Broken Promise Ring

Chapter 4: The Pros and Cons of Breathing

Disclaimer: It's mine only in my dreams. :(

A/N: Here's another update! I think I might be able to get another one up by tonight or tomorrow afternoon. So, review this one and let me know how you're liking it!

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Ginny looked all around the station for Draco as she boarded the train. She searched for him as she followed a friend of Ron's named Hermione to a compartment. And she thought about him as the train pulled away from the platform and her mum waved her goodbye. But it was all to no-avail. He was no where to be seen.

"Where are Ron and Harry?" Hermione asked absentmindedly glancing up from her book.

Ginny shrugged. Hermione smiled slightly and went back to reading.

Ginny noticed the other two people in the compartment. After talking to them a bit she found out the boy next to Hermione was Neville Longbottom, and the boy across from her was Colin Creevey.

Ginny was glad to have met some new people, but her mind was really on Draco.

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Draco didn't even catch a glimpse of Ginny getting on the train. But he didn't find that too unbelievable with all the commotion. He got a compartment with Crabbe, Goyle, and his best friend Zabini.

"Yeah, so that was my summer. What'd you do, Malfoy?" Zabini smirked.

Draco grinned, "There was this girl, you know, the usual."

"Hm, and do I get to meet this girl?"

"If I can ever find her," Draco joked peering out the compartment door window.

He couldn't just sit there in the compartment. He roamed down the aisle, peering into compartments casually looking for Ginny.

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Ginny looked up to the window and gasped as she saw Draco heading her way down the hall.

Hermione looked up and smiled, "Scary, isn't he?"

"Huh?" Ginny whispered.

"That's Draco Malfoy. His family is...evil. He's in Slytherin. Really bad guy."

"Oh," Ginny blushed.

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He found Ginny. But where she was caught him off-guard. Sitting in a compartment with that mud-blood Granger and her loser friend Longbottom. And then it all clicked. His Ginny was that little Weasel's sister.

And he wouldn't have cared, really, if it weren't for his parents. He would be disowned or killed for befriending someone his parents considered a blood-traitor. Or worse, Ginny might be killed. And he wouldn't let that happen.

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"Where did you get the cat?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, I got it from- I found him...at the park."

"I've always wanted one. What's his name?"

"Um, Dragon."

"Cool."

But Ginny didn't know what to think about it yet. The look Draco had given her was so cold. Unlike any he'd ever given her before and it scared her.

"The bathroom is that way, right?" Ginny asked pointing toward the direction Draco had headed.

Hermione nodded and Ginny jumped up to hurry down the hall way after Draco.

"Hey?" Ginny said full of uncertainty.

Draco looked around to make sure no one was watching. He pulled her off to the side into a small closet.

He sighed softly and bit his lip.

"Our family is basically enemies, you know," he began.

Ginny nodded slowly, realizing where this was going.

"This won't work, you know. I'm sorry, Gin-Weaslette." his words were soft and slow but Ginny saw he was trying to be cold.

He kissed her quickly, then he left. As he slid out the door he whispered, "Goodbye, Ginny."

Ginny knew it was more then just a goodbye. It was more like an ending. An ending to the only friendship she'd ever really had.

As he headed back to his compartment, Draco tried to decide how much to tell Zabini. Would he ever let him live this one down? Maybe it was just a chance he'd have to take.

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Tears flowed down Ginny's face. He had been her only friend. And sometimes she had wondered how she could have so many siblings and still be so alone. But that was before she met Draco. Now he was gone.

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The train arrived at Hogwart's and everyone got off.

Ginny begged for the Sorting Hat to put her in Slytherin. It's what she wanted with all her heart. But the Sorting Hat couldn't do it. She needed to be in Gryffindor for her family's sake. And her heart was broken again.

Even when everyone heard about Ron and Harry flying the car to school, all Ginny could think about was Draco.

Over the next couple days she realized why they couldn't be friends.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had a rivalry with Draco to match all rivalries. She had come to realize that no one would accept their friendship. And although it pained every inch of her to admit this, maybe it was for the best.

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Against every intention he had, Draco silently cried himself to sleep the next couple nights. It killed him to treat Ginny like this. But it had to be done.

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A/N: There's your update!

I got the title for the story from the song The Pros and Cons of Breathing by Fall Out Boy.

The Pros and Cons of Breathing

Stood on my roof and tried to see you forgetting about me
Hide the details I don't want to know a thing

I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret

My pen is the barrel of a gun

Remind me which side you should be on

Thank you reviewers:

HarryGinnyfan23-Don't be discouraged. It won't stay like this. I hope you don't hate me too much for it! I hope you like what I'm doing!

DracoLover04-Thank you! I hope you like this. Even though it's not exactly fluff. It'll get happier.