A Thousand Eyes

Chapter 5: 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

SDA

This chapter is dedicated to Dracosbaby7 who is a loyal and wonderful reviewer!

All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose our partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope all the while, wondering if somewhere there is someone searching for us.

Last Chapter:

There was no Draco, she set her bag on a relatively clean surface and let herself inspect the place she had only been in her mind. The bookshelves were empty, a difference from Tom's time when they had been filled with many books, though the table was in the same spot as was the couch and the bed, in its own little niche. It made her skin crawl to be in a place, when the last time she had been here was decades before. She heard a noise and looked up expectantly, her eyes widened in disbelief as the door opened slowly.

Now:

There was, not Draco as she had expected, but three seventh years that she recognized, but could not name. They looked at her in confusion and suspicion before a voice spoke from behind them, it was Draco's voice. Her mouth dropped open in shock, he had set her up, lured her someplace with his friends in order to humiliate her. Her heart dropped painfully, she felt betrayed and angry. She took a defensive posture, her arms crossed over her chest. The three boys entered further into the room and Draco entered behind them, with him was Chase. She glared at him, hurt by his betrayal but most of all angry at herself for believing that he could change.

He looked utterly shocked, she had to hand it to him, he was a superb actor, earlier in the garden and now. He stared at her uncomprehendingly.

"What are you doing here?" he asked brusquely. She shook her head, smiling bitterly, amused that he could be such a convincing actor.

"You tell me, I got a message from you to meet you here," she announced. The other boys turned towards Draco questioningly. She could see his mind racing to come up with an explanation, she wondered what he would say.

"Oh, that I didn't think you would take it that serious, it was just that one time," he drawled, the boys turned towards her leering. Draco's voice had a honeyed depth that implied something Ginny did not want to think about. She looked at him, horrified, his face was blank and his eyes were bright, almost translucent silver. She had had enough of this painful scene.

"Oh, and here I was thinking you were practically begging me to be here, when all you wanted was a little boy, my bad," with that she grabbed her bag and stormed out of the room. Behind her she could hear the laughter of the boys echo after her. She raced away from the sound, their amusement and scorn burning in her chest but not even close to the agony of Draco's betrayal.

She ran up the stairs, bumping into people and knocking into things, not caring about who saw her. Her brown eyes were red and she was determined not to let the tears held there leak until she was safely ensconced in her room. She avoided looking at anyone in the common room until she made it to her room. She flung herself on the bed, letting the pain and tears seep out. She was angry with herself for believing that Draco could possibly have cared about her. The worst thing was that her heart was begging her to hear him out and give him the benefit of the doubt, but cool, uncaring logic broke in and dissuaded her from opening herself up like that again. Awhile later Alli came in quietly, she sat on the edge of Ginny's bed rubbing Ginny's back soothingly.

"What happened," Alli asked in a sympathetic tone. Ginny sat up, angrily wiping tears away from her eyes. That was twice in the same day that Draco had made her cry, she vowed never to let him do it to her again.

"He was using me for some perverted amusement among his friends," she said vehemently. Alli looked confused so Ginny filled her in, at the end Alli railed at the gorgeous blonde. She couldn't believe what he had done to her best friend, how uncaring of him to prey upon Ginny's heart. Ginny sat there quietly, thinking of how she would handle him, it was only a year she would just ignore him for the rest of the year. She closed off her heart, which cried that it wasn't true that he was good and that he did care about her. Brutally she shut off that thought, she went to sleep determined to forget about Draco Malfoy.

I I

Ginny woke up, her head aching she opened her eyes slowly. She shoved the covers back and slowly slid out of bed. She tripped over the robe she had thrown off last night and cursed as she slammed into the dresser. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower, pulled off her t-shirt and stepped into the tub. She tilted her head and let the scalding spray flow over her head, washing away her tears. She bit her lip as she thought about what had caused the ceaseless torrent of tears. Just yesterday Alli had told her that she and Chase had finally set a date for their wedding, and that she wanted Ginny to be her witch of honor. Ginny had been ecstatic, she really liked chase, he was good to Alli and they had great times together. Then Alli had dropped the bomb, Draco was going to be Chase's best man.

After their last terrific fight, it had lasted the entire year, she had avoided him. She hadn't seen him in about three years, though her heart still ached when she thought of him. now she was going to have to see him again, and she hadn't even made anything of herself, she had no boyfriend (she hadn't gone out with anyone after the fiasco in her sixth year), just a job at Madame Malkin's Robes designing some robes and working as a clerk and a small apartment she shared with Alli. She had heard that he had taken over Malfoy Enterprises and had tripled his family's fortune, after his father has disappeared he had become mostly reclusive, she never heard about his doubtless beautiful and wealthy girlfriends.

She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She grabbed a comb that lay on the sink and ran it through her sodden tendrils. Once dry she went into the bedroom, Alli's bed was made up and there was a steaming cup of tea on Ginny's dresser. She took a grateful sip as she dropped the towel. She quickly got dressed, pulling on a white tank top and jeans. She downed the coffee and took the empty mug into the kitchen. Alli sat there, her sable hair pulled into a pony tail, the ends just barely brushing her shoulders. She wore a mint green t-shirt, a shade greener than her eyes. bearing the saying "Where there is woman there is magic" and a pair of jean pedal pushers.

"So you're sure you can get a discount for our wedding?" Allouette asked hopefully. Ginny giggled as she grabbed a biscuit off a plate and took a bite.

"Yes, ever since we started having muggle-inspired clothing I am in charge of that division, and I will get a discount for you, but you have to go through me, no one else at the shop, by the way, we have to go over the style for your dress again," Ginny reminded her as she polished off the biscuit and replaced the clean tea cup into the cupboard. She sat next to Allouette after retrieving her sketch book. They spent the time before they left hammering out the details of Alli's dream dress.

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Not great, but it got me to where I wanted to go. If you have any questions of what happened between then and now just ask! I'd be happy to explain some things to you. So what do you guys think, it is good or should I just leave the one shot alone

Dracosbaby7: basing my characters on myself or people I know does make writing a lot easier, hope this surprised you and I hope that you understand what happened there, I will explain how the whole mix-up happened next chapter, so what do you think?