CHAPTER 7: PERFECT
Hey dad look at me Think back and talk to me Did I grow up according to plan? Do you think I'm wasting my time doing thing I Doing things I wanna do? 'Cause it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it I just want to make you proud I'm never gonna be good enough for you I can't pretend that I'm all right And you can't change me
'Cause we lost it all Nothing lasts forever I'm sorry I can't be perfect Now it's just too late And we can't go back I'm sorry I can't be perfect
I try not to think About the pain I feel inside Did you know you used to be my hero? All the days you never spent with me Now seem so far away And it feels like you're not here anymore And now I try hard to make it I just wanna make you proud I'm never gonna be good enough for you I can't stand another fight And nothing's alright
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said Nothing's gonna make this right again Please don't turn your back away I can't believe it's so hard Just to talk to you 'cause you don't understand
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, A.K.A. the goddess, does. do not own the song either. Simple Plan does.
A/N: Merlin... my story must really suck... well review... so I don't feel like this story isn't worth reviewing! THANKS! ~Prongs
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Ron strolled out to the lake. He had been going there alot in the past few weeks. To think and write.
Ron sat on his rock just in front of the lake. He stared at the water, tears forming in his eyes. His love... had cancer. How could this be? Tears trickled down his cheeks but he took no notice.
"Ron?"
He turned around at the sound of his name and saw Hermione. His Mione.
"Yeah...?"
"You're crying, Ron." Hermione said, sitting down next to him.
"I am?" He wiped his face. "Wow... guess I am."
Hermione smiled the very slightest and even THAT seemed forced.
"'Mione?" Ron said after a moment.
"Yes, Ron?" Hermione said curiously.
"Are you scared?"
"To death." She started laughing.
"This isn't funny."
"Oh, lighten up, Ron!" Hermione said lightly.
Ron looked at her and saw tears threatening to pour down her cheeks.
"Ron... I'm scared of not being with you." Hermione whispered.
Ron looked surprised and gathered her up in his arms, starting to cry himself. "Oh, that'll never happen, baby."
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Harry sat in the Gryffindor Common room, staring out the window at the lake. He had been watching Ron and Hermione for a while now.
He had an open journal in his lap. It was dark blue and filled with letters to his parents. He knew they really couldn't see them, but it helped to get it off his chest.
Harry didn't move when Ginny came up to him. He didn't move when she took his hand and started to apologize. He only moved when she tried to take his notebook.
"Don't touch it." He said firmly, hiding it in his robe pocket.
"So, you're not dead." Ginny said with a small smile.
Harry looked at her. "You have my attention."
"Harry, look... I'm so sorry. I just... had a little too much to drink that night and... I didn't know what I was doing." Ginny said, tears coming down her cheeks. "I'm sorry."
By now, Harry felt horrible. He had made her cry.
"No... I'm sorry, Gin. I shouldn't have reacted that way."
"Oh, shut up, Harry! You know it wasn't your fault!"
Harry glared and smirked the Malfoy smirk. He gathered her in his arms and sat her on his lap, kissing her cheek.
"Are you all right?"
"Now I am..." She said, cuddling into his chest and wrapping her arms around his neck.
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Ron and Hermione stayed like that for a few minutes before Ron broke apart, grabbing her hand and helping her up with him.
They both stood up and walked back into the castle.
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Later that night, after everyone had gone to sleep, Ron Weasley was out of bed. Ron went to the common room fireplace with some Floo Powder. He threw it in the fire and put his head in, saying, "The Burrow!"
He looked around and saw his mum knitting, his dad sleeping, Fred and George huddled over a piece of parchment for Weasleys Wizard Wheezes and Percy was reading in the far corner.
"Hey guys." He said cheerfully.
They all jumped and Mr. Weasley jerked awake.
"Ron!" Fred said, rushing to the fire. "You missed me!"
"Er-- no... Fred."
Fred sniffled and sat back down next to George.
"Ron, son. What's wrong?" Mrs. Weasley said, sitting in front of the fire.
"I need to talk to dad. Can you guys... leave?"
They all nodded and everyone but Mr. Weasley left. Arthur Weasley sat in front of the fire, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"What's wrong, son?"
"Dad... Hermione, my girlfriend, you know? Well... she... she had... cancer.... And I was wondering... if you could help her?"
Mr. Weasley blinked. "I'm not a doctor, son."
"I know... but maybe you had friends or something?"
"I don't know anything about her case or her medical history--" Mr. Weasley started.
Ron interupted. "Forget it. I knew it."
"Wait! Ron, wait!" Mr. Weasley screamed, but it was too late, he already popped out of sight.
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Ron sunk into the couch, crying and muttering, "There's something always in the way. There's something always getting through. But it's not me. It's you. It's all I know. It's all I know. I found peace when I'm confused. I found hope when I'm let down. It's not in me... it's in you. It's all I know... it's all I know"
Ron jumped up and ran straight into the 5th year girls dormitories. He sat next to Ginny's bed and shook her.
"R-Ron?" She yawned.
"Ginny, I need a huge favor. For the End of the year Ball."
Ron whispered into her ear and Ginny grinned wide.
"We'll start tomorrow."
Ron kissed her forehead and dashed to his dormitory.
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A/N: Ha... what will happen at the Ball? Will Hermione find a cure? Will we ever find out what happened to Malfoy? Oh the humanity! The suspense is killing even me! REVIEW FOR MORE CHAPPIES! -Prongsie
Hey dad look at me Think back and talk to me Did I grow up according to plan? Do you think I'm wasting my time doing thing I Doing things I wanna do? 'Cause it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it I just want to make you proud I'm never gonna be good enough for you I can't pretend that I'm all right And you can't change me
'Cause we lost it all Nothing lasts forever I'm sorry I can't be perfect Now it's just too late And we can't go back I'm sorry I can't be perfect
I try not to think About the pain I feel inside Did you know you used to be my hero? All the days you never spent with me Now seem so far away And it feels like you're not here anymore And now I try hard to make it I just wanna make you proud I'm never gonna be good enough for you I can't stand another fight And nothing's alright
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said Nothing's gonna make this right again Please don't turn your back away I can't believe it's so hard Just to talk to you 'cause you don't understand
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, A.K.A. the goddess, does. do not own the song either. Simple Plan does.
A/N: Merlin... my story must really suck... well review... so I don't feel like this story isn't worth reviewing! THANKS! ~Prongs
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Ron strolled out to the lake. He had been going there alot in the past few weeks. To think and write.
Ron sat on his rock just in front of the lake. He stared at the water, tears forming in his eyes. His love... had cancer. How could this be? Tears trickled down his cheeks but he took no notice.
"Ron?"
He turned around at the sound of his name and saw Hermione. His Mione.
"Yeah...?"
"You're crying, Ron." Hermione said, sitting down next to him.
"I am?" He wiped his face. "Wow... guess I am."
Hermione smiled the very slightest and even THAT seemed forced.
"'Mione?" Ron said after a moment.
"Yes, Ron?" Hermione said curiously.
"Are you scared?"
"To death." She started laughing.
"This isn't funny."
"Oh, lighten up, Ron!" Hermione said lightly.
Ron looked at her and saw tears threatening to pour down her cheeks.
"Ron... I'm scared of not being with you." Hermione whispered.
Ron looked surprised and gathered her up in his arms, starting to cry himself. "Oh, that'll never happen, baby."
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Harry sat in the Gryffindor Common room, staring out the window at the lake. He had been watching Ron and Hermione for a while now.
He had an open journal in his lap. It was dark blue and filled with letters to his parents. He knew they really couldn't see them, but it helped to get it off his chest.
Harry didn't move when Ginny came up to him. He didn't move when she took his hand and started to apologize. He only moved when she tried to take his notebook.
"Don't touch it." He said firmly, hiding it in his robe pocket.
"So, you're not dead." Ginny said with a small smile.
Harry looked at her. "You have my attention."
"Harry, look... I'm so sorry. I just... had a little too much to drink that night and... I didn't know what I was doing." Ginny said, tears coming down her cheeks. "I'm sorry."
By now, Harry felt horrible. He had made her cry.
"No... I'm sorry, Gin. I shouldn't have reacted that way."
"Oh, shut up, Harry! You know it wasn't your fault!"
Harry glared and smirked the Malfoy smirk. He gathered her in his arms and sat her on his lap, kissing her cheek.
"Are you all right?"
"Now I am..." She said, cuddling into his chest and wrapping her arms around his neck.
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Ron and Hermione stayed like that for a few minutes before Ron broke apart, grabbing her hand and helping her up with him.
They both stood up and walked back into the castle.
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Later that night, after everyone had gone to sleep, Ron Weasley was out of bed. Ron went to the common room fireplace with some Floo Powder. He threw it in the fire and put his head in, saying, "The Burrow!"
He looked around and saw his mum knitting, his dad sleeping, Fred and George huddled over a piece of parchment for Weasleys Wizard Wheezes and Percy was reading in the far corner.
"Hey guys." He said cheerfully.
They all jumped and Mr. Weasley jerked awake.
"Ron!" Fred said, rushing to the fire. "You missed me!"
"Er-- no... Fred."
Fred sniffled and sat back down next to George.
"Ron, son. What's wrong?" Mrs. Weasley said, sitting in front of the fire.
"I need to talk to dad. Can you guys... leave?"
They all nodded and everyone but Mr. Weasley left. Arthur Weasley sat in front of the fire, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"What's wrong, son?"
"Dad... Hermione, my girlfriend, you know? Well... she... she had... cancer.... And I was wondering... if you could help her?"
Mr. Weasley blinked. "I'm not a doctor, son."
"I know... but maybe you had friends or something?"
"I don't know anything about her case or her medical history--" Mr. Weasley started.
Ron interupted. "Forget it. I knew it."
"Wait! Ron, wait!" Mr. Weasley screamed, but it was too late, he already popped out of sight.
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Ron sunk into the couch, crying and muttering, "There's something always in the way. There's something always getting through. But it's not me. It's you. It's all I know. It's all I know. I found peace when I'm confused. I found hope when I'm let down. It's not in me... it's in you. It's all I know... it's all I know"
Ron jumped up and ran straight into the 5th year girls dormitories. He sat next to Ginny's bed and shook her.
"R-Ron?" She yawned.
"Ginny, I need a huge favor. For the End of the year Ball."
Ron whispered into her ear and Ginny grinned wide.
"We'll start tomorrow."
Ron kissed her forehead and dashed to his dormitory.
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A/N: Ha... what will happen at the Ball? Will Hermione find a cure? Will we ever find out what happened to Malfoy? Oh the humanity! The suspense is killing even me! REVIEW FOR MORE CHAPPIES! -Prongsie