They say 'Never say Never'

Dear "the one,"

You don't notice me, not really. Not for whom I am. Not for whom I want you to know I am. I fade into the background. I become a shadow of a life once happily lived. You went your way and I went mine, but I still miss you. Ever since she came into the picture, the frame has become withered and broken. The life I once loved is gone, as is my heart.

I see you, and her, in the papers a lot, I try not to think about it, how it tears me up inside to see you kissing and hugging, smiling that godforsaken smitten smile with her on the front page of the Prophet. I loved you, I always loved you. But I was just always the friend. The BEST friend, or did that never register in your mind? I was your best friend. But you were so much more than that to me. When all else failed, when your life came crashing down around you, she wasn't the one who stood by you, I was.

I don't hold any hope anymore, that you'll come to your senses and realize how wrong she is for you. I left all my hope behind the second you walked out on my life so many years ago. The sound of the door slamming behind you as you cut my heart-my hope- in half continues to haunt my once pleasant dreams. My heart was shattered, and you didn't even recognize it for what it was.

No, you don't notice me, you never did. You changed so much and I was always there, but you never noticed me. Not for whom I am, not for who I was. And while you might move on, and have moved on, I never will. I will never forget you Harry Potter. And I'll never forget how you never noticed me and never will.

They say 'never say never,'

Hermione Granger