* Birthday shock *
He found her upstairs in his old bedroom. She was sitting on the bed, hands on her lap and head down. Her bushy hair was covering most of her face but he could figure that she was crying because of the sobbing noises he heard. From time to time, her hand either brushed her cheeks, trying to wipe the tears away, or put a strand of hair behind her ear. He wondered what got her so upset. Just a few moments before he'd seen the happiest smile on her face when he had turned from beast to himself with a charm in an attempt to surprise their daughter for her birthday. Now she was crying her heart out.
"Hermione? Is everything alright, love?" he asked, worried, as he slowly walked to her. She quickly looked his way, startled, and sniffed.
"I... I'm fine, Ron. Just..." she started. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her waist, placing his hands gently on her stomach. She felt warmth coming from them and couldn't take it. Just days before he left for a one-month Auror mission they had found out she was pregnant again, and they had been extremely happy about it. She shook her head and just burst into tears. He looked at her, even more worried than before, and pulled her closer to him. She buried her face in his chest and just cried.
"Hermione, tell me what's wrong. Please, love. What's making you so upset?" he whispered in her ear. She struggled to calm down, but she knew she had to try and tell him.
"I-I... I'm so sorry, Ron. So sorry." she cried. Ron just looked at her, confused. What could she be sorry for? "I-I... I d-don't know wh-what went wrong. I just... I'm so sorry." she cried again. Ron just held her tight, trying to calm her down.
"What is it that happened, Hermione?" he asked. Her crying subsided a little and she could manage to speak again.
"I... I lost it. Three days after you left. I had awful pains in my stomach and... I started bleeding really bad. It just... it was gone before breakfast." she sniffed. "I wanted to tell you, but I... I-I thought it wasn't something you say through a letter or a patronus. Besides, I didn't know where to send it." she finished. He got really pale. They lost another one.
"It's not your fault, sweetheart. It just happened." he said, holding her closer to him.
"I... I just... I thought this time..." she started before her voice broke again.
"I know. Me too." he said, kissing her hair. She held onto him tight and sobbed.
"It's never gonna happen, is it?" she said, hopelessly.
"It will. It'll take longer, but it will." he said after a while. She sniffed.
"What if it never happens, Ron? The healers said..." she started before he cut her off.
"the healers said that it'll be difficult, but not impossible." he said. He got up and took her to the window. "See that?" he asked pointing at a little redhaired girl in a yellow dress that was running around the garden with a little blonde girl and bluehaired boy. Hermione smiled a little. "5 years ago, that little girl proved the world that she was strong enough to live. Healers told us she wasn't going to survive a week, and she went and proved everyone wrong. They said we needed a miracle... and here she is! We have a miracle, Hermione. Who says we can't have another one?" he said, holding her tight and resting his head on her shoulder. Hermione just looked at her little girl playing with her cousins and rested her head on his. Maybe she had lost another baby, but she wasn't going to give up. Maybe her new miracle was still yet to come.