The next day, getting in one of her moods, Emma walked alone down by the lake and took her usual seat by the waters edge. She came out here to think sometimes, something about the way the water moved calmed her and brought back memories for her of happier days. Ron had taken her here for their first date only two years prior to that day.

"Hey" she heard behind her and turned to find Ron standing there, his hands in his pockets

"Do you mind if I join you?" he asked her and she looked at him for a moment before motioning him to sit next to her. "Doesn't seem too long ago does it?" he asked her and she stared ahead. "I don't suppose so, only a couple of months" she told him and brought her knees to her chest.

"I don't think I ever said sorry" Ron told her and she cocked her head to the left and shook her head, saying a silent no.

"I should have told you about Lav when things started to progress with her but I didn't want to lose you Em" he told her and she took a deep breath, trying to push the tears away.

"Yeah you should have but you didn't Ron, that's the thing, you acted like you didn't even care and your little jealous rage was that excuse you needed to get rid of me...I was a fool to think you actually cared about me" Emma said, keeping her eyes on the water.

"I did care Emma; you were my world, you were my sun, the moon, the wind, the water...you were my everything" he told her and took her hands in his.

"Once upon a time" she told him and he laughed.

"You used to start all your stories like that, a habit of yours from those stories you used to tell James" he said with a soft laugh and she smiled at the mention of her little brother.

"He's six now" she told him and he smiled. "The big six eh, I remember vaguely when Ginny turned six. She had big pink balloons and Charlie gave her a piggy back ride to that little pond by the woods" Ron said and Emma smiled.

"Well, there were no pink balloons and piggy back rides but he did have a huge cake with Superman on it" Emma told him and turned towards him slightly.

"One of those super heroes he loves so much? I thought he loved Batman?" Ron asked with a smile.

"The heart of a six year old child changes often" Emma told him and then laughed for the first time in ages. He stared at her as she laughed with a small smiled.

"Do that" Ron told her. "Do what?" she asked him and raised an eyebrow "Laugh, smile, something other than sulking" he told her. "I do not..." "Sulk" they said at the same time and Ron gave her a small smile.

"You do too. I miss you Em, this is what I want...me and you hanging out like old times" Ron told her and she stood and rubbed her hands on her jeans.

"I do too Ron, I miss those days but we can never go back to how it used to be" she told him with a sad smile. "Do you love her?" she asked, looking down at her feet. "I think I could...never as much as I loved you but it could happen" Ron told her and she looked up at him.

"If you loved me so much, why you did it?" she asked him. From behind the tree Cho leaned closer to the conversation and smiled and ran off to tell Cedric all about this little talk between the ex lovers. Cho knew the reason he had broken up her and it was a legitimate reason, they had been growing apart, but she planned on getting him back. If her plan was going to work, she needed Emma not to be in the picture.

"I...I don't know really. I suppose...no, I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did. One moment we're talking about our potions essay and the next she's all over me and she's different than you. I don't really want to talk about it because I don't want to hurt you" Ron told her.

"You cheated on me, I have the right to know why" Emma told him. Ron tucked a stray hair behind her ear before he started again.

"She's feisty, smart, funny, a bit of a pain in the ass, loud and out there. She listens to me and understands when I don't need help, you…well you try to help everyone. I don't know why I did what I did but I made a mistake " he told her and she nodded her head.

"Once upon a time, you loved me too Ron" Emma said and hugged him.

"Be happy Ron, that's all I've ever and will ever want for you and if she breaks you're heart, I'll be there to kick her ass" Emma said and kissed his cheek.

"I better go, it's getting cold" Emma told him and walked away. "Are you coming?" she asked him and he looked at her then the lake "I brought you here because this places reminds me of you" he told her and she looked at him and smiled as the rain started to pour. "Ron, come on, it's raining and we'll catch a cold out here" she told him hugging her sweater to her. "Let me say this, then we'll go inside" he told her and she sighed "Fine" she said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"The water was always so calm when I was here, something about my emotions or something like that. The waves were soft, like you. You're gentle and kind and so full of love and life like the waves and the ripples. You're laugh was like the wind, light and airy and something you would want to hear for the rest of your life. You love like there's nothing to it, like it's the easiest thing in the world. You laugh with your whole body, from the tips of that soft hair to your perfect little toes. You cry for those who have no one to cry for them...Emma, you're the ocean, you're the waves, the wind and the sun and don't ever let someone take that from you" he told her and she smiled thru her tears.

"Thank you" she told him and he took her by the elbow "You're the reason I'm still alive, when dad died I thought that was it for me but you brought me back, you didn't give up on me and I won't let you give up on me" he told her and she smiled and let out a deep breath.

"Ron, once upon a time ago you were it for me, you were my everything but the minute you cheated, you lost that and now...now you're just Ron to me, the boy I was in love with, the boy who kissed me first, the first for everything Ron. I will, could never, not love you Ron, I will always love you and when you need me, I won't give up on you" she told him with a smiled.

"Jump on" he told her and she smiled before jumping on his back and wrapping her legs and arms around him as he ran towards the castle as friends.

"So... are we friends again?" Ron asked as Emma came down with Ginny and Hermione and she looked at his hand before she took it and pulled him into a hug "Always and forever" she told him and shook her wet curls on him and he laughed before tickling her.

"I realized something tonight, that even though those who hurt you the most are still the ones you love most" Emma told Ginny.

"I wish you two were still together" Ginny told her. "I used to too" she told the red head and Ginny smiled.

"But hey, you got the Quittich captain now, so it's all good...Oh Cedric you're so dreamy" Ginny said in a mock high pitched voice.

"Can it Ginny" Emma said and thru a pillow at her head and knocked the young girl off the bed. "FOUL" Ginny yelled and Emma laughed. "This isn't a game Ginny, just a friendly exchange of pillows being tossed at ones head at high speeds" Emma said before throwing another one. The two girls tossed pillows and jumped on their beds, laughing so hard they cried. That night Emma dreamed of Cedric, for the first time.