Chapter Five
Blaise walks down the dungeons in a confused daze, wondering why his usual strict and emotionless professor was concerned for the littlest Weasley. Not realizing where he was going, he walked into something, or someone, knocking his out of his daze. Shaking his head, he looked up to see he had walked into Draco. Realizing that he should tell someone about Snape's odd behavior, he grabbed Draco by the shoulders, and hauled him into the first empty room he saw.
Draco struggled in protest trying to shout at his friend before Blaise pressed his hand over Draco's mouth in the hopes of getting a word in before Draco could protest anymore.
"Draco –" he started, sounding both worried and confused.
Draco's eyebrow skyrocketed into his hairline, after hearing the worry and confusion in his voice. Never in his life had Draco ever heard such concern in his fellow Slytherin's voice.
Then he furrowed his brow in confusion, he was curious to know who could get Blaise so worked up and worried.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Ginny…Severus…I don't understand!" he rambled, confused with what he had seen and heard.
Draco looked at Blaise confused.
"What?"
Catching his breath, he stated, "First I insulted the girl Weasley about her weight and stuff, you know the usual. Then, just as I was leaving, I saw her take out a knife and make cuts on her wrists. So I ran to Severus and told him, and so he asked me what I said to him, and when I told him
That I made fun of her weight, he just snapped and yelled at me." he explained.
Draco's eyebrows were now hidden behind his hairline. He was quite shocked with what Blaise had said. He knew Ginny was not eating, but, he had to make fun of her weight to keep up his reputation of the 'bad boy Malfoy.'
"Let me get this straight." He started, "you saw Gin, so you started to make fun of her. Was there anyone around you? Or were you guys alone in the corridor? Because, if you guys were alone in the corridor, then there would be no need to insult her about her weight you know."
Sighing, Blaise stated sadly, "no, there wasn't anyone in the corridor except for Gin and myself. I guess I wasn't thinking. When I saw her, I immediately saw red. I was so angry that she was doing this to herself. So I immediately insulted her weight. But when I did that, I just ended up getting her to cut herself more."
Sighing, Draco walked over to Blaise and pulled him in for a short and quick kiss on the lips. Just when he was about to pull away, Blaise pulled him in for a passionate, rough kiss, pressing their bodies together in the heat of the moment.
Moaning, Draco quickly pulled away before it got any deeper and they got too caught up in each other.
Noticing Blaise's confusion and disappointment, he said, "We need to have a little visit with our Potions Professor."
Recognition entered Blaise's eyes. Nodding they walked out of the classroom, hand in hand toward their professor's chambers.
Knocking on the door, they heard footsteps coming toward the door. Waiting for the door to open, they were discussing in hushed whispers on what they should tell their professor. They knew that he knew about Ginny. They just didn't know how much he knew about her. They knew enough to start being concerned about her.
Seeing the door open slowly, they straightened up, and saw who opened up the door. Shocked to see the one person they were coming to talk about, they slowly stepped inside the room in a trance.
"Ginerva?" Draco whispered in a barely audible voice.
Hearing something drop, he quickly turned to see what the damage was.
Realizing that the girl of his dreams dropped her glass of pumpkin juice to the ground, he whipped out his wand and replaced the glass in no time.
"Gin..." started Blaise slowly.
Shaking her head, Ginerva protested quietly, before running off to her room that Severus had given her since she first knew him.
Slamming the door shut, Ginerva walked over to her bed and climbed in; crying softly.
She now knew that Draco and Blaise knew about her cutting. She was sure that Blaise saw her take a knife out. But why had Draco said her name? Why was he giving her an odd look? Does he know? Does Blaise know? Why were they both giving me an odd look? Merlin! She was so confused!
Sighing, Ginevra walked up to her mirror and took a look at herself. Her eyes, she noticed, were hollow with bags underneath. Her face looked haunted. They didn't hold any life to them. Her eyes held pain, and emptiness.
Lifting up her shirt, she noticed that there was still a little fat from all that non-eating, and much exercise she did. Same with the cutting there. She was fat. She knew she was fat. Turning around, she looked at her bum. Her bum was nicely shaped, but her hips had bones sticking out of them.
Sighing, Ginevra pulled down her shirt and walked out of her room. She was going to get through this; whether it was the last thing to do, she was going to get through the day without eating.
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Waiting for Severus to come down from his room, Draco and Blaise sat themselves down on the black leather couch; not bothering to look at their surroundings.
Whispering murmurs to each other, they didn't notice that Severus had come down and was now waiting impatiently for them to notice them.
Hearing a cleared throat, they looked up and saw him.
"Sir. We need to talk to you." They stated in unison.
Nodding, he signaled them to follow him to his more private quarters.
Taking a seat on the flush white leather couches, Severus stared at them intently for a minute or two, before finally speaking.
"I'm going to take a wild guess that this has to do with Ginevra. Am I right?" he asked, showing no emotion in his voice or on his face.
Nodding, Draco said, "Blaise saw something today. He got worried and scared, so he came to me. I knew something was up with her, but I couldn't do anything; I had to keep up my appearances. I want to help her professor."
Nodding, Severus looked at both men carefully, yet also curiously.
He knew these boys wanted nothing more to help the daughter he's always wanted. But, could he trust these two? Scoffing inwardly, Severus shook his head.
"Before I tell you anything, you have to promise, promise me that this won't go anywhere. Got it? You can't even tell Gin this. If she gets word of this, well, let's just say that we won't be able to survive her wrath. Understand?" he said solemnly.
Watching them nod warily, he took a deep breath before releasing it slowly. He just hoped that they will take his word and not tell a soul about what he was just going to let out of this room.
Jumping up, he ran around the room putting up all kinds of wards and silencing spells up around the room before sitting down stiffly on the leather chair.
"It all started when she first came to this school. You have heard of the Chamber of Secrets right? Well, she was the one who had opened the Chamber when she was in her first year. When Potter saved her, she had been having nightmares – she still does in fact. Since her second year, she's been coming to my classroom to make dreamless sleep potions." He said tiredly, running a hand over his face before continuing with his story.
"At first I didn't know that she was having nightmares. I just thought that she was making them for Madame Pomphrey or for Dumbledore or someone. Later on in the year, she's been opening up to me. She was like my daughter. But soon, her happy days went spiraling down. She had found out that her father had been found dead in a back alley by the Ministry." He sighed taking in a deep breath, before looking both boys' in eyes.
"When she found that out, she just all out broke down. She didn't eat, she didn't speak, sleep. She didn't do anything. She even stopped coming to me. I had to actually seek her out after class and ask her what was going on.
When she told me that her father had been found dead, I was shell shocked. I didn't know what to say or do. Although, I knew how she felt. After about a month or so, she started coming back to visit me, although, she was still quiet. She never talked to me. She just sat at her desk doing homework or making potions. It felt like the beginning. Her first year. I was sad to realize that I had to get her to warm up to me again. It took almost five months to get her to talk to me again like how she used to. Finally, I got her to explain to me why she was moping around, without storming out of the classroom." Pausing to see how the two boys were faring in his tale of Ginny's life he continued when he realized that they were giving him their most rapt attention.
"She said that ever since her father had died, her family (except for the twins and Charlie) has treated her like a common whore. Her mum never treated her like her daughter. She just treats her like trash. All the Weasley males except for the twins and Charlie have been saying that she's fat. So she's been cutting herself to get rid of her 'fat skin', instead of doing exercise. She has this theory that if she cuts, and loses blood, then she'll lose weight as well. Anyway, so every time she hears someone tell her that she's gained a couple of pounds," here Severus glared at both Blaise and Draco; and they had the decency to look guilty and sheepish, "she makes three cuts on her stomach, legs, pretty much any part of her body. She doesn't cut her wrists though. She always cuts on her body parts. I just wish I knew how I can stop her. She has never listened to anyone, not even me when it comes to her weight. But, when people say that she's gained a few pounds, then she would take it as the truth and go running off making cuts on her body to lose weight. I don't really know, nor do I want to know how long she's been doing this. I haven't been able to get a hold of the twins or even Charlie. So, that's out of the question for now." He finished. Both Draco and Blaise stared on appalled at what had happened in Ginny's life, no one deserved to live like that not even her.
Now, it was up to them on how to fix this situation.
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A/N: Alright, so you now know Gin's history. What will happen next? Find out soon! I shall try to update the next chapter soon. I've just been busy with school and work. So I apologize. Plus, my beta has been busy as well lol. Anyway, I would indeed love to thank my beta for betaing this for me! If you see any mistakes, blame the both of us. We both apologize for any future mistakes in the chapter. Anyway, review please!