Ginny was off with me during the first week back. I constantly tried to make conversation, but all I received was one word answers. She was pissed at me for not talking to her (or anyone) during the latter half of the holiday. I couldn't tell her what had happened, though she knew something had gone on. Especially after my dig at Verity.

I had written to Mrs Weasley apologising for my behaviour. She seemed to accept it and we were on good terms again, which would work to my advantage when I carried out my plan.

On the Monday of the second week, a small black owl landed into my cereal bowl. I picked the small thing up and took the letter that was attached to its leg.

hey al, hope you're ok.
Tonks told be what happened and I am so sorry. Next time I see that son of a bitch, he'll have me to answer too.
Say hi to Harry from me.
Sirius.

I stole a piece of parchment from Hermione's notebook and wrote back a hurried reply.

No you bloody well won't. I mean it Sirius. Just for suggesting that, I'm moving out and if you do hit/attack/curse/harm him in any way, I won't ever speak to you again. See you soon. xxx

Even if he didn't hit Fred, I was still going to stay at The Burrow for a few days in the holiday, just to shake him up.
Ginny began to warm up to me slightly as the first month went by. Especially after the day Ron was poisoned.

We were writing an essay on The Unforgivable Curses when Hermione came running in, almost in tears.

"Ginny, Ally, its Ron he's been p-p." She broke down into uncontrollable sobs. "P-P"

"Poisoned and he's in the hospital wing?" I offered. She nodded sadly and sunk down on a chair.

"Erm - Should we go to the hospital wing?" Ginny asked with a worried expression. Hermione nodded and then dashed off. If it wasn't such a serious situation, I would have laughed.

He was going to be fine, but they didn't know that. It would look quite mean if I started joking around while Ron was on his death bed.

Harry was sitting outside the door when we got there. He was hunched up and he held his head in his hands.
"Are we not allowed in?" Ginny asked, almost in tears. Harry shook his head solemnly.

The pair sat down next to Harry while I hovered awkwardly over them.
After about an hour I grew bored and hungry, so I volunteered to go down to the kitchens and steal some food.

I went the long way down to the kitchens and walked incredibly slow. I felt sorry for them all and everything, but I really didn't like awkwardness.

Dobbie greeted me at the door looking very shocked; even more so than usual.
"Is Harry Potter's Wheezy ok? Dobbie was cleaning Professor McGonagall's office when he heard the news. Dobbie wanted to speak to Harry Potter, but Dobbie has duties miss," he said quickly.

I smiled down at the cute little elf. "That's fine Dobbie, I'm sure Harry doesn't mind." I doubted Harry had even thought of his little admirer. "Ron will be fine, but he's not too good at the moment. Do you have any food for us please?"

Dobbie summoned a picnic basket complete with cutlery and filled it to the brim with Sandwiches, biscuits and cake. He also made up a flask of tea for us.
I thanked him graciously and went back up to the hospital wing, taking the long way once again.

Harry, Ginny and Hermione were not waiting for me outside as expected. Instead the person who had ruined my life and conflicted and destroyed my feelings was standing there.

Fred was leaning up against the far wall looking... Perfect. He was making it extremely hard for me to hate him. He finally noticed me as I approached and stood up properly.

"We need to talk," he whispered, leading me into one of the archways.
"What, why are you here?" I asked.

"My brother is in a coma, why do you think," he said harshly. I flinched back.
"There's no need for the tone," I snapped back.

He sighed. "I was just wondering if you had told anyone about the incident, excluding Tonks and Sirius?" I noticed he looked down when he said Sirius. I was dying to ask what he had done to him, but now was not the time.

"No, I haven't," I said sharply, answering his stupid question.
"Well, I think it's best if we keep it that way. And while I'm here we should just act as normal as possible?" he shot me a small pleading smile as I glared at him.

"Is that all?" I asked. He nodded. "Well then, I should go in. I don't want to inconvenience you further."
I gave him one last evil look before strolling off into the Hospital Wing as though he wasn't even there.

Mr & Mrs Weasley, George, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Bill all surrounded a conscious Ron's bed.

"Ron! How are you?" I asked, running over to the bed.
"'M alright," he mumbled hoarsely.

"Well, Dobbie gives his best and gave us these." I placed the little picnic basket on the table and George and Bill began to tuck in. I grabbed a sandwich before walking over to the other side of the bed and sitting on the arm of Ginny's chair.

Fred sneakily made his entrance and took some food from the basket.
"The Dob-sters really outdone himself here," I said, desperate to fill the awkward gap.

"Yeah, this cake is delicious," Fred said nonchalantly.

"No, I think it's I bit too thick," I commented. "I would prefer something a little bit lighter and less sickening. And maybe a nicer looking cake too."

"No, I think those cakes can be a bit bland and tasteless," he answered.
"They're never dull though. You can get sick of the chocolate cake. The other cake would be a constant surprise."

"Maybe, surprises are not always good. Sometimes you need a bit of consistency," he said quite loudly.
"Where's the fun in that?" I grinned.

Thankfully, the Weasley's were all too preoccupied with Ron, except for one. Bill was staring at the two of us with big questioning eyes.
I shrugged and went back to my stupid cake. It didn't taste good anymore.

Madame Pomfery appeared at the door and started clapping her hands as though she was herding sheep.
"Only four people to a bed," she ushered, opening the door.

I grabbed a fever fudge, which I kept in my pocket at all times, and put it in my mouth.

"You can count Fred and George as one, and Ginny, Harry and Hermione are here for me."
On cue I turned bright red and began to sweat heavily. Madame Pomfrey rolled her eyes and went into her office.

I thought I had gotten away with it, but she came back out with another fever fudge.
"Here, eat the other end. Don't you think I'm prepared after all the trouble you two have caused me?" she said to Fred and George. I sulkily took the other end off her and ate it.

"If you are not a Weasley then please leave?"

Harry, Hermione and I said goodbye to the Weasley's and went back to the common room.
We were greeted by a very smug Cormac and a very hysterical Lavender.

"My Won-Won, is he ok? Why wasn't I told?" she demanded.
"Because no one likes you," I muttered so only Hermione could here. She giggled.

"Can I go see him?" Lavender asked.
"No, it's family only," Hermione said superiorly.

"Then why were you there?" she demanded again. I really didn't like this girls tone. I looked to my right and saw Harry talking with Cormac. I left Hermione to deal with the hysterical bimbo and went over to Harry.
Cormac was beaming happily. He nodded to me and then skipped away.

"What was that all about?" I asked Harry.
"Well, Ron almost died and the only thing Cormac cares about is Quidditch. He wants to be Keeper for Saturday's game. I could only agree," he said, regrettably.

"Fair enough," I shrugged. "Just be careful, you know what he's like."
He nodded. I knew something happens at the match. But I hadn't read The Half Blood Prince for over two years and couldn't remember what.

We went back over to Hermione who was getting into a very heated argument with Lavender.

"He was my friend long before he was your boyfriend. I am entitled to visit my friend in hospital," Hermione said sternly.
"But you haven't spoke for weeks, ever since we started to go out. Are you je -"

"Ok Lavender that's enough. Go down to the Hospital Wing, I think they'll let you in," I lied quickly. Her obnoxious little face lit up before she dashed out the common room.

"I cannot stand that girl," Hermione said, flopping down onto the sofa by the fire. "I really don't know what Ron see's in her."

"She's not that bad," Dean said from the chair beside her. I awkwardly noticed that Seamus was sitting with us too.

"Then why don't you date her," Harry snapped at Dean.
He didn't seem to notice Harry's tone. "Because I'm with the beautiful Ginny."

Harry looked down and started to mutter darkly under his breath. I would have laughed at him, but it would have been a bit hypocritical. I did the same thing every time Fred was mentioned.

Ginny came in half an hour later with Lavender hot on her heals. She looked incredibly pissed off and kept trying to shoo her away. Dean went over to Ginny and gave her a comforting hug while Lavender continued to go on about how she was Ron's girlfriend.

Harry and Hermione watched the scene with sad expressions on their faces.
"Unrequited love," I said to them quietly. "It's a bitch, ain't it?"

:-:

"Where the hell's Harry?" Ginny asked me the following Saturday morning. The game began in five minutes and he was nowhere to be seen. Because of this, Cormac had taken it upon himself to be the new captain and was ordering everyone about.

"Now Ally -"
I cut him off. "I'm not listening to you. You're not captain, so stop trying to be."

"Oh Al," he came and sat beside me on the bench and put his arm around me. "How about this. If we win this game, I'll take you out somewhere nice."

"No thank you," I said stiffly, removing his arm from around me.
Harry suddenly appeared through the door looking flustered.

"Where have you been?" Ginny asked him.
"Malfoy," he said quietly. "I wanted to know why he wasn't at the game."

"We have a game, does that really matter?" I asked. He shrugged and pulled his scarlet robes over his head.
"I suppose not."

He snatched his Firebolt off the side and matched forward in a very huffy mood. Ginny and I raised our eye brows at each other but said no more.

"Now Cootes, it's a sunny day, so be sure to fly up into the sun. They won't see you coming," Cormac instructed.
"Hey, I'm captain here," Harry complained. Once Cormac was gone Harry whispered to Jimmy to fly out into the sun. boys.

We stepped out onto the Quidditch pitch to be met by a round of boos from the Hufflepuff's and Slytherins. It didn't really bother me that much. I'm rubber, they're glue.

I took my starting position next to Ginny while Harry shook the Hufflepuff Captain, Emo Boy Zachariah Smith's, hand. We mounted our brooms and then flew upwards.

I managed to grab the quaffle first, but it was intercepted by a Hufflepuff chaser.

"Ally's lost the ball," Luna said dreamily from the commentators stand. "Now the boy who took it is trying to score. What's his name again? Bilford - no Biggins!"

"It's Cogwaller," Professor McGonagall said loudly from beside her.
I laughed along with the rest of the crowd but had to focus as Cormac had let a goal in.

I zoomed forward and grabbed to quaffle before flying down the other end and scrapping a goal.

"Ally's scored!" Luna announced happily. "Ginny has the ball now. I like Ginny, she's very nice. And oh look she's scored. Zachariah Smith doesn't look to happy. He commentated before. I think he's suffering from Losers Lurgy."

I giggled loudly but then had to shut off. How the hell was I supposed to play when Luna was commentating? Who had even let Luna commentate anyway?

"Ally, get your head in the game," Cormac shouted to me. "Your last play was atrocious!"
I angrily flipped him off causing the crowd to laugh.

"When you learn to save a goal, then you can start dictating what I do!" I called angrily. I gave him one last filthy look before flying over to Ginny.

"Gin, get on the other side of Cogwaller and get ready to catch."
"What?" she asked, but I had already flown away.

I flew slightly above Cogwaller who was zooming toward the goal. Once Ginny was in position, I daringly unhooked my legs from my broom and swung in front of Cogwaller, successfully kicking the ball from his grip.

Ginny just about managed to catch it and scored a goal through the middle hoop.

"Wow, that was really good," Luna said happily. "I think it's illegal though. Oh it's not, that's ok, I want Gryffindor to win." McGonagall tutted as half of the crowd began to boo Luna.

"Oh look Harry Potter and the keeper seem to be having an argument," Luna continued. "Harry doesn't look happy."

I looked over to the scene to see Harry angrily flipping Cormac off before looking around for the snitch. Cormac continued to shout at Jimmy, causing another goal to be let through. It was now 190 - 110. Harry needed to catch the snitch fast or we would lose.

Katie and Ginny each managed to score another goal each before it happened.

Cormac angrily snatched the beaters bat from little Jimmy and accidently sent a bludger to Harry's head. He swayed slightly before collapsing to the ground.

I raced toward him and managed to prop him up with Katie. Ginny zoomed down and managed to save the broom. Cormac stared at the scene in complete and utter shock.

"Oh look Hufflepuff's caught the snitch. They win," Luna said sounding extremely relaxed. The teachers ran on to the pitch and took Harry off the pitch.

"Hagrid, please take Harry up to the Hospital Wing," Dumbledore said quietly. Hagrid scooped Harry up in his large arms and bolted off in the direction of the castle with McGonagall and Dumbledore following him.

"Do I want to know the final score?" Katie asked. Ginny solemnly shook her head.
"It was 370 to 150," Zachariah called gleefully. My face turned murderous.

"Where is Cormac? I'm going to kill him."

:-:

Cormac was outside the hospital wing with Jimmy and Richie who looked furious, but were too polite to say anything. I, however, had no manners.

"What the hell were you doing?" I shrieked.
"I - Well, W-We were losing. Someone needed to sort it out." he looked quite frightened. So he should be.

"No, Harry would sort it out. He's captain. He would have caught the snitch and we would have won. And if you weren't too busy playing captain, you would have been able to save a goal!" I shouted.

"Harry could be seriously injured thanks to you," Ginny cried. "But you'd like that wouldn't you. Because then you think that you'd be captain."

"Know we've probably lost the cup, thanks to you," Katie huffed. She put her hands on her hips, mirroring my stance.

"Are you about done complaining?" Cormac asked boldly. I saw red.
"So this is our fault? You're the complete psychopath who hit Harry, your own team mate, on the head with the bludger." I stormed over to him angrily.

"You're calling me the psychopath. You're the criminal whore," he accused. Criminal? I was going to kill Seamus. But first Cormac. I dived at him and punched him in the eye only to be engulfed in someone's arms and pulled back.

"Let me at him," I cried, struggling against them, but they had a firm grip on me.
"He's not worth the trouble," Fred muttered in my ear. I froze and pushed my way out of his arms.

"What are you doing here?" I asked angrily.
"Well I don't know if you've heard, but was Ron was poisoned," he said, patronisingly.

"I know that, but why are you here?" I gestured around to our little group.
"Heard screaming, so Madame Pomfery sent me out to see what was going on."

I glared at him again before turning my attention back to Cormac, but he was long gone.
"Thanks, now he's got away," I said to Fred.

"Who, the guy with the black eye and the bloody nose?" Sirius asked, appearing down the corridor.

"What are you doing here?" I asked coldly. I may have hated Fred, but I was still annoyed at Sirius for going behind my back and done something.
"Dumbledore asked me to come because of Harry. What actually happened?"

Ginny told him the tale of the Qudditch match while I alternatively glared between Fred and Sirius.

"Shall we see if we're allowed back in?" Fred asked me once I was finished.
"No, I'm still mad at you," I growled.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Come on in, we can't just stay out here."
"I'm mad at you too," I said. I sounded extremely childish, but I didn't care.

"Will someone please tell me what's going on?" Ginny asked exasperated.
"I'll tell you later," I smirked as Fred's eyes grew panicked. I gave them all a sulkily goodbye before going up to the dormitory. I was still in my gross quidditch robes and I needed to change.

The common room had a sour atmosphere about. When I walked in, all eyes turned to glare at me. I smiled at them weakly before zoning in on Seamus.

"Hey! I want a word with you," I called. The crowd in the common rooms eyes suddenly lit up, expecting a fight. "Alone" I added sharply.

I led him out of the common room and into an empty class room.

"Why did you tell Cormac about the Unforgivable Curse?" I asked angrily. He looked quite shocked.
"I -Erm - Didnt. I'm sorry but I did tell Dean though. It kind of slipped out. I'm really sorry Ally."

"Well next time, keep your nose out and don't spread my business." it was kind of harsh, but I was in a foul mood and needed to vent my anger. I stormed up to the dormitory and grabbed some clean clothes before taking a long hot bath in the prefect's bathroom.

This was probably one of the only perks of the badge. That and the right to strike fear into annoying first years.

After about an hour I went back up to the dormitory to find an excited Ginny bouncing on my bed.
"You're here, ok please tell me what's going on, I'm dying to know," she begged.

I shook my head. "No, I'm not going to tell you."
"What?" she asked, flopping down on the bed. "You said -"

"No, Fred is going to tell you." she stared at me looking really confused. "I said I wouldn't tell, but you can trick it out of him. Then he won't get mad at me. Just go up to him and say 'How could you do that to Ally?' and then he'll ask what and then you'll say 'at Christmas as well...' and then he'll cave. And on the 0.001 per cent chance he doesn't. Then I'll tell you."

She looked even more confused now, but still nodded.
"Go," I instructed. "And remember to be mad."

I lay down on my bed until she returned fifteen minutes. She looked complete shocked, gleeful, hurt and excited.

"Well," I asked her. She dived onto my bed again.
"How could you not tell me?" she asked sounded insanely excited. "You and Fred? Oh my god!"
I shushed her as she was getting a bit loud.

"What exactly did he say?" I asked curiously.
"Well, just what you said really. I said you know 'about Christmas' and then he started hushing me and said it was just a kiss and no big deal. And then I took a chance and said 'it was more than that' and then he just went clean and told me everything, well his side."

"Since it's out of the open and he's told you, I am free to discuss it. I've been dying to tell you. Only Tonks knows and Sirius wormed it out of her. But he did something to Fred, do you know?"

Ginny giggled. "Yeah, he got him alone and then grabbed him by the scruff of his collar and said if he hurt you anymore he would kill him."
Tears began to brim my eyes slightly but I blinked them away. It was hard to believe that someone would care about me that much to do that.

I decided that I would talk to Sirius again. He was too fun to be mad at.

That night, I drew the curtains around my bed, cast muffilato and told Ginny everything. She was so sympathetic about everything and really patient.

"And I was really mad at you as well, I'm so sorry," she said once I was done ranting. It was well after midnight. It had to be. I looked at my watch on my bedside cabinet and saw it was 2:30.

"I'm not coming to lessons tomorrow morning," I told her, showing the watch. She nodded. It was usual behaviour for me not to turn up. The teachers were used to it by now, and it didn't really seem to matter, I always got high-ish grades.

While all my friends went to Care of Magical Creatures, I stayed in bed and at ten o'clock I decided to go visit Harry and Ron in the hospital wing.

Thankfully it was empty and they were both awake and talking about the match.

"Harry, how are you?" I asked, handing him a packet of Bertie Botts Beans. I had brought some for Ron too.
"I'm ok. I've only been awake for about half hour. I heard what you did to Cormac," he laughed.

"Trust me; he deserved a lot more than that. And I would have given it to him as well if it wasn't for Fred and Sirius."

We spent the next hour slagging off Cormac until Harry fell asleep. I don't know how, but the conversation between Ron and I fell on Hermione and Lavender.

"Lavender can be a bit clingy, and annoying; and all she wants to do is snog me," Ron complained. "But Hermione is always in mood with me about something, I don't know whether I'm coming or going."

"Recently, I had to make a decision similar to yours and you kind of had to think of what's right and what you want."

He stared at me confused, looking for me to elaborate but I didn't. He looked down and his ears turned pink.

"I think I may - erm - like Hermione," he said quietly.

"Which one did you like first?" I asked.
"What?"
"Which one did you like first," I repeated.

"Well, I started going out with Lavender first, but I think I've always liked Hermione. I've just never really saw that until now," he mumbled. He was bright red and I knew he hated talking about its feelings, but it had to be done.

"Go for Hermione," I instructed. "If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one. If you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second one."

"Is that one of your amazingly deep quotes? Which Professor or Scientisp person said that?" he asked dumbly. I couldn't be bothered to correct him.

"Erm - Professor Johnny Depp," I grinned. He nodded thoughtfully and leant back before shooting upwards.

"Wait, love?" he asked sceptically. I stayed quiet but gave him a knowing smile. He turned red for the third time before shrinking back down and starting a conversation on Snape's greasy hair.

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