Ginny sat on the bed and looked at me “So will you finally tell me why I found you and my brother crying all over each other in my bedroom this afternoon?” I wince,
“Nothing to tell really...” I look down and resume the swing of my legs I had been doing earlier. Ginny comes over to me and kneels down, picking up my chin and cupping it in her hands.
“Mione, whatever it is, you can tell me. I am more than just a best friend, I am your sister.”
“I know Ginny... it’s just h...hard” I say, shaking for the effort of not crying “Ron and I... were done.” I let the tears start flowing down my face, but wipe them as they come, trying desperately to stop the flow.
“Oh, Hermione... I’m so sorry!” She looks at me kindly “was it a fight?”
“No nothing like that. It’s just long distance wouldn’t work with us, I know it wouldn’t. I stopped it now, so we had a less painful breakup, in which we still loved each other.” My chin quivers “... so I don’t regret it!” I start crying again and rest my head in Ginny’s lap, who strokes my hair and lets me cry.
After what seemed like forever, we hear a knock on the door, and Ginny weekly calls out,
“Come in” It’s Harry, who asked for a word with Ginny. When she comes back she has a set look on her face, and she closes her eyes.
“Ron is a mess too, Mione. But he says it was for the best. He says it would have never worked out between you, and it was a better way to go.”
I smile a little and look up at Ginny rolling up to face her,
“Remember when I told you we shared a mind?” She giggles and nods.
“And anyway Gin, maybe they’ll be this hot new kid!” Now we’re both laughing until Ginny look down at me,
“You’ll still have me and Harry, you know that right. Well be with you at Hogwarts, whenever you need something.”