It had been hours and Ron isn't home yet. He's been doing this for the past 5 months. Going out to drink and party with his friends, staying out all night, and not helping his wife, Hermione, with the kids. Hermione is sick of it and wanted to talk with him when he gets home, whenever that would be. Hermione sat in the living room reading, and then suddenly heard the door open. Hermione stood up and screamed "RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY! Where have you been?"
"Work?" He snaps at her. He sets down his jacket and briefcase on the counter.
"I know you haven't been at work! I called your office and they said you left at 5! Its 2 in the morning now!"
"What are you spying on me now? Give me a break Hermione. You never let me do anything. You just need to relax." Ron said. He was obviously drunk. Hermione could tell by the tone of his voice and how he was walking.
"GIVE YOU A BREAK? RELAX? When was the last time I relaxed since my husband hasn't been coming home and helping me take care of our children? Don't you dare tell me to relax because I can't!" Hermione yelled.
"Bloody hell, am I going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life?" Ron screamed at Hermione. He went over to the refrigerator and grabbed a beer. Hermione quickly ran into the kitchen and grabbed the beer from Ron's hand.
"YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANOTHER DRINK! I'm going to call your office tomorrow and tell them that you are not coming to work for a couple of days! Now you listen to me Ronald Weasley! You need to stop going out and help me out around the house and with the children! Rose and Hugo miss you! They always ask where you are and are questioning! Not only do they miss you so do I! I miss having you come home and sit with us to eat dinner and kiss me and hug me!" Hermione said. For a moment she thought Ron actually listened to every work she said and was going to come and give her a hug and apologize. But that didn't happen.
"OH THAT RUBBISH HERMIONE! SO I GO OUT WITH FRIENDS BIG DEAL! IT'S NOT LIKE YOU NEVER GO OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS EITHER! WHY ARE YOU SO SELFISH?" He screamed at his wife while taking a drink of his beer.
"SELFISH?" Hermione yelled. "I am not selfish! I haven't been out of this damn house ever since you started working late and going to the pub and drinking with your friends! I haven't had one moment to myself either!" Hermione went to grab Ron's beer out of his hand when Ron screamed "Don't touch me! Just leave me alone!"
"I'm trying to help you! You need to stop drinking and you obviously have a problem!"
"I don't have a problem Hermione! Geesh why can't you just go away? I don't need you on my back all the time! I'm pretty sure I can handle the kid's lives and my life without you! I wish you would just go away forever I don't need you here! Ever since we got married all you've done is yell at me and blame me for everything! You're no good for anything! Well sorry if I'm not good enough for Ms. Perfect Hermione!" Ron yelled. Ron had never ratted at Hermione like that before. She couldn't believe what she heard. Out of all people, she wasn't expecting her husband to make her hurt this much. Ron then chugged down his beer. Hermione then ran over to him and snatched the bottle away.
"What are you doing?" Ron shouted.
"You are not drinking anymore!" Hermione replied.
"You're not my mother and you do not tell me what to do!" Ron said.
"Yes but I am your wife and it's my job to protect you and make sure you stay out of harm's way!" Hermione said.
"You've done nothing to make me feel good Hermione! Don't you get that! I HATE YOU! I REGRET MARRYING YOU AND HAVING A LIFE WITH YOU! ALL YOU'VE DONE IS MADE MY LIFE A MISERABLE WRECK! I WANT YOU OUT OF THIS HOUSE NOW!" Ron screamed at Hermione.
Hermione's face expression changed right after her husband said that he hated her and tears started to form in her eyes. How dare he say something like that? Whatever happened to for better or for worse? And that he'd love her forever? Hermione immediately talked back.
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME RON? I THOUGHT THAT OUR LOVE WAS STRONG? NOT LIKE THIS! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED ME YET YOU AREN'T THERE FOR ME! I'VE DONE NOTHING FOR YOU? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? I CLEAN THIS HOUSE, I PREPARE YOUR FOOD, AND I TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT I AM USELESS IN EVERY WAY! YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE USELESS ALSO! YOU NEVER HELP ME AROUND THE HOUSE AND YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT PARTYING, YOU DIRTY FOUL EVIL SON OF A BITCH! " Hermione cried.
Hermione was about to continue defending herself until Ron back slapped her across the face hard. She flew back into the wall and hit her head against a picture. Their wedding picture actually. Glass instantly flew everywhere and Hermione fell to the floor sobbing. She couldn't believe what just happened. Her husband, the one she had used to love the most, had slapped her across the face. Her husband no longer loved her. Without thinking she ran into their bedroom and started to pack up her things.
Ron, suddenly woke up from his drunken state, and realized what he just did. He had slapped Hermione. The girl that he loved more than life itself. The girl that he fell in love with and devoted his life to. He looked down and saw their wedding picture shattered on the floor. He ran upstairs and tried to apologize to his Hermione. When he reached their room, he saw a tearful Hermione was tearing through their things and was already half way done with packing her belongings.
"No Hermione stop, please don't do this. STOP HERMIONE! You don't want to do this!" Ron said.
Hermione continued packing without saying a word while crying her eyes out. How dare he come to her after what he just did? Does he think she'll forgive him that easily? She was finally done with his nonsense and was leaving him for good. Why would she stick around to a husband that doesn't even help out with the children and abuses her? Once she finished packing all of her things, she flies past Ron and goes straight to Rose and Hugo's room. Ron follows and sees Hermione give each Rose and Hugo a final kiss and goodbye before storming downstairs. Ron still follows and screams "Hermione please listen to me! I'm sorry that I did that I shouldn't have! Please forgive me!"
Hermione then turned around and screamed "YOU THINK I'M GOING TO FORGIVE YOU THAT EASILY? DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO ME!"
Ron saw the blood on Hermione's forehead and the redness on Hermione's cheek. He goes to her and tries to hug her and comfort her but Hermione just backs away.
"Don't you ever touch me again Ronald! Don't you ever!" Hermione cried. "How dare you do that to me? How dare you tell me that I'm useless and that you hate me? You don't know what I've been through in the past 5 months! You don't have a clue!" Hermione paused to breathe. "Every day for 5 damn months, I sat in this house alone, taking care of the kids alone, wondering and worrying about you! You come home and you just drink and sleep. Then you wake up and go to work and do it all over again! You don't even deserve to be looked at! You're not sorry! If I stay your just going to go back to the same phase!" Hermione cried.
Ron didn't know what else to say. Seeing his wife hurt like this really killed him. He didn't want her to leave. "Hermione, darling, I love you so much and I am so sorry that I did that to you. Your right, I have no idea what you go through every day and I am a complete jerk for leaving you alone and not supporting you. I loveā¦" Before Ron could finish that sentence, Hermione snapped "DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME! HUSBANDS THAT TRULY LOVE THEIR WIVES DO NOT HIT THEIR WIVES! THEY COME HOME AND HELP THEM WITH THEIR FAMILY, SUPPORT THEM IN EVERY WAY, AND TELL THEM THAT THEY LOVE THEM! YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT ONE OF THEM!" Hermione sobbed. With tears all over her face, Hermione grabs her suitcase and continues walking through the door. Ron realizes that he won't get Hermione back that easily. He realized that he could actually lose his wife forever. Ron quickly grabs her wrist and begs "Hermione please! I am so sorry that I did that to you and I don't know how many times I can say that before you actually believe me! I love you so much and I could not live a day without you! Please don't leave me. I promise I'll do whatever it takes to get you back! If you don't care about me at least think of the children! They need a mom!" Ron said desperately with tears down his face.
Hermione was about to consider it but soon snapped out of it and knew that Ron would go back to his same phase if she did stay. "No, I'm not staying. I'm leaving. I've had enough of this. This married life and kids were supposed to be the best time of our lives and it just turned out to be a complete nightmare! You wanted me gone so badly well you have it! I'm leaving for good and I'm never gonna come back! I'm pretty sure you won't even notice either." Hermione said. She quickly grabbed her suitcase and dashed to the door. Surprisingly Ron didn't stop her. Before dashing out, Hermione turned around and said "Oh yea I almost forgot, since you hate me so much and regret marrying me, you can have this back!" Hermione screamed. Hermione then took off her marriage ring and threw it at Ron. Ron was heartbroken. He really couldn't believe that she was leaving and not coming back. Before he tried to say anything else, she dissapperated and disappeared.
Ron went to the couch and cried so hard. Harder than when he attended his brother Fred's funeral. She really left. She wasn't coming back. Those thoughts kept going on in his head. He then remembered the ring and went to look for it. There it was lying on the floor. He picked it up and looked at it. They've fought many times over the past couple months but it never got this bad. It never got to the point where Hermione actually left and threw her marriage ring at him. Ron kneeled down on the floor and cried all night. He was ashamed of himself of what he did. Because of his action, he lost the love of his life, possibly forever.
