Hogsmeade
The next morning, Ginny got up and got dressed, she ate breakfast and left for her first class. She met somebody on the way though.
"Where are you going in such a hurry? Where were you last night?" asked Harry.
"I can't talk now, I'm going to miss my first class!" said Ginny, "Why aren't you at your first class, why aren't you running??" added Ginny, realizing that he was walking at his normal speed.
"You forgot? We don't have classes until after the Hogsmeade visit! Silly, how could you forget? Well, I'm heading up to Ron and Hermione; they're in the astronomy tower. Want to come?" said Harry.
"No thanks, I'll just go some place where I can catch up on my homework!" lied Ginny; all she wanted to do was talk to Draco about her Hospital visits.
He just said okay and started walking again, Ginny did the same. She walked into the hospital. She was VERY surprised to see Ron there.
"Aren't you supposed to be in the astronomy tower with Harry and Hermione? She said, as she set down her books and bag on a table.
"Nah, I know they have a thing for each other, so, I told Hermione I broke my leg. Then, Luna helped me put on some candles and a rug with some picnic food. You know, to get the room cozy for them. So, I'm here right now, pretending to have a broken leg!" said Ron.
"Oh, well, Ron, that's the sweetest thing you've done in years! I'm really happy, I hope it works out between them, I think that they make the perfect couple. You know, you didn't have to put on a pretend cast, we could use that for other people!" said Ginny.
"It's not pretend, I was running down the stairs, so that they didn't see me, and I tripped and fell, I broke my leg. So, looks like I didn't lie" said Ron, pointing at his forehead, he had a huge bump on it. The bump had some sticky, green, slimy substance on it.
"Enough about me, why are you here?" asked Ron, a little suspicious.
"Oh, me, I-I was just- I needed to" stuttered Ginny.
She stopped when she heard Ron's snores, she just let him lie there. She poured the medicine down his throat, he coughed and then started snoring again. She sat down on the end of a bed and immediately jumped up at the yelp she heard and felt something prick at where she was sitting. She looked down at the bed; there laid Malfoy, his face screwed up in annoyance.
"WEASLEY! That hurt, you need to be more careful!" said Draco, massaging his foot.
"Sorry, uh, Draco, I think that you should change Madame Pomfrey back to your Hospital visitor, I mean, I have other things I have to do at that time" said Ginny, nervously.
"Ha! What could you possibly have to do?" asked Malfoy sarcastically.
Ginny noticed his rudeness and just said, "None of your business!" and walked into the room behind, she got out a few minutes later and looked at Draco.
Ron watched this all happen, he had woken up at Draco's yell, and he knew Draco was up to something. Draco started laughing and went back to doing his homework.
Ginny felt that she could never EVER have feelings for somebody so arrogant, so impeccable, so rude, so inconsiderate, and absolutely..................gorgeous, and breathtaking. His eyes are a cold gray and will send shivers down your spine, but will also pull you into they're depths. His pale skin that clashes with his light eyes, which makes it looks as if he's glowing! His platinum hair that isn't slicked back anymore, but it's soft and it falls over his long face. She realized that she was staring and she quickly snapped out of her gaze. She grabbed her book bag and ran, she didn't know where, but she thought she would visit Sirius.
"Hey! Ginny, aren't you going to treat me? It's your shift now! Madame Pomfrey is at Hogsmeade, she told me she needed to buy some type of medicine with fungus!" yelled Ron.
"Oh, well, I didn't notice you had woken up. I'll enchant your leg so that you won't move it while you sleep" said Ginny.
Draco's POV
Draco watched as Ginny treated Ron with so much kindness. She took some sleeping potion out of the cupboard and made Ron drink it, then she said a spell and Ron couldn't move his leg even if he tried. She watched as he slowly fell asleep, she was rubbing his head. When he started snoring again she kissed his forehead, got up and walked to the back.
Draco felt weird, he didn't know why, but he felt jealous because Ron is getting so much attention! 'No it can't be, stop kidding yourself, jealous? Of a Weasley? Even better, because another Weasley is comforting him and NOT ME? Wait a second, stop it, and stop getting these thoughts! Man, Malfoy, she's a WEASLEY! STOP IT! Oh no, now she's coming towards me, just cover up with some teasing.' thought Malfoy.
"Malfoy, you better drink up this potion, it can help your ribs. You seriously need to be more careful at Quidditch practice, you could damage those ribs of yours permanently!" said Ginny, concerned.
Draco stared at her, there was silence. 'Does she really care about me, and if I damage myself? That's never happened to me before! Besides my mum, but that's different, maybe there is more to Weasley than I thought! No, there isn't, it's just because she has to care, she's a nurse!' Draco battled with the voices in his head. 'Oh man, why does her shirt have to be so tight? It shows her figure, she's so much more than Pansy! Her hair is so beautiful, silky and smooth, I could tie a knot in it and the knot would just slide open! Her bright blue eyes are so bright, yet a sadness lurks about her? I can sense it, her smile is broken, it's not really that happy, her eyes glow, but they don't match her smile. Maybe I should be nice to her, no, that would show that I care. Who cares? It's not like her overprotective brother is awake!' Draco battled some more.
"Hey, Weasley! What's the matter?" said Draco.
Ginny looked at her with that same sadness in her eyes, she was confused though. Her eyebrows were pushed together, and she wore a frown.
"What?" said Ginny, completely confused that MALFOY was actually caring.
"You heard me, your not concentrating right, the potion you gave me is supposed to be a bone healer. I read it before I drank it, it says 'Draft of living death' that doesn't sound right. So, I thought that you're either trying to kill me and be stupid by leaving the label on. Or, your not concentrating!" teased Malfoy. For the first time, in some time, Ginny smiled.
She didn't want to tell him the truth. The truth is that she's worried about Ron, Ron has a muggle disease, and the magic can't fix muggle diseases. Even muggles haven't found out how to cure it, Ron has lung cancer, Ginny knows that Ron will definitely die young, and she doesn't want that to happen. Ginny broke into tears, but she was sure that Draco didn't see her, she's usually very strong, she would never cry, ever. But she can't help it, her closest brother might die. After the second year, they had definitely gotten much closer; she was almost part of the trio. Nobody knows about this besides the Weasley family, she doesn't want people to pity them.
(A/N Sorry, I'm going to have to cut this chapter short, I might not carry on with this story, school starts on August 16th for me! I live in the US, so right now I have a lot of things to do, plus, I hear a banana split calling my name! I'll try to cram some in before school starts! Please review and tell me what you think!)
