Ronald Weasley knew he was now a changed man. Something inside him had snapped after seeing Hermione's wrecked and beaten body. He suddenly regret all the rows they had, all the fights that erupted. He wanted to erase his past with Lavender, Merlin knew how big of a joke that was. He felt so weak, so useless. He wasn't there for Hermione when she needed him the most, when her death could occur at any moment at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange.