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Chapter 3

Ginny's lessons carried on. She was becoming quite strong in Occlumency and was looking forward to Legilimancey. Harry would help her practice once Dumbledore showed him how to properly read a seer. He always tried to read her but kept his mind guarded. They both did, it was becoming second nature. Her divination studies were far more interesting than what she learned in class. Harry showed a keen interest in that as well, asking for an update every week. He even read up on it a bit himself. Overall his mood seemed to have lightened and she was happy to see it.

Ginny was sitting in the library when Ron, Hermione, and Harry bustled over to her table and plopped down in the other three chairs

"Hey Gin, have you heard?"

"Heard what?"

"About the Hogsmead weekend two weeks from now?"

"Yeah Ron, I read the notice you stuck on the board."

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"You going with us?"

"Depends on how much work I have."

"Gin, you've been acting weird lately."

"What do you mean?"

"You're studying all the time! I know you are a better student than I am but come on, you're not Hermione or anything."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ginny and Hermione asked in unison.

"Nothing! Just that you never used to care this much about school work."

"Well sorry if I want to do well on my OWL's Ron!"

"Gin chill out okay! I was just wondering," Ron said in a huff. "I'm going to practice some Quidditch moves. You comin' Harry?"

"Uh no I think I'll stay here and get some work done too," Harry answered Ron who was rolling his eyes.

"Well I'm going to help Lavender and Pavarti with their potions essay. I'll see you two later," Hermione excused herself.

They sat in silence for a while, reading.

"Hey Gin?"

"Yeah Harry?"

"Did you really mean it when you said you might not go to Hogsmead?"

"Well yeah. I'm starting Legilimancey on Tuesday. I might not be able to go. Oh blast! Harry I grabbed the wrong book! I'll be right back," she explained then rushed out, clutching her Transfiguration textbook.

She could feel his eyes follow her out of the Library. She didn't notice the piece of parchment that slipped out of her book but someone else did. Draco Malfoy picked it up and examined its contents then sprinted after her; he halted in front of her so she could not start up the staircase.

"Well well well if it isn't the littlest weasel! So you're having visions are you, and learning Legilimancey!" He mocked as he started cornering her and waving her mother's letter in her face.

She felt the cold stone wall against her back. Her arms were wrapped tight around her text book and his body so close to hers she could not reach her wand. He had each hand rested on the wall, trapping her in. He leaned in and started caressing her neck with his lips.

"So can you tell me my future?" He whispered in her ear before caressing it too.

"Get off me Malfoy!" She screamed.

"Or what? You'll sick your boyfriend Potter on me?" He asked mockingly while kissing her neck again.

"She said get off, Malfoy! If you're not quick about it you'll be singing soprano!"

It was Harry. The sound of hi voice made Malfoy jump back. He eyed Harry's wand carefully and started to reach for his own. He was out numbered though.

"What is that supposed to mean, Potter?"

"It means that two reducto charms at the same time can do a lot of damage when they are aimed at your equipment!" Ginny yelled, finally able to get her wand out and point it at him.

Malfoy just backed away and headed toward the dungeons. Harry made his way toward Ginny. He used his sleeve to help her wipe the saliva off her neck. Then she broke down crying.

"Why, why would he do something like that to me? He's never…he hates…he doesn't even associate with people who like muggleborns. He hates all the Weasleys!"

He pulled her close slipping an arm around her neck and rubbing her back with his free hand. She stood there with her forehead nestled in his neck, wetting his shirt with her tears. She had been violated, nothing like that had ever happened to her before.

"Well he is the biggest prat that walked the earth. He was just being a pig. He thinks he's the hottest thing in the world and I suppose he thinks he should have the prettiest girl in school no matter who she is."

"What are you talking about? I am not."

"Yes you are!" Harry laughed. "I have to hold Ron back almost everyday when guys start talking about you in class. Do you know how many fights I've had to keep him from getting into?"

Ginny blushed. She had no idea that Ron had been defending her honor like that. To her it was unnecessary though. There was no way she was the prettiest. Harry had to be exaggerating.

"You're joking."

"No I'm not! Haven't you noticed the way all the guys look at you when you walk in the room?"

"No," she answered weakly. "Just because I'm supposedly the prettiest girl in school doesn't give him the right to do something so foul to me."

"You're right. I guess I'll just have to be your body guard. Here is your letter," he said, handing her the letter Malfoy dropped when Harry had interrupted him.

They walked back to the common room for Ginny's Divination book then back to the library. They studied, sitting in silence of the library until dinner time. Hermione came to get them. She was acting a bit out of sorts.

"What's wrong Hermione?" Asked Ginny.

"It's Ron he's such a twit!"

"What did he say this time?"

"Nothing, it's what he did."

"What happened?"

He just got in a row with Malfoy."

"What for?"

"He was calling you a freak, something about you being able to tell the future like Trelawney, and saying you didn't know how to have fun."

"What?"

"It's just a load of nonsense really but Ron decided it was his turn to hit Malfoy. Nearly broke his stuck up little nose. Are you two coming?"

"Yeah we'll meet you there," Harry answered. "You okay?" He asked, once Hermione was out of earshot.

"How am I going to deal with this? The whole school is going to know because of that git!"

"Just deny it. You have the letter, he has no proof, it's your word against his and the whole school knows how he feels about your family. They will just chalk it up to him being a jerk."

"I guess so."

"It'll be alright Gin, I'll protect you."

She looked up at him sheepishly. She didn't want him to protect her she had Ron for that. She wanted him to like her. They walked into the Great Hall and Ginny felt like everyone was staring and whispering about her. She felt miserable, and even more so when she saw Ron. He had a black eye.

"You should see Malfoy; turns out I did break his nose."

"Not something you want to brag about Ronald," Hermione cautioned.

"What you've hit him before too."

Hermione just rolled her eyes at his response and turned toward Harry and Ginny who were now sitting down. It had been a long day and Ginny was ready for dinner. She would go strait to bed afterward because the next day they had a Quidditch game against Hufflepuff and she wanted to be in top form.

"So Ginny how is studying coming along?"

"Fine Hermione, you are so lucky you don't have OWL's or NEWT's this year."

"True."

"Ginny are you really not going to Hogsmead?"

"I told you Ron, I'd see how much work I have."

Ron looked at her, annoyed. She could not understand why he was acting so put out. It was just one weekend. She knew there would be others. She was not looking forward to being a tag-a-long with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.