Chapter 34: Jinkies!

(Early June. Nearly 6 months. Saturday)

Ginny woke up in a cold sweat after her usual nightmare. She wasn't getting much sleep lately. With the dreams about Riddle, her school work and her backaches, she wasn't getting much sleep. Ginny barely got to see Harry anymore either with his NEWTS coming up soon. Even though she saw him everyday, they never really had any time to be together. She missed him, so very much. Ginny got out of bed slowly and rubbed her back. Her hands then moved to her stomach which to her surprise still didn't seem as big as she expected to be though it was enough that if anyone saw her rubbing her belly, they would think that she is going insane. Ginny was glad that the whispering behind her back had lessoned, she still overheard other girls talking about her. Some girls thought that Ginny had had an abortion during her Easter break.

A week after Easter, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil pulled Ginny aside and straight out asked her if she had went away during the Easter break to do such a thing. Ginny was shocked at their bluntness. "Of course not"Ginny replied coldly

"So you are still pregnant?" Lavender asked

"WHAT? Do I look pregnant?" Ginny hissed back

"No but you could still be in the early stages right?" Parvati turned from Ginny to Lavender. Lavender just nodded her head

"Well, you can just judge for yourselves now can't you!" Ginny then stormed out of the room and went to the Room of Requirement to cry. She always felt strangily relaxed in there. Since Dean had came back, Ginny didn't feel comfortable in the common room with him. She knew that it wasn't truely his fault and that he honestly felt back about his actions, but she still didn't trust him.

After Ginny got changed, she walked up to the Great Hall to have breakfast. She took her usual position and waited for Harry, Hermione and Ron. Thirty minutes had came and gone and Ginny began to wonder where they were. She decided to eat her breakfast slowly then if they haven't turned up by the time she finished, she would go looking for them. Another thirty minutes passed as she slowly finished her food. Ginny, now worried about where they all could be, shebegan to walk back to the common room. She stepped into the threshold of the common room only to see Dean and Colin Creevey sitting at different ends of the room. Colin turned around and smiled at her. This slightly unnerved Ginny but she put it down to what had happened to her on Christmas Eve. Colin ran up to Ginny and gave her a big hug. Ginny stepped away from him and looked at him scepticly. "What was that for?" Ginny said shakingly

"What? Can't I give my friend a hug?" Colin smiled

Ginny glanced at Dean then looked back at Colin. There was something different about Colin's behavior. The way he was looking at her made her feel queasy. Ginny stepped away from him and felt the wall against her back. "Please don't Colin or I'll have to do something that you wouldn't like"

"Like what Ginny? Colin replied as he tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. He then grabbed her head and kissed her. One hand then moved from her head and down her body and rested near her hip. Ginny strugged against him but Colin seemed to have gained a lot of power all of a sudden.

A familiar feeling started from behind her eyes, a burning feeling. It was a mixture between fear and anger. Before she knew what she was doing she felt her knee lift from the ground and connect with Colin's crutch. Ginny then felt someone grab her then pull her out of the common room. She turned her head to see that was Dean who pulled her away from Colin. He then let go of her when they were a far enough distance but he was still looking at her stomach were his hand had just rested a moment ago.

"What the hell is going on?" Ginny yelled

"I don't know but I don't think you should be alone with anyone at the moment" Dean replied

Ginny began to walk away from him, her whole body shaking from fear."Well that's pretty rich coming from you!"

"I mean it, I think someone is trying to hurt you. That must be the reason why I," Dean paused at that moment, he had a sad look on his face, a look that told Ginny that he felt sick after what happened at Christmas. Ginny looked at him and nodded for him to continue, "you know and why Colin tried to attack you just then."

"Yeah, that would be right" Ginny replied simply

"Look Ginny, if I was you, I wouldn't be alone and I wouldn't trust just anyone"

Ginny laughed at this comment, "What you think that after what has happened to me over the years, that it is easy for me to trust people?"

"No I mean, something is going on, something big. I wouldn't trust anyone! Ask everyone you know questions that only they would know. Then you would know if it is them or someone who is controlling them"

"And this is coming from you? How do I know I should trust you?"

Dean shook his head "I know I wouldn't trust myself. Please just run until you find Hermione or Ron or Harry and maybe they can help, just make sure it is really them"

"Thanks Dean" Ginny then turned and began to run but stopped when she heard her name being called. "What is it Dean?"

"Is it mine?"

"I don't know what you are talking about!" Ginny stuttered

"You know what I'm talking about Ginny I felt your stomach, it kicked" Dean replied

"Oh" Ginny looked down at the ground.

"Well, is it mine?" Dean repeated

"Sorry to disappoint you but no it's not! It's Harry's!" Ginny blurted out. She didn't know why she couldn't tell him the truth.

"Oh thank Merlin!" Dean sighed

Ginny's eyes burned again with the repressed anger that had built up over the months. She closed her eyes again to hide her frustrations then replied back to him, "Yeah I'm glad it's not yours either! Now I have to go and I trust that you will not let the whole world know about this?"

Dean nodded then turned back towards the common room. Ginny ran towards the Room of Requirement to find Hermione standing just outside the door "Hermione! Thank Merlin! I was looking for you!" Ginny gave Hermione a quick hug then stepped away from her. "Quick, tell me something that only I would know about you"

"What?"

"Please Hermione, just do it!"

Hermione thought for a moment and smiled "Know I know this will make you cringe but your brother and I were playing "chess" quite often during the Easter break and-"

"Ok Hermione, I get the drift, I know it is you now can we go into the Room of Requirement to talk?" Ginny asked

Hermione stepped in front of the door and shook her head "No Ginny, lets go for a walk. It's such a beautiful day outside, we should be out and enjoying it!"

Ginny was dragged outside by Hermione "What are you doing? Where are we going? Where is Harry and Ron? Why are you acting so weird?" Ginny asked quickly

"I'm taking you for a walk, and we are going to sit by the lake, and Ron and Harry are busy studying in the Room of Requirement so that is why we can't go in there and I'm not acting weird! So tell me what happened to make you all sceptical of me?"

The two girls sat down by the lake and dangled their naked feet into te water. Ginny then procedded to tell Hermione what happened but was interrupted once she got to the part about Dean "What did he do? Did he hurt you?"

"No Hermione, he was the one who pulled me out of there!"

"Really?" Hermione asked pensively

"Yeah. He warned me not to trust anyone, especially himself. Oh and he knows"

"What do you mean, he knows? You look like you did before!"

"Well he grabbed me by the waist and he felt my stomach"

"Oh shit!"

"Hermione! I can't believe you swore!" Ginny said amazed by Hermione's cursing.

"What else could I have said? Jinkies?" Hermione replied (author note: Jinkies is something I used to say all the time. I got it from Scooby Doo!)

"What?"

"Never mind. So did you tell him?" Hermione asked

Ginny shook her head "No, I told him that the baby was Harry's"

"What did you do that for?"

"I don't know, it just came out. I know I should of told him but I couldn't!" Ginny began to sob

"It's ok Ginny. Don't worry about it. Everything should be fine" Hermione pulled Ginny into a hug and comforted her

Ginny lifted up her head after a couple of moment and looked at her friend "So what is Harry and Ron really doing?"

"What do you mean Ginny? I told you, they are studying"

"Don't make me laugh Hermione, they wouldn't be studying in the Room of Requirement, nor would they be doing it without you looking over their shoulders. I know Ron and Harry better then that!"

Hermione laughed, "Ok it was going to be a surprise for you but that is all I can say!" Hermione said finally

"Wow! A surprise for me?" Ginny asked

"Yes Ginny but you have to wait for tonight to get it!"

Ginny smiled to herself, thinking of what Harry could possibly do for her that would be a surprise.

Sorry for the wait! I had a bit of writers block and I have been very busy at the momentbut I'm over that at the moment! I also hope that the length of my chapters are improving. I wasn't planning on putting so much in that chapter but I thought it did need a bit more depth. Oh and a big sorry for any Colin fans out there but it needed to be done. It's starting to get exciting now. YAY!