The general idea behind this is that Hermione has died, and Ron is thinking through everything she was to him. Kind of sad, but sweet at the same time, coming from Ron, with his emotional range of a teaspoon and all that.
Without You
I've never been good at this. You always used to point it out. It's one of those things I loved about you. You always spoke your mind, no matter what the consequences were. You were never afraid, never let us see it when you were. You always took the lead when there was nobody else to do it.
But now, now that you're gone, I can't help but think what life would have been without you.
Every time we lose someone, people say, "Life would have been easier if I'd just never met them."
I went through that. I thought that, for a moment. But then, I remembered all that you did for us, everything that we never would have been without you.
Without you, it would have just been me and Harry.
Without you, I would have failed every year in Hogwarts.
Without you, I would have stayed an irresponsible kid without a clue.
Without you, I would have died over and over again. Every year, there would have been no chance of the next. The devil's snare. Quirrel. The basilisk. That night that Sirius came back. The stupid World Cup. The Ministry of Magic. The night Dumbledore died. The whole year we were on the run.
Without you, there would be nobody to save us.
The whole time I knew you, you were saving me from myself more than anything else. And you never even knew it. The thing that got me the most was that there was nothing I could do to repay it.
Without you, there would have been nobody to tell us when we were wrong.
Without you, there would be no one to lead us, be in charge of ourselves even.
Without you, I never would have made up with Harry.
Without you, there would be no Dumbledore's Army.
Without you, we would have had no brains to the group.
Without you, there would be no Gryffindor lioness.
Without you, we all would have given up hope.
Without you, Voldemort would have won every time.
Without you, we wouldn't have been prepared for anything.
I've seen other people die. Other people I cared about, I've gone through watching all of us mourn for them, but it never felt like this. Never like I had died with them. You never could have done anything to prepare me for this.
Without you, I never would have come back when I left.
Without you, we'd all have been stuck in Malfoy Manor.
Without you, I wouldn't have kept fighting. There would have been nothing to fight for.
Without you, we would have lost the path many times over.
Without you, Harry would have died for real.
Without you, I would have been lost.
Without you, I would never have had my best friend. The one I never realized was there. Only now do I see that you truly were, now that you're not, now that you can't be anymore.
Without you, I never would have loved.
Without you, I would not be mourning.
Without you, I would have been nothing.
Without you, I don't know what I'll do.
A/N:
Definitely not my normal stuff. It's been rolling around in my head for a while now, and I finally wrote it out. It's not exactly what I thought it would be, but I guess it turned out alright. I almost cried when I was writing it, but knowing that it didn't really happen in the books is what made me get through it. Stupid, I know. Anyway, what do you think of it?