How To Save A Life
A 6th year songfic. Hermione and Ron have a little chat in the hospital wing after Ron's poisoned. Book timeline, not movie timeline, so Ron and Lavender are still together.
Disclaimer: Neither the character's nor the song are mine
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"Hermione? What are you doing here?"
"Well, that's nice. So I'm now not allowed to see if my best friend is alright?"
"I'm still you're best friend?"
"Of course you are, you stupid prat! Anyway, we need to talk."
"Why? What have I supposedly done now?"
"Calm down, Ronald, it's just a talk."
"Okay. Look, Hermione, I'm really sorry. For what I did, not that I know what I did wrong but I'm sorry anyway."
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defence
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"You don't know what you did? Well, first of all, you've allowed that stupid bitch control who you talk to and when you talk to them, secondly, you blew me off for her when I asked you to go to Slughorn's Christmas party with me, thirdly you are polluting the minds of the innocent first and second years with yours and Lavender's constant snogging, then you go and get yourself poisoned which made me feel guilty for not talking to you for the past few months, worrying me like that isn't funny and now you don't know what you did wrong!
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
"I'M SORRY! OKAY? I'M SORRY FOR MAKING YOU WORRY! I'M SORRY FOR MAKING YOU FEEL GUILTY! I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE EVER DONE WRONG!
"I-I-it's okay. I forgive you."
"I'm sorry for shouting. I really have been a crap friend haven't I? Come here."
They both hugged, cried and laughed all at the same time, until Hermione was thrown out by Madam Pomfrey.