A/N-Sorry about the wait for the last chapter. Stupid decided to just up and delete Broken Promises so I couldn't update until the 23rd at 11:52 Pacific Time. Now see, I don't know what time that is Mountain Time but I plan to try to update every hour on Thursday. Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused you. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter:D
Repercussions. A word that, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, states: A far-reaching, often indirect effect of or reaction to some event or action.
The first thing she was aware of was voices. She couldn't be sure what they were saying as they all blended into one.
"I… N…V…I…S…I…B…L…E…" Invisible? Her eyes wouldn't open, though she could tell it was very bright.
"D… E… A…T…H…" Death? She wished whoever it was would quiet down, it was quite loud.
"H…O…P…E…" Hope? She tried to recall where she was. And why she was there. And who she was… There was a question worth pondering…
"A… L… I…V…E…" Alive? The last thing she remembered was her room… At home… But at home, she only had one little window… It was never this bright… Or loud…
"L… O… V…E…" Love? It was hot… Too hot… She didn't like it… She tried to move but found she couldn't. As she became more aware of her surroundings, she became more aware of what people were saying.
"She was… Happened… Time I checked… How does… Alive? How… Possible?"
"Calm… Mr. Malfoy… All right… Alive… Don't worry… Soon enough…" She groaned softly and forced her eyes halfway open. She saw Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey and Draco standing by her bed. She also saw white… A lot of white. Just then Draco looked over at her and met her eyes. His eyes widened and he gasped, catching the attention of the grown-ups in the room. Dumbledore smiled softly and Pomfrey rushed away to get one potion or another. Ginny groaned again and tried to sit up. Draco eased her into a sitting position and tentatively brushed hair off her brow. Ginny smiled softly and was about to say something when some sort of vile potion was forced down her throat.
Coughing and spluttering Ginny grimaced. When she swallowed it all she asked, "What was that?"
Pomfrey gasped, "It really is her, Albus!"
"I had no doubt that it was, Poppy." Dumbledore looked over at Ginny, "Are you okay Miss Weasley?"
Ginny looked confused. "What do you mean? Why am I here? The last thing I remember is…" Suddenly an image of her floating through walls flashed through her mind and she gasped. "Back from the dead?" She whispered softly to herself. She looked outside and gasped, the sun was out! Birds were singing, students were out by the lake and the sun was out! The sun was out! She smiled suddenly.
Draco looked confused. "Are you okay, Gin… I mean, Weasley?" He asked.
Ginny let her smile drop and turned to Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey. "Can Malfoy and I have some time alone please?" She asked. Dumbledore nodded and left. Madam Pomfrey went to her office, telling Ginny to call if she needed anything.
Draco looked expectedly at Ginny. Ginny looked outside again. The sun was still out, she wasn't dead anymore and Draco was going to confess that he loved her! Life was good.
"I was watching you," She said. "You have a lot of feelings for someone so cold." Draco blushed slightly. He opened his mouth to reply when Ginny's family ran in. Ginny looked slightly depressed at that. Draco looked put out as well, though he just left the room, allowing Ginny's family in. As he left, he caught Ginny's eye and smiled sadly.
Ginny suddenly became aware that Ron was talking to her.
"…Die? I mean, I almost died when I found out! I hugged Malfoy for heavens sake!" Ginny smiled, remembering that memory. "Why are you smiling!" Ron cried, "This is not a laughing matter! Do you know how…? How… Immoral that is! So why did you do it Ginny? Why did you have to kill yourself?" Ginny was saved from answering when Dumbledore appeared and ushered her brothers out, leaving her with her parents.
"Ginny? Honey? Why did you kill yourself?" Her mother asked.
Ginny looked down at her hands. "I didn't mean to," she said. "I though someone would find me… I guess I was wrong… I wasn't even going to do it that day until I had found Malfoy's knife in the corridor. I was trying to think of something to get me noticed… I've even been studying in the library everyday after classes to try to bring up my marks… I didn't want to die…"
"Gin, baby," Arthur said, "I know you didn't mean to, but that doesn't change the fact that you did."
Molly shot him an evil look. He sighed and stood up. "I'm sorry baby. I wish I could do something to help you but right now, I'm late for work. I'll come by again tomorrow." He left, then.
Molly looked disapprovingly after him and sighed, standing up too. "I'm sorry honey, I have to get home. Bill and Charlie are leaving today, they need to get back to work. I must see them off. Good bye honey… And, um, don't-don't do any… anything stupid. Hm?" She smiled and left too. Ginny shook her head and sighed. She moved down and closed her eyes. She was just falling asleep when someone rushed in and over to her bed.
"Ginny!" Ginny groaned. "I heard you had woken up and wanted to see if you were okay." Ginny rolled her eyes and put on the fakest smile possible.
"Yes, Harry?" She said irritably.
"Are you okay?"
Ginny blinked at him, "Yes Harry I am… Now go away, I'm tired, Madam Pomfrey said I need to rest if I want to regain my strength. So, um… Leave."
He sighed and nodded. "It's good to have you back Gin."
As he turned away, Ginny rolled her eyes and flipped him the finger. When he was gone she lied down and fell asleep, dreaming of her silver eyes prince confessing his undying love to her.
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Draco woke up the next morning and ran directly to the hospital wing. When he got there and saw Ginny asleep on the bed, his heart dropped. She was supposed to be alive! Didn't she wake up? He was having trouble breathing. This wasn't happening… His eyes darted to her chest and he was relieved to see it moving up and down. After averting his eyes, having realizing where he was looking, he pulled up a chair and sat by the bed waiting for her to wake up. He had to tell her… He just had to.
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Ginny woke up later that day with the strangest sense of déjà vu. Lying in bid, in the infirmary, staring up at the ceiling… It did happen, right? She lifted her hand and noticed that there was color in it. She sat up and looked down at the pillow. All that was left was a couple strands of coppery hair on the pristine white pillow. She sighed happily before panic overtook her. Maybe this was just one of her day dreams! Maybe she was still a ghost and she would stay one for ever maybe… maybe… She looked over and saw Draco sitting beside her bed with his head on the mattress, asleep. She uttered a small scream and fell over on her side, assuming the fetal position.
Draco woke up and saw Ginny with her head in her knees and was by her side in seconds. She Looked up, screamed again and started crying harder. Draco helped her sit up and sat down with his arms around her.
"It's okay Ginny," He said. "You're okay now. You're okay. You're alive and we're all here for you. You're alive, Ginny; you're alive." He put a kiss on her forehead and smiled at her. Ginny sniffed and wiped away any tears that were still in her eyes.
"Thank you Dra-Malfoy. It means a lot to me, it really does." She smiled back and shifted to get more comfortable.
"What did you mean when you said you were watching me?" Draco asked suddenly.
"Exactly that," Ginny replied. "I was a… A spirit, I guess you could say. I could float around Hogwarts and no one could see me. So I was watching everyone. You, Ron, Dumbledore… I followed you to all your classes. You are far too studious for your own good, you know. Before you know it, you'll be turning into Hermione." She paused for a minute. In that minute, no one said any thing. When she finally spoke, Her voice was soft and slightly sensual. "I had dreams you know. I always thought that When I came back from the dead, everything would go back to being normal. You would go back to being the Amazing Bouncing Ferret and I would go back to being the Weaslette. Then, once Dumbledore could see me and I talked to him, I found out that you and I had to love each other. So much so that it was strong enough to bring me back from the dead. It was either that, or wait for my soul mate, who might not even be bo-" Draco cut her off by kissing her lightly.
"I've always wanted to do that," He said when he pulled away. Life was going to be different now. It was going to be special. He had someone else to share it with and she had another chance at it. They both vowed to make this time around, the specialist time they could. They were going to make it last and if anyone had a problem with that, they would just have to deal with it.
Draco broke the silence by saying, "Dumbledore wants you to go to the Great Hall when you wake up. He had some one get you clothes and Madam Pomfrey said that you should be strong enough." Ginny nodded and shooed him off the bed so she could get dressed in the privacy of the curtain. When she was done, she walked out to where Draco was, tripped on the leg of the chair and fell into his lap. They looked at each other and broke out laughing. Life was going to be good. Standing up, Draco grabbed Ginny's hand, kissed it and escorted her to the great hall. If their destiny was to be together, they would make the best of it. With their heads held high, they walked into the great hall and were astounded by the volume of the cheers they received. Yep, life was good.
A/N-There :D I hope you liked it because I'm (probably) not making a sequel. Of I get enough reviews I might… But not tonight, tonight I plan on updating every story I have! Well, all the ones with chapters :D That's probably not going to happen because it's almost 3 in the morning… I'll try to get updates on everything this weekend! Oh and for any one who's reading this, I need a different dark secret for Ginny in This is ME… I don't like the whole "daughter of the devil" dealey I have going on at the moment… Ohhhhhhh I just came up with something! OMG! Okay so I'm gonna re-write that chapter and hopefully this idea will be better than "daughter of the devil".
