Nine years it had been since the fall of the dark lord, Nine years it had been since she started to officially date Ron Weasley and eight years it had been since her heart started to grow dark. DatingRon had been good, no, not just good , great was the appropriate word. There were some things she didn't like but felt they were minor and could be overcome quickly.

They married a year after dating, after all, they were best friends all through school. Ron never hit her or cheat on her, occasionally during a fight he would call her names, but she was guilty of that as well.

Ron never really wanted to work, at first he blamed it on an injury he had gotten while flying, but long after it had healed, he still wouldn't work, or he would find a job, work it for a few days then quit.

They never had the money for a place of their own till about 4 yrs ago, before that they lived at the burrow with the other weasleys. A year into the marriage, she got pregnant, she hoped that with a baby coming, Ron would take responsibility, get a job and make a home for them. He didn't allow her to work and for one reason or another, she eventually stopped fighting him on the subject, but even with a baby on the way, he did nothing.

She loved him and hoped more then anything he would snap out of his childhood and grow up like he should have when they married. Nine months later, Morgana Weasley was born. They were still livingat the burrow with out a ounce of money saved.

Ron never woke up with Morgana, he said he never heard her wake up, he never gave her a bath or changed nappies. Hermione did everything for the baby with Molly's help.

The fighting had become worse between the couple, constantly fighting over his lack of job and tired of hearing his 75 reasons for the day on why he didn't have a job, there was always an excuse for everything. She would threaten to leave him, he would promise to work, but never followed through. Still she stupidly held onto hope.

Another thing was the fact that he never seemed to take her feelings into consideration, Her birthday would pass with out so much as a card, at first she would be hurt by it, after all, she never missed his birthday, anniversary or Christmas, and when she would bring up the fact that he had forgotten hers, he would give her a verbal I.O.U, which never happened.

She watched as her friends married and had children, she was jealous that her friends husbands would bring them flowers just because, she was jealous that their husbands were working, she was jealous because their husbands would help tend to their child or children, what ever the case ma be.

What had she done that was so wrong that Ron wouldn't do any of those things. Her heart slowly started to shut down. Three years into the marriage, she found she was pregnant again, altho she was trying to prevent pregnancy, it happened, but gave her more hope that maybe with a second child on the way he would finally do the right thing, after all, she still loved him and desperately wanted things to work out between them.

The months passed and still there was no change, he would occasionally take on odd jobs, but would spend the money on things for himself, not her, Morgana or the unborn baby. When she was 7 months pregnant she found a small 2 bedroom apartment and practically forced Ron to get the apartment. He had taken on some more odd jobs and almost had all the money, the landlord was holding the place for them but they only had a week left before they would lose the place. She thought he was trying hard to hold onto every bit of money they could for the place, but found he had spent some on something for himself. They got into a huge fight over the fact but in the end, they had saved enough for the place.

Ron still didn't work and relied of friend and family to pay their bills. The new baby was born, a boy, named Harry, after their best friend of course. Harry was thrilled to have a new godson named after him.

Harry had tried to get Ron to man up and take responsibility, but nothing worked. The next 17 months went by, Ron still had no job and refused to let her work, but she had finally had enough, She applied for a few jobs and was hired instantly.

They were being kicked out of the small apartment because the rent was always late and the landlord had enough, she had no choice but to go against him and work. At first he refused to watch the children while she worked, said he had other things to do, leaving a very upset Hermione and Molly in his wake.

Ron slowly started to take more responsibility, but not much, she was expected to work, take care of the children and make sure the house was clean, he never helped her with any of it altho he did start paying some bills with money earned through odd jobs that seemed to plague him through their marriage.

Over the years, she had threated to leave him repeatedly, but he would stop her by saying he would kill himself if she left and would promise to change for the better and he would, for a week or two. She had lost faith long ago, but felt trapped, as much as she wanted to leave she couldn't stand the thought of him killing himself if she left.

He showed no remorse for her when she was sick. He wouldn't help her with the kids but would go out with his friends leaving her with 2 young children. The final straw came when she had developed a sinus infection, her body was to weak to fight the infection, leaving her with a full chest, burning throat, gunky eyes and a tooth that had become infected due to the infection raging through her body.

She was in pain, severer pain, everything hurt. The pain potions were no longer working on pain as the infection grew more and more fierce. She begged him to watch the children for 2 weeks so she could see a healer, but he never would.

Molly had long ago grown tired of Ron and his lack of responsibility and not realizing how bad off Hermione was, she refused to watch the children in hopes that Ron would give in and do what he had to do, but that never happened.

Hermione had been fighting the infection for 3 weeks now and it had finally spread into her ears. She begged Molly to watch the children and upon seeing her condition, she readily agreed, apologizing to her for not realizing how sick she had become. For 3 weeks, Hermione felt like she had a 200 lbs man sitting on her chest, her eyes were almost swollen shut and her tooth throbbed relentlessly, she could hear the infection in her ears as she turned her head and felt the fluid swoosh around.

Hermione arrived to St. Mungo's where she was immediately seen. Her infection was advanced and had to have a very powerful potion to kill the infection. For days she took the potion and finally healed, unfortunately, the tooth in the back couldn't be saved, but luckily it was one that would never be noticed.

The words from the healer echoed in her ears, "Another week and we could have lost you, why didn't you come sooner",

Her anger grew day after day, she put up with so much with him and yet her simple need to go to a healer was over looked, she could have died or been brain damaged. Her heart shut completely, like an unbreakable box surrounded it, she was no longer in love with him and fell into a depression.

She still didn't leave him but over the next months she lost herself in books. Her house work suffered, her willingness to please him was no longer apparent, and eventually everyone realized she had changed, even Ron.

One day Ron confronted her, he had no clean clothes and decided to put his foot down, she was the wife and mother, she was expected to keep the house clean, she was expected care for him and he would not tolerate her acting like a depressed puppy, moping around the house. He noticed her change but never asked what was wrong, he just continued to live as if everything were normal.

The day he confronted her, was a day they would not soon forget.

A/N: Sorry for leaving it like this, I will continue to update either daily or every 2 days. Please review, I do read and listen to suggestions. Thanks and happy reading.