Chapter 6: Love Hurts
Draco stood there for a minute, he knew what he had to do and he hated himself for it. He didn't expected her to understand, he didn't reallyunderstand himself. But it was now or never, he had put this off for far too long.
"Gin, before you say anything there's somethingI need to say..." Why was he so nervous? The wasn't supposed to be so hard! Ginny looked at him, giving himher full attention. She looked so beautiful, like an angel with all that powdery, white snow falling on her fiery red hair. She was perfect..."There's no easy way to say this...but I- I can't be with you anymore..."
Ginny's beaming smile suddenly turned into a mixedexpression of shock and disbelief. "Wh-what?"
"We can't go out anymore." It was harder saying it the second time, like a bullet hitting him strait in the heart, except this seemed to hurt more. Ginny's eyes were full of tears just ready to overflow and he wasn't going to be there to hold her and tell her everything was going to be alright. No, Potter would take care of that. Ginny had told him about the invitation she had recieved to go to the dance. Draco's temper began to slowly rise. Damn Potter, he could have the only thing thatDraco wanted more than anything,but couldn't have. To be with the one girl he loved, the one girl who had given him a chance when no one else would. Was that so much to ask?
They just stood there for a moment staring at each other, unaware of what to say. "Why?" Ginny's voice was barely a whisper. Draco wasn't sure of what to say. If he told her the real reason, he knew she wouldn't care. She would tell him that he was being prat, and that she wasn't afraidto stand up to his father.She was stubborn, that was for sure. But she didn't know howcruel and coldLucious Malfoy really was, how he had repeatly beat his own son because he refused to pratice the Dark Arts. Draco's life had been hell before Hogwarts, now he only had to endure the torture over the summer.
"Do I have to have a reason for everything?" Draco mummered back coldly. The hurt in her eyes was almost unbearable, but he dared to take it a step farther. "Maybe I don't want a Mudblood loving, Weasel following me around every where I go." He sounded just like Lucious, he thought disgustedly. With that he turned his back on her and made his way up the castle, every step he took got harder and harder. He wanted to turn around, to tell her that he was sorry, that he didn't want her tohurt her, only to keep her safe, but by the time he hadreached the main entrance, Ginny was gone.
Ginny just stood there for awhile, watching Draco walk awayfrom her until it was clear he wasn't coming back. She finally let the tears go, letting themstreaming down her face. She felt so numb, so empty. She didn't understand... Everything had been fine until just now! How could he be so cold all of sudden, acting like he wanted nothing to do with her?He had leadher out here only to walk away, leaving her confused and alone without a decent explaination. She should have known- maybe there were somethings about people that just didn't change. Excuses wouldn't make it better though- it still felt like her heart had just been ripped out.
First she thought about running up into her dorm and crying for hours, but that wouldn't bring Draco back. Besides, she didn't want her friends to see her like this.Especially Hermione, the words"Itold you so,"echoed painfully through her thoughts. Maybe flying would clear her head. Trying to calm herself as much as she could, Ginny headed off to the Quidditch pitch. She tried to keep herself from cryingas she walked to the stadium, but everytime her thoughts drifted back to Draco she couldn't hold them in.
Once she was mounted on her broom, she took off, flying high into the swirling snowflakes. Only then did she relizing how truely cold it was outside. Shivering, Ginny quickly buttoned up her coat as she hovered in mid-flight.
Circling around the staduim a few times, and doing a couple of loops she tried to take her mind off everything. Just concetrate on flying, she told her herself. It was difficult at first, she kept remembering all those late night broom rides with Draco, but soon the rush of darting through the wintry sky took her over. Diving straight down and than pulling back up quickly before she hit the ground, every thought was on her next move. After an hour or so Ginny was out of breath and decided it was time to head in. Landing on the now, snow covered ground, Ginny's world crashed back into reality. Flying hadn't stopped the pain, it had merely pushed it aside for awhile. Her chest felt tight and her heart seemed to throb inside her. A single tear slide down her cheek, but she wiped it away quickly. She could get through this, it was only a matter of time...
Yea.. i kno not a very long chapter. My excuse this time is that I ran out of ideas. Not a very good one but an excuse all the same. I wasn't too sure about this chapter so if everyone pleaz review that would be awsum!
A special thanks to these reviewers:
quidditchcaptain14
Dizzy Flower
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