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What They Deserved

Here's the thing

We started out friends

It was cool, but it was all pretend

Yeah, yeah, since you been gone

You're dedicated, you took the time

Wasn't long 'til I called you mine

Yeah, yeah, since you been gone

Why had he left her? She thought he had loved her. Hermione threw her book at the wall in pure anger, unable to contain her emotions any longer. She stormed out of the house and into the cool crisp mist that hung in the air.Why doesn't he love me anymore?" Hermione thought bitterly as she sat crying on the front step of her london home, which, until recently, had also been the home of her now ex - fiance. She thought of him now, lying in the arms of his other woman

Yeah, yeah, since you been gone

And all you'd ever hear me say

Is how I picture me with you

That's all you'd ever hear me say

She thought they'd be together forever. But when she has come along everythng had changed. He was distant, constantly distracted. She had been the only one putting any effort into their relationship. He broke off their engagement just a few months later, telling her to keep the beautiful ring he had given her. Tears streamed down her tender face. This pain was tearing at her. He and his new girlfriend kissed directly in front of her, they mucked around in public, he held his arms protectively around her baby bump daring to ask Hermione what she thought they were having. It had been three weeks since they had broken up and announced they had announced their pregnancy just one week later

But since you been gone

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah

Thanks to you, now I get what I want

Since you been gone

She pretended to be o.k. but she was in pain and nothing would ever ease it. She touched her stomach tentively, wondering if her child could feel it's mothers pain. Hermione was pregnant but he didn't care. He had told her to get rid of the baby when he had found out, fearing it would spoil his relationship. He wasn't kind and caring like he used to be. He was selfish, living for himself. How can I put it, you put me on

I even fell for that stupid love song

Yeah, yeah, since you been gone

How come I'd never hear you say

I just wanna be with you

Guess you never felt that way

Hermione thought back to their days at hogwarts, their whirlwind romance. The flowers, the songs, the secret smiles when they thought nobody was looking. She shook her head and tried to clear these thoughts. She was 22 years old now and, with a baby on the way, she had to be strong. She had never imagined she'd end up a single mother. But since you been gone

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so movin' on, yeah, yeah

Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want

Since you been gone

She thought about just taking that blade and pulling across the soft flesh of her wrist, ending it all. But she would never do it. That would be letting him win and she just couldn't let that happen. She felt she shouldn't have to die for him and nor should her child. She vaguely wondered how his girlfriend would react to this news and, for the first time in the weeks since they'd broken up, she smiled

You had your chance, you blew it

Out of sight, out of mind

Shut your mouth, I just can't take it

Again and again and again and again

She pulled herself together and walked back into her house, picking up her book as she went by. Something inside her had snapped and she now knew this wasn't the end of the world. They deserved each other and Hermione knew she deserved better then him. She picked up a piece of parchment and wrote out four simple words, multipying onto several different pieces. "I'm pregnant, love Hermione"

Since you been gone (since you been gone)

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah

Thanks to you (thanks to you)

Now I get, I get what I want

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah

Thanks to you (thanks to you)

Now I get (I get)

You should know (you should know) that I get

I get what I want

She sent one to everyone she knew including them. She could imagine his girlfriend screaming at him. She wondered if maybe that hadn't been the best thing to do. It had been somewhat childish and immature but they had started this fight completely out of the blue. Yes, as Hermione slipped under her blue and white bedspread, she thought that Neville Longbottom and Ginerva Weasly truly deserved everything they got.

Since you been gone

Since you been gone

Since you been gone