Author: Please note, the song 'The Girl' is by Dallas Green, and all the characters mentioned below are that of J.K. Rowlings. I wrote the story.

The Girl

I wish I could do better by you,
'cause that's what you deserve
You sacrifice so much of your life
In order for this to work.

Ron knew Hermione's birthday was coming up. He felt he had to do something extra special for her, since she was turning twenty-four. She worked so hard at St. Mungo's; she always took the overtime they both knew they needed in order to support little Hugo. Ron's job didn't provide the money they needed either; they were struggling and both of them knew it.


While I'm off chasing my own dreams
Sailing around the world
Please know that I'm yours to keep
My beautiful girl

Ron loved his job. He loved going to work every day; he got to help out with international wizarding problems that involved British magical folk. He didn't have to do much work, and this pleased him; but it showed in his salary. He and Hermione had only started paying off their used car, and the mortgage on the house was slowly being chipped away at.

One night, Ron came home to Hermione, who was upset, bedridden and crying. While at work, she had an accident, and took a tumble down a flight of stairs. She had lost her five-week old child. Ron mourned with her, but promised her he would not let it happen again. He told her they would have another child, and that he would be with her as long as he had breath in his body. That night, he held her in his arms, and let her cry quietly until she fell asleep.

When you cry a piece of my heart dies
Knowing that I may have been the cause
If you were to leave
Fulfill someone else's dreams
I think I might totally be lost
You don't ask for no diamond rings no delicate string of pearls
That's why I wrote this song to sing
My beautiful girl

The next year, when Hermione gave birth to a beautiful redheaded girl, Rose, Ron came to his proud wife with a gift. It was a shining silver locket on a chain. It had a figure eight on the front, which symbolized their eight years together, as well as infinity; that, Ron told her, was how long he would love her. Hermione kissed him, and hugged both their children. She put a picture of the three people she loved the most inside the locket, and never took it off, not even on her dying day.

That's why I wrote this song to sing,

my beautiful girl.