Chapter 6 – Return to Me
He steps behind her on the deck of the boat, the serene countryside of Germany passing slowly before them. Overhead, the evening sun has just set, casting the sky in shades of purples and pinks. "I thought I'd find you here," he says softly, his arms wrapping around her waist.
"I never realized just how beautiful the country of Germany really is," she says, leaning back against his chest. "I've been here before, spent some months hopping from town to town when I was trying to find a place to settle, but not once did I appreciate the absolute beauty of everything."
He doesn't say anything, just continues to hold her, as he remembers the bitterness and the pain he had felt during those three long years when she had been on the run. It's times that he does not necessarily like to remember, never knowing if she was alright, if she had settled, had she found someone to love. He tries not to think about the fact that she did find someone, that she had started to build a life with another man, because in the end, she had come back to him.
"Stop thinking," she mutters, knowing exactly what it is that he is thinking about. Any time she mentions those years that she was on the run, when they had no contact or communication between them, he begins thinking about George, about the life that she was living without him. "I chose you Harry; not George and Nico."
"It still flabbergasts me," he says, his face turning until his mouth is next to her ear, "that you chose London and me over the beauty and tranquility of Cypress and George. I always expected you to go back with him when the danger was gone."
She twists in his hold, her arms lifting to wrap around his neck. Softly, she kisses him, knowing he needs the reassurances at times that she wants to be here, with him, and not with the man she had lived with during her time away. "There was never any choice to make Harry," she kisses him again, her fingers playing with the fine hair at the nape of his neck, "I would always return to you."
AN: Sorry for the delay, I've had some things going on that prevented me from putting up the next chapter. Hope you are still enjoying this. Thank you much for the reviews and thoughts. Xx Jenn
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