Between the Two

Suddenly Ginny opened her eyes and sat up. "What? Where am I", she said. Ginny got up and looked around. She had never seen any place like this before; it was beautiful. A smile started to creep onto her face when she realized that she had a splitting headache.

She put her hand to her temples trying to massage the sides of her head where it felt like she was being stabbed. Ginny put her hands down for a second to straighten her robes, when she noticed a wooden cabinet towards the left of the room. Ginny walked over to it to see what was inside.

Opening the cabinet door, she found a glass bottle labeled, "Madame Colette's Headache Soothing Tonic" in curly letters. Ginny remembered Harry once telling her that she should never drink any mysterious liquids. She was about to close the cabinet door when she realized that she always listened to Harry, as if he was some king of omniscient prophet who was incapable of error.

Ginny suddenly felt angry and mislead, so she quickly popped off the stopper of the bottle and took a long drink. A cold, but not uncomfortable, feeling spread through her body and reached her head. The splitting pain immediately ceased and she breathed a sigh of relief. "Well," Ginny said to herself, "looks like ignoring Harry was just what I needed."

Ginny wanted to stay in the room a little longer, but she knew that the longer she stayed, the bigger her problems would be when she left. After deciding that she wouldn't enjoy spending the rest of her life in the room, she left, feeling increasingly rebellious.

***

Went Ginny strode in fifteen minutes late to Potions, all eyes were on her. Being paranoid about alerting others to his actions the night before, Draco was careful not to take even one glance in her direction during class.

Unfortunately, it made Draco seem slightly peculiar. Throughout class, Pansy Parkinson kept asking Draco to add the dangerous ingredients to her potion for her. Draco refused her three times because Ginny was sitting only three seats away from Pansy and he didn't want her to suspect him of being the reason why she woke up in the room of requirement.

After class, as Draco was about to leave the classroom, Pansy grabbed his sleeve and pulled him back.

"Why are you avoiding me?" she said angrily. "What is it? If this is about me going to Hogsmead with Thomas, just say something. I swear nothing happened... I won't talk to him anymore if that's what you want?"

Pansy was starting to sound desperate and it was annoying Draco. He wanted to be alone, to figure out what was going on with him. "Do I like Ginny?" he thought.

"Come on! What is it Draco?"

"Fine!" he said angrily, "I'm not avoiding you... okay? The whole world doesn't revolve around you... try getting that into your head before you accuse me of something stupid again!"

"What? You make it sound like you're avoiding someone else... who?"

"Not you!" he said, pushing Pansy to the side so he could get out of the classroom.