―𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐘,﹙ginny weasley.﹚

vii - amortentia

𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚

  i woke up in my dorm room, cuddling my pillow - again. everynight, the only thing that can help me sleep, is thinking ginny is right next to me. this is only the second day of school, and draco is all over me, not giving me any space at all. 

  as i'm walking down the hallways, i hear someone running up behind me. i scoff, knowing who it is.

"hey, larke. want to get on a first-name basis?" draco asks with a smirk. 

"save it, malfoy. and no. my girlfriend died a month and a half ago. i'm never going to be ready any time soon. and never with you." i say, as i walk into the great hall.

  as i enter the great hall, i spot my friends, harry, ron, fred & george, hermione, and other gryffindors sitting down at the table. i walk over to them and sit in between hermione and harry. as i grab a piece of toast from the table, harry speaks up.

"um.. addilyn?" harry asks, looking at me.

"yes harry?"

"someone is.. staring... at you.. uh.. malfoy is.." 

  i turn around behind me to see malfoy staring at me, and parkinson shaking malfoys forearm. i shake my head a turn back around, taking a bite out of my toast. 'why does he fancy me so much? what about me is attractive? becaue im a depressed lesbian that just lost her girlfriend? is it for his own enjoyment to annoy me?' words spiraled through my head as i shake them out and swallow my toast. 

  as breakfast ends, i grab my goblet and finish my pumpkin juice quickly and fast-walk out the door. i walk into potions class with professor slughorn. today was the day, we start brewing the amortentia potion. 

"i have some freshly brewed amortentia right here! how about.. larke? why dont you have a smell?" professor slughorn said, waving me over to the full cauldron of amortentia.

i go up to the cauldron and take a smell.

"i smell... treacle tarts, broomstick handles, and freshly mowed grass." i say, backing away back to my place near the door. then it occurs. ginny. i internally gasp at the fact i didnt realize right away that it was ginny. she loves those tarts. 

  then hermione went up to the cauldron. "i smell, new parchment, spearmint toothpaste, and freshly mown grass." i smirked, ron. the pugface pansy went up. "i smell green apples, , and mint." she said, in an annoying tone. malfoy, of course. then ron went up. "i smell, old books, ink, and parchment." hermione, of course.

"hey larke! who did you smell in your amortentia? sounds like a weasel!" malfoy said, walking infront of me, stopping me.

"i actually smelled my bloody dead girlfriend so thanks, malfoy."

"well. i smelled books, vanilla, broomsticks and butterbeer."

"wow who knew."

  i walked out of malfoy's way, walking to fat lady's portrait. i said the password to the gryffindor common room. i walk in and go into my dorm--which i dont share with anyone. i lock the door and put a silencing spell on the room. 

  i sit down and sob into my pillow. just like last night.