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A/N: Hello every one! im bak! sry i haven't updated in a while. With school and exams and all that stuff..you know how it is. I also wanna that all the people who reviewed my first 2 chaps. I really appreciate it and I'm really glad you all like it so far. Well I will stop with my hopless ramblings and get on with the story! Heres chap 3...Enjoy-

Tortured Souls

Chapter 3: Built To Be Broken

It was 8-o-clock Saturday morning and the sun poured in through the scarlet curtains and onto the petite red head, who was still lying fast asleep in her bed. Everyone else in her dorm was either sleeping or down in the Great Hall eating an early breakfast. Ginny was an early bird herself but some days, like this one; she would just rather sleep in. The events of last night took a toll on her. She wasn't sure how much of this she could take. It was like a constant reminder of how things should be and of how things are. She just wanted out.

At 9-o-clock, everyone was out of the 6th year Gryffindor girl's dorm room except for Ginny. Her dorm mates knew well enough not to wake her up, unless they wanted to get cursed into the next century. That said enough for itself.

Most of the sun was out and it illuminated the whole room. Ginny's eyes fluttered open and were subjected to a great amount of light. This made her roll over onto her stomach and rub her eyes while groaning inwardly.

She sighed. "Yet another day in the fabulous life of Ginny Weasley" she sarcastically mumbled to herself.

With that she got up and headed for the bathroom to take a shower. The warm water spread all over her body as she shampooed her hair. When she was finished she turned the water off and step out of the shower and wrapped herself in a big scarlet towel with the Gryffindor symbol embroidered on the top left corner.

She walked out the bathroom after brushing her teeth and dressed into her muggle clothing. She decided to wear blue denim jeans with a white t-shirt that had the word Princess printed in pink. As for her hair she dried it with a spell and put it into a high ponytail with a few baby hairs hanging in her eyes.

Once she was content with her appearance, which didn't take much, she left for the Great Hall to get some breakfast, with her wand in her pocket.

Ginny was looking forward to another day of doing nothing but reading. In her opinion it was a great past time. Other people just failed to see it and she would just shake her head in shame. 'Those people will never have an imagination' she thought to herself as she reached the Great Hall.

As she made her way to the Gryffindor table she could hear the scattered whispers and could feel all the eyes on the back of her head. 'Nothing new today I see' she sighed. 'When will they ever learn that people change? Not that I care but it is becoming annoying. Oh bloody hell Ron, I do not want to talk to you' she cursed in her head and tried to ignore Ron's shouts.

Just as she reached where him and the other two were sitting, she could see a grin forming on his face. She stopped for a second or two and then walked straight past him and to the front of the table to have no other company but herself.

'What do you think Ron? That I'm actually going to talk to you? I hope not, because you would be at a loss' With that she sat down and then filled her plate with some toast, scrambled eggs and bacon. Then she filled her goblet with some cold pumpkin juice and started to eat her breakfast.

She could hear everything everyone was saying about her. Things like "How can she be so rude to her brother?" and "What did they ever do to her?" and "She's such a bitch. We all know she is just looking for attention and when she realizes that she isn't getting any she's gonna go crawling back to them." That last one made her laugh, and she ended up receiving very curious stares. 'People can be so thick' she snorted.

Through all of breakfast there was only one thing that she focused on and that was her plate. The most recent thing that she heard made her drop her fork. She was shaking, trembling and ready to burst into tears. The whole Hall was staring at her with questioning eyes and all she did was sit there with hollow eyes, pale faced, and trembling hands. Then she did the last thing anyone expected. She ran.

She ran to the place where no one would find her. She ran out of the Great Hall, out of the Entrance Hall and then outside. When she reached outside she didn't stop. The sky was slowly growing gray and the grounds were getting darker. She wasn't even aware of anything thing going on around her, and the fact that the sky was threatening to rain. As she reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, she stopped. Then slowly she walked in and sat down on the ground and leaned against a tree.

No one would find her here. For once she was away from the whispers, the stares, and the comments. This way, she was away from everyone.

As she sat there she remembered what they said. '"Why doesn't she give him a chance? The other night I was in the Library and I heard her and Harry Potter talking. She was being so mean to him while he was trying to tell her about his feelings for her." Said a girl with black curly hair and bright blue eyes. "How does he really feel about her?" said her friend with blonde hair and dark brown eyes. "Well isn't it obvious? He's in love with her. His Transfigurations book is covered in hearts with her name in the middle" the girl with black hair said.' And that was when Ginny froze.

'Harry can't be in love with me. He just can't. No.' "Please Merlin let this not be true!" She wasn't even aware that she was shouting. She sighed. "I can't take this anymore." She whispered to herself, with tears threatening to cascade down her face at any moment. "I'm over him. I can't love him. He's done nothing but ignore me for our entire Hogwarts years. And now, when I grow up and move on, he decides to notice me, and the wall I built just comes crashing down." She was now carrying a full conversation with herself, and didn't even realize that she was now crying.

Ginny was unaware that something or someone was standing not to far away dealing with their own problems but all the same they were still listening to her with a lot of interest.

Ginny decided that she would spend most of her night in the forest just thinking. She was off in her own little world until she heard footsteps. Her heart started to race and as she was about to get up and run back to the castle until she saw whom it was. She stood there as if her feet were planted into the ground. The mysterious person was the first one to speak.

"Hi…" Luna whispered.

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A/N: Well there you have it. Chapter 3. How did you like it? Or did you like it?...hmmm...gasps Why don't you drop a review and tell me wut you think? I would really appreciate it and it will give me an ever so needed confidence boost. Thanx so much!
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