This story is for the 'Three Loves Challenge'. My main is Hermione, and this chapter is Ron/Hermione.
Hermione was in love with Ron. She could admit they had been dancing around each for a long time- with the jealousy over Lavender and Viktor, the flirty glances between them in year six, and the constant worry during the war.
But now they were finally together and it was great! They already had their friendship between them, years of trusting each other and years of yearning for each other to hold them together.
They were back at Hogwarts, and nothing could come between them.
Or so she thought.
They had started arguing- about everything. Ron's terrible habits itched at her nerves; his disgusting table manners, his disregard for real society issues, his terrible prejudice against things like Slytherins. And she irritated him too; her need for cleanliness, her staunch way of disagreeing with his prejudice, her excessive reading.
It was getting worse and worse as time passed. Ron started spending less and less time around her, and she slowly sank further and further into her school work.
Their arguments came to an all-time peak after one particularly stressful day where Ron had a very bad Quidditch match, and Hermione had spent three hours on an essay for which the references were all biased and terribly written.
They had screamed at each other in the Great Hall, surrounded by worried friends and nosy acquaintances, and it ended with them fleeing in opposite directions in anger.
After hours of sobbing into Harry's shoulder she went to find him and apologise, only to find him with someone else- or should she say in someone else. Someone who turned out to be Lavender Brown who still had a crush on him, and was perfectly happy to ignore his relationship to get what she wanted.
Their break up in the end was quiet and filled with tears on both sides.