Fallen & Risen 18. Stubborn Gryffindor

Ginevra Weasley. Commonly called "Ginny". Seventeen. Gryffindor Quidditch Center Chaser.

ROYALLY PISSED OFF.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ginny yelled, her echo resonating in the whole school.

Now, the question is: What made her so pissed off?

Flashback

"Hello Ginny," Blaise greeted the the red hair Gryffindor Chaser. Ginny stopped, looking squarely at him.

"What do you want from me?" she suspiciously asked, wary of his big smile.

"Nothing. I just want to see you." Blaise shot her another smile. Ginny looked suspiciously at him. Then, she turned and left.

"Wait, Ginny…" Blaise tried to stop her. Ginny spun on her heels.

"Keep this in mind. My name is Ginevra Weasley."

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"Hey Ginny, you are going to Transfigurations, right? I'm going in that direction too. Let me help you carrying your books."

Ginny backed away from him.

"Ginevra Weasley! And stay away from me or I'll hex you."

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"Hello Ginny, can I take this seat?"

"Ginevra Weasley. And of course you take this seat. Enjoy it. Alone!" She stood up and left away.

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"Hey Ginny, there is a new store opening at Hogsmead this week-end. How about visiting it with me?"

"GI-NE-VRA Weasley."

"Ginevra is too cold and too long to say. It doesn't suite you. Ginny is more sweet and more intimate."

"And you make me feel freezing, so I'm going to warm myself somewhere else."

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Ginny turned around to find herself nose to nose with a bouquet of beautiful white roses. This season, white roses were hard to find and expensive.

"Hello Ginny."

"Ginevra Weasley. How many times do I have to repeat it?"

"This is for you," Blaise continued, ignoring her first comment.

"I hate roses."

"Then what is your favorite flower?"

"Cacti, so I can prick your eyes with the needles!"

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"What are you doing here? Your table is at the other side of the room! Go back to where you come from."

"But I need to talk with Neville for Potions." He addressed Neville next. "Hey Neville, I need to ask you something else about our assignment." Blaise sat down next to Ginny.

"Hey pea brain, Neville is on the other side of the table. Move there if you want to speak with him."

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"Ginny…"

"Ginevra Weasley. Are you that thick head?" Ginny asked. Draco rolled his eyes, confirming Ginny's suspicion.

"Here's a gift for you," Blaise said, removing the cover of the small box he was holding in his hands. Inside laid a pair of beautiful green rhinestones earrings. "I think they will admirably suit your hair."

"Zabini, it's green. I'm a Gryffindor. Not a Slytherin."

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"Hello Ginny…"

"Ginevra Weasley. Is your brain so small to remember that?"

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"Ginny-…"

"GINEVRA Weasley."

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"Hey Gin-…"

"GINEVRA WEASLEY!"

End flashback

Thus, after seven day of constant stalking, Ginn-… er, GINEVRA Weasley became royally pissed off. Blaise Zabini kept popping up every where and anywhere she went. Even in front of the girl toilets! He kept bringing her gifts and never tired of ask her out for a date despite the numerous time she said 'No!' ("Which part of 'No' you don't understand?"). He even hunted her in the hallway between classes. And that was how, after seven days, Ginevra Weasley officially lost her head.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ginny yelled.

In the library, Hermione, Ron, Heley and Neville stopped what they were writing/reading at the scream that resonating throughout the school from out by the lake.

"That's Ginny. I wonder what's wrong with her?" Ron said. Neville pretended he didn't know the reason. Neville wondered if he should have taught Blaise Zabini some rules about subtlety and delicacy before letting the Slytherin court Ron's little sister.

Gin-…nevra Weasley was fuming. Wherever she passed, with her red hair flying around her head like dancing flames, people instinctively stepped out of her way (their life was at stake) before she could gleefully stepped on their head. Ginny's fiery temper was known to everyone and no one wanted to fall victim to her ire. Alas, for the past week, Ginny was spitting fire at anyone at any second.

Yes, there was one explanation of her sudden change of mood. It was her time of the month. During her PMS period, her friends, her team mates and even her housemates were always careful not to get on her bad side. However, this month, despite all the precautions they took to stay on her good side, Ginny had decided to kick everyone without exception in her black mood room. Even Ron, her dearest dear brother, became wary of her. When Ginny was in her PMS period, she made wonderful Quidditch passes and shots. She was the ideal practice partner, as long as Ron kept catching the Quaffle. Otherwise… Oh la la! Ron had to increase his effort in defending the goalposts by tenfold if he want preserve his life. If not, he would be… rewarded (ahem, a more elegant way to say 'punish') with two Bludgers plus a wooden club in bonus straight in the face for each missing Quaffle, courtesy from his dear little sister. Ron missing a shot equaled throwing oil on the fire. Thus, he must NEVER miss any shot when practicing with a PMS'ing Ginn-… Ginevra Weasley.

This month, Ginny wasn't only aggressive to her friends and her team mates, but also her anger extended to the Hufflepuffs and the Ravenclaws too. During Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw match, the game was lagging and neither Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw Seeker found the Snitch. Ginny needed to go and she became impatient. Right in the middle of the Quidditch stadium, she exploded.

"YOU BUNCH OF STUPID MORONS! HURRY UP AND CATCH THAT DAMNED SNITCH SO I CAN GO TO THE LOO!" Ginny yelled on the top of her lungs, waving furiously her fist to them. Luckily, she hadn't cast a Sonorus spell on herself because, then, even Hogsmead would have heard her too. Everyone in Hogwarts sweat dropped. The blue and yellow Seekers hurriedly scurried to find the little golden ball because she was on the verge of murdering them with her blue-but-now-red eyes.

No one knew exactly the reason why, particularly this month, Ginn-…nevra was on such a bad mood, but they suspected something, or more precisely someone.

Blaise Zabini.

'That sly Slytherin! He must have some suspicious plans behind his head!' Ginny thought.

Ginny was suspicious about Blaise Zabini's latest fantasy to eternally stalk her every where. Whenever Blaise Zabini appeared, Draco Malfoy was always with him. No one was blind about Draco Malfoy's sudden change of behaviour, particularly around Gryffindor Seeker, Heley Potter. He even called Heley by her first name!

'Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy must be cooking something against Heley!'

By some unexplained game of Fate, Draco Malfoy and Heley Potter often came face to face during the past week. During the classes they had with Slytherin, it was normal. But add in meetings even in the library or at Hogsmead, it wasn't the normal routine. In the hallway, Heley tripped and Draco caught her. In the library, Heley felt from a ladder and by chance Draco was passing underneath. And when Heley doesn't have enough arms to carry her books, Draco lends her his. It came to a point that Heley wondered how and since when had she become so clumsy because it wasn't like her.

Ginny was suspicious about Draco Malfoy's new behavior. Ginny felt that she must protect Heley. She worried that Draco Malfoy would hurt Heley or make fun of Heley just like he did to Harry. Ginny couldn't do anything for Harry when he saved her family and her. Protecting Heley would be a way for Ginny to say thank you to Harry.

'I'm not going to let that sneaky snake hurt Heley!' Ginny told herself.

She turned on her heels and stormed in the school. She will find out the truth behind Blaise Zabini's and Draco Malfoy's changes.

Update on Sunday March 21, 2010. Beta-ed on Monday May 10.