Halcyon ; Harry Potter [3]

Chapter Eighteen

After the meeting, when everyone was filing out of the Hogs Head, Hermione and Ron pulled Robyn away to the side to which she groaned. She turned her head to see Harry talking to Cho, their eyes alight with laughter.

Robyn swallowed the lump in her throat and ignored the burning in her eyes and turned back to Ron and Hermione, who both looked at her with concern.

"Robyn, you need to tell him. The truth." Hermione looked at her sternly but Robyn could see the sorrow in her eyes aswell.

Robyn sighed in frustration. "How can I? How am I meant to tell him that I was having a perfectly normal time with Noah when he suddenly came on to me out of nowhere? How am I meant to tell him I've been in love with him since third year!? Because Hermione, I've tried. I've had so many conversations in my head about it...it's not only affecting him you know. It's breaking me."

Hermione and Ron looked at her in sadness but kept their mouths shut, inviting Robyn to continue her rant.

"I wouldn't see why he cares anyway, he likes Cho. I've seen the way he looks at her and turns into a complete fool when she is around. He hasn't been talking to her a full year and he's already gotten further than I have in three years. Not to mention I have all this crap going on with the Ministry being against me and I even found out my parents might get sacked for it. Voldemort is at large and I'm absolutely terrified and if that isn't all, I've got to deal with a pink Dementor as a bloody professor!" Robyn sighed once she got it all out, feeling much more at ease now she was able to vent. That didn't stop the tears from building up in her eyes though.

"And what Dumbledore wanted with you." Hermione added softy.

Robyn ran a hand through her hair. "That too."

"Oh, what am I to do?" Robyn moaned.

Suddenly, Ron's eyes lit up and a ridiculously huge grin appeared on his face. "You love him?"

Robyn furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, not realising the words had slipped past her lips accidently.

Ron's grin grew until he looked equivalent to the Cheshire Cat. "You said-"

Suddenly Ginny came up behind them. "Hello. Sorry to intrude. I need Robyn for a minute. Is that okay? Okay, thanks!"

Before Robyn could even comprehend what was happening, she found herself being pulled outside by the red head. They stopped just outside the pub.

"Err, hi?" Robyn said, very unsure and confused.

"Hey!" Ginny smiled casually. "I just want to talk to you."

The chirpy look fell from Ginny's face and she turned serious. "I'm sorry."

Robyn did a double take. "Excuse me?"

Ginny sighed. "For how I acted towards you. I was stupid and I let a certain feeling of jealously overcome me and I acted irrationally."

Robyn stared at Ginny for a moment, not saying anything.

Ginny raised an eyebrow at the brunette and looked at her weirdly. "Are you going to say something? Or should I just go..."

Robyn snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh yes, sorry! You are very much forgiven."

"I am?"

Robyn looked sheepish. "Well yes. I too know how the jealousy thing works."

Ginny grinned. "Oh good. I didn't think it would be that easy. I wanted to tell you sooner but I just wanted to be certain of something."

"Certain of something?"

"That I was over Harry. It started in my third year, you're forth year. I didn't feel anything other than friendship and that's why I never looked or said anything to you. I wanted to be sure so I didn't apologise and then go back to my old, stupid ways." Ginny looked entirely confident with what she just admitted and Robyn couldn't help but be in slight awe at it.