Title: We Belong Together
Summary: Would he come back to give their marriage another shot?
Disclaimer: I neither own HP nor the song "We Belong Together" which is a Mariah Carey song.
A/N: Accompanying piece to "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "I Drive Myself Crazy". The proper order to read them is: Behind – Crazy – Together.
MESSAGE FOR RGFANATIC: I tried to email you but I got mail delivery failure time after time! I just wanted to say that if you still need a beta, I'd be up for the job :)
Her lips were softly whispering the sentences as she reread his letter for the umpteenth time. She drank in his words and still felt the overpowering effect of what he was saying. He was coming. She was happy yet sad. Angry and forgiving. She had so many questions to ask.
Would he come back to give their marriage another shot? Would she be willing to take that chance? If she didn't, wouldn't she be guilty of the same thing Ron had done? Fleeing before you got hurt was not something Hermione was used to. Was this not worth taking the risk, even if only for their children?
xxx
I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never should've let you go
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Plus, there was the simple fact that she couldn't be happy without him. She knew that now. She had known it since she had realised – upon reading his letter for the first time – that her heart had already begun to forgive him.
She thought she could live without him. She couldn't, so just went on, an empty shell. She had tried to face the days without him, feel the pain, instead she had suppressed her emotions.
xxx
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid
I was foolish
I was lying to myself
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Knowing that, even though it hadn't been a question, Ron wouldn't dare to show up without receiving an answer first, she grabbed a piece of parchment and scribbled her reply.
Ron,
I work Wednesdays and Fridays. Lily has to be in bed by eight – Dominick goes to sleep at six. Let me know when you arrive.
Hermione Weasley (we're still married after all!)
Her last comment felt a bit too harsh upon rereading, and she carefully weighed her words before adding:P.S.: that doesn't mean you're not right about the name thing.
xxx
I couldn't have fathomed that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
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She tied the letter to the leg of Pigwidgeon, who had matured in size but not in attitude. He zoomed happily around her head a few times before heading off with a hoot.
Looking after him, she wondered whether he would show up in time to talk to the kids. She did not want to ask him, feeling that his behaviour would influence her attitude. She had to be sensible about this, not read too much into his behaviour...
But he was coming, wasn't he? For her just as much as for the kids. Wasn't he?
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'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't
Hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here
xxx
Just a knock on the door and she knew it was him. He had written to her that he would arrive on Saturday, yet he had not given her a time. Still, she knew it was him the moment her heart jumped. One quick look on her watch told her that it was 5 p.m. He had done what she silently had begged of him: show up in time to see your kids.
She had not told them, not wanting their hearts broken once more. Dominick was looking at the ceiling with big brown eyes. She had bewitched it so it showed the sky; he loved the sun and moon...the stars. He'd be good at Astronomy, she thought smiling as she headed to the door. Their sixth year old daughter Lily was playing with her dolls on the carpet.
Her heart was beating fiercely as she walked into the hallway. I can do this, she repeated over and over in her mind. I can do this.
She opened the door.
Oh god I can't do this.
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When you left
I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby please, 'cause
We belong together
xxx
"Hello Hermione."
"Ron..."
She breathed, feeling like she was about to collapse. He extended his hand, placing it carefully on her waist. She, confused, thought he was going to hug her, but he just stopped her toppling over. She was thankful for that.
"Are you alright?"
She was about to answer (why were her lips so dry?) when a small figure appeared in the hallway. Everything was silent for a second, then she ran forward and flung herself in his arms, forcing Ron to let go of Hermione.
"Daddy!"
Lily said, her voice muffled by Rons' already soaked shirt.
"You're back! I told Nicky you would come back!"
Putting his daughter on his arm Ron looked at his wife once more.
"Nicky...is he awake? Can I see him?"
His eyes apologised silently and she nodded. She did not blame him for wanting to see their children first. There would be time enough to talk once they were asleep.
"He is so beautiful."
Ron said softly when they were looking at some pictures. They were both on the couch, a bit too close for comfort perhaps, but still not wanting to create more distance between them.
"Ron?"
Hermione said anxiously, looking up at him. Her heart leapt as he caught her eyes.
"Yes?"
He said seriously, knowing that she was about to dive into the deep.
"I understand why you left."
He swallowed a few times before being able to answer.
"You've not forgiven me yet, have you?"
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Who else am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
xxx
"No."
She said ever so quietly.
"Do you think you can?"
She looked at him for the longest time. He was so strong, yet looked so fragile. Part of her wanted nothing more than to crawl into his arms and forget those months, but she couldn't. This had happened, and it had caused her much pain. That had to be acknowledged.
"I think I will have to. For the kids. They need you here...you saw that..."
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I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
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I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
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"I don't want to cause you any more pain Hermione. Unless you want me around permanently we will have to figure something else out for the children. Maybe they can spend weekends at my place?"
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I need you
Need you back in my life baby
xxx
She whispered softly, tears emerging from her brown eyes.
"We can work through this...can't we?"
She spoke very quietly.
"Can't we Ron? We belong together..."
xxx
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
xxx
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