What's Love?
A/N: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Yes he's dead!!!! I'm evil, oh yeah, I'm evil!!! *dances around* Yeah, I should tell you guys that Harry was called along because the Weasleys are something like a family to him. I forgot to put that in the last chapter so yeah...
o_O How many of you reviewed Jedusor's fic? Hm…she doesn't accept anonymous reviews so can't blame you for that. I guess that threat worked for a few of you!!! Mwahahaha, you actually thought I wasn't going to update? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I might not have... o_O Ok, I'm gonna put a song to this chapter because that's what inspired this part of the story. ^_^ "Cry" by Mandy Moore.
Chapter 10??? Yeah, Chapter 10
"Your father, Mr. Weasley, was killed during the attack." He said, still calmly, yet gravely.
Ron shrunk back into his chair as Harry just had a look of shock on his face. Ginny just had a blank expression, unable to speak, unable to let the words sink into her mind.
'This is impossible!' she thought subconsciously. 'He's got to be joking right? This has all got to be some great prank!'
"Who--Who did it?" Ron asked in a shaky tone. "Who killed him?"
Dumbledore's closed his eyes and sighed.
"Lucius Malfoy."
~~~
Ginny sat by the lake, hugging her knees while staring at the water. She was deaf to the world, she could not hear anything. She couldn't hear the water washing upon the shore, the wind rustling the leaves in the beech tree, the footsteps coming her way.
I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
"Hey Weasel," came a familiar voice, though it wasn't familiar at all.
She remained silent.
Malfoy came closer and sat next to her.
"I...I heard what happened," he said uncertainly.
It lasted forever
And ended so soon
'What is he talking about?' she forced herself to think. 'Nothing happened, everything's fine, everything's normal.'
There were no students on the ground that day, for the sky was cloudy and looked as if it would rain soon.
"Are you even going to say anything?" He said, a hint of annoyance in his voice though he tried to hide it.
"What am I supposed to say?" she replied coldly. "Everything's just fine, everything's normal, nothing happened."
~~~
Malfoy couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She lost her father. But why couldn't she accept the fact that he was gone?
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed
"You know that's not true," he said seriously. "I know you must not want to believe it but--"
Ginny stood abruptly and towered over him.
"BUT WHAT? BUT IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S GONE? BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE OF SURVIVING? DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO BELIEVE! DON'T TELL ME HE'S NOT COMING BACK! DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING!"
Malfoy stood up as well.
"I'm not telling you anything! You
don't have to snap at me like that!" He said incredulously.
"I'LL DO WHATEVER I WANT!" Ginny screeched. "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" and she began towards the castle but Malfoy stepped in front of her. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
He stood there, not budging.
"I know you must be really angry but--"
"I don't care who did it!" Ginny shouted at him. "He's gone and I'll never see him again!"
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
Malfoy didn't know what to say. What could he say? What could he do? He could see in her eyes that she was suffering.
'Is this a part of love?' He asked himself. 'Suffering?'
But there was more than suffering in her eyes, there was pain, anger, hate, sorrow... Yet, there was something else. A determination, a hope...an endless hope.
It was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
There were no tears in her eyes. But whoever said you needed tears to cry?
~~~
Ginny hated him. She hated Malfoy. He is the son of the man who killed her father! She'd get revenge.
'But he's not his father...' a voice said in the back of her mind.
Ginny suddenly felt guilty, though she didn't show it. It's true, he isn't his father.
It was late in September
And I've seen you before
Tears came down her cheeks, the tears she's been fighting ever since the news reached her ears.
"Please go away," she said in a quivering voice. "I want to be alone."
"So you can shut the world out?" said Malfoy. "You'll just suffer more than you already are. I don't think your father wanted that."
"I know..." she looked down and hung her head when she realized that she was letting Malfoy get to her. She couldn't soften up for him! He was a no good git that's probably taking this chance to gain her trust and then take advantage of her! "Shut up!" she snapped. "You don't know my dad! You wouldn't know what he wanted for me!"
You were always the cold one
But I was never that sure
~~~
Malfoy looked away.
"No parent would want their child to suffer," he said in a toneless voice.
Ginny glared at him.
"How would you know!? Your parents were never even there for you!"
'Why was she doing this?' he thought to himself. 'The girl he knew would never had said something like that!' He looked back at her. "It's called love, isn't it?"
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed
~~~
"So what?" Ginny snapped. "You don't know what love is! You don't care! You never cared!"
There was a flash of pain in Malfoy's eyes. It was his suffering, his hurt, his sorrow.
But Ginny didn't care; he deserved it. He deserved to suffer, to feel pain.
"I never said I didn't care," he said quietly.
"But you never said you did either!" Ginny shouted. "It's all because you never cared! You never suffered! You've never been hurt! You've never cried!"
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
Malfoy didn't know what to say. But he didn't have to say anything, because his eyes said it all.
"Everyone's suffered one way or other, and I have been hurt by the look of disappointment on my mother's face every time she looked at me."
"But she's still alive! You haven't lost her!" Ginny tried to scream at him, but it was a faltered scream.
Malfoy looked straight into her eyes, a look of sympathy in them for her...or was it for himself?
"I can't lose something I've never had."
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
~~~
Malfoy could see the shock in the girl's eyes. She was speechless. It was quite apparent she was trying to think of something to say.
"What about all those sweets she sends you all the time?" Ginny said stupidly.
"She doesn't send me those things, my house-elves do."
There was a passing silence, tension in the air, sorrow and anger in the atmosphere.
"Why are you talking to me?" Ginny demanded, breaking the silence. "I hate you! I don't want to talk to you right now! Get out of my way! I HATE YOU!" She suddenly made a movement, trying to get past him, but he didn't move. She began hitting and kicking him furiously, wanting to hurt him. "I HATE YOU!"
Malfoy just pulled her into an embrace, her struggles becoming less and less.
"Silly Weasley," he muttered with a sad smile.
I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything all right....
~~~
Ginny finally stopped struggling and cried into his chest. And he held her, comforting her without words.
I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one will find...
~~~
Malfoy stood there, not caring if she was a Weasley or if she was poor. She needed someone right now, and he was there to be that someone.
A raindrop fell from the gray sky onto his shoulder. Then another fell into Ginny's hair, and another, and another...
But they stayed out there through the first rainstorm of the season.
He stood there, holding her in the rain.
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
A/N: Welp, this chapter was hard. And my dad kept yelling at me to get off the computer but whatever. I don't exactly remember what the reviews said so whatever...
Yeah, so this is what you guys have been so anxious to know about Ginny's reaction towards Malfoy. But you think that the fact that it was his father that killed hers is no longer useful now, right? But you forget that Ron is still at school.
How will he take her new feelings toward Malfoy? Though it's not the romantic feelings yet...