Order Only: Private Message to Draco

[alt_hermione]

I just wanted to say this here, so you can look at it later: It's all right to feel however you feel. I know you cared about her and it's okay. I'm here for you. And I'm not going anywhere.

I mean, unless you want me to. But--well, you know what I mean. I shan't get jealous or anything stupid like that. I shan't blame you for grieving and I shan't get frustrated if you don't feel better on some artificial schedule. Feel however you feel.

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[alt_draco]

I cared about her, but never the way she wanted me to. Maybe I feel guilty about that. But you can't just make yourself-

You know what she told me? She told me that she liked the fact that Crouch had chosen her, because it made her feel special. And that she had chosen once, too, but that the men she'd chosen never chose her back.

She meant Ron, and she meant me.

She wasn't being accusatory, or anything. Just stating the facts.

It's not that I wish it could have been different, I just wish that this hadn't happened.