Chapter 4
When Hermione got to the aisle she was shocked. "What am I doing?" She asked herself out loud. "Moving on" Fred said from behind her. "NO! I'm not I can't, this isn't right!" she cried and stormed out of the building. As soon as she stepped outside she ran into someone's chest. "This isn't fair to him! I can't do this!" Hermione screamed into the chest of the mystery person who was cradling her in their arms. "Yes it is, you can move on without forgetting him" they said in a deep voice. Hermione's curiosity got the better of her as she looked up to see Blaise Zabini.
"Oh, it's you I didn't know" Hermione said desperately trying to compose herself as people were starting to stare at them, as Fred and George screeched to halt in front of the two. "Oh good you got her" George sighed in relief. "Why did you run?" Fred asked with hurt eyes, but instantly tried to cover them before Hermione noticed. Fred wasn't quick enough for George not to notice. 'DAMN!' he thought frantically, he knew George wasn't gonna let this go by. The little bugger probably knew why Fred was hurt too. "Can we just go home, please?" Hermione asked looking at George. "Yeah, let's go" He said wrapping an arm around her fragile shoulders. "Hey Blaise, you coming with?" George asked squeezing Hermione to him. "Nah, Mum's waiting at home, thanks for the offer" Blaise said as he smiled at Hermione as he walked away. She smiled back half-heartedly, still feeling ashamed of herself.
"Hey guys you get the ice cream?" Ginny asked with a bright smile. "No" Fred answered glaring off into the distance walking right past Hermione who tried to hold his hand. Ginny saw this little action was instantly pissed off at him. Hermione frowned and looked to the ground. "What's wrong 'Mione?" he questioned her pulling her in front of him as they sat down in the living room. "Did I do something to Fred?" she asked not looking him in they eye. "Why?" he asked trying to make sense of the question. He didn't catch the fact that she tried to hold his hand but he blew right past her. "Well I went to hold his hand to make sure he was okay because, he seemed odd when asked why I ran, and he just walked straight past me inside." Hermione finished looking at George. "Well, you know Fred, he's just being weird." George said with a reassuring smile. "Well, actually I don't. I don't know Fred. Could that be it? That he hates spending time with me? What if he hates me?" Hermione asked tears welling up in her eyes. "No, no, 'Mione I know he doesn't hate you. No one could ever hate you!" George exclaimed making Hermione smile. "Okay then well when you see him, tell him I'm sorry for whatever I did" Hermione said sadly as she stood up and walked back outside.
"FREDRICK ARTHOLOMOUS WEASELY YOU'RE A PRAT!" George shouted at Fred as he stormed into his bedroom. "What did I do?!" Fred shouted back. "You know what you did!" George bit out. "NO I DON'T!" Fred yelled getting mad at George. "Well then, there's a girl downstairs upset and ashamed of herself because she think you hate her because you ignored her?!" George asked viciously, pushing Fred. "Who, Ginny?" Fred asked. "Wow, you already forgot? No, not Ginny, Hermione!" George exclaimed pushing Fred again. "What did I do to her?!" Fred asked trying to cover up what he knew George knew. "Well first when you asked why she ran away you had this look in your eyes that was really close to being hurt and disappointed, then you walk right by her when she tries to give you comfort because she thinks you were mad at her because she ran away!" George explained in one breath. "Oh, well" Fred said shrugging. George took a step back disgusted with Fred. "By the way, she told me to tell you she's sorry" George said as he walked out.
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While George and Fred were having their argument Hermione was outside wishing she knew what she did. She was outside, just on the edge of the Weasley's property where a lake-sized pond sat serenely. "Why do I care so much?" She asked herself as she sat down at the side of the pond. "I don't know do you?" a voice asked behind her. She didn't recognize the voice. "No, I don't" she said more to herself than the other person. "Well that's okay because probably they don't know why either" the person stated. She turned around and Harry was standing there, "Wow, it's been awhile" she said turning back to the pond. "I know 'Mione and I'm really sorry, but it's just that it feels weird to be with you and not be with him." Harry said as he sat down beside her. "I know what you mean. It's not like me and you never hung out without him but it was the fact that he could always be with us, now he can't." Hermione said her voice cracking. "I'm sorry I've been a shitty friend but I had to take care of Ginny and being with you just hurt so badly." Harry said as he took her hand. "It's like I thought I was in so much pain but it hurt me to even think about how much pain you were in I just couldn't be one of the people that told you it was going to be alright, I'm sorry Hermione I just couldn't!" Harry said as tears streamed down his cheeks. "I know I should have tried to help you too" Hermione said as she leaned her head on his shoulder. "From now on we'll stick together just like the good old time!" Harry said as he stood up offering her his hand. She took it and smiled kindly.
"Okay before we get back is there anything else I should know?" Harry asked smiling. "Well this morning I went with Fred and George to muggle London for some ice cream that we didn't get because I had a breakdown and ran into Blaise and cried my eyes out, then Fred got totally upset with me for reasons unknown." Hermione said all in one breath. "Okay, you wanna talk about it?" Harry asked. "No, I think I'm just going to see where it goes." Hermione sighed as they reached the door. "Anymore questions?" Hermione asked Harry as she turned and faced him. "Why did you run away from the store, back with Fred and George?" Harry asked as he pressed Hermione to his chest. "Well I was actually laughing and having a good time but, when I got to the aisle the ice cream was in I freaked out because I realized I was moving on" Hermione said as tears seeped through his shirt to Harry's skin. "Hermione, it's okay to move on, because you'll never forget Ron. You know he would've wanted you to move on because in his heart he knows you'll never forget him. No one knew you better than him and if he says it's okay to move on it is!" Harry said giving her a reassuring squeeze. "How do you know he said that it's okay to move on?" Hermione asked as she wiped her tears. "The night before the last battle he told me that if anything happened to him that, he wanted us all to move on." Harry said as he opened the door for both of them.