Author: RavenEcho
Summary: Ginny hurts. And no one knows. It's not easy being a number. Her number is zero, because that's how many people understand her…probably a Draco/Ginny waiting to happen. Some Ginny/Remus.
Disclaimer: If I owned this stuff, would I really be on this computer typing away right now? No… I would be eating some rich-people-food in my gigantic English manor…
Touch Me
Chapter 11: His Discoveries
Ginny was still resolutely avoiding Draco one week later, skipping every single meal so she wouldn't see him in the Great Hall. She told her "friends" that she ate in the kitchens, and cast glamour charms on herself so they wouldn't realize just how much weight she was losing, and just how fast.
However, there was one person that was not fooled. Draco Malfoy. If it was possible, the blond Slytherin was even angrier than the fiery Gryffindor he so badly wanted to help. Unlike her though, he channeled his anger into his search for Remus, while she channeled into the pain she inflicted upon herself. Draco really didn't know where to look for this person, so he decided to go through the students that were currently attending Hogwarts first. After a few days looking through the list of students at Hogwarts, he had to surrender and admit that this Remus was not currently attending Hogwarts. After he had gone through the student listings five years back, and after Madam Pince had gotten quite suspicious of the Slytherin's doings in her precious library, he had to give up on that particular search. It was really a stroke of luck that he found Remus in the end, and all thanks to Ginny's own "friends," the wondrous Golden Trio themselves.
It was during a Potions class where they were seated uncommonly close together. He had overheard it in their whispered conversation during one of Snape's lectures. It had gone something like this:
"I got a letter from Remus the other day," Harry murmured to Hermione and Ron.
"Really?" Hermione had said eagerly, leaning forward slightly. "We haven't heard from him in a while. What did he have to say?"
"Not much," Harry admitted. "He says he's been busy with stuff for Dumbledore. Oh, yeah, he also mentioned that he's learning how to cook."
Ron had snorted and said, chuckling, "Good old Lupin. When will he realize that he could just come over to the Burrow and get some of my mum's cooking?"
Draco's attention to the conversation had faded out shortly after that. He had found out what he needed to know: a full name. Remus Lupin.
Remus Lupin. Wasn't that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor from his third year? A werewolf, he remembered. Close with Dumbledore. Alleged friend of the cleared fugitive, Sirius Black. Definitely an Order of the Phoenix member. Easy manner about him, seemed trustworthy enough.
With a slight smirk curling on his face, Draco headed to the Owlery, thinking over all that he had discovered that day. This was good. Very good.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So sorry that the chapter is so short… kind of a filler chapter really, to get us standing on the same feet and everything—No worries though, I'll probably be posting another chapter very soon, and it should be longer, as well! So Ginny's still being her stubborn, anorexic, angry little self… never fear, all will right itself in the end. Review please! It's very depressing how little feedback this story is getting…
REVIEW RESPONSES: thanks to Eternal Echo (lys) and moonlightwitch
Moonlightwitch: Thanks so much for really staying with this story, and my other ones too… that's fantastic about getting a new skateboard. Yay for Easter candy… I've already eaten all mine though… yummy jelly beans and marshmallow eggs and chocolate!