Sweetest Sorrow

"Miss him? I Don't miss him!"

Ron hadn't heard Harry say that, but Colin had, and Colin gladly told him everything.

If he wasn't missed, then he wasn't needed, loved, or probably even liked to begin with. He'd been nothing but a bumbling sidekick.

He'd come into this world unnoticed; he could depart it unnoticed.

Ron pressed the blade against his wrist and closed his eyes.

"Ron, hurry up!" Fred suddenly called into the loo. "Charlie's here. He can't wait to see ya!"

Ron was sure his brother's words couldn't be true, but he withdrew his blade. "Be right out."