Running // Hermione runs to the burrow searching for Ron, only to find out that he's not staying there. Who is there? Ginny, Fred, and George. And when Hermione goes to say hello, what she gets is far from a welcome. I can’t remember what I did, but I must have done something other than marrying Malfoy to earn this kind of welcome, Hermione thought, her eyes wide, as she watched those she had considered friends bring her to her knees.

Desire // Desire. Hermione almost laughed at the irony of the word. Desire. At one time, she had desired nothing but a quiet, happy life with Ron as a husband and Harry as her best friend. Ginny was always there too, a soul mate; all the Weasleys were. But now Harry was dead and Ron never wanted to speak to her again, for fear of being hurt...

It Can't Be // "Memories," Hermione snorted as she ran, the chilly air drying her sweat-streaked face, leaving it dirty and sticky in its wake. Memories. How ironic was it for her to think of memories at such a time, a time when she could hardly even remember who she was....or what she was.

Please Make This Pain Go Away // Hermione glanced into his eyes and saw hope for a future...a future that Hermione did not know that she could provide. And even though it tore her heart in two to say it, Hermione knew that she must walk away from him, alone, for his protection. “I’m sorry Ron,” she repeated, her voice soft. “I’ve had some time to think too. And I...” Hermione’s voice wavered slightly, but she continued more strongly, determination laced into her voice. “I will not destroy your life as I have mine. Maybe we did belong together once, a long time ago...but not anymore.”

Repeating the Past // Sometimes life just sucks.

Unto Utter Desolation // Hermione hits the lowest point of her life and, as her tears flow down her cheeks and her heart shatters into a thousand tiny pieces, she begins to feel despair settle upon her like never before. For the first time, she begins to give up and question the worth of her life. Is Ron really worth the pain and suffering she's putting herself through?

Insanity // The more things change, the more they remain...insane. Hermione's already complicated life takes another sick and twisted turn just when she thinks she's finally free of the bonds that chained her to Malfoy (figuratively, of course).

Snograndley Apartment Complex, Room 27B // "Her ears roared, and the beating of her heart grew louder and louder while the sounds of the night – the autumn leaves skittering across driveways, the passing cars, the howling of the frigid wind against the nearby lamppost – dimmed and faded away until she could hear nothing but her heart pounding in her ears as her head grew hot and slick with sweat." - Hermione gets a little sidetracked on her way to Ron's...

No Comfort There Shall Be // It’s all my fault, thought Ron miserably to himself. Ron’s shoulders shook and an animal sound, rough and naked with despair, emerged raspy from his throat. Suddenly, arms enclosed around him. Ron looked up through reddened eyes to see Hermione, kneeling beside him.Then she rocked him against her chest and whispered, “Shhhh...it’s all going to be okay.”... “No, it’s not,” whispered back Ron. Tears still fell down his face, although now they were silent. “It’s not.” But he did not pull away.

A Caged Thing // Sometimes I get a feeling that I / Could take to the sky and fly way high / But then a shot and I'm down with a cry / Writhing and screaming as I feel myself die

Murder // It was amazing, frightening, how someone could be so alive one day and be dead the next. One minute you could be at the height of life, animated, confident, successful, nonchalant. Your life could be going perfectly, absolutely flawless. And the next minute, you could be dead.

Facing Death // "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure" - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, spoken by Albus Dumbledore.