Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling actually gets paid to write this stuff. I don't, so guess what? I don't own Harry Potter.

This story is dedicated to my friend Anne Marie she's an A1 lover and she introduced this band to me. Thanks Anne!!!

Chapter One – Walking in the Rain

It may be hard to believe

But girl you're the only one I need.

It may be hard along the way

It's this feeling I get when blue skies turn to grey

Feels like I'm walking in the rain

I find myself trying to wash away the pain

Cause I need you to give me some shelter

Cause I'm fading away.

And baby, I'm Walking in the Rain

The sun shone brightly in the sky reflecting the joyful mood people were in. Everywhere you looked you could see happiness; you could see it in the people's eyes. The greatest evil being has just been destroyed and the people were celebrating freedom, they were finally free of the nightmare of Voldemort.

One pair of green eyes was watching the lake, wondering what would happen now. His aim in life for the past years had always been the same: kill Voldemort. He had finally achieved that goal; thanks to him the magical world was safe. He had freed them; he gave them hope for the future, now they could plan their lives without fear and without Voldemort. But the boy, or should we say man-who-defeated-you-know-who, was not happy.

Sure he had saved the world, he was a hero! What else is new!! Now that he had achieved his aim, he had no idea of what to do with his life. He felt empty, alone, he felt lost. For the past years he was the boy-who-lived, he had slowly become used to that idea. But now he was something different; now things had changed and he didn't like change that much, he was quite happy with his current life. After all, he had Quidditch, good marks in exams and his two best friends.

Hermione and Ron had of course helped in the final battle, so Ron was getting the attention he always wanted. Hermione was of great help this year, he had to admit it. She was always there for him, she listened when he told her his fears, his nightmares and helped him in every way that she could and for this he was eternally grateful.

And speaking of the devil, or should I say angel, suddenly he heard footsteps approaching him. For some reason he knew who it was. Then she sat next to him and asked him:

"Why is it that the whole world is celebrating, but the guy who brought about this celebration is sitting here on his own?"

As always she had nailed it. Hermione knew him too well; he couldn't help but smile at this.

"Is there something funny?" she asked him. He turned and looked at her. He looked straight in her eyes; that was one of the only things that could calm him down in any occasion. He didn't now why, but her brown eyes calmed him down.

"No, I was just thinking about something. What are you doing out here anyway?"

"Actually I was looking for you. I – I kind of need to tell you something."

'Oh, here it goes again. Change. Generally I'm the one who talks and she's the one who listens, now the roles have inverted. Great; really great! How am I supposed to do this, do I just sit here and listen to her? Or do I put my hand on hers like she does when I tell her something? HOW DOES THIS WORK? I'm not good at this. Actually I'm not good at anything, I only now how to do the-boy-who-lived. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THIS CONSOLLING FRIEND THING? I'll just tell her to come some other time after I've figured how this works'

"I'm sorry 'Mione but I have a lot of things on my mind right now. Why don't you come later and we'll talk about it OK?"

She looked shocked to say the least. She stood up abruptly and started shacking with anger.

"I can't believe you."

He couldn't understand why she was taking it this badly.

"Throughout these years I've been here for you always. Whenever you needed me I was there, even if I had something else on my mind, I was there for you. And now, now that I need you, you have other things on your mind?"

"Hermione, wait that's not how I meant it"

"That's not how you meant it?? And how did you mean it, eh? Look I'm sick of this. Did it ever occur to you that a friendship is a give-and-take relationship? I'm done doing the giving part; can't you just be here for me? For this one time? Can't you just be the friend that I need? Can't you just do this one thing for me?"

"Hey, it's not like I don't do anything for you. I killed Voldemort for you. I cleared this Earth from the most evil being ever for you" He didn't want to get angry but his stupid temper didn't permit it. If you're Harry Potter when someone shouts at you, then you answer by shouting back. It was what he always did.

"How dare you? How dare you get angry like that when I'm the one who's supposed to be angry here? I'm the one who got thrown away by her supposed-to-be best friend. Yeah sure you defeated Vodemort, the whole world is grateful for this Harry. I can't believe that all this time I actually, ugh never mind. You know what? You're an arrogant-seeking-attention-bastard. I don't even know how I lasted 7 years by your side. Now I'll do what I should have done years ago."

"Yeah and what's that?"

"Pushing you out of my life."

And with that she left. He was so shocked he didn't have the guts to stop her; to turn her back; to even shout her name. He just let her leave. If before he thought he was alone then he had no idea what this was. He felt completely alone, completely lost. It was just like walking in the rain, when you try hard to wash away the pain, but you can't. He felt like fading away in the rain.

He stayed like that for a few minutes. Then minutes turned into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months. And before he knew it, it was December and almost 6 months passed from that day he let her go away.

Of all we've said and done

Remains the memories of days when life was fun

But now when you are gone

I sit alone to watch the setting of the sun

Feels like I'm walking in the rain

I find myself trying to wash away the pain

Cause I need you to give me some shelter

Cause I'm fading away.

And baby, I'm Walking in the Rain

A/N song: Walking in the Rain by A1.

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