Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the Harry Potter series nor do I own any of these characters.
Warning: Contains fem-slash and other mature concepts in later chapters.
Uninvited
Chapter 1: Birthday Blues
Harry knocked on the door to the bathroom and two giggling students came out staring at him. He walked in and whispered
"Hermione? Are you in here? Please come out and talk to me. I know you're upset."
Harry was gently pushing the stall doors open. He approached the last one in time to meet Hermione' tearful eyes
"Harry, we've been over this…I've told you everything. I have to deal with my decisions." Hermione's voice cracked
"But you're miserable, you've been miserable for years…." Harry's voice was almost cracking
"4 years 3 months 2 days…" Hermione says softly…her tear filled eyes look up at Harry who pulls her into a tight embrace
"I know it's what you wanted at the time…but it was wrong…you can fix it…we can fix it" Harry tried to sound hopeful which made Hermione cry harder
"I don't even know where Ginny is. After I told her we couldn't be together she left….she told me she loved me….i couldn't say it then, I want to say it now and I can't…if she loved me so much how could she leave so easily?"
"Maybe it wasn't easy for her, maybe she left because she loved you too much to push the issue" insisted Harry
"With no word from her 4 years? Is that love?"
"You don't know what Ginny's state of mind was. She was rejected by the person she loved. Even resilient Ginny couldn't just shrug it off. She felt she had nothing to stay for." Harry explained
"I deserved it…I should of thought of a better way to tell her."
"You can rationalize this as much as you want. But you always depend on your logic and intelligence sometimes your emotions just lash out on their own"
It's more then emotions… I was cruel, I deserved it …I told her she was too young to know what real love was and what she felt for me wasn't what she thought. I was wrong…I got scared she was so …intense. I pulled away from her." Sobbed Hermione barely catching her breath "I'm sorry Harry this is rude of me…you invite me out and throw me a great party for my 21st birthday and I'm in the bathroom falling apart over something that I should have been over years ago." Hermione wipes her eyes Harry takes her hands
What do you want? Harry asked
"What?"
"What does your heart want? If you could have anything…"
"Harry I don't want to play games right now" Hermione sighed
"It's not a game, just answer me this…in your most selfish dreams what do you want out of life, what will make you happy?" Harry pressed
Hermione looks at him and thinks for a moment. "You'll laugh"
"I won't, I promise. Please tell me" His eyes met hers
"I want to be with Ginny…forever." The last word caught in her throat
"Why?"
"I love her. I know that now." Hermione was sobbing into Harry's shirt
"What makes you sure?"
"If this isn't love, then I wouldn't still feel like this after 4 years. I would have been over it"
Harry mulls over her answers, looks at her and wipes her tears away with his sleeve as her cups her face in his hands.
"Do you trust me?" he asks her
"Of course I do…but I don't…"
"I'm gonna give you something for your birthday…but you have to wait till the Halloween party at Hogwarts." He explained as she looked at him confused "just trust me…no matter what. Can you do that for me?
Hermione considered this odd request but of anyone in her life she trusted Harry above all so she nodded in agreement
"Great, you won't be disappointed…now let's go and have a good time before Luna thinks I ran off with you." Harry laughs and Hermione laughed too.