A/N: Here's the next segment of this "mini" I said before, these articles aren't connected in anyway unless stated in the author's note, but that won't happen until I start posting articles from stories that I have written for other pieces. When I post those I will be sure to share the information about those stories so you can check them out as well.

This article was originally written to be a piece of my fic, Turn Around Bright Eyes, as a segway piece of the prologue. However, I made the decision to move in an different direction with that piece which meant I was left with this article.

Let me be the first to say that I do ship Romione in certain aspects and pieces. This piece however shows them broken up as well as Ron not being shown in the brightest of lights...

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Break-Up of the Century

Alicia Spinnet

Witch Weekly

2 August 1998

LONDON - It was a romance for the ages that many people were lucky to witness as it began to blossom in the halls of Hogwarts when it took to a full flourish on the battlefield of the Wizarding War. Unfortunately, less than two months after the couple graduated from the school that brought them together, the couple has split.

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley have come to the ultimate decision that their relationship was not working for either of them. Sources claim that there is no one at fault, but anyone who goes through a break-up knows that someone is just a little more to blame regardless of the case.

The pair have stated that they split amicably, but was that really the case? Weasley has been seen in Three Broomsticks every evening since the break-up and has been spotted taking home a different witch each night. It could be possible that he is trying to find the right replacement for Granger, and can't pick just one.

Granger, on the other hand, has not been seen publicly with anyone since the pair split. The only places she seems to frequent is the Ministry where she has been interning with the Department of Magical Education and she has been seen frequenting the local cafe near her home.

The couple seemed as though they were a match made in heaven. The real life representation of best friends becoming lovers. So what made them decide that it was time to call it quits? Here are some theories that our tip line was able to come up with.

Weasley has recently been spotted with a flood of new witches since the break-up. A few of those witches have been identified as friends from his time in school. Sources state that Weasley had been spotted out with a few of these witches within the months after graduation. It is believed that his devotion to Granger was not as true as everyone believed it to be.

Starting the day after their Graduation from Hogwarts, Granger has been spending almost every waking hour during the workweek locked away inside the Ministry. She then spends her weekends hidden away in the library or at the local coffee shop with her nose buried in a book, doing research and tuning out the rest of the world. It would seem as though she was more dedicated to her work than she was her relationship, so the youngest Weasley male left rather than remaining feeling as second best.

The young couple was spotted arguing on multiple occasions in public about a large variety of things. It was also common knowledge that the relationship was built on a shaky foundation as the two never really seemed to have much in common, but chose to be together anyways. It is possible that the pair just came to the realization that the relationship was not worth the strain that they were facing. So they made the difficult decision to call it quits as amicably as possible.

Granger has her eyes set on someone new. Although, she has not been spotted out with anyone prior to the split, she has been spending a lot of time out of the public eye and could have just as easily been sneaking around on Weasley. Honestly, no one would have known because of how secretive Granger has always been about her personal life.

Regardless of which theory you choose to believe or which explanation you care to accept for the split, this break is something that has shaken the Wizarding World. Here at Witch Weekly, we are devoted to keeping you up to date on all the latest gossip on the big names.