Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter. Angela Barry is my only character. Everyone else belong solely to J.K. Rowling. Song belongs to Miley Cyrus.
Rating: G
Genre: Drama/Angst
Summary: Songfic. Oneshot. Angela Barry reflects on her best friend Cedric Diggory and misses him.
I Miss You
You used to call me your angel
Said I was sent straight down from heaven
You'd hold me close in your arms
I looked down at the grave in front of me. Cedric Diggory the stone read Beloved Son and Fierce Friend. A tear slid down my cheek. It had been two years since his death. But I still visited him every month. I always brought flowers. He didn't necessarily like flowers, and I was not the flower kind of girl, but it seemed the appropriate thing to do. I laid the bouquet by the stone. Wrapping my arms tightly around myself, I imagined him behind me, pulling me into his embrace, placing my head above his heart.
I loved the way you felt so strong
I never wanted you to leave
I wanted you to stay here holding me
I remembered when we first met. Our parents had been friends since we were babies but we weren't aware of each other really until I was seven. He was nine and at first I thought he wouldn't want to play with a scrawny, scabby-kneed girl like me. Nobody else did. I was alone in the world. No friends, no playmates, not even cousins. Nobody seemed to want to get to know me. But he surprised me. He was so polite yet mischievous, compassionate yet strong, and loyal yet understanding. We took to each other instantly. Years later we were still best friends; as close as siblings and each willing to die for the other. Neither us knew what tragic a death he would suffer. He died defending and protecting a mutual friend. That is the noblest way to die. But still, I missed him.
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
It felt so different after Cedric died. Like a huge chuck of my heart had died with him. That hole was slowly mending. But I knew I would never forget him. I gripped the locket my mum had given me with his picture in it. He felt so close sometimes yet so far away. After he had died I was in denial for a long time. I kept waiting for him to show up at the door or around the corner. I don't think my heart will ever truly let him go.
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
I had loved him; loved him with all my being. I still loved him. But now I knew how to live on. I don't think the pain ever really goes away. But I had friends now. Good friends that would give their lives for me and vice versa. I would never forget Cedric, and I don't think I should. But knowing he would want me to be happy filled my heart with the understanding that no one could take the place of Cedric, but they didn't have to. I had room in my heart for new friends. Slowly but surely I had opened my heart. Cedric had given me the strength for that.
You used to call me your angel
Said I was sent straight down from heaven
You'd hold me close in your arms
I loved the way you felt so strong
I never wanted you to leave
I wanted you to stay here holding me
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
Rest in peace, Cedric Diggory.