A/N: Wow, I really seem to get a lot of writing done! Thanks again for all the reviews that I got, especially for the one that Rae Roberts wrote me (see A/N in chapter 4). Well, this is Chapter 5, hope you enjooy it….

A broken heart – Chapter 5

When Harry woke up, he quickly got dressed and left the dormitry as quietly as he could. He had resisted the urge to punch Ron when he went to bed yesterday evenig after making sure that Hermione was safely up in the girl´s dormitry. When he came downstairs now, the sun was shining through the windows in the common room, which was completely deserted exept for a girl standing by the window. Her hair was shiny as the sun fell onto it. Harry walked towards her: "Hey Hermione.", he sai quietly. "Morning", replyed Hermione and turned around. "You want to go and grab some breakfast?", Harry asked. "Yeah, I guess, "Hermione answered, "Have you seen Ron?". Harry signed: "Yes…he´s in his bed, sleeping. It´s Hogsmeade weekend but he´s not on the list, so we can talk to him this morning when we have the common room to ourselves." Hermione looked at him. "Harry, I´ve been thinking. There has got to be a reason why he´s treating me like this. I mean, there has got to be a reason" "Yeah, I´ve been thinkign the same thing. But still, you have to break up with him, you can´t let this happen again" Hermione nodded "I know…you´ll come with me thought, right? I dunno, he might – " " Don´t worry, Hermione, I´ll be right there with you"

After they ate some breakfast, they decided to go and take a walk around the lake before they talked to Ron. But just when they reached the doors of the entrance hall and tried ro squeeze past all of the students who were going to Hogsmeade, Proffessor McGonnagall stopped them: "Potter, Granger, if you´d follow me please." Harry shot a confused look at Hermione who shrugged and followed their teacher into Dumbledore´s office. Harry was surprised to see Dumbledore there. "What´s going on?", Harry asked urgently. Dumbledore cleared his throat beforehe started talking: " It is about your friend, Mr. Weasely." "What?",Hermione asked quickly. "It appears that he has a drinking problem", said Proffessor McGonnagall slowly, "we were wondering wether or not you two have known this or have any information concerning his bahavior." Harry looked at Hermione who was staring at the floor. "Well – ", he started but Hermione interrupted him: "Yes, I…I mean..he´s been fighting with me all the time and…and blaming me for everything and…" she was crying again and Harry quickly put his arms around her. " And he hit her. Twice. You can still see it, but it was even worse yesterday." Dumbledore looked concerned and Professor McGonnagall walked over to Hermione and looked at her still swollen eye. "Oh, Miss Granger, why didn´t you tell a teacher? We have got to get you to the hospital wing!" Harry was already outside with Hermione and McGonagall when Dumbledore said: "Harry, if you´d stay here please" Harry looked at Hermione but she mouthed "It´s okay" and he walked back into the office, closing the door behind him. "Sit, Harry", Dumbledore said, montioning towards an empty chair. Harry sat down and looked at Dumbledore. "We´re not quite sure how to handle this situation", the Headmaster said, looking out of the window. "Well, Ron has to go to rehab, right? I mean it´s kinda serious, things got out of hand already….and he can´t stay here, it´s too dangerous and Hermione´s already scared.", Harry replyed.

After they had been there in silence for a while, Harry asked Dubledore: "Why do you think he did it? I mean, getting drunk, hitting Hermione…" "I think that it´s because there´s too much pressure on him. As you know, he was never quite as good as his brothers were, then of course Miss Granger…she was always better than him…and then there´s you, being The Boy who Lived, everyone knows your name, your story,…he was always standing in your shadow and after six years I think it just got too much for him to bear." "So you´re saying that this is my fault?", Harry asked, trying to keep his voice even. "No, not at all. It´s not your fault that you´re famous and it´s not Miss Granger´s fault that she´s good in school. And I do agree with you, Ron can´t stay here, at least not now. We just have to see if Miss Granger will be okay with that." "I´m sure she will. I mean he treated her badly, she should be glad." "I don´t know, Harry. Letting go isn´t always as easy as it seems. It takes time to accept….Miss Granger has been fooling herself into thinking that Ron´s behaviour will change because she wasn´t able to let go. But now….."

Right then Hermione entered. Harry walked over to her but she said quickly: "It´s okay. Madam Pomfrey fixed me again." "Miss Granger, while you were gone, Harry and I had a little talk and we decided that Mr. Weasley should go to rehab…it´s the bst for both of you.", Dumbledore said. Hermione nodded. "Yes, I guess so….but could I talk to him…one more time?", she asked timidly. "Of course. Mr. Weasley is in Pfofessor McGonagall´s office." "Thank you.", Hermione said, "Come on, Harry"

"Are you going to break up with him now?", Harry asked as they walked down the corridor to McGonagall´s office. "Yes", Hermione said, but her voice sounded shaky, "Will you come with me?". Harry nodded.

They had reached the office and stood infront of the door. "Ready?", Harry asked an Hermione nodded. Then she opened the door. Ron was sitting on a chair facing the desk. When he saw Harry and Hermione, he stood up: "Hey, you made it. And you brought your new boyfriend. Little slut. " Harry took a few steps towards Ron, but Hermione stopped him "Let me handle this, okay?" Then she turned to Ron: " Ron, I´m sorry but I can´t be with you anymore." "What?", Ron yelled "Do not interrupt me.", Hermione said quickly in a very steady voice, "I know that..you have a drinking problem but I don´t think that I´m able to forgive you for what you did." "Oh , you´re gonna regret that, bitch! No one wants to be your bofriend, you´re too smart, you´re always better than everyone!" It seemed to Harry that Ron could have found a lot more insults for Hermione if Professor McGonagall hadn´t come right then. "Potter, Granger, we called Mr. Weasely´s parents, they´re going to pick him up in a few minutes time and bring him to the rehab facility of St. Mungo´s hopital." "Okay", Hermione nodded, "I guess we´ll go then.." She took Harry´s hand and together they left Ron with Professor McGonagall.

Harry and Hermione were walking for a bit of air. They hadn´t spoken since they had left the office, so Harry asked: "Are you okay?" Hermione nodded:" Yeah, I guess. I´m doing fine, actually." "That´s good", Harry said, smiling. After a while, Hermione stopped walking and looked at Harry. "Harry, I….you know, I just wanted to thank you. I don´t think I would have made it through this if it weren´t for you. You showed me that you cared about me and I really needed that." She smiled for the first time since weeks. "No problem." ,Harry replyed, smiling as well. He hugged her and suddenly, he didn´t know how it had happened exactly, her lips were on his and she kissed him. Right then, Harry realized that they didn´t need words, nothing had to be said, it was crystal clear to both of them, without needing to say it out loud: They were made for each other, it was all so obvious to Harry right then in that moment… the way their hands fit perfectly into each other, the way they had cared for each other right from the beginning, the way she touched him…even the small things like the way she cheered for him during a Quidditch match, the way she calmed him when he was angry…and he wondered why it had took him six years to realize this, it had been so obvious, it always had been…she had been right there, right in front of him and he didn´t realize…

But he had realized it now, and that was enough for him.

A/N: Well, that´s it….what did you think? This is were "A broken heart" officially comes to an end… I´m gonna miss writing it! So anyways, I hope you liked it! I had so much fun writing it!

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