Chapter 6- Never Again
"Maybe if I talked to him, I'll get him to understand that things have to go back to normal."
"Oh Ron, will you? I need things to be better. I don't know how I would be able to cope if he wasn't friends with me."
"You'd still have me Hermione," Ron reasoned.
"It wouldn't be the same. I need him. You're great, but I can't live without Harry."
Ron just sat there, not saying anything. 'Is she starting to regret cheating on Harry with me? Is she starting to think I'm not worth it? Would she rather be with him?' Ron wondered. He didn't want to say the wrong thing and upset Hermione. He figured if he doubted her, she would either get upset, or admit that he was right, and he didn't like either of those options. So instead he said, "Don't worry, I'll talk to him and make everything better."
"Thank you."
Ron walked up the stairs to the boy's dormitories. He waited outside the door to the room he shared with Harry and the three other Gryffindor boys. He walked in. Luckily, Dean, Neville, and Seamus were not in the room. Harry was. He had the curtains drawn around his bed, but Ron could hear him breathing.
"Harry?" Ron called.
"What do you want?" Harry asked.
"I need to talk to you."
"Why, so you can rub it in that you have Hermione, and you don't?"
"No, Hermione is very upset, you have to be friends with her again," Ron said.
"No, I won't be friends with her again. You either," Harry stated.
"Harry-"
Harry cut him off. "When I first found out about you and Hermione, I wasn't upset. I couldn't be mad for you loving her. I couldn't be mad at her loving you. But when I started thinking, I got mad because you both went behind my back. The two people I trusted more than anyone betrayed me. And you want me to forgive and forget? To be friends with you again? I don't think so," Harry said coldly.
"Harry, it would mean so much to her," Ron pleaded.
"I don't care. Don't you get that? I. Don't. Care," Harry said slowly, as if he was talking to an infant.
Ron and Harry stood in silence for a minute before realizing that there was another person in the room. It was Hermione, and she was crying.
"I need you to care," she said. "I need things to be the same as they were before."
"They'll never again be the same. You can count on that," Harry said as he walked out the door, leaving Ron and Hermione alone.
"He's right, they won't be," Hermione said. "I don't think I can be with you, after seeing what this is doing to Harry."
"But I love you," Ron said, confused about why Hermione was doing this. Why she was ruining the last remains of the great trio.
"I can't love you Ron, I can't. I'm sorry," Hermione said, running from the room, tears streaming down her face.
Ron stood, all alone in the room. "Harry was right, things will never be the same," Ron said to no one but himself.
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The End! Sorry that it wasn't a happy ending. Most of my other stories end happy, go check them out! Please review, I want to know what you think of this story. I might do an Epilogue, if you want.
"Maybe if I talked to him, I'll get him to understand that things have to go back to normal."
"Oh Ron, will you? I need things to be better. I don't know how I would be able to cope if he wasn't friends with me."
"You'd still have me Hermione," Ron reasoned.
"It wouldn't be the same. I need him. You're great, but I can't live without Harry."
Ron just sat there, not saying anything. 'Is she starting to regret cheating on Harry with me? Is she starting to think I'm not worth it? Would she rather be with him?' Ron wondered. He didn't want to say the wrong thing and upset Hermione. He figured if he doubted her, she would either get upset, or admit that he was right, and he didn't like either of those options. So instead he said, "Don't worry, I'll talk to him and make everything better."
"Thank you."
Ron walked up the stairs to the boy's dormitories. He waited outside the door to the room he shared with Harry and the three other Gryffindor boys. He walked in. Luckily, Dean, Neville, and Seamus were not in the room. Harry was. He had the curtains drawn around his bed, but Ron could hear him breathing.
"Harry?" Ron called.
"What do you want?" Harry asked.
"I need to talk to you."
"Why, so you can rub it in that you have Hermione, and you don't?"
"No, Hermione is very upset, you have to be friends with her again," Ron said.
"No, I won't be friends with her again. You either," Harry stated.
"Harry-"
Harry cut him off. "When I first found out about you and Hermione, I wasn't upset. I couldn't be mad for you loving her. I couldn't be mad at her loving you. But when I started thinking, I got mad because you both went behind my back. The two people I trusted more than anyone betrayed me. And you want me to forgive and forget? To be friends with you again? I don't think so," Harry said coldly.
"Harry, it would mean so much to her," Ron pleaded.
"I don't care. Don't you get that? I. Don't. Care," Harry said slowly, as if he was talking to an infant.
Ron and Harry stood in silence for a minute before realizing that there was another person in the room. It was Hermione, and she was crying.
"I need you to care," she said. "I need things to be the same as they were before."
"They'll never again be the same. You can count on that," Harry said as he walked out the door, leaving Ron and Hermione alone.
"He's right, they won't be," Hermione said. "I don't think I can be with you, after seeing what this is doing to Harry."
"But I love you," Ron said, confused about why Hermione was doing this. Why she was ruining the last remains of the great trio.
"I can't love you Ron, I can't. I'm sorry," Hermione said, running from the room, tears streaming down her face.
Ron stood, all alone in the room. "Harry was right, things will never be the same," Ron said to no one but himself.
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The End! Sorry that it wasn't a happy ending. Most of my other stories end happy, go check them out! Please review, I want to know what you think of this story. I might do an Epilogue, if you want.