Betrayal-A Harmione Fanfic

Chapter 10

Over the next several months, I threw myself into my work. Mission after mission, call after all, I spent as little time at home as possible. When I did have free time, I spent it in Diagon Alley, hiding out in the Leaky Caldron. I couldn't remember ever drinking so much butterbeer.

By the end of the first week in January, the potion had completely worn off. I no longer felt anything for Ginny, except anger, and a small amount of pity. She had truly deluded herself, and while I was furious with her for going as far as she did, I felt sorry that I had led her on—though I honestly had no idea how I'd done it.
As the seasons changed, and the world grew warmer, my own heart thawed a bit. My anger nearly dissipated, I wrote letters to both Ron and Hermione, and finally took down the wards at Grimmauld Place. Hermione was the first to visit, which both pleased me and made me nervous.

"I brought you some wine," she smiled when she came, "because even in this world of magical treats and tricks, there is nothing quite so satisfying as a glass of wine when you're feeling down."

I chuckled. "Bless you and your raised-by-Muggle-parents ways."

She poured a glass for both of us, taking a slow sip. "What are you going to do?"

"What do you mean?"

Hermione set her glass on an end table. "Well, you would be well within your rights to press charges against her. The use of love potions is illegal."

To be honest, I had thought of that. But I shook my head. "So you know what the press still do to her? To the whole family? And they'll be beating down my door trying to get the 'inside scoop.' I don't to deal with that, and I don't want to make the rest of the family deal with that."

Nodding her head, she retrieved her wine glass. "I suppose I understand that. But... you are divorcing her?"

"Undoubtedly."

'Well then,'she said with a truly un-Hermione-ish giggle,'I suppose we're allowed to do this.'

Then she was kissing me unlike anyone had ever kissed me before. It felt as the the world was in one world and we were in another. She tasted strongly of fresh strawberries.
Though the kiss was slow and almost friendly,it was unlike anything I had ever experienced before.
She drew back,looked directly into my eyes,and said,'I love you,Harry Potter.'
'I love you too,Hermione Granger.'
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I received an unwelcome surprise, one afternoon in May, in the form of Ginny begging me to take her back. She held in her hands her copy of the divorce papers, unsigned.

"We're finished, Ginny," I insisted. "Sign the damn papers."

"No," she sobbed. "I love you, Harry."

"If you really loved me, you wouldn't have tried to force me to love you. Love means sacrificing your own wants to ensure someone else's happiness. You did the exact opposite."

She hiccuped and shook her head. "Please, Harry. I need you."

I sighed. "This isn't you, Ginny. You've always been such a fiery, tenacious woman. You took the hits as they came, and you let them roll off your back like they meant nothing. 'Making lemonade from lemons,' that's what you used to say. What happened to that Ginny?"

As if realizing first time that she had changed, Ginny stared at me. "I... I don't know."

"I think I do," I said gently. "I think... I think you knew, deep down, that this wasn't going to end well, and that made you sad, even slightly crazy. I don't mean that as an insult, I promise. Sometimes we feel crazy, because things don't turn out quite how we wanted. But it's really important that we don't dwell on those times, or try to force things into the direction we want. Because... life is going to go the way it's meant to, no matter how we try and change it."

Ginny stood there, gazing at me, for several long seconds. She took a long, shuddering breath, then, finally, said in a quiet voice, "Do you have a pen?"
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Author's note-
Ha! So the Hinny ship has ended for good. Guys,please watch the video. It maybe be a bit more relevant to the films rather than the books,but it's nevertheless realistic .
Once again,I apologize for my delay in updating.
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