Linny - Ginny and Luna's Secret

Chapter 10 - A chat with Percy

Ginny followed Percy to the two armchairs and sat down in the right one her back unusually straight. She stared Percy straight in the eye but didn't trust herself to speak from shaking so much.

Much as she loved her brother she just couldn't trust him with a single detail of her life and the problem was she had no clue what on earth he had found out now.

"Gin, I've been hearing some stories," began Percy but Ginny quickly cut him off

"About me skipping classes? because I promise I didn't I-"

"Wait what?!" Percy looked aghast, "you were skipping classes?"

"What no! I promise I wasn't, Fred and George where just making some stuff up and so thought you heard... Wait what did you hear about me then?" Stammered Ginny suddenly panicking

"Oh" Percy looked away for a moment slighting embarrassed "I just heard some rumours that well, uh um, That you've been seeing Luna in a romantic way, as in like a girlfriend"

Ginny gasped inwardly, 'SHIT' she thought. 'How on earth could people had found out and besides she hadn't made any contact with Luna in a month since Umbridge's new rule.'

"Oh no don't worry about that Perce, I was just catching up with Luna because she's my friend and well people made assumptions about me because she's lesbian, but I'm 100% straight." Ginny said this all very quickly without allowing herself to breathe and took one long inhale of air as soon as she finished.

Percy however seemed satisfied "Oh ok then don't worry about this I was just confirming because I thought.. well ... That having a gay sister could affect my chances of becoming the minister for magic."

Ginny wanted to cry but she swallowed her tears and tried not to think that her own brother thought who she was was a disgrace to his name. "Well just between us, but I actually have a crush on Dean Thomas" lied Ginny saying the first person she thought of.

"Harry's friend?" asked Percy glancing at him "Well I'm really sorry for bothering you, get back to your friends".

Ginny singed in relief and walked back to Fred and George who were now chatting with Harry and Ron. Why? Why did she have to be like this? Why couldn't she just be a normal girl who thought boys were hot or whatever? Everything was so confusing.

Ginny told the entire story to the four boys leaving out her personal thoughts and making very clear she was straight. Fred immediately started laughing.

"Percy's such a bullshitter". Said George

"Always looking for someone to get in trouble" Said Harry eyeing Ginny.

"Well" Spoke Fred "I know your straight Ginny so this doesn't specifically apply to you but to to anyone here but I certainly don't care what your sexuality is, whether you like boys or girls or anyone else doesn't bother me as long as you're happy"

Harry and George immediately agreed and Ron murmured, quickly glancing at Ginny which wa honestly enough for her considering he seemed to be very interested in the colour changing biscuit Fred had just handed him.

Ginny felt like her heart was going to burst. It felt to good to know that while some people were just jerks there were so many people who would accept her for who she was and that she could tell them whoever she was ready.

"There's no rush" Ginny whispered to herself aloud that night and she lay falling asleep "Whenever your ready"

The next morning Ginny got up 30 minutes later than usual and was the last one in her dorm to breakfast. It wasn't that she has slept in, Ginny's bed was by the window and the sun always woke her up early. She had spent since the early hours of the morning thinking about Percy's words last night and she couldn't think of much of a way to make herself feel better so she had come to the personal conclusion of a simple; 'Fuck him'. Which when thought in rapid succession proved to be working quite well for her.

If there was only one thing Ginny knew it was that she had to see Luna. She didn't really know why but for some reason Ginny missed her 100x more than usual that day and she felt she would not sleep that night unless she talked to Luna.

With Umbridge's new declarations there was only one way to contact a student from another house, in class. Sadly Luna and Ginny shared no classes. Ron did however. Ginny rushed upstairs excitedly after lunch break and it wasn't long before she found Ron. She pressed a note into his hand and said

"Give to Luna"

Before quickly running off. She had written, 'Meet by the school gates right at the school bell' in the secret language the two had made up in Ginny's second year, hopefully Luna would remember it.

Now she only needed a way to get there. Ginny knew luna had an invisibility hat but she needed a way to get there too. Suddenly it struck her. Harry's cloak. She practically ran up the stairs and burst into Harry's dorm nearly knocking over a very heated game of Wizards chess before looking Harry dead in the eye.

"Please don't ask questions but I really need to borrow your invisibility cloak, do you think you could lend it to me?"

Ginny could always trust Harry not to need too many answers, at least from her anyways. He always seemed to be asking Hermione questions. He got up quickly reached over and fetched if from his truck before handing it to Ginny.

"Use it well" he called after her as she rushed down the stairs.

Use it well? Whatever did that bullshit mean? Not that Ginny had much time to think she had a beautiful girl to meet.

I'm going away for a bit so I won't be updating the book (: