Promises
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER
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Maybe I shouldn't have done that.
They deserve some happiness after all that's happened.
I have to get out of here.
I can't feel anything other than pain, grief and loss.
I haven't really felt anything since that day.
Since I gave up.
I hear sniffles from the common room.
"Hello?"
The sniffles stop and I see a face framed by red hair turn towards me.
"Harry..."
More sniffles.
"Draco...he's..."
She cries for the love she lost, for the love she has and for the man who sacrificed everything to save her.
Ginny. I'm sorry.
"I'm sorry Gin. I wasn't fast enough. I wasn't good enough."
She shakes her head and pats the couch.
"You're wrong."
She shifts over as I sit down.
"You're wrong Harry. And no one blames you for anything. You did what you had to do. You always have, with no questions or complaints."
It's always what I had to do. It's never what I could have done. What I should have done.
"And now you don't have to do anything else. You can do anything you want."
Not anything.
"You can even tell Hermione that..."
I shake my head. I can't tell her that.
"You can Harry. I know you can, you just don't want to."
Ron was my very first friend. The first person to see me and not think "Freak". I can't break his heart. I won't do that.
"I can't. You don't understand Gin. I can't do that to him. Not after everything he's done for me."
I see the comprehension dawn on her face.
She understands me and what I'm trying to say and what I can't do.
"I'm leaving."
She nods.
"I don't know where I'm going, or how long I'm going to be gone."
Another nod.
"Have you told them?"
Wasn't planning on it.
"No."
"Then neither will I. I hope you find what you're looking for Harry."
So do I.
"Bye."
Goodbye Ginny.
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