Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; J.K. Rowling does. I don't own the song; the song is "Colour Everywhere" by Christian Bautista (or maybe he re-did the song, and it was originally by someone else).

Author's Notes: Honestly, I am not really fond of this songfic. But, I'd just like to see the constructive criticism I get for the "strategy" I used in writing this songfic (a strategy that I've never used before, if I may add). Reviews are greatly apprecaited; flames will make me hate you for disrespecting myrequest that you say your "hating" nicely. Thanks for reading.

A few years after I had graduated from Hogwarts, I had taken up the hobby of painting. I know, Ronald Weasley, the weirdest one of the group, taking up painting. Weird - yes. It's completely understandable to get a strange facial expression as a response. I thought my paintings were quite good, and so did a bunch of other people. I loved it: the paints, the fumes, the colors, the canvas, the magic that enfolded when you announced yourself done. It was uplifting.

Used to seeing black and white
Never really in between...

And then I felt as though something was missing. Not just a new painting or my left shoe was missing, but something...something, well, important. Something important was missing. It was different. I had never felt that something important was missing from my life before. But this feeling drove me nearly into insanity. It was terrible - I was sick most of the week, I didn't want to leave the house, I only didn't refuse bread and water. Nothing was beautiful anymore; nothing was "rad cool" or "wicked awesome" anymore. Everything was bland, tedious, redundant. Everything was filled with what I called "unecessary happiness". To sum it up, everything pretty much sucked. This way of thinking was how I spent my life for about three years.

Then I met her again, and I instantly knew she was what I needed - what I wanted. Moreover, she was what I had missed for so long.

Waiting on the love of my life
To come into my dreams
Everything is shades of gray
Never really blues or green
Needed someone else to turn to.
Someone who could help me learn to see
All the beauty that was waiting for me...

Goodness, when I saw her long, brown wavy hair and her chocolate-colored eyes and her beautiful smile, I was breathtaken. I was speechless.

Now, I didn't say more than a few words to her when I saw her. It was just a "hello". She replied back with a "hi" but didn't seem to recognize me. That hurt a bit, but I was airborne the entire week!

You, you put the blue back in the sky
You put the rainbow in my eyes
A silver lining in my prayers
And now there's colour everywhere...

Who knew that all this time I was in love with Hermione Granger? She was the girl that I had been friends with during all of my Hogwarts years. I had always thought she had a crush on Harry, and I was right for about a year.

I had gotten home with a spring in my step. I was eating again, laughing again - all my friends noticed. They didn't bother asking why I was so happy; they just went with the flow (as most guys almost always do). I was so energetic and happy, that I had applied for a job at the ministry and has gotten it right on the spot! Who knew that your personality would get you places?

You put the red back in the rules
Just when I needed it the most
You came along to show you care
And now there's colour everywhere
Everywhere...

Harry finally asked me what happened to me towards the end of the week. I told him, and he was...well, he was sort of happy and sort of...weird about it. "You love her, you say?" he asked. I replied with a yes. "So soon?" he asked. Again, I replied with a yes. He merely looked quizzically at me and then shrugged with a smile. "If you say so. Good luck," he said before patting me on the back.

After that conversation, I did some scavenging and found her. I visited her house one day and asked her over for tea. She said sure, and we've been going out ever since.

My life is so predictable
Never any mystery
But ever since you shined the light
All of that was history
Now I have a hand to hold
And a reason to believe
There's someone in my life worth living for
I was hanging around just wishing on a star
To put the happiness back in my heart and
You, you put the blue back in the sky
You put the rainbow in my eyes
A silver lining in my prayers
You care and now there's colour everywhere...

I've taken up painting again. How long's it been? It's been about...hmm, let's see...about four years since I last painted, and the colors seem brighter and happier to me.

Left those hazy days behind me
Never to return again
Now they're just a fading memory
'Cause baby it's all so clear to see
The beauty that is waiting there for me...

It's amazing at how one person can change your life, isn't it?