Chapter 5 - After it All

Ginny ran down the corridors, and ran out the doors, back to the quidditch field, crying histerically as she fell to the ground. It was not raining like the other day but the clouds were gray and there was no sun. She hadn't noticed anyone on the quidditch field until she saw Oliver Wood bend over to see if she was okay.

"Ginny?" he asked worried.

She sniffed.

"Yeah, it's me."

"Are you okay?"

"No."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No."

The thunder started and a light drizzle came down.

"We better get inside."

"Go ahead. I'm gonna stay out here."

"Are you sure? Rain's gonna come down pretty hard tonight."

"I'm sure. Thanks."

Oliver hesitated before he left Ginny to herself.

"We have to stop meeting like this." his voice echoed behind her as he walked towards her.

She didn't reply to his sarcastic voice, and it was clear she was sobbing to him. He sat down next to her, feeling an urge to hold her, but resisting.

"You too?"

"What the hell are you talking about, Malfoy?" she said angrily.

"I'm not doing well myself."

"That's great for you. You are doing so bad - being rich, having friends. It's a struggle."

She sobbed louder than before as she tried to hold back her tears. He looked into her eyes, they looked a little silver as she cried, he could see the tears drop to the grass and other tears roll down her face. He felt sad for her - even though he tried getting himself back to normal and call her a baby.

"What are you doing here?" she said, looking up at him, her brown eyes sad. He didn't smile at her but stared. She looked at him back, hoping he would stop staring at her like he was.

He silently took her face in his hands, and kissed her gently on the lips. She felt a tingle that went from her lips to her feet as he kissed her. Ginny would never have seen this coming, but she had kissed him back. His hands were as cold as ice from the rain, and his clothes drenched. She felt a rush through her body that left her shivering. She backed away from his lips, thinking what had just happened. She looked at him with surprise in her eyes.

He looked at her with a half smile - not evil - but gentle. A gentle smile she had never seen and never thought she would see on Draco's face. She snapped out of her fantasy, making her shiver again, causing Draco to remove his hand from her face.

"You must be freezing." he said, taking off his coat, when she stood up abruptly looking down at him.

"I'm fine. I'm just fine. I need to go." she said, running back into Hogwarts.


Hermione sat down on Harry's bed, Harry sitting on the other side.

"We need to talk, don't we?" Hermione said.

"Yeah." Harry replied to her question.

"Look," started Harry, "I knew Ron liked you, thats the reason why I was backing off and-"

Hermione cut him off, "I don't love Ron, Harry. I can't see Ron as anything other as a friend." she said.

"I know, but-"

"I love you, Harry."

"We can't do this, what about Ron, I just don't want anything to happen between us when he has those feelings and-"

Hermione leaned in near his face, kissing him deeply. Harry back away, and Hermione frowned.

"Harry, I can't be with Ron. I can't be with Ron when I want to be with you."

"We can't just-"

Hermione kissed him again, this time gently, Harry kissed her back.

Ron stood outside the door, hearing them inside the room. Red had come to his cheeks and tears had formed in his eyes.

Observation
So, you saw the beginning of this chaoter and thought, "oh god, how clique!" Did you not? I know, it was pretty risky to go through Ron's mad streak at Malfoy cause of Ginny, but then again, it was a sort of twist, since nothing did happen and Malfoy did it to get Ron, as well as Ginny, upset. The little part with Ginny and Oliver mainly introduces the fact Oliver will be in this story. Sooner or later. And he is a m ain character, to many people's surprise, because usually Oliver is never in a fic, or only in the background, a small part in a fic. But I wanted something original, and introducing Oliver as a lead was just what I thought I might need. As well as a brilliant story line. Ginny's little outburst basically exploded the story into what was basically going on between the trio, and led the way to mostly, everything that would soon be happening.