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Rejection: A Double-Edged Sword	By : brooklynvtc Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Harry/Ginny Views: 21247 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter Two
"I fancy you…" She had said to him. But she actually whispered it to the floor.
Harry didn't really know what to think. His mind had shut down. He really hadn't expected her to say that. He had been all prepared for her to tell him about some trouble that she found herself in. Danger that she needed his help with.
But he really hadn't expected little, Ginny Weasley to confess her fancy for him.
Of course, he knew before a little of her feelings for him. But he was able to ignore it, as it had never really been all that important before. Never in the forefront of his life. Always in the back of his mind, never really to be explored in great detail.
But now it was forced to the front his attention.
What could he possibly say to her? He surely didn't like Ginny in the same way that she liked him. She was Ron's baby sister, for Merlin's sake…
At that thought, panic suddenly swelled in his throat. If he rejected Ginny, what would the rest of the Weasleys say? Would they disown him as an honorary Weasley if they found out?
This thought caused him great distress until common sense came back to him. Of course, they wouldn't disown him. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were far too kind-hearted for that. And surely Ron would prefer that he didn't fancy Ginny anyways… which he didn't.
He fancied Cho… who was so pretty, he couldn't help but stare at her whenever she was in the same room.
As he stared gob smacked at Ginny right then – most likely resembling a fish – he couldn't help but draw comparisons between Cho and Ginny.
It made him feel horrible but he couldn't seem to help it. Cho was older, practically a woman, with curves, pretty eyes, and pouty lips… While Ginny, was, well, Ginny.
Ginny was still a little girl in his eyes. She was small, and looked young. And Harry found that he just wasn't attracted to her in the way that he was to Cho.
"Merlin…" Harry breathed. Wanting nothing more than to sit down, as he felt a headache start to form behind his eyes.
As he thought his desire, the room drew forth two separate chairs, and Harry gratefully fell into one.
Ginny chose to remain standing, and Harry noticed how nervous she looked, but determined at the same time. It made him feel guilty that he had yet to say anything to her yet. But his mind was busy trying to compose exactly what he needed to say.
Finally, Harry swallowed and gestured to the chair, wanting her to sit. He knew that they had quite the conversation ahead of them, and if he were being honest, her standing was making him even more nervous.
Ginny slowly stepped forward and sat stiffly in the chair across from his. And again, waited for him to say something, anything, really.
Frustrated at himself, Harry racked his hand through his mop of hair roughly. "Merlin, I am so terrible at this…" And his hand fell from his head, to cover half of his face, as he looked at her again… this time with pity in his eyes.
"Ginny… I'm sorry. B-but I don't feel the same."
Harry waited, but Ginny gave no reaction except to release a breath that she had been holding. She said nothing for a long time, but Harry could see her eyes shifting back and forth, her thoughts going a mile a minute.
Until she finally slumped into her chair with a heavy sigh and pinched at the bridge of her nose. "I know Harry… I already knew. I-I just needed you to know for me… No-not because I had hoped that you would feel the same way. I know that you didn't even before I said anything."
Harry frowned, but nodded. Not really understanding and thinking that girls were just too confusing. Nonetheless, he decided to apologize again. "I'm really sorry, Ginny…"
Ginny waved his apology away. "Ah, don't be. You did nothing wrong. You can't help the way that you feel, any more than I can't help how I feel. But I'm going to try…"
Her voiced cracked at the end and her face suddenly became stone, completely emotionless.
Even though she said it wasn't his fault, Harry couldn't help but feel terrible. He really should have discouraged her as soon as he had heard about her crush on him, that way he wouldn't have unconsciously strung her along all of these years…
Harry was about to voice this aloud to her, but her face took on a whole new determination that it caused him to pause.
"If it's not too much to ask, Harry, I do have a proposal to ask you."
Harry croaked, suddenly his neck tie felt too tight. "A-A pro-proposal?!"
Despite herself, Ginny couldn't help but snicker at him. "Not that kind of proposal. I was hoping that we could maybe be friends, if that's alright with you. You spend half the summer staying at my house and we barely know much of anything about each other."
As her words soaked in, Harry calmed down from his reaction to her saying proposal.
Ginny bit her lip. "I promise that I won't hold any feeling for you anymore. At least I will try. Hermione has already suggested that I see other people…"
She cut off as Harry suddenly grinned at her. "I would love to be friends, Ginny."
Ginny released a nervous breath and grinned back at him. "Just you wait and see how good of a friend I can be. I can be the perfect accomplice at exacting revenge against any of your enemies. Say, Draco Malfoy, perhaps? I know a way to get shrinking powder into his underwear drawer, if you are game…"
Sputtering, Harry started to laugh. "What?"
Ginny grinned evilly at him. "There is a reason why all of my brothers are afraid of me, Harry Potter. And it's not just because of my famous bat-bogey hex, although it does play a part in it… No, that sort of standard of fear needs to be earned, which I have many times over."
Harry couldn't believe it. This Ginny was completely different from the Ginny he knew before. He felt himself relax and he couldn't help but think that a friendship with Ginny Weasley was going to be mighty interesting after all.
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