Lost: Dramione Story

Chapter 18: One Final Request

"you look awfully focused" he scoffed "that brain of yours in overtime?"

"hello" I laughed wiping away the few stray tears.

"now, now" he tutted, "there will be no tears shed for me"

"you look so-."

"normal?" yeah, I was surprised too" he mused "although, I can't really see what I look like"

"you're still here"

"where else would I be?" he asked, "someone needs to keep an eye on you lot". His eyes were still full of so much joy, so my life.

"we miss you". He just nodded.

"where's Georgie?"

"we don't know" I swallowed "haven't seen him since the middle of the summer, Bill and Fleur are having a baby. We all think it's a boy, Fleur's convinced it's a girl" I kept going when I noticed the broad smile on his face "Ginny and Harry are amazing, Harry's going to ask her to marry him soon, I wasn't meant to tell anyone that. But they're happy" I smiled. "it hasn't been easy, but we're getting there, we're getting back to whatever we would consider to be normal"

"and what about you?" he asked before I could continue.

"I'm good"

"lies, Granger, lies. I mean, you look much better than you did before Christmas"

"you've been spying on me then?" I chuckled.

"just trying out my new job" he explained "what about Ron, you and Ron?"

"I don't know Fred" I began "I just don't know"

"now, that is never a good sign"

"tell me about it" I sighed.

"Granger, I love Ron, he is, he was my brother" my heart fell slightly. "but nobody went into that war and came out the same, if it isn't right, it isn't right".

"how, how do I do tell him what I want to?" I choked "I love him Fred, I do, but-."

"it's not what you want"

"no" I shook my head, swallowing the tears, "it's not"

"nobody is going to hold your feelings against you Hermione" he said, "maybe Ron, but nobody else who matters". I nodded.

"what is your new job?"

"well" he began, I laughed I felt like I was at the Weasley dinner table all over again. "Nearly Headless Nick, finally lost the rest of his head in the battle. I don't know how, seems rude to ask" he always told stories in such a wonderful fashion. "and he was finally inducted into the Headless Hunt". I smiled; I knew what was coming. Oh, what a perfect choice. "so good old Nick came into the Room of Requirement where I had been hiding and gave me his final request as the Ghost of Gryffindor House". He smiled proudly.

"congratulations" I smiled. Fred Weasley, Ghost of Gryffindor House. "Ginny will be delighted"

"just" he began, "don't tell her just yet, she's all glued back together, I don't want to..."

"I understand" I stood "thank you Fred"

"you tell Malfoy to watch himself, or I'll give him a haunting the likes of which have never been seen", mischief glinted in his eyes. "what are you going to do?"

"the only thing I can" I said. Go to London.