Title: End of the Line
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Merope
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 389
Summary: Merope is dying.
Notes:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Two Week Drabbles Wars - International Woman's Day: Task Prompt - Write your character nearing/at the end of their life. Are they happy with the choices they made? : Dialogue: "A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste." - Steel Magnolias

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Apollyon Pringle - Bronze - Prompts Used - Destroy, Late, Mark, Spirit

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Candy from the Trolly - Fizzy Wizzy - Prompts - operator and perfect.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Candy from the Trolly - Licorice Comfits - Prompts - better and sort

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: [Writing Club!] The Word Prompt Express - Prompt Used - 72. Blind

Merope laid in bed. Everything would have been nearly perfect if she wasn't in the hospital dying.

The x-ray operator came in to visit like he did every day. One had to be blind to not notice that no one ever visited Merope, so he liked to do his part when he was done working.

He didn't know if he made things better for her, but at least she knew someone thought about her.

This was one of those visits and Merope just knew it would be his last late night visit. Her body was being destroyed from the inside out, and she didn't think she would survive another night.

Even with that knowledge being sorted in her head, she couldn't help but laugh. The operator, Evan, laughed along with her.

She took his hand, rubbing her thumb over the mark on the back of it. "Thank you," she whispered.

Evan smiled slightly. "I wish I got to know you when you were younger. I bet you had a lot of spirit."

Merope didn't say anything. If she had showed any spirit, her father and brother would have beaten it out of her, but she didn't want Evan to know that.

"You should keep touching people with your humor. A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste after all."

Evan nodded. He looked at the clock, and she knew it was time for him to leave.

He leaned over and kissed her forehead.

"Goodbye," she whispered.

Evan looked at her long and hard, as if he was memorizing her features. "Goodbye," he echoed.

When she was left alone, she thought about her life.

She knew she had made mistakes. She knew she was wrong to drug Tom with love potions, but she had been blinded by love. She knew she did the best thing she could when she gave Tom Jr. to the orphanage. With a Muggle father, and a mother with very little magic, it was possible that he would be a squib. At least now, he'll be able to live a normal life with a loving Muggle family.

So, even though she made mistakes, she thought she did everything she could to rectify them.

As her eyes closed and her heartbeat slowed, she knew she was ready to leave this world and go onto the next.