"It sounded all so theoretical at the time," Draco's laugh was bitter, "it sounds stupid to say, but I don’t think I ever thought about how much this would hurt. I don’t know if I could go through all of this again, even if we had tried to recreate our past lives. I know people say its better to have loved and lost, then never loved at all, but I don’t think they meant like this," Harry’s heart clenched for the other; Draco took a deep steadying breath, "It does mean though, that I know exactly how she’d have felt about me moving on, because we talked about it a lot. Not that moving on feels even remotely possible right now," a sad smile ticked at the corner of Draco’s mouth, "We aren’t betraying anyone by it though, Harry," again, it sounded as if he were trying to convince himself more than Harry, "if it’s what you want, when you’re ready, you can re-marry and have another family," he said reassuringly.