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Chapter 3

Why does it have to hurt so much?

After a lonely ride in the carriage to Hogwarts, Ginny was so glad when they arrived. Draco and Hermione had to sit at the head's carriage. Ginny knew that Ron wouldn't be thrilled to bits by the information. Draco had handed her a note when he closed the carriage door for her. She smiled when she read it. It read, Gin, come to my dormitory. McGonagall gave us a slight description of it and mine is silver and green. Hermione's is gold and scarlet. Hope you'll be thrilled and surprisedwhen you see the sight that will greet you. From, Draco

Ginny folded the note into quarters before placing it onto her lap. She could not wait. The rest of the ride to Hogwarts seemed like forever to Ginny. On arriving, she hopped down the carriage, totally forgetting her note. She had so carelessly stood up without taking it along. Most unfortunately, it lay in the hands of...

Ginny watched the sorting with boredom. She clapped occasionally when people on her table clapped but other than that she was not paying the least bit of attention.

Dumbledore stood up to start his welcome speech. Ginny groaned silently. This could take up to at least five minutes. Ginny rolled her eyes. Yada, yada, yada. Oh, crap.

Finally, Dumbledore ended his speech by saying "tuck in!" His raspy old voice sounded like music to Ginny's ears when he said the last two words. Ginny and her friends ate and chatted, chatted and ate. The food was simply delicious.

After the feast, Ginny and the other Gryffindors walked to their dormitories. Ginny saw Draco and Hermione walking in a different direction. As they past each other, Draco winked at her. Ginny grinned and winked back. He whispered, "Remember. Tonight at ten." "See you!" Ginny whispered back before moving on.

Ginny took a long warm bath after unpacking her stuff. She put on a slinky black low cut dress and applied the same strawberry lip gloss that Malfoy seemed to like. He sucked on every bit of it. She contemplated on what hair style to do up, and decided on a loose ponytail with some fringe to frame her face. Ginny did not bother to put on a bra. "I won't need it, anyway," Ginny thought, smirking to herself. She considered about wearing underwear and decided to put on a lacy red see through thong. She draped her Hogwarts robe over her shoulders in case she bumped into any professor.

Shivering with excitement, she left her dormitory to go to Draco's. Outside the dormitory, there was the word, "passion" written on the floor using chalk. Ginny guessed that it was the password. She used her shoes to rub it off. The portrait was a picture of a ballet dancer wearing a pink leotard. She was doing some turns. "Ahem, ahem!" Ginny cleared her throat to get the attention of the dancer. "Oh, hi! I'm sorry. Password?" She asked apologetically.

"Um, passion?" Ginny asked uncertainly. "Yup! In you go!" the dancer replied before swinging in the picture. Ginny stepped in and gasped. The sight was breathtaking. The common room was so beautiful! "Wow!" Ginny gasped. Ginny walked towards to green door. She hoped that was Malfoy's room. She swung open the door.

Ginny gasped, this time, in horror. "Oh, God!" She murmured. She was surprised all right. Surprised in a bad way. But she was not at all thrilled. Draco and Hermione were on draco's bed. Draco was in his boxers, Hermione was totally naked. Hermione was controlling Draco's hands as he rubbed Hermione breast slowly in circles. Hermione had thrown her head back. "Oh…" she moaned.

Draco snatched his hand away when he saw Ginny. Tears were spilling down her cheeks uncontrollably. "How could you do this to me, Draco? Is this some kind of joke? And I'm supposed to be thrilled when I see you and her being intimate?" Ginny shouted, her voice quivering. Hermione got off the bed, and stepped over her towel, strutting out of the room. As she walked past Ginny, she smirked. How could you be so mean? Ginny wondered. She mentally made a note to tell Ron.

"Ginny, I swear it's not what you think! It's not what it looks like!" Draco pleaded.

"You… you fucking piece of shit ass crap!" Ginny turned her heel and stormed out, slamming the door. She stormed back to her dormitory. She flopped down on one of the chairs by the fire place. He did not even bother to chase me, Ginny thought sadly.

"Ginny, what's wrong?" Colin, asked, sitting down beside her. Ginny looked up. "Sorry, I didn't hear you walk in. Nothing." Ginny sighed dejectedly.

"Don't be silly. Obviously something's wrong. What is it? Heartbreak hotel?"

Ginny looked up and nodded. She could not get the picture out of her mind.

"Talk to me Ginny… I might empathize," Colin put his arm around his friend.

Sighing, Ginny poured out the whole thing. As she started about the scene in Draco's room, Ginny broke down again. She sobbed into Colin's chest. He stroked her hair.

"I want you to know, Ginny, that whatever happens, I'll always be there for you." Colin assured her. Ginny cried harder. Colin was a great friend.

"Thanks," Ginny managed a shaky smile.

"You're beautiful," Colin whispered into her hair. Ginny eyes brightened. Colin knew exactly what to say at the right time to make a girl feel better.

"Thanks, Colin. You're a great friend." She told him sincerely.

"Anytime," he answered sadly. He watched as Ginny walked up to the girls dormitory.

"I'm just a friend." He said to himself, looking down. "I wanna be more than just a friend…"