I do not own Harry Potter

thank you to silentearscream for my review, here's to hoping to hear from you again.

Chapter 2: Damaged

"YOUR FUCKING MY SISTER!!!"

The blood drained from Hermione's face, she knew whose voice that was....

Harry and Hermione turned towards the voice, where Ron stood breathing deeply his face all sorts of different shades of red. He was glaring at them, however Hermione knew that glare was directed at her. Jen and her gang just looked back and forth between the three of them wondering what the hell was going on.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FUCKED MY SISTER!!" Ron yelled again. Hermione was about to open her mouth and explain when Harry stepped towards Ron, putting his hands in a defensive position.

"Ron I told you, I broke up with Ginny. I never even touched her like that honest..." Harry said calmingly.

"I'm not talking to you Harry..." Ron briefly looked at Harry then his gaze landed back on Hermione stepping closer to her.

"If your not talking to me then who are you talking too?" Harry asked now clearly confused.

Ron took another few steps and now was on top of the group.

"I'm talking to her," replied icily pointing to Hermione. "How could you do that?" He asked in a shaky but quieter tone.

The group around them gasped. Hermione looked like a fish out of water as she gazed back at Ron. Harry just stood there looking back and forth in between the two as if he couldn't process what he heard. Then all the sudden Harry started laughing. It was every one else turn to stare at him in confusion.

He turned to Hermione, "Is that why you wanted to talk to me?" He flashed her a smile and then chuckled to himself shaking his head.

Ron looked as if he was about to explode. He took the few remaining steps towards Harry grabbed him by the collar, "IT'S NOT FUNNY!!" He roared. Then there was silence, Harry's face lost its amused look and took on one of a deadly serious calm.

"Let go of me." Harry's voice wasn't very loud but with the command that it held, Ron let go of his shirt immediately. Harry's glare held, Hermione quickly put her hand on his shoulder drawing his attention to her. She told him with her eye's that it wasn't worth getting mad over.

She looked towards Ron and then back, "He has a right to be angry Harry." She said softly to him.

"That's right I have every right... Wait what?" He looked at Hermione not quit believing that she had given up that one so easily.

"I said you have every right to be angry Ron," Hermione said taking a step towards him, "I should have told you. The thing is.. I just wasn't sure what to tell you." Hermione was now talking quietly," What was I supposed to do walk up to you and say 'oh hey Ron, by the by, I shagged your sister hope you don't mind.'" She finished the last part slightly sarcastically and with a wave of her hand.

Ron sputtered for a moment, "Are you serious?" he finally got out.

"Yes Ron I'm completely serious, I was hoping to have something a little more substantial and a lot less... well barbaric for lack of a better word, to tell you." Hermione said slightly annoyed.

"Sub..substantial?" Ron stuttered looking a little red in the face.

Hermione sighed, "Ron..." She was unsure of how to go about this next part. Harry seeing this stepped in, voicing something he had been questioning though out the conversation.

"Ron?" Ron quickly looked at Harry but his focus quickly darted back to Hermione. Harry talking this as a sign that Ron was at least slightly paying attention, quickly looked at Hermione to find her gazing looking confusedly back at him. He gave her a small smile before, turning his attention back to Ron. "Exactly how did you find out about the two of them, Hermione and Ginny I mean of course." Harry crossed his arms expectantly, while Ron's head flew to Harry his full attention back on him and Hermione's flew to Ron her mind now very, very curious.

Ron looked like a deer caught in some headlights. He looked in between the two opened his mouth then closed it.

"That's a very good question Harry" Hermione spoke up and Ron's head snapped back to her, remembering the previous conversation.

"Don't change the subject... What do you mean substantial?"

"I mean I didn't want to come up to you and go 'Gee Ron I'm fucking your sister,' I wanted to be like 'Gee Ron I'm with your sister and she's my everything.'" Hermione replied more then a little annoyed now. "Now answer Harry's damn question!" If she had to answer things before she was ready then so would he. "NOW!" He was taking to long.

"I was at Luna's when she came screaming and pounding at her door. Ranting and raving how she had finally done it, finally showed 'her' how she felt." Ron finally started. "You can imagine my confusion I had no idea what the hell she was rambling on about.. Then she was all like 'gone for a week and nothing' then some other shit... o ya and then she goes on 'I sleep with her and she's like I'm off to Australia see you later babe, It's so...' She didn't have a chance to finish cause I ripped open the door screamed 'Hermione' and by the look on her face I was right. And that's when I came here." He finished gruffly. "How could you do that, Hermione?"

"Ron you have to understand" Hermione began, only to be interrupted

"I have to understand" he asked angrily.

Hermione was loosing patients, "Yes Ronald, you have to understand. I didn't go there that night to 'hook up' with your sister. I thought she was seriously hurting, Harry had just broken up with her." Ron scuffed at that. "Yes Ron I'm aware of how bad that sounds, but when I got there she didn't look sad she looked relived... sorry Harry.." She said throwing him and apologetic look. Turning back to Ron she continued "We were just talking and then..." She left the rest unsaid.

"That's my point, how do you go from friends and talking to that?" Ron pointed out.

"I don't know!" Hermione said clearly very frustrated. "That's what I've been trying to figure out. I was unaware of my feelings before and I was even more unaware that she could possibly harbor any such kind of feelings for me."

"That still doesn't explain how, Hermione," Ron prompted.

"Jesus Ron how much into detail to do you want me to go.." Hermione took a deep breath, "one moment I was telling her that I slapped Harry for breaking up with her the next she was coming at me with 'o you would do anything for me' or 'o let me take care of you'.... and then 'don't think' I mean come on I'm just as confused as you are at this point. The rest, well, I can tell you the rest but I don't think you want to hear it."

Ron and Hermione just stood there staring each other down. When Harry once again asked a question.

"What were you doing at Luna's Ron?"

Ron's quickly looked back at Harry, turning red and clearly very uncomfortable with the direction the conversation had gone.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me," Hermione screeched. "Your yelling at me, while your doing fucking Looney Lovegood."

"DON'T TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!!" Ron was now red for a completely different reason then before. "Besides its not the same."

"IT'S NOT THE SAME!" Hermione was now yelling.

"No its not because Ginny is my little sister and best friends aren't supposed to do that to their friends little sister."

"OH.. SO IT'S OK FOR HARRY TO BUT NOT ME!!"

"Harry wasn't fucking her! And besides.."

"Besides WHAT?" Hermione interrupted.

"You know what Hermione," He said looking her in the eyes. "Your damaged."

Hermione took a half step back and said barely above a whisper "And Harry's not."

"Yes Harry's damaged, but not like you... Since you, you know got back, I've seen it Hermione..."

"You've seen what?" Hermione was now distraught.

"Your angry, bitter, righteously so... You won't see me argue that, but does Ginny have any idea who you are? What you've become? Does she know what your capable of?" Hermione's jaw tightened, her full fury was just barely contained.

"ENOUGH!" Harry jumped in, stepping in between the two, looking directly at Ron.

"No Harry, it's not enough," Came Hermione's voice behind Harry, walking to his side so she could look at Ron and began to speak to him again. "Were where you Ron, when I was being damaged?"

Ron looked down at his shoes, embarrassed. "That's right you left us, to deal with it by ourselves It wasn't even a week after you left that I was taken. When you heard that they had me did you even care or were you to busy wrapped up in Luna's arms to notice your best friend was as good as dead?"

"You know it wasn't like that Hermione," Ron looked up shame faced. "She was the one to convinced me to come back."

"Ya to late the 'damage' was already done." Hermione replied icily.

"Would it have mattered if I was there? What would I have done, except maybe die?" Ron asked.

"No, I don't suppose it would have." Hermione looked defeated. "But for the first time since you guys found I felt something besides that anger and bitterness you where talking about before. I felt like me again"

Tears started to run down her face, Ron and Harry both went to her side.

"I don't know what to do, guys." She really let loose then. "She has no idea, what she's gotten herself into. No idea who I am."

"I know exactly who you are Hermione." For the second time today Hermione completely froze, knowing exactly who that voice belonged too.