Come Away With Me
Chapter 10: Are You Happy Now?
Punkin/Buttamellow
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by J.K Rowling, Warner Brothers, and its various publishers. No money is being made and no copyright infringement is intended.
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Now, don't just walk away
Pretending everything's ok
And you don't care about me
And I know there's just no use
When all your lies become your truths and I don't care...
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now,
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
You took all there was to take,
And left me with an empty plate
And you don't care about it, yeah.
And I am givin' up this game
I'm leaving you with all the blame cause I don't care
Could you look me in the eye?
And tell me that you're happy now
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Do you really have everything you want?
You could never give somethin' you ain't got
You can't run away from yourself
Could you look me in the eye?
and tell me that you're happy now,
come on, tell it to my face or have i been replaced,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Would you look me in the eye?
Could you look me in the eye?
I've had that all I can take
I'm not about to break
Cause I'm happy now,
Are you happy now?
Are You Happy Now? ~ Michelle Branch
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He knew that something was awry an instant before he saw her. She emerged from the staircases and quickly came into view. His heart suddenly lodged itself in his throat and he found himself unable to speak.
She had heard him.
Oh bugger.
He felt the color quickly drain away from his face as she stood in front of him with a mixture of hurt and incense written on her face. Knowing that he needed to explain his motives, he opened his mouth. He was quickly cut off by her biting remark.
"Don't. I don't want to hear it."
All thoughts of speaking left his mind as he heard her next comment.
"You didn't even give me a chance to decide, Harry."
It cut him like a thousand knives. He had always known that there was a glitch in the plan but he had always though that he had been that glitch.
Boy was he wrong.
He had never expected for the plan to backfire. It had been so simple. All he had to do was get her to hate him and then she'd be safe. Right? Tom would leave her alone. The plan had been so simple, it had to work.
Obviously it hadn't.
He had never expected her to blame it on herself. Never expected her to be so attached. Never thought that she'd fight it so adamantly even after all of the horrible things that he had said to her.
He heard the common room door slam shut and his eyes flickered to it for a moment before he sighed and put his forehead on the table.
"Harry," Hermione started, her voice filled with worry. He felt her put a hand on his shoulder and he shrugged it off. "Harry," she began a gain, emotion filling her voice this time. "I…I'm so sorry."
Lifting his head from the table he looked at his friend directly. He had lost a bit of himself at that moment. "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault…" he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "It's mine."
Getting up slowly, he got up from his table and walked out of the room leaving Hermione to watch him worriedly.
Neither noticed that the chess board had long been abandoned.
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Ginny's eyes narrowed sharply as she placed her wand back into her pocket. "What are you doing here?"
Ron took another step forward and slowly sat down next to his sister. "I came to see how you were."
"Really?" Ginny questioned scathingly. "Well, you didn't seem to care too much when Harry was out there hurting my feelings. Why would you care now?"
Ron sighed deeply and shifted his long legs, placing his chin on top of his knees. "Ginny, we thought it was for the best."
"You thought it was for the best?" Ginny yelled turning to face him. "You thought it was for the best????" She pushed herself off the ground, her face slowly getting redder and redder. "Did it ever occur to you Ronald," at this Ron flinched, "that I might be able to decide what is best for me myself? I'm not a child anymore. I'm just barely a year younger than you."
"Ginny," Ron said, trying to push himself up into a standing position. Ginny quickly pushed him back down to the ground. "We know that you are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself."
"Oh you do, do you? Answer this one question for me then, Ronald. How much of a hypocrite are you?" She looked down at him, tears welling in her eyes. She angrily swatted at them. Ron pushed himself off the ground and pulled her into a hug. She pushed him off. "Don't touch me," she said backing up.
Ron's face paled drastically as she continued to step away from him. "Ginny, don't…"
"Don't what?" She said, continuing to back up. She then turned on her heel and began to walk away.
"Don't walk away." Ginny stopped and turned around to face him. "Just…" he said fumbling for words. "It's just that we've just…you know," he said becoming agitated with his lack of vocabulary. "We just started to really talk again."
"Did we? Where have you been all semester? Protecting me?"
"I…I, Ginny…"
"What? Were you so busy with Hermione again that you just forgot?"
"Now, Ginny. You know that's not true!"
"Then what is it Ron!?!" Ginny yelled back, tears streaming down her face.
Ron pulled her into a hug. She tried to fight against him but he wouldn't let her go. "I don't know, Gin-Gin. I guess I thought you were too busy for me."
Ginny looked up at him, a questioning expression on her face. "How could you ever think that? You're my brother. I needed you there especially with all that's been going on." Ginny then stopped, a frown forming on her face once more. "But wait, you were on Harry's side for that. You always are."
"I am not always on Harry's side." Ron said frustrated.
Ginny pushed against his chest once more and succeeded in breaking free. "Yes you are. You've always chosen him over me. But," she said sighing, "I just don't care anymore. I don't want to fight about it anymore." She began to walk off once more before stopping and looking over her shoulder at Ron, "I just hope you three are happy now." She began to walk before stopping one last time, "Oh, and tell Harry that he doesn't have to worry now. I'll stay away."
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A/N: Hey y'all. I kept putting off updating my story with this chapter. It seems I've hit another block. Well, since I've had this part written for awhile, I figured I'd go ahead and update with this.
Thanks so much for all of your reviews. They're very much appreciated. I'll put part two in for this chapter soon! It'll definitely be a lot longer. Again, sorry for the shortness of this chapter as well as the wait.
Love you all,
Punkin/Buttamellow
