A/N This is a huge love triangle story with a lot of fluff at the beginning and a lot backstabbing and plots through the middle and end. If you're not a fan of mushy scenes bear though them, they were sort of necessary and they're short. I do not own Harry Potter but I do quite ardently love it.

Heaven's Tears

She glided through the flowers, a myriad of flowers that were riotously colorful. Her white robe swirled behind her in an ethereal breeze. She was walking toward a pool of the freshest looking water she'd ever seen, it sparkled in the sun and rippled tauntingly at her. She felt an unquenchable, urging thirst and started to walk faster. The air shimmered with a golden haze that cast an enchanted look on the whole field. Something tugged at the back of her mind, it caused her to stop and turn around. A staff, shining black ebony with a red orb on top that glittered insistently, stood straight up not ten feet from her. She didn't even notice the dead and blackened flowers around the staff. It pulled at her, called to her almost more strongly than the pool of water. She couldn't decide between the staff and the pool. Warily she started to walk towards the…

"Ginny! Wake up; you don't want to miss breakfast do you?" Hermione shook a groggy Ginny from her dreams. Ginny pushed the bushy-haired girl away.

"I'm getting up alright?" She struggled to a sitting position and tried to grasp the remnants of her dream but couldn't. "What's today?"

"August 24, we're going to Diagon Alley later so your mum insists that you eat breakfast." Hermione pulled a blue shirt and a pair of shorts out of Ginny's drawers and tossed them over to her. "C'mon the boys are already down there surprisingly enough." She left Ginny to get dressed in peace.

To Ginny when 'the boys' were referred to around her she wondered why people didn't just say Harry. They were probably afraid she'd get upset if they weren't careful around her. It'd be easier if everyone stopped treating her like she was made of glass, that more than anything was a reminder of last year. She went down to the kitchen and plastered a smile on her face, no one had to know just how much she couldn't stand Harry right then.

Harry looked up from his toast and nearly groaned aloud when Ginny walked in the room. She looked beautiful as always, he had to remind himself every day that not being involved with her was for the best. Sometimes he didn't quite believe it.

She smiled in the general direction of the world before placidly sitting down and pulling some pancakes toward her. Harry looked back down at his plate and pretended to be chewing while in deep thought.

He found however that he didn't have to pretend. It all of a sudden hit him that today he was leaving with Ron and Hermione. That this was the last time he'd see Ginny until Christmas time. Oh she was going to be so mad at them when she found out. He groaned aloud this time.

"Something wrong Harry?" Ginny asked politely but gave him a look that clearly said she didn't trust him.

"Nothing other than the fact that I wish I was still sleeping." The lie came easily and he flashed a grin at her before returning back to his riveting plate of food.

"I see." She got up from the table and walked to the front door. "I'm going to get a bit of fresh air Mum, you know just a stroll around the yard." Ginny departed before Mrs. Weasly had a chance to respond and scold her for barely touching her food.

The balmy air hit her face and the smell of freshly cut grass had a calming effect on her. But still emotions roiled within her. She had spent the whole damn summer doing exactly the same thing everyday: pretending that Harry was just another random person who just happened to be around all the time. She hated that he always seemed to be trying to tell her to forget him and that it just wouldn't be good for either of them. She hated his covert glances that said he was lying about not wanting her even though he'd never do anything about it.

But worst of all was the fact that she knew he was going to leave eventually and he might not ever come back. The only good thing was that maybe if he was gone she wouldn't care for him so much.

She stuffed her hands in her pockets and sat down at the edge of the pond. But maybe for just a little while she'd wait for him…

"Are you all quite sure you don't want me to come with you?" Mrs. Weasly wrung her hands nervously. "I mean I could always just pop in to check on you…"

"C'mon Mum, honestly we'll be fine! Don't be so worried, we're of age now after all." Ron said impatiently eager to leave the house.

"If you say so…" She looked helplessly at the four teens in front of her. "Well goodbye then. I love you all." Hugs were passed around and then the four flooed to the Leaky Cauldron.

They walked out of the Leaky Cauldron and into the bright sunlight. Ginny was closely watching the Golden Trio. They seemed to be looking for someone who wasn't around.

Harry craned his neck and snuck what he seemed to think was a discreet glance at Ginny. She noted it and tried to keep herself from screaming.

She knew that they were going to leave but she was still furious. They didn't have the right to leave her here; they could have waited till the middle of the night and apparated then. But no, she was sure they were going to leave in her presence, a testimony to just how determined they were.

Hermione gasped and started waving to someone off to her left. Ginny was practically cutting into her palms, her fists were clenched so tight. Then all of a sudden Ron grabbed her arm and pulled her along after him and the others into a nearby alley-way.

There was a moment of waiting and awkward silence in which Ginny sent death glares to her three supposed friends. But then a figure entered the alley. The sunlight caused a shadow to fall across her face so Ginny didn't immediately recognize the stranger. When she stepped forward the face of Tonks was revealed.

Tonks looked grim and walked directly to Harry. "You're positive you want to go through with this?" Her hair was blond today and she had a scattering of freckles, but she was still vaguely recognizable as Tonks.

"There's no other way, we will go." Harry replied just as grimly. He looked somewhere in the direction of heaven. "Thank you for agreeing to this though."

"Yes well, you'd all better go now before I stop you." Tonks said grudgingly. "Just be careful okay?" She walked to the end of the alley to wait.

"Goodbye Ginny." Ron hugged her and so did Hermione. Ginny just muttered goodbye and kept her eyes down. Two pops later and Harry and Ginny were alone.

"You understand why I have to do this don't you?" Harry looked hopefully at her. "Believe me, if there was any way I could do this and still be with you I'd do it in a moment. But I just can't have you in danger; it'd kill me if anything happened to you."

"I don't think its right for you to just leave me like this." Ginny tried to glare at him. She wanted to yell, scream, anything to show him just how much anger she'd built up. But instead she spoke in a whisper. "I don't know if I can forgive you for breaking my heart like this."

"Oh, Gin." He pulled her into a hug and held her as tightly as he could without suffocating her. "You have to forgive me, because I need you to pray that we all come out of this alive. I need you to wait for me and love me even though I'm gone. I need you to be there when this is all over." He stroked her hair and memorized its scent: lilacs. "I love you Ginny Weasly."

She tried to choke back her sobs. "I'm afraid to love you, but I can't help it. So just go, go do your saving the world thing."

Harry pulled away a bit and looked into her chocolate eyes. "Goodbye." He leaned down and kissed her briefly hoping to communicate just how much he was feeling with that one kiss. He stepped back and with a pop he was gone. Maybe forever.

A/N So what did y'all think? Any good? Review!