"It's good you haven't been alone," she said. After all Teddy had been through in his life, she always worried about him being alone, even for a short period of time. Werewolf or not, she loved him, and the queasy feeling in her stomach settled as she witnessed his acceptance.
Until he spoke again, and then he might as well have punched her in the gut. She stared at him for several seconds, certain she'd heard him wrong. He was seeing someone else? He'd been here for two years - she'd been here for at least part of that - and he was seeing someone else? Not just seeing her, but in love with her.
"I--" She shook her head, dazed. "But - two years--" It wasn't very long. It was, but it wasn't at the same time. It shouldn't have been enough time to fall out of love with her enough to fall in love with someone else. And if she'd been here for some of that, then--
Her eyes welled up, and her face grew hot. She never cried in public and rarely in front of Teddy, but a hot knot formed in her chest, and her breaths came in great gasps. "I don't - I don't understand. I've been here. I was here - Scorpius said - I don't understand."