Haha. I love how Draco and Ginny stories can be so closely related to Romeo and Juliet.
Errr, yeh, you guys are mostly right.
There is a little twist, though.
Isn't there always a twist?
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Ginny knew she should probably move, do something other than stand here, snogging Draco. It wasn't wise, barely half an hour after she gets back from Hogwarts, to be standing in the middle of the owlrey snogging the one person she absolutely should not be snogging.
"Draco… what… we can't.. I cant…" He pulled away from her, everything about him apologetic and almost needy. Ginny nearly reached out to him when they heard footsteps coming down the corridor. Ginny disentangled herself from Draco, retreating back to her trunk and sitting on it, pretending to look at the owls for Pig.
Cho Chang walked into the room, immediately sighting Draco and grinning widely, giving him a dramatic hug. Then she conveniently noticed Ginny, and said cattily, "Oh, Ginny, you're back! Draco told me so much about you… I'm so glad that you two are such close friends!" Ginny's heart plummeted. Friends? Is that what Draco told her? We're just.. friends? Alright, that would be fine, if friends snogged each other, if friends got a rush just being around their friends.. If friends… wait, what is Cho even doing here? Don't tell me.. Draco was meeting her here?
"Oh… God.." Ginny muttered, standing up and levitating her trunk. "Err.. yeah. Nice to see you, Cho." She walked by Cho (who was now clinging to Draco's arm), heading no where in particular. Just far, far away. She found herself heading back towards the Gryffindor Common Room, and walked up flights upon flights of stairs, trying to get her confused, muddled mass of thoughts in some order. Then she heard a shout behind her, and instead of slowing her down, it spurred her even faster, trying to escape the predator, so to speak. That's really all Draco was, anymore, former heartache turned womanizing predator. She had seen this in the beginning, knew that their relationship would end up this way. So why had she fallen in love with Draco, anyway? She could have stopped the plummeting, could have brought some sense into her life and realized that Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley were just not meant to be together. Ever.
She threw her trunk on the ground, hearing a satisfying smack as it hit the flagstones. She slid down the wall until she was sitting, then leaned her head against it and closed her eyes. It was all just too confusing. Maybe she should end it, like it had ended in Romeo and Juliet. But Juliet had never had the problem of competition, never had to worry that Romeo would be unfaithful. And Ginny did. Her Romeo. She had seen her Romeo, twice now, with another woman. The same woman, but it was still twice. Once could have been a mistake. Could have been, if they weren't snogging passionately. That could not be a mistake. Even after she confronted him about it, he just made up a lie, trying to blame it on Harry. And she had even believed him! Blinded by love, as they say.. Then, there was a second time. There was no denying it, now. Draco was with Cho, had told her Ginny was just "a friend". So that left Ginny… alone. Utterly and completely alone. I wonder if Emmy and Blaise know about this.. Well, she had the day to ask them.
No, she had the rest of her life to ask. To ask why. She was done running. Running never got her anywhere, except when she got back, something even worse had happened. If she stood, accepted her fate.. Maybe she would be strong. Strong enough to walk up to Draco Malfoy, tell him she didn't love him, then walk away. No whimpering, no falling helplessly into his arms, no butterfly in her stomach. Only then, would she be strong. Giving up something she loved would help her build an independence she so direly needed.
So what. She would grow up a spinster, hard, cold, and unforgiving. Who had room for forgiveness? She had given Draco a second chance and he had blown it. Their love obviously wasn't supposed to happen. Well, she wouldn't be fighting whatever forces were against her, now.
Just let him go..
Draco came to stand in front of Ginny, although he could hear Cho screeching somewhere a few floors below them. Ginny looked angry, although he had to remind himself she had every right to be. Cho had ruined everything for him; maybe purposefully, maybe not. Either way.. She had wrecked the only love he had ever had. And by the look on Ginny's face, he wasn't going to be forgiven this time. Maybe it was best.. Just to..
Just let her go..
Ginny opened her eyes. There was Draco, standing in front of her. Draco. The forbidden thing in her life, the forbidden thing that she simply was not allowed to love. Yet she had loved him all the same. And now, here it was, at an end. It seems that everyone had been right the whole time. Weasleys and Malfoys simply did not mix.
Now's the time to be strong.
Draco met Ginny's eyes as she opened them. Yes, she was angry. There was a sadness permeating all around her.. Sadness. Which could only mean one thing. That it was over.
Now's the time to forget.
Ginny stood, facing her only friend, her only enemy. But no. She had to forget, now. Forget all about him, all about their covert attentions, about their love. The portrait hole swung open, and Hermione came out, looking a bit tired and ragged. She froze when she saw Ginny and Draco, simply staring at each other.
Farewell, my gentle Romeo..
"Goodbye, Draco."
Farewell, dearest Juliet.
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