Not a Shrew (7/14 Valentine fics, updating A Different View) (H/D, PG-13)

[sesheta66]

Title: Not a Shrew (7/14 Valentine fics, updating A Different View)
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 645
Pairing/Characters: Ginny, Dean, Seamus, Hermione, Ron (Harry/Draco)
Challenges: For awdt's two weeks of Valentine quickies, prompt #7 - "Talk dirty to me."
Summary: Ginny explains herself and receives an apology.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

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Ginny and Dean made their way back up to the castle to find their fellow Gryffindors. As Dean had hoped, they were all in the same place he had left them.

"Seamus, I want a word," Ginny said as soon as she caught his eye.

"Ooh ... talk dirty to me, baby," he replied with a waggle of his eyebrows. A smack upside the head from Ginny and a glare from Dean shut him down quickly enough.

"Listen, Ginny, I'm sorry about what I said," Seamus offered.

"You should be," she retorted. "First, it's not true. Second, as my supposed friend, you shouldn't talk to me like that in front of Malfoy or Harry."

"You mean to tell me you're not jealous?" Seamus asked. "I find that hard to believe."

Ginny's face turned red. "Well, maybe a little. Okay, more than a little," she corrected once she saw Seamus's sceptical look. "But I'm not a shrew."

"Right. Not a shrew. I'll remember that," Seamus said. "But you were trying to manipulate Harry by making him feel guilty."

Ginny's face went redder. "So what if I was?"

"You were trying to get him to go on a date with you on Valentine's Day, Gin! You can't tell me you didn't have a reason for that."

"I won't deny that I hate Malfoy. I mean his dad tried to kill me, for Merlin's sake!"

"But that was his father, not him," Hermione interjected. "You can't hold him responsible for what Lucius did. Draco had no idea what his father was up to."

"Says he."

"We all say that, Gin. He can no more be responsible for Lucius's actions than you can be responsible for your mother's or father's."

Ginny scowled at Hermione's logic. "That may be true …"

"It is true, Ginny," Dean offered, with a gentle touch to her upper arm. "Draco is not Lucius."

"Okay, then. But he still tried to kill Ron and Katie."

"No, he tried to kill Dumbledore, and Katie and I accidentally ended up getting hurt," Ron corrected. "But you know what his situation was. You know he only acted to save his parents' lives. And you know that Voldemort was going to kill him too. He felt like he didn't have a choice."

"But he did have a choice!"

"And you've never made a mistake in your life?" Ron asked incredulously. "I agree he made a bad decision, but given his father's before that, he wasn't exactly surrounded by opportunities to make a better one."

"I can't believe you expect me to forgive and forget!"

"I don't. None of us do. All we expect is for you to respect Harry's choices, and treat Draco with respect." Ginny scoffed at that.

"How about treating him civilly?" Hermione suggested. "Do you think you can do that?"

Ginny narrowed her eyes and surveyed the room. "Maybe."

"Well, that's a start anyway," Hermione said, sounding relieved.

"You do know that you're a bunch of hypocrites, don't you?"

"What?" Ron retorted.

"Hypocrites, the lot of you. Well, okay, not Hermione. But the rest of you are. I didn't see any of you being nice to Malfoy until Harry told you all off. In fact, you were all teasing and taunting him as much as I was at the pub when Harry went to the loo. And I don't recall hearing any of you apologize to him."

Dean looked awkwardly at the floor. "You're right. I think maybe we should do something about that."

"What?" Ginny exclaimed. "I didn't mean that you should --"

"But you're right, Ginny. We weren't fair and he deserves an apology. We were all wrong."

"I'm not apologizing," she insisted.

"That's your choice, but I'm going to," Dean said to the room. "He didn't deserve our treatment, and Harry sure as hell didn't deserve that either."

Part 8 - Too Late

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Comments

[gurliemoviegeek.livejournal.com]

All we expect is for you to respect Harry's choices, and treat Draco with respect.

GO RON!!! I'm so in love with him right now! (Thanks for that!)

And yay for Dean deciding to apologize!

Just a wonderful installment, hon!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Shhh ... don't let Mel hear that you're in love with Ron now. She might pull out her claws. You can admire him from afar, though. She's good with that. ♥

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Heheh, I'm quite amused by how Ginny's pointing out that they were all a bunch of hypocrites didn't work out so well for her... but yay for the Gryffindors wanting to apologise! *is pleased*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... now Ginny ended up helping Draco. I suspect she's not too pleased about that. :D

[piratesmile331.livejournal.com]

Ah, one can almost always count on the Gryffindors to eventually do the right thing. This was a great installment. Ginny was right to point out that none of them were very nice to Draco before, but I don't think that that discussion really ended up like she wanted it to. *lol*
And your Ron is love, as always.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. Nah, I don't think Ginny had envisioned the conversation leading to an apology for DRACO. *g*

[softly-sweetly.livejournal.com]

Awh, they're all finally seeing sense.

I like your Ginny's character; she's spot-on and her motivations work well.

♥

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. ♥

[kaykayen.livejournal.com]

Bah! Still a shrew ~__^

I had forgotten about the pub incident and I'm glad Dean has decided to apologize. I'm sure he'll lead the charge there.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

The pub thing is the reason Ginny was surprised (and hurt) at the reaction she got from everyone.

Go Dean!

[svgurl.livejournal.com]

Yay! I liked this part a lot. I really enjoyed them deciding that they need to apologize to Draco too. Ha, Ginny! You came with an actual point and it backfired on you. Sorry, I don't hate Ginny in the books ... but she's kind of annoying me here so I can't stand her.

Great update! I'm loving where this story is going and I can't wait to see how the apology goes off.

Thanks for writing and sharing this fabulous fic!

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[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. Glad you like. :)

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Ginny can talk all she wants, and all I hear is the annoying squeaking of a shrew.

*sets the cats on her*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*

[chyldofeternity.livejournal.com]

Ha! this is bad of me but I love it when Ginny's manipulative schemes backfire on her! XD Great chapter!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

YAY for Ron and for a new chapter!:D

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[winter-june.livejournal.com]

Seems that Ginny has started rolling a snow ball that may not end where she was thinking it would.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Now she's the cause of the rest of them apologizing to Draco. Not quite what she wanted. ;)

[thrnbrooke.livejournal.com]

Go Dean! Good for him!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yup, yup. True Gryff. He sees something he did was not right and he'll do what he can to fix it. :D

[nocturnali.livejournal.com]

I like that Ginny can see the point of the others and that they can see her point. She really needs to be stuck somewhere with just Draco to talk to to find out that he's really a fairly decent person under all that.

Is Draco fair to Ginny? Or does he just assume that as Harry's ex she wants him back? Karma...

Lovely.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

I presume they'll chat by the end of this set of fics. Whether or not they resolve anything, or simply agree to disagree remains to be seen. :)

[idontgiveafaux.livejournal.com]

i love all your characters in this! everyone just seems... settled? and i know that's an odd choice of words seeing as they're in the middle of a disagreement about draco but what i mean is that the characters seemed to have grown up so much that they can see past former houses and loyalties and see the wider truth. my opinion anyway :D enjoying this a lot! ::hugs::

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. 'Settled' is a perfect word.

I firmly believe that shared experiences involving deep emotion or trauma bring people together and 'mature' them faster than every day events. After losing people you loved/hated/knew on either or both sides of a conflict, almost losing your own life, and watching pain and suffering all around you has a way of bringing into focus how petty little things like house rivalries really are. Shared pain/anguish/joy bonds people, whether they're consciously aware of it or not.

Whew! I rambled on a bit there, didn't I?

Thanks, hon. :)

[idontgiveafaux.livejournal.com]

hee! i enjoyed your ramble and every part of it was true. i know it sounds selfish, but i sometimes wish i could experience something that affecting so i can just quit worrying about the little things and enjoy life more.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you enjoyed that. Yeah, it's true, but it's also short-lived. Something like that can change your perspective on some things, but the overall My little problems are so insignificant feeling wears off after a while, and you find new (or old) little things creep back in, even if your view on that one issue remains changed forever.

I figure if I make a point of scheduling time to just kick back and not think about stuff, it can help. As a single mom, that's only once a month, but I made a point of doing it last year, and felt all the better for it. So I carried on my resolution for this year too.

Sometimes we need to be selfish ... if we aren't, we can't be much use to others, can we? *big hugs*

[ravenqueen55.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they're all going to apologize...Draco deserves it.

Stupid Ginny. *kicks her*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Yes, he does deserve it.

*grins*

[andrea--88.livejournal.com]

Love how they are talking this out and seeing each others' points. Hopefully they will be able to see that Draco is a nice fella and has learned from his mistakes
Ginny is right we all have choices but did he really have a choice, could anyone actually deny Voldie knowing that in doing so your family was going to be killed, probably right in front of you. I don't see a choice there. Agree and try to find a way out.

excellent