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AN: This is a series of one-shots I've been working on. I know some of these will make Ron sound like the bad guy, but I don't mean for it to come off that way. I just think he has a lot of growing up to do in regards to his jealousy, but I hope you like them all the same. Please don't forget to review.
Chapter 10: Remus Lupin
It came as quite a surprise to me when I found out that Harry was in a relationship with Ginny. I had always believed that it would be Hermione that he got with at the end.
Even when I met them in third year I could feel how much of a connection they had. An it only strengthened throughout the school year. I watched their interaction in my classroom and I was reminded so strongly of Lily and James. Except without the constant bickering.
It wasn't until almost the end of the year that things really started to piece together. Harry and Hermione had run after Sirius and Ron only to find me coming to his rescue. At first I could see the betrayal on Hermione's face and it didn't take her long to tell me why. She knew my secret and she had kept it. When Sirius made a comment after finally being able to kill him after all these years Hermione wrongfully thought he was referring to Harry.
An she placed herself selflessly in front of her. Sacrificing her life in order to protect Harry's. I could see him trying to push her behind him, but she was having none of it. Such compassion from thirteen year olds is very uncommon. You don't see a lot of friendship's held in such high regard, but here it was, staring me in the face.
It was only a hour later that I saw Harry do the same for Hermione. When I had transformed into a werewolf Harry had wrapped himself around her to protect her. It wouldn't have done any good, but if I attacked he would have died.
After that night I had to rethink a lot of things. I'd never seen anything like that from children, much less adults. I had seen Lily and James fiercely protect one another against all odds, but that was it. Not even I can admit to such selfless compassion. I turned my back on my best friend without giving him the benefit of the doubt. I would bet everything I own and more that Hermione would have fought for Harry every step of the way. Never believing anyone but Harry himself.
An Harry would do the same.
Sometimes I can see him fight with himself. Like he's not sure who to believe more. Ron, his very first friend or Hermione, the one who's never turned her back on him. Sometimes, like most children, he chooses wrong, but that's expected.
Even after that I only saw their relationship grow and I had falsely believed that things would evolve from their, but it didn't.
An I'm left to second guess myself as I see Harry wrap his arm around Ginny, who looks so much like Lily. A girl he never noticed until now and it makes me wonder if she's not just there because he needs to forget. That right now he needs to be just a teenager, an ordinary boy.
If that's the case he's looking in the wrong place.
Ginny sees the hero, the one who defeated Voldemort, but like so many others. They don't realize that he was barely one year old when he did that. An he had no control over what happened that night.
But people don't want to believe that.
They want to believe that someone has the power to defeat Voldemort. Sadly, they are putting their expectations on a boy barely sixteen.
The End