A/N-I got a lot of response to the last chapter!


Chapter Seven

(This chapter is in Ginny's point of view)

I was woken up in the middle of the night, by George and Harry shaking me in my bed.

"Ginny, wake up!" I jumped.

"How did you two get in here?" I mumbled, rubbing my eyes, and then looking at them

"Ginny come on, we have to go!" George shouted, pulling me out of my bed.

"Go?" I asked. "Go where?"

"Hospital Wing! Now hurry!" Harry shouted, his voice sounding severely upset.

"Hospital wing? Why? What happened?" I looked at the two of them. Both of them looked fine, so I wondered who was there.

"Hermione!"

I broke out of George's grasp and ran out of my dorm, and down the stairs. I made it out of the common room, and I didn't stop until I reached the doors. I pushed them open and saw Fred sitting next to a bed, and Hermione lying in it, asleep.

"Fred! What happened?" I shouted, and ran towards him and Hermione.

He didn't answer, so I turned to Madame Pomfrey.

"What happened?" I asked, almost begged her.

"She tried to kill herself." She said quietly, wiping a tear from her eye. "It was luck your brother here found her in time. He saved her life."

"Fred? Is that true?" I asked

He nodded.

"Oh Fred' I cried, and brought him into a hug, and he started to cry his eyes out. I had never seen my brother so upset before in my entire life. He was always the strong one. The brave one.

I hugged him until the doors opened again, and Harry and George finally arrived, both of them rushed over as I had, and stared at the poor girl lying in the bed. She was in a hospital gown, that went down to her mid-thigh, the sleeves went down two inches passed her shoulders, and the neckline went down to right above her cleavage. I chocked back a sob as I saw all of the bruises, and ligature marks on my best friend, and I knew who had done it.

Ron.

I didn't know how badly she was getting hurt, if I had, I would have been willing to die from the vow, just so that she would get help.

Hermione apparently always wore makeup on any visible skin.

Then I saw the bandages on her wrist, and knew what she had done.

"Why didn't you say anything?" I muttered to her.

The next person to come through the doors, surprised Harry and the Twins. It was Draco.

He walked over and looked at her, then to me. "Was it him?" He said through his teeth, and I nodded. Draco walked over and punched the wall.

"Damn him to hell where he belongs." He spat through his teeth, and I gave Draco a small hug.

"Wait, Malfoy, do you know who did this to her?" Harry asked him, in an insisting tone.

"Yes." He said sadly.

"Well? Who was it?" Fred demanded.

"He can't tell you." I said in a small voice. "Hermione made him make the unbreakable vow not to tell anyone, just like she did on me."

"WHAT?" Fred, Harry, and George all shouted.

"How long has this been happening to her?" Fred demanded.

"Since the war ended." I said, and I started to cry. Draco hugged me again and told me

"They'll figure it out Ginny."

The other three looked at us with wide eyes.

"Ginny, who did this?"

"Harry, I can tell you if you want, but then I'd die." I said quietly,

Harry's eyes widened and he said "Then I don't need to know right now."

Ron burst through the doors next. Draco and I held our composure rather well. We both wanted to kill him though.

"What happened?"

"Hermione tried to kill herself Ron. I'm sorry." Harry said, then he went over and hugged his friend.

Draco and I looked in each other's eyes, and we had a silent conversation, both of us thinking 'if only they knew.

Ron walked over to Hermione, took her hand, then whispered something in her ear.

Her eyes opened automatically, and they met Ron's, and they filled with fear.

I looked at Draco again, who again, was using all of his strength not to kill him.

"Hermione!" George exclaimed, then hugged her gently. She winced slightly at the touch. "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry!" He shouted, stepping away from her.

"It's alright George." She mumbled.

"Hermione, who's been hurting you?" Fred demanded, and her eyed filled with fear again.

"Nobody." She said firmly, but her eyes gave it away.

"Hermione, I saw all of the marks on you." Fred said sadly.

"How?" She demanded.

"I was the one who pulled you out of the tub, you kind of, weren't dressed." He looked slightly embarrassed.

"Oh god! You saw me naked?" She gasped.

"That doesn't matter Hermione. You're alive. That's all that matters." Fred said calmly.

"Why did you save me Fred?" She hissed, which caused all of us (save Ron) to wince. "I want to die." She said firmly, looking him dead in the eye.

"Who hurt you Hermione." He demanded.

"Yes Hermione, tell us." Ron said, his voice full of fake pity.

She looked him in the eye, and the only people who saw her fear were me, Draco, and Ron.

"I did it to myself." She whispered, and Ron smiled slightly, but nobody else saw it.

I hit my head against Draco's shoulder.

"You expect us to believe that?" Harry demanded.

"You should, it's the truth. I hate myself."

"Oh darling, you shouldn't hate yourself!" Ron said, and gave her a smile that everyone could see. "You're perfect in every way; you shouldn't have done this to yourself."

I had to admit, Ron was a damn good actor when he needed to be.

She smiled at him, but I could tell that it was forced.

"Can you guys go? I want to spend time with my girlfriend alone." He smiled at us, and Fred, George, and Harry walked out, Draco and I however, had to be forced out.

The last thing I head before the doors shut behind us, was Ron casting the 'silencio' charm.

"Draco." I cried, and he hugged me again.

"I know Ginny, I know."


(Switch to Hermione's point of view)

Ron came back to my bed, after casting the charm on the room.

"You really are stupid you know." He sneered. "If you wanted to kill yourself, you should have waited until Fred fell asleep, not when he was in the other room."

He raised his hand to slap me, but stopped. "You're lucky that they know what your bruises look like. Or else you'd have a lot more." He smiled. "But there are ways of hurting you, without using brute force." He pulled out his wand.

"Ron why do you do this to me?" I begged him. "What had I ever done to you?"

He smiled. "You're an easy target babe." He said with an evil grin.

A tear fell down my cheek, and I wiped it off using the bandage on my wrist.

"Why did you do it that way?" He asked, eyeing my wrist.

"I couldn't get to any of the towers, so I couldn't jump." I muttered.

"That's a shame. You might have actually succeeded that way." He said in his normal voice.

"You want me to die?" I asked, not really caring either way.

"Not particularly. If you die, then I'd have to find a new girlfriend, and pretty much everyone's taken." He shrugged his shoulders.

How did I fall in love with this boy in 6th year? How Damn it! He's the worst mistake I ever made.

He laughed suddenly. "if my brother ever see's you naked again, you'd wish that you would have succeeded in your little stunt."

My eyes widened. "It wasn't my fault Ron." I said, my voice shaking.

"Not your fault? You stripped down like a little whore, and had him come rescue you!" He shouted, then he pulled out his wand, and pointed it at me.

"Like I said Hermione, I can cause pain without leaving a mark."

"What are you going to d-" I was cut off by Ron waving his wand.

"CRUCIO!" He screamed, and my body was instantly in torture. It felt as if my blood was being boiled, and every single bone in my body was being snapped like a twig, over and over again. Nothing compared to this pain. It was even worse than when Bellatrix shot me with it at Draco's manor. It hurt worse, because it was coming from someone I considered to be a friend for almost half of my life.

He held the spell on me for what I thought was an hour, which turned out only to be a moment.

He grabbed my face forcefully and kissed me hard in the mouth. " I love you." He said firmly, and waited for me to say it back.

"I love you too Ron." I said, trying not to cry.

He took the silencing spell off of the room, and went to bed. "Goodbye love!" he called, as Draco and Ginny rushed into the room. Apparently George, Harry, and Fred went to bed.

"What did he do while we were out?" Draco demanded, his eyes widening as he saw my pained expression.

"Hermione, tell us." Ginny also demanded.

" The Cruciatus Curse." I said, then I cried my eyes out.

"WHAT?" they both screamed.

"You guys can't tell remember?" I cried out, and they both glared at me.

"Why won't you let us help you?" He yelled.

"I can handle myself!" I shouted.

"shut up Hermione!" She snapped. "Stop lying to yourself, and us!"

"I'm not lying." I muttered.

"And now she's lying about lying?" Draco asked Ginny.

"Seems so." Ginny replied.

"Hermione" Draco said softly. "If you tell someone who can do something. If you do, he can't hurt you anymore."

"I don't want him to go to Azkaban." I said firmly.

"He deserves to go! He did an unforgivable curse!" Ginny shouted.

"Nobody deserves Azkaban." I told them.

Ginny gave me a gentle hug, as Draco said,

"You're too nice for your own good."

I smiled slightly.

"You can always break up with Ron." Ginny suggested. "Then maybe he wouldn't hurt you anymore."

"I tried." I said quietly.

"And what happened?"

"He told me that the only way I could leave him, was if I jumped off of the Charms tower."

They both shuddered.

"I tried to leave him, and he held me over the ledge. I told him that I'd never leave him, and he pulled me back to safety."

They both looked at me with pity.

"You guys know I hate pity." I said quietly.


A/N- DAMN YOU RONALD WEASLEY! What would you do if your MOTHER found out?

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