What's up with the new fanfiction stuff? It's weird. Okay next chapter!

Hermione awoke to a loud shriek the next morning. She was jerked into a sitting position by the noise. She saw Ginny walk out of the room and found herself alone. She rubbed her eyes and felt an odd feeling around her eyes and down her cheeks. Then she remembered the night previous. How she had thought of Ron and Lavender, how she had cried herself to sleep.

She walked downstairs, where all the family was gathered. There were no open seats, so she just leaned on the door frame and watched Lavender and Ron. They were standing in front of everyone, Ron's arm around Lavender, and Hermione couldn't help but feel jealous.

"We have big news, everyone!" Lavender said excitedly. They all stared at her, waiting for her to announce whatever it was. "We're getting married!" she squealed happily, holding up her left hand. On her ring finger, there was a ring. It had a gold band and a beautiful blue stone in the middle. Hermione stared at the ring as everyone started saying words like "congratulations" and "that's great!". She then looked at Ron, who was staring at her. She let a few tears fall freely, not caring who saw or what they thought, before backing out of the room.

She looked for somewhere to go, where no one would bother her. She went outside, and instantly started sobbing.

'I can't do this. I can't watch Ron marry someone else.'

She thought about what she should do. After a few minutes, she examined the area around her.

That's when she saw the pond.

She hurried towards it, taking out her wand as she went.

"Diffindo." she said, pointing her wand at the ice. It broke, leaving a small opening in the ice.

Hermione reached down and felt the water. It was bitterly cold, and it numbed her fingers.

"Well, here goes nothing." she said to herself, then jumped in. She swam down, then to the right, away from the opening.

Every inch of her body was numbed and pained by the cold. Slowly, Hermione felt the oxygen in her body escape her. Her world began to go black, and she thought of Ron.

'Goodbye my love. I hope you have a wonderful life with Lavender.'

Her eyes closed, and she was completely motionless. Suddenly, there was a large splash in the water. Someone wrapped their arms around Hermione's waist and pulled her to the surface.

Ron laid Hermione on the cold, snowy ground in front of him. They were both completely soaked from the pond. Ron was shivering, but Hermione was still.

"Hermione?" Ron whispered.

He grabbed her hand, then felt for a pulse. He didn't feel anything. He started to panic.

"Hermione." he said, louder this time.

He put his ear next to her mouth, not hearing any breath escape from it. He looked at her stomach. It wasn't moving.

"Hermione." he said, almost yelling. He pulled out his wand and tried a variety of spells that would help. She stayed the same.

"Hermione!" he yelled loudly at her, shaking her body. "Hermione wake up!" he said, his voice still rising.

Tears started to escape his eyes. He stared at her pale, limp body. His heart felt like it was about to break.

"Hermione." he whispered, holding her to him.

He pushed some stray hairs off her face, then started to cry loudly. His tears fell onto her face and down her cheeks.

"Ron?" a voice said softly.

He looked down at Hermione to see her staring up at him with wide eyes.

"Hermione!" he said happily. "I- I mean, we thought I'd lost you!"

She just stared at him.

"Mione don't do that! You scared us all half to death!"

"You wouldn't care if I died." she said, looking away from him.

"Of course I would! Why would you think otherwise?"

Before she could answer, everyone else ran outside.

"Hermione!" Harry and Ginny screamed, pulling her off the ground and into a hug.

"Won-Won!" Lavender said, jumping on him when he got back up. She started snogging him crazily. "I- thought- I- lost- you." she said, each word followed by a kiss.

"Well, you didn't." Ron said, pushing her off gently.

"Well, the two of you need to get inside before you freeze to death!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed, pushing them both along towards the house. She started nagging the two of them, and Ron and Hermione exchange a knowing smile at one another.

"Hermione, go lay on the couch dear. You need to rest." she said when they walked into the living room.

"Alright." Hermione said. She walked to the couch, laid down, and closed her eyes. Ron moved to follow her, but Lavender jerked his arm in the opposite direction.

"Come on Won-Won. We can go discuss wedding plans." she said, gritting her teeth. Jealousy was growing inside her, and it seemed that the next littlest thing could set her off.

Ron followed Lavender into the kitchen, and Hermione watched them go sadly. She was hoping Ron would've talked to her at least a little. She wanted to thank him for saving her. Someone did come to see her though.

Ginny sat down on the edge of the couch by Hermione's feet.

"Hey Gin." Hermione said, smiling slightly.

"Hermione, you need to talk to him. Today." she said seriously.

"What do we need to talk about?"

"Don't play dumb, Hermione. You know exactly what you have to talk about."

Hermione sighed and looked towards the kitchen. "Okay. I'll talk to him."

"Brilliant. But you should really rest for awhile."

"I will. I'll talk to him tonight, when everyone else has gone to sleep."

"You sure he'll be up?"

"Positive."

And that's the end of chapter 4. Hoping to update again soon! Typing more after I post this. Please review!