Harry Potter and the Love Triangle
The rain was pouring down. Pounding down on the pavement. Harry sat in his apartment looking out of the window. Just looking out gave Harry shivers down his back. It was late but Harry was awake, he always woke up during the night because of his nightmares. He liked being the only person awake though it was, calming. Ginny was staying over that night. She was on her Christmas holidays - she had told Mrs. Weasley that she was actually leaving Hogwarts tomorrow so that she could spend the night with Harry. Mrs Weasley never would've let her stay the night. Harry heard the sound of Ginny walking down the hallway. "You're awake" she whispered as she rested her head on his shoulder. ''I'm always awake" he whispered back. Ginny kissed his cheek gently. "Come back to bed Harry. We don't have to sleep" she kissed his cheek again and brought her lips down to his jaw line. He turned his head and his lips met hers for a slow lingering kiss. "I'll be waiting for you" she smirked. With that she got up and went back the way she came. Harry looked back out the window, took a deep breath and followed Ginny into the bedroom.
After the war Harry and Ron decided not to go back to school instead they trained to become aurors, their experience in the war was enough for them to begin training. Hermione completed her seventh year and then become a trained potion maker although she'd need to train as someone's apprentice before getting a proper job. Ginny however repeated her sixth year and then proceeded into her seventh year. After the war Hermione seeked out her parents and attempted to re-instate their memories but the spell backfired and her parents lost all their memories even their fake ones, now they were similar to neville's parents and lived in 's while the healers tried to bring them back to reality. A few days after Christmas, Harry and Ginny were curled up on the couch together. Harry was still trying to introduce her to the idea of T.V. "I'll be back in a few minutes I just need to use the bathroom" Harry got up and left the room and Ginny pulled out a magazine while she waited for him to come back
Suddenly she heard the sound of a key in the front door and the lock opening. She cautiously made her way to the door with her heart in her throat. She was still very on edge after the war. Hermione entered through the door and jumped in surprise when she saw Ginny. "What are you doing here?" She questioned. "What am I doing here - this is my boyfriends apartment, I should be asking you that question" Hermione walked in and closed the door behind her. "I was at 's, Harry lets me crash here after I visit my parents". Ginny was angry, she barely got to spend the night with Harry and now she finds out that Hermione was with him all the time. Harry walked out of the bathroom then and smiled "Hey Hermione". "Hi, Look Harry I didn't realise you had company, I should just go". Ginny smiled in a malevolent sort of way and reached to open the door. "Don't be silly, of course you can stay I just have to run into work for a few minutes but I'll be back then". Harry quickly pecked Ginny on the cheek and apparated away.
"Look Hermione, I'm not trying to be a b**ch but what the hell are you doing!?" A look of confusion played across Hermione's face. "I'm sorry, what?" "I'm talking about how you are spending the night in MY boyfriend's apartment with MY boyfriend!" she was furious. "Harry is - Harry's not - He's like a brother to me, I would never - never even consider, that." She tried to make herself look as disgusted as possible hoping to convince Ginny but it didn't work. "That's a lie and you know it - Harry is mine so back the hell off!" "Ginny relax" Hermione pleaded. "NO, you relax! The only reason Harry even put's up with you is because he feels sorry for you, you're pathetic, you know that?" "Pathetic?" Hermione repeated. Ginny knew what she was saying was hurting Hermione but she wanted to hurt her. "Harry feels sorry for you and your parents, he's just too nice to tell you what he really thinks and that is that you are a pathetic screw up. You couldn't even save your parents, they would be ashamed to have you as a daughter!" Hermione snapped when Ginny said that and slapped her across the face.
After realising what she had just done she stuttered out an apology. "I'm sorry - I - I didn't mean too, I should go" Hermione hastily grabbed her coat and speed walked towards the door. Ginny was smoking with angry. She pulled her wand out from her pocket and pointed it at Hermione "Pertificus Tota–". The sound of Harry apparating back into the room interrupted Ginny. "Ginny what the hell!" He yelled. Ginny's eyes widened when she heard him. Slowly she lowered her wand and turned to face him, her cheeks flushed with rage and embarrassment. "Harry, I can explain, please, let me explain". Hermione didn't want to be here if they were going to get in an argument, she slipped out the front door and into the apartment buildings hallway. She could hear their raised voices through the walls. Then she apparated back to her apartment.
— 3 Days Later —
Hermione poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down at her kitchen table with a copy of the Daily Prophet looking for potion apprenticeships. She sighed. There was nothing , there never was. She hadn't heard from Harry since the day he and Ginny got in that fight. She didn't want to pry, Harry obviously hadn't contacted her for a reason. Ginny probably told him some lie about what had happened. Hermione liked her apartment, sure it was small but it was cosy. It was nestled right beside Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. George would sometimes pop by and they'd get breakfast together. He was like her brother now with the amount of time they spent together. He let her help out in the shop whenever she needed money. There was a small knock on the door and Hermiome presumed it was George coming for breakfast. She'd asked him not to apparate into her apartment anymore. Last time she thought he was a death eater and sent him flying out the window, it only took the healers a few minutes to fix his broken leg but Hermione still wasn't ready for a repeat and neither was he. She quickly grabbed her coat and bag and rushed towards the door. She pulled it open as she was talking. "Hey I was wondering when you were gonna -". It wasn't George standing at the door, it was Harry. "Hey" he waved looking confused. "Oh, sorry. I thought you were someone else" Hermione opened the door wider and gestured for him to come in.
The atmosphere was very awkward. Harry sat down on the edge of Hermione's couch. "So, I - eh came here to ask you for your side of the story. Ginny told me what happened but I'm not sure if it was the truth or not" "Why did you wait so long to ask me." Hermione questioned as she put her bag and coat back down. "I guess I was just pretty sure I know which version of the story would be true and I wasn't ready to do what had to be done". Hermione didn't fully understand what he was saying but she didn't ask any further questions. She told him everything and included the part where she had hit Ginny, she didn't want to lie. Not to Harry. He took a deep breath in when she finished and was about to say something when there was a knock on the door. "That's George, we were going out for breakfast, you could, em, come with us. If you wanted" Hermione asked. "Oh no that's alright, I have to do a few things." "Ok, well could you lock up for me when you leave?" George knocked the door again. "Sure" Harry replied and Hermione threw him the spare keys by the door. She'd enchanted them with a spell so that whenever she locked her apartment nobody could get back in without the keys. Hermione ran to the door and with a last wave to Harry left. She didn't feel like hanging around while Harry told her that she was lying, she'd only invited him to breakfast to be nice. She loved Harry, she really did but lately Ginny had just been a sore subject between the two.
Harry stood in the middle of Hermione's tiny apartment and watched her walk out the door. He knew straightaway that Hermione had been telling the truth. He just didn't want to deal with the aftermath of breaking up with Ginny. He couldn't stay with her after she had attacked his best friend but he wasn't sure how the Weasley family would react to their breakup - they were the only family he had. It had been hard enough when Ron and Hermione broke up for things to go back to normal between everyone but this breakup might just destroy everything. With one last lingering look at the photo of Harry and Hermione smiling and laughing on Hermione's mantelpiece, Harry apparated to the Burrow and knocked on the door ready to end his relationship with Ginny.