After reading this particular one-shot (My Best Friend's Wedding), I feel the need to tell you: your ending was far less complicated than real life. I hope you don't mind, but I'll let you in on what really happens in this situation.

Your story mirrors my own experience, save the fact that the genders were switched and I had a greater role in the proceedings. I was the best man at my best friend's wedding, whom I had loved fiercely for 7 years. She saved my life, pulled me back from the brink of suicide. She as my first friend, the friend I'd been praying for since I was old enough to believe in fate.

I put my entire heart into our friendship, always for our friendship. All I asked was that she never left me alone, never walked away. It turns out, what I really wanted was her heart, her soul, her body and her mind. I never told her, never betrayed a single emotion that would raise suspicions.

She taught me how to shut off, how to hurt myself more fully than I'd ever known. She taught me that connecting with another human being on that level was painful beyond description; that it would inevitably end in heartbreak. She taught me that even though I did everything in my power to ensure her happiness, I was never good enough for her. Never good enough for love. That feeling of inadequacy persists today. I've never been able to connect with women on a romantic level, and it's entirely because of her. Because the pain of loving someone that deeply hurts too much.

I firmly believe that her inviting me to her wedding, and making me her best man in the process, was the cruelest thing she has ever done.

So I smiled. I smiled, and a part of me died that day. I allowed myself one final dance, one final embrace. Then I kissed her on the forehead, told her husband to take care of her and left early. No explanation offered, since I left while her back was turned. No tearful good byes, that would have ruined her special day.

Even after her wedding, I didn't give up hope. After all, half of all marriages end in divorce within the first two years. I didn't want to believe that after everything I'd done for her, everything I'd sacrificed for her sake, I would end up alone. And yet here I sit. I still talk to her every few months. And every time I hear her voice, I recall exactly what she meant to me.

Not only have I ever loved anyone else the way I loved her, I've never loved another at all. In fact, I may be entirely incapable of truly loving another woman. The scars on my heart are deep, too numerous.

My only consolation was that I loved her first.

And that, my fellow writer, is what Hermione was going through in your story. And if she is anything like me, she will very likely never find another love.

I apologize if this review doesn't seem very helpful, I just thought you'd like a first-hand account of this particular plot. Let me assure you, there is nothing poetic, hopeful or beautiful about it when it really happens.

Thank you for sharing your gift with us.

~Ben

cute

-“You’re sorry?” she exclaimed. “You kiss me like that and tell me you’re sorry?”-

hehe, i loved that line. D this is an adorable little story, no matter how mushy it is. i love it! hermione's such a sweetheart...aww.

Very cute!

OMG I LOVED THIS ONE! I loved Harry's uncertainty and his caution with Ginny. That was lovely. And Ginny's thoughts when Harry first asked if he had a chance was perfect. Exactly what someone would think in that situation. Simply said, this was AMAZING! Keep on writing!

Love, Amanda

Love it!

*sigh*

Bea-U-tiful

Oh, I loved that! These confession of feelings are making me all warm and cuddly inside! The little dog thing...ahahahaa Ginny is simply hilarious. I just love how Ginny and Harry are so in LOVE. Their playful banter is just so fun to read! Honestly...I want to find my OWN Harry! *stupid fact that I can't be Ginny...*

oh, that was so good! I loved how insecure both Ron and Hermione both felt, that they both truly loved each other. I wish my life had the happy endng that Hermione and Ron just had...

Ah, fluff. It makes the world go round! xD I liked this, it was sweet...Keep it coming!

~Ash~

Helloo... I really enjoy reading your fics. You describe emotion so well! I can't wait to read more on all your fics, and I'm still reading them, don't worry XD.

Ah, so cute, so sweet, so fluffy! Harry's such a cutie in this fic. XD Nice work as usual Miss C. And I'm sure that your readers are all (im)patiently waiting for updates just like me.

Very cute and fluffy Harry and Ginny! I liked it a whole lot! Keep writing!

Too cute for words...I LOVED IT!

aw cute!

love it!

**Duckies

Mione a bit wet in this one - it's not like her to trust Malfoy, to appreciate Ron being overprotective or to admit insecurity. Ever. Still, sweet fluff, does what it says on the tin which is good.