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Chapter Two – Every time

Lately I'm not who I used to be

Someone's come and taken me

Where I don't wanna go

If I knew exactly what I have to do

In order to be there for you when you were feeling low

Every time I kiss I feel your lips

Every time I cry I see your smile

Every time I close my eyes I realize

That Every time I hold your hand in mine

The sweetest thing my heart could ever find

And I have never felt this way

Since the day I gave your love away.

"Come on man. She's the one who's supposed to be angry at you not the other way round!"

Those were the same words she had told him 6 months ago, and they still burned him.

"I know, that's why I'm doing it. Seeing me at Christmas will surely make her angry, so it'll be her present, not seeing me. And apart from that I really have to work you know, the training is quite tough."

After graduation Harry started Auror training apart from playing Quidditch. He shared a flat with Ron in London and he had not spoken to or seen Hermione from that famous day of The Fight. Ron of course met Hermione sometimes; Harry made it clear that just because he is not talking to her doesn't mean that Ron shouldn't either. Now Christmas was approaching and Mrs. Weasley invited them for dinner and he had just found out that even Hermione was invited.

"Hello, I'm in doing the same training! And we don't have anything on Christmas!" Ron was starting to get angry; he couldn't understand his friend's behavior. For him the reasons behind The Fight seemed like the most stupid thing to fight about. He couldn't understand how two people could forget their friendship for something so... so stupid!

Harry always acted as if it doesn't matter that he's not seeing Hermione. But deep down he knew it was killing him. Ron knew that Harry couldn't breathe without Hermione, let alone live without her. The first months were tough, he would find Harry staring at a picture or reading Hogwarts: A History. Harry didn't eat or sleep at first either. But then auror training and Quidditch kept his mind occupied.

"Ron, I'm not going OK, so just shut up."

"You're coming whether you like it or not. It's final. If you want stay away from Hermione, don't talk to her, don't look at her. I don't care. Just be there"

Well Ron was right, he could just stay away from her, it shouldn't be that difficult.

"Ok, I'll be there. Just tell the others not to try and make me talk to her"

"I will, don't worry"

From the moment he accepted, Harry knew it was wrong. He knew she would be angry but he wanted to see how she would act around him, how things would be. Even if he didn't want to see her; he missed her terribly. He kept dreaming of her every night; seeing her face turn away from him and it was killing him. 'You never know what you have until you loose it' that's what they say. Harry now knew that this was true. Now that Hermione wasn't there he understood how much she meant to him. He missed the little things she did, like how her face concentrated when she was studying; how her eyes twinkled under the moonlight during their midnight walks; how she absent-mindedly removed the curls that would fall in front of her eyes by putting the curls behind her ear; how she smiled. And every time he closed his eyes, he could still see her doing these little things. He could still see her smile, see her eyes shining... he could still see her.

But what he missed most was simply looking in her eyes. Sometimes he would just look at the photos he had of her just to try and look into her eyes.

There was one photo in particular he loved. It was taken before after they finished their last exam. It was a photo of just the two of them, he was standing behind her with his hands around her waist and she had her hands on his. They were looking at each other smiling; it was just perfect. He remembered how he felt while holding her, that feeling of completeness every time he looked in her eyes. It was a great feeling; he missed that feeling.

Now he was going to see her again, he wondered what it would feel like.

"Ginny tell me again why should I do this?"

"Come on Hermione, it's Christmas, the time to be around friends and family. Your family is invited too and I'm your friend. The others miss not having you around it would be good to catch up with them."

"By them do you mean a certain guy I don't want to see let alone catch up with?"

"Well, he may be there-"

"That's it. I'm not going"

"Hermione"

"Ginny, no. I'm not having this conversation again. I don't want to see him. I don't want to talk to him. I hate him for what he did to me."

"Oh come on Hermione, yes we did have this conversation a million times but you never seem to get it through your head. We both know you don't hate Harry. We know it OK, so stop trying to convince yourself that you do 'cos it won't work. Let me clear this up for you, you hate not seeing him, you hate not talking to him, you hate not walking with him under the moonlight but YOU DO NOT HATE HIM."

"How the hell do you know what I feel? How do you know if I hate him or not when even I don't know?" Hermione was crying at this point. She knew Ginny was right but she didn't want to admit it for she knew that if she did she would get hurt again and she didn't want that.

When Ginny saw Hermione break down like that, she went near her friend to console her. Since moving with her during the summer she had seen this scene a lot. When Hermione graduated she found a flat but it cost too much for her alone so Ginny moved in with her. Of course she left for her final year in Hogwarts but now she was back for the Christmas. She new this summer was a tough one for Hermione, she was angry with Harry for treating her like that but she was also angry with herself for leaving him like that because now she missed him too much.

"It's Ok Hermione; everything's going to be fine. Don't worry. I'm sure he misses you too, I'm sure he'll forgive you."

"I'm still angry at him, but I miss him so much. He broke my heart in a million pieces but I still miss him."

"I know; I know. He'll come around don't worry. I know he hasn't approached you yet but it's Christmas and I'm sure Ron can convince him to come. Then you can just go there and show him what he's been missing."

"What do you mean?"

"Well we'll just make sure you look beautiful and Harry's hormones will do the rest of the job."

"Ginny, I don't want you to try and put us together. You know I gave up on that a long time ago. I cannot just give him my heart after what he's done the last time I tried."

"I know that. This is just to make him see what he's missed and feel guilty for ever treating you the way he did. Then you get your revenge and you can shut the door in his face." Ginny's eyes sparkled, and she had a very mischievous grin. Hermione noticed this.

"You know what? You're right. I'll finally give him what he deserves."

"You go girl!"

Save me, I've fallen from my destiny

You and I were meant to be I've thrown it all away

Now you're gone it's time for me to carry on

But baby I just can't go on without you by my side

Every time I kiss I feel your lips

Every time I cry I see your smile

Every time I close my eyes I realize

That Every time I hold your hand in mine

The sweetest thing my heart could ever find

And I have never felt this way

Since the day I gave your love away.

A/N Song: Every time by A1

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