Chapter One
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The sun poured through the window of the girls' dormitory in the Gryffindor tower. It flooded every corner with the brightness of the daylight. Out in the Forbidden Forest, a drove of ravens suddenly took flight into the morning sunshine, their calls echoing to the distant castle of Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the four-poster bed of Ginny Weasly, a red head groaned as if the radiance of dawn is paining her greatly and pulled her scarlet blanket up to cover her head. She sighed at the comfort of darkness and snuggled against her pillow for five more minutes of undisturbed sleep. Unfortunately, her roommate woke her up.
"Ginny! Ginny Weasly!" Olivia Blade called out. "Wake up! It's the last day of the school year!" Ginny gave magnificent snore and pretended to be asleep. Olivia sighed and walked towards Ginny's open suitcase with books and such scattered around it. She grabbed a handful of the red head's undergarments, which was washed the day before and walked towards the open window. She stuck out Ginny's underclothes and shout out loudly so everyone on the grounds can hear.
"GINNY WEASLY, YOU GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF BED THIS MINUTE OR I WILL CHUCK ALL OF YOUR NICE LITTLE BRAS AND UNDIES OUT OF THE WINDOW!"
Ginny bounced up from her bed and ran to the smirking Olivia. Why does her friend have to be so sly and inconsiderate?
"I'm up, I'm up!" Ginny exclaimed and made for a snatch at her underwear.
"That's the spirit!" Olivia said and gladly handed Ginny her belongings. "I'm going to wait for you in the common room. Hurry up Gin!" and with her sly grin still plastered on her face, Olivia skipped down the stairs. Ginny sighed and threw her things back into her trunks. She made to close the window but heard a voice call below her.
"What's this thing we heard about your panties Ginny?" Dean Thomas hollered up at her.
"Yeah, do you mind giving us more information?" Seamus Finnegan yelled out after Dean.
"SOD OFF YOU CRACK HEADS!" Ginny bellowed back. She could see Seamus and Dean give her a salute and marched off towards Lavender and Parvati by the lake. Ginny couldn't help but smile. Everyone is so carefree now that Voldemort's gone. It feels like the mass of fear in everyone's stomach has evaporated. The war was fought, they won, and all is good with the world. She took in a deep cleansing breath and closed the window behind her.
It's going to be a good day.
Doing several twirls and leaps around the discarded robes and books; Ginny made her way to her wand and gave it a swish so her uniform replaced her checkered pajamas. She didn't know why she was so happy today…maybe because she was finally going home after a stressful year, or maybe she was going to see Michael Corner in the entrance hall waiting for her. They had been back together for a year now. Despite the protests of Ron, Ginny had given him a second chance when he had asked her out. Then, just after the last battle between Harry and Voldemort, he had told her that he loved her.
Ginny sighed deeply and fell back to her bed, her dark amber eyes full delight. Life was going so good…she felt like nothing can ever come between her and perfect happiness. She sighed again and started to think of all the names she could name her kids. A shrilled angry voice interrupted her daydreams and brought her back to reality.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming!" Ginny screamed back and literally floated down the stairs.
The rest of the day passed by in a blink of an eye. Ginny was hoping to run into Michael again but he seemed to be still packing his things in the Ravenclaw tower, though Ginny wasn't sure why it had taken him so long. She spent most of the daytime with Olivia and some other girls at the lake, swimming. In the afternoon, before the end of the year feast, Ginny went back to her dormitory to pack up. Hermione, Ron, and Harry were waiting for her in the common room and the four went up to the Great Hall. Harry was really quiet these days. After Moody and Tonks had passed away Harry seemed to have given up hope. But by the help of Hermione and Ron, he defeated Voldemort with the Dark Lord's own wand.
The feast was excellent. Ginny chatted with the excited Hermione about her trip to Rome in the holidays but couldn't help but glance up at the Ravenclaw table a few times between courses. Michael Corner was still not there. Ginny was getting worried. Where can he be? Did something happen to him? He's defiantly not going to be avoiding me…so where is he? But unfortunately, Michael Corner was avoiding her. At the end of the feast, he showed up looking sheepishly at the questioning look on Ginny's face and asked to have a word with her, privately.
"If there's something you need to say to my sister, you can say it here." Ron said with a spoon of pudding half way to his mouth, his eyes staring suspiciously at Michael.
"For goodness sakes, just go Ginny, and lighten up Ron." Hermione said and rolled her eyes at the youngest Weasly boy. Eventually, they started an argument with Harry in the middle trying desperately to change the subject.
"Um…yeah ok…" Ginny said uncertainly and walked with the ravenclaw into an empty classroom. She noticed that he didn't hold her hands like they always used to do. Something's wrong.
"How are you Ginny?" he asked her nervously. Ginny raised an eyebrow at him.
"If you have something to tell me then spill." Ginny said and took a seat in one of the desks.
"You know that we aren't going to be seeing each other at all over the summer Ginny…" the sandy blonde hair boy started, not looking in Ginny's eyes. "Well I'm going to the U.S. to see my grandparents and meet new people…and I-"
"What does this have to do with anything? We can owl." Ginny said, the brightness from her eyes gone. She forced up a smile, "It wont be bad!" Michael looked awkwardly at Ginny but pulled his gaze away when their eyes met.
"No, that's not it…" he said, scratching his head. It had always been a habit of his when he felt uncomfortable. " You know…I'm not going to see you and I will probably meet…other people."
"Are you saying that you don't want to be with me because you are going to America to meet girls?" Ginny said, meaning to sound sarcastic. "Ok lets try that!" She teasingly. Ginny knew he wouldn't leave her. He loved her…right?
Michael Corners eyes lit up. "Oh I knew you would understand! I was afraid that you were going to yell at my fa-"
"Excuse me?" Ginny asked, bewildered. "Is this some kind of a joke? You- you can't be serious are you?" the boy's face turned bright red.
"I think …I think it's for the best." He said. "I mean when we come back next year, we can still be a couple…" Ginny couldn't find her voice. A big lump had caught in her throat. She felt like she couldn't breath and her heart pounded so hard that she thought it was going to punch through her. She just gawked at the man she thought she was going to marry. Finally after a long awkward silence, Ginny opened her mouth.
"You said you loved me." Ginny said to him, her voice breaking. He's going to say he loves me…I know he will.... "You said you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me…"
"I-I guess I didn't really mean it…" the Ravenclaw stuttered out looking at anything but Ginny. Ginny was stunned. She can't think straight. It felt like a horrible nightmare.
"Oh…" She simply said and walked towards the door. This is just a dream…a stupid dream…please make it a dream. Ginny felt tears pour down her face. Why am I crying? It's a dream, I'm going to walk out that door and wake up. But she knew that it wasn't a dream and the fact that she also knew that she is denying it just added up the pain tearing inside her. She wanted to let it out but the door to her emotions wouldn't open. Ginny reached the handle of the doorknob. She heard hurried footsteps behind her.
"No, Ginny! I do like you!" Michael said and grabbed Ginny's arm. She wiped around with angry tears in her eyes her wand in her hands. Surprised, he took a step back.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Ginny shouted at the top of her lungs with her wand pointing directly at Michael Corner's chest. A bright blue jet of light shot through her wand and sent the Ravenclaw flying through the air. He crashed into the chalkboard and fell limply on the floor. "DON'T EVER, EVER, TOUCH ME WITH YOUR FILTHY HANDS!" Ginny yelled at the gasping body and ran out the door.
She rammed into something hard and fell backwards only to find strong arms catching her by the shoulders. Surprised, Ginny looked up and stared into the cold gray eyes of Draco Malfoy.
"What happened Weasly?" he asked curiously. He had never seen the youngest Weasly this mad before. He was just walking back to the Slytherin Common Room, the last thing he would expect to find in his arms were a mad, tear-streaked Weasly.
"Don't touch me." she said coldly and pulled away from the Slytherin's hold. Draco snarled.
"You look like you've been to hell and back. What happened?"
"Curiosity killed the ferret Malfoy." Ginny said callously and walked away, leaving Malfoy with a smirk on his face. Well, there goes me finding out who made her cry and my dream of shaking their hands.
Draco noticed the classroom that Ginny had sprinted out off and walked towards it and peered in. By the fallen chalkboard, cowering near the wall was a 5th year Ravenclaw whimpering and supporting a bloody nose. The boy looked up at Draco. He tried to get up, failed and tried again, but failed again.
"TAAMM! Ey kunt ooove. Iiiiiiiiit! Et nee doo Madun Pomppery!" Michael Corner said, sputtering blood down his robes.
(Translation: Damn! I can't move, Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Get me to Madam Pomfery!)
"I don't think I would want to touch you Corner, you are beyond gruesome at the point." The Slytherin plainly stated and walked away. So Ginny Weasly had done that huh…probably the pervert trying to force himself on her, the stupid bloke. He chuckled shaking his head. Men these days just don't know how to use their charms. But Weasly is near impossible anyway.
As he made around the corner, he heard chattering voices of the students walking back from dinner.
Hmm…I'm better go to bed before somebody catches me and thinks I did that to Corner.
Ginny walked out into the dark night spotted with stars. The sky was clear except for a wisp of cloud illuminating the light of the full moon. The lake was calm and peaceful adding more beauty to the serene landscape. Her robes glowed underneath the luminosity giving making her look almost unreal. Ginny strolled to the lake and sat down by the bank. She looked up at the bright burning stars and thought nothing was lovelier. Then she remembered why she was there. Her eyebrows gathered in a frown and she pressed her lips tightly together. After all she had gone through. After all the time she spent loving him and thinking about him. He had lied. Why did she believe so easily? She grabbed the nearest pebble and hurled it towards the lake. It landed with a plop far away and sunk into the murky water. She seized more rocks and started throwing them, using all her might. Finally she stopped. With her every heartbeat her anger grew. She wanted to kill that jerk Michael Corner. "I guess I didn't mean it…" those words…how dear he…how dare he played her like a pawn in a chess game. He never loved her, why didn't she see that? God, she must have looked so stupid.
I am such an idiot. Stupid, dumb, stupid…She reached around her for more stones but apparently; she had thrown all of them.
"AAAAArgh!" Ginny let out a frustrated shriek and jumped into the lake. The smooth surface broke as she leaped in causing waves the crush against the bank. She swam with all her might until her lungs were about to collapse. She burst out of the water and took a deep breath in. The cold air stung her face wakening her every nerve and muscle. Then she just drifted, thinking… she didn't want to go back to Hogwarts. Didn't want to have everybody asking her where she was, why was she wet, and what did Corner wanted to talk about. Ginny knew she had hurt him pretty badly. He might be even be unconscious right now.
Then I hope he never wakes up.
The water calmed her, but she knew she must go back to the castle, knowing her brother, he might sent out a search party.
Slowly, she swam to the shore and walked back to Hogwarts drenched in water with seaweed in her hair.
Inone of the vast windows of a nearby tower of the castle, Draco Malfoy looked out to the view with a bemused expression on his face. He had just witnessed a red head girl catapult about a thousand rocks into the lake with in the time period of 10 seconds, hurled herself into the lake like a suicidal, and then calmly walked out drenched from head to toe like nothing had happened. Note to self: Avoid causing Ginny Weasly mad, might result to getting bludger sized rocks thrown at head.
He walked back to his four-poster bed and flopped down.
She's got a good arm…not to mention really lengthy legs and a nice bu-WHOA! Draco sat up, wide-eyed, a disgusted expression on his face. Argh, I just complimented a Weasly…man, better go brush my teeth… with that, Draco Malfoy made his way to the bathroom, shaking his head. Maybe mother is right, I am going crazy under the stress.
Ginny sat alone in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. People like Olivia had asked her what was wrong. There was no point in denying what had happened so she told them. Just as she suspected, they were shocked, but mostly angry. Ginny had told them that it didn't matter, things like that happen all the time. Only Olivia knows how hurt she is, because Ginny only told her that Michael had said he loved her. And only Olivia knows that Ginny had broken Michael's nose.
Ginny had asked to be alone. She wanted time to think, to sort things out. Her heart was broken but instead of mourning over it, she just wanted to get back at Michael. She wanted to crush his heart, to hurt him, to make him see what he did to her and how he made her feel. Anger blazed like flame in her eyes.
Just you wait Michael Corner. You should have never messed with a WeaslyA/N
Yeah, my first romance story, not really sure what's going to happen, I will just go along with it.
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The Muffin Muncher.