Chapter 15- We're all little shits. (I'm not sure where I got the name for this chapter but I like it)
"RONALD WEASLEY WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" Ginny screamed entering the room that Ron, Harry, Dean, and Seamus shared. Ron was sitting on his bed icing his propped up ankle, and Hermione was right behind her. The spell Ron and Blaise had cast on each other prevented their injuries from being healed with magic so Ron to ice his ankle when ever he could and was given a set of crutches. Blaise however had to stay in the hospital wing for the next two days. Upon hearing this information, Ginny had been ready to take a hostage. She set after Ron first because he was her brother, not her boyfriend.
"Um Ginny…" Ron stuttered nervously,"What are you talking about?"
"Don't act like you don't know Ron," Ginny seethed. "You knocked out a Slytherin and sent him to the hospital wing for two days over something absolutely stupid!"
"He was bothering you…" Ron muttered sheepishly, shrugging his shoulders. Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Ron looked like a little boy being scolded by his mother.
Ginny shot Hermione a glare and continued. Seamus and Dean snuck out of the room and into the common room escaping the wrath of Ginny Weasley. Harry tried to sneak out but Ron caught his arm.
"You're staying," Ron said this so bluntly that Harry turned around and climbed to the top bunk of the bunk bed he and Ron shared. Still trying not to get involved Harry grabbed a book and started to "read" it. Hermione sent him a look when she saw that he was looking at it upside down.
"Like I said before Ginny," Ron continued. "He was bothering you."
"NO HE WASN'T RON!" Ginny exploded again "HE WAS TRYING TO! BUT HE WASN'T! AS USUAL HOWEVER, YOU HAD TO PLAY THE OVER PROTECTIVE BIG BROTHER AND PICK A FIGHT! I'M SIXTEEN AND CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF! AND I CAN DO IT WITHOUT TAKING AWAY 75 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!"
"75 points isn't a lot…" Ron muttered.
"THIS ISN'T ABOUT POINTS RON!"
"Even though those missing points put us in 3rd for the cup," Harry added from his bed. Hermione, who had climbed unto the top bunk of Seamus and Dean's bed, rolled her eyes and Ginny sent Harry a death glare.
"Did you know that Blaise Zabini's arm is fractured in four places?" Ginny asked her brother angrily. "Or that you also broke his nose and gave him a black eye?"
"Why do you care so much anyway?" Ron snapped, picking up a nail file. "Zabini started it, go bother him!" He started to rub the file against his nails.
Hermione sighed 'Why didn't I ever notice that he was gay? He's going to be heartbroken when he figures out that Harry's as straight as a line and that's not going to change?'
"It doesn't matter who started it Ron!" Ginny exclaimed, "That remark about his sister was a total cheap shot and really, you started the fight because you punched him first! Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a child!"
"Why do you care about Zabini so much any way?" Ron snapped.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT ZABINI!" Ginny screamed, stamping her foot.
"IF YOU DON'T CARE THEN WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SO ANGRY? WE FIGHT WITH THE ZABINI'S ALMOST AS MUCH AS WE FIGHT WITH THE MALFOYS! IT DOESN'T MATTER!" Ron screamed back. Hermione put her fingers in her ears.
"IT MATTERS TO ME!" Ginny yelled
"WHY?"
"WELL I THINK IT WOULD MATTER RON BEING THAT HE'S MY GODDAMNED BOYFRIEND!" Ginny's eye's widened and her hand flew to her mouth as she yelled the last statement.
"He's you what?" Ron asked sitting up straighter in his bed and widening his eyes.
Ginny took a deep breath and her face turned crimson "My boyfriend Ron, were going out." Ginny couldn't look her brother in the face so she decided to look at her shoes instead.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR DATING A ZABINI!" It was Ron's turn to yell. He almost stood up but his ankle prevented it. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT GOT OUT! WHAT WOULD DAD SAY! DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD AFFECT YOUR FAMILY?"
"That's why we kept it a secret…" Ginny muttered
"WELL YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO KEEP IT A SECRET IF YOU HADN'T DATED HIM!"
"Ron it's my fault," Hermione said climbing down from the bunk bed. " I befriended Pansy Parkinson back in September. She was best friends with Blaise amd he was dragged into the picture. The same thing happened with Ginny. The four of us became pretty close friends and Ginny and Blaise became, well, closer."
"Oh great you're in this to?" Ron snapped, throwing up his arms. "What else are you two hiding?"
"Nothing." Ginny mumbled, still looking at her shoes.
"But why didn't you tell us?" asked Harry, also climbing down from his top bunk.
"Are you serious?" Hermione asked raising and eyebrow. "Did you see how Ron reacted? Of course we were scared to tell you!"
"Well yeah, but you guys are our best friends," Harry shrugged "I think Ron needs some time to think about it, but I'm willing to be civil for you guys."
"Thanks Harry." Ginny smiled. The two girls group hugged their friend.
"But if one of you decides to date Malfoy I may have to make an exception."
"Harry that's disgusting!" Hermione gasped making a face.
"I'm glad you see it that way," Harry joked. Ron continued to scowl.
"Shit, we have to go," Ginny mumbled
"Oh yeah," Hermione sighed. "We're supposed to be there when Pansy takes the antidote to the potion. We already took the pictures but Malfoy may nag us if we're late."
"Well go then," Ron snapped rudely
Hermione and Ginny rushed out the door. Before shutting it behind her Ginny turned around and looked Ron in the face.
"Would it kill you to be happy for me this time Ron?" She asked sadly. Ron opened his mouth but Ginny had already shut the door.
"Well you screwed that up," Harry sighed before departing the room as well.
