"Please, we'll make it work" Andromeda pleaded with Hermione. Her, 'Mione as Andy still thought of her, that little private tease had always made them both smile.
"It won't work Andy"
The pause that followed allowed each to lose themselves in thoughts of a bleak future that would soon be arriving.
"Andromeda" Hermione's tone sounded rougher "We'll only be dragging it out."
"Listen to your heart, please, just, just for once"
"Thought I didn't have one?" Hermione's low blow is the final straw, and Andromeda's tears start falling.
Andy didn't understand, Hermione had to be harsh. She had to be harsh or she would crumble too, and they just couldn't be together any more.
She had to be harsh to make Andy hate her.
Hermione believed being borderline cruel would drive out the love Andromeda professed
Not for the first time, she was wrong.