This chapter is REALLY short, but I wanted to post something, and I hit writers block, and can just not process another word.
Now would be a good time to mention that this takes place in late summer before book 6, so before the events of HBP.
Previously:
Hermionie sighed, " I'm sorry Harry," she said, " I – I think I was wrong. I love Ron… as a friend, but I think I love you more."
"You're not the first to fall for Harry Potter, you know, and you won't be the last," a voice said from the doorway.
Hermionie turned around and gasped, looking at the face of the red head who has just appeared in the doorway.
Hermionie quickly wiped her eyes, "Oh, Ginny, hi, I ummm I didn't see you come in..."
"But, you heard me right? Because I heard you."
"Ya, of course, but really have no idea what you're talking about," Hermionie lied, "I'm not in love, I mean, I can't, I"
Ginny smirked, "I never said you were. Those are your words, but I guess it's the truth huh?"
Hermionie closed her eyes, trying to block out the moment. "Okay," she thought to herself, "maybe when I open my eyes she'll be gone. She's not here, please, don't be here, I don't want to deal with this." Hermionie cracked one eye open and peered at the doorway. She breathed a sigh of relief, Ginny was gone.
"You have to tell him you know, he deserves that much."
Hermionie jumped and looked at her window seat where Ginny now sat, she silently cursed at herself. She sat there debating with herself for several minutes, before she decided that she couldn't avoid the confrontation any more. "Harry knows," she said, looking up at Ginny, "but he decided - we decided together that it could never work."
Ginny smiled kindly at Hermionie, "I wasn't talking about him, I meant Ron. You can't go through with this date Hermionie, it wouldn't be fair to either of you."
Hermionie looked away from her friend, "Ginny it's complicated, I couldn't bear to hurt Ron like that."
Ginny joined Hermionie at her bed and held her hand, "Trust me, when this all falls apart - and you know it will - it'll hurt him a million times more."
Hermionie shook her head, "No," she said, " I could fall in love with him. We could make it work."
Ginny shook her head, " Hermionie come on," she said softly, " You can't force yourself to fall in love with someone any more then you can force yourself to fall out of love with someone else."
Hermionie sighed; she knew that Ginny was right. She got up and walked over to her window. Harry was still sitting under the willow. She turned back to Ginny and managed a smile. "Thanks," she said, "I think you've helped. I need to go have a chat with someone."
"Glad to help," Ginny said, a fake smile planted on her face.
Hermionie stopped on her way to the door, " Are you sure that you're okay?" she asked, " I know that you always had this thing for Harry, and well, I don't want anything to come between us either."
Ginny shook her head, "Go talk to him," she said, "You make him happy, besides, I'm over him, or, at least, I will be, go talk to him. I'd rather see the two of you happy together then miserable apart."
"Thanks," Hermionie said, hugging Ginny " You're a good friend," she said, walking towards the door.
Ginny walked towards the window and glanced down at the willow tree below her. She could see Harry's face light up as Hermionie walked towards him. She sighed to herself, "you two better really love each other Harry's not someone girls get over easily."
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