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2: Don't own song, all credit goes to the amazing mind of Nick Thomas of The Spill Canvas
My
empty promises
led to our demise
And I could never tell you
how I really feel
and for that I eternally apologize
Ron looked over at Luna, who was resting on her hospital bed. She had just given birth to Remus (who they named after the old werewolf that had died recently of a wolf borne disease he had caught during the full moon), and was resting with him in her arms. Then he looked over at Harry and Hermione, who was also resting with their new born baby, Lily, and couldn't help but to think of what happened to lead up to this..
Summer before Seventh Year
Hermione stormed into the Burrow, to find Ron playing chess with one of the twins.
"Ronald!" Hermione screeched. Ron visibly winced, and Fred (or was it George?) fled the scene quickly, knowing that Hurricane Hermione was brewing.
"Yes, Hermione..?" Ron asked cautiously.
"You were supposed to be at my parents' house over TWO HOURS AGO!"
"Shit," he said, hitting himself repeatedly in the head with the palm of his hand. "Shit, shit, shit shit, shit."
"THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE IN!"
He walked over to her, and try to hug her to calm her down.
"No.." Hermione said, her voice shaky. "Do not touch me."
"Hermione.."
"Just get away from me. I don't want to see you right now."
"ALL JUST BECAUSE I MISSED A DINNER?"
"NO RONALD WEASLEY. BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN BREAKING PROMISES AGAIN AND AGAIN."
And with that, Hermione stormed up the stairs.
I hope you never
forget the tapping at your window
with the harsh cold and the
jealousy
running through my bones
We were both selfish, but I
think I was more
Summer after Seventh Year
Ron and Hermione had gotten into another fight, this time about whether they should get their own flat or to share a flat with Harry.
"Why shouldn't we get a flat with Harry?" Hermione asked, searching through her work papers to find the one she needed.
"Because!" Ron argued, the tips of his ears beginning to turn red.
"Very mature Ron, honestly," she said. "There's nothing wrong with moving in with Harry."
"Yes there is!"
"Like what? Please, do explain."
"Well, how about if we want to cuddle, and just be alone?"
"Go to one of our rooms, or explain to Harry and ask him to leave."
"But.. what about our annerversaries?"
"Harry already told us this, he'll mark them down on a calendar and leave that morning so there's no inconviences."
Ron was starting to run out of reasons. "What about if we want to, you know, get it on?"
"Excuse me?"
"Have sex? Shag? Bang? Screw? Fu-"
"I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS RONALD."
"Then why did you say excuse me?"
"BECAUSE I DO NOT PLANNING ON 'GETTING IT ON' UNTIL AFTER I AM MARRIED. I'VE TOLD YOU THIS."
"I forgot…?" Ron knew he was in dangerous waters now.
"You forget everything!" Hermione threw her hands up. "I am moving in with Harry in a flat. Whether you will too, is completely on you. Goodbye."
Hermione walked out of his room in the Burrow, and back to the Ministry.
I would like to thank you, for showing me
a part of myself that I have never seen
Yeah, we were young and dumb, but it still was fun
And I guess these things just tend to fall apart
And I hope you feel the same
"Damn, I was a prick." Ron said to himself. "But now at least I realized how horrible I was, and changed."
"Amen." A groggy voice agreed.
"Hermione?" Ron asked, squinting in the darkness.
"Yeah." She yawned, and looked at her little baby boy. "What were you thinking about?"
"Us."
"What?"
"What happened to us and how we got here."
"Oh."
My
empty promises,
my empty promises
brought us to an end
I
just hurt you and I never looked back
Now I have no logic to
defend
"Have I ever told you how sorry I am?"
"No, I don't think you have."
"Well, I am." Ron started.
"Ron you don't have to do this."
"No, I have to.. I want to."
"Alright."
"Everything was good at the beginning, we were the perfect couple. We hardly fought, we were affectionate but not to much to be disgusting. But then it all went horribly wrong, around the second or third month."
I hope you never forget the tapping at your window
with the harsh cold and the jealousy
running through my bones
We were both selfish, but I think I was more
"I started to get jealous of Harry, for just being around you. I knew there was something between you guys, something that we would never have. But I pushed those thoughts away, being too jealous of Harry, thinking that he was going to take you away from me. And instead, I became blind with envy, I became posessive of you."
I would like to
thank you, for showing me
a part of myself that I have never seen
Yeah, we were young and dumb, but it still was fun
And I
guess these things just tend to fall apart
And I hope you feel
the same
"Until that one day, where, who was it Neville? Maybe it was Ginny. Until they pointed out to me how horrible I was to you, how I was hurting you, and angering Harry. That's when I realized that that wasn't me.. I wasn't being true to myself. Then I realized that our relationship wasn't meant forever. That we were young, and dumb, and that things would eventually fall apart at the seams. That they already were falling asleep at the seams.."
I
would like to thank you, for showing me
a part of myself that I
have never seen
Yeah, we were young and dumb, but it still was
fun
I'm forever indebted to you
I hope you feel the same
"And I just want you to know that while I regret a lot of the things I did to you, that it was fun. And I will always owe you a debt-"
Hermione cut Ron off. "No you won't."
"Yes," Ron said forcefully. "I will. You showed me what love was. And while this may seem superly conceited, I hope you feel the same way. And I'm sorry, that I was the arse I was to you."
"I do feel the same way," Hermione said with tears in her eyes. "I do. And I'm sorry too. If I had said something sooner.."
"I don't think it would have made a difference, honestly."
You seem like such a big part
of my life and
my heart
But the truth is I've found something new
and she
easily towers over you
"And while you were (and still are, just not that way) such a big part of my life, and heart, I have to say Luna easily towers over you." Ron chuckled.
You seem
like such a big part
of my life and my heart
But the truth is
I've found something new
and she easily towers over you
"I understand Ron," Hermione smiled through her tears. "And I also have to say, Harry easily towers over you too."
And from their seats next to their respective spouse, Harry and Luna smiled.
A/N: ahh, i think this is alot better than my last chapter. i made ron a little more understanding in this one, maybe its a little occ. i just think with him having a wife, and his own family, he would grow up and look back on what happened between himself and hermione, and regret alot of what he did. and i thought it'd be cute for them to have babies on the same day! i hope you all liked it. i'm not sure what song i'm using next, but hopefully next chapter should be up soon. reviews are nice.