Chapter Six
Give Love A Bad Name
It took Ron three weeks to notice Ginny's behavior. He said something to Harry who just shrugged. That only got him more riled. Harry was being stupid right now. The prat was supposed to be in the process of wooing Ginny so that Ron could intimidate him into never hurting her.
That was Ginny's problem. She kept picking these guys that Ron couldn't intimidate. So when they hurt her he felt twice as bad.
Ron had now come to expect little from Harry. After all he had a lot on his plate saving the world and such.
He mentioned it to Hermione. Hermione muttered something about how long it had taken him to notice she was a girl and stormed off. Ron really didn't get her somedays.
So Ron had to try to figure it out himself. She was happier. No big problem there. She could be dating again. That was possible. But he had never seen her this happy. If she was dating, he was something fantastic.
Which led to the question, who? Who was his baby sister dating?
He now looked around the tables intent on finding out, when a pair or dark brown eyes caught his eyes. Cho Chang was staring at him. How long had that been going on?
She was staring at him pretty intently. Her head was propped on her hand and her dark eyes must have been on him for a while. She had to know he was aware of her staring. Yet she did nothing. Just continued to stare. So he did what any mature kid would do. He stared back.
She was quite pretty now that he was noticing. He had never really looked at her before. She had always been Harry's and there fore off limits. But why should she belong to him? She shouldn't belong to anyone. She was a girl not a trophy. But Harry didn't quite get that yet. Ginny hadn't been a potential girlfriend. She had been a damsel in distress, someone to save because he could, because she needed to be saved.
But Ginny hadn't needed just saving. She had needed someone who cared about her. Had she finally found it? Ron hoped so.
Cho had such pretty eyes, Ron thought. They were slanted elegantly with dark lashes and shadowed by perfect brows. Her hair was back in two braids today, flowing past her shoulders. She was wearing her school uniform and it did little to hide her woman like phsyionomy.
She shifted her hand, drawing attention to her delicate chin and her lush lips.
Ron forced his gaze away and made his way out of the Great Hall.
Across the room, Cho Chang smiled. She had him just where she wanted him. Cho had her pretty little eyes set on Ron Weasley. She wasn't sure what the fascination was with him. It wasn't lust. No. It was something else. Something she liked. A lot.
(A/N: Thought I'd get a little bit in here about Ron. I love it when he's dense. Which is like, always..
To Person: Yeah, it is AU. But Draco/Ginny works better outside of the normal HP realm, especially after HBP. If you don't like, I won't make you read.