A Thousand Eyes
Chapter 3: Awareness and… Love?!?!?
LunarianPrincess
Okay this is my companion to Midnight Sky. I would suggest reading Midnight Sky before this, although it isn't necessary. You might miss some of the references if you don't read that fic. Hope last chap didn't totally make you hate this. LP
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'Wow, how do you know so much?' Alli mouthed at her. Ginny shrugged and grinned cheekily, before winking at her and writing down the notes. She finished and exited the class with an exultant sigh. She and Alli raced down to the dungeons where their advanced potions class was held. They shared this class with various 6th and 7th years. They sat down, waving at the Thrilling Threesome, as she and her friends called them. They were surprised when the 6th and 7th years they were sharing with seemed to be Slytherin. Draco and his friend, Chase sat at the table next to them. Chase and Alli sat in the middle seats and Draco and Ginny did their best to ignore each other.
Now:
"And now I feel you move
Every breath is full
So it's there my homage's due
Clutched by the still of the night
Even the distance feels so near
All for the love of you."
- Loreena McKennitt
"Quiet!" Snape bellowed as he exited from the small antechamber that served as his office. He stood at the front of the classroom and surveyed the students. "Now, most of you tested well enough that you were advanced to this class, others of you advanced here from your last class, this year I am changing things, each table will contain one student who have progressed here from the previous class and those who recently transferred into it. I have posted a seating chart that will be strictly adhered to. Well, move, this shouldn't take all day!" he commanded impatiently when the pupils looked at each other questioningly.
To her surprise as well as theirs, Hermione and Ron sat together as did Harry and Luna. Unfortunately, she herself was seated next to Malfoy, and in front of them, their best friends. She sat silently through Snape's first lecture, outlining the course and explaining the tasks they would be expected to accomplish. Normally she would have been fascinated, as Potions was one of her favorite classes, but she had other things on occupying her thoughts. She tried her hardest to ignore the way Malfoy sat so near her, his shoulder nearly touching her own, how his forearm laid next to hers, the intriguing scent that was uniquely his.
When the class ended she practically raced out the door, desperate to get away from the intoxicating presence of Draco. Alli raced after her best friend while Chase observed his best friend staring pensively after the curvy redhead. He wanted to ask but he knew that Draco would reveal what had happened in his own time. He watched Alli run loyally after her best friend, he admired that about her, she didn't let her attraction to him interfere with her love for her friend. He respected her loyalty and hoped she would be able to meet him later like they had planned.
Ginny burst through the portrait, startling the few students who had made it to the common room before her. She went directly to her favorite seat, in a niche with its own private fireplace, not to mention the view of the grounds. Ginny sat in the common room oblivious to the wary, confused stares of her fellow students. She was deep in thought, weighing the pros and cons of cornering Malfoy and asking him straight out. She sensed Alli sit next to her silently, she was grateful to her friend. Alli always knew what she needed, whether it was a shoulder to cry on or a silent companion.
"Alli, how do you stand it? How can you move on knowing there is something worthwhile in the past? How does anyone ever stand the pain of falling in love?" Alli just smiled and hugged her, a thing Ginny was grateful for.
"Ginny, your parents survived and so did many others, you will too," Alli said when she let go. Ginny nodded then she seemed to notice what she had said.
"Did I just say LOVE?" she screeched as she stood. Every head in the common room turned towards her and she sat meekly back down. She glared at Alli as she laughed at her friend's behavior. "You will NEVER mention this to anyone," Ginny growled to her friend menacingly. Alli smiled at her before nodding smartly and giving a snappy salute. "There's no need to be cheeky about it," Ginny remarked darkly, frowning at the world. She stared out the window at the late afternoon sky, the pensive look on her face was beginning to scare Alli. "I'm going for a walk, I'll see you in a while, okay?" Ginny got up from her seat and absently pulled her jacket around her and walked from the common room. Alli looked worriedly after her best friend before grabbing her own jacket and going to meet someone.
Ginny strolled through the castle, heading for the doors which led to a side garden that lay between the lake and the forest. She looked around and was glad to note that she was alone before she slipped out of the castle. She took a deep breath, savoring the dense afternoon air. She shoved her hands into the pockets of her jacket before ambling through the chill garden. Her mind wandered through a myriad of things, especially romantic stories that she had heard as a child. Now older, and hopefully a bit wiser, she took those stories with a grain of salt. A favorite quote of hers came to mind, "Why do you suppose they call it FALLING in love, when you truly fall in love you'll know it, you will weep with the comprehension of it" that seemed to be the sum of it. She sat on one of the chilled benches and buried her face in her hands. What a fool she had been, she thought, falling for her worst enemy, and to top that a man who didn't even see her. She brutally wiped away the few tears that had spilled from her eyes, she was angry with herself for allowing them to fall. She couldn't remember the last time she had cried over something so stupid.
"Well, this is interesting," a wry voice intruded upon her private moment. Her heart dropped to her feet as she turned to confront the stranger who had caught her at such a vulnerable moment.
Well, that's about it for this chapter, I'm sorry it took so long to update this fic is getting difficult to continue. Wow, its hard trying to find a realistic fight that the two of them could have in order to create the conflict I need, if you have an idea of something one of them could do that would really hurt and anger the other person I would love to hear about it. But I would like to thank you for your support in reading my fic!
ronsfavfan18: I don't know if you read this fic, but I'm so glad you reviewed the prequel! Hopefully you discovered this, thanks again for the great review.