You Get Used To Somebody
"Ginny, let's go! I can't wait for you all day!" Ron yelled impatiently looking at the clock, tapping his foot every now and then.
"I'm coming Ronald!" Ginny yelled back, scanning her room for something.
"Don't call me Ronald!" he shouted then went back to the kitchen where Fred was eating some bacon.
"Why are you still here, Ronald?" Fred asked eyeing Ron.
"Stop calling me that!" Ron glared at Fred, his ears turning pink. He turned to his mother, who was also seated at the table "Mom, they won't stop calling me Ronald..." he whined. His mother just laughed good-naturedly at him.
Ginny kneeled beside her bed trying to look for her backpack but immediately got up when she didn't find any. She scanned her messy bedroom once again.
'Great... I have no bag...'
She frowned, walked in front of the mirror and fixed her mess of a hair before going downstairs and into the kitchen. She went to her mother and explained her dilemma "Mom, I have no bag!"
"Ginny called me Ronald mom!" Ron said the minute she saw Ginny. "And she's taking so long, I'm going to be late!"
"Stop being such a baby Ronald," Fred teased, taking a bite of his bacon.
Mrs. Weasley had enough and stood up "Stop it both of you... we're eating... what is it dear?" she asked turning back to Ginny.
"My bag-,"
"Ginny, why do you always leave your things scattered around?" Percy emerged from the living room, holding a yellow bag.
"My bag!" Ginny quickly snatched the yellow bag that Percy was holding and hugged him tightly "Thanks Perce! I swear I love you to death!"
Percy softly pulled away "Stop calling me Perce,"
Ginny just gave him a grin and hugged him anyway before he pulled away once again returning to the living room.
"You go now," Mrs. Weasley said returning back to her food "Try not to get in trouble you two." she added while looking at Ginny and Ron.
George came in holding a uniform that has 'Weasley 4' at the back.
"This was in the bathroom" he said smiling "Honestly Ginny, you're so much like us, it's almost scary." he finished handing out the uniform to the young girl before taking a seat.
"Can we go now please?" Ron asked getting impatient again "Ginny come on," and with that he dragged Ginny out of their house before she could say another word.
"Be careful with your driving Ron!" Mrs. Weasley reminded him as they both headed out and got inside the car.
"Hey Ron," Ginny started once they got inside the car.
"What?"
Ginny turned to him "We have practice today," she announced.
"And?" Ron asked, his eyes still on the road.
"Don't you have practice?" she asked back.
Ron shook his head "No, not today... do I have to wait for you?"
"Yes!" Ginny replied automatically. "What else do you think?"
"It's just that..." Ron sighed "I thought I saw you with Hermione yesterday, that was her, right?"
"Yeah..." Ginny stared at Ron not understanding what he was getting at "What are you trying to say Ron?" she asked "What's that got to do with you waiting for me?"
'What's Hermione got to do with this?' Ginny asked herself.
He looked at Ginny for a second then smiled nervously "Uh... nothing exactly..."
"Oh, come on Ron," Ginny crossed her arms "What is it really? I know you all too well for that act to work on me..."
"Well..." Ron started "She could give you a ride, can't she?"
"I could ask for one but I don't want her to wait for me that long," she explained.
"And yet you want ME to wait for you," Ron pointed out to Ginny "Why is it that I always get to be the one who have to wait?" he asked to no one in particular.
"She might be doing something important after class Ron," Ginny said putting down her arms "Besides I don't want to be a bother to her,"
Ron glanced at Ginny and saw her playing with the strings of her bag "I just have to ask you something Ginny," he confessed.
"Ok... ask," she said and waited for him to continue.
"What is Hermione really, to you? Are you friends?"
"Yes, I think so," Ginny replied nodding her head "I like to think so... yes, we're friends why?"
'Why did I even think of that? Hermione will never do this... no...' Ron shook his head 'She can't, Ginny's my sister. She'll never... but what if?...'
"Nah..." he said dismissing the thought, shaking his head again "Forget it,"
Ron sighed heavily; Ginny was looking at him closely, studying his actions.
"Why?" Ginny asked completely confused 'Something's going on here...'
"Nothing okay!" Ron snapped "I said forget it, forget I ever asked that!"
Ginny looked away, hurt by what Ron had said. 'Fine... he doesn't want to tell me, fine!' She crossed her arms again over her chest and slumped in her seat.
Ron quickly realized his mistake and turned to Ginny "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you like that..." he said softly.
"Whatever," Ginny threw back at him.
Silence dawned over them. Ron decided to just ignore it, Ginny can't be mad at him for too long. Besides she's usually very talkative, she can't stand being quiet... but minutes passed and Ginny still hadn't said anything. Ron decided that he'd just have to be the one to break the silence between them.
"Ginny... look," Ron glanced at Ginny and saw her glaring at him "I'm really sorry, I just got carried away... you know me, I'm sorry," he said sincerely.
But Ginny was still not saying anything; she just kept on looking at him.
"Ok, I'll admit that I'll have a really hard time getting used to you and Hermione being friends because it will be weird for me y'know..." Ron laughed nervously "My favorite sister and my ex- girlfriend... are now friends," he gave Ginny a small smile before pulling over.
"I'm sorry too Ron," Ginny finally said knowing how weird her being friends with Hermione really is for him.
"But wait," she said remembering something, "I'm friends with Pansy and she's your ex- girlfriend too but you're okay with it, what's wrong with Hermione?" (A/n: No pun intended on the Pansy being Ron's ex- girlfriend.)
Ron got out so that Ginny wont notice how nervous he is "Nothing, it's just that we broke up because... um, she's just... she-," Ron clenched his jaw "Just drop it Ginny."
Ginny sighed "Ok, but just so you know... I'm going to have to find out about it too some other time. About what really happened between you and Hermione but I'll be late and I have to go to class so... Wait for me later?" she asked picking up her bag and got out.
"Yeah," Ron said.
Ginny grinned at him and hugged him tightly before she walked away happily "Thanks Ronald!"
"Stop calling me that Ginny!" he called out smiling to himself.
'I just hope that's all you'll ever be Ginny, just friends... cause I have a really bad feeling about this...' Ron thought scared of what might happen.
"You have exactly 3 minutes to rest and then back to practice ladies!" Coach Cliven shouted walking back to the bench where he took a seat.
Ginny likes him, she really does and even considers him a mentor but sometimes he's just too strict to them. And this is one of those days that he just doesn't seem to care if they're about to collapse from tiredness and exhaustion. There were times that she even considered dropping out of the soccer team because she felt like she was killing herself with all of the training they had to do. Unfortunately for her, she loves the game too much to just drop it.
She was wiping the sweat on her face with the small towel she was holding when she spotted Hermione near the field talking to her friend, Susan and some other students that she presumed are Hermione's friends as well. She saw Hermione looking back smiling at her.
'What a nice set of clean white teeth,' Ginny smiled back, waving at her. She noticed that her tiredness had seemed to go away the minute she saw Hermione smiling at her. 'How weird... but looking on the bright side I wont have to worry of being tired ever again if I see her smile at me like that all the time.' Ginny's smile broadened as she thought of this.
She wanted to come over to them but her coach wouldn't let them out of his site.
"Ginny," Pansy said as she approached the smiling redhead. Ginny didn't seem to hear her and she followed her gaze to see a brunette not far away. "That's Hermione Granger..." she realized which caused Ginny to look at her.
"What did you say?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing," Pansy replied brushing it off.
They went back to practice and Ginny tried her hardest to ignore the weird looks she was getting from her teammates.
'Why are they looking at me like that?'
Practice had just ended and Ginny stopped by the library. She had meant to go straight home with Ron but she saw Hermione and just had this urge to say hi to her. For a second she just stood there outside of the library, watching Hermione through this big window separating them from each other.
Hermione's brow was furrowed and was no doubt deep in concentration. She was bent over a book and her delicate fingers were running over some texts on the book.
'Lucky book to have such a beatiful girl with a beautiful mind touch its worn out pages...'
She saw Hermione abandon the book and was now scribbling at a piece of paper. 'Lucky paper...'
She had never met someone like her before and this is all new to her. In fact all of her other friends are nothing like Hermione... all they ever do is talk about boys, gossip, boys, clothes and talk some more about boys.
'What's the deal with boys anyway? I feel so left out whenever they talk about them because I just can't find it that interesting. Sure I like boys' en all but I don't feel the need to mention them in every conversation that we're having...'
With Hermione, she can talk about absolutely anything that's on her mind without having to watch for what's she's saying or if she's being cool or whatsoever. She can say weird stuff and not have Hermione thinking that she was weird. Every opinion of hers mattered to Hermione and Hermione's opinion value greatly to her too.
But she just didn't understand it when her teammates warned her to stay away from Hermione and she still found it hard to understand why Ron had flipped out when they were talking about her.
'What's so wrong about Hermione? I can't see anything wrong about her... In fact all I see is this incredible girl who has such a passion for learning about absolutely anything. I like that in a girl.'
She did not understand why Hermione looks so alone, like she's there but not really there... like she isolated herself from the world. She definitely did not understand why some people are avoiding the brunette. She found all of this so hard to understand.
'Who in their right mind would avoid such an amazing person? But wait, maybe that's it, they're all crazy... crazy not to realize that Hermione's a wonderful girl who have so much to offer.'
She likes Hermione, she really really likes her. She does, really... Why wont she? She's kind, nice, sweet, intelligent, hard- working... she makes sense... and she's really beautiful too, one of the most, if not, the most beautiful girl that she had ever set eyes on and she can really take your breath away... she's got all of the qualities that you'll not find in others...
'Why can't the other students see that?' Ginny furrowed her eyebrows 'Are they that blind? Or are they just pretending to be blind because they don't want someone so perfect such as Hermione getting in their way?' She could feel her blood boiling in her as she thought of this.
"Hey Ginny..." a voice said interrupting her thoughts.
"What?" she asked somewhat irritated and turned around to find Pansy who was accompanied by none other than Draco Malfoy.
"What're you doing here? Want to come over to my house?" she offered.
"No," Ginny shortly replied. 'I'm not going if that jerk is going, I never ever feel comfortable whenever he's around...'
"What?" Pansy asked, shocked.
"I said no, leave it at that Pansy," Ginny turned back, looking at Hermione once again.
"What's the deal with you and Granger?" Pansy asked as she saw Ginny watching Hermione.
Ginny gritted her teeth, she doesn't like the way Pansy's saying Hermione's name like its poison "There's no deal! We're friends can't you see that? Stop being so nosy, it's none of your business. And her name is Hermione."
"Whatever, I'll see you tomorrow," Pansy said clearly not believing a word Ginny said. "Come on Draco," she said linking her arms with Draco, who just gave Ginny a knowing look, smirking at her before they walked away.
Ginny decided that it was best to stop watching Hermione and went inside the deserted library smiling. 'She's like the only person who probably goes inside here except the librarian.'
"Hi Ginny," Hermione said surprising Ginny.
'Was I that obvious?' Ginny asked herself.
"How did you know I was here?" Ginny asked taking a seat near Hermione. "Do you have some strange powers or something?"
Hermione looked up chuckling softly and closed the book that she was hopelessly trying to read. "I saw you a minute ago outside,"
'And after that I had been so distracted to even focus on reading this stupid book... I kept on seeing your face on its pages...' Hermione added in her head. 'You're a distraction... but a beautiful distraction at that.'
"Oh... Can I ask you a question?" Ginny looked at her and she took the silence as a sign to go on "Do you feel like you fit anywhere in this school Hermione?" she asked leaning over to Hermione, elbows on the table and her hands supporting her face.
She saw Hermione give her a strange look "I'm sorry, is that a weird question to ask? Because I thought it was a weird question to ask,"
"Well, sort of," Hermione replied "But I definitely don't feel like I belong here, well except at the library," she added smiling looking back at Ginny "You fit in here, though."
Ginny held Hermione's gaze not wanting to break their contact "No I don't... do I? Because I don't feel like I do." she said remembering how she feels with her other friends.
"But you do... you talk to so many people everyday." Hermione explained, confused of what Ginny's trying to say.
Ginny just smiled sadly at her "Yeah they talk to me, but in a totally diferrent language... listen, do you want to come over at our house tomorrow?" she asked quickly changing the subject.
'Yes!' Hermione answered in her head. She swears that she hadn't been able to think about anything besides Ginny.
Hermione shook her head "No, I cant... Ron he's..."
"Oh I get it," Ginny said cutting her off "Don't worry, I'll take care of him for you."
Hermione smiled gratefully at her, "Ok."
Ginny returned the smile and they just continued to look at each other.
'Those eyes...' Hermione thought 'Those damn baby blue eyes are driving me so completely insane. Can't you see what you're doing to me Ginny? I barely slept last night. All I ever see is you...You're eyes... you're lips... you're hair... you're nose... you're body... I swear you're everywhere now; I had such a hard time concentrating on my studies today... what am I thinking? She's straight! Remember that Hermione... Ginny's straight! And she's Ron's sister!'
Ron was outside of the library watching Hermione and Ginny. He got worried the minute he saw Lana from the practice without his sister. It took him a while to get here but the library was the last place he thought Ginny would actually go to. Something is really very wrong in the picture of Hermione and Ginny together. And he's not liking it all too much...
Deciding he can't take it any longer, he walked in and interrupted their staring session.
He coughed and they both jumped slightly, surprised. "Hi, Hermione." He greeted with a small smile. Hermione just waved at him feeling uncomfortable. He studied them both and can't help but take notice of the blush on both of their faces. 'It looks like they've been caught doing something so completely wrong...'
"Ginny, let's go." He said looking hard at Ginny.
Ginny just blinked at him "What?"
"You had me waiting for two hours, Ginny." Ron reminded her "Enough of this let's go,"
"Why are you being like this?" Ginny asked, unsure of what to make of her brother's temper.
"Being what?" Ron asked back moving closer to them.
Ginny looked at him and opened her mouth to say something but closed it once again. "Nothing, let's go." She turned to Hermione and smiled "You're still coming over, right?"
Ron turned to his sister "What?"
"Hermione's coming over tomorrow, aren't you Hermione?"
Hermione looked at Ron then back to Ginny "I am?" she asked not too sure about her answer now.
"Yes!" Ginny said quickly "Don't mind Ron, he's just being stupid." Ginny added sensing Hermione's hesitation.
"I'll see you!" and with that she dragged a still shocked Ron before Hermione could say anything else.
'Great,' Hermione thought 'Now I get to meet the family of the girl I really really like whose brother is my ex- boyfriend...This is so not my day!'
There was a soft pounding on Hermione's door, Hermione who was laying on her back thinking about the day that lays ahead tomorrow when she would meet the Weasleys' didn't hear it at once. The soft pounding kept on coming but stopped for a moment then continued again getting louder with every pound.
Soon Hermione got up unable to ignore the sound any longer and opened the door, only to see her younger brother Henry. She stuck out her head outside of her room looking around and heard the yelling from downstairs...
"Shut up! Don't tell me what I can and cannot do!"
"I can't believe I ever got married to you! What was I thinking! I can't take this any longer, I'm leaving!"
"Yes leave! But make sure that it's for real this time! I'm so sick of seeing your face!"
Hermione turned to her brother and let him inside, closing the door softly behind her.
He was three years younger than her, goes to a different school and is far more affected with their parents fighting than her. He's definitely the only thing that's keeping Hermione sane in their old lonely house and most probably the reason why she's working so hard to finish her studies so that someday she can find a good job that can support both of them for them to be able to move out and be away from this hell of a life their parents had given them.
"Are you okay?" she asked gently once the voices died down holding him close to her, hugging him and leading him to her bed so that they can sit down. She waited for an answer but got none.
"Henry can you hear me? Are you okay?" she repeated once again just as gentle as the first time. 'Oh no... not again please...' Hermione pleaded inside her head as the thought entered her mind. She forced him to look at her and gave him a once- over. 'Why?' was all that she could ask herself 'I really hate my parents for causing this.'
"You're doing it again aren't you?" asked Hermione in a heated whisper, grabbing Henry's shoulders.
Henry just turned away, moved away from Hermione and got off the bed "No."
"Oh yeah?" Hermione said also getting up "Then why are your eyes all bloodshot? You're high again aren't you?"
Henry looked down unable to meet Hermione's eyes "But-,"
"That's right! Turn away in shame!" Hermione shook her head then continued in a gentler tone "Henry don't do this. You're still young, don't waste away your life...Don't let them do this to you, okay?"
"I'm sorry..." Henry said embracing Hermione "I just... I didn't know what to do, I got scared Hermione! I think Dad's leaving..."
Hermione returned his embrace and patted his back to sooth him "Henry... I'm trying, okay? I'm trying to be brave for both of us but I just can't do it alone. It's too much. You have to be brave too, I know you are... don't let them tell you otherwise. I love you."
Hermione was desperately trying to fight the tears from falling, remembering that she has to be the strong one for both Henry and herself. She held his hand and placed it at her chest "Here." She said looking at his eyes "You have me. Don't worry. I won't leave you. You have me."
Henry smiled at her through his tears "I know. You have me too."
Hermione returned his smile and laughed softly while she ruffled his hair "Now why don't we sit down? All this drama is tiring me out," she joked sitting on the bed and motioned for Henry to join her.
"I'm really sorry Hermione... I want to do better and I can. I know I can... and I will... I promise you that."
"I believe you."
"Hermione!" a voice yelled.
'Now why does that voice sound oddly familiar?' Hermione asked herself feeling particularly playful with her thoughts today 'Oh I know! Maybe it's because it's the same old voice I kept on hearing inside my head last night when I was having insecurities about being brave for Henry... now, whose voice could that be? Ginny's of course!'
"Hermione!" the voice yelled once again.
'Ok, breathe... relax Granger, it's just Ginny, same old beautiful sweet Ginny...' Hermione shook her head 'This is just not working.'
So Hermione turned her head around and saw Ginny across from her smiling sweetly at her. 'I swear my heart just skipped a beat,' Hermione smiled back seeking Ginny's beautiful baby blue eyes. (A/n: I still don't know what color are Ginny's eyes)
Ginny was looking and smiling back at her when someone started to talk to Ginny completely blocking her view of the girl. Hermione's smile dropped a little when she saw that it was Pansy, a popular girl from one of her class and the girl friend of none other than Draco Malfoy.
"What're you doing Pansy?" Ginny asked completely irritated. 'What could she possibly want from me now?'
"Me?" Pansy asked giving Ginny a sweet but sickening smile nonetheless "I'm trying to talk to you..."
Ginny shook her head, not buying Pansy's act "Can't you see I'm waving to Hermione over there? That is so rude of you."
"Rude of me?" Pansy said pretending to look taken back. "I'm just trying to look out for you Ginny..." she added and placed one of her hands on Ginny's shoulder.
"What? You don't need to look out for me," Ginny removed Pany's hand on her shoulder "I can look out for myself." She added in a hard voice trying to move away "Now if you don't mind I'm going to talk to Herm-,"
Suddenly the bell rang indicating the start of classes and before Ginny could even finish her sentence she was dragged by Pansy through the hallways, being hit occasionally by a student hurrying to get to their class.
Pansy looked at her "What're you still waiting for? Let's go!"
"But Hermione!" Ginny protested her eyes frantically searching for the brunette. 'Where are you Hermione?' Ginny thought frowning.
Unfortunately for Ginny though, Pansy saw Hermione and gave the girl a knowing and taunting smirk while Ginny was not looking. Hermione looked away, unsure of what she's really feeling right now and headed to whatever class she should be in.
"Come on," Pansy said holding Ginny's arms tightly "I'll walk you to your first class."
Ginny is still mad at Pansy 'Yup, still mad.' But she couldn't help but feel a little bit too happy at the thought of Hermione coming over to their house later. Not to mention that their professor dismissed them early today. 'Way too early,' Ginny thought grinning as she took a glimpse at the clock.
"I'll see you guys around..." she said to her classmates waving at them and walking over to her locker. Ginny entered her combination and opened it putting away everything that she won't need and getting the ones she'll need. After checking that she got everything, she strolled leisurely across the campus until she saw a certain brown haired, brown-eyed girl that is all too familiar for her to have trouble recognizing.
'That's Hermione...' she thought happily as she saw her sitting at the front row, listening intently to whatever their professor is telling them through a window. 'That's my Hermione... always eager to learn.'
Ginny did a double take. 'What was that?' she asked shaking her thoughts 'Did I just... call Hermione...my Hermione?'
Ginny shook her head 'Nah... It must be the excitement... yes that's it... I'm just excited to spend some time with Hermione... Oh no...' Ginny remembered 'What if she doesn't like it? What if it's too small to her? What if she doesn't fit? What if the twins decide to play a prank on her and she gets mad? What if Percy bores the living day lights out of her? Oh no... I never even thought of that! Stupid, stupid Ginny! Argh! Focus!
She refocused again on the classroom and saw that Hermione was telling her professor that she didn't agree with something he said. Ginny can't exactly hear them because of the glass and the closed door but she can tell from the thoughtful expression of the professor and the challenged look on Hermione's face. This however, as Ginny observed, caused a good- natured debate to the class. Ginny smiled and felt the flutter of butterflies in her stomach as she saw Hermione smile... and when Hermione began to laugh walking in front of the board trying to explain something to her classmates and to her professor she felt the butterflies kick into overdrive.
'What?' Ginny immediately asked herself when she realized what she had been feeling. 'There's a really cute guy in there... maybe that's why I'm feeling butterflies in my stomach...'
Ginny noticing how bad of an idea it was to watch Hermione at every chance she gets decided to leave and just wait outside campus. 'I do feel like I'm stalking her, with all of the watching I'm doing... and that's creepy.'
What she didn't notice though was the pair of eyes belonging to Pansy who was also in the same class as Hermione watching her as she watches the brunette.
Pansy glared at Hermione "Know- it- all," she muttered under her breath. 'If I can't make Ginny to stay the hell away from you then I'm just going to have to make you stay away then...'
Ginny was sitting on the bench, watching Ron practice as she waits for Hermione's class to be over.
"Ginny..." Ron said taking a seat at the bench beside Ginny "We're extending practice, so I can't give you a ride home..."
Ginny rolled her eyes at this. She knows fully well that he's doing this to avoid Hermione.
"Ok, I'm getting one from Hermione." She replied not even looking at him.
Ron stood up and began stretching "What time is she going home?"
Ginny smirked at him "I'm going to ask mom to let her sleepover, Ron."
Ron stopped stretching at once looking shocked "Y-you cant!"
"Why?" Ginny asked looking at Ron with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "She's my friend."
"Fine," Ron shrugged and held his hands up in defeat "Sorry," he added giving Ginny a sheepish grin and went back to the field. Ginny just waved at him then got up the minute she saw Hermione waving goodbye to Susan.
"Hi!" Ginny greeted smiling at her feeling very very happy.
"Hello." Hermione replied curtly looking at anywhere but Ginny.
Ginny looked at Hermione, sensing that something is wrong with the other girl. "Is there something wrong?" she asked.
'What happened? She seemed perfectly fine the last time I saw her in that class room...'
"Nothing, I have to go," Hermione turned away walking very fast until she reached her car afraid that Ginny might catch up with her.
Ginny's smile dropped and she ran to catch up with Hermione, stopping in front of the brunette to prevent her from getting away any further.
Ginny shook her head "Do you honestly think that you could outrun me? I'm not in the soccer team for nothing... What's this all about?" she asked putting both of her hands on Hermione's shoulder.
"Nothing," Hermione replied still not looking at her.
"This is not nothing, Hermione! Damn it look at me!" she said forcing Hermione to look at her but she wouldn't give in "Stop struggling!"
"Stop it," Hermione said in a small voice "You're hurting me..."
Ginny horrified, quickly took off her hands "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"It's just... I- I think..." Hermione stammered still looking firmly at the ground, her voice croaking.
Ginny takes notice of this "Are you crying?" she asked her voice above a whisper, afraid of what the answer might be. "Hermione please look at me..." she pleaded moving closer to Hermione and putting her arms around the brunette only to be pushed away. She can only stare at Hermione.
Finally after a very long silence "I don't think that we should be friends anymore Ginny." Hermione managed to say in a small voice.
Ginny felt her heart break. She blinked furiously trying to stop the tears from falling.
'Why is she doing this? Doesn't she know that this is hurting me?
"Did I... did I do something wrong?" Ginny asked looking hopelessly at Hermione. Hermione shook her head. "Or was it... something I said?" Hermione also shook her head.
"Then tell me damn it!" she exploded not being able to control herself any longer. Not caring if anybody would see them.
Hermione finally looked up meeting Ginny's eyes. "I just realized that I don't deserve you Ginny." She whispered her tears falling, one by one.
"What?" Ginny asked dumbfounded. "Whatever made you think that?" She reached out and wiped Hermione's tears away using her thumb.
"I'll never ever fit into your life... You're friends... I really don't fit," Hermione explained pushing Ginny's hand away.
Ginny just smiled sadly at her "Didn't I told you before that I don't fit in too? They're my friends but we just don't really connect with each other, I don't feel the connection that I feel whenever I'm with you with them... like Pansy..."
Hermione winced at the mention of Pansy's name and suddenly Ginny began to understand things. "Hey, look you don't have to explain I understand." She said taking Hermione's hand in her own... smiling at her.
'Reminder to self: Kill Pansy the next time I see her,'
Hermione just looked at her "What?"
"I'm not dumb Hermione. Pansy forced you into doing this, didn't she? That's why you're crying, because you didn't really want it at the first place." Ginny paused and saw Hermione smiling shyly.
"I'm sorry but Pansy just really gave me the impression that this is just some contest, like who you'll choose or something, like if you're friends with her then you can't be friends with me and I just-,"
"I choose you," Ginny said cutting her off.
"What?"
"I choose you over her," Ginny replied giving Hermione a smile.
Hermione shook her head "But I don't want anybody to choose anybody."
"I know you don't," Ginny said softly "But I can't help it."
They both looked at their joined hands...smiling and enjoying the connection that they share with one another.
Notes: Thanks for those who reviewed the last chapter. I'm sorry if I got some of you confused by the schooling system. Don't worry I won't include that ever again and I hope that what I did with the punctuations and tenses are right... I'm still getting used to it but thanks for pointing it out :) Anyway... I think this is a pretty long chapter... so I think I'm gonna rest for a while too... by the way, some of the dialogues I used are from tv, can't remember the names but their dialogues got stuck with me.