The wedding is beautiful. There's fairy-lights strung everywhere, the castle simply dripping in white, gold and red. It looks like something out of a fairytale. Because it is.
The wedding of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley is the most anticipated event in years. It's a Christmas Eve affair, the ceremony set to start at 4 P.M. on the dot. Molly is over the moon. It's the biggest wedding I've ever seen. It's the first after the war; everyone is going to over-celebrate some.
I look down at my deep red bridesmaid's dress. Luna is her maid of honor, and rightly so. I don't think I could have handled it now.
Harry's pacing the men's dressing room. I can tell he's nervous. I know he wanted a smaller wedding than this, but he, like always, put the wants of others before himself. He's much too giving. I smile at him, weakly. I'm not strong enough for this. I can't watch him marry her. He smiles back at me, coming over to hug me. He wraps me up in his arms, warm, safe, comforting.
"Thank you for always being here for me, Hermione," he says into my hair. He'll never know how much today hurts me.
I kiss him on the cheek, careful not to leave a stain. "It's nothing, Harry. I'll always be around when you need me." I smile at him, hoping to shove things down to where I don't have to deal with them.
Arthur pops his head in the door, "Harry, it's just about time."
"All right," Harry says, nervously, making for the door. "Wish me luck, Hermione."
With my back to the door, I say, "Harry?"
"Yeah?"
My voice almost breaks. "Will you be happy with her?"
"Not as happy as I would have been with you, love."
I turn just in time to see the boy I love walk away to his destiny for the umpteenth time in my life.
His destiny, which, yet again, does not directly involve me.
(A/N: Kind of sad, kind of... pointless, I guess. I don't know. I needed something to get me off the issues I'm having with my Rose/Scorpius one-shot. Bah. Anyway. Let me know what you think. What do y'all think about setting up a blog/Twitter account for my writing? Would you follow it? Review and let me know!)
