Summer Love - Ron Weasley

33 - Morning After Thoughts

- Scene from Grey's Anatomy in this chapter that I do not own the copyrights to.

Ron's POV

I was awaken by Harry shaking me so I sit up. Lavender isn't here, I sent her home last night. I told her she had to be gone before Elena woke up but that wasn't true.

I had to get her out of there because I had too much guilt about last night. I sit up and Harry plops down onto the bed.

"She said I was a whore." Harry blurts out, placing his head in his hands.

"What?" I ask, rubbing my eyes.

"Cho. When she said she wanted to break up, I asked her why. The only thing she could come up with is that I'm a whore." Harry rubs his temples.

I sit up and place a hand on his back.

"I shagged her. Lavender. I shagged her and the entire time, I was thinking about Elena. I couldn't get it up or finish without thinking about Elena. Who's the bigger whore?" I ask, getting up to brush my teeth.

I begin to walk to the bathroom and Harry begins to talk.

"Do you love her?" he questions, causing me to freeze in my tracks.

"What?" I ask, looking back at him.

"Elena. Do you love her?" Harry queries again.

"Of course I do. But I can't be with her. I refuse to break her heart. She doesn't deserve it." I mumble, still frozen in the same spot.

Harry rolls his eyes and scoffs.

"Cat got your tongue? If you have something to say, say it Harry." I groan.

"Can't you see? You not being with her is what's breaking her heart." he looks up at me.

"Have lot's of experience with that, don't you, Harry?" I sit back down on the bed.

He fidgets nervously and I smack my forehead.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. It's just-. You weren't there that night. You weren't the one who had to pretend you didn't love her. You weren't the one who watched her struggle to sleep because of what you said, thinking you didn't know. It wasn't you, it was me." I whisper, laying back on the bed.

Harry stands up and walks to face me.

"You shouldn't have let her. She wants you. Actually, she needs you. You can't let her believe you don't love her because that's what hurts her. So go. Get the girl!" Harry exclaims, ushering me out of bed.

Harry is so right. I can't sit around and hurt this girl. I can tell how much this is killing her. So, I'm going to do something about it.

I mentally pump myself full of confidence as I march out of the room and walk down the hallway.

I get to Elena's door and I knock. I don't get an answer so I gently open the door.

"Hey, Elena. I know you said knock but-." I cut myself off.

Elena is sleeping beautifully, like she always is. But instead of her being alone, she's with Derek. I feel my heart shatter as I slowly close the door.

I stumble back to my room and I walk through the door. I ignore Harry's questions as I grab my trunk and pack all of my things.

I text Fred and ask him to come and apparate me home and he comes. I leave, not telling anybody I did.

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Elena's POV

I wake up to the feeling of unfamiliar arms around me. I look behind me and I see Derek sound asleep. I get up and I pull the blanket off of me.

"Derek, get up." I shake him.

Almost instantly, he shoots up from the bed.

"W-What?" he mutters, rubbing his eyes.

I laugh and roll my eyes.

"You fucking idiot! You fell asleep in my bed." I exclaim, still chuckling.

He begins to laugh as well as we completely wake ourselves up. I make my way to the bathroom.

I brush my teeth and I walk out. We begin to joke as we walk to the kitchen. I stop when Harry calls my name. I roll my eyes a little and I stop.

"I'll meet you in the kitchen." I tell Derek.

He nods and I walk over to Harry.

"Why are you still here?" I groan.

"What did you do to Ron?" he questions, folding his arms.

I look at him and raise my eyebrow.

"Harry, what the fuck are you talking about? I haven't seen Ron all day." I state.

"Well something happened. He packed his trunk and left." Harry says while rubbing his temples.

"What?! I have to go get him." I exclaim, rushing to the fireplace.

"No, you can't. He wants to be left alone." he reveals, grabbing my wrist.

I pull back and I sit on the sofa. I look over at Harry and he gives me this awkward smile.

"About yesterday, I'm sorry. I just-. I really want to be in your life again. And I promise this time will be different. I do." Harry assures me.

I pause while I contemplate this.

This is Harry Potter. The boy who helped me through all my rough patches. However, this is the same Harry Potter who was one of my rough patches. And I'm probably going to regret this. But fuck it if I don't give this one more try.

"Harry, you get one more shot. You fuck up one more time and we're done. I promise you that."

He smiles at me happily before we get up and walk to the kitchen together.

Harry walks over to Derek and they begin talking about something I have no clue about. I look between the two and I smile a little.

I can't say I didn't miss Harry's friendship. He was one of the first people I've ever befriended.

And as much as I should have walked away from it after everything, I need to make sure I give it my all before I can just say goodbye one last time.

A/N : Hey you guys! Sorry for the small filler chapter. Next chapter will contain another time jump and I can't wait to make it. Don't forget to vote and comment!