More Than Words (Incomplete) by little0bird

Author:little0bird
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-02-24T19:00:00+00:00

THREE – Trials

Ginny stared at the beamed ceiling of Charlie's bedroom, fingers tapping restlessly on top of the quilt. She sighed and flung the bedding back and swung her feet to the chilly floorboards. She dug a pair of ragged jog pants that had once belonged to one of the twins – George, if the faded name scrawled on the inside of the waistband was correct – and yanked a running singlet and t-shirt over her head, padding into the bathroom, while she quickly shook the plait from her hair, and ran a brush through it. She bound it into a ponytail and hurriedly brushed her teeth and splashed water on her face. Ginny slid her feet into her trainers, adjusting the laces. She burst from the cabin's door into the misty dawn.

She began a series of stretches and exercises prescribed by Gwenog to increase her flexibility and strength, pleased to note that her nose was fractionally closer to her knee than it had been in March. Tight muscles gradually loosened and warmed, so she struck off for the entrance of the reservation at a slow jog. Gwenog had also suggested she take up running, hiking, or even riding a Muggle bicycle in order to increase her endurance. Running was a new activity for Ginny, and she wasn't certain she completed the activity with anything resembling fondness. She took a moment to wonder if Harry knew how to ride a bicycle, stumbling as her throat tightened. Probably show me how to ride if off a bleeding cliff, she thought. Pushing the thought firmly from her mind, Ginny gradually increased her pace, taking the path on the right from the reservation's gate. She focused on the steady rhythm of her trainers slapping against the packed earth. One-and-two-and-one-and-two…' she counted. It was the only thing that kept her mind off the stitch in her side. After completing two laps around the reservation, Ginny veered into the reservation itself, taking a few steps toward Charlie's cabin before she slowed to a walk. She bent forward at the waist, bracing her hands on her knees, as she panted, greedily sucking in sorely needed oxygen. Sweat dripped from the tip of her nose and into her eyes. She lifted the hem of the t-shirt and swiped it over her face, grimacing at how her knees trembled.

'You're Charlie's sister,' a woman's voice said from one side of Ginny. Ginny let the hem of the t-shirt fall and studied the woman. 'You've got the look of him.' Ginny raised a skeptical eyebrow. She didn't think she resembled Charlie at all. 'I was beginning to think he'd made up the lot of you.'

'No.' Ginny straightened and arched her back. 'There're six of us. Plus my oldest brother's wife and our parents. My youngest brother's girlfriend… They'll be getting married, just a matter of time. Took them four years to realize they actually fancied one another.' She took an experimental step, pleased to discover her knees wouldn't actually buckle, then began to walk slowly toward the cabin.

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