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A/N: Okay so now this is a two-shot... it's not as good as the first chapter but most of you wanted another chapter soooo...
Comfort Guy Chapter 2: Alone
There will be no more of her 'visits' to my house. At least I would hope not. You see as of this moment she is walking down an isle, and no, it's not an isle in a bookstore.
Some of you may have guessed it. She is getting married, and as she walks down that aisle, she is looking at me.
Well actually she is looking a couple feet to my right. You know- the place where the groom is standing. I bet I had a couple of you fooled on that one. Ha! Hermione Anne Granger, marrying me? It's only been my dream since I was eleven. Hermione Weasley has a nice ring to it. Don't you think? But no, her 'new' last name will be Roger. She's marrying Ben Roger.
I'm wearing a fake smile. A fake mood. Everything about me is fake. Maybe today is a nightmare, and in a couple of seconds I'll wake up.
She's in place now, right next to him. I'm tuning the whole thing out. Am I stopping the worst thing in my life from happening? No, I'm not.
pinch I wince. Nope, this is not a nightmare.
I didn't object. They're married. I'm standing here, all alone. I'll always be alone. Alone is a scary word. The song just ended, she's parting from Ben. She's coming my way.
Duck. Run. Hide. Shit, I can't fit into the punch bowl. I'm looking desperately around now. There's no where to go.
"Hey Ron." She's standing next to me now.
"Er-Hi?"
"There's something I always wanted to tell you, there just wasn't enough time before the wedding."
"What is it?" I asked hopefully. Probably a bit too hopefully.
"You remember those nights when I use to come to your house? I would be crying. My boyfriend-of-the-month had broken up with me." I nodded. "Well, I've always thought you were the sweetest guy. You were like a com-"
'No God, no. Please do not let her say those words to me. The words I've feared for eleven years. The words that haunt my dreams. Anything but those words.'
"-Well you were like my 'comfort guy' I guess." She looked at me expectantly.
'Now or never, now or never…'
"Hermione, there's something I need to tell you also."
"Yeah?"
"Y- I love you."
She smiled and hugged me. "I love you too Ron. You're a really good friend."
I choked on the air I was breathing. If that is even possible. Doesn't she get it?
"Hermione I don't think you unders-"
"Hermione, come on! I want another dance!" Came Ben's voice from the dance floor.
"I'm sorry Ron, but this will have to wait." She quickly left me sitting there.
I'm alone once again.