Chapter 5
One Finds Love, The Other Finds Herself
Ron had figured it out, he knew that he really loved Kendall, but he knew he couldn't have her. He also knew that she still loved Russell and that she would welcome death with open arms as long as she could be with him again. Ron sat in the distance as he watched her fall farther and farther away from him. It was as if she was disintegrating before his eyes. You could see it now. When she first arrived she as a little pale, but now her skin was as white as Sir Nicholas, her eyes were filled with a longing for something that everyone else dreaded. Her sister, Melissa had been going through this courageously, the only way she knew how. She made Kendall feel good everyday and made sure that she was ready.
Her sister and she had had a long discussion on how everything was going to pan out. It was all ready, the funeral arrangements were in order and everyone was just waiting for the day that Kendall requested to be on leave to spend her last days with her family. She would know when it was coming. But everything wasn't just about Kendall; Melissa had been going through more than her sister's death. Her heart was being torn for some other reason. She knew that if she were cruel and hateful toward Harry then she would convince herself not to like him. She made a pact with Kendall that she would go through the same trouble she is, but pacts are meant to be broken.
"Melissa don't toy with me!" Kendall yelled at her sister in the girl's bathrooms.
"What?"
"You know you like him! You're just playing a game with him... don't waste your time, you know we're leaving soon."
"What are you talking about?"
"Melissa, you can tell me anything, you know that! Why the hell won't you tell me something that I already know?"
Melissa took a deep sigh and put on a face that answered Kendall's question.
"Is it because of that stupid promise?!?!?"
"It's not stupid... and why won't you admit that you like Ron? Russell would be ecstatic if you just moved on! Find another love!"
"Melissa... promises are made to be broken and I don't want... after I die... you to grow old without me and without anyone!"
"Well, I don't want you to either because you're not dying!"
"Who's not dying?" Hermione had just walked in to see the display, "What's going on?"
They both looked at Hermione with surprise, "Well, um..."
"Tell Melissa that her and Harry would make a great match!"
*Gasps around the room* "Uh... wow! You like him? I couldn't tell."
"That's because I don't li..."
"You do like him!"
"Yes, I do," she finally admitted to the crowd, but suddenly came back with a, "Why'd you do that!?"
"Do what?" Hermione asked confused.
"Kendall, that's cheating! You can't do that!"
"What?" she asked innocently.
"What happened?" Hermione was completely lost and longing for some answers right about now.
"She used her powers on me..."
"But she didn't use a wand.... And who the hell isn't dying and do you really like Harry? Because if you do.... He really likes you and you both would look great together."
Disregarding the other questions Melissa just answered with red cheeks, "Really? Okay, now it's me talking, yes I like him!"
*****
"Harry!"
"Melissa? You're coming up to me and talk?"
"Shut up, asshole!" right after she said that she grabbed him by the neck and pulled him in for an amazing kiss.
When she let him breath all he could mutter was, "Wow..."
"Okay, pig, you want to go study?" she laughed.
"Yes, ma'am!" he leaned in again to kiss her on the cheek but her finger was placed on his lips to stop him.
"Not in public," she fussed.
"Oooo! I love it!" Kendall was telling Hermione while they watched the scene.
"That's so cute!"
"So, your sister and my best friend?" came a sweet, timid voice from behind.
"I'll leave you two alone," Hermione gave Kendall a hit in the ribs with her elbow as she left her with Ron.
"Ron, I know you were watching," she sighed, "You were who Professor Trelawny was talking about weren't you? You were the one to watch the 'tragic thing'? Listen, Ron...."
"Yes, I was watching, but let me speak. Just because you're an amontees doesn't mean that now everyone just likes you because of it! I know that's not the reason I do. Yes, you fell in love once and the dude died! So what! That was then, this is now! You ever think that the curse isn't as strong anymore?"
"It's not getting any bet..."
"Let me finish! I read up on this, and believe me that's saying something. And I found out that you could beat this. It's like a cancer... if you live your life without it, it will eventually go away, but you have to be strong enough..."
"I tried tha..."
"UH! I'm still talking. Listen, I think I love you, but you just have to see that."
"Are you finished?"
"Yes, I'm finished."
"Good! Now you take time and listen. When I found out about this, which I was born with it, so I knew when I could speak, I told myself I wouldn't let it 'bring me down' or anything. I swore that I'd live life like I didn't have it. Well I did that and look where it led me. To another hospital, a new school, and a broken heart! I lived like I didn't have this, so I fell in love at a young age, knowing that I wouldn't be able to do it again. I told him I loved him and he died before my eyes. Now all I want is to die, so that I can be with him too. Instead of here! I don't know how to live anymore..."
"You live every moment," at that juncture Ron bent down and gave Kendall her own amazing kiss, "that's how you live," Ron walked away without another word. Just leaving Kendall there breathless and confused.
"Ron!" she called out when she found her voice. He stopped in his tracks and turned slowly around
"Yes?"
Kendall ran at him and leaped into his arms, she thrust her mouth at his and kissed him in front of everyone.
Meanwhile, Melissa had taken Harry in the Library and he got all the books she needed for her. When he was finished he sat beside her and asked,
"What made you change your mind?"
"Oh, um..." she looked down at her feet and began to ponder on how she was going to put it.
"What is it?"
"Harry... I should have went out with you sooner... I should have admitted that I liked you a long time ago."
"Well as much as I'd just like to agree and move on... something's telling me to ask 'why'?"
"Because we're leaving in three days and not coming back."
"What?!"
Wow! It was like a soap opera. One crazy thing into the next! Kendall was just now finding herself and Melissa was finally letting her feelings shine through, and it was not coming to an end so quickly. The treatments weren't working so they had to go back and let Kendall rest in peace. They were going by train in three days back to their home; back to where they came, back to where it all began. It was a horrible feeling; it was as if they were going reverse instead of forwards. They had run forward so slowly that that they had to repeal now.
The three days passed so suddenly, but they both lived every moment of each day. The dawn of their departure, they hugged their new boyfriends with all their might and then left them with one last kiss. Kendall handed Ron a note before she left and made sure that he promised never to open it, not until he thought he was ready. He agreed and Kendall was free to leave.
Ron never opened the letter, and probably never would, but we don't know. That day he just held the letter tight, as if it was all he had of her. She came and changed his life and then left and his world shattered to pieces. Harry too knew that same kind of girl. They both came so swiftly, if only for a second, only to make their lives, and then they left only to give them freedom in their lives. They did everything they could to spare them of the pain, but it was unavoidable. No matter how they would have went about it, they would have eventually gotten together, who knows, maybe sooner then that!
Dumbledore was very disappointed that Kendall would not get better, but he was a little happy that she was out of that school. He hated admitting it, but she was a troublemaker.... a heartbreaker. He was tolerable, and didn't make a fuss, but he was relieved that he didn't have to worry anymore. It was finished!
It was finish for them! Not for the Grempet's...
A/N: More to come! (One more chapter!)
One Finds Love, The Other Finds Herself
Ron had figured it out, he knew that he really loved Kendall, but he knew he couldn't have her. He also knew that she still loved Russell and that she would welcome death with open arms as long as she could be with him again. Ron sat in the distance as he watched her fall farther and farther away from him. It was as if she was disintegrating before his eyes. You could see it now. When she first arrived she as a little pale, but now her skin was as white as Sir Nicholas, her eyes were filled with a longing for something that everyone else dreaded. Her sister, Melissa had been going through this courageously, the only way she knew how. She made Kendall feel good everyday and made sure that she was ready.
Her sister and she had had a long discussion on how everything was going to pan out. It was all ready, the funeral arrangements were in order and everyone was just waiting for the day that Kendall requested to be on leave to spend her last days with her family. She would know when it was coming. But everything wasn't just about Kendall; Melissa had been going through more than her sister's death. Her heart was being torn for some other reason. She knew that if she were cruel and hateful toward Harry then she would convince herself not to like him. She made a pact with Kendall that she would go through the same trouble she is, but pacts are meant to be broken.
"Melissa don't toy with me!" Kendall yelled at her sister in the girl's bathrooms.
"What?"
"You know you like him! You're just playing a game with him... don't waste your time, you know we're leaving soon."
"What are you talking about?"
"Melissa, you can tell me anything, you know that! Why the hell won't you tell me something that I already know?"
Melissa took a deep sigh and put on a face that answered Kendall's question.
"Is it because of that stupid promise?!?!?"
"It's not stupid... and why won't you admit that you like Ron? Russell would be ecstatic if you just moved on! Find another love!"
"Melissa... promises are made to be broken and I don't want... after I die... you to grow old without me and without anyone!"
"Well, I don't want you to either because you're not dying!"
"Who's not dying?" Hermione had just walked in to see the display, "What's going on?"
They both looked at Hermione with surprise, "Well, um..."
"Tell Melissa that her and Harry would make a great match!"
*Gasps around the room* "Uh... wow! You like him? I couldn't tell."
"That's because I don't li..."
"You do like him!"
"Yes, I do," she finally admitted to the crowd, but suddenly came back with a, "Why'd you do that!?"
"Do what?" Hermione asked confused.
"Kendall, that's cheating! You can't do that!"
"What?" she asked innocently.
"What happened?" Hermione was completely lost and longing for some answers right about now.
"She used her powers on me..."
"But she didn't use a wand.... And who the hell isn't dying and do you really like Harry? Because if you do.... He really likes you and you both would look great together."
Disregarding the other questions Melissa just answered with red cheeks, "Really? Okay, now it's me talking, yes I like him!"
*****
"Harry!"
"Melissa? You're coming up to me and talk?"
"Shut up, asshole!" right after she said that she grabbed him by the neck and pulled him in for an amazing kiss.
When she let him breath all he could mutter was, "Wow..."
"Okay, pig, you want to go study?" she laughed.
"Yes, ma'am!" he leaned in again to kiss her on the cheek but her finger was placed on his lips to stop him.
"Not in public," she fussed.
"Oooo! I love it!" Kendall was telling Hermione while they watched the scene.
"That's so cute!"
"So, your sister and my best friend?" came a sweet, timid voice from behind.
"I'll leave you two alone," Hermione gave Kendall a hit in the ribs with her elbow as she left her with Ron.
"Ron, I know you were watching," she sighed, "You were who Professor Trelawny was talking about weren't you? You were the one to watch the 'tragic thing'? Listen, Ron...."
"Yes, I was watching, but let me speak. Just because you're an amontees doesn't mean that now everyone just likes you because of it! I know that's not the reason I do. Yes, you fell in love once and the dude died! So what! That was then, this is now! You ever think that the curse isn't as strong anymore?"
"It's not getting any bet..."
"Let me finish! I read up on this, and believe me that's saying something. And I found out that you could beat this. It's like a cancer... if you live your life without it, it will eventually go away, but you have to be strong enough..."
"I tried tha..."
"UH! I'm still talking. Listen, I think I love you, but you just have to see that."
"Are you finished?"
"Yes, I'm finished."
"Good! Now you take time and listen. When I found out about this, which I was born with it, so I knew when I could speak, I told myself I wouldn't let it 'bring me down' or anything. I swore that I'd live life like I didn't have it. Well I did that and look where it led me. To another hospital, a new school, and a broken heart! I lived like I didn't have this, so I fell in love at a young age, knowing that I wouldn't be able to do it again. I told him I loved him and he died before my eyes. Now all I want is to die, so that I can be with him too. Instead of here! I don't know how to live anymore..."
"You live every moment," at that juncture Ron bent down and gave Kendall her own amazing kiss, "that's how you live," Ron walked away without another word. Just leaving Kendall there breathless and confused.
"Ron!" she called out when she found her voice. He stopped in his tracks and turned slowly around
"Yes?"
Kendall ran at him and leaped into his arms, she thrust her mouth at his and kissed him in front of everyone.
Meanwhile, Melissa had taken Harry in the Library and he got all the books she needed for her. When he was finished he sat beside her and asked,
"What made you change your mind?"
"Oh, um..." she looked down at her feet and began to ponder on how she was going to put it.
"What is it?"
"Harry... I should have went out with you sooner... I should have admitted that I liked you a long time ago."
"Well as much as I'd just like to agree and move on... something's telling me to ask 'why'?"
"Because we're leaving in three days and not coming back."
"What?!"
Wow! It was like a soap opera. One crazy thing into the next! Kendall was just now finding herself and Melissa was finally letting her feelings shine through, and it was not coming to an end so quickly. The treatments weren't working so they had to go back and let Kendall rest in peace. They were going by train in three days back to their home; back to where they came, back to where it all began. It was a horrible feeling; it was as if they were going reverse instead of forwards. They had run forward so slowly that that they had to repeal now.
The three days passed so suddenly, but they both lived every moment of each day. The dawn of their departure, they hugged their new boyfriends with all their might and then left them with one last kiss. Kendall handed Ron a note before she left and made sure that he promised never to open it, not until he thought he was ready. He agreed and Kendall was free to leave.
Ron never opened the letter, and probably never would, but we don't know. That day he just held the letter tight, as if it was all he had of her. She came and changed his life and then left and his world shattered to pieces. Harry too knew that same kind of girl. They both came so swiftly, if only for a second, only to make their lives, and then they left only to give them freedom in their lives. They did everything they could to spare them of the pain, but it was unavoidable. No matter how they would have went about it, they would have eventually gotten together, who knows, maybe sooner then that!
Dumbledore was very disappointed that Kendall would not get better, but he was a little happy that she was out of that school. He hated admitting it, but she was a troublemaker.... a heartbreaker. He was tolerable, and didn't make a fuss, but he was relieved that he didn't have to worry anymore. It was finished!
It was finish for them! Not for the Grempet's...
A/N: More to come! (One more chapter!)