A/N: Well, I am sorry to hear that you are disappointed Reader-of-Lost-Souls, because I am trying very hard to improve on my writing, so here is the next chapter.
Chapter 7
Payment After Evesdropping
When Ginny had reached her door she saw a small piece of parchment slipped under the door so that half of it was hanging out and half of it wasn't. She bent down and carefully picked it up, and then opened it. It said;
Ginny,
I am so sorry, after you left the library I realized that I had that meeting with Professor Dumbledore, so I wont be at dinner. I totally forgot, I guess that when you told me about the news I got all excited and just totally forgot about the meeting. Oh, and if you are wondering how I got this to you so fast, well I sent one of the house elves that were sorting books down to your room; You know they are speedy little things. Well I hope I got this to you in time, I have to get to Pr. Dumbledore's office now. Have a Nice dinner.
Hermione
PS I noticed that you seemed a little down earlier, but I didn't want to bring it up and I still don't. But if you want to talk about what is bothering you then just remember I am always here to listen.
Ginny smiled at the last part, she knew that Hermione had figured out that something was wrong. Hermione always knows when something is wrong with one of her friends. She was very greatful that she hadn't asked her what was wrong in the library, because if she had to relive that, then she probably would have had a nervous break down.
Ginny folded the letter up and placed it in her bag. Then she walked over to her door and mumbled the password so that the oncoming people could not hear her, the door swung open smoothly revealing the large,organized room. Ginny stepped into her room and flung her bag onto the ground, she then went over to her wardrobe and changed into a pair of jeans and a pink 'V' top shirt. She was very relieved to change out of the heavy cloak.
She stood in front of the mirror for a couple of minutes, trying to figure out what it was about her that Harry didn't like, but that soon depressed her so she went over to her bed and began to write in her diary.
Ginny
Sitting on my bed,
Dear Diary,
Wow, it seems like forever since I have sat down and wrote in this, I guess I better fill you in. Well, first off, I have Transfiguration classes with the seventh years. It's pretty cool, although the only person that I really ever interact with is Hermione.
Hmm,oh yeah! I had my first class with George, it was pretty cool too, or at least I thought it was. I don't really think the rest of my class liked it very much though. We had to do a nose dive from twenty feet in the air, and then pull up about a foot off the ground; I thought it was fun, but I have to admit it wasn't easy.
And last but defiantly not least, there is going to be a Valentines day Ball. You'd think that I would be very excited, but you're wrong. You want to know why?...Well that's to bad because I'm going to tell you anyway. Today when I went into the bathroom to freshen up my makeup and hair I happened to hear Harry talking to Ron. So what do you think I did?...I eavesdropping! What an idiot huh? Well, what I heard was pretty much devastating. Harry was telling Ron about who he was going to ask to the ball, and it wasn't me. It was, of course, Hermione, and to think I actually thought about asking him to the ball, Boy was I wrong! I've decided to move on and like someone else, Connor Hewly to be exact. Hermione told me that Connor liked me, so it makes it a bit easier for me to like him too, but this is definitely not going to be any walk in the park! Wish me luck,
Ginny
Ginny closed her diary and put the locking spell on it, and then layed it back down onto her dresser. She laid there thinking about what she had wrote for a while, and then decided to go on to dinner.
Ginny glumly got up and walked to her door, mumbling the password again, and then started off down the long endless hallway.
"What is it that Hermione has that I don't'' Ginny asked herself
" Well, for starters she is in the same year as Harry," The voice in her head replied
" So, what does that have to do with anything, I mean so what I'm one year younger, big deal," Ginny thought
" Hey look lady, my job is to reply to your thoughts, not to argue with you," The voice remarked aggravatingly
When she reached the Great Hall doors, she stood in front of them in denial. Ginny didn't no wether she should go in and face Harry or not. After several minutes of thinking it over she decided that she would just have to go in and face him. She entered the large room carefully, but held her head high just as if nothing had happened. Ginny approached the table and sat down besides Ron, beginning to fill her plate up with large pieces of baked chicken and many juicy slivers of oranges. She found the food to be quite comforting and stress-relieving, and before she knew it she was having a conversation with Ron.
" Hey Gin, how were your classes?" Ron asked smiling at his little sister
" They were Okay, how'd yours go?" she replied, stuffing a piece of chicken into her mouth
" Well, the day went fine until I hit Snape's class," he said quietly, obviously feeling bad about something
" Why, what happened?" Ginny asked looking at her brother's face with amusement. She hadn't seen him look this guilty in a long time.
" I got a detention tonight with Harry,"he said, barely above a whisper
" You did? Why, what did you do?" asked the shocked red head
" Well, Ron and I have potions class with the Slytherins, and we decided to put a few toads into Mafloy's cauldron when he wasn't looking. Unfortunately Professor Snape was," Harry replied, which made Ginny have a graphic flash back of what happened earlier
" Oh, well, um...sorry to hear that...got a lot of homework...have fun at...um...detention," Ginny stuttered, standing up and walking out of the spacious room quickly. Leaving the two boys dumbfounded.
" Wonder what that was about," a very confused Ron stated to his baffled friend
" Donno," Harry replied, watching Ginny turn the corner
" Hormones," the two said in unison, as Ginny disappeared down the hall
As soon as Ginny turned the corner she started to run for her room, but instead collided with Hermione who's arms where full of books, quills, parchments, and a couple of bags. Hermione's things scattered down the hall with a large, BANG!
"Oh my god I am so sorry Hermione,...I don't know what has gotten into me," she said, shaking her head as she began to pick up the mess.
" Oh, that's okay, don't worry about it, we can clean it up in a minute. But did I see you crying?" Hermione said looking up at her friend who turned ghost white and turned away, picking up the mess even faster.
" Um,..no..Peves came by and sprayed something in my eyes making them burn, so my eyes,...they just started burning. No big deal," Ginny said not even looking up
" Ginny, it's me Hermione, your best friend, now don't try to lie because I can tell if you are or not; so just spill it okay," she said grabbing Ginny's hands and forcing her to look at her in the eyes.
" Sorry, Mione, I can't, I...I..I can't,later, I'll tell you tomorrow after lunch in the library," she said trying to avoid tearing up again
" No, no, no, you have to tell me what is going on. I feel like I did something, you just aren't acting right when I'm around. Here, let's just clean all of this up, and go to your room and talk about it. Okay? Hermione asked, beginning to pick up the mess once again.
" Um...well, I guess," Ginny said out loud thinking something quite different in her head; " Oh,my,god, what am I going to do, she is going to ask me all of these questions, how am I going to answer? What am I going to do!" was exactly what she was thinking.
" Okay, let's go,Gin. You lead," she said to the pale red head.
" Okay, um...I guess," she replied reluctantly as she headed off towards her room
It was completely silent all the way to Ginny's room, Hermione didn't say a word to Ginny, nor did Ginny to Hermione. When they reached her door Ginny muttered the password; making the door once again swing open revealing the beautifully furnished room.
" Wow, it's beautiful! You are so lucky Gin!" she said sounding stunned
" Yeah, I guess," she replied plopping down on her newly changed bed.
" Okay so what's going on here?" Hermione asked, turning the already pale red head into a ghostly white figure who began to tremble. " Why have you been tryin to ignore me?"
Ginny took a deep breath and friend not to burst out into tears, but that didn't work she just broke out into hysterics.
"I'...m so sor..ry...Hermio...mione, I'v...ve been so..r...r..rude," she sniffled out, now crying even harder if possible.
Hermione rose from her seat and walked over to Ginny, putting a comforting arm around her, which made Ginny feel a lot better.
" Go on Gin, tell me what happened," Hermione softly encouraged
"Oka...y, ju..st...let me cal..m down," she replied, wiping the freshly shed tears
She sat there for a few minutes trying to calm down and when she was done she told Hermione everything; she told her of how Harry liked her and how he didn't know who to ask. Hermione sat there with a dazed look on her face, when she had finished.
" I guess I shouldn't of gotten so upset over such a little thing," she started much calmer now " I guess it's not THAT big of a deal, I just thought that he really did like me,... but I was wrong. Don't look so,...so...shocked, it's not like you didn't know he liked you," Ginny said to Hermione
" Ginny, that's not the reason why I look so shocked, it's just that I was outside of his when they were talking about that. I heard something totally different, I heard that Harry was going to ask YOU!"
A/N: plz review, hope you liked this, I worked hard on it.
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