Getting Rid of Ron

Chapter 1

Hermione felt the tears welling up in her eyes as she ran down the corridor. Ron. Her first boyfriend. Betraying her. Ron. Sweet, innocent Ron. Going off with Lavender. Of all the girls in Hogwarts, he had to choose her.

Hermione's sadness turned to anger and she stormed up to her dorm room. All she could think about was Ron, pressing his lips against that bitch. Bastard.

As soon as Hermione saw him, she was going to show him a piece of her mind. But then the sadness came back...all those adventures they had together, all those wasted hours spent laughing and chatting instead of studying.

It was going to be hard to let him go. Hermione couldn't help but picture Lavender's squashed up face every time she closed her eyes.

Ron Weasley. Why did he have to do that to her?! She loved him...she honestly thought they could've had a future together. All those plans were washed away by the thought of Lavender with her arms around Ron.

Hermione growled through tears into her pillow. She couldn't take it anymore. She stood up, brushed her tears from her eyes and stormed back out of the dorm room and into the common room.

"Ronald Weasley! Where are you?!" She shouted. Harry looked up at her from the sofa, giving her a questioning look.

"Harry." She said. "Where's Ron?" Harry shrugged. "I don't know... the library?"
Hermione clenched her fists. "Are you sure?" She urged.

"Probably. Anyway, why are you so angry with him? What has he done?" Hermione paused. What was she going to tell Harry? She could choose to take the conversation down two paths: 1. The straight-up honesty. 2. Lie, lie, lie.

To protect Harry and Ron's friendship, she chose path number two.
"He took my textbook and I need it!" She murmured quickly.

Harry's brows furrowed, then he shrugged again. "Ok."
Hermione moved past him and took a step out of the common room when-

"Hermione! There you are! I was looking for you." Ron stared up at her, smiling widely. "I missed you." He pulled her into a hug, holding her close to him. Hermione pulled away.

"Listen, Ron-" Hermione began.
"Wait! Stop. I have a surprise for you." Ron added. He took Hermione's hand and led her through the common room. "Wait here." Then he ran off.

Great. Now Ron was going to show what a loving and caring boyfriend he was. Jerk. Asshole. Bastard.