"You have all your things?" asked Mrs. Weasley, who had come with Mr. Weasley to see her off. Her parents were there as well.
"Yes, I have my bags, my tickets, oh- nevermind I have that as well." She said smiling.
"Apparition is the easiest way of travel." Said Mr. Weasely, holding Katrina's hand.
"Yes, but Katrina can't go through that-" said Mrs. Granger smiling.
"Of course." Hermione grabbed Katrina, kissed everyone one last goodbye and walked away into the terminal. It had been nice being home. She didn't know how much she missed home.
She regretted coming back as well. She was going back to Spain, just like the first time, with her heart hurt. Seeing Ron opened up the freshly closed wounds she had learned to live with. Katrina rested her head on her shoulder and she knew that Ron didn't matter anymore. Only her baby did.
That didn't make the ride back home any easier. She found herself crying again, missing him. Thankfully, by the time the taxi pulled up in front of her apartment, she had calmed down. She walked into her living room, everything exactly where she left it, when she heard a crash in her bathroom. She put Katrina down and quickly pulled out her wand.
"Whose there?" "she yelled, walking towards the bathroom. She waved her wand, and the door flew open, to reveal Ron on the floor, her lotions and shampoo on top of him. He smiled, rubbing his head.
"Ron?!" she exclaimed. She rubbed her temples, a migraine beginning to settle. "What are you doing here?"
"Uh- for you." He said, standing up.
"For me?" she said.
"You've been crying haven't you?" he said, sliding his finger down her cheek. She felt her face flush. "Why?"
"I- I haven't been crying-"
"Hermione, I know you."
"Ron, go home. You don't belong here. You're making a mistake." She said, slapping his hand away. "If you want time with Katrina, please come back tomorrow. We're tired."
"The only mistake I made was letting you walk out of my life. Neglecting you when you needed me the most. Hermione, I love you. I never stopped." He said, his eyes analyzing her. She stepped back and rubbed her eyes.
"Ron, please, let me live my life." She said, feeling the tears build up in her eyes. "I don't love you anymore, so leave. Go back to Lavender, you can't do that to her."
She walked away from him, spying Katrina playing with her doll in the corner. He grabbed her hand and she turned around to see the tears in his eyes as well. He kissed her, and she pushed him off, slapping him in the process.
"Why are you doing this to me?!" she yelled. " I don't want to go through this anymore. You're more than welcomed in Katrina's life but NOT mine!"
"Hermione, I did wrong. I never got around to apologizing. I want you back. I ended it with Lavender. I never loved her. My mother can tell you! Harry can tell you. I never lost my love for you. I don't want anyone else. I rather die than go back to Lavender. I messed up by staying by her side after you left, but I couldn't stand the pain of losing you anymore. I always felt alone- heck that's why I took Lavender in. I thought she could make me feel less empty, but she couldn't. I agreed to marry her just yesterday, because after all this time, I thought you weren't going to come back. I thought that maybe by marrying her I could move on, but when I saw you yesterday I knew I never stopped loving you. I want you, Hermione, please. I left her. I don't want to make the same mistake twice."
Hermione fell to the floor, her hands on her face. The tears she tried to hold back all these years came out, and she felt his arms around her. Surprisingly, it comforted her. She looked up at him and she saw the hurt in his eyes. She didn't pull him away this time. She felt the pain in her chest, the pain that had been locked up so long begin to disappear. She knew that all she wanted from him was a sincere apology. She wanted to know that, in fact, he was sorry for the way he had broke their promises.
"I loved you, too" she said. "And now I am more at ease with our past, that it can no longer hurt me, or us."
Ron stepped away from her, his eyes widening.
"Loved?" he asked, his face loosing all the color he had.
At that moment, Hermione pulled out her left hand, an elegant and smooth diamond ring sitting on her ring finger.
"I moved on with my life Ron, I am engaged to a wonderful man whom I met after moving here. He is everything I have ever asked for, and more. I can't lie; I can't say that you haven't crossed my mind, because you have. You were my first love Ron, and that's never going to change. I will always have some love for you. We just can't be together anymore, not after everything."
Ron ran his fingers through his hair. How had he not seen the ring on her finger? Why did he think that things could have been fixed so easily? That their love was still there?
"I'm sorry Ronald. I really am.."
*Hey Guys! Thank you for reading all the way through, and I know some of you will be disappointed with the ending L but I thought I'd give it a little spin off to what happens most of the time to men who cheat. Things might never be the same, so don't take someone you love for granted because you might not know how much that person meant to you until you lost them. Keep a look out for more Harry Potter Romances, involving other characters! And they won't all have a sad ending, promise! *