Okay so this story takes place after the war. Hermione's returning from her seventh year at Hogwarts and Ron and Harry are aurors. Everything has gone back to how it used to be. Mind you, Fred's death isn't compliant to this story. Anyway, I wanted to write a story where Hermione snaps. I mean c'mon, lets be real. Hermione snapped in third year but it wasn't major. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 1-Breaking Point

I sat in the kitchen and sipped my tea. The moaning upstairs was getting louder by the second.

I'm happy for Ginny and Harry but must they be so loud! Not to mention the fact it's seven o' clock in the morning! It's like they can't restrain themselves! Or is it just me? Am I jealous that everyone else in the house is having intimate relations with their significant other?
Don't get me wrong I've had sex before. But that was when Ron and I were together. I remember it being the day before my last year at Hogwarts. I remember being in love. I remember being happy then.

I remember being in love and how beautiful it was. Ron and I were unashamedly, invigoratingly, extraordinarily in love. But then we were apart for so long, his love for me must've dissolved. Because three months ago when I came back, he was with a co-worker of his named Melanie Walters. They're still together. And their in love. And as much as I try to hate her I cannot. Even though she took the empowering love that Ron and I had shared I found myself accepting them. I didn't really have much of a choice. I couldn't tell him not to be with her. How would that make me look? It hurt then and it hurts now. I think about it everyday. And it hurts to know that I gave someone my love and they just threw it back in my face. It hurts to still love the person who doesn't feel the same way anymore. I remember the day I came back from my last year at Hogwarts like it was yesterday. . . . . .

I got off of the train struggling to look for a mop of red hair and carry my luggage at the same time. Kings Cross may have been crowded but I managed to spot Harry because people were surrounding him asking for autographs. He spotted me as well because somehow he managed to escape the crowd and run up to me. Before I could say hello he gave me a bone-crushing hug.

"Hello Harry", I said.

"Hi Hermione", he replied.

"Ginny should be here in-", I began but a flash of red hair swept past me onto Harry. I realized it was Ginny who had run up to Harry.

"Oh Harry I missed you so much", Ginny said. She began to kiss him and I turned away to look for Ron and avoid the awkwardness of seeing my best friends make out in the middle of a train station.

I couldn't find Ron anywhere. I turned to Harry. He and Ginny stopped kissing and turned to me and their eyes grew wide and alarmed.

"Where's Ron", I asked. Ginny and Harry exchanged worried glances and looked back to me.

"Hermione, I didn't know how to tell you this-", Ginny began.

"Where's Ron", I repeated.

"I think we should go to our flat so we could talk more privately", Harry said quietly. I was starting to get worried. What if something happened to Ron, I thought. Is that why I haven't heard from him these past couple of months? How could I be so stupid? I was so busy studying for my NEWTS I didn't even bother to see what was wrong with Ron. What kind of girlfriend was I?

Harry took Ginny's hand and my hand and we apparated to the flat he'd bought for him, Ron, and Ginny and I when we came back from Hogwarts.

The house was surprisingly neat. I sat on the sofa. Ginny and Harry looked so alarmed I was getting worried even more.

"What's wrong", I asked.

"I'll go make some tea", Ginny said. She went to the kitchen. I turned to Harry waiting for him to say something. He opened his mouth but no words came out.

Suddenly the door opened and there was Ron laughing. Someone was behind him laughing as well. She had long strawberry blond hair, she was curvy, she had big blue eyes, and was wearing skin tight jeans and an even tighter blue halter top.

"Hi Harry", Ron said. He looked at me and all laughter and smiles left. "H-Hello Hermione".

"Hi Ron", I replied. It took some time to register what was going on. Harry was scratching the back of his head guiltily. Ron was holding hands with the girl.

"This is Melanie", Ron said quietly, "My girlfriend."

So many thoughts were running through my head I had a hard time processing what was going on.

"Harry, Melanie, can we have a minute", Ron asked. Harry and Melanie nodded and went into the kitchen.

"Hermione, I-", Ron began. I felt tears running down my face. I raked my hand through my hair. I couldn't remember how to breathe.

"How could you", I began.

"Hermione-"

"How could this happen", I asked. He put both of his hands in his pockets and sighed.

"Hermione I tried to tell you but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I tried to wait for you but it was too much to handle, with Auror Training, helping Harry with his nightmares, the interview- I needed someone there for me and you weren't there. Melanie was. I tried to resist but I couldn't help myself. I couldn't wait for you", Ron said.

"I waited for you. I loved you enough to wait. I loved you enough to stay loyal to you. And you're telling me", my voice cracked but I got myself together, "you're telling me that you didn't love me enough to wait for me. You're telling me you didn't have the respect for me to stay loyal to me? You're telling me that my love wasn't enough? You didn't even have the respect to tell me!" Now I was a complete reck. Tears were streaming down my face rapidly, my eyes burned, my head was spinning, I couldn't even stand up. I sat down on the couch and rubbed my temples in frustration.

"I did love you! I do love you! It's just not the same. I needed you-"

"I needed you", I screamed. I didn't care if the neighbors heard. I didn't care if all of London heard. "I needed you too Ron! You think it was easy to be without you? You think it was easy not hearing from you? You think it was easy t-to go through the day without you? You think it was easy to find out my parents had to be hospitalized because their memories weren't returning properly? You think it was easy to be without you?"

"Hermione, I'm s-"

"You good for nothing arse!", I screamed. I took out my wand and pointed it directly to his heart.

"Hermione!", Harry shouted from the hallway.

"You!", I screamed at Harry. I felt angry with everyone at the moment. He had known all along and didn't bother to tell me.

"Hermione, calm down", Ginny said coming from the hallway with Harry.

"What kind of people are you! You all knew and you didn't have the courage to tell me? What kind of friends are you?", I screamed.

"Hermione", Ginny began with tears in her eyes.

"We wanted to we just didn't know how", Harry said.

"I stuck by you when he left during the battle, I've been a loyal friend to all of you and this is how you repay me? I hope you all are happy", I said quietly. Harry had tears in his eyes and Ginny was crying. Harry walked up to me and tried to put his hand on my shoulder but I pulled away.

After that I apparated to my parents' house. My parents' hadn't been released from St. Mungos but home was the only place I could go. That night I drank two bottles of wine and cried. After spending a month in my parents' house and getting a job at the ministry in the Department For The Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. By then Harry, Ginny, and I had apologized to each other and Harry asked me to move into the flat. I had no other choice but to agree because my parents' were being released and had to re-adapt to their home. I hadn't had enough money for a flat yet so I agreed to move in. At first things between us were kind of shaky but for the past two months things have been okay.

My tea had gone cold and tears had escaped my eyes. I still cried about what happened but I never did it when people were around. It's been like this for a long time. Crying silently without someone to be there for me. I know I'd hit rock bottom but when everyone expected me to get right back up I pretended I did. Harry, Ginny, and the other Weasley's were expecting me to get over it. And they believe I have gotten over it. Ron did too. Melanie moved in sometime when I'd been gone. So I had to restrain myself even more.

Suddenly, something inside of my head snapped. Who cares what they expect me to be? They weren't there for me when I needed them the most! Fuck this. I'm tired of restraining myself for the sake of others. I'm tired of putting people before me. I'm tired of waking up in the morning to find Melanie and Ron together or Harry and Ginny together, leaving me all alone. So what if they need me here just because it doesn't feel right without me!

I got up and started going up to my room. I walked out of the kitchen doorway only to find myself face to face with Ron.

"Morning Hermione", he said politely, "Did you fix us some breakfast?" Harry and Ginny were behind him smiling with nothing but bathrobes on.

"Yeah we certainly worked up an appetite", Ginny said and giggled playfully. Harry smiled but Ron's eyes began to fill with rage.

"Well spare us all the details so I can keep mine", he said. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"So what'd you cook", asked Harry.

"I'm sorry I-", I stopped there and decided to say how I felt instead of being polite to them, "You know what? I'm not really all that sorry when I think about it. As a matter of fact I'm not sorry at all. And to answer your question Harry I cooked some pancakes, bacon, and scrambled eggs. But it was all for me. You want food? Well cook it your own damn self! And try not to be so loud the next time you have sex! You act like you've never heard of a bloody silencing charm!" The three of them were wide eyed and their mouths were hanging open. Before any of them could say anything I stomped off to my room. I felt a bit better. I felt like I was a wild animal being released from it's cage. I felt like releasing my inhibitions, going crazy, and doing whatever the hell I want. And that's exactly what I'm going to do until that little craving goes away.

Am I bitter? Of course! He didn't just take my heart and shred it to pieces, he took away a little bit of my spirit too. And I'm not going to let him keep my heart or my spirit. I want it back. I'm going to go crazy and I won't be ashamed. I'm going to get what I want.

So, how'd you like it? I know you're going to say Ron would never do that, and I kind of agree with you. But if someone were to cause Hermione to snap, it would definitely be Ron. And you're probably going to say Hermione would never do or say things like this. But you've got to understand she's had her heart broken, her parents are screwed up, no one's there to help her, not to mention she's just came back from a war and then she immediately goes to school- wouldn't you snap at one point? I mean honestly the girl's only human- well sort of I guess.

Well anyway keep reading and review please!

Sincerely,

Jay