Ron walked down the stairs with his guitar. Little did he know, a girl was watching him from the stairs leading down. The girl grinned and blew out the candle she had in her hand.
Ron got to his room and closed the enormous door behind him. Right after he had put his guitar on the stand, there was a knock on the door. He opened the door and, thinking it was Harry, said:
Ron
What'd you forget?
To his surprise, it was quite a pretty woman, with brown bushy hair, and chocolate eyes. It was the girl from down below. She had a candle in her hand, which she held up.
Hermione
Got a light?
Ron
I know you
You're-
She walked into the room.
Ron
You're shivering
Hermione
It's nothing
They turned off my heat
And I'm just a little weak on my feet
Would you light my candle?
Ron wrapped a jacket around her. He couldn't take her eyes off her. Unfortunately, she noticed.
Hermione
What are you staring at?
Ron averted his gaze and grabbed a matchbook off the table.
Ron
Nothing.
Your hair in the moonlight
You look familiar
He struck a match and lit the candle. Hermione grinned, but seemed to stagger back. Ron grabbed her.
Ron
Can you make it?
She wriggled out of his grasp and started walking around the room, spinning once.
Hermione
Just haven't eaten much today
At least the room stopped spinning
Anyway
What?
Ron hadn't realized he was staring at her.
Ron
Nothing
Your smile reminded me of-
Hermione
I always remind people of-
Who is she?
"She died." Ron said.
Ron
Her name was Padma
Hermione turned away from him and discreetly blew her candle out. She turned to him.
Hermione
It's out again!
Sorry 'bout your friend.
She walked to him and let Ron light the candle.
Hermione
Would you light my candle?
For a moment there was nothing to say.
Ron
Well-
Hermione
Yeah.
Ow!
She put her finger in her mouth.
Ron
Oh, the wax.
Hermione
It's dripping
I like it between my-
Ron (Awkwardly)
Fingers!
I figured.
Oh, well
Good night.
She handed him his jacket and walked toward the door. As she did, she blew out the candle, but once she reached the door, she grabbed her back pocket, and spun around and knocked again.
Ron
It blew out again?
Hermione
No
I think that I dropped my stash
Ron
I know I've seen you
Out and about
When I used to go out
Your candle's out
Hermione groaned.
Hermione
I'm illin'
I had it when I walked in the door
It was pure
Is it on the floor?
She dropped to all floors near the table. As an idea formed in her head, a smile formed on her face. Ron stood behind her. "The floor?" he asked.
Hermione
They say that I have the best ass
Below 14th street
Is it true?
She turned her head to see Ron staring at her . . . behind. He looked at her once she finished.
Ron
What?
Hermione sat on her knees.
Hermione
You're staring again
Ron (Bashful)
Oh no
I mean you do-.. have a nice
I mean
Hermione continued her search, starting to crawl, as Ron mimicked her on the other side of the table, looking for her bag.
Ron
You look familiar
Hermione
Like your dead girlfriend
Ron
Only when you smile,
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else
Hermione
Do you go to the DurmStrang club?
That's where I work,
I dance.
They had reached each other at the end of the table. Ron smiled in relief.
Ron
Yes!
They used to tie you up
Hermione
It's a living
Ron
I didn't recognize you
Without the handcuffs.
Hermione held the candle up to Ron, her eyes still searching the floor
Hermione
We could light the candle.
Oh, won't you light the candle?
Ron lit it with a match. They were on their knees, staring at each other.
Ron
Why don't you
Forget that stuff?
You look like you're sixteen
They both got up, and Hermione went towards the fireplace, checking everywhere along the way.
Hermione
I'm nineteen
But I'm old for my age
I'm just born too be bad.
Ron
I once was born to be bad.
Hermione walked the length of the fireplace.
Ron
I used to shiver like that.
"I have no heat, I told you."
Ron
I used to sweat.
Hermione
I got a cold.
Ron
Uh-huh
I used to be a junkie
Hermione
And now and then Ron
I like to Uh-huh
Feel good.
"Oh here it i-'' Ron stopped himself while picking up the item on the floor.
"What's that?" Hermione asked.
"Candy bar wrapper," Ron replied shoving the item in his pocket.
Hermione
We could light the candle
She stood in front of him and tried to get at it, but while she was doing that, Ron put the candle's flame out with two fingers, and stepped away. She walked towards him, accidentally forcing him on the couch.
Hermione
Oh, what'd you do with my candle?
Ron
That was my last match.
Hermione stepped in between his legs to support herself and sat on Ron's knee.
Hermione
Our eyes will adjust
Thank god for the moon.
Ron
Maybe it's not the moon at all
I hear the Weird Sister's singing down the street
Hermione grabbed his hand and started playing with it.
Hermione
Bah humbug
Bah humbug
Ron
Cold hands
Hermione
Yours too.
"Big," she commented.
Hermione
Like my father's
"Do you wanna dance," she asked, before pulling him up.
Ron
With you?
Hermione
No
With my father.
At this point, Ron realized they hadn't introduced each other.
Ron
I'm Ronald
She started walking around him.
Hermione
They call me
They call me
'Mione
She waved the bag full of white powder that she got back from him in front of his face, and without another word, she walked out and closed the door.
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To Misters … and whydoyoucare: Please do not take this as a flame, but I don't have RENT, and I've only seen it in movies. I like the movie, but I'm losing it from memory. I am writing this to prevent it from someone else. And see, I think I deserve a little credit. There is not a single RENT movie script online, so I'm doing this from incredibly crappy clips on the internet, and the parts that are not on the Internet, I have to have my illiterate friends tell me from over the phone, trying to pick out what the characters are actually saying from how my friends are gloating that they have it and I don't.
To Mister HP and BtVS: Thanks for finding those. I'm glad that at least one person cougcoughfriendscoughcough would be able to read it carefully and tell me my mistakes.
And finally, to Mister Colt-Man: RENT is a play that was adapted to a movie directed by Chris Columbus (Yet another connection between Harry Potter.) It was a beautiful story written by the late Jonathan Larson. It held all the aspects of real life, such as AIDS, people living without money, and homosexuals, but the main idea centers all around love, and living as if there's no day but today (Tagline of movie.). My fanfiction is all the Harry Potter cast in the movie.