In about a chapter or two I'm going to have to take a break for about a month due to AP and research papers. The story's going to be great after that break and I'll actually have to time to post often!

Special thanks to BuckNC for helping me sort everything out and for stopping me from make this story super repetitive.

Ron sat alone in a diner the day after he and Hermione split, staring off into space, trying to escape his misery. His misery, however, was inescapable. Everywhere he looked, every single thought he had, reminded him of Hermione. Every breath he took made him miss her even more. Where had he gone wrong? Why did they have to end up this way?

So they were going to date other people. Great. Lovely. There was only one problem. Who on earth would he date? Hermione was the one and only girl he had always dreamed of being with. For him there was no other. As for her? For her there was Matt.

Was the entire idea of taking a break an excuse for Hermione to date Matt? No, Matt seemed to be on his side. But who's side was Hermione on?

Ron glanced over the menu, not feeling the slightest bit hungry, lame little thoughts circling through his mind. Who needs food? All you need is love. But I can't have love. Love has been denied to me.

The noise in the crowded diner echoed across the room, rocking through his head causing him to have a headache. He wanted to hide out in the dark. Being out without Hermione, knowing she could be out with someone else embarrassed him. Why did he come here? Why did he even leave his flat?

Because it brings back memories of Hermione. I left because I need to escape those memories.

And the diner seemed to be the only place he could escape at the moment, not that it was working.

"Um excuse me?" Ron snapped back to reality. "Excuse me, hi. Hi, how are you? Listen, I'm on my lunch break and I don't have time to wait for a table. If I'm late again my boss will kill me. So anyway, would you mind if I said I was with you? I'm only ordering French fries and then I'll get out of your way."

The girl spoke so quickly that Ron wasn't quite sure of what she had said. "Um, sure. That's fine."

"Great! Thanks!" The girl ran back to the front of the diner to inform the worker that she her friend was already seated. Soon she was back. "Thank you again! The wait was very long." Ron wasn't sure of what to make of her. "Well since we're eating lunch together we might as well properly introduce ourselves. Hi, I'm Sarah," stated the girl as she held out her hand.

"I'm Ron; nice to meet you." He shook her hand slowly.

"So have you come here before?"

"No, first time."

"No wonder I haven't seen you."

"You come here often?"

"It's the closest place to where I work so I usually stop here. Plus they have a great dinner special," she joked flashing a playful smile.

"Are you ready to place your order," asked the waiter who approached their table.

"Yeah," replied Sarah. "I'll have a side of French fries and," she turned towards Ron, "What do you want?"

"Oh, I'm not really hungry," replied Ron once again waking up from a trance.

"Make that two orders of French fries, thanks."

The waiter nodded as he added Ron's order. "Why did you order me something?"

"Why are you sitting by yourself in a diner and refusing to eat?" Questioned Sarah. "Don't worry, I'll pay." Ron looked at her quizzically. She was quite a different girl. "So really, why are you sitting here by yourself?"

Ron was a bit taken aback by her constant questioning. He didn't know her, so why should he have to answer to her? "I just wanted to escape from the house for a while."

"Oh," Sarah said as if she knew exactly why Ron had wanted to escape. "Roommates, huh?"

"No," replied Ron smiling a bit. "No roommates; none at all."

"Oh. An argument then?"

"Something like that, yeah."

"Well, whatever it is, skipping lunch won't help a bit. Oh look, here's our order."

The two happily conversed as they munched on their French fries. Ron slowly began to see her as interesting and fun, rather than curious and insane.

"So you're probably wondering where I work, since I'm on my lunch break."

"Um, sure."

"I'm a nurse at the hospital just down the street. I know, I know, gross because I'm around sick people all day and now I'm eating French fries with you."

Ron laughed at her expression. "It's not gross."

"It can be. And now you're probably all afraid I'll get you sick or something. I can see you're slowly move away."

"I'm not moving away," said Ron as he sat back in the booth.

"See? You just did!"

"Oh I did not!"

It was nice to be around someone who could make him laugh again.

"Right, well my break is just about over so I'd better head back to work. Thanks for letting me eat lunch with you." Sarah picked up her purse.

"Thanks for eating lunch with me," responded Ron.

"Maybe I'll see you around the diner then," she said with a wink.

They chuckled. "You never know."

They waved and Sarah began to walk away, but he wasn't exactly ready to let her go yet. He needed someone to make him laugh.

"Sarah," he called after her. She turned around, her blonde ponytail flying with her. "Sorry, I probably shouldn't do this but I was wondering if you'd perhaps like to go out sometime?"

"Would you bring me here for dinner?"

"No, well unless you wanted to come here of course," Ron added quickly. "I mean there is that dinner special you were talking about."

Sarah smiled. "I like you, you know that?"

"So is that a yes then?" Asked Ron nervously.

"Yes."

"Yes for going to another restaurant?"

She chuckled. "Yes to you, and yes to another restaurant."

"Great," he replied with a smile. Had he just asked out another girl? And why had it been so easy? "So um, I'll pick you up at 7, then?"

"Sounds good. Except one thing." Oh no! What had he done now? "You don't know where I live." She took out her pen and grabbed his hand. "17319 Pine Street," she read aloud as she coolly wrote everything down on his hand. "See you then." She said as she walked away smiling.

"See you."

He was going to do it. He was going to date a girl besides Hermione. And she actually seemed nice.

He only wondered if Hermione had already begun seeing someone else.

Ok so there it is! Deadlines are coming up but I think I'll get the next chapter up soon! And this time I mean it, because starting next week or so I have to stop posting momentarily. Anyway, I hope you liked it! Let me know! Misty