a minute okay?"
"Okay."
"Ginny and I are closest in age. I never said anything first year because I thought you would think it was stupid, but I can't remember a time when she wasn't around and then she wasn't. The next year she made it into Gryffindor and I got her back...but she wasn't the same Ginny anymore. She was different. Riddle made her different. She has been different ever since. We may have fought and teased and whatever but we used to be close. Once the Chamber of Secrets was opened, hell once that bloody diary entered her hands that closeness has been gone."
He paused. "You got to save the day then. You always get to save the day," he growled enviously. "Ginny nearly got... hurt this year and Fred & George got to stop it from happening... In both cases I felt cheated out of getting to beat up the guys that hurt my sister."
"I'm not making sense," Ron said with a chuckle.
Harry sighed, "You are...it just really hurts to be lumped together with a psychopathic killer and an guy that assaults women."
Ron rolled his eyes, "I'm not lumping you in with them. I don't think of you like them...I just want to protect her from getting hurt and guys right now are the main target to protect against. Even with that you have been running most of the show... which in retrospect is quite amusing."
Ron got up and looked Harry over, "You can date my sister on the conditions that I get to spend time with her occasionally and I can beat the bloody hell out of you whenever you make her upset enough to cry...since she has been known to cry when she's happy as well."
Harry chuckled, "Not that I ever plan on making Ginny upset enough cry or wouldn't feel like a heel if I did but...Okay."
"Good...Glad we have that understanding," Ron said then promptly punched Harry in the face.
"You prat...what was that for?" Harry groaned clutching his eye.
Ron shrugged, "Ginny is crying in the common room because you abandoned her."
Harry glowered, "You did that on purpose."
The red head smirked, "Of course."
A/N: Yea for brotherly protection. Boo for brotherly overprotection.
A/N2: Next chapter- Ginny and Harry patch things up and we get the first part of the Ron/Hermione story bend.
Everybody knows the line by now- I will REVIEW. I will REVIEW.