Chapter 37

Goodbye

All lessons were suspended, exams postponed. Students were hurried home over the next few days: Alina was gone by breakfast the next morning. Mirabella's brother Andrei was gone too. Katerina and Seamus were having screaming matched in the Entrance Halls were their parents and in the end they were allowed to stay for Dumbledore's funeral.

The whole village was crowded with people coming for Dumbledore's funeral. Much excitement went on when a powder blue carriage pulled by one dozed horses arrived on Hogwarts grounds. It was Madam Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of magic. She was such a huge woman, honestly. She was actually half giant, I think and bigger then Hagrid himself.

The funeral was on Wednesday morning. After it, everyone was leaving back home. The funeral took place at Hogwarts and there were a lot of people there. Fred and George were there and to my surprise, my parents and Amelia.

"Hi," I said to George coming up to him. He barely said anything, being overtaken by grief. He just nodded in my direction and we sat down without a word to each other. It was a sad day. The dreadful truth finally swept over everyone. Dumbledore was dead, and there was nothing you could do about it. If I could turn back the time, I would, but seeing as my time turner got smashed during the battle, there was no use.

After the funeral, I took a walk with George by the lake.

"You okay?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Karina, can I ask you something?" he asked.
"Yeah?"

"Have you felt at all this year that this wasn't meant to be?"

"What?"

"I mean, us," I knew what he was talking about. I was just going to talk to him about it.

"Yeah," I admitted.

"We're just too different," he sighed, "I thought it was going to work. Last year it felt so right but now there's just no spark,"

"I know what you mean," I said quietly.

"D'ya wanna call it quits?" he asked.

"I don't know,"

"Karina, you know I love you, but not in that way anymore," he said sadly.

"A lot's changed," I said to him, "I thought it was going to work but obviously it doesn't feel right anymore,"

"But promise me we'll still be friends," George said.

"Of course," I smiled. I knew we had to do this. I undid the chain around my neck, took his hand and put the little 'G' pendant into it.

"Thank you for everything," I whispered. And then I stood up and ran. Tears were spewing from my eyes. But somehow, I'm not mad at him. It just wasn't working anymore.

"You okay?" Amelia asked.

"George and I decided to call it quits," I said.

"Oh Rina," she said, giving me a hug.

"No, it's okay really. It wasn't working anyway,"

"Everything's going to be alright," she said. I nodded.

"It's just so hard to say good bye,"

"I know Rina, I know,"

"Do you think it was a mistake?"

"No," Amelia said, "I saw the way you two acted around each other. It'll be okay, I promise,"

"Yeah," I said, "come on. Let's find the others,"

And with that we walked off and suddenly I felt happier: happier to be able to enjoy this one last golden day here, at Hogwarts.

THE END!

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Well there you have it. George and Karina broke up. Question is, will they stay that way? You never know what'll happen. If you wanna find out, I'll be writing the final story to this series so add me to your Author Alert's list if you liked it. I hope you did. Keep those reviews coming!