Okay this is the final chapter, chapter. I may or may not do an epilogue, so if I don't, I hoped you liked it. I know it wasn't fantastic, but I think I did pretty good for my first serious multi- chapter fic. This chapter is back in Hermione's point of view, and it's themed to the song "Let it Slide" by Joanna. Listening to the song helps, and I hope you like it, get it, or both.

Disclaimer: I do not own HP, or the song "Let It Slide" by Joanna.

Let It Slide

It's a touch without feelings

It's a kiss without love

It's the faith that we're losing

And the truth that we hide

Looking at an old picture of me, Harry, and Ron, we look so happy. Hogwarts is sitting as regal as ever in the background, and there's snow falling in soft white cotton balls all around us.

It's a tear without cryin'

It's a word with no sound

It's my heart full of sorrow

And a lovere left behind

Ms.Granger:

We are sorry to inform you that Mr. Ronald Weasley has died. Somehow, he smuggled in a very potent liquid sedative and drank more than the legal amount specified. By the time we found him, the drug had overpowered his immune system; so unfortunately, there was nothing we could do. We are sorry for your loss and will preserve his body until you arrange for a proper burial.

Sincerely,

Magicians Against Alcohol Consumption

(MAAC)

Keep me from fallin', from fallin'

You got to set me free

Free from cryin', from cryin'

And now it's clear to see

See that I'm leavin', I'm leavin'

Cause it's time to let me be

I got the letter while Harry and I were celebrating his completion of the muggle life sessions with a quiet dinner at Grimmauld's Place. Harry was back, and he no longer seemed so far away from the rest of the world. During the process of the classes, he explained to me what he had felt. That night I think I cried more than when I learned of Dumbledore's death.

Let it slide, let it slide

I know it hurts when I say good-bye

But the time has come

Let me spread my wings

It's Time to let me fly

As soon as I finished the letter, it slipped slowly from my hands. Harry caught it mid fall, and quickly glanced over it. The frown that had spread across his face when I dropped the letter deepened. I hadn't seen this coming. After Harry started progressing throughout the life sessions, I received nothing but good reports from the MAAC about Ron. Of course, I assumed that meant that he was progressing, but now I know it meant that he just wasn't worsening.

It's a room full of silence

It's a day without light

Where anger keeps rising

And there's nothing left to say

"Harry? Was I wrong?" I questioned four days later after Ron had been buried the wizarding way beside Luna.

"Honestly, Mione? No, you weren't. If you had let him keep going the way he was, he just would have died sooner and maybe in a more painful way," he replied truthfully looking me directly in the eye.

It's your face at the window

It's the world passing by

And the love that we shared

And the love we followed

Turned to pain along the way

"I knew, about Luna. I knew. I knew how much she meant to him, but I never told him that I didn't care. I never really liked Ron, and I thought they made a cute couple. Why didn't he tell me?" I inquired of Harry in a faint whisper.

"Luna. Luna didn't want to hurt you. You know everyone's fantasy about us. They never thought we would want things any other way than the fairy tale one," he replied.

Let it slide, let it slide

I know it hurts when I say good-bye

But the time has come

Let me spread my wings

Time to let me fly

"Oh," was all I could say.

Slide...slide...slide...

Then we said goodbye to our best friend for a final time. I placed a single red rose on Ron's grave, and Harry placed another on Luna's. Then, we walked out of the graveyard, and reminisced about Hogwarts for the rest of our walk back to Grimmauld's Place. The Golden Trio really was no more, but we will always have those times when we were sober, even if we were in pain.

Let it slide, let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come let me spread my wings...
time to let me fly
Come on baby let it slide, let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
The time has come to let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly

"It's just you and me now, Harry," I said.

"I think we'll be fine."

Let it slide let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye but
The time has come let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly

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