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Ginny confronts Hermione about sleeping with Harry. It gets interesting.
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- Part 6 of Eyesight
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- "So, were either of you going to tell me you slept with my boyfriend?”... She stares at Ginny a few moments, startled, and realizes she should have guessed Harry told her. He can be so very honest about some things while keeping stubbornly mum on others. Hermione takes a breath. “It wasn’t about... I... He needed it. It wasn’t about sex.” She didn’t want to remember the way Harry had looked then but the image comes back to her in full force. Harry’s ruddy skin gone pale as milk, clammy and damp with sweat. His eyes wide and far away, losing focus every few moments. His fingers white knuckled and shaking. She remembers the way he’d shaken in their arms, how they kept having to call him back, keep him grounded. There are few things Hermione fears like she feared losing Harry that day. “I know,” Ginny says in a softer tone... “But you should have told me. Things get sordid when they’re secret.”
- She remembers how good he had felt under her hands.######
- “I don’t think Harry is like us,” Ginny says. It comes out casual, like it’s meaningless, but Hermione lifts her gaze to Ginny’s face. Ginny doesn’t return it. “He told me about that night, with you and Ron. And... It felt lonely. Hearing him talk.” “I’m sorry.” Hermione turns her hand and gives Ginny’s a squeeze. “Don’t be. It’s silly. I know he loves me, as much as Harry knows how to love, and sometimes I wonder how far that really is- Rambling, sorry. But... I know he loves me, but I don’t think I’m enough for him.”
- “You’re plenty enough!” Hermione responds immediately, angry that she’s helped Ginny feel this way. Ginny Weasley is one of the most fantastic people she knows and she deserves so much better. “But not for him.” Ginny looks at her then and she’s not sad, but thoughtful. “See, I’m pretty sure he’s in love with you and Ron, too.” Hermione doesn’t know what to say. She stares, utterly flabbergasted by that statement. “He... He may love us, as friends, but-”
“Friends don’t usually want shagging and cuddling after,” Ginny drawls out, sounding incredibly like Draco Malfoy for a moment. “Look, I don’t pretend to understand everything that goes through Harry’s head, but I’m certain on this one. He’s been pining for you two and he’d never say it because he wouldn’t put that kind of pressure on you, but I’m not as much of a masochist with a martyrdom complex.”
- “What, exactly, are you trying to get at telling me all this?” Hermione blurts finally. “I’m not sure. This is kind of new to me,” Ginny admits with a half smile. “I just figured that maybe with the war over and everything, people should be more honest about themselves and what they want. Also, I want to watch. Look, I already missed my opportunity to see him with Draco-” Hermione’s head jerks up. “What?!”
“-and if I’m going to be adventurous and supportive of my boyfriend-” “Draco Malfoy?!” “-then I am damn well going to get something out of it.”
-"Hermione stares at her. Ginny’s everything matter of fact and casual, like what she’s saying is uncontested truth and not the least bit unconventional and downright crazy sounding... Still. “Malfoy?” Ginny laughs and it is clear and light and completely genuine. It warms Hermione up even with the weirdness of the situation. Ginny bumps her shoulder a bit and then leaves them touching.
- “Apparently,” Ginny says with a little shrug. “He said it in passing and I haven’t gotten him or Draco to give me details.” Hermione shakes her head, not surprised that they wouldn’t. “I didn’t realize you were talking to Draco.”
“Penpals. He owns a ruling interest in the Harpies, apparently. Captain Jones had been sending updates on the team’s progress to his mum for years but I took over when I joined. Junior member and all. Anyway, I couldn’t just give up the opportunity to mess with him when we got notice that the shares had been moved over to him. He didn’t figure it out until the fourth letter. We’ve been owling each other since.”
- It sounds silly but Hermione doesn’t doubt that’s exactly what Ginny had done. She isn’t sure why Draco would keep it up but... Well, he hadn’t caused them any trouble since graduation (since Draco defected mid battle) so she supposes he must just be trying to live his life like the rest of them. “I wonder how that even happened,” she muses. “Him and Harry.” “Do you think built up sexual tension was why they got after each other so badly?” Hermione feels slightly unwell at the very notion. “Let’s hope not.”
- Ginny snickers and then bumps her shoulder again. When Hermione meets her gaze, Ginny just smiles at her soft and gentle. “We’re all right, then?” “Shouldn’t you be the one that gets to decide that?” “I think mutual is better,” Ginny murmurs with amusement. Hermione smiles back at her. “Yes. I think we’re all right.” “Oh good. Now, have you ever thought what it’d be like sleeping with me? In my humble opinion, I’m pretty great.”