Reading Between the Lines

Dear Harry.

Breathe. You can do this

I sorry it didn't work out between us.

Sorrier than you can imagine, you emotionless git!

I'm leaving.

I'm going where you can't follow

Going away for a bit to sort out my feelings.

And I won't be coming back. Not ever.

I hope you and Cho are happy together.

I can't believe I wrote that.

And tell her I'm sorry I couldn't be a bridesmaid.

Because I die before you marry that bitch.

Goodbye Harry.

I love you.

Yours,

Ginny

I won't be seeing you again.

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Dear Luna.

Stop shaking.

You helped me through a lot all those years at Hogwarts.

More than you knew.

I'd like to thank you for that.

Please don't cry.

I'm leaving now.

I'm running away from life.

I know you'll understand why.

Harry. It always comes back to Harry.

I just want to tell you that you'll always be one of my best friends.

Even in death. Breathe, Ginny. With your lungs.

I'll miss you,

Ginny

Why am I doing this?

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Dear Tonks.

Oh, God.

You've been like a sister to me.

Don't CRY, Ginny!

I'd like to thank you for that.

And I know you understand what it's like to love and not be loved back.

I'm leaving.

Why do I keep saying leaving?

I won't be back.

I'll be dead.

Thanks for everything,

Ginny

Tell Bill. He likes you too.

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Dear Ron.

Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

I'm so, so, sorry.

Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

But I just can't handle this anymore.

Harry and Cho, the war, the looks I get from people who know what happened my 2^nd year.

I'll miss you all so much.

Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

Please show this to the family.

Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

Be happy with Hermione.

This time I really mean it.

Love,

Ginny

I'm crying.

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Dear Mum and Dad.

I love you.

Love,

Your Little Ginny

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The owl flew of into the night sky, five letters in its beak.

Ginny turned from the window. It was time.

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At 10:45 AM on Friday, August 8^th, Hermione Granger found the door to Ginny's flat wide open. Inside she found her body, with her wand clutched in her cold hand. The room was filled with traces of a suicide spell.

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The Daily Prophet ran this headline:

Final Battle Hero, Ginevra Weasley found Dead. The Ministry suspects suicide.

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Ron knew why she'd done it.

Luna knew why she'd done it.

Tonks knew why she'd done it.

Molly and Arthur knew why she'd done it.

Harry did not.

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On Monday, August 11^th at 11:30 AM, they buried Ginny Weasley.

And as the casket was set into the earth, Harry knew.

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On Monday, August 11^th at 2:45 PM, Harry Potter told Cho Chang that he couldn't marry her.

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But not even that could bring Ginny back.

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In his eulogy Professor Dumbledore said,

"One more fire, one more passion, one more light has been extinguished. Ginevra Weasley is dead."

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And everyone cried for a beautiful woman. A passionate woman. A fiery woman. Everyone cried for Ginny Weasley.