Chapter 19
When Pansy saw that she was looking into Draco Malfoy's dark, stormy grey orbs, she gulped. She didn't know how she had ended up at St. Mungo's, she was just walking, reliving past memories!
"I – I'm sorry. I didn't know how I ended up here." She stuttered.
When she realized that she was stuttering, she cleared her throat and said it more clearly and confident; more confident then what she was currently feeling.
When she didn't hear them say anything, she sighed, and started to back out of the door. She had the door open when she heard a female voice telling her to stop.
Stopping in surprise, she turned around slowly to face the room at large. Taking a nervous breath, she lifted her eyes slowly to meet the eyes of Ginevra Weasley who currently had no emotions in both her eyes and face. Damn, she looks like Draco and Blaise more and more every day, she thought, smirking inwardly.
Clearing her throat, she looked at Ginevra nervously and waited for her to speak. When she did, she was surprised by the softness in her tone of voice.
"Pansy, please stay. I would like to talk with you for a moment. Plus, please ignore Draco and Blaise, they are both irritated and are in bad moods with what has been happening lately with me and Severus." She heard Ginny's (no Ginevra, she corrected herself, she made herself not call her by her nickname unless allowed by Ginevra, Draco, Blaise or Severus), soft voice say to her.
Nodding, Pansy slowly moved to sit far away from either of the group of four men and Ginevra. Sitting down, she clasped her hands together with a tight grip and placed them in her lap, looking down at her hands.
Ginny had cleared her throat, and said Pansy's name again so that she would look at her once and for all. When she still didn't look up, Ginny sighed irritated and said, "For heaven's sake Pansy, I'm not going to kill you. Nor will Severus, Draco or Blaise. Severus can't since he's a teacher. Draco and Blaise know that they can't, and if they do, then they'll get into trouble with me. Would you bloody well fucking look at me and stop staring at your hands?" she growled, really frustrated with how Pansy was acting.
I mean, I know we've been cruel to her. But really! I'm trying to bloody well be nice and she's not giving me a chance! She thought, feeling annoyed and slightly irritated. She heard Blaise, Draco and Severus chuckle softly at her, and she scowled towards them, not appreciating that they were amused with her irritation and frustration.
Shaking her head, she looked at Pansy and noticed that she was really uncomfortable. Sighing, she said, "Pansy, I'm serious. None of us are going to hurt or ridicule you. I promise. On my, uh, I guess I can't say Weasley Oath. But since I'm a Snape now, I'll say, on my Snape Oath, they will not hurt you. Unless you do or say something that'll provoke them, or harm them, me, or Severus, then yeah I won't be able to stop them there, which is understandable and a fair point. But anyway, the reason I wanted to talk to you about was both your and my past memories that had been haunting us. Plus, I want to make a truce with you. Since I'm in Slytherin and a Snape, I don't want us to have any more fights, or have anything come between us. I want us to become friends. I won't have any girls to be friends with, and there will be things that I won't be able to share with Draco, Blaise or Severus, so I need a friend who's a girl. What do you think of the idea?" she asked, feeling nervous all of a sudden.
She wanted a girlfriend that she could talk to anything about with. She had Draco, Blaise and Severus, but they weren't good enough. Plus, she didn't want to go to them every time she wanted to talk to someone, which seems to be almost all the time. Plus, she needed to stop cutting herself, and start healing. She knew Severus wouldn't allow it if she continued to cut herself. She needed another friend to help her with that. Someone who comes similar to what she's going through, and she thinks Pansy is the right girl to have as a girlfriend.
Looking at Pansy closely, she was shell shocked to find that there were bruises all over her face! Also, since she was wearing no robes, she was wearing a pale blue blouse, and a nice form fitting jeans that fit and curved her perfectly. Shaking her head, she noticed there were bruises on her arms as well. Holy shit! She has bruises over her whole fucking body! What the hell happened to her? She thought incredulously, felling alarmed and slightly disturbed.
"Um, Pansy, I have another question for you. Though, this may be personal. So if you don't want to answer it, then just let me know, and I won't bring it up again. But, um, why are there bruises all over your body? I mean, I know bruises when I see them, and those are definitely bruises. I'm assuming you were bruised, as to how, I haven't a clue. Hopefully, you'll be able to tell me. But anyway, why are there bruises all over your body? What has happened to you Pansy Parkinson?" she asked, both calmly and curiously.
Pansy snapped her head up at Ginny's question, and paled a deathly white; paler then Draco, Severus and Ginny combined, if that was even possible.
"I – I, I don't want to talk about it." she stuttered fearfully. If she talked about it, then she was afraid that her mother would come after her. Gulping, she shook her head, then asked if she could go, not answering any further questions, or even Ginny's first question.
Sighing Ginny grumbled under her breath about her big fat mouth, and why she had to open it. If Pansy wanted to talk about it, then fine, but that doesn't mean that she had to bloody well force her to answer the question. Growling, she shoved her table thing away, and got up to go to the bathroom.
She hated feeling helpless and confused, she wanted answers, and she wanted answers now. Perking up at an idea, she slyly smiled, and then smirked. Turning around, she pointed her look towards Draco, Blaise and Severus. Blanching, Draco and Blaise both made an excuse and left the hospital as quickly as possible. Sighing, she slowly turned to Severus and gave him a hesitant smile, seeing him sigh, she beamed at him and slowly, as she was still in pain from the dark curse, walked to his bed and sat down gently, so as not to jostle him in case he was in pain as well.
Smiling, Severus just pulled her down on the bed quickly and gave her a big hug, happy that she was happy and her normal self again. He hadn't seen her this happy since before her father died, not that he would bring him up, he would go from happy to crying in a matter of seconds.
"Severus, can you please tell me why there are bruises on Pansy's arm? And why she hasn't been hiding them? What's wrong with her? I mean, I know she has a past, and I don't want to get any information on that without her permission, but it's killing me not knowing!" she said, getting frustrated by the minute.
Sighing, Severus let go of her so he could look at her. He knew she was going to ask about Pansy's history. Why did it always have to be him who gave the information? First Ginny, now Pansy. Sighing again, he thought, well since she doesn't want to know the full story, and history, I'll just be vague. Nodding to himself, he looked at Ginny, into her dark black eyes, and saw trust and faith in there. Nothing bad. Sighing again, he said, "It's mainly about her family. If you want to know what about her family, you will need to ask her. I'm not going to go through that again, and betray someone's trust. I did that with you, and it almost cost you your life. I won't do that with Pansy. I'm sorry Ginny." He said, rushing through his explanation quickly, yet clearly, nervous that she would be mad at him.
Looking up at Ginny when he noticed that she wasn't saying anything to him, he was shocked to find her crying. "Ginny? Sweetheart? What's wrong? Come on Hun, tell me what's wrong. Please?" he pleaded with her, wrapping her in his arms.
What the hell happened? She was fine one minute, then the next she's crying! He thought, surprised and concerned.
Ginny didn't know why she was crying, she just was. She thinks the reason was because she was feeling bad for Pansy, or it could just be weird hormones that were going through her body. Maybe I'm on my period? She asked herself, sniffing, before stopping altogether.
Shaking her head, Ginny shrugged her shoulders and told her father that she didn't know why she was crying, she just felt like crying.
Sighing, Ginny looked up at her dad, and smiled. She then said, "I'm going to go and see if I can find Pansy and apologize to her. Then I'm going to find Draco and Blaise and do some prank yelling at them for the fun of it. I'll be back here by dinner for a visit and to stay here tonight. Love you daddy." She said smiling at him.
Feeling proud that she called him 'daddy' and not by his name or something else, he smiled and said that he loved her as well, softly.
Leaving the room quietly, Ginny went her way to find out where Pansy was first. She floo'd out of St. Mungo's back to Hogwarts and walked all around Hogwarts looking for Pansy Parkinson, until she found her standing near the dungeons.
Once she found her, she tapped on her shoulder quietly, and waited till she turned around and also calmed down; from the jump she wasn't expecting her.
Looking at Pansy, normally she would've seen a confident, strong, smirking girl; instead, she found a shy, scared, vulnerable, in pain, girl; who has a history that is so much like her own. Sighing, she apologized to Pansy, and told her to follow her.
Walking down the dungeons, Ginny heard footsteps behind her, looking back; she saw that Pansy was indeed following her. Turning back around, she kept walking until she saw the portrait she was looking for. Whispering the password under her breath, she stepped in and closed the door after Pansy.
Walking over to one of the couches, she slowly sat on the couch, being careful of the slight pain she was still feeling in her body. Noticing that Pansy was still standing by the entrance, she sighed.
"Pansy, please come in and make yourself comfortable. I promise to not talk about your past until you're ready." She said quietly.
Pansy slowly walked in and towards the couches where Ginevra sat, and slowly sat down, not relaxing one bit.
Keeping her back straight was a bit uncomfortable considering the couches she sat on. However, she was able to manage it, and not make herself look awkward at the same time.
Sighing, Ginny started to explain her past and history, hoping that it'll shed some light onto the other girl.
"It all started when I was informed by an Auror that my biological father, Arthur Weasley, has been murdered…" she started to explain.
A/N: Sorry for the extremely update on this chapter. I've been busy, and stuck. I still hate this chapter to tell you the truth. Hence the shortness of it, to be honest, it's only 4 pages long. Not including this Author's Note. This is going to be the last one for now. I'm sorry, but I haven't had any inspirations with writing. I'm currently attempting to find a new job, and I have many other reasons, that you will most likely get bored with. So I'll just leave you with this chapter. It's not too bad of an ending, as you should already know Ginny's history. If you don't, read the beginning of the story lol. Anyway, review please. Critics are welcome. However, if you're going to be mean about it, and flame me, I'll just eat it all up for dinner. Either that, or…feed them to my hungry dogs. Actually I don't have dogs sadly, so I'll just feed it to my hungry Draco and Blaise. They love flames lol. Anyway, review please! And since I'm really tired, having not yet slept from working all night last night, you should all be nice to me since I did this with no sleep at all. Capice? *smiles and waves tiredly*