Ron looked guilty. There was only one other time I had seen that look on his face and that was the night I caught him in bed with Lavender. My stomach started turning and the butterflies inside seemed to be moving at the speed of light. Maybe I don't want to know what he is talking about.

"Look Hermione that happened that night is hard to explain but I want the chance to try."

"Okay, I think I can give you that."

"I want you to know first that I love you and never meant to hurt you. I just thought that it was better if you hated me than the other outcome."

"What other outcome?"

"Well I had run into Lavender about a week after the war had ended and-"

There was no and, because at that moment Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came bounding through the door. They were carrying flowers and candy.

"Hermione, we were both so worried about you!" gasped Mrs. Weasley, as she flung herself into my arms.

"We practically had to drag her away from the healer she was screaming at when you came in," replied Mr. Weasley.

"That was funny to watch though, wasn't it Dad," laughed Ron.

"Sure was!"

"Boys, that was not for your entertainment. I was trying to get someone in this institution to give me an answer about Hermione's condition," she said to the boys. Turning to me she said, "I do not know why we put up with them!"

"I honestly do not know either, it couldn't possibly be because we love them so much."

The Weasleys stayed for a while to chat and tell me all the exciting news that I missed in a week. The Cannons won their first Quidditch match, Ginny and Harry's wedding was coming along nicely, and Fred and Angelina were expecting another child again. I was very excited to hear all the news but at the same time I wanted them to leave so I could hear Ron's story. I felt that if I had heard the story then maybe I would understand what happened that night three years ago.

Needless to say we were never alone again while I was in St. Mungo's. Everyone was always coming in to visit and Ron had finally given up trying to talk to me for the time being. With this being said you can bet that I was the happiest person in the world when I finally got released and went home, well home to Harry and Ginny's flat that is.

I asked Ron to come over the second night I was out of St. Mungo's because I knew Harry and Ginny had dinner plans outside of the flat. It would give the two of us a chance to talk for the first time in three years. I was dizzy with nerves. I should not really feel so sick because there is no way he could hurt me anymore.

It took me forever to get ready. I wanted to look good for Ron. I changed my outfit five times till I finally settled on a button down blouse in red with a pair of jeans, causal but not bummy. My hair went right up into a ponytail. I put on some make-up and then paced the flat waiting for Ron to show up.

There was a knock on the door. I knew it was him but I was so nervous my palms were sweating. I opened the door. God, He is gorgeous was all I could think. He stood there wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that showed off every muscle nicely. I wanted to just grab him and fall into bed. I knew I couldn't.

"Hey there." I said.

"Hello 'Mione", Ron replied.

"Come on in. Do you want something to drink?" I started heading towards the kitchen.

"Sure. Do you have any butterbeer?"

"Yes I will go get you some." I went into the kitchen and got the butterbeer from the refrigerator. When I came back into the living room he was sitting on the couch. I handed him the butterbeer and sat down next to him.

"How are you feeling?" he asked me.

"I am feeling a lot better than I did. Each day is getting better. Thank you for asking but I did not ask you here to have small talk and you know it."

"I know. I was just trying to break the tension a little bit. I should have known better. You always want the information first."

"You used to know me so well."

"I still do. Let me tell you the story."

"I am listening."

"I met Lavender in Diagon Alley a couple of weeks after the war ended. It was purely innocent but I found out that she was dating this guy I was going into Auror training with. She was becoming an Unspeakable and I was very excited for her. We talked for a couple of hours and then I went to meet you for dinner."

"Why did you never tell me that you ran into Lavender?"

"I didn't want you to overreact and nothing happened so I just wanted to enjoy dinner with you. I promise you that it was strictly innocent and all I could talk about to her was how much I loved you.

"But if you could only talk about your love for me then why did you sleep with her?"

"Well some time after I had run into you something came up. There was this death eater that had plans to kill Harry, you, and I. We captured him and he heard Harry and I talk about how we didn't want you to know that someone was trying to kill us. He realized that in order to hurt us more would be just to kill you and leave us alive with the pain. He escaped from Azkaban shortly after his capture and we could not find him. We did manage to find out about his new plan. He wanted to murder you. I couldn't let that happen. I loved you more than anything in the world."

"So you cheated on me?"

"No, I did the only thing that I could do. I had to persuade him to believe that you meant nothing to me anymore. Just another girlfriend that I was done with, I was hoping he would buy that. Lavender was working on the cases with us because he was such a powerful man. We both wanted to help you and the only way we could do it was to have you believe I cheated on you. I needed you not to care about me anymore. Then we were going to have Harry cut the ties with you not because we didn't love you but because we do. Lavender and I set up the apartment just right so when you walked in you had thought that I had cheated on you. I can honestly tell you now that I never did anything with her except climb into bed with her and make it look like you had caught us together. I did not even kiss her."

"Ron, why couldn't you have just told me? I was strong enough to protect myself, I mean I fought in the War just like you and Harry did."

"I know that but it was different this time. I was your and I wanted to protect you. I hated the idea that because you meant something to me it put you in danger."

"So you made me hate you. You ruined everything you know that."

"I know. I did not expect you to run to France. I thought you would go back to the muggle world or just forget about us but you didn't. It was a lot harder to keep an eye on you when you were in France and at one point we lost you."

"I thought I felt someone following me so I hid myself away for awhile. Ron, what was this man's name?"

"Kurtis Vaughn."

"Vaughn?"

"Did you know him?"

"Not him but I did know someone with that last name while I was in France. A Mitchell Vaughn."

"Mitchell Vaughn has been on the most wanted list. He has been for awhile now."

"I really think that you and Harry have the wrong guy. The guy I knew was very sweet and we were together for awhile."

"How long is awhile?'

"Only about a year. He was so good with-." I stopped myself there.

"With what?"

"Words. He just was very romantic"

"Oh. Did you love him?"

"I thought that if we were together long enough I could but that did not work. I was still in love with you."

"Then why did you leave?"

"It hurt too much to stay here so I thought I could get over you better somewhere else. That was stupid, I guess because you never even cheated on me."

"I am sorry that I had to hurt you but I didn't know how else to protect you."

"For some reason I understand but that does not mean that I forgive you. You ruined a lot more than our relationship when you pulled that act."

"What else did I ruin?"

"It does not matter. What I do not understand is why he stopped planning to kill me if I was still talking to Harry."

"That is what never makes sense. Harry made sure that you were okay all these years but there was never was an attempt on you. We just figured that he moved on."

"Then why would someone try to kill me now?"

"They may have seen us together or just assumed if you were back in the country it meant that we were all fixing things."

"I want to find this person and make them pay for ruining the lives of the people I love and my own."

"I want the same thing."

At that moment Ron and I just stopped and stared into each others eyes. Those eyes that I used to love to stare into and lose myself; the eyes that could look at me and knew every thought that ran into my head, they were simply gorgeous. In those eyes I saw the love that was in his heart and I fell harder than I ever had for him before.

I drew closer to him and he wrapped his arms around me. For a while I just stayed with my head buried into his chest. I loved the smell of him, a mixture of citrus and sandalwood. I started to kiss up his neck, then his chin, till my lips finally came to rest on his lips. My hands went up into his hair and my mouth pleaded with his to allow me entrance. My tongue explored every part of his mouth and I heard the moan escape him. He pushed me down on the couch and stated to unbutton my blouse. I pushed my hips into him and felt his excitement.

"Ron", I murmured his name. I ran my hands up under his shirt and felt the muscles tighten under my touch. That was all that I needed. I pulled his shirt up over his head and he slid my shirt off. Our bodies came back together while he showered me with kisses, starting at my forehead and running down to my lips. From there he trailed kisses down my body stopping at my belly button. I arched into him. My body felt like it was on fire and I never wanted this feeling to end. His slick hands had removed my bra without my knowledge and his mouth was now ravishing my chest. He took one nipple into his mouth and then moved his attention on to the next one.

"You are so beautiful," he said as he looked at me. His mouth came back on mine as we both worked to get each other out of our jeans. When we were both naked, he came back to kiss me again while his hand roamed down my body. He hovered on my thigh before exploring the rest of me. It felt like I was going to burst and his had was doing wicked things to me. I couldn't get enough. Moan after moan was escaping my mouth and I was almost on the brink of an explosion when he stopped I arched myself into him and he pushed into me. I was reeling with the feeling of him inside of me. He came back to kiss me as we hit our climax together.

We lie in each other's arms reeling with the idea of what had just passed between us. I could not remember the last time I had felt so could or the last time I had made love to Ron. I never thought our last time before I had left would have been our last time but I remember the outcome. The outcome of the last time we had been together was the greatest thing in my life; the reason I was still living. That is when it hit me. If someone was trying to kill me what were they going to do to her. I jumped out of Ron's arms so fast.

"Paige". I screamed.

"Who's Paige?"

"My daughter!"