The Shipping Shuffle Competition [GinnyHermione]

Even If It Breaks Your Heart

She was at a crossroads.

It would have been so much easier to choose if her choice would only involve her. If she made a mistake then, she would only have herself to blame, and she could try again if necessary.

It wasn't so easy with another person. A mistake could mean losing everything for both of them.

She did not want to do that. She did not want to mess up Ginny's life, because she couldn't let go. She didn't want to make a mistake with letting go unnecessarily either.

The Great Hermione Granger, know-it-all bookworm extraordinaire, was without an answer to the most important question, she thought bitterly.

She could feel Ginny's brown eyes on her, but she refused to meet them. She didn't want Ginny to see the turmoil her mind was in. She did not want Ginny to see the pain and doubt that was running through her as she was reduced to the only two decisions she hated by her quick mind.

She knew Ginny would be selfless if she knew and would tell her to go. That was simply Ginny's nature. Ginny would give anything for the people she loved.

She had to think about it first. She had to make sure it was the best solution for both of the people involved, not just the other person. Sometimes she felt really selfish because of it.

She had to choose between Ginny and a dream she had nursed since she had been introduced into the Wizarding World.

It shouldn't be that difficult really.

Or it would have been had she been ruled by her heart instead of her head.

Now it was a war between the two. She was not entirely sure which was going to win in the end.

Not yet at least.

She felt Ginny standing next to her moments later. Ginny turned her around and took her hands. She instinctively looked up and into Ginny's eyes.

She saw all the love and adoration for her within them.

In that moment, she knew.

She could not leave everything she had with Ginny behind. She could have tried but she would have regretted it almost immediately, she realized.

Her dream would have to wait for next time. Or if there wasn't a next time, she would simply make an opportunity.

A perfect opportunity.

One where she would not have to give up what she had with Ginny.

Because Ginny was more important.

Everything else could come and go.