Waiting on an Angel by sarahmay Rating: G Genres: Angst, Drama Relationships: Harry & Hermione Book: Harry & Hermione, Books 1 - 6 Published: 13/04/2006 Last Updated: 13/04/2006 Status: In Progress Just a short little fic - please read it, it's my birthday:D lol 1. Waiting on an Angel ---------------------- **Author's Note: Well, this is my birthday present for all of you (even though it's my birthday…oh well:D Sweet Sixteen! Yay!)** **This is by no means a super happy fic…or an incredibly sad one. It's very short, but it just came to me when someone used this song for prayer in school…** **If you get the chance, listen to “Waiting on an Angel” by Ben Harper - the way he sings it is how this story is supposed to feel. I hope you enjoy it!** **(It's unbeta-ed..So yea, but then again, when have I ever had a beta?)** **Bubyes!** **-Sarah Belle** **Waiting on an Angel** The rose was an obvious contrast against the freshly fallen snow. The petals looked oddly beautiful setting atop the cold marble slab with a few words etched across its face. I knelt down before the stone and gently brushed away some snow that had been blown into the last words. *My Angel*. A pang of emptiness filled me. She was my angel, and what I wouldn't give to have her back…to hear her voice just one more time. “Please,” I whispered to the nothingness surrounding me. “Please.” xxxxxx “Happy Birthday!” The sentiment echoed throughout the crowded room of the Burrow. My best friend's daughter was eight today. I smiled as she ripped open her gifts; everyone was smiling today. Almost everyone. I suddenly felt faint. I would never watch my children smile gleefully as they opened their birthday presents. I would never have children. She would never be a mother, nor I a father. I felt that familiar coldness sweep through my soul. That feeling of emptiness that was slowly eating away my being. On the outside I might look fine - even happy at times - but inside I was slowly dying. I knew it. All I needed was my Angel… xxxxxx I sat gingerly at the base of the willow tree, setting my cane at my side on the ground. Her tombstone sat before me, still as solid and cold as it was the day it was placed in that spot some eighty years ago. A breeze gently tousled my hair, silver from age, as she had so many times before. I was so tired. So very, very tired. As I began to drift off, I could feel her presence engulf me, and the coldness and the aching vanished. I was no longer alone. My Angel had come for me… *waiting on an angel one to carry me home hope you come to see me soon cause i don' t want to go alone i don' t want to go alone now angel won' t you come by me angel hear my plea take my hand lift me up so that i can fly with thee so that i can fly with thee and i'm waiting on an angel and i know it won' t be long to find myself a resting place in my angel's arms in my angel's arms so speak kind to a stranger cause you'll never know it just might be an angel come knockin' at your door knockin' at your door and i'm waiting on an angel and i know it won't be long to find myself a resting place in my angel's arms in my angel's arms waiting on an angel one to carry me home hope you come and see me soon cause i don' t want to go alone i don't want to go alone don' t want to go i don't want to go alone* -->