Breaking the shadows

Lesbian?

1996

Wednesday September 29th.

It's been a week since Ginny made the quidditch team, and she's been practising none stop with the team ever since. She's been skipping meals, to be with the team and to practise more. I'm worried about her. It's not healthy skipping meals as she is. But I haven't seen her that much since last week. But hopefully she will meet me at the lake later tonight as I sent her an owl with the information.

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After dinner which Ginny didn't attend to, I went to her room, to check if she was there. I knock on the door and her roommate Hazel opens, and I ask: "Is Ginny in there?"
Hazel: "Uhm yeah, come on in"
As I enter, I see Ginny laying on her bed reading. I sit down on her bed, and she sees me and says tired: "Hi what are you doing here?"
"Didn't you get the owl I sent you?"
Ginny: "Yes I did, I just wanted to read for tomorrow before coming."
"Okay, do you want to join me now?"
Ginny: "Yes just give me a second."
"I'll wait outside."
I stand in the hallway outside Ginny's dorm room. And then Nora appears, she looks happy and not as lonely as she was at the start of the school year. She stands beside me and asks: "Who are you waiting for?"
"I'm waiting for Ginny."
Nora: "She's your girlfriend right?"
The only ones who knows are Hermione, Ron, Luna, and Neville, I have no idea how Nora could know. So, I say hesitantly: "Yes. She is, how did you know?"
Nora: "I just figured, as I've seen you hang out so much. Or I've seen you together every day, except this last week where Ginny have been practicing with the quidditch team."
"Oh okay"
Nora: "So you are a lesbian?"
"Yes I guess so."
Nora: "Doesn't it suck that everyone has a meaning about it?"
"It really does yeah. But you don't?"
Nora: "No, I think people should love who they love. And it doesn't matter what gender if people are happy."
"That is so true. We need to be happy and don't discriminate the others because of their happiness."
Nora: "It looks like Ginny's here, I'll go now, you two have fun."
"Bye Nora." I turn to Ginny and kiss her lightly on the lips, as we part Ginny says: "Are you ready?"
"So ready, let's go."
We go hand in hand down to the lake and sit on the bathing jetty still holding hands.
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Puplished: 25-05-23