Streets of Heaven Chapter 5, a harry potter fanfic

Chapter 5

Several months later

Makenna was getting paler each day. She no longer looked the same. Her hair had begun to fall out slightly and her eyes had almost lost their glint.

Harry and Ginny had move Makenna home. They knew her chances weren't good and they wanted her to be at home. Harry, exhausted and injured from practice, was laying on the couch down stairs. Ginny had went to her daughter's room to check on her. Everyone had changes in the recent months. Makenna could no longer sit up on her own. She had difficulty breathing and eating. She was now much smaller than her brother, her small face and frail body pale. Ginny and Harry tried to keep everything together and to never let the kids see them discouraged. They were both exhausted . They never spent time together anymore. But Griffin had changed the most. The animate little black haired boy who once could make anyone laugh never cracked a smile anymore. He stayed in his room and snapped at anyone who talked to him. He had alienated himself from everyone. Ginny had almost given up trying with him.

As Ginny approached Makenna's door she heard a voice and stopped. Griffin was in his sister's room talking. Ginny peeked around the corner and saw a sleeping Makenna laying on the bed with a crying Griffin laying next to her.

"Macky, you can't leave me. What would I do. You're my other half. I can't lose you." The little boy sobbed hugging his sister to him.

He lay there a little while longer and then got up and moved to the door. Ginny shrank back into the shadows and watched her little boy glance around the hallway and then run down to his room. Ginny waited for the door to shut and them went to Makenna's room. She took the same place Griffin had just vacated and whispered to her daughter.
"I wonder if I'll ever get to watch you marry your true love. Will I ever get to see you have children of your own? Oh baby. I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm sorry I failed you."

Having said that, Ginny pulled her feet up into her seat, rested her head on her knees and cried until she fell asleep. Harry came up the stairs shortly after Ginny had come up. He stopped to check on Griffin and found him already asleep. He then went to Makenna's room and found Ginny curled up against the small girl. Harry seated himself on the couch next to the bed and watched the two until her could no longer hold his eyes open. That night each family member's dreams were filled with thoughts of what was, what is, what could be, and what never will be.

Hello God It's me again
Two AM room 304 visiting hours are over
Time for our bedside tug of war
This sleeping child between us may not make it through the night
I'm fighting back the tears. As she's fighting for her life

Well it must be kinda crowded on the streets of heaven
So tell me what do you need her for
Don't you know one day she'll be
Your little girl forever
But right now I need her so much more
She much to young to be on her own barely just turned seven
So who will hold her hand when she crosses the streets' of heaven

Tell my god do you remember the wishes that she made
When she blew out the candles on her last birthday cake
She wants to ride a pony when she's big enough
She wants to marry her daddy when she's all grown up

Lord don't you know, she's my angel
You've got plenty of your own
And I know you hold a place for her but she's already got a home
Well I don't know if you're listening
But prayin's all that's left to do
So I ask you lord have mercy you lost a son once too

Well it must be kinda crowded on the streets of heaven
So tell me what do you need her for
Don't you know one day she'll be your little girl forever
But right now I need her so much more
Lord I know once you've made up your mind
There's no use in begging
So if you take her with you today
Will you make sure she looks both ways
And will you hold her hand when she crosses the streets of heaven

The streets of heaven