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From Despair to Where
She was still awake, despite being dead tired and heart-sick. Despite the tears that had flooded out of her and the comfort of him making love to her. She was still awake. Dimly, she wondered how long it would be until she was able to sleep without the memories assaulting her every time she closed her eyes.
"Cho?" his voice came out of the darkness in a low, sleepy grumble. She frowned and turned back towards him, not sure what he wanted to talk about so late at night. She didn't want him to lose any sleep over her. After all, it was more or less her fault that things had happened like they had.
"What?" she asked, her voice still rough from the night before.
"Are you still thinking about that?" Sirius asked as he pulled her into his arms again.
She bit her lip. "I didn't mean to hurt Harry. Or to make him hate you."
Sirius sighed and stroked her hair back from her face. There were many things he wanted to say to her to comfort her in her despair. But he remained quiet because he knew that they would all be placating lies. They both knew that it was their fault. Moony had warned him to come clean, but he had wanted to spare Harry's feelings. And now, Harry was gone and Cho was a mess.
There was nothing left to do but to wait and hope that Harry would eventually come to forgive them for lying. And hope that Cho would be strong enough to wait for that time to come.
Ende.