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Author's Note: I do apologize for the delay in updating. I was re reading Twilight and New Moon in preparation for New Moon, which I thought was absolutely amazing! If I don't update, I hope everyone enjoys their holidays.

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Angelina sat at their—the café. Fred and hers'…no…she shook her head. Thinking that way was wrong.

Wrong and very bad.

Bad because doing that kind of thinking would only bring her back down and since she was intent on letting George stay off on his own for a while she would have to handle those thoughts on her own for a while and she didn't really know if she could fully do that.

So what was she thinking that George was just someone she was using? Someone to help lessen the pain of Fred's death?

That was wrong. No other way.

But…

She wasn't. She knew that she wasn't. She would never use George. Yes he did help lessen the pain, but when she was with George…except for right after Fred's…she saw him as George and not Fred.

She wanted to go back to George, but…no…they were trying to stay apart. Standing up she forced herself to leave the café. Quietly she began walking the streets; she didn't really have any specific end goals in sight. Just…walking.

"Angelina!"

"Turning around she saw her best friend at the corner of the street. She stood and waited until Lee made his way up to her, "Hey Lee, what are you doing?"

"I was heading over to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. You?"

"Oh…well…I was just walking."

Lee raised his eyebrow, "Really? Just walking?"

Shrugging Angelina started walking again, "So, I can walk if I want to."

"I know, I just find it interesting that you're on their street."

She froze, "What?"

Lee slowly moved so he was standing in front of her. He looked at her, "You didn't realize?"

"No…I guess I didn't." Shrugging again Angelina's eyes began darting all over the street trying to find a quick escape.

"You don't have to leave; I bet George will want to see you."

"Lee…I…I'm actually busy…well going to be…I have somewhere that I'm going to be later, so…it won't work." Angelina could tell from the look on Lee's face that he didn't believe her, and yet she still tried, "Really."

"Look Ange, I know—"

"How have you been? I mean, I haven't seen you in a while."

"I've been around. Alicia and I are…good; although I'm sure you already know that."

"She might have mentioned that." She felt a smile tug at her lips; she was glad that Lee and Alicia had found each other. Everything looked like it was going quite well with them.

At least that was something.

Her friends were happy.

Her family was happy.

Wasn't that enough?

"So, how are you?"

"I'm fine."

"Really Ange."

Lee looked at her and raised his eyebrows. Angelina exhaled, "Look Lee just because I'm not jumping all over, doesn't mean that I'm not happy alright?"

"I'm not saying that you have to jump all over the place to be happy, but we can tell that you're not happy. It's not really hard."

"What do you mean? I don't go and mope or anything."

"Angelina, you can be quite lifeless now, I mean you seemed to be doing better, but now…"

"Now I'm what?"

"Look, I'm just trying to help out."

"I know, and…I am sorry Lee. I do appreciate it."

Lee nodded and then grinned at her, "So, are you coming in?"

She looked up and saw Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. "Um…no…I can't…I have to…Lee, please?"

Lee seemed to realize how shaken she was about going in, "Did something happen to you and George?"

"Not really…we're just…giving each other space, and I can't do that for him if I go into his store where he doesn't have the option to leave."

Realization dawned on Lee's face, "I see. Alright, well then, do you want me to go with you?"

"No, really, I'm fine, I'll…you go and have fun."

"Alright Ange."

Angelina watched as he left and then turned and starting back the way she came. She had to get away and fast, she thought about where she should apparate to when she heard a voice.

"Angelina!"

Turning around she saw Ginny came out from the store and run over to her, "Hey, how are you?"

"I'm fine."

"You going this way?"

Angelina nodded not wanting to go near the store again, "Just walking."

"Well that's the way I'm headed too."

Ginny and Angelina fell into a walk together. They just walked for quite a while without Ginny saying anything, but then she started bringing up small things from her life and asking Angelina questions. She was fine with answering them, until Ginny got to one that she wanted to avoid.

"So, do you want to come over to dinner? Mum would really love having you over, we all would."

"I don't think that's such a good idea."

Ginny frowned, "Why not?"

"I just have a lot of things to do."

"Well I think you should come, even with George there."

"Ginny, thanks, but…"

"No buts, I mean come on Ange, what are you hiding something?"

Angelina was getting tired of everyone 'being there' for her. She knew that they were but she wanted to deal with it in your own way. Ginny was trying to help her, just like Lee, just like Katie, like Alicia…she shook her head, she didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her, "Ginny, I don't need your sympathy."

"Angelina Johnson, I am not here for sympathy, I'm here for support, just like your other friends. What has got you so worried?"

Angelina sighed, "Look I'm not unaware that I have friends and family who can be there for me. I know that, but sometimes things just don't go the way planned."

"I am well aware of that. But that's life. And I think…well I think you need to not be so worried about what others are thinking and such…I mean you didn't use to be this down."

"That's because I hadn't lost a husband and a baby before." Angelina closed her eyes; she could hardly believe that she had let that slip. She quietly waited for Ginny to either yell or leave, what happened next was surprising.