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Chapter One

After Epilogue (2017)

As the train departs for Hogwarts, Hermione sighs and walks back to Ron so they can return to their home in Diagon Alley.

"I'm going to the Leaky Cauldron with Seamus; I'll see you at home." Ron tells her, apparating away before she has the chance to respond.

"No kiss goodbye?" Ginny asked, confused by the way cold way Ron had acted.

"He's not going with Seamus. He's going to Lavenders, has been a few nights every week for a month, maybe longer." Hermione whispered, trying not to cry in public. "The git actually thinks I don't realize he's cheating. As if coming home smelling like her isn't obvious enough." She choked out a bitter laugh and wiped away a tear that had escaped.

Sharing a look with Harry, Ginny grabbed both their arms and apperated them back to Grimmauld Place.

"...and that's not even the worse part. Last week during the full moon she wasn't...uhm... available so he spent the night drinking firewhiskey and then...then he..."

"It's ok Mione, you can tell us." Harry said. This was his best friend, the girl who had helped take down Voldemort, then had rose through the ministry, changing the magical world on her way. The girl that had endured torture from dark wizards and kept fighting. This girl was the smartest witch of our age, and the strongest person he knew, yet here she was crying and unable to speak about the pain she's going through. He didn't understand how it had gotten this bad without him realizing something was wrong. He had to help her.

Working up all her Gryffindor courage she told them the rest. I have to let someone know what he's done, I deserve better than this. "Last week when he was drunk, I confronted him about Lavender...

"Ronald, I'm sick of your lies. I know about your affair with Lavender."

"You d-don't know anything. You think your soooooo bloody smart but you're not, your j-just a stupid mudblo-" Before he had even finished the word Hermione had lifted her hand and slapped him as hard as she could.

"I'm leaving you Ronald. We're done."

"You're not g-going anywhere, bitch." Ron grabbed her wrist and threw her into the table, then when she grabbed for her wand he threw out of reach. He pulled her back up and pulled her dress up, hitting her in the stomach when she tried to push him away.

"Ron stop, please PLEASE" She cried out, but it did nothing to stop him.

"At least Lavender is actually good in bed." Ron spat that left the apartment. Hermione laid in her kitchen floor crying, bleeding, and broken for the remainder of the night.

"I was going to leave him, really I was, but now I can't. He said he isn't going to let someone like me ruin his reputation. If I try to leave, he promised to make me regret it. I can't leave him, but I can't stay with him. What am I to do?" She was broken, Harry and Ginny could see that clearly now. How they missed it before, they weren't sure.

"I'll kill that prat!" Harry exclaimed as Ginny comforted Hermione.

"We'll get you away from him, I swear it. Don't you worry Mione. He won't get away with this rubbish. We will think of something."

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Hello all! Thank you for reading this! I apologize if it's terrible, but this is the second fanfic that I've ever written, and the first that is multi-chapter. Please let me know what you think, critical reviews are welcome so that I can try to make this story better. Eventually it's going to be Hermione and Fred, but I'm going to try to work into rather than allow them to just be together immediately. Also, this chapter and maybe the next should be the only ones that have any major Ron bashing, nothing against him, it just made the story work better. I think….