Ginny looked back and forth between Timothy and Shacklebolt, realizing that she was missing someting. She really hated that.
Timothy nodded, and began.
"Ginny, my parents did really die, that was the truth, and we did travel alot."
He paused and bit his lip, unsure what to say next.
Shacklebolt had come in, and now he sat next to Timothy. "Tim, just tell her."
Timothy took a deep breath, "Well, after coming here with Luna, Auror Shaklebolt said that you weren't really talking to anyone, not even Tonks."
"I talked to Tonks!" exclaimed Ginny, outraged.
Shaklebolt shook his head and said gently, "Ginny, Nymphadora told me that the most you talked about was classes and stuff. We needed more."
"We?" Ginny asked.
Shaklebolt sighed, "Mad-Eye needed to find out more about Edgurg, and you weren't even talking to Nymphadora about it. So, when Luna and Tim got expelled, Mad-Eye asked them to come here and help. He knew Luna was with you guys down in the Department of Mysteries."
Ginny numbly nodded, remebering the Department of Mysteries, trying to push it to the back of her mind.
Shaklebolt continued. "So, Luna has been keeping Nymphadora out of the way, and Timothy here was trying to become, well, your best friend, let's say, so you might tell him more about Neville, maybe the Trio, and...Molly was very worried about you..."
Timothy looked at Ginny with guilty eyes, "Sorry," he mumbled.
Ginny stiffly nodded again, accepting both the apology and all this information.
"Why didn't you just ask me?" Ginny asked Shaklebolt.
Shaklebolt and Timothy exchanged looks. "Ginny," Timothy told her kindly, "you were like on the verge of depression, that's why your mum was so worried, and we needed it without you getting suspicious."
Here Shacklebolt smiled, "Molly told us you were very bright, and we trust Molly."
She nodded for the third time. Then she looked at Shaklebolt, smiling.
"Well, I just sent someone at Hogwarts a letter asking if he could keep tabs on Edgurg."
Shaklebolt chuckled and waged a finger at Ginny, "See? Your mother was right!"
But Timothy raised an eyebrow and asked, "Really?"
Ginny responded Timothy with an eybrow of her own. "Really really."
She smiled at their confused looks.
She opened her mouth to tell them...
OH! that was mean, I know, but I love cliffys! Hey, I need people to read my other stories too, so if it's not tooooo much trouble...