Chapter Seven

Had another bad day gone by,

Another day of being angry

Never known a person who

Could spend so much time

Being mad at me.

Here we Go Again

Riddlin' kids

Hermione climbed the stairs to her old apartment. She had decided that morning that she should gather her stuff from Ron's. She didn't relish the task. She would much rather eat some nails, but she knew it had to be done. She glanced at her watch. She had picked a time when Ron shouldn't be home yet from work at Diagon alley.

She walked up to the door. She tried it and was genuinely surprised to find it locked. Ron usually just let her lock it. Maybe he wasn't beyond hope.

She got on tiptoes and ran her hand over the top of the door frame. Sure enough there was the spare key she had put up for Ron on the rare occasion he locked himself out.

She opened the door. There were muffled moans coming from the bed room and she rolled her eyes. Ron was watching porn again. She had come to expect it.

"Ron!" She called. There was a muffled curse and the moans stopped. A moment later, Ron appeared in drawers.

"Hermione! Um..."

"I came to get my things." She replied, hating herself. On the other hand, he didn't look too happy to see her.

"Ron?" came a female voice from the other room. "Who is it?"

Hermione felt her jaw go slack as Lavender Brown, dressed only in a bedsheet appeared. Lavender's mouth formed a perfect O at seeing Hermione.

"Oh! Hermione! Um.."

A decidedly forced smile fixed upon Hermione's face. "Lavender, darling. Be a dear and excuse us for a little bit, will you?"

"Right! Um... I'll just be in the... um bathroom."

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The glass vase was cheap. Ron had bought it for their one year aniversary. It was cheap but Hermione had treated it with love and respect.

Currently it was airborne. It arched toward Ron's head. He ducked and the cheap thing clipped his shoulder.

"YOU FUCKING ASS!" Hermione shrieked following it up with the head of a teddy bear that he had gotten her when she agreed to date him.

"YOU FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE ASS! DID YOU REALLY THINK I WOULDN'T FIND OUT!"

Ron ducked again as a small ornate mirror he had gotten her for her birthday flew toward his chest. It missed and shattered against his forehead. "Mione! I thought we were through!"

"SO YOU INVITE MY FRIEND OVER FOR CASUAL SEX? THAT WAS CONSIDERATE!"

"Mione, you didn't come back for two days."

"So that makes everything OK?" Hermione's voice rose to the bright descant she had hit the night before as she threw a porcelein book end he had gotten her for graduation, following it up with its twin.

"Mione! Come on!" He ducked the first and the second struck him in the stomach.

"No Ronald! You came on. You sold me lies and I bought them. Because I wanted to be in love. But guess what? I wasn't. And if you ever come near me again, I will break every bone in your body."

She swept through the rooms, gathering different articles. Finally she opened the window overlooking the back alley.

"Mione! What are you doing?"

"Getting rid of some reminders." And she dumped the trinkets out the window.

"Mione!" He came up and grabbed her shoulder.

Her fantastic right cross snapped his head back. "Don't call me Mione."

She stormed into the bedroom, gathering her clothes and books.

"Hermione?"

Hermione turned at the small voice to see a toga-ed Lavender standing and holding a bag. "Um, these are yours."

"Thanks Lav."

"Um, I just want you to know that I didn't know! I mean I knew you were dating, but Ron told me you guys had broken up three weeks ago."

"Yeah. That'd be him."

"Um, do you have a place to stay, cause-"

"Don't worry. I'm staying with Ginny. I'll see you round."

"Not with him."

Hermione smiled. "Good."

She kept the tears in the whole walk home.

(A/N: I have to apologize. I was going to update two stories today, but I lost the other chapter. please forgive me. I will update three stories tomorrow.

To Baxter- glad you like! hope this chapter pleases!