Discalimer: The song is Daniel letterle- 'I sing for you' from the movie Camp.
Chapter 17
"I'm alone."
Ginny hugged her friend tighter as she actually began crying, "Oh Ssshh, Honey, you're not alone you have me and Draco and Luna and Hermione and Harry. . .and Seamus."
Gabrielle laughed at that one though her tears still fell, she pushed away from Ginny. "But I don't want Seamus, Gin. I want Blaise."
Ginny looked at her friend with pity, "Then why did you break up with him?"
Gabrielle shook her head, "I couldn't do it Gin, He actually thought that I was doing it on purpose, I couldn't stay with him knowing that he thought that."
"But you were in love."
"I guess it was entirely one-sided." She sighed.
Ginny didn't agree with her friend on that Blaise could be hard headed and say stupid things but he did love Gabrielle he just wasn't sure exactly how to show it, but now wasn't the time to argue no was the time to comfort her, "It's ok," she patted her friends back. "You'll be fine."
Blaise didn't make it back to the lounge to hurt Ron, he had sat down in the same hall that Gabrielle had just broken up with him in, He was still sitting there when Draco found him and took a seat across from him.
"So what happened?" Draco said as he sat across from Blaise leaning against the opposite wall.
Blaise barely registered his presence let alone the sound of his voice, Draco was about to repeat himself when Blaise looked up slowly. His lips were dry, his throat parched.
"She broke up with me." He said hoarsely.
Draco nodded, "Let me take a stab in the dark, you found out that Weasley liked her and instead of getting upset at him you ended up having an argument with her."
Blaise looked up, "Some owns a torch." He commented.
Draco shrugged, "What can I say I have a gift for stating the obvious."
They sat in silence for awhile. Blaise's eyes had drifted back to the floor, but Draco's eyes remained firmly on Blaise.
"I'm still gonna talk to her you know that right?"
Blaise nodded
"And all of our parents are still gonna be friends."
He nodded again.
"And that you have just screwed up what was the easiest, simplest and in my eyes most loving relationship I've ever seen."
Blaise nodded again but this time it was slower and less like he actually wanted agree.
"And that you've hurt one of the smartest most loving girls on the plant." Draco continued knowing Blaise was liking this less and less, but he continued in the same monotone voice.
Blaise sighed this time and looked at Draco, "I know." he said in barely a whisper.
Draco nodded, accepting Blaise's answers as the truth. He got up and held out a hand to help Blaise up, Blaise looked at him before taking the hand.
Draco pulled his friend off the ground towards him embracing him shortly. Then pulling away slightly Draco balled a fist and punched Blaise in the stomach. Blaise doubled over coughing slightly, while Draco patted him on the back.
"Shake it off mate you deserved it."
Blaise coughed again, nodding. Because he did in fact deserve it.
Ginny was worried.
It had been a week and Gabrielle hadn't left the room. The news had spread through out the school with the unwanted aid of Lavender and Parvati. Ginny sat in the silence of the library, trying to study with Hermione and Harry.
She had decided that she was going to go to the owlery and send a letter to get Draco's help, on her way back to the common room. She tiredly flipped through pages of The Standard book Of Spells (grade 6) when her eye caught a flash of Blonde hair.
She looked up and watched Draco walk through the library and behind a stack of book shelves, he was alone as Ginny noted. This was almost too perfect. She got up from the desk and turned to go when Harry said something.
"Where you going Gin?" he asked politely, underlining a sentence in his Potions and Concoctions for the Advanced text book.
"Um," she began nervously. "I was just gonna go get another. . .big leather thing . . .from. . .over there." She said waving vaguely behind her.
Hermione looked up with a smile, "Ok, don't get lost." She joked.
Ginny let a high-strung laugh and received and raised eyebrow from Harry she smiled and turned to walk away. She faked looking at a near by row of book, and slowly made her way further away.
She watched the table she was coming from to make sure they were preoccupied and she as soon as she saw Harry lean over Hermione's book, she turned to go and bumped into someone. She stepped back and mumbled an apology, then found herself looking into saxe coloured eyes, she let a small smile slip from her lips.
He raised his eyebrows in reply and she looked around to make sure that no one else was around.
"You need to help me," she whispered turning back to the book selves and pretending to search for a book just incase someone came around the corner.
Harry studied her, "with?" he asked.
"Gabrielle." she answered.
"What about Gabrielle what's wrong?" Draco asked concern filling his voice.
"She won't leave our room, for anything she hasn't eaten in a week."
"Have you brought her food?"
"She won't touch it, the house elves take it and replace it and end up taking back full tray. It's awful.
Draco nodded as he listened to Ginny,"I told you before, I'm here to help but how exactly am I gonna get into the Gryffindor rooms"
Ginny rolled her eyes having already thought of that, "Don't you have an invisibility cloak?"
Draco's eyes narrowed, "How did you-"
"Gabrielle. . .duh."
"Right. . .of course."
"Well use it, I'll meet you outside the great hall before supper finishes and I'll take you up there okay?"
Draco nodded, and Ginny quit pretending to look for a book, she stood on her tip toes and placed a kiss against his lips, "Thank you."
With that she turned and returned to her seat across from Harry and Hermione, to pack away her books. Draco watched her for awhile before returning to his table, and continuing his reading. His fingers lightly brushed his lips every now and then and the slightest of smiles appeared on his lips.
He watched the door. Soon enough the tell tale red hair came in but she was alone. This was the third day she had been alone at all three meals. Blaise could kick himself. He slammed down his fork and made several poeple jump.
He couldn't take this. He got up and crossed the great hall. Aiming for the gryffindor table. Ginny saw him coming a simply sat there watching him approach. . .she wasn't happy with him. He made his way over to her and stood there for awhile waiting for her to acknowledge the fact he was standing there.
After a few minutes she turned slowly in her seat and faced him. "May I help you?" she asked coldly.
"Where's Gabrielle?" he said cutting to the point.
Ginny raised and eyebrow, "Why do you care? Want to rub salt in the wound?"
Blaise scowled, "No, I want to talk to her."
"Well she doesn't want to see you right now." Ginny began to turn back around, But Blaise Spun her back round to face him. This simple act had Gryffindors on there feet but Ginny didn't do anything and Blaise did nothing more to provoke them further.
"What?" Ginny asked, impatiently.
"Where is she?"
Ginny stood up, Blaise was a head taller than her but she didn't care there wasn't much he could do to her. "Listen carefully, you are one of my least favourite people right now so don't you dare touch me," She hissed. "As for Gabrielle, she is in our room where she has been for the past a week not eating, barely sleeping, and playing the most depressing songs she can think of. Now all of this is because you can't learn to trust someone who loves you enough to act blind to what a jerk you really are. Now if you don't mind I need to go threaten my best friend with feeding charms if she doesn't start eating soon."
With that she stormed out of the dining hall, Blaise stood fuming. He should be upset about all this but it simply fueled his anger. Soon after he left the great hall also. Consumed with the events they had just witnessed. No one in the hall noticed Draco slip out of the room, a silvery sheet tucked securely under his arm.
When he left Ginny was sitting at the bottom of the stairs, they didn't make any eye contact and Draco walked as though he was following Blaise to the dungeons. A few meters down the corridor secure in the fact no one else was there he slipped the watery cloak around himself. Checking that he was firmly covered he back tracked to the entrance hall stairs where Ginny was now standing with her hand on the banister, as she seemingly stared off into space.
He approached her and pinched her rear lightly, caught off guard she jumped. Spinning slightly before remembering what was going on. Then she relaxed.
"Come on." she whispered, "This way."
She led Draco up seven different flights of stairs, and through numerous concealed entrances even if Draco had been trying to remember all this he wouldn't have been successful. Soon they were staring at a picture of a fat lady in a pink dress. Ginny leaned close and whispered the password to her.
The portrait swung open and Ginny led the way in. Most of the house was still at dinner so the common room was empty, Ginny made her way over to the girls' dorm stair way and them stopped.
She heard Draco's voice from behind her, "What's wrong?"
"You're a boy." she whispered back.
Draco blinked and although Ginny couldn't see it she could tell she had confused him with her statement.
"Well if your just figuring that out I think we need to have a talk."
Ginny rolled her eyes, "No I mean Boys can't go into the Girls dorm here,"
"Really?"
Ginny nodded, They stood in silence then Ginny got an idea, she turned to where she thought Draco was, "You trust me right?" she asked with a smile.
Draco watched her studying her face before answering, "Why?"
"You're not suppose to answer a question with a question, and because your going to have to if you want to get up there." Draco eyed the stairs then Ginny.
"What are you going to do?"
"mlevitateudestaris" she mumbled under her breath.
"Excuse me?"
"Levitate you up the stairs." She repeated slowly, as though Draco was hard of hearing.
Draco laughed mirthfully, "Your joking right?"
Ginny gave a smile and a small laugh, "No."
His smiled dropped giving the stairs a last look, then gave a resigned sigh, "Fine."
Ginny smiled and pulled out her wand, with a mutter of 'Wingardium Leviosa' Draco was floating precariously above the stairs of the gryffindor girls' dorm. Ginny walking steadily behind him. They reached the top and his feet touched solid ground.
"That is probably the most uncomfortable mode of transport ever invented." Draco commented as Ginny led him towards her room.
It was dark when they entered the two girls' room, Ginny's bed was neatly spread while the curtains to Gabrielle's were drawn, Night was falling over the hogwarts ground and the room was cast in shadow.
Draco pulled the cloak off of himself reappearing next to Ginny. Stating the obvious Ginny pointed him toward Gabrielle bed. He walked over to the dark side of the room standing outside his best friend's drawn curtains.
"Gabrielle?" He called. He heard the rustle of sheets on the other side at the sound of his voice but no answer came.
He looked to Ginny who silently urged him forward and he turned back around, "Gabrielle?" He tried again.
Still No response.
He took a deep breath and parted her curtains. Sitting on the edge of her bed. Gabrielle had her back to him, feigning sleep. She was pale and weak from lack of both light and food. Draco gave Ginny one last look before, kicking off his shoes and pulling his legs onto the bed with him. He drew the curtains and lay next to his friend.
Her back still to him, she lay between him and her guitar. Draco propped his head up his hand and rested the other on Gabrielle's arm. He lightly stroked her arm before leaning closer to her resting his head on his shoulder.
They lay in silence for along while listening to the sounds outside the curtains, Ginny moving nervously around the room before entering the bathroom. Then came the sound of running water. Draco watched Gabrielle for the entire time, she still hadn't spoken let alone looked at him.
He leaned up slightly pressing a small loving kiss on her shoulder. "Talk to me," he whispered.
Gabrielle eyes creaked open slightly, taking in the unchanged decor of her bed curtains. She sighed and leaned into Draco, instinctively his arms wrapped around her protectively as he had done on many occasions.
A new silence had fallen over them before Gabrielle broke it, her voice hoarse from lack of everything, "She really likes you. . .Don't hurt her."
Draco nodded, "I won't."
"Promise?"
Draco had never been one to break promises because he had never made them but Gabrielle needed this and he couldn't hope for her to do something for him if he didn't do something for her first. "I'll promise you if you promise me something in return."
"I'm not talking to Blaise."
But Draco shook his head, "I wouldn't dare ask you to, but you have to start eating Gabrielle I hate seeing you like this."
Gabrielle turned to face him and he sat up, looking down at her, "I will."
"So will I."
They sat for a little while longer in a comfortable silence, Gabrielle stifled another yawn and rolled over to look at Draco properly. "Do something for me?"
Draco looked down at her, "Anything."
"Sing something."
Draco laughed slightly, "What?"
"Anything, something new. Something I haven't heard yet."
Draco could think of several song he had written that she hadn't heard yet, but that was simply because they were all to personal for him to share. . .even with her. Draco thought for awhile knowing Ginny was in the other room, and could most likely hear him if he did sing. So he decided he'd sing something for her.
Gabrielle willingly obliged him with her guitar and lay down comfortably amongst her ruby coloured sheets. Waiting for him to begin.
Ginny watched Draco disappear behind the curtains of Gabrielle's four poster bed. She let a small sigh escape her mouth. She hoped she was doing the right thing for her friend. Ginny tried to distract herself be keeping busy around the room. Cleaning mainly, that's what her mother did when she was nervous and Ginny seemed to have picked it up.
She couldn't clean much as the room was already clean. It had been for the past week with Ginny trying to distract herself. Giving up on the prospect of distraction, Ginny decided to just. Try to relax, and how she relaxed was to clean herself. Gathering her towel, bathrobe, and some clothes Ginny entered the bathroom she and Gabrielle shared.
It was spotless, it had been Ginny's project the night before. Every surface was immaculate, the tiles gleamed under the torchlight. Ginny rested her clothes on the counter and hung her robe behind the door and her towel on the rack.
She found herself taking calming breaths as she spun the taps that began to fill the bath with warm water. She slid out of the confinements of her school uniform, and into the inviting calm of the water. Ginny reached to the side of the tub for her favourite bath wash and added it to the water.
Soon the surface was covered with a thick coat of heavenly scented bubbles, Ginny's body completely concealed beneath the thicket of foam. She sighed, as she let herself stew in the hot water. She took a deep breath and sank below the surface of the water.
The torchlight could barely pass through the surface of bubbles, but Ginny didn't care as she looked around the murky bottom of the large tub. She sat on the bottom of the head holding her breath for as long as she could, until she felt a supreme lightness in her head.
Finally she broke the surface of the water, she didn't know how long she had been under there, but she knew that there hadn't been music when she had gone under. She sat silently in the tub no sound but the lapping of the water, she listened as the sound of a guitar came to her, and then a voice joined it. But this wasn't Gabrielle's sad disappointed voice that she had gotten so use to hearing, it was male voice, It was Draco.
The song was slow and gentle, as were his words. Ginny listened making sure not to move to much least the lapping water override the words that were being sung so beautifully.
I sing for you and only you
Wherever I go I find you
You're in the sound of every hello
In everything I do
You're the song I was destined to know
And I only sing for you
You went away. I should have known
You leave so many dreams behind you
Thought I'd be fine just being alone
I didn't have a clue
But my heart had a mind of its own
And would only sing for you
You're in the sound of the rain
Clouds in a winter sky
In a thousand unsaid words
In a thousand crazy reasons why
You were meant to fly
So fly for me and day by day
I'll keep hoping your heart reminds you
Nothing but love can stand in our way
But love can see us through
Maybe that's all I wanted to say
I will always sing for you
I will always sing for you
Ginny smiled at the sentiment of the song that she had just heard, she noticed a new moistness on her face as a tear rolled down her cheek into the water. Ginny took in a breath and sunk beneath the water once more.
Draco finished the song, and looked over at Gabrielle. Asleep. Good he thought. She needs it. He rested her guitar beside her. Looking over to the other side of the room, that belonged to the littlest Weasley. He shifted himself off of Gabrielle's bed and walked over to Ginny's side of the room.
It was organized, there was a place for everything and everything was in it's place. He began to wonder if Ginny was more like Granger than he had originally suspected. He looked on her bedside table she had frames and frames of pictures, her family, individuals of her brothers, a group shot with Harry and her lying in a hammock together. Draco placed that one back face down.
He wondered around the room looking at posters and books that Ginny and Gabrielle had but soon enough he tired of this. Draco noticed that Ginny still hadn't emerged from the bathroom and she had been in there for awhile. Draco listened but there was nothing, no running water, no splashing no nothing.
He walked over to the bathroom door and knocked, "Ginny?" He called.
No answer, maybe she hadn't heard him, "Ginny?" he called a little louder.
Still no response, Draco noticed the panic settling in his chest, "Ginny?" He yelled.
Still no response as he knocked on the door. He'd had enough Draco turned the knob and entered the bathroom. His eyes immediately drawn to the full tub sunken into the center of the floor the bubbles on the surface were so thick he had no idea if she was in there.
Ginny's head broke the surface of the still water sending ripples out to the edge of the tub were they fell over with a splash onto the floor. She blinked a couple of times before wiping foam out of her face. She had seen the door swing open.
She looked over at Draco her reb hair sticking to the sides of her face and neck. She silently thanked Merlin for the cover of bubbles. She blinked at Draco, "Hey." she said.
Draco looked down at her, she seemed ok, "Hey, Gabrielle's asleep, she'll be at breakfast tomorrow."
Ginny nodded, "Ok."
"Are you ok?"
"Fine, why? Oh the whole under water thing. . .I just like it under there."
Draco nodded, "Ok. Well when your ready you need to get me out of here remember?"
Ginny had actually forgotten but she nodded anyway, "yeah I'll be right out."
With that Draco closed the door back and walked over to the door to wait for Ginny.
Ginny emerged from the bathroom a few minutes later her hair still damp, she was in a simple over sized shirt and a pair of pale jeans. She walked over to Draco and smiled, "Ready?"
"Not quite," he leaned down and kissed her. Ginny wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissing him back. Slowly they pulled away.
"Now I'm ready." Ginny smiled and opened the door sticking her head out, it was well past midnight right now so hopefully everyone had called it a night. The hall was empty as she led Draco back to the stairs. She went down first. To check the common room. Empty.
She beckoned him after her, Draco placed a tentative foot on the stairs, nothing happened. He began to walk down when beneath him they stairs dissolved into each other becoming a slick stone slope. Draco very ungraciously slipped and slid down the stairs.
Somehow he ended up head first in a rug, he heard Ginny behind him suppressing laughter. She got up roughly straightening his robes, he turned to the red head who was fighting to keep a straight face.
"You knew that would happen didn't you?" he asked sounding extremely peeved off.
Ginny nodded trying to keep a straight face, "Well you didn't enjoy the levitation so I thought we could take a different approach."
"Well you could have warned me."
"It wouldn't have been as funny."
"Well I'm glad that me almost breaking my neck amuses you so."
Ginny shook her head and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his waist, "Are you mad?"
He looked down at her trying to keep up his Malfoy mask in place but it had slipped in front of her to many times to be put back, "No."
She brightened, "Good."
Ginny walked Draco out of the portrait hole onto the seventh floor landing. The school was deathly quiet and as still as a grave. Ginny's arms were still round Draco's waist as they stood outside in silence.
"I have to go," Draco said finally.
Ginny sighed, "I know you do" she tightened her grip around him a makeshift hug, "We really don't get to spend enough time together."
"No we don't."
"But we should."
"Yes we should." Draco thought for awhile his chin resting on top of Ginny's head. He pulled away slightly and looked down at her, "Don't worry, I'll think of something, but right now we should be there for Gabrielle and Blaise."
"Yeah, be there for Blaise I'm sure." Ginny said sarcastically.
"Look he still loves her, he's just a little Hard headed."
"A little?"
"Ok a lot hard headed."
"That's better."
Ginny sighed saying goodbye one last time. They parted and went back to there separate lives.
Gabrielle walked into the great hall the next morning talking avidly to Ginny as if nothing had ever happened. She ignored the looks she got from the other student and acted as if she didn't notice. She slid in next to Harry and pulled a plate towards her.
"Morning Everyone," she said cheerfully to those around her.
Taking her lead Harry and Hermione said their good mornings and continued as though she had never left. Gabrielle quickly resumed her conversation with Ginny, who was simply happy that her friend was better but Ginny thought to soon because just then the great hall door opened and the rain on everyone's parade entered.
The slytherins headed by Draco and Blaise entered the great hall heads straight each movement perfectly choreographed. They followed Draco as he entered the hall. Draco scanned the hall to check if Gabrielle had kept her promise. And like a true Gryff there she was front and center.
She looked up upon the entry of the Slytherins and flashed Draco a bright smile. He dipped his head in reply and changed the direction of the Slytherins to detour over to the Gryffindor table. When they reached her Gabrielle was in conversation with Ginny who looked up at them before going back to her breakfast. Gabrielle faced them.
"Hello Draco," she said brightly.
"Gabrielle," he replied. Blaise made a noise next to him and both looked over to the forgotten Slytherin. Gabrielle looked him up and down and turned back to Ginny to continue their conversation.
"What forgotten my name have we?" Blaise snapped.
Ginny saw Gabrielle's jaw clench noticeably, "No I remember your name, there are several other things I want to call you that I can't due to the close proximity to the teachers." Gabrielle spoke through clenched teeth.
She slowly turned in her seat to face Blaise, but a smirk was not the look she had expected to see on his face. She looked him up and down and made to turn back around when he leaned down towards the table hands resting of the wood on either side of her. His lips drew close to her ear and he whispered huskily.
"I can remember a few names you use to call me." he said, Ginny noticed Gabrielle tense at his words.
He pulled away slightly his voice growing louder so that both the Slytherins and the rest of Gryffindor could hear him, "Like God?" He smirked evilly. A look of mock ecstasy came on to his face, "Oh god oh god yes yes oh god."
Ginny watched Gabrielle take several deep breaths to calm down before she stood and looked Blaise dead in the eye as he laughed with his fellow Slytherins.
"Bravo Blaise, you can fake it almost as well as I did." his smirk fell and her's grew.
And with that gabrielle picked up and apple and left the great hall as a dark scowl appeared on Blaise's face. Ginny used her hand to cover her laughter.
I apologize this is the only review I could remember off the top of my cranium.
Deaths confident- (I think it was you) No I don't write the songs as the disclaimers and author's notes say the songs are actual songs usually by evanescence or some such band.
Sorry this took long my net stopped working and I got writers block and stuff but here it is and I'll keep working and I know I haven't replied to any reviews but I don't have time. Also this Chappie in un-Betaed as my beta is at school and I wanted to get this up before the net goes again.
