DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, unfortunately…
A/n: This is another story that includes my made-up character, Kylie. Once again, read my profile to find out about her. Sorry that my chapters are shorter then most stories…I'm not good at length…
The LettersIt has been about a year since Harry and Kylie moved to a house of their own along with Kylie's boyfriend, Ron Weasley, and Harry's girlfriend, Hermione Granger. They were just so happy to finally get away from their dreaded Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley Dursley.
It has also been a year since the four have graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Their last year was the worst they have ever had there. Professor Albus Dumbledore, their headmaster, died the previous year making their Transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall, their new headmistress. With Dumbledore gone, Voldemort was able to come to Hogwarts and track down Harry and Kylie. He was almost able to kill Harry, but once he screamed the dreaded words, Avada Kedavra, Ron's younger sister, Ginny, stepped in front of Harry, scarifying herself for him, just like his mother had done all those years ago.
The four friends put that behind them and tried to focus on their lives now. They all began different jobs right after leaving Hogwarts and they were all very successful in these jobs. Harry and Ron became aurors for Ministry of Magic and have been able to capture more then 10 Death Eaters each in the past month. Kylie became a chaser for the Chudley Cannons Quidditch Team and was named Chaser of the Month in both March and June. Hermione decided to find a job that brought her back to her childhood as a muggle so she became a ballerina and has starred in 5 ballets in the past month at a local muggle dance theatre.
It was a warm July afternoon and the girls were in the garden, cooling down each with a cold cup of butterbeer as the boys looked through files from the ministry in the family room.
The Girls"How's the team doing?" Hermione asked Kylie, trying to come up with a conversation to break the silence between the two best friends.
"Undefeated," Kylie answered, looking off in the distance. Hermione could tell something was bothering her.
"Ky, are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." Hermione wasn't convinced. She never was when Kylie answered like that. She walked over to Ky, sat next to her, and put a hand on her back before saying, "No you're not. Something is bothering you. What is it?" Kylie sighed, looked Hermione directly in the eye, and said, "It's Ron. Ever since he became an auror he seemed too busy for me. Whenever we're both home, which is very rare anymore, he's always either looking through files or talking to someone from the ministry. He doesn't even write to me when I'm away with the team like he promised he would once I was signed. He's said a total of five words to me in the past two days. Harry is giving me more attention then Ron is, and he's just as busy. I just wish I knew why he was ignoring me."
"Don't worry about it. He's probably just stressed out and tired. Maybe he's still grieving over Ginny. He hasn't talked to me in the past week."
"Yeah, but you're not his girlfriend. The one who he promised he would spend forever with. The one who he promised he would never let go. The one who he said, 'I love you' to."
"Kylie!" They heard Ron's voice scream from the family room. Kylie stood up and ran to the family room, with Hermione right behind her.
The Boys"Look at this," Harry said, smiling, as he grabbed a newspaper clipping with his and Ron's faces on it, casting jinxes at Death Eaters, to show Ron. Ron just looked up at the article, smiled, and then went back to his work. The smile slowly faded from Harry's face as he sighed and set down the article. "Ron, what's bugging you?"
"Nothing. Why would you think something's bugging me?" said Ron, without looking up.
"Because you don't seem as excited about things as you used to be. Because you don't seen to like Kylie as much as you used. I remember when you were obsessed and couldn't believe that she loved you. She's noticed it and so have I. What is your problem?"
"I'm just trying to concentrate on my work. I want to capture the bloody bastard who killed my sister. You don't know how it feels t lose someone like that Harry."
"Bull!" Harry almost yelled. "Ron, Voldemort killed both of my parents when I was only a year old. Last year, he almost took Kylie away from me. He made our lives hell. Don't tell me I don't know how it feels to lose someone you love because I do know. You're the one that doesn't know. At least you have parents and you've had them your whole life. Ky and I never even met ours!"
"Yeah, but you got through it!" Ron yelled, as his face grew bright red, looking up at Harry, "You were able to deal with it because you didn't even know he was out there until you were 11. I'm not able to get through it, Harry! I can't until Voldemort is dead, gone, and sent to hell."
"You have to! If you don't, you're just going to get even angrier and angrier until you can't take it anymore and you start taking your anger out on people like me or Kylie or Hermione. You have to let it go. Just calm down."
"Ok," Ron said, as his face returned to its normal color. He looked over at the window and noticed an owl sitting on the windowsill outside and walked over to let it in. As it flew in, it dropped two ministry envelopes on the desk full of Death Eater files. Harry opened the one that said 'Mr. Harry Potter' on the front and Ron did the same with the same that read 'Mr. Ronald Weasley.'
"Kylie!" Ron screamed as he finished reading the letter.
"Ron, what's wrong?" Kylie asked as she entered the room with Hermione right behind her. Ron just handed her the letter as he sat down, looked down at his feet, and put his hands in his soft, red hair. As Kylie finished reading, tears formed in her eyes.
"No," she whispered. "No. You can't!"
"I have to," he whispered back, still not looking up as a single tear fell from his eye and hit his shoe.
"Harry?" Hermione asked, looking at the letter in his hand. She already knew what it said after reading over Kylie's shoulder. He walked over to Hermione, whispered, "It's the only way to get rid of him," and gave Hermione a hug as she cried on his shoulder. Kylie walked over to Ron and stood next to him as she whispered, "You can't go. Ron, I…I love you."
"I know," he whispered back as he stood up. He gave her a kiss, whispered, "That's why I have to," and walked out of the room. Kylie sat where Ron was only moments ago and cried as Harry let go of Hermione and walked over to his sister. He sat next to her and pulled her into a hug.
"Harry, don't go. Please," she whispered. "I don't want to lose you either."
"You won't," he whispered back, choking back tears, "I promise. You know I would never leave you."
A/n: What do you whink so far? Review. Please and thank you.