Dancing
By Misha

Disclaimer- Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling and is not mine, however much I might wish differently. However, I am not making any money off of this, so please do not sue me!

Author's Notes- This is a odd reflective piece that popped into my head. I tried to make this more solid, but it didn't want to be. I have an idea as to who the narrator is, but my muse wouldn't let me name him, she wants me to leave it up to the reader, so I am. The only character I name is the girl and only because I couldn't see her being anyone else. As you read this, make it any pairing you want and if you want to know who I had in mind, e-mail me at misha_beth@yahoo.com. Well, that's all, enjoy!

Rating- PG

Summery- You can't see me, but I'm here and I'm dancing.

Spoilers- None, really.


You don't know it, but I'm dancing tonight. I'm dancing for you and for him.

You can't see me, but I'm here.

Just like I always knew I would be.

I've been with you all day.

I was even with you this morning as you got ready. I figured that the groom isn't allowed to see you before the wedding, but that there was no rules against me being there.

I wanted to spend those moments with you, my beloved Hermione.

I saw how nervous you were, but I also saw how excited you were about this new journey you were about to take.

I considered walking up the aisle with you and your father, but I figured that it wasn't my place. So I watched from a pew as your father handed you over to the man you loved.

I watched as you became his wife and I cried tears of joy for you both. I've waited for this day for a long time and I only wish you could know how happy I was to see it come.

I know that you thought of me all day. You mourned my absence and so did he. You both wished that I could be there to share your joy, without realizing that I was.

Nor did you realize that had I been there in any other way, this day would not have happened. And it was meant to.

Years ago, I didn't see it. I didn't see how perfect you and he are. I only saw what I wanted to see.

But now I know. I was meant to love you for a moment. He was meant to love you for a lifetime.

I cried happy tears as I watched the two of you dance for the first time as husband and wife and I'm dancing for you, you just can't see me.

I wish you could know how happy I am. I wish you could know that I'm able to dance at your wedding. I have no regrets. Life happens because it's meant to.

I watch you now, preparing to leave for your honeymoon and your new life. You don't see me as you look at your husband with a wistful look in your eyes.

"I wish he could be here." You murmur, not needing to say my name out loud.

He nods in accent, but I see in his eyes that he knows what I know and you don't: that had I been there this night would be very different. He feels guilty in his knowledge, guilty that his happiness had such a high price, but he shouldn't.

I know that it was meant to be. The two of you are meant to be together and I... Well I took the path meant for me.

Everything happens for a reason and it is not ours to question that.

I just wish you could know that I am here and that I am happy.

I love you, Hermione, I always will.

But I know now that you were meant to be his, not mine.

And it is with that knowledge that I dance tonight in honor of you both. I wish you all the happiness in the world and only wish that you could hear me say so.

The End