"Okay, so my first question..." I said to Harry, as we sat alone in front of the Gryffindor common room fire "If you could go back in time and re-do any day, what would it be, and why?"
"The Yule ball." he responded almost immediately "Honestly, one of my biggest regrets has been leaving the Yule Ball with Ron, instead of being there for you."
"Well, I don't blame you." I said, moving closer to him "You had just patched things up with Ron. If you would've stayed with me instead of leaving with him, things between the two of you could've gotten bad again."
"That's another one."
"Another one what?" I asked
"Regret." He answered blatantly "During our time at Hogwarts, I always prioritized my friendship with Ron over my friendship with you. And when he would say all these horrible things about you, I didn't say anything."
"Your friendship with Ron was-and still is-very important to you, Harry." I said, placing a hand on his arm
"Maybe...but if Ginny said anything awful about me after our break-up, wouldn't you have said something."
"Yeah, but I was always closer to you than I was with Ginny."
"And I'm not closer to Ron than I am with you." Harry said, taking me slightly by surprise
"You're not?" I asked and he shook his head
"I mean, sure, Ron's great and all...but a part of him always saw me as 'the boy who lived', or 'the chosen one'....but you saw me as just Harry. And because of that, I never questioned whether you really wanted to be my friend or if you had an ulterior motive."
"Ulterior motive?" I laughed "I became your friend because you saved me from a gigantic troll, not because you're Harry Potter." I said, still laughing a bit
"You know I was just in the middle of giving a speech on how you're the best friend I could've asked for, and you laugh at me? Come on, Mione."
"I'm sorry, but the phrasing was weird." I said
"The phrasing was weird." He said mockingly, which caused me to playfully hit him on the shoulder, which then lead to a mini wrestling contest.
Eventually, he had me pinned to the floor...
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Regrets & Realizations
FanfictionReturning back for her seventh year was hard enough as it was, but even harder than that was admitting that her feelings for Harry had changed.
