What Destiny Could Have Been

I LOOK AND STARE SO DEEP IN YOUR EYES
I TOUCH ON YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY TIME
WHEN YOU LEAVE I'M BEGGIN YOU NOT TO GO
CALL YOUR NAME TWO, THREE TIMES IN A ROW
SUCH A FUNNY THING FOR ME TO TRY TO EXPLAIN
HOW I'M FEELING AND MY PRIDE IS THE ONE TO BLAME
YEAH, CAUSE I KNOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND
JUST HOW YOUR LOVE CAN DO WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN

Lavender lay on her bed. It was after midnight. She had just come up to her dormitory to find everyone else asleep. She stared at her ceiling, trying to relive the moments she and Ron had just spent together. She wished that could last forever. She started a little when Hermione, in the bed next to her, murmured: Ron.

Lavender stiffened. She knew she had sort of come in between the two best friends. But that was the problem. They had always been best friends. Why was Hermione jealous? Lavender knew that that was what Hermione was feeling. Before that night of the Quidditch game that she first kissed him, whenever Hermione hugged him she would have a twisting sensation in her insides.

When she first kissed him. It had been the most wonderful thing in the world. Standing there, wrapped around each other, the sounds of the party around them. And then-Hermione's sobs.

Lavender didn't know what to feel about Hermione. All these years, she had been top of the year. Top in everything. Well, except for Quidditch. Lavender had always respected Hermione for her brainpower. Hermione had helped her several times on homework. And now-this was how she was repaying her. She, Lavender, had come between, like, the most famous trio in the school. Everyone knew about them. Hermione, Brainiac Supremo, Harry, the Chosen One, troublemaker, Quidditch star, and Ron. Ron. The one without a girlfriend, who didn't play Quidditch, and got overshadowed by his brothers.

But now Ron did play Quidditch. He was star Keeper. And he had a girlfriend. Her, Lavender.

WHEN I TALK TO MY FRIENDS SO QUIETLY
"WHO HE THINK HE IS?" LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
TENNIS SHOES DON'T EVEN NEED TO BUY A NEW DRESS
YOU AIN'T THERE, AIN'T NOBODY ELSE TO IMPRESS
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW
IT'S THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPS WHEN I'M WITH YOU
YEAH, BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND
JUST HOW YOUR LOVE CAN DO WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN