A/N: Yeah... Got another one. Happy Reading!
DISCLAIMER: Do I look like J. K. Rowling to you? No? Good because I'm not.
Realization
Everything was happening in slow motion. The streams of curses flying past his ear, the shouts from his friends and the counter-curses from the Death Eaters, but nothing seemed to register as he watched the fall of Hermione Granger. He watched, frozen to the spot, as a Death Eater swished his arm in an x motion, cursing her, how she gave an "oh "of surprise, and then crumbled to the ground. At that moment, it didn't matter they were being charged at by Death Eaters, that he was the "chosen one" or that he was holding in his hand the one thing that they needed. All he cared about was the fact that Hermione was hurt and she wasn't moving.
"Hermione!" he yelled stunning the nearest Death Eater and rushing to her side. He barely registered Neville aiding him and casting a protective shield around them. The only thing that his mind could process was his own voice chanting her name.
Why, why did he have to lead his friends into a death trap? She even warned him that this could happen. Why didn't he listen to her?
"Harry there's a pulse, she's alive!" Neville grunted excitedly and Harry felt his heart soar. She's going to be alight, she's going to be alight, she's going to be alight the chant seemed unending in his head but each time the though repeated he felt hope latch back onto his heart. He knew that he wouldn't be able to live with the fact that she was no longer in his life because of this, because of him, but he couldn't figure out why.
Then it hit him. He liked her. Like a sister? His brain seemed to ask… No his heart replied back, much more than that. He reached down to pull her hand into his while brushing some of her hair out of her face with the other.
"Harry…" he heard Neville say awkwardly "Be right back, going to go find Ron he might still be battling the brains…" and Neville was gone but he didn't care. Nothing else mattered right now. Because at that moment, Harry James Potter realized that he was in love with his best friend but he might have realized it too late.
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