Ron entered Alaina's house feeling over heated and over angry. He couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. Ron walked with Alaina over to her couch and sat down next to her. He turned towards her and could see that she was worried about him.

"Ron? What happened? I thought you were going to talk to your wife." She said licking her lips and turning on the lamp next to her so she could see him. Ron felt his hands clench into fists. He didn't know what to do.

"I um…I went to talk to my wife and she was busy." He looked towards her and looked into her eyes. "I found her in bed with my so called best friend. I heard them talking and I just lost it. I bargged into the room and I just looked at them. I can't say that I was that surprised. I mean I knew that Hermione, my wife, and Harry, my best friend, were up to something. I just didn't think that it would happen right after I had left." Ron hung his head feeling ashamed of himself, ashamed of himself that he had let things go on for as long as they did. He thought he could feel tears behind his eyes but her thought to him self, why am I upset. I came out of love with Hermione long ago. I just didn't want to go on with her anymore.

Alaina sat there and watched him. She touched his shoulder. She turned him towards him and let him come into her arms. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and rubbed his back. She kept whispering to him that it would be alright. She rubbed the back of his head and a small smile came to her lips. She could find herself falling for him. She didn't know why it was just happening.

"Alaina, I don't think that I can go back there. I just can't face them." He whispered into her shoulder. Alaina shook her head.

"Ron, don't worry about it. You always have a place here if you need it." She pushed him away and smiled brightly.

Ron smiled back and touched her cheek with his fingers. He could see Alaina's smile fade as she felt his touch. She had closed her eyes and tilting her head towards his fingers. She seemed so innocent to him, so weak. I can't believe I'm falling for this girl. She just isn't what I would expect her to be like. Ron leaned in and brushed his lips against hers. She whimpered and pushed him away. When Ron had opened his eyes again he could have sworn that he could see tears in her eyes. She looked like she was trembling. She shook her head.

"Don't do that. I'll be in trouble if you do." She stood up and walked to a door that was opposite them. She looked inside and felt herself relax a little bit. She looked back at him. "It's just that I don't live here alone. See I have this boyfriend who-"

"Oh. Don't say anymore I get it. I guess I'll just go then." Alaina rushed over to him.

"Ron please you don't know him. You don't know what he does to me." Her eyes widened when she said that. She slapped her hand over her mouth. Ron looked at her confused but as he could see the fear in her eyes he knew what she was talking about. He walked over to her and took her hand away from her mouth.

"Alaina does he hit you?" Alaina gulped and nodded.

"I know he doesn't mean it but when he is drunk he doesn't know any better. He doesn't know what he is doing to me." Ron shook his head.

"Alaina, why do you stay with him if you know what he does to you?" Alaina hung her head. She shrugged.

"He is the only one that has helped me. He is the only one who put a roof over my head and gave me a job. He let's me work there. That's the only way that I can get any money. I don't like it but I need money to survive." She said with tears skimming down her cheeks. She looked up at him and he wiped her tears away.

Alaina's eyes widened when she heard her name from the next room. She turned towards the door and she didn't know what to do. She looked back at Ron in fear. She took his hand and pushed him into the nearby closet.

"Don't make a sound." She whispered closing the door and walking towards where He was. She walked into the room after she had wiped away her tears. She walked over to the bed and sat next to him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.

"I heard talking Alaina. I better not hear that one of your boyfriends are here." Alaina shook her head.

"Jason Its not like that. I met him on the club and he is having a bad time with his wife so I was just listening to what was wrong with him." She said hanging her head so she didn't have to look into his blood shot eyes. He growled at her and grabbed her neck forcing her to look at him.

"Don't give me that you little whore. I know what you are doing in there. Don't think I'm stupid. I know that you have been fucking that little bastard." Alaina shook her head.

"No...Jason tha-" He smacked her hard against her cheek. She bit her lip to stop her cry. He pushed her down on to the floor and held her arms above her head with one hand around both wrists. He put his other hand on her throat and kept banging her head against the floor. Alaina felt like she was going to faint. She began to scream.

"RON! Ron help me!" she screamed. Ron's eyes widened and he ran from the broom closet. He pulled out his broom and pointed it at Jason.

"Excertainnia." Jason was thrown across the room into the opposite wall. His head had cracked against the wall knocking him out. By this time Alaina had passed out. She hadn't seen what Ron had done to Jason. He picked her up in his arms and apparated to him home.

Hermione and Harry were sitting there waiting for Ron. She didn't know what to say to him. She didn't want to hurt him but she knew that she had crossed that line. Ron apparated in front of them with a woman in his arms, the woman was obviously unconscious.

"Ron what is going on? Who is she?" Ron looked towards her but didn't say anything. He laid her down on the couch. He sat next to her and looked at Harry to Hermione and smiled. Hermione looked shocked. Was he smiling at her? Ron walked over to Hermione and pulled her into his arms.

"I'm not angry at you. I'm angry at myself for not noticing it sooner when I knew you had changed." He pulled away from Hermione and gave Harry a hug too. He pulled away from both of them and looked back at Alaina. She seemed to fragile to him.

"I met her at a club just a few hours ago." He looked over his shoulder at them. "She needs our help." He said sitting down next to her and resting her head in his lap.