Rosies and Posies: Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

AN: I haven't had any writters block and I hope it stays this easy and fun to write. Sad part is is that my sis really is getting more reviews then me. But she doesnt even know what to typenext, anI can write like- BAM! yea! rockstar Well IM off to go eat dinner and write more, hope you still like it becuase i haven't given people a chance toread.

Chapter 6

Since it was still early in the evening when she got in she didn't meet much people on the way to her room. No one that stopped her anyway. She fell sleep the second she hit the pillow. Screw her thoughts, they weren't gonna be able to keep her awake, she was way to tired. It had been about six when she fell sleep and when she woke up the next morning she was ashamed to find that it was six in the morning. She had slept twelve flippin' hours, how depressing. Her first class wasn't until nine though so she had time to finish a little bit of her homework and start a paper before she had choir.

She dropped by the kitchens and grabbed something to eat on the way up to the astronomy tower. Two pieces of toast and a hard boiled egg were jammed into her mouth before she got there and she took her seat next to Neville who had flunked last year and had to retake it because it was one of the standard classes.

He looked surprised to see her and smiled as she took out her books, "Hey Gin."

'It's Weas,' she thought for a second then remembered that in fact it was Gin. Had been her entire life. "Hey Nev."

"I didn't think you'd be here today. I didn't see you get in last night so I figured you'd sleep until mid day."

"Yea, no- I had twelve hours of sleep last night." She assured him with a nod.

"Wow, I don't think you've- nope you have never slept that long, things going okay with Malfoy."

"Oh, yea fine. I took blood from him yesterday. Yep." She nodded pretending that it was really strictly healer and patient, and that she was really proud of herself. "There thinking that tomorrow they might let me help with all the test." She said sounding enthusiastic. To be honest she was just hoping there was a tomorrow. All Draco had to do was say he didn't want her there anymore and she would have to stop helping

He looked at her excited, "I'm glad you're so happy. You would think working with Malfoy would be hell." He said his eyes following the teacher into the room.

"I-It's okay most of the time." She said sticking her nose into her book.

She thought she better at least see if she was still eating lunch with him, if she was even aloud to come anymore. But when she got there he was under his covers, obviously sleeping. So she walked into Pompey's office instead. Pompey and Adams were both hunched over their own piece of paper. Nate had hid elbow in the desk and his head in his hand and Pompey was scribbling something on hers. They both looked up smiling slightly when she walked in. She wished Draco could have seen this. They weren't doing anything after all but completely doused in their work. "I guess he's not up yet then?" Pompey asked. He hadn't told them what had happened last night.

She shook her head, "No."

She tutted, "That boy. I walked in there this morning about six and he still hadn't slept, said he hadn't slept all night. Finally fell asleep after about eight. Refused the take any sleeping potions."

She looked over at Adams to see him frowning at his paper. Pompey broke the silence again, "You can go eat lunch down in the great hall if you'd like. I'm sure your friends miss you."

"Would be okay if I just ate out there anyway, I'm getting kind of used to it and besides its closer to my next class." She added for good measure, even though she had no intention of going to class.

"That would be fine, and he wakes up while you're in there could you come and get his tray. He didn't even try to eat dinner last night or breakfast this morning."

Adams looked up at this, "And tell him he better have a good reason for not taking his potion again last night because I'm gonna beat his ass the second I see him awake."

Ginny gasped. And turned around before her face turn to immediate guilt. "Okay, right Mister Adams." She said but before she shut the door she remembered her tray. "I need this." She said pointing at the door and leaving quietly.

She set the tray down in front of her on the bed pulled her bag off her shoulder to set it next to her. She pulled out her dream diary and started jotting down all that she could remember from last night's dreams, a banana in one hand and her pen in the other. Looking up trying to remember what happened next in her dream. She shoved a bit portion of the banana in her mouth tapping her pen in the notebook. She looked over at Draco trying to chew the large amount of food in her mouth to see him looking at her. "mohrnin'," she said dropping food out of her mouth onto her tray.

"Hasn't your mother ever told you not to talk with your mouth full?" he asked looking like he couldn't figure out why she was there.

She swallowed what was left and grabbed for what had fallen, "I think we had a similar conversation before." She said sticking it in her mouth.

"Eww, it fell out of your mouth, that's naste."

She stuck her tongue out showing him the bananay guts. He laughed as she shut her mouth again and swallowed. She smiled and dropped the peel onto the tray. She broke off a piece of toast and shoving that in her mouth asked, "So you didn't tell?"

"Why should I tell, it was my fault."

"Is that why you didn't take your medicine because you thought it was your fault?"

"It was, I shouldn't have blown up on you like that."

She stopped tapping her pen and stood up her notebook falling onto the floor. The layed her pen where she had been sitting and sat down on his bed at his side. He sat up and looked at her. His hair was all in disarray and she longed to comb it with her fingers and put back to how it should be, but she had to know everything was alright with them first.

"Listen," she said patting her knees, "I don't know if you know this but…it's been known for read heads to have quite a temper-"

"-Weasy no seriously." He said trying to stop her.

"Yes, seriously, I know." She said trying to make it sound like it was a horrible thing that she was ashamed of. She put her hand over her eyes for effect, "I've been trying to cope with it for years, but there's nothing I can do. I'm sorry but," she cut the crap and looked into his eyes. "It takes two to fight."

He smiled, "There you go again. Dang why do you gotta be so ugly."

She giggled and then pretended to be hurt as she said, "Me, Did you look in the mirror this morning. Your has gone whack." she reached up and ran her finger through her hair. She pulled her hand out to go for another spot giggling, "It's crazy, Woah… major hair lossage." She said pulling her hair filled fingers to her. "I think I'm gonna put this in a locket and wear it with me everywhere." She said trying to make light of the situation. She realized that this was supposed to happen and she didn't want him to think it grossed her out.

"Or maybe you should get a Tupperware container instead and you can just carry it around in her back pack all the time."

"Ah." She said pointing and nodding. She jumped off the bed grabbing her notebook and writing it as she said it out loud, "Things to buy, Tupp…er…ware."

He laughed and then the door to the office flew open hitting the wall behind. Adams looked like he was going to strangle Draco. She looked over at Draco and opened her mouth in and O then said quietly, "I forgot to tell you- Adams go back and then come back in I didn't get to tell him yet." But he didn't budge. "Right well, I was supposed to tell you that your going to get your ass beat, and what was the other thing?" she said looking up at the ceiling as Adams stomped forward, "Oh yea. He's pissed." She said smiling and sitting down to hear the long lecture she knew was about to come.

"Okay so explain how this isn't supposed to make me feel like shit again?" Draco asked looking kind of pissed but excited at the same time.

She had decided after lunch that she was going to take him out flying. She had talked it over enough with Adams and Pompey who said that they didn't want him flying alone. She worked it out so that she could just sit on the back and hold on while he just did whatever he wanted. They'd agreed but also refused to let them go alone saying that someone had to be there to make sure everything went okay.

"What you don't want to ride with me?" she said pouting.

He smiled, "Never mind, can we just get on?"

She smiled and handed him the broom. He sat on it and she scooted on behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. "I'll start low, are you ready."

"Yes, but wait." She said grabbing his arm before they pushed off, "Go strait for the sky."

He laughed and counted to three. They pushed off and flew at a slant high into the sky. When he thought they were high enough he evened out and began to turn slightly towards the stand Adams and Pompey were in. Ginny waved as they flew by and threw her head back to feel the wind. There was and entirely different rush to sitting in the back. It was comfortable, you didn't have to worry about anything except holding on. She leaned into him and layed her cheek on his back. "You having fun?" she asked after they had been flying a few minuets.

He nodded, "I really missed this, thanks." He said and she could hear a smile in his voice.

They flew for about three hours. Pompey and Adams kept yelling at them to get down, because they were so bored of waiting, but Draco refused to listen and Ginny refused to make him stop something that he was enjoying so obviously much. She forgot about everything and just enjoyed the ride herself. Maybe she shouldn't have forgotten everything though because when she looked down after a while, she noticed two red spots moving onto the pitch, Ron and Harry. "Shit."

"What?" Draco asked.

"I forgot, I have practice today."

"Do we need to get off?" he asked looking down and finally noticing why she had remembered. "Oh."

Harry and Ron stared at them as they descended and landed in front of them. Harry looked confused and Ron looked both confused and pissed. So of course he was the first to say something. "What the heck?"

Ginny looked over at Draco asking without asking if she was aloud to say anything about them, because she was almost positive there was a them. He smiled softly and then set his hand on the small of her back reassuring her. "We were flying a little bit before practice." She said quietly.

"Do you have a problem with that?" Draco asked rudely and she had to put both hands on Ron's chest to stop him from jumping at Draco. She really didn't know if Draco could even protect himself when he wasn't sick. But there was no way he'd be able to stop Ron now. She had noticed Draco beginning to shake on the broom from holding them up so much. He was tired, she knew, and she wouldn't be able to stop herself from kickin' some big brother butt if he started at Draco again.

Harry grabbed Ron's arm, "What if we do Malfoy?" he said and she could tell he was fighting the urge to jump at him too.

Ginny stared both of the other men down, both of them looked at her as she started to walk away, Draco's hand still on her back. "I'll be a little late for practice Harry, I have to-" she stopped herself, "Go somewhere really quick." She was going to get yelled at later. But now she didn't care. When they were inside the castle she said, "That was close, sorry I almost told them."

"Are you going to get in trouble?"

"Most definitely." She nodded and then seeing his worried glance at her she smiled. "Don't worry about me. Ron and Harry would never hit me, they just yell a lot."

"Even so, if you have to you can tell them about me. It's not long until someone notices that I'm missing all my classes and figures it out. I don't want you getting in even more trouble when they do." He said leading her towards the hospital wing.

"I don't mind."

"Neither do I." He promised.

She sighed, "Alright, if they say anything, I might take you up that offer. My excuses are getting lame anways." She licked her lips and sniffed the air. "Oh, smells good, I'm hungry."

"Your always hungry."

"I like my food."

"What do you wanna do tonight?"

"Well if Pompey tells me that you got enough sleep while I'm gone then maybe we could go check out the girls bathroom."

"Ah," he said after a second understanding, "Myrtle agreed to talk to me?"

"I don't know, I haven't talk to her in two days. But I know she likes to have visitors so she'll be happy to see us."

"Alright, if you come back safe and I don't have to go kill any Potters or Weasley's then I would love to." He said opening the door and heading to his bed. She stopped so he did to. She kissed him- on the lips, finally- and smiled as she walked out the door. "C ya." She waved over her shoulder.

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