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.x. A Simple, Cherished Wish .x.
That night the sparkle in your eyes put the stars to shame. I just wish they had sparkled for me. Who would have thought that I could fall in love with someone I hated at first? We've been friends since the incident with the troll, but I want to be so much more. I saved your life, so why did you pick him?
I was cleaning out my drawers when I came across a picture of us together. It had been buried underneath papers and folders and mountains of junk; it was strewn with dust. Do you remember the day? We were eighteen, enjoying an ice cream in Diagon Alley. It's the picture Harry took as you were laughing at a joke I had made. I loved it when you laughed at my jokes. I wish you still did.
That was the last day I ever saw you. We had planned on seeing each other again in the near future, but somehow it always got postponed. Eventually, I think we both gave up. Resigned. Now I wish I hadn't given in so easily. I've tried owling you, I even tried looking you up in a fellytone book, but to no avail. I don't suppose Viktor Krum or his wife would ever be listed in a Muggle tone book. I wonder if you even have a fellytone. I guess you would—your parents are Muggles, after all.
But why did you marry him? Viktor Krum. You looked so beautiful at the Yule Ball… I think I fell in love with you all over again that night. I just wish it had been me staring into your amazing eyes instead of him. The international celebrity, the godsend of a Quidditch player. I supported him; I cheered for him at the World Cup. Back when I still had you by my side. We are not special, however—all friendships disintegrate in time. I just wish I could have had a bit longer with you.
I spend my time writing this, a letter I know I will never send. I have planned this letter for weeks. After all, I have to convince myself that your affections can be regained one day. I live a half-life, my dear, consumed only by the desire to have you by my side again. I need you, Hermione. I love you. I have always loved you.
You just never loved me back.