For days now, I've been talking to myself about it. How I'm not going to let myself be nervous. That pretty much everyone there at the wedding will be someone who knows and cares about us and should therefore want everything to go well. That everything will go well because, after all, Hermione's in charge and Merlin knows she's one brilliant ( Read more... )

Ergh. Night before the wedding. It's been great to have Mum and Dad around again and to spend some time with family. But I'm sorry to say I'm getting really pretty tired of talking about only wedding stuff - and I know tonight's likely to be the worst, especially where Mum's concerned. She's going to be all frantic asking me if Hermione took care ( Read more... )

I look up at the blue sky and listen to the birds singing in the trees along the walk. When the dripping mists and fog haven't got us by the throat, it actually feels almost like spring - if we don't think too much about what else is going on in our lives. But no matter what else is happening, disappearances, kidnappings, the lot - we've gotta make ( Read more... )

“SURPRISE!”The sudden loud noise out of the silence makes me jump a mile and my right hand goes to my back pocket for my wand. My heart’s pounding, and I began to panic as I realize my wand was gone. But as soon as I catch sight of all of the friendly faces, my mind calms enough to remember what day it is and the laughter bursts right out of me ( Read more... )

I reckon we never expected life at the cottage to be this way once we had all three moved in together: Hermione and I speaking very little if at all, Harry always on the edge of being depressed about not seeing Ginny. I think we all expected it to be much like things were on the Horcrux Hunt, except without the pressure of having to find a way to ( Read more... )

Did I mention I was giving up the whole studying bit? Yeah, I think I might have. In any case, I did. Just didn’t see the percentage when it was such a pain and so boring and there’s a whole world of opportunity out there. Not to mention studying reminded me of...well, her...and any time I even thought about studying I started hurting until I ( Read more... )

I swear to Merlin I don't know how it happened. We were studying - honest we were! Without chocolate, even! All I know is that we somehow kept inching closer and closer and once we finally touched, it was over. Yeah, all over ( Read more... )

It's been a few weeks since I (sort of) lost the snowman-building contest to Hermione. But because of the holidays, I reckon, she's been really easy on me about making me pay up with the studying I promised her. I have a feeling my grace period's about over, though - she told me we'd be studying tonight, together at least, but that she had ( Read more... )

There’s nothing like coming in from the freezing cold to a warm house and the smell of Mum’s amazing food. We’re all starving from fighting valiantly in the Snowball Battle to End All Battles (until next year). There’s a cloud starting to build up near the ceiling from all the Pepper-Up Mum’s forced upon those of us who got cold and wet (hard to ( Read more... )

“I - he - Hermione?”

We’ve made it to St. Mungo’s but that might mean nothing. It may still be too late.

Hermione and I get Harry through the door of the Emergency Ward. But with her last step to deliver Harry, Hermione collapses. I’m helpless to do anything, holding up Harry while Hermione slumps to the floor against his side.

( ALonelyAftermath )