Chapter Five: Breakfast
Ginny woke up again the morning after the Yule Ball. Slowly everything that had taken place the night before twisted back into her memory. She sighed. She wanted to believe her friends. She wanted to believe that it was all a misunderstanding, and that Harry really did love her. But she couldn't. She couldn't make herself. She didn't want to disappoint herself again.
Ginny dragged herself out of bed, and put on her most comfortable clothes. She would need them, she thought. She was in for a heavy day of the cold shoulder. She looked at herself in the mirror. Faded jeans, a fitted black shirt, and of course her dragon necklace. Plain, she knew, but she never liked standing out.
At the Gryffindor table, no doubt talking about the ball, sat Sari and Esther with Hermione. All three were surprised to see Ginny arrive for breakfast. But before they could say anything, Ginny spoke, her head hung. "I'm so sorry for the way I acted. I still don't agree with you, but that's okay. I... I'm sorry…"
Sari and Esther looked at each other, Hermione still confused as to what Ginny was talking about. "You're right. You shouldn't have acted that way. We were only trying to help." Sari replied somewhat coldly.
"Ginny… We know you don't believe us. But come on- look at yourself. You couldn't possibly be any more depressed than you are now. But, whatever. You apologized, and I'm sorry, and I'm sure Sari is too. Let's eat", Esther, always the diplomat, reasoned.
So the rest of breakfast was spent as though nothing had happened. The girls gossiped about the ball the night before, and were joined by Parvati and Lavender.
"So, Lavender, what happened with you and Ron?" Sari asked suggestively.
"No! Please spare me!" Ginny pleaded.
"Well… after the ball we went to the common room and well…"
"Ugh, I know, I saw you!" Ginny said, disgustedly, causing Sari and Esther to laugh. Momentarily Ginny forgot all about Harry and Cho.
While the other girls chatted animatedly about their dates, Ginny looked around the great hall. There, at the Ravenclaw table, she saw Luna looking longingly across the tables, no doubt at Seamus. At the Hufflepuff table, she saw Ernie and Hannah kissing. And turning to her own table, she was filled with a warm glow, seeing Seamus, Dean, and Neville poring over homework that they had started to late, the Creevey brothers twiddling with a camera, and finally Sari and Esther and Hermione. How, Ginny thought, could she have thought she could even survive without friends?
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