July 27, 1995, 12 Grimmauld Place
Well, I was right about my punishment for performing illegal underage magic…Mum has assigned me to dinner duty for a week. Hey, I'll take dinner duty for a month if it means I don't have to have my wand snapped in half by the Ministry. I was pretty scared last night when Mum came into my room. I must admit that.
Anyway, I finally got a letter from Michael last night. He's returned home to England from Paris, and he wants to know when I'll be going to Diagon Alley so that we could see each other again before school starts. I still have to run this idea by Mum and Dad, and Ron, Fred, and George are bound to find out that Michael and I are dating if they see us together in Diagon Alley.
He signed his letter "Love from, Michael" and I squealed so loudly that Ron opened the bedroom door and asked what was wrong. I covered it up by saying there was a spider on the ceiling, and he was gone from the doorway before you could say "arachnid". What does Hermione see in him?
Speaking of Hermione, she's been giving me the cold shoulder since breakfast! I don't even know why. It's probably because of the hex I performed yesterday on George, but what in the bloody world does that have to do with Hermione? She didn't even come to the bedroom to get her textbook: she had Ron fetch it for her. I haven't seen her all day, and it's starting to worry me.
Mum made me apologize to George this morning, first thing after breakfast. I trekked upstairs to his and Fred's bedroom and told him that I acted on impulse and that it would never happen again, and that I was truly sorry for what I had done (which, believe it or not, is the factual truth). George hugged me and said, "That hex was the best bloody piece of magic I've seen in a while!" I spent an hour testing out their new products, like those Fainting Fancies. Fred said I was out cold for nearly ten minutes before he decided to pop the antidote pill into my mouth. They're not that bad actually…I'm considering buying a few of the Skiving Snackboxes once term starts up, no matter how dangerous Hermione says they are. If we're talking by then, that is…
Tonks stopped by for lunch, which, of course, Hermione did not attend. She said she had a headache and Mum brought her some food after we were all finished eating. Anyway, Tonks and I talked for a while, and after my brothers left, I told her all about Michael. I showed her that Eiffel Tower picture of him, too, and she said he was "a right sodding bloke".
I asked Tonks if she liked anyone, and she turned as pink as her spiky hair! She wouldn't tell me who it was, but I have a hunch that it's someone in the Order. But who could it be? At first, I thought it was Bill, but Tonks knows perfectly well that Bill and Fleur are going together…but maybe Tonks likes Bill in spite of the fact that he's already taken? Hmmm. That's something I need to investigate in the near future.
Tonks had to leave for an all-night Auror mission at the Ministry, so I didn't get a chance to ask her for advice on Hermione. Bill came home early for work because he has an English lesson with Fleur, so after lunch, I passed by the bedroom and went straight for Bill's room. After I helped him pick out a shirt for his lesson, he sat down on the bed, and I explained everything to him.
Bill listened intently, and afterwards, he said that maybe Hermione is nervous that I'll use underage magic on her. But I told Bill that Hermione knows perfectly well I would never hex her. He just shrugged and said that he couldn't think of any other reasons. Bill suggested that perhaps Hermione was jealous of the thing I have going with Michael, but Hermione would never stoop to that level of jealousy…or maybe she would? Oh, I have no idea anymore! I just want her to start bloody talking to me again!
Okay. Glad I got that out in the open.
Harry's birthday is in four days, and I still can't figure out if I should get him a present or not. I guess it would be a friendly thing to do, but Harry and I aren't exactly friends. What was that word that Hermione used once?
Acquaintances.
Yes, that's it. Harry and I are merely acquaintances. I barely even talk to him! Besides, what if I get him a present, and then he thinks that I still like him? And then what if Michael finds out that I got Harry a present, and Michael gets jealous? What if Michael gets so jealous that he breaks up with me and starts going out with someone from his own house? What if…?
What am I saying? It's only a bloody birthday present! I doubt Harry would get me a birthday present. He probably doesn't even know when my birthday is! So why am I worried so much about getting Harry Potter a birthday present?
Yeah, why am I worried so much? Hmmm.
I should be more worried about getting Michael a present. His birthday is August 27, just sixteen days after mine! I'll ask him what he really wants for his birthday…but shouldn't I already know? I mean, he is my boyfriend, after all. He knew that I liked necklaces, so why don't I know what Michael wants for his birthday. Why…?
Here I go again. Blabbing away. Not to mention wasting precious ink. I doubt Hermione will let me borrow another one of her extra bottles, and I know that Ron, Fred, and George don't keep any spares. Maybe I can ask Tonks to bring in some inkbottles from her Auror office. Yes, that's exactly what I'll do.
Gah! Mum's calling me. Dinner duty arrives!
Good night!
-Ginny
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Anyway, back to "Hear My Voice" matters.
Every great friendship has some flaws in it, and that's why I have Hermione giving Ginny the "cold shoulder". I already have the reason behind it, and it will be explained before Harry's birthday, I assure you. I'm sticking to canon OOTP facts, so they won't be mad at each other forever!
I fit in some Ginny-Tonks and Ginny-Bill bonding in this chapter, too. I have a feeling that Ginny developed strong relationships with her favorite Metamorphagus and her eldest brother, so I'll throw in a few of those moments over the next month.
: Breaking News:
I WILL (and that's a definite WILL) be going on vacation to Seaside Heights, New Jersey on August 24, 25, and 26. The hotel does have Internet access, but my mother's laptop won't always be available for updates, so I'll be putting up three chapters at once in the last week of August, so none of the entries will be missed.
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