A/N: Written for the Monthly Het-Tastic Drabble-athlon, Harry/Cho, #022 – starting over, the If You Dare Challenge, #722 – if I listened to myself, I'd…, and the Het-Pairings Boot Camp, #025 – again.
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84. Starting Over
I wanted to start things over,
set the record straight
even though I knew I'd already
stayed too long.
It'd been a bad time for both of us
but I'd let myself stray, become lost
and even if I know I made the right choice
in the end, I wanted to take it away.
That was how weak I was: I'd done the right thing
to put my dearer friend first, even if she'd been wrong –
except I knew she'd been wrong, so in a way that was
my responsibility too;
I'd brought us both to that; he'd trusted me
and I'd betrayed that trust with her
but still, she was a dear friend to me
And I did love him, truly, deep down
but it wasn't to be, and even though I tried,
we could never start all over again.