The Can't Live Without Each Other Kind of Love

Chapter 1: Fizzling Lives

By: Sara Lynn

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley have always wanted their friendship to sprout into an everlasting love. This was common knowledge to anyone that knew the two fire balls. So why weren't they together after nine years of friendship? No one knew the answer to that, not even Hermione or Ron. Their stubbornness wasn't the reason. Even stubborn people want to find their soul mate, and they would admit it once they found that person. They've had their romantic moments. The way Ron looked at her when they were fourteen and she got all dolled up for the ball, that she wasn't going to with him. The way they fought that night and Hermione told him she didn't want to be his last resort. There was the way he blushed madly whenever her lips pressed against his cheek. There was the way he yelled at her when she changed her hair. The way he always stuck up for her when Draco Malfoy insulted her. The way Hermione told off anyone who tried to insult Ron or his beloved family. The way Mrs. Weasley welcomed Hermione into the family during their seventh year, because she just knew that someday Hermione would become her daughter in law.

For Hermione, the most sacred moment between her and Ron happened recently. The war had ended, most of the people that the Golden Trio cared for survived. But then there was Percy Weasley. He had gotten himself into a trap, and Hermione was the only one with a heart, so she helped him. In doing so, she got herself severely injured. It was when she left her hospital room at St. Mungo's that she fell in love with Ron all over again and in the strongest way possible. It was so sweet, the way he bawled the second he saw her, his sobbing couldn't be calmed by anyone except Hermione. She gently walked up to him, cupped his face into her hands and said "I'm here." This didn't calm him right away, his sobs became louder and the tears multiplied. But Ron grabbed Hermione around the waste and pulled her into him, sobbing and trying to get out the words. The words being

"I couldn't survive without you, never have been able to, never will. I love you so much." Hermione knew that the "I love you" was friendly and she reprimanded it . That moment would always be special to her.

Now the war was over and there was long road of emotional recovery ahead. For everyone. Harry was in the States at a very sophisticated mental hospital for wizards. It was the natural thing to do, he had to get over the significantly rough events in his life. He would be back soon enough. Ginny was at home, doing her best to be there for her family. She had to take on a motherly role, Molly simply wasn't doing well with the loss of a son. Hermione and Ron purchased a lovely flat nearby the Weasley household. They visited almost every day to help out as well. For them the hardest thing was not being able to contact Harry. All the doctors said it would help him heal quicker. Hermione and Ron, after years of success had become young aurors. They were always hard at work during the day. And at night they normally stayed at their home playing their favorite childhood games- wizard's chess and exploding snaps. They would visit Grimmauld Place during lunch time most days. The pair grew closer and closer every day. The bickering still happened but it was less frequent. Hermione had more on her shoulders than Ron did. Her parents often sent her angry letters. They knew what had happened with the war and all, but they didn't understand. There was nothing Hermione felt she could do to convince them that she had to and wanted to stay within the wizarding world. The fizzled relationship with her only family often bothered her and she often told Ron she was so glad that she was close enough to his that she still felt she had family. On top of that, Hermione had to re-build herself physically. Her injury to her side sprang up at the oddest times, she really cursed the times Ron wasn't there and the pain came up. It was hell to survive pain like that by yourself. Come to think of it, Ron had never been there when the pain came back. It scared Hermione to imagine what his face would look like if he saw that the injury had come back to her.

So their lives weren't back to cheery and delightful yet. But there was hope. Now that the evil was gone, the good could pursue. They just needed to get past their grieving points, and that would happen within time. But for now, they had each other.

AN; Review please! It's going to develop into a great drama and romance story. Promise.