Sidelines by Lady in Red

Rating: PG
Genres: Angst, Romance
Relationships: Harry & Hermione
Book: Harry & Hermione, Books 1 - 7
Published: 27/08/2008
Last Updated: 27/08/2008
Status: Completed

Ron Weasley lied through his teeth, just to make his best friends happy. Because that's what
friends do, no matter how much it hurts.




1. Letting Go
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters associated with it.

Title: Sidelines
Rating: PG/K+
Prompt: Lies (29)

Characters: Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger
Pairing: Harry/Hermione, Ron/Hermione
Summary: Ron Weasley lied through his teeth, just to make his best friends happy. He just
didn't know it'd hurt so much

As much as he didn't want to admit it, they looked good together— Harry and Hermione, that
is. They were dancing, but no longer matching the rhythm of the music, but neither seemed to care.
They were too busy looking into each other's eyes with one of those idiotic hopelessly-in-love
smiles plastered on each of their faces. It was sickening to look at, but he couldn't seem to
turn his eyes away. It was like watching a wreck, but instead of it being two brooms or a train,
the wreck was *his* life. He could have— should have — been the one holding Hermione in his
arms, dancing like nothing else in the world even matter. In fact, he used to be the guy holing
Hermione in his arms. What happened?

*What happened?* It was a stupid question really. Ron knew perfectly well what happened.
They had fought. A lot. They fought over little things and they fought over big things. They would
argue over which restaurant to have dinner at or what color to paint the bathroom in their flat.
(Was there really such a big difference between mango peach and peach mango?) Eventually, Hermione
got sick of their petty fights and stormed out. Ron never went after her, and she didn't come
back. A few months later, she and Harry began dating.

Ron felt like he had been stabbed in the back when he found out about his two best friend's
relationship. It was the worst kind of betrayal. Hadn't Harry once told him that he only
thought of Hermione as a sister? That feeling had obviously changed. When had it? Ron didn't
know and he wasn't sure if he actually wanted to. Did Harry begin to develop feeling toward
Hermione when they were still a couple? Was that why Harry ended it with Ginny? Harry had told him
it was because Ginny was too clingy and that in the end, he couldn't envision a future with
her. Was that because he was envisioning his future with Hermione? The thought made Ron sick. How
could Harry betray him like that?

They even had the audacity to ask if it was okay— them being together that is. They even told
him if it wasn't, they wouldn't continue with their relationship. They had been serious
when they came to him, and what did he do? He laughed. He laughed in the faces of he two best
friends. *Of course it was okay for* *them to be together. He had no* *problem with it.
He was happy for them.* *Why did they ever think to ask for his permission? Hahahaha…* He
wanted to hex them, to make him feel the pain he was feeling. So what did he do? Ron Weasley lied
through his teeth. He said the opposite of what he truly felt to make his friends happy. Because in
the end, they were his friends. Seeing them together hurt like hell, but they were still his
friends and in the end, they deserved some happiness. Merlin knows Harry needed some after
everything he went through…

So here Ron was, sitting on the sidelines at a celebration party— had it really been three years
since Voldemort was defeated?— watching his two best friends slow dance to an upbeat song, lost in
each other. They would have looked like idiots if they didn't look like they were so much in
love. He would have laughed at them anyway, if they weren't Harry and Hermione. Because they
were his best friends and best friends did what they had to do, even if it killed him.

-Fin-

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