Scene 6: The Fool or The Mastermind
Late morning of June 10, Ginny and Harry's kitchen/living room area
Astoria and Ginny were sitting on the couch having a girls' day in. Astoria picked her feet up and let her toenails dry on the coffee table. She unscrewed the pink nail polish and started to paint Ginny's nails.
"How are you feeling today?"
"A little better. I'm not constantly running to the bathroom anymore."
"That's good," said Astoria a bit chipper than usual.
"Is something wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm just excited about the baby."
"Me too, but lately, Harry's been behaving weird. I don't know why he's acting like before the baby. You know how he was – never wanting to be near me. I get the feeling he wants to break up with me."
"You're probably just reading too much into it."
"No, I'm not. Yesterday, I asked him what gender he hoped the baby would be and he completely blew me off. Said he was busy and had to get to work."
"Maybe, he's getting scared?"
"Of what? He's wanted kids for how long now? I would think he'd be over the moon and already know what he wants to name his kids."
Astoria lowered her gaze to her painting job.
"What do you know?"
"I think you should talk to Harry."
"Why?"
"I'm just saying…"
"Astoria…" Ginny sternly asked.
Astoria hesitated for a few more seconds as Ginny sat and glared. She couldn't last any longer.
"Harry cheated on you! With Draco."
Ginny's eyes widen as she pretended to be shocked.
"I promised not to tell, but you know how I am with secrets. I'm so sorry. I know they want to talk to you. Harry seems to want to stay with you. But maybe he's having a tough time to accept that decision and doesn't know how to tell Draco. Maybe you should call Harry and tell him you need to talk. I think it's better to be upfront with it."
Ginny carefully grabbed a tissue and cleaned her face.
"You okay?"
"I'll be fine. It's just a lot to take in, you know?"
"I do know. I had a nice long talk with them."
They fell into an uncomfortable silence.
"Oh, potty break."
Astoria carefully stood up and walked towards the bathroom.
"I wish you would stop saying things like that."
"Eh, sometimes things just need to be said," Astoria yelled back.
After Astoria closed the door, Ginny slowly picked up her phone and dialed.
"Hey, Draco."
"Oh, hey. What are you doing?"
"I thought you would like to come over."
"Really? Well, I have some work I ne—"
"Please? I haven't seen you in awhile. We have things to discuss."
After some silence, Draco finally answered, "I'll come over."
"Great. I'll see you in a few hours. Bye."
Ginny hung up her phone and set it down. She went back to blowing her nails dry as Astoria came back from the bathroom.
"I called Harry. We're going to have a long talk," lied Ginny.
"That's good. I know Harry will do the right thing. Now, let's get to my man troubles."
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