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SicDreamsInc

The Backliner Thnks for being my beta reader!! This chapter is dedicated to u!! u got the priory to read it first hand. (Oops! I think other readers would wanna kill u for that!! Have mercy on him, ppl!! Muah haha!!) Kneh13 Mionelover

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Ques: how come harry is being such a jackass? Ans: he's not, just that grief got the better of him and he simply flared up Miss-lily-evans Irishdancer61790 Ques: hey great story could you please post the next chap tonight??maybe even two??PWESE! just for me? Ans: sorry I did not post the next chap that day cos it's not even ready that day. If I have, I'll most willing to post it just for u!! here is my next chap and its dedicated to you!! Winky55 Dancy

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Fcuking Cathy Ques: that's really really good...could u please e-mail me when u update? Ans: u could add my story in ur fav story list, in this way fanfic would notify u when I update. Sarah

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Comos12 i-h8-sclub (1)Ques: What about James? He died to save Harry too Ans: yes, James did but it slipped off my mind when I wrote that part, forgive me!! (2)Ques: Ok, good story but why did he want Ginny to change into a dress? She should have smacked him & told him 2 get lost! Ans: do u think she will smack him? No, she like him too much. Will u smack ur crush when he/her tell u to do something? (3)Ques: Good story, even though Harry's a bit of a dumbass! Just a few points, Cedric wasn't Harry's friend. Harry never liked him because of Cho. And though Percy is a pratt, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George & Ron are what you'd call brothers to Ginny! They love her to bits! But besides that the story ROCKS! You've got to keep updating! If not I'll hunt you down & make you write! (Well maybe not, but you get my drift!) Ans: harry knew cedric and can be considered as a friend, to me it's like that. Yeah Fred, George, Ron and Percy love Ginny but they never show it. They make fun of her all the time but yes they love her. But only bill and Charlie show their brotherly love.

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Obsessed87 Serenity55 Steph D.Torres Moon girl Tinka Ques:Um...isn't Ginny dating Dean after Harry's fifth year? Ans: yes she is but I'm a HP/GW shipper. (so dean, be prepared to be ditched!! Muah haha!!)

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Scene: In Harry's bedroom

Harry sat in the corner thinking things through, Ginny's furious face kept flashing in his mind. Harry had to admit to himself that she was really angry. He had hurt her pretty badly with his words. Harry felt guilty and ashamed of his behaviour, he had promised himself and Ron that he would take good care of Ginny which included making sure that she was not hurt or unhappy. But he had failed to do so, he had let his mood and temper get the better of himself. The more he thought of it, the heavier it weighed on his conscience. He knew perfectly well that he was at fault but he just didn't want to admit it. After all, he reasoned, it was because of Ginny that he had flared up. Harry felt better with that excuse; the devil in his mind had won the debate.

The door opened to show a still angry-looking Ginny, Harry turned his head to look at the intruder. Ginny was glaring daggers at him, making Harry feel very threatened and he resumed what he was staring at a moment ago.

Ginny slammed the door behind her, causing the windows to rattle, threatening to break free from the steel holding them. Ginny stride across the room and threw herself onto the bed without changing into pyjamas. There was no movement in the room for several minutes. Harry was sure that Ginny had fallen asleep and risked stealing a look at her. She was lying on the bed with her back facing him and had the blanket covered up to her head.

Ginny did not want to face Harry; the mere sight of him irked her. She did not even want to feel his presence. Ginny buried herself under the blanket trying to block out Harry's presence. Ginny wanted to fall asleep fast so that she would not have to feel any emotion, just peace in her heart and with great difficulty; she drifted into an uneasy sleep.

The trees outside swayed with the cold night wind, their leaves rustling madly. Harry stayed in his corner listening to nature's symphony in rhythm with Ginny's breathing. He listened as Ginny's breathing change from sharp intaking of air to soft rhythmic breathing, she had slowly fallen asleep.

Harry wanted very badly to sleep in peace too but he just could not, no matter how he tried. He continued staring out of the window, hoping that he would fall asleep. Harry sat there motionless, his brains were empty of all thoughts, he wasn't felling sad neither was he angry. He was freed of all emotion; all he could do was to stare into the space.

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The day was breaking but Harry was still awake his eyes were transfixed to the window; his eyes were swollen and red because he hadn't got a wink of sleep the night before. Ginny tossed in the bed, the groans of the springs in the mattress jerked Harry roughly back to earth. For the first time since the previous night Harry felt something. His head was as heavy as lead, he could hardly open his heavy eyelids. Harry could feel a big headache coming.

Harry couldn't remain in the sitting position anymore, his muscles were protesting. He slumped down onto the cold hard floor, his stiff body pressed against the hard floor wasn't much of a comfort. Harry lay there massaging the side of his head trying to ease the spinning sensation. Harry couldn't keep track how long he had been laying there for he was much too preoccupied with himself.

The sun was at its highest before Ginny stirred. She felt refreshed but there was something preoccupying her. Ginny could not tell what was bothering her early in the morning, she tossed and turned in the bed trying to recall but to no avail. Feeling frustrated, Ginny sat up and she noticed the little border at the corner, which was Harry and all memories, rushed back her brain.

"Yes, that's it. Harry made me mad last night and we quarrelled", Ginny thought grimly to herself. She picked herself off the bed and walked out of the room to go to the washroom. The closing of the door startled Harry; he sat upright and scanned through the room.

"Blimey, it's already eleven. Aunt Pertunia would had already cleared away breakfast by now and lunch would only be ready two hours later. Ginny hadn't any muggle money with her, I better bring her to the café", Harry thought. As Harry was thinking, Ginny returned from the washroom. She saw Harry, rolled her eyes at him and stormed out of the room.

"That girl is really stubborn", Harry thought angrily, "I better go after her before she goes too far". Harry pushed himself off the floor with difficulty, staggered out of the room and half run half slid down the stair in an attempt to run after Ginny. Harry reached the landing in time to hear Dudley's falsely cheerful voice,

"Morning Ginny, my mum has cleared away breakfast and lunch will not be served until two hours later. To apologise for what happened last night, I want to treat you to brunch at the café".

"Last night? What about last night? What did Dudley do to Ginny last night?" for a fleeting moment, Harry visualised Dudley putting his arm around a sobbing Ginny. Harry brushed away the thought with disgust and by the time he regained himself, both Ginny and Dudley were nowhere to be found. He ran out of the house and saw them walking down the street side by side.

Ginny was walking very fast trying to get away from Dudley but he continued following her very closely like a puppy. If under normal circumstances, Ginny would have done something to Dudley but at the moment, she was not in the mood to be bothered with him. Ginny threw Dudley a look of loathing every minute but he didn't get the message and kept jogging up to keep pace with her. Ginny had no idea where to go but just to get away from Harry and if possible Dudley too. She had walked a good stretch of lane and now she felt both tired and hungry. Ignoring Dudley, she decided to go the café she and Harry used to go, thinking that she could rest and fill her stomach there.

Fred and George had smuggled some muggle money to her for use in case of emergency making her promise not tell anyone that it was from them.

"This is a case of emergency", Ginny thought, "I'm going to die of hunger and that's a serious case". Pretending that she did not know Dudley who had taken the sit opposite her, Ginny looked around trying to get the attention of the plump little lady who greatly resembled Mrs Weasley.

"Hello. Miss!! Here again today? Where is your handsome young friend? Not with you today?" the lady asked Ginny sweetly.

"Erm... erm.. He has got something on today and can't make it today. So, I came on my own", Ginny replied awkwardly. The lady smiled and eyed Dudley who was staring at Ginny. Noticing what the lady was looking at, Ginny spoke quickly,

"I'm famished, madam. Can I have a spaghetti and a coke, please?", Ginny tried to shift the lady's attention with success, as she gave Ginny a big smile and went away to prepare the order. Ginny now turned her attention to Dudley who was eyeing her as if she was a piece of juicy meat he longed to get. Ginny cleared her throat loudly and shot Dudley a dirty look.

Dudley got the massage finally and turned his attention to the order list instead. The lady returned with Ginny's order a while later and she began to eat. Dudley ordered a double cheeseburger, a chocolate sundae, fries and a large coke. They sat there in silence paying attention to their food, but never did they know that Harry had been following them and was now observing then through the glass pane at their side.

Harry was worried about Ginny when he saw Dudley following her. He was afraid for her and decided to follow them to see what Dudley was up to. Harry's stomach rumbled loudly as he stood in front of the glass pane, he had hardly eaten anything since lunch the day before. His head was starting to spin again like Moody's magical eye and he felt queasy in his stomach.

He didn't let them see him for he knew perfectly well, Ginny would not appreciate his action and he also didn't want to put Dudley on his guard, he wanted to see what Dudley had up his sleeves. Harry saw that Ginny had finished eating but Dudley was still gorging himself with fries. He watched Ginny as she looked out of the glass pane in front of her, her head propped up with an arm,

"She sure had grown up very nicely", Harry thought as he studied her, "No wonder so many guys were at her heels". Harry was so engrossed in looking at Ginny that he didn't realise that the sky above him had turned to a nasty colour---grey. It seemed that it was going to rain soon.

All too soon, big drops of rain fall into Harry's messy hair, in no time, buckets of water was pouring down from the sky. The location where Harry was standing at didn't cover him from the rain; he was drenched to the skin in no time. There was nowhere to shelter from the rain except in the café but Harry stubbornly stood at his ground, he didn't want Ginny to know his presence by storming into the cafe.

"After all those fatal Quidditch accidents, a little rain can't kill", Harry thought stubbornly and continued standing in the summer rain.

As sudden as the downpour, the rain stopped about fifteen minutes later. Harry was soaked to his skin, shivering to his bones, standing on his toes outside the café. He looked into the café and saw people sipping hot drinks; how he wished that he was one of them. Harry was bouncing on the balls of his feet, hugging himself to keep himself a little warmer when the little bells hanging on the café's door tinkle. He turned to that direction and saw Ginny and Dudley walking out.

They walked side by side going towards the direction of No.4 Privet Drive with Harry trailing behind them taking care to not step into mud puddles or disturb any fallen leaves lying on the road. Many times, Harry wanted very badly to sneeze but held it back by holding his breath until the sneezing sensation subsided.

By the time they could see the all-familiar sight of Privet Drive from afar, the sun was no longer hiding behind the clouds. The afternoon sun was shining fiercely onto the back of Harry's neck causing a burning sensation which was not comfortable at all, adding to his physical discomfort. Harry was very grateful that Ginny didn't go anywhere else but head back to Privet Drive. Harry doesn't think he could hang on any longer if he was to follow her to more places. After Ginny and Dudley went into the house, Harry stayed outside for fifteen minutes before going in so that Ginny would not suspect anything.

When Harry stood at the doorsteps still quite wet with mud stains on his pants and trainers, Aunt Pertunia's beady little eyes opened wide at the state he was in. She tutted loudly in disgust mopping the wet trail Harry left behind as he climbed up the stirs wearily to his room.

Ginny was in the room sitting on the bed idly when Harry entered. She looked at Harry with a look of disgust as she inspected him from head to toe before turning her gaze away. Harry walked across the room to the cupboard to get some clean clothes and went out of the room leaving a wet trail behind him.

Ginny turned to look at the door Harry had disappeared behind and shook her head disapprovingly. What a state he was in, there was not a dry spot on him. Ginny could not believe that he was that thick enough to not seek cover when it rained.

"He better not catch a cold, not that I give a damn about him. I don't even pity him." Ginny thought stubbornly while unconsciously a part of her was going out to Harry.

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