Emily opened her eyes slowly and saw at least a dozen blurry heads standing over her. She realized she was on a soft bed and her head was on a soft feather pillow. As she opened her eyes up more she recognized the faces staring at her with concern on their faces. Parker, Grant, Andrew, Rosie, Kelly, Aaron, Josh, Harry, Professor McGonagall, Sirius, Professor Snape, Remus, and to Emily's horror, Gina.
"Emily! You're ok!" Kelly said, throwing her arms around Emily's neck.
"Kelly you're going to make her have another heart attack!" Rosie yelled, pulling Kelly off of Emily. Emily smiled weakly at her friends.
"I had a heart attack?" She asked, after she finally realized what Rosie had said.
"You did, we thought you're heart problems were over, since nothing happened until now," Harry said, moving closer to his daughter.
"I had heart problems when I was younger?" Emily asked.
"Right when you were born, because you were born so early," Harry replied.
"You never told me this," Emily said sitting up in bed, but when she sat up a sharp pain filled her body. She lay down quickly, bumping her head on the backboard. Emily then rubbed her sore head, trying to look at everyone at once.
"Careful Emily," Sirius said. Emily smiled at him and put her hand down.
"Gosh Emily! You scared us all, you should have seen the look on Josh's face!" Aaron grinned.
"What look?" Emily asked.
"He was really scared when we heard you had a heart attack! It was like he actually cared for you!" Aaron replied, grinning wider. Josh punched his brother in the arm, but Aaron punched him back, making him fall to the ground.
"Aaron!" Josh said angrily. Emily was laughing from her bed as well as Parker, Grant, Aaron, Rosie and Kelly. Josh looked livid, but stood up when his brother offered him a hand.
"Boys, no fighting," Gina said, from next to Harry. Emily stopped laughing at the sound of Gina's voice. "Emily, I'm so glad you're feeling better."
Emily didn't reply, she just lay still, staring at the ceiling. Gina's smile faded and she looked at Harry.
"Just give her time," Harry whispered. Emily looked at her father and felt all the anger she'd been trying to ignore flow back into her body.
"Don't give me any time! You're just wasting it!" Emily shouted, and then grew quiet again.
"Maybe you guys should leave Emily and me alone for a bit," Harry said.
"But we want to stay with Emily," Kelly said.
"We'll go!" Rosie said, dragging Kelly out behind her. Once everyone had left silently, Harry drew up a chair right next to Emily. Emily rolled over onto her side, her back facing her father.
"Emily," Harry said. Emily ignored him. "Emily! Please!" Emily slowly turned to face her father, glaring at him.
"I was fine until you brought Gina," Emily said angrily.
"Emily, you've got to give her a chance," Harry said. Emily glared at him even more angrily.
"I thought you had forgiven me about that," Harry replied.
"I did, until you brought her here," Emily spat.
"Emily, I'm sorry, but I felt it was time to move on," Harry began.
"Well I don't think it is!" Emily yelled.
"Emily, let's not get into this argument again," Harry said.
"You can't tell me what to do!" Emily shouted.
"I'm you're father! I helped bring you into this world, I think I have the right to tell you what to do!" Harry replied, starting to get angry with his daughter.
"You're not my father anymore! I don't have a father! I'm an orphan!" Emily said, and turned over to look out the window. Emily felt a few hot tears roll down her cheek, but ignored them.
Harry stared at his daughter, trying to fight back tears. He felt like he had lost everything. The one thing that reminded him the most of Hermione, didn't want him anymore. Harry knew he loved Gina now, but he would never forget Hermione. Harry wished Emily would understand that. He slowly stood up, the usual sparkle leaving his green eyes and was replaced by a cloudy stare. Harry left the hospital wing silently, and left his daughter alone.
Emily rolled over and stared at the door where her father had left through. Emily felt a few more tears squeeze out of her eyes, and roll onto her nightgown. Emily felt her heart hurt, but not from a heart attack, it was from sadness. She felt she had made the wrong decision, but she was too stubborn to yell after her father.
"I'm sorry Daddy," Emily whispered, and cried herself to sleep.
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"I'm so glad you're back here!" Kelly said, when Emily came back into the Gryffindor Common Room a few days later.
"Snape, looked like he actually cared if you lived or died, while we were sitting waiting for you to wake up. He's the one who brought you to the Hospital Wing. He carried you all the way up to the Hospital wing," Rosie said.
"You're father was close to tears when he came out of the Hospital wing. What did you say to him?" Grant asked.
"Something I regret," Emily replied simply.
"What did you say?" Andrew asked.
"I told him I don't have a father any more and that I'm an orphan," Emily said, looking down at the floor, blinking away her tears. She was unsuccessful though, because a single tear dripped down onto her robes.
"Why would you say something like that?" Parker asked. Emily looked up, her eyes filled with water.
"I was just so angry," Emily replied, trying hard not to cry.
"Emily, I thought you had stopped being angry," Rosie said.
"So did I, but then I saw her and well…" Emily began.
"You mean you saw my Mother, Emily! That was extremely rude! How dare you insult my mother like that?! I can't believe you, and what you said to your father!" Josh said, shaking with anger.
Emily turned to look at her stepbrother, a few tears falling down her rosy red cheeks. Josh looked angrily at his stepsister, his blue eyes looking into her emerald green ones. Josh glared at Emily, his eyes turning a cold, icy blue. Emily let a few more tears squeeze out of her eyes and tried to say something but nothing would come out of her mouth.
"Speechless are you? Well that's one good thing that's happened to you!" Josh said nastily.
"Josh leave her alone, you'd of done the same thing if you had the chance," Aaron said.
"Aaron, go away!" Josh yelled.
"Josh, admit it, you'd of done the exact same thing to Harry if you had the chance," Aaron said calmly. Josh didn't reply. "Ah, I see you're speechless."
"I'm sorry," Emily whispered.
"Come on Emily, you should go to bed," Aaron said taking her hand. He helped Emily up from the couch and led her to her dormitory.
"I'm sorry," Emily whispered again.
"Hey, it's ok, I would have done the same thing to your Dad, if I even remembered anything about my Dad," Aaron replied.
"Now everyone is going to hate me," Emily said sadly, trying to wipe away some of her tears.
"Like who?" Aaron asked.
"Josh, your Mom, and my Dad," Emily replied.
"Nah, I don't think they hate you, they're just disappointed in you. Just give it time," Aaron said. Emily smiled at Aaron and gave him a hug.
"I'm glad you're my brother," Emily said, and went into her dormitory.
"And I'm glad you're my little sister," Aaron said to himself.
Emily curled up in a little ball on her bed, Angel curling up next to her. Emily was still in her robes, but she had her curtains drawn around her bed. She closed her eyes and a few more tears squeezed out.
"I wish you were here Mommy, I don't know how I can accept Gina as my step mom," Emily whispered.
Emily then pulled a blanket over her and fell asleep in the middle of her bed, with Angel curled up next to her. Emily ended up crying herself to sleep. She slept soundly the whole night, not even waking when her friends came in talking loudly to change for bed.
"I'll always be here for you," Hermione whispered into her daughter's ear. "Even if you can't see me, I'll be here, watching over you and protecting you."
A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I kind of ran out of ideas. And I'm sorry it's so late in the update. I will try to get the next chapter up soon. Probably around Friday or Saturday. So please leave a review and tell me what you think. It's only going to be 25 chapters.