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Chapter 2: Faking Sick

"How do you know I'm the one for you?" She asked quietly.

"Because without you, I won't survive." He answered.

"How do you suppose I believe you after all the lies you've told?" She asked.

"Because I promise that if this is a lie, then let my heart be stabbed every time I see you." He compromised and at that moment, she believed him.

Ginny moaned as the lines of her romance novel roamed in her head. Waking up, her head was throbbing with pain and she used her fingers to massage her temples gently.

"Get up Weasley!" A frosty voice commanded.

"Mmm…" Ginny groaned, slowly opening her eyes. The sight that met them was so frightening that she shut her eyes quickly the moment she opened them.

"Get up Weasley!" The voice demanded again, this time she felt ice-cold water splashed on to her.

Ginny shot up and found herself in the Slytherine Common Room. "Malfoy?" She asked in disbelief.

"About time! I thought you were never going to wake up!" Malfoy grumbled.

"Why am I here! Where is Colin!" Ginny asked concerned, and gasped. "Is he ok! He's not in the hospital wing, is he! Oh, if he is, Malfoy, I'll murder you!"

"Cool it! You're boyfriend's perfectly fine!" Malfoy informed her. "Now, get out of here! And if anyone finds out that you were in here, you'll never see the daylight again!" Malfoy threatened.

Rolling her eyes, Ginny got off the green velvet couch and to the door of the Slytherine Common Room.

"How many classes have I missed! Are the professors looking for me everywhere!" Ginny gasped.

"You're suppose to be in the Gryffindor Common Room sick." Malfoy told her with a tone of annoyance.

"What! But I'm not sick! How could you say that I was sick! Do you know how much I'd fall behind in school!" Ginny exclaimed, horrified as she attempted to push the door open.

"You, behind?" Malfoy asked in disbelief as he pulled her away from the door. "Save it!"

"But-" Ginny started.

"Don't worry, I don't expect a dumb and Potter fawning Weasley to know that it's pretty obvious you're not sick if you walk through the hallways!" Malfoy explained irritated.

"I do not fawn over Harry Potter! In fact, I'm quite over him!" Ginny stubbornly stated.

"Right, as if you didn't write his name in hearts!" Malfoy sneered, walking back to the couch.

"I do not write his name in hearts, Draco Malfoy!" She protested, walking right in front of him, standing right in his path. "Take it back!"

"Oh, just admit it Weasley!" Malfoy scoffed.

"Take. It. Back. Draco Malfoy!" She demanded.

"I'll take you back to the Gryffindor Common Room alright, can't stand you any longer!" He muttered under his breath, reaching out his hand.

"What?" Ginny asked blankly at his hand.

"Take it." He told her.

"Why?" Ginny asked.

"Do you want me to apparate you outside the Gryffindor Common Room door or not?" Malfoy asked, put out.

Ginny sighed and took his hand. Before she had registered what had happened, she was outside the portrait of the fat lady.

"How do you know where our door is?" She asked.

"I know these things." He simply shrugged.

"Apparating is not allowed at Hogwarts!" She scolded.

"And being in another house's common room is not allowed either." Malfoy bit back.

"I just woke up to find myself the-" Ginny started to protest, but he was already gone.

"Prat." Ginny muttered under her breath before saying the password and stepping into the Gryffindor Common Room.

The common room was deserted as all the Gryffindors were at class. "Stupid Malfoy, now I have to stay here and pretend to be sick!" Ginny grumbled.

Sighing, she went to her dormitory and crashed onto her bed. A little sleep may help the headache.

"Mr. Creevey, which is the plant that heals cuts?" Madame Naturelle, the replacement herbology professor asked Colin.

"What? Huh?" Colin asked, snapping out of his worries.

"Mr. Creevey, which is the plant that heals cuts?" Madame Naturelle repeated, pointing to four plants at the front.

"I don't know, mam." Colin replied.

"I do believe that I told the whole class just minutes before! Were you not paying attention, Mr. Creevey?" The professor snapped.

"No mam, sorry." Colin answered.

"Well then, twenty points from Gryffindor!" Madame Naturelle announced and the class groaned at the sound of it. "And please do pay close attention next time, Mr. Creevey, or you won't pass the exams next week!"

"Yes, mam." Colin said plainly. How could she expect him to pay attention to some plants when he wasn't even sure if Malfoy had brought Ginny back to the Gryffindor Common Room? Sighing, he started to take notes on the cut healing plant 'Hewlot.'

Ginny woke at the sound of sobs. Yet how could there be sobs? Everyone were at classes, weren't they? Surely, it wasn't dinner yet. Ginny climbed off her bed and down to the common room. To her surprise, there was Amber Friermen, crying her eyes out. Ginny wasn't exactly friends with Amber, but they talked and giggled occasionally during classes, so it would be unfriendly to just leave her alone.

"Amber, are you ok?" Ginny asked. "What happened?"

"Oh Ginny!" Amber exclaimed through tears, hugging onto Ginny.

"It's ok Amber," Ginny comforted. "Now tell me what happened and I'll see if I can help."

"I'm sure you heard about Draco asking me out," Amber started, as tears continued to spill from her eyes. "Well, he told me to skip class to go to Hogsmead with him this morning during breakfast."

"Uh huh…" Ginny nodded.

"Well, I got ready and he told me he was going to meet me outside the upstairs girl's bathroom right after breakfast. So I waited and waited, but he didn't come." Amber explained. At that, Ginny gulped, it was her fault he wasn't there.

"Finally, near the second or third class, he came. I demanded an explanation of course, but he just said that he had an incident with two people. So ignoring that and reluctantly letting it go we went to Hogsmead." Amber told me. Again, Ginny held her breath, that was her fault too.

"The date was great, he bought me butterbeer and sweets. But at the end," Amber faltered. "At the end…he…" She trailed off and her slowed down sobs broke out again.

"At the end he dumped me! Told me it was fun while it lasted!" Amber blurted through tears.

"Oh, Amber…" Ginny cooed, hugging her. "He's not worth your tears now, don't cry for him! It's a waste! You go tell him you're not his trash!"

At that, Amber looked up, her tear-stained eyes gleaming at Ginny with hope. "Really?" Amber asked. "I can do that to Draco M-m-malfoy?"

"Of course you can!" Ginny cheered. "He's not the ruler of us all! Stand up to him, Amber!"

"You're right Ginny! Thanks!" Amber thanked Ginny. "I must go clean up now, I must get ready to stand up to him!" Amber bided Ginny farewell as she walked to the girl's dormitory to clean up her ruined mascara.

Sighing, Ginny's face got determined. "That Malfoy thinks he can do whatever he wants without getting caught!" She muttered, clenching her fist. "How dare he play Amber like that! If no one backs Amber up, I will!"

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