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Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
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Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
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Ron WeasleyHermione GrangerVarious Characters
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Published:2010-12-23Completed:2010-12-23Words:186678Chapters:32/32Comments:1243Kudos:19020Bookmarks:4942Hits:468378
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Chapter 8
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"…It was just a really stressful situation - for everyone, not just me - so in short I'm really sorry, and I didn't want to take it out on you, it just kind of happened and it won't happen again, I swear."
Throughout the duration of Harry's apology-slash-rant, Ginny hadn't budged an inch. She was still standing in the corridor just outside her Charms classroom with her arms folded firmly across her chest and a stubborn tilt to her chin, but Harry could tell his babbling was achieving the desired effect because she was trying not to smile and there was a definite twinkle in her eye.
Hedging his bets and taking a calculated risk, Harry reached out and gently tugged at her sleeves to encourage her to uncross her arms. After a moment she complied; her posture relaxed and she let Harry take her hands, ducking her head as her smile got wider despite her best efforts.
"I mean it," Harry said, squeezing her hands. "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault, I guess," she finally said, looking up and flicking her head so her hair swung back over her shoulder. "If Malfoy-"
"Can't blame Malfoy for everything," Harry interrupted gently, with a wan smile. "Contravenes the truce."
"Truce," Ginny said cautiously, as if she were trying the word out for the first time, trying to get her head around the concept. It had taken Harry long enough to get his head around the idea too, so he kept quiet and let her work her way through it.
Finally, much to Harry's relief, she breathed out and nodded. "Okay."
"You gonna be alright with this?" Harry asked her, ducking his head and trying to get her to look him in the eye.
"I guess I'll have to be," she shrugged, finally meeting his gaze. "It's only until Christmas anyway, I suppose," she said, sounding more confident.
"Yeah," Harry said, nodding keenly. "Then everything will be back to normal, I promise."
For a fleeting moment a troubled expression flitted over her features, but it disappeared so quickly that Harry was uncertain he'd even seen it. He looked at her a moment longer but her countenance was one again calm and untroubled. What could he have said or done to elicit that flicker of distress anyway? He really meant what he had just said; everything would be back to normal as soon as the link was gone, he just knew it.
