Diary of a Red Head
Author's Note: This chapter is written for the wonderful Gryphonmistress, who has agreed to be my beta-reader, so I won't have to edit all the chapters after I uploaded them to fix stupid mistakes. Yes. Oh, and it's dedicated to the song Over The Hills and Far Away from Nightwish. It is brilliant song, no matter what you say.
Thanks to Tigergurlz14 (brilliant idea, I'll squeeze it in somewhere), JamieBell, aizan19, Ms.L.P.Weasly (Kill Ron? You are kidding me, right? He stays!), Ms.L.P.Weasly, Gryphonmistress, does it really matter (the plot will be moving in this story. Not moving, moving, mind, but it will move faster), MsMissProngs, BrownPryde, The Vampire Story Hunter, Beast Trainer, Ahlam, harry-potter-luva14, maria, ferrit (hehe, thanks) for reviewing.
P.S. Thanks to JamieBell, Alaskenchick, BrownPryde (you're right!), Carmel March, JamieBell and nameless (er..this wasn't James grins mischievously) for reviewing my two other stories, Stolen Kiss and Blindfolded.
20th of August
My Room
12:01 PM
Can you believe that I actually fainted? I really didn't feel good and did you know that Harry had come to get me for our (very late, mind) lunch and he caught me just before I hit the ground? Brilliant, huh?
He and dad brought me to my room, lowered me on my bed and then they took my temperature and it turns out that I have the flu, so it wasn't the cookies that made me throw up. Mum started laughing really hard when I told her this and she stroked my hair murmuring things like 'my poor Ginny', which made me look like a complete idiot in front of Harry.
Ron told me that Harry had been worried sick. Ever since I fainted, he has been sitting near my bed, waiting for me to wake up. When I did, he smiled broadly at me and hugged me.
12:02 PM
Harry Potter hugged me.
12:03 PM
Wow.
12:04 PM
He smelled like chocolate frogs.
12:05 PM
Mhm...and now my nightshirt smells like chocolate.
12:10 PM
I'm never washing it again.
Ever.
I don't care if it's dirty, I'm going to frame it and hang it above my bed.
12:15 PM
Maybe my crush on Harry hasn't died out.
Oh no! What if I still like him?
12:25 PM
Bad Ginny, bad Ginny. You know that Harry Potter will never like you.
12:30 PM
Sigh.
12:35 PM
Well, anyway, because I'm sick, Hermione has to stay in Ron's room. You should have seen his face! It first was utter shock, then his ears went completely red, and then he sort of squeaked something that sounded like 'meep' and he sat there, spluttering, for at least twenty minutes, until Harry had the sense to elbow him in the ribs.
And Hermione. She turned so pale, it was unnatural. I mean, it's just a room. For Merlin's sake, we're not asking them to get married. Harry was watching them with interest and trying to hide his smirk, before he just gave up and started laughing.
12:40 PM
It was good to have him laugh for a bit. He hasn't laughed in ages, well, not since the firepole-golden-thingy-on-my-foot-incident, anyway.
12:45 PM
He looks so handsome when he smiles.
12:54 PM
5. Throw a toaster at Lucius (Liucious? Lucuis? Whoever thought up his name has an unhealthy obsession with ancient names) Malfoy and say 'Tag! You're It!'
12:55 PM
6. Transform myself into a StayPlation, fail to work, and get thrown out of the window by Harry's overly fat cousin Dudley.
12:56 PM
7. Get an evil older student to place my name into a flaming goblet which makes me enter a dangerous competition illegally, and make sure the first task requires me flying against a dragon. If mum hasn't fried me already for getting in it, mind you.
13:00 AM
Anyway, mum says that I'm going to be better by tomorrow, and then we can go to Diagon Alley to buy our school supplies. Fred and George handed out letters this morning. Can you guess?
13:05 AM
I've been made prefect! Along with Ron (who looked like he would rather have swallowed a whole box of Cockroach Crusters) and Hermione (who looked really glad). I was silently preparing for a Harry-burst-out, but he was staring in awe at his parchment. Ron couldn't take it any longer and ripped the letter out of Harry's hands to read it out loud.
13:07 AM
Can you believe that Harry got six 'Outstandings' for Transfiguration, Defence Against The Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures, Potions, Divination (he laughed really hard when Ron read that) and Charms, and all 'Exceeds Expectations' on all his other subjects.
13:40 AM
Hello?! An Outstanding at Potions?
Potions?
You know, the subject Potions? The subject given by a greasy haired git that loathes Harry?
14:00 AM
Hermione told me that the teachers don't supervise the exams. Apparently, a lot of witches and wizards from the Ministry do so. Which makes more it scarier, actually.
14:20 AM
Hermione, as nobody would have guessed, got about eleven 'Outstanding' O.W.L.'s (that girl is definitely too smart) and Ron got five 'Outstandings', on almost all of the subjects Harry did too. He failed Divination, though. Mum was ecstatic to find out that I had become a Prefect alongside Hermione and Ron, so she promised she would buy me a present for becoming one.
14:35 AM
Mum asked me if I wanted to have an animal, but I'm not one for pets. We used to have a cat, but it died. Then we got another one, but it got ran over by the Knight Bus. After much persuading I finally got mum to buy me another, but it got ran over by a muggle car.
14:38 AM
Stupid cats.
14:45 AM
No, what am I saying? I love cats! They are adorable pretty fluffy little balls of fur!
14:48 AM
Gods, now I'm sounding like that woman from Harry's street, Mrs. Figg. She has the hugest obsession for cats.
15:00 AM
Hermione is coming up to talk to me, and afterwards we'll have dinner, so I guess this is it for today.
15:01 AM
Wow. I have actually written a serious diary entry. I'm trying to fight the smile upon my face.
15:02 AM
I failed. I don't care. Well, I'll talk to you later!