She let out a heavy sigh as she sat looking out the window. Summer was rolling by and Ginny was beginning to get nervous about the upcoming year at Hogwarts. She didn't know why either. It wasn't like it was her first year, she was going into her fourth, but still there was some uneasy feeling she got in the pit of her stomach when thinking of school.
'Maybe I'm just nervous because of Harry,' she thought. 'But that couldn't be it. Of course, last year things were actually happening between us but the summer break seems to have cooled things off between me and Harry.'
Not only had the relationship cooled off but also so had Ginny's feelings for Harry. She used to feel queasy whenever talking to him or even thinking of him but not anymore. He wasn't the famous, handsome, charming Harry anymore, now he was just Harry (and a scrawny Harry at that.) Ginny had always had this secret fantasy of being swept away by some strange and new guy while at Hogwarts but nothing had ever happened like that. Maybe this year would be different.
'I do look a lot different, maybe people won't accept me or maybe that will start a new fiery relationship with someone else,' she thought.
She was just starting to replay the romance when her brother called up to her.
"Ginny, hurry up, will ya?" yelled Ron, "We're meeting Harry and Hermione at Diagon Alley."
Ginny smiled. She knew that Ron secretly was more excited about seeing Hermione then Harry. And at the moment she felt the same. Their dad, Mr. Weasley, was starting the car and she ran down with her school list and jumped in the back seat with her brothers.
"Hoping to see your lover, Ginny?" Fred said.
Ginny turned a deep color scarlet from sheer embarrassment and from anger at her brothers mentioning Harry.
"Yeah, you love birds are just so cute! Ahhh, it seems love is on the air." Chimed in George.
"No George, I think that's just your body odor." Retorted Fred.
That made them all laugh… except George.
When they had finally made their way to The Leaky Cauldron, Ginny was at last feeling better about the year to come. Her parents had left and she was now just with her brothers. She saw all the shops and things she wanted in the windows and finally felt a little better. At least she did, until she saw Draco Malfoy walk by. The Weasley family had never gotten along with the Malfoys but Draco had always seemed to have it out for the red head kids. But for once, he didn't stop to torment them. He simply glared at Fred, George, and especially Ron. But when his eyes stopped on Ginny, there wasn't a glare but a look of sheer shock and that hatred seemed to dissolve.
"Man, I hate that Malfoy." Said Ron, "I think the reason he didn't say anything was because he
knew that I would beat him up if he said anything to me. I am not going to take his crap this year. I
won't!"
"Yeah right Ron" George and Fred both rolled their eyes.
Ron looked to his right and saw that Ginny was kind of gazing forward with a very confused look upon her face. "What's wrong Gin?" he said. She jumped from the sudden words and broke out of her trance. " Oh nothing, just thinking about my classes next year, that's all," she said coolly and nonchalantly.
But was actually puzzling her was that look she had just gotten from Malfoy. They had never shown each other kindness and all of a sudden she saw the weirdest thing in him, something she had definitely never seen before. She was still thinking all this over when she practically ran into Harry in front of her.
Her face went beat red and tried to apologize as quickly as possible. She heard George say to Fred behind her, "There's that Weasley charm that we know and love so much." That made her go two shades darker. Harry had the same reaction. They both stood there awkwardly, not knowing quite what to do.
It's not that Ginny still adored Harry. She only had a trickle of feelings still for him. It's just that she didn't know how to act around him any longer and it was just so uncomfortable to stand there.
"Sorry Ginny!"
"Oh no, it's all my fault, all my fault!"
"No it was most certainly my fault. You have never been the clumsy one. Are you hurt, are you okay, do you need to
sit do..."
Ginny interrupted saying, "HARRY! I'm fine!"
Harry looked at his shoes "Well okay."
Ginny couldn't handle the tension anymore. She all of a sudden blurted out, "Well, me and Hermione are going to go look around so you boys have fun." So Ginny quickly left practically dragging Hermione along with her. The last thing the boys saw was Ginny's back quickly disappearing and Hermione with a look of bewilderment upon her face as she was pulled down the street.
The boys just stood there for a moment with all different looks upon their faces. Harry with a look of shock, Ron with a look of sadness at Hermione leaving, and George and Fred were just confused.
'That couldn't have possibly been the little Weasley, Ginny, could it?' Draco thought. 'It couldn't have been. Last year she was just another red head! She was skinny, immature, with uncontrollable red hair. Now she seems so much more… DIFFERENT. She was taller, her hair was actually straight, controlled, and, and, …pretty! She seemed to have a LOT more curves and she looks so much more developed.' Draco suddenly snapped out of it and considered what he was actually thinking. He was thinking that one of the Weasleys was actually attractive. He realized he must be insane and dismissed the thought completely. But not before he actually felt something that he had without doubt never felt before. He instantly had the need to just be by her or to even just look at her. He changed thoughts and didn't think about her until an event later that day.
Back with the Ron, Fred, George, and Harry…
"What was that all about?!?" Harry said.
"Don't know, don't care," said Ron.
And he really didn't care considering it was his sister and it's just gross to think of her like Harry does. Ron knew that there was a little something there between Harry and Ginny but he just didn't know how much was there.
"Your sister looks really good!" said Harry, "I mean she's got curves and beautiful hair and even
brea…
"Harry! I don't want to hear this about my own sister. Gees, talk to Hermione about it but not me okay!"
Ron was getting a little angry and so Harry decided to change the subject. "Hey, let's go get our supplies,
alright?" So they left and for the moment Ginny was on no one's mind.
Ginny and Hermione were walking the Alley now out of sight from the people she ran away from. She was now just walking normally like the incident a few moments earlier had never happened. Hermione looked out her and for once she seemed perplexed.
"WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?" yelled Hermione. "What? Oh that, nothing, I just wanted a little girl time." She intended to sound like she was careless and casual but she didn't pull it off. But Hermione just left the subject alone as they walked down the witchcraft streets of London.
They stopped into a bookstore that Hermione wanted to go into to get a little light reading (in other words, a few 1000 paged books) Hermione was at the other side of the store looking up something about the "Age of Dragons" and something else about "Witchcraft Discoveries in the 18th Century" so Ginny wandered over to a section on potions. There were hundreds of books about potions, ranging from revenge, to practical jokes (Fred and George had been there frequently), to invisibility and other disguises, to love. Of course, Ginny being the romantic sap she is, wanders over to the love section that happened to be in the next aisle over.
As she turned into the aisle, she stopped where she was and looked shockingly upon the person reading a book about love potions.
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