Take The Pain Away

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, Ron and Hermione would BOTH be Weasleys by now.

It was midnight, and Ronald Weasley couldn't sleep. Of course, this was usally the case, what with the war, Harry daiting ginny, Percy being a prat, and he, Ronald B. Weasley, loving Hermione Granger. She probably wasn't asleep eather, but unlike him, she was most likley reading about where to maybey find the Horcruxes. he was thankful that they had been given permission to have their "head base" at Hogwarts- he felt safe here.

Ron got up and went down to the commmon room.Lo and behold, there was Hermione, but instead of reading, she was holding a peice of parchement in her hand and sobbing. He went up to her and sat on the floor next to her. She put her head on his shoulder and continued to sob.

"What's wrong, 'Mione?" Ron asked.

"He's dead!" She wailed.

"Who's dead, Hermione?" Ron asked, anxiously.

"Vicktor!" She moaned.

"Oh,God." He whispered. Ron had never liked vicktor, for obvious reasons, but he never, ever had wished he would die.

Ron then had a memory come to mind. When he was little, and his twin brothers had turned his teddy bear into a spider, his mother had sung to him. He would never, ever forget it-not just because he had a mermo-memory charm on him to remember it, b ut because it made him feel safe...

"Nothins gonna harm you, not while Im around!
Nothins gonna harm you, "No Sir!"
Not while Im around!

Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
Ill send then howling, I dont care,
I got ways!

No ones gonna hurt you, no ones gonna dare!
Others can desert you, not to worry, whistle,
Ill be there!

Demons will charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time, nothin can harm you,
Not while Im around!

Demons will charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time, nothins gonna harm you,
Not while Im around!
Not while Im around!
" He sang under his breath.

"Oh, Ron. I'm just so..."

"Scared?" He finished for her, "So am I."

"I know you didn't like Vicktor, but thank you for caring." Hermione said. She had stopped crying.

"I just was mad that I hadn't asked you to the Yule Ball first. I was an ass, and I'm sorry, Hermione."

"Well, I really just went with him to make you jelous, but after the two of us fought, he figured it out and we became freinds."

"Hermione?" He asked, not knowing where he found the courage to say what came next, "Can I take you to the Yule Ball?''

She laughed."There isn't going to be a Yule Ball, Ronald!"

"Then can I take you to my brother's wedding?" He asked.

"They already got married, remember? Fred and George locked Harry and Ginny in a closet so they would make up-" She began.

"And out." He said grimly.

"And then your mom went in to get a mop and Ginny had petrified Harry and put him in a dress and taken pictures, but they couldn't get the dress off him so he went to the wedding in a pink chinnell gown and borrowed my black heels?"

"Oh, yeah, how did I forget that?" He asked, feeling stupid. "Then can we just go out?"

"Of course!" She laughed,"But Ron?"

"Hmm?"

"Will you sing me that sond again? I liked it."

"Yes, I will, Hermione. I always will."

Nothins gonna harm you, not while Im around!
Nothins gonna harm you, "No Sir!"
Not while Im around!

Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
Ill send then howling, I dont care,
I got ways!

No ones gonna hurt you, no ones gonna dare!
Others can desert you, not to worry, whistle,
Ill be there!

Demons will charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time, nothin can harm you,
Not while Im around!

Demons will charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time, nothins gonna harm you,
Not while Im around!
Not while Im around!

Author's Note: The song Ron sings is called "Not While I'm Around". It is from the musical Sweeney Todd, and was written by Stephen Sondheim.