How Do You Choose Between What is Right and What is Easy?

Nikki__uno

Story Summary:
Harry & Hermione cheat on Ginny & Ron together. One night, Ginny catches them in the act, & she has only one person to turn to - Draco Malfoy, who she has been friends with since the beginning of the year. Draco has an idea - give Potter a taste of his own medicine & see how he likes the feeling of being betrayed by someone he trusts. Ginny agrees. The next day, Ginny reveals to Harry what she was doing the night before, & with whom. They argue about it & Harry's affair, & Ron overhears. He confronts Harry, then Hermione. Ginny leaves the common room & the traitorous Gryffindors behind. Everything quiets down & seems to come to some semblance of normalcy - until Hermione & Ginny both find out they're pregnant.

Chapter 04 - Chapter 04

Chapter Summary:
Ginny comes back to the Gryffindor common room after spending time talking to Draco in the Room of Requirement. What she finds there almost pushes her over the edge. She leaves the common room at a run, only to be folded into the arms of her best friend once again.
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04/08/2008
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Chapter 04

An hour-and-a-half later, Ginny was leaving the Room of Requirement (covered with the Invisibility Cloak, of course), her face full of joy, her mouth a big smile. She had had a most enjoyable evening, a lot better than most she'd had recently. Being around Harry anymore was almost like being invisible most of the time, except on the very rare occasion that he wanted to show her off by holding her hand down the hallway, or spend the night with her (which hadn't happened for about a month-and-a-half now). She was lonely, which was why she had sought friendship in Draco Malfoy (which just so happened to be Harry Potter's mortal enemy - after Voldemort, of course). It was a harmless friendship, but no one in Gryffindor House (least of all Harry) would have thought so, so they had kept it a secret for three-and-a-half months so far.

With the Invisibility Cloak, Ginny was able to pass Professor Sinistra, and even a few ghosts, and they had no idea she was even there. Harry's cloak was perfect. No spells worked against it, not even Summoning Spells.

Ginny got back to Gryffindor Tower at 12:45. She said the password - mistletoe - to the Fat Lady, who was startled to hear the bodiless voice, and climbed into the common room after the portrait hole opened. It closed silently behind her, but she didn't even notice, because of the scene that met her eyes.

Harry Potter was lying naked under a blanket, on the floor in front of the fireplace. But he was not alone. Hermione Granger, her dark brown hair splayed out behind her head, was lying underneath him. He had both his arms underneath her head, while she was lazily running her right hand through his hair.

"That was amazing, Harry," she whispered to him, her eyes half-glazed over out of her exhaustion.

"You like it rough, then?"

"It was great. You know just how to work it to get all my stress out."

They were both whispering, and because Ginny was still under the Invisibility Cloak, they had no idea she was there.

Harry took his left hand from behind Hermione's head, and rubbed his thumb down her cheek. It was the move he had always used on Ginny right after they'd had sex, the one that sent shivers down her spine. Harry lowered his face down to Hermione's and kissed her passionately. The sight almost made Ginny sick, and she made a disgusted sound; it was so low it was almost inaudible, but Harry and Hermione heard it just the same. He ended the kiss immediately, looking around, startled. He could see no one, but he had distinctly heard something.

"We should get going," Harry whispered, a slightly nervous tone in his voice, "before someone comes down and catches us." He got up and pulled his pants on before reaching down, pulling Hermione up, and handing her a light blue dressing gown that was lying over the armchair beside them. She put it on hastily, and gave Harry a seductive smile.

Ginny chose that moment to reveal her presence. She pulled the Invisibility Cloak off her, and threw it to the side. "Sorry to interrupt, but I don't think I could have handled watching that anymore."

The startled looks on Harry and Hermione's faces proved what Ginny already knew - neither of them had had any idea that anyone had been there, least of all her.

"How long have you been standing there?" Harry asked her, crossing his arms across his bare chest.

"Long enough," she said, her voice (in her opinion) not sounding quite furious enough. "How long has this been going on?"

"Not... long," Harry said, hesitantly.

"How long?!"

"Three months." Harry continued to stare her straight in the face, his voice a regular tone, like the situation was perfectly normal, and he wasn't ashamed at all. Hermione, on the other hand, was standing a little behind Harry, looking extremely embarrassed and remorseful.

Ginny walked forward, determination and intense anger plastered across her face, until she was standing right in front of them. With all the strength she could muster, she slapped first Harry, then Hermione, right across the face. Hermione put her left hand to her face. Harry looked slightly pissed.

"You disgust me," Ginny said to Harry. Turning to Hermione, she said, "I can't believe I ever trusted you. You were my friend." She looked back at Harry. "You were my boyfriend. I can't believe you guys betrayed me like this. I can't believe you thought shagging each other was worth losing me." She paused for a moment before continuing, her angry voice somewhat deflated at this point. "Why don't you two just go back to having sex. I shouldn't have interrupted you." She turned around and stormed out of the common room the way she had entered.

As soon as the portrait hole shut behind her, her anger ebbed away and intense sadness took its place. Tears began to stream down her face to the point where she couldn't even see. She began to run, with no idea where she was going. Twenty minutes later, she found herself deep within the dungeons, but exactly where in the castle she was, she had no idea. Out of breath, and energy as well, she stopped running, leaned against the wall, and slid down into a sitting position. She put her head in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably. She ran her fingers through her hair, the tears still coming steadily down.

She must've sat there for at least ten minutes before a familiar voice interrupted her bout of crying. "Ginny?"

She looked up from her position on the floor, and through her blurred vision could just make out Draco Malfoy standing in front of her. He squatted down in front of her, and brushed the hair out of her face. He was startled to see the tears that were coming down her face. After tucking her hair behind her ears, he tried to wipe the tears from her face, but they just kept coming down. Ginny gave a little sob.

"Hey, hey," he said, wiping more tears away. "What's wrong?"

She opened her mouth as if to respond, but no words came out.

"What is it?" he asked.

She opened her mouth again, and when she still couldn't say anything, she just shook her head. Her throat felt like something was stuck in it, and she just couldn't get her vocal chords to cooperate, so she said nothing. She was still crying.

Draco reached out and helped her to her feet. "Come on," he said. "Let's go to our favorite place so we can talk about this." She nodded her head and leaned against him, as if all the crying had stolen all the strength from her. He put he arm around her, and together they made their way to the Room of Requirement. When they got there, Draco helped her in and to one of the armchairs in front of the fireplace. He sat down beside her and said, "Whenever you're ready to talk about it, I'm ready to listen."

"I - I - I -" she said, stammering horribly. "I w-walked into th-the Gryff-Gryffindor common room, a-and... a-and... and H-Harry w-was ha-having... h-he was ha-having... h-he was ha-having sex with Her-Hermione Granger."

Draco sighed heavily and put his face in his hands. "I knew there was a reason I didn't trust that mother fucker."

"H-he has be-been with her f-for thr-three mo-months," she sobbed. "I kn-knew something was g-going on. Why d-didn't I s-see it?"

Draco didn't know what to say. All he could do was hold her. So he did. He held her tight while she cried, and he didn't let go.


I have kind of a contest I want to get going. This will continue throughout the entirety of the posting of this story. In your reviews of each chapter (starting with #4), tell me what you think is going to happen next. Whoever is the closest to what actually happens, I will send to them the next chapter of my story before submitting it, giving them first dibs. But it will only go out to one person - two if there is a tie. Deadline will be one week from submission. Submission of Ch. 4: 04/05/08