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Chapter 13- A Poisoning, winking, a disgusting ferret, and a really stupid and embarrassed me.

I.

It was really late when I got back. I snuck in through secret passages and into the rooms to find Suzy and the twins waiting for me.

"It's 2 o'clock in the morning, just where have you been?" Kate demanded.

I had started feeling ill as soon as I returned too England. My head felt like it would burst, I was sick to my stomach and what was worst was that my waist burned like fire.

I pinched the bridge of my nose. "You shouldn't have waited for me, I had to go meet someone."

Karen glared at me, "You go missing for hours, shut yourself in that room and talk to god knows who, you haven't slept properly for ages, you don't even eat properly! You look like you are going to collapse at any moment Ginny. I don't know what you are doing, but you are destroying yourself."

I tried concentrating on what she was saying but I was only able to get the gist of it. My ears were buzzing and my eyes were starting to cloud over. I felt my throat start to constrict and I groaned to myself. Why hadn't I thought of it before? "Get…me…a…knife…" I gasped out and Suzy rushed to the kitchen. "GO…GET…ANTIDOTE …FOR …SELENIUM AND SILVER POTASSIUM … POISONING …SNAPE…GO!" I managed to shout out to the Andrews twins who were staring at me in horror. They both ran out, towards the dungeons.

Susanne arrived with the knife and I cast a disinfectant spell on it and my waist. She covered her face and looked away when I lifted the shirt on my side. When I looked down, I understood why. It was green and had boils on it. I felt sick and bit my tongue to keep myself from screaming as I cut the skin. I started trying to heal it more so that that are didn't get gangrene. Yes, magical people can also get gangrene.

Only a few minutes had gone by when Angie Sinistra burst into the room.

"Sev can't enter Ginny, we need to take you out of the room." She helped me out of the room and into the corridor where a very furious looking Severus Snape was standing, potions in hand.

"Just how did you manage to have what looks like Pettigrew's hand dug into you?"

He asked sneering at my wound as he handed me a blue potion.

I gulped the nasty tasting thing down and retorted, "And how would you know if it is Pettigrew's hand or not?"

"For gods sake Weasley! Why do you have to act dumb on purpose? Just answer the damn question!" He snapped at me.

Sinistra glared at him from the side and he snapped at "These kids probably know more swear words then you could probably dream of Angela. Quit glaring at me."

Much to his and my surprise she did a particularly good imitation of his scowl. I nearly laughed at his flustered face. He couldn't even answer back He just turned to me with his red face. "I've just been informed that Pettigrew has been given the kiss of death. And I know for a fact that he used selenium and silver potassium as poison. He had capsules hidden in his silver hand, which would open up when he dug his fingers into someone's flesh. Now, what I want to know is why in the fucking hell were you anywhere around him Miss Weasley, when you KNOW that the dark lord wants to make you the mother of his heir and his queen of bloody fucking darkness!"

"I am aware of what danger I am in. I had to go, or else he would have killed one of my contacts. You should be glad that I went you bat! I already know that I am in danger, but you don't even know that Voldemort knows you are a spy and on our side. Don't talk about what you don't know Snivellus, it as exceedingly important that I go there tonight, even if I was risking my life." I hissed at him. I know it was mean, he was concerned and was venting because he was worried, but I have a right to vent too! Besides those nights without sleep, the ones during which I had slept were filled with nightmares and tonight's adventure plus my training had zapped every ounce of strength, sanity and amicability out of me. Here I was calling Snape 'Snivellus' when he was in a rare form and actually showing concern over someone in his own way.

I could see the hurt on his face and felt guilty. I looked down at my feet and murmured, "I am sorry sir. I did not mean to say that."

He nodded sharply but did not reply. The twins and Suzy watched in shock as he handed me a dreamless sleep potion and told me to take rest. He hadn't even taken any points away! I nearly gave them a heart attack when I hugged the dreaded potions professor and went in again. From the corner of my eye I saw Angie give him a look of pure adoration and kiss his cheek as he turned as red as my hair (and it's pretty darned red!- but as nice and adorable the gesture of affection was, EEEWW!).

I fell onto the bed and fell into the best sleep I had gotten in days.

II.

The next morning I felt and looked much better. I got a lot of attention from the male population in the great hall. I shuddered as I saw Draco Malfoy wink and smirk at me.

"That's it, I'm going Snape style. No more showering, or sleeping for me." I said to Jess who was laughing at my side.

"Yeah, it'll be as if you switched personalities. He'll smile and stay clean as you turn broodier and nastier." I cocked an eyebrow and she pointed at the head table. Where Snape's hair was no longer greasy, but was smooth and silky. And he was wearing nice royal blue robes. He looked really good. I grinned at him and he gave me a small smile. There was a collective gasp and his smile turned into a full-blown evil grin. I grinned my own evil grin as I saw Angie beaming at him from the side of the table. After glancing at her I looked back at Sev and waggled my eyebrows. The grin dropped and was replaced by the normal scowl. I congratulated myself on annoying my potions master yet again and turned back to my breakfast.

III.

That afternoon, once the school day was over I was having tea with Tonks in her quarters.

"So, what has our young Miss Weasley been upto lately?" She asked sitting cross legged on settee. She and I had grabbed one pillow each and were in full gossip mode.

"Oh, you know, the usual, training, no sleep, studying, almost getting killed…"

"Does this have anything to do with Pettigrew's death?"

I nodded.

She looked worried, "Did he do anything to you?"

"Not really, if you exclude the fact that he dug his fingers into my waist, no."

She shuddered, "Ginny! They're poisonous!"

"I know. It's all right. Snape gave me an antidote and I have healed it as much as I could. There's not much I can do other than that."

She shook her head, "We are canceling training and you are not going for Quidditch practice. I'll write you a note saying you got hurt during training. But I don't want you to do any body work for some time."

I groaned, "Harry and Ron are going to kill me!"

"That doesn't matter. If they have a problem, they can come and talk to me, let's see how they will like doing some of the training you do. Trust me Gin, most of the Aurors can't do what you can. You are already up to my status. Moody is going to have to start training you soon."

I finally relented and we started chatting.

"How's Remmy?" I asked.

She grinned, "He took me out for dinner and dancing a few nights ago. It was very romantic."

"Really?"

She nodded, "Uh-huh! And guess who we saw there."

"Who?"

"Sev Snape and Angie Sinistra."

I laughed, "I already knew about that one."

We giggled as we continued talking.

I left her after being there for an hour and a half and walked towards the Gryffindor tower. I made a turn, but a hand clasped around mine stopping me.

"On no you don't my love." I felt my hairs stand as I recognized the voice of Draco Malfoy.

"Let go of me ferret!"

He smirked, "There's no one here to protect you now Weasley." He ran a finger down my cheek. "Did you know that Aunty Bella is very, very mad at you?"

I shivered in disgust as his breath hit my face. "She wants too be the dark lord's bride, but he wants you. As do I. So stay with me, my aunty won't kill you if you aren't a threat."

He pushed me against the wall and kissed me. He forced his tongue into my mouth and I kneed him in the lower regions. I ran from there as fast as I could.

I managed to reach the tower quickly. I rushed inside and plopped myself down next to my friends.

"So, finally got some sleep last night?" Colin whispered

"Yes, as a matter of fact I did" I hissed back. He just grinned. I looked over at Kate and remembered Mark. That's when it hit me. I knew how I had known his name. I groaned out loud and covered my face with my hands.

"What is it?"

"Guess who I met yesterday?"

"Who?"

"Mark Benson."

"Bloody Hell! What is he like?" My friend was practically squealing.

I grinned at him, "He asked me out." I just love doing this to him.

"What, you did say yes didn't you?"

I shook my head. He looked like he wanted to throttle me. "Are you mad?

I shook my head. "No, I didn't think it would work. I don't have time for a boyfriend, plus it would be wrong because of…you know…"

He nodded and squeezed my hand. "So why were you moaning and groaning about it?"

"I forgot who he was, I just realized where I had heard of him. I mean every girl must know he is. And there I was sitting and talking to him after being introduced to him. I completely forgot how famous he is. And then when he asked me out, I said no. He must really think I'm an idiot."

He laughed out loudly, exclaiming, "How could you not recognize an international hotty?"

My face reddened, "Well…I…it happens okay! It was a very…stressful situation, I wasn't thinking about those things!"

"Which international hotty are we talking about there?" asked Parvati who had caught that bit of our conversation.

"Mark Benson" Colin shouted back to her from across the room. I watched as girls nearly swooned hearing that name.

Lavender burst into a fit of giggles and Seamus turned to me, "Thank you for bringing up that subject Miss Weasley so that we have to endure the giggling and gossiping for the rest of the night."

I rolled my eyes, "Always a pleasure Mister Finnegan."

Hermione looked at me thoughtfully, "Isn't he an Auror?"

"Yup."

Kate sniggered, "You didn't recognize him? With all the posters in the girls locker room and dormitory?"

"Kate, you are the one whose being saying that I don't get enough sleep. I was exhausted and you saw me, did it look like my brain would be able to process anything?"

She looked at me thoughtfully, "No, not really, I was surprised you didn't collapse. But are you going to go out with him now?"

I shook my head, "Nope, I don't think he and I would be good together. Which is why I told him about you. He said it would be okay for me to set him up with someone, so if you ARE interested, I can tell him to meet you during the next Hogsmeade weekend."

"Would he even want to go with me?"

I laughed, "Kate, he's going to love you. Trust me. Don't sell yourself short."

She nodded and went back to talking to her twin. I laughed to myself when I saw her ears slowly turning red.

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