I'm sorry this took so long, I completely forgot I'd written it and it's been on my computer for weeks. Read and review please, it makes me happy!
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You're Not Alone
Frowning in confusion, Ginny sat up. For some odd reason, she had no idea where she was for a few seconds. Her head was pounding in agony and as she tried to get up it sent her reeling backwards onto the bed in pain. She cursed angrily and tried to move her head, she frowned in pain and squinted around the room, to her surprise everyone else was asleep. So that meant it was still night...why the hell was she awake, had her headache woken her? It wasn't likely that a noise had woken her, she was a heavy sleeper. Groaning quietly she sat up against her headboard and gently massaged her forehead. Suddenly a chill ran up her spine and a slow creak reached her ears, it was one of those situations where you think you're either going to hide under your covers or jump out of bed and be ready for an attacker. Ginny did neither, she was frozen, eyes fixated on the door, dreading who was going to walk through it. She was filled with a mixture of relief and confusion when she realized Hermione was there.
"Herm?", Ginny asked, regretting it immediately as her head thudded with pain, she groaned and placed a palm on her forehead. Hermione quickly crossed the distance between the door and Ginny and sat on the bed beside Ginny.
"Are you alright?", she whispered, Ginny lifted her head and frowned in confusion.
"What kind of question is that?", she asked, "Are you telling me you came all the way down here to ask if I was alright?". Hermione shook her head and tried to explain.
"It was weird...it felt like...like...I knew somehow...something was wrong with you...it's weird I know", she explained clumsily. Ginny frowned, partially from Hermione's odd statement, mostly because of her splitting headache. Hermione cocked her head on one side and reached out, she placed one hand on Ginny's forehead.
"You're burning up", she commented simply. Ginny shuddered, unsure whether it was from the contact between herself and Hermione or whether it was Hermione's cool hand on her hot forehead. Hermione muttered a few words under her breath and Ginny felt the pain ease slightly, but obviously not as much as Hermione would have liked it to have.
"I can feel your pain...why is this happening?", Hermione mumbled to herself, gently stroking Ginny's forehead whilst musing over the situation. Ginny closed her eyes briefly and the pain dissolved as she felt the calming way Hermione was stroking her skin.
"What is it?", Hermione whispered, thinking that Ginny's headache had gotten worse. Ginny opened her eyes and leant into Hermione's touch. Hermione moved to sit beside Ginny and wrapped one arm around her friend's slim waist. Ginny let her head rest on Hermione's shoulder and breathed out slowly. They sat like this for 5 minutes without saying a single word.
"Herm...", Ginny started, lifting her head. At the same time Hermione turned to look at Ginny and the two girls found themselves closer than they had ever been before. Ginny's attention was caught by the emotions swirling in Hermione's brown eyes and her breathing became shorter as she tried to control her own feelings. Hermione was completely over come, her heart pounding in her chest like it was out of control and she knew she had to back out before she did something she'd regret.
Ginny took that decision out of her hands.
Leaning in Ginny's lips gently brushed across Hermione's, making the older girl tremble with lust, Ginny leant in again and the girls shared a soft, gentle kiss. The contact between them was almost nonexistent but it was enough to make both of them shake with pent up emotions and lean in for another kiss, more passionate than before.
Eventually their heads caught up with their hearts and they pulled back, only just realizing what they had done. Hermione's eyes filled with a mixture of fear, confusion, love and horror as she comprehended what had just happened between them.
"Herm?", Ginny murmured, watching her friend with concern, those words brought Hermione back to Earth and she scrambled off of the bed, suddenly needing to put distance between herself and Ginny.
"I'm sorry", Hermione mumbled, glancing across at the door before returning her attention to Ginny for a brief second. Her eyes soon ended up looking at the floor in front of her.
"What for?", Ginny asked, getting to her feet and walking over to Hermione. Hermione snapped back and took a few hurried steps towards the door.
"I'll.....I......I'll see you tomorrow", she babbled, hastily moving towards the door.
"Wait? What's wrong?", Ginny started, Hermione slipped out of the door and silently shut it behind her, Ginny sighed and spoke out into the silence,
"Please tell me you didn't regret it"
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