AN: So sorry for the long time away. You know how school is:P Updates for everything will be less frequent throughout the school year but i hope to post about every two weeks so I hope you enjoy the chapter and i own nothing:D

What We Really Needed: Chapter 2

Hermione's POV

Weeks passed and Ron and Hermione were avoiding each other like the plague. Nothing had been said about the incident in the common room and Hermione planned to leave it that way. But ever since then Seamus had been becoming cold and distant from Hermione and this worried her. Hermione had finally admitted to herself the real truth. She liked Seamus she really did but she had loved Ron for so long and she couldn't let all of those feelings go away. She could still get teary eyed if she saw Lavender and Ron holding hands and she wanted to stop feeling that way. She was with Seamus and nothing was going to change about that... she hoped.

The next day Hermione and Seamus were walking to Transfiguration together when suddenly Seamus stopped. Hermione was concerned so she turned around and asked him if everything was alright he nodded and they continued on their way to class. Class went as usual except Hermione didn't answer nearly as many questions as she normally did she was watching Seamus out of the corner of her eye and he seemed deranged. The whole class he just zoned out on the blackboard and out right ignored Mcgonagall. She couldn't believe it.

As soon as the bell rang Seamus bolted and he wasn't seen until after supper. Hermione made her way back to the common room a little earlier than usual hoping to find Seamus there, as well as an explanation for his rude behavior. She found him sitting on the couch and he looked exhausted, he was the only one in the common room. Hermione made her way over and put her arms around him and asked what was the matter. There was a long pause and Hermione started to get anxious. He said something all in a rush,"Hermione I think we should take a break, it just seems like you like someone else and i really love you Hermione but your obviously not happy, and I want you to be happy, you don't need to say anything, I'll just go now." Tears were rolling down his cheeks and he rushed out of the common room. Hermione was completely flabbergasted and didn't know what to say.

Was it really that obvious she thought. Does Ron know too, what in the world am I going to do? She sat there and tears started to roll down her face, but not because of being dumped, but because Seamus was right, she wasn't happy, she was miserable. Hermione went through everything that had happened between her and Ron and between her and Seamus and that made her cry more. She felt bad for making Seamus hurt because she did like him, but she could never like him as much as she liked Ron.

Hermione knew everyone would come up from dinner soon and she wanted to be alone, completely alone. She ran out of the Common Room and through countless corridors, she ran right by a group of Gryffindors she knew and didn't even hear a teary eyed Lavender scream,"I hate you Granger!" Hermione knew the castle well by now and she knew of many empty classrooms but she didn't want to go there, she just wanted out. Hermione's original plan was to sneak into the Shrieking Shack and hide there until she calmed down, but of course things don't go as planned.

She burst through the front doors of the castle before she realized there was a huge thunderstorm going on. She was about to turn back but she figured she was already soaked so she might as well just keep going. She ran and had barely taken 10 steps when she ran into someone and knocked them over. A red headed someone.

Ron's POV

The weeks that followed had been hard on Ron. He knew that he loved Hermione and he knew that he always had. Ron also knew that a girl like her would never like a guy like him. He was just some 16 year old goof but she was the smartest witch in their year and she was beautiful too. Things with Lavender were rough too. She was constantly asking him why he was so upset about Hermione being upset and he always had to lie through his teeth. He never wanted to hurt Lavender since she was so nice and really seemed to like him.

One day after a particularly hard Transfiguration lesson him and Lavender got into a big arguement. He honestly couldn't remember what it was about now but she had been so mad. They didn't speak until dinner that night. Lavender sat down and said,"Won Won I'm so sorry about our fight, we can make it all better right?" Obviously Ron obliged and they ate the rest of their meal in peace.

Ron's thoughts drifted to Hermione during dessert. He figured that he should probably end it with Lavender soon even if he didn't have a chance with Hermione. He just didn't feel the spark anymore. He really didn't want to hurt Lavender more by staying with her and not really liking her. He discovered the perfect oppurtunity to do just that not more than five minutes later.

Hermione had abruptly stood up and walked away in a hurry. Ron had made an off hand comment about where she might of gone and Lavender became outrageously mad once again. " Why do you always talk about her Ron, you two aren't even friends anymore, you really shouldn't care what she does." She said rather jealously. Ron exploded " Lavender, you are the one that drove us apart, I love Hermione and I always will. She is a million times smarter and nicer than you and she is really beautiful, inside and out. Lavender we are over!" Lavender started to tear up and screamed, "Fine Ronald if you want a bushy haired braniac that's fine with me." She hastily walked away as tears streamed down her face. Everyone started whispering but he didn't care.

Ron followed quickly after but not to find Lavender, to clear his head. He needed fresh air and decided to go out to the grounds. Ron hardly noticed the storm swirling around him. He just stood in the middle of it and tried very hard not to think about anything in particular. That was quickly interrupted though when someone ran into him, knocking him right down.