A/N: wow you guys, 11 reviews in a day! sheesh! Well I'm glad you all like
the chapter and Silver, I already said that Lei is not going to find out
before her 18th birthday and that will not be happening in the time span of
this fic. I will write another fic after this one about that. This whole
ideal was based on an online role play that I did with a very good friend
and one heck of a role player and we have to figure out some deatils
because he's going to help me write it because we actually have the role
play saved. So as I said, Lei will not be finding out in this fic. I was
already planning on writing that fic after this one is done. I make it a
point to only write 1 fic at a time, I find that I can't keep the plots
straight if I do more than one so you're just going to have to be patient
with me. Oh and trust me when I say that Sirius' reaction will be
priceless when he finds out!!! ;-) Jayde I am a music theatre major
sweetie and I can solemnly say that I DETEST the Wizard of Oz, it's a pain
in the butt and I find it irritating but I'm glad that you managed to tie
in a less irritating version of that wretched song ;-) Selina I don't
believe in killing off JK's charries so don't worry, Harry will be fine.
I'm just a slight fan of 'harry torture' as some people like to call it. I
might make it seem bad but I will have everybody be all right in the end.
Christine, YES Voldemort is dead! He's gone! caput! He has no chance in
coming back!Steph sweetie, Harry might be older but he's still in really
bad shape but because he's been pretty healthy he'll get better a little
quicker but not by much because he is worse than he was the last time he
got sick. That also goes for you alamarang. Oh and thanks to Anja,
fizzysoda, Miss Fang, SakuraPotter and Gryffindor-Girl2002. Now here's
chapter 27, I had a little bit of time today, since my rehersal for scene
study went really well and I got my lines memorized and started my research
for my Contextual Analysis of Mozart's Piano Sonata in B-flat Major K. 570.
So I hope it's okay for you all and if Harry doesn't get better in this
chapter he will in the next, but I don't know what my screwed up and sleep-
deprived little brain of mine is going to come up with. Especially since
I'm about to go insane from anticipation of seeing Chamber of Secrets on
friday when it finally comes out on this side of the pond!!!!! But I hope
this chapter doesn't suck and I'll stop rambling
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.....................now. ENJOY!!!!!!
Chapter 27
Severus woke up the next morning to see Madame Pomfrey taking out Harry's iv connected to his blood supply since he didn't need it anymore. She smiled at Severus and said,
"Good morning Severus. Harry's levels jumped up a bit during the night and his temperature is almost completely back to normal. He's still not out of the woods yet, but he's improving."
Severus weakly smiled, stood up, stretched and walked back over to the chair that he had occupied the previous night. He studied Harry intently for a moment and noted that the flush in Harry's cheeks had gone down and he had a normal tint to his skin. Severus wasn't even aware that Madame Pomfrey had gone until she came back with a bowl of porridge for Severus to eat, saying that if he didn't take care of himself he wouldn't be allowed to stay. Severus quickly ate the bowl of porridge and quickly left to take a shower.
Fifteen minutes later Severus came back completely clean and in a fresh set of robes. Severus entered Harry's room to find the same group from the previous evening plus Molly Weasley. Molly looked absolutely horrible. She loved Harry as if he were her own son and would do anything to protect him. It was killing her to see him in the state he was in.
Molly was currently sitting in the chair that Severus had earlier occupied. She looked up as Severus stood next to the chair and cleared his throat. She quickly wiped her eyes and said,
"Oh good day Professor."
"Molly there is no need for formalities, call me Severus. When did you get here?"
"Oh no more than ten minutes ago. Ron owled me last night and told me what happened and I came as soon as I got the owl."
Severus nodded and said,
"Might I have a word with you in private for a moment?"
Molly nodded, rose from her chair and followed Severus out into the main hospital wing. Severus looked at Molly and said,
"Have you been informed of Harry and I's relationship?"
Molly shook her head, with a confused expression on her face.
"It was recently discovered that I am Harry's father. Harry has taken it very well, as has Ron and Hermione. I just wanted to personally thank you for everything you've done for Harry over the years."
"Oh Severus, there's no thanks needed. It was completely Arthur and I's pleasure. Harry is a wonderful boy and we're always glad to have him."
Severus weakly smiled and said,
"Well I suppose we should get back in there. I really don't like being away from him when he's in the state he's in."
"Completely understandable Severus."
The two walked back into the room to find that nothing had chaged except that Harry's saturation level had jumped up another percent. Severus took his seat and gently grasped Harry's hand.
The day wore on and Harry continued to gradually improve which made everybody feel a lot happier and better. Madame Pomfrey made all of them eat at mealtimes. She told the rest of them exactly what she had told Severus that morning.
By 9pm when Madame Pomfrey told the students it was time to go back to their tower Harry was doing a bit better. Molly stayed until 9:30 and then she herself returned back to the Burrow. Severus settled down again for another night. Harry was still out, showing no signs of waking anytime soon. Severus continued to hold onto Harry's hand, talk and reassure him when his body and muscles would jerk and spasm with the after effects of the cruciatus.
Severus bedded himself down again on the couch and quickly fell asleep. He was mentally and physically exhausted from this entire ordeal.
This routine carried on for several more days. Dumbledore had stopped in a few times and had told Severus that he was going to have classes cancelled for the rest of the week since students were fairly shaken up about what had happened and there were still several teachers that hadn't fully recovered yet from their injuries.
Harry had been on the ventilator for 5 days when he was finally ready to be taken off. Madame Pomfrey made Severus and everybody leave when the time came. His levels were finally high enough that he could be taken off. Harry also had started to fight it again, just as he had done in Saint Andrews.
The group walked back into Harry's room to find him propped up on a couple of pillows and a set of oxygen tubes set underneath and going into his nose and looped around his ears and clipped together under his chin. His head was lolling slightly to the right, towards his father, who remained in the chair next to his head who kept a hold on his hand and continuously lightly brushed Harry's bangs off of his forehead.
Harry's chest barely rose and fell, but the little movement was in an even and steady rhythm. Severus continued to keep a light hold on Harry's hand while everybody else took turns talking to Harry to try and call him back to consciousness. They continued to get responses from requests to squeeze their hands if he could hear them so at least they knew his brain was functioning and responding to stimuli.
Severus woke up early again almost a full week after the battle to find Madame Pomfrey changing Harry's iv bags. Seeing that Severus was awake Poppy walked over to the couch and said,
"Harry's doing much better now. I think there might be a chance that he'll wake up today. It's all up to him at this point. Now you go get cleaned up while I get you something to eat."
Severus wordlessly nodded and got up off of the couch and made his way to the loo to quickly get cleaned up. Ten minutes later Severus walked back into Harry's room to see that nothing had changed with the boy and that there was a bowl of porridge like every day before that one. Severus again quickly ate the food and turned his attention back to Harry.
At 7:30 the usual group arrived. Severus could tell that it had been a long night for all of them because they all looked like they hadn't gotten much sleep. He could also see that Hermione and Ginny had been crying, probably for long periods of time. He knew that this was just as hard on them as it was for him because they all loved Harry dearly, for one reason or another, and wanted nothing more than to see him get better.
They had had several problems regulating Harry's levels and his temperature kept drastically rising and falling. As soon as they started to decrease Harry's oxygen intake to wean him off, his levels would drop and his oxygen intake had to be increased again. Also his temperature had risen to, at one point, well over 100 degrees and it caused Harry to be slightly delirious, or so they thought. It seemed that at times like that that they could get no response out of Harry whatsoever.
Severus remembered that Harry told him that Ginny had had a crush on him since her first year. He also said in a late night discussion after a particularly bad nightmare, that he was starting to realize his feelings towards her and wanted to know how to persue a possible relationship with her. Severus couldn't have been prouder that Harry had chosen Ginny. He very well knew that Harry could have any girl he wanted and he wanted the Weasley that he could easily tolerate.
Ginny had swore to herself that she was over Harry but she knew deep down that it wasn't true. She loved him and knew it. She had talked about it with her mom that summer, in hypotheticals of course. But she knew that she still loved him. And now seeing him in the state that he was in, made her heart ache. She wanted nothing more than to see him open his eyes so she could look into those emerald pools of his again.
Harry was caught in the area of semi-awareness. He knew that he was alive and that he wasn't alone but he didn't have the strength to completely get back to the state of consciousness. He could hear his father, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley talking to him but he couldn't wake up to answer or appease them. The only thing he seemed that he could do was to squeeze their hands when they asked him to or whenever a new person took it and started talking.
He could hear the pain and hope in everybody's, especially Ginny's and his father's voice. He wanted to wake up to make them stop worrying and being so upset but he just couldn't do it. And that frustrated him to no end. It frustrated him so much that if he had the energy or presence of mind he would've probably started to cry. The only thing that he could do was to rest and try and recover his strength.
He didn't know how long he'd been out, but he had a feeling that it had been for a little while. He was pretty sure that he was in very bad shape from the tone of everybody's voices that kept talking to him.
Later that afternoon (around 3 o'clock) Harry started to show faint signs of waking up. He started to slightly shift around and moan faintly. Everybody's heart felt like it jumped up into their throat. Severus continued to lightly rub the back of Harry's hand and gently call him awake. Harry's temperature had started to rise again and his level decreased for what seemed like the thousandth time. Harry started to moan weakly and mumble 'hot...' and 'make it stop'
Severus kept on calling to Harry, gently trying to get him to wake up and open his eyes. Finally Severus succeeded and unfocused, pained and terrified emerald locked onto obsidian. Severus smiled and let out a sigh of relief. Harry blinked several times and squinted, vainly trying to focus his eyes and said in a soft and scratchy voice,
"Dad is that you?"
Severus squeezed Harry's hand and said
"Yes Harry, it's me. I'm here."
Harry faintly smiled and grimmaced and said softly,
"Hot, it's so hot. Make it stop Dad, please. I can't take it, it burns so bad."
Severus sent a look to Mrs. Weasley and she dashed out the door to go get Madame Pomfrey while he tried to get Harry to stay calm. Madame Pomfrey came bustling into the room. Severus saw that she was carrying a syringe. She swept over to Harry and stuck the needle directly into Harry's iv connection and stood back and waited. After a few minutes Harry visibly relaxed and sighed.
"How do you feel now Harry?" Madame Pomfrey asked
"Not as hot, very tired." Harry croaked.
"How does your chest feel, Harry?"
"Tight." Harry said breathlessly
"All right, I'm going to give you a treatment Harry. I couldn't give you one when you first got here because you flat out stopped breathing so I had to immediately put you on the vent. I'll be right back, all right?"
Harry nodded faintly as Madame Pomfrey bustled out of the room. She quickly returned with the box that Harry was now familiar with. Madame Pomfrey came back in and quickly prepared the treatment. Hermione and the Weasleys all watched curiously since they had never seen anything like this before. Madame Pomfrey took Harry's oxygen tubes off and slipped the mask on.
"Now Harry, you know how this goes. Nothing you're not used to."
Harry nodded and Madame Pomfrey turned on the nebulizer. Hermione looked over to Professor Snape, who hadn't moved since that morning, and said,
"Sir, why is Harry used to this?"
"This is the 3rd time that he's received a treatment." Severus responded simply.
Hermione nodded simply and the rest of the Weasleys remained silent until the treatment was complete. After the treatment Madame Pomfrey reattached Harry's oxygen tubes.
"Madame Pomfrey, can I have something to drink?"
"Of course Harry." She quickly left and came back with a glass of water with a straw and held it so Harry could take a couple of sips then took the glass away.
"You'll make yourself sick if you drink too much at one time. You can have more in a half hour but not before then."
"All right Madame Pomfrey, thank you."
"You're welcome Harry." Poppy said and retreated to her office to update Harry's chart while Severus slipped Harry's glasses on so he could actually see everybody.
Harry looked over to his father and said,
"Dad, how long have I been here and where are my levels at?"
"Well Harry it's now Friday, November the 6th so you've been here and unconscious for a little less than a week and your levels are right now at 93% but they went down again just before you woke up. Your levels keep fluctuating and we don't know why. You're going to be here for a while longer so don't rush yourself. All right?"
Harry nodded and slowly moved his head to look at everybody else in the room, he met each person's eyes individually and then weakly smiled and said,
"Hi, guys."
Everybody burst out laughing then Hermione and the Weasleys took turns giving Harry a hug. Harry was still pretty weak and barely had the energy to lift up his arms but he was glad that his friends were there. Ginny came up last and Harry held onto her a bit longer and whispered in her ear
"Thank you Ginny."
Harry and Ginny separated and he looked around and said,
"Guys I want to talk to Ginny alone so can you leave for a few minutes?"
Severus smirked because he knew what this was about and stood up and hearded the rest of the group out and shut the door. Harry said
"Ginny, pull that chair up here, closer."
Ginny did as Hary suggested and sat down. Harry slid his left hand over to the edge of the bed and Ginny took it. Harry looked intently into Ginny's eyes and said,
"Ginny, I can honestly say that you and Dad were the two people that really helped me wake up. I know you've had a crush on me for a while now, I'd have to be daft not to know it and I just wanted to tell you that I do like you too. A lot in fact."
Ginny's face broke out into a wide smile and said,
"I'm glad Harry. I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life when Dumbledore said the school was going to be attacked and then seeing you after the battle. But now what happens?"
"Well, after I get out of here I want to be with you, I want to be able to call you mine and mine only. That is if you'll let and have me." Harry said looking down at his lap
Harry got his answer in the form of Ginny launching carefully onto Harry pulling him into a hug, being careful not to snag the tubes and wires running over Harry's body. Ginny and Harry held onto eachother for several minutes before they separated and Harry summoned all the remaining strength that he had and pulled Ginny's face to his and the two of them shared their first kiss.
Everybody stood outside, trying to get a look through the window in the door to see what was happening and they all broke out into smiles.
Harry and Ginny broke apart and Harry looked to the window and saw everybody's faces and waved them all back in. Everybody came back in and The Twins and Ron made their way to stand behind Ginny, facing Harry.
"Now Harry." Fred began,
"You do realize." George continued,
"That if you hurt Ginny, that we will hurt you." Ron finished.
Harry smiled and said,
"Now you guys should know that I would never do that."
"Good, we're just making sure." Fred said with a wink
Mrs. Weasley came over and pulled Ginny and Harry into a hug and said,
"I was wondering when this would happen."
Hermione came over and hugged Ginny and Harry and said,
"I knew it was just a matter of time before this happened and now all of us are in a relationship."
Harry grinned and Ginny blushed. After all of that Harry was completely spent of the little amount of energy that he had and relaxed a bit and said,
"Guys, I'm exhausted so I'm gonna go back to sleep. I'll see you all later when I'm awake."
Harry closed his eyes and almost immediately fell into a very deep sleep. While everybody else settled down. Just before dinner Ron and Hermione said that they were going to the Great Hall to eat and the twins left with them. Mrs. Weasley decided to go home to make Arthur and Percy dinner since she hadn't been there all week. That only left Ginny and Severus.
Severus wanted to talk to Ginny but he really didn't know how to go about doing it because he was only accustomed to being around her in the classroom setting. Ginny however seemed to be 2 steps ahead of him,
"Professor is this all right with you? Me being with Harry."
"I actually knew of Harry's plans to ask you but I never knew when he was planning on doing it. But to answer your question, it is completely all right with me. All I want is for him to be happy, and he said he would be happy with you so I fully support it. Besides I know that you'll never do anything intentionally to hurt him and I know that he'll do the same." Severus responded.
Ginny smiled and said,
"Thank you professor."
Severus merely inclined his head and the two lapsed back into comfortable silence watching Harry sleep.
A/N: *wipes sweat from her brow* Well, that was probably the longest chapter I've ever written, though I'm not sure, if it's not it's certainly the second longest. I figure that's a good stopping place, I was going to stop just after Harry woke up but I just kept typing and I figured this would be a slightly good but kind of cliched get together, the whole "Harry gets hurt and almost dies and is in the hospital wing and after he wakes up asks ginny out' well if you don't like it then deal because I like it that way! ;-) :-P NEways, I hope this chapter didn't suck too much so why don't you push that little button that says to leave me a review and tell me what you think but you all know the rules, no flames please! Flames will be used to roast marshmallows to make s'mores!!!! But I'm signing off for now, I don't know how long it'll be until the next chapter comes out but it'll be at least a couple of days, depending on my schedule and everything. TTFN!!!
Chapter 27
Severus woke up the next morning to see Madame Pomfrey taking out Harry's iv connected to his blood supply since he didn't need it anymore. She smiled at Severus and said,
"Good morning Severus. Harry's levels jumped up a bit during the night and his temperature is almost completely back to normal. He's still not out of the woods yet, but he's improving."
Severus weakly smiled, stood up, stretched and walked back over to the chair that he had occupied the previous night. He studied Harry intently for a moment and noted that the flush in Harry's cheeks had gone down and he had a normal tint to his skin. Severus wasn't even aware that Madame Pomfrey had gone until she came back with a bowl of porridge for Severus to eat, saying that if he didn't take care of himself he wouldn't be allowed to stay. Severus quickly ate the bowl of porridge and quickly left to take a shower.
Fifteen minutes later Severus came back completely clean and in a fresh set of robes. Severus entered Harry's room to find the same group from the previous evening plus Molly Weasley. Molly looked absolutely horrible. She loved Harry as if he were her own son and would do anything to protect him. It was killing her to see him in the state he was in.
Molly was currently sitting in the chair that Severus had earlier occupied. She looked up as Severus stood next to the chair and cleared his throat. She quickly wiped her eyes and said,
"Oh good day Professor."
"Molly there is no need for formalities, call me Severus. When did you get here?"
"Oh no more than ten minutes ago. Ron owled me last night and told me what happened and I came as soon as I got the owl."
Severus nodded and said,
"Might I have a word with you in private for a moment?"
Molly nodded, rose from her chair and followed Severus out into the main hospital wing. Severus looked at Molly and said,
"Have you been informed of Harry and I's relationship?"
Molly shook her head, with a confused expression on her face.
"It was recently discovered that I am Harry's father. Harry has taken it very well, as has Ron and Hermione. I just wanted to personally thank you for everything you've done for Harry over the years."
"Oh Severus, there's no thanks needed. It was completely Arthur and I's pleasure. Harry is a wonderful boy and we're always glad to have him."
Severus weakly smiled and said,
"Well I suppose we should get back in there. I really don't like being away from him when he's in the state he's in."
"Completely understandable Severus."
The two walked back into the room to find that nothing had chaged except that Harry's saturation level had jumped up another percent. Severus took his seat and gently grasped Harry's hand.
The day wore on and Harry continued to gradually improve which made everybody feel a lot happier and better. Madame Pomfrey made all of them eat at mealtimes. She told the rest of them exactly what she had told Severus that morning.
By 9pm when Madame Pomfrey told the students it was time to go back to their tower Harry was doing a bit better. Molly stayed until 9:30 and then she herself returned back to the Burrow. Severus settled down again for another night. Harry was still out, showing no signs of waking anytime soon. Severus continued to hold onto Harry's hand, talk and reassure him when his body and muscles would jerk and spasm with the after effects of the cruciatus.
Severus bedded himself down again on the couch and quickly fell asleep. He was mentally and physically exhausted from this entire ordeal.
This routine carried on for several more days. Dumbledore had stopped in a few times and had told Severus that he was going to have classes cancelled for the rest of the week since students were fairly shaken up about what had happened and there were still several teachers that hadn't fully recovered yet from their injuries.
Harry had been on the ventilator for 5 days when he was finally ready to be taken off. Madame Pomfrey made Severus and everybody leave when the time came. His levels were finally high enough that he could be taken off. Harry also had started to fight it again, just as he had done in Saint Andrews.
The group walked back into Harry's room to find him propped up on a couple of pillows and a set of oxygen tubes set underneath and going into his nose and looped around his ears and clipped together under his chin. His head was lolling slightly to the right, towards his father, who remained in the chair next to his head who kept a hold on his hand and continuously lightly brushed Harry's bangs off of his forehead.
Harry's chest barely rose and fell, but the little movement was in an even and steady rhythm. Severus continued to keep a light hold on Harry's hand while everybody else took turns talking to Harry to try and call him back to consciousness. They continued to get responses from requests to squeeze their hands if he could hear them so at least they knew his brain was functioning and responding to stimuli.
Severus woke up early again almost a full week after the battle to find Madame Pomfrey changing Harry's iv bags. Seeing that Severus was awake Poppy walked over to the couch and said,
"Harry's doing much better now. I think there might be a chance that he'll wake up today. It's all up to him at this point. Now you go get cleaned up while I get you something to eat."
Severus wordlessly nodded and got up off of the couch and made his way to the loo to quickly get cleaned up. Ten minutes later Severus walked back into Harry's room to see that nothing had changed with the boy and that there was a bowl of porridge like every day before that one. Severus again quickly ate the food and turned his attention back to Harry.
At 7:30 the usual group arrived. Severus could tell that it had been a long night for all of them because they all looked like they hadn't gotten much sleep. He could also see that Hermione and Ginny had been crying, probably for long periods of time. He knew that this was just as hard on them as it was for him because they all loved Harry dearly, for one reason or another, and wanted nothing more than to see him get better.
They had had several problems regulating Harry's levels and his temperature kept drastically rising and falling. As soon as they started to decrease Harry's oxygen intake to wean him off, his levels would drop and his oxygen intake had to be increased again. Also his temperature had risen to, at one point, well over 100 degrees and it caused Harry to be slightly delirious, or so they thought. It seemed that at times like that that they could get no response out of Harry whatsoever.
Severus remembered that Harry told him that Ginny had had a crush on him since her first year. He also said in a late night discussion after a particularly bad nightmare, that he was starting to realize his feelings towards her and wanted to know how to persue a possible relationship with her. Severus couldn't have been prouder that Harry had chosen Ginny. He very well knew that Harry could have any girl he wanted and he wanted the Weasley that he could easily tolerate.
Ginny had swore to herself that she was over Harry but she knew deep down that it wasn't true. She loved him and knew it. She had talked about it with her mom that summer, in hypotheticals of course. But she knew that she still loved him. And now seeing him in the state that he was in, made her heart ache. She wanted nothing more than to see him open his eyes so she could look into those emerald pools of his again.
Harry was caught in the area of semi-awareness. He knew that he was alive and that he wasn't alone but he didn't have the strength to completely get back to the state of consciousness. He could hear his father, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley talking to him but he couldn't wake up to answer or appease them. The only thing he seemed that he could do was to squeeze their hands when they asked him to or whenever a new person took it and started talking.
He could hear the pain and hope in everybody's, especially Ginny's and his father's voice. He wanted to wake up to make them stop worrying and being so upset but he just couldn't do it. And that frustrated him to no end. It frustrated him so much that if he had the energy or presence of mind he would've probably started to cry. The only thing that he could do was to rest and try and recover his strength.
He didn't know how long he'd been out, but he had a feeling that it had been for a little while. He was pretty sure that he was in very bad shape from the tone of everybody's voices that kept talking to him.
Later that afternoon (around 3 o'clock) Harry started to show faint signs of waking up. He started to slightly shift around and moan faintly. Everybody's heart felt like it jumped up into their throat. Severus continued to lightly rub the back of Harry's hand and gently call him awake. Harry's temperature had started to rise again and his level decreased for what seemed like the thousandth time. Harry started to moan weakly and mumble 'hot...' and 'make it stop'
Severus kept on calling to Harry, gently trying to get him to wake up and open his eyes. Finally Severus succeeded and unfocused, pained and terrified emerald locked onto obsidian. Severus smiled and let out a sigh of relief. Harry blinked several times and squinted, vainly trying to focus his eyes and said in a soft and scratchy voice,
"Dad is that you?"
Severus squeezed Harry's hand and said
"Yes Harry, it's me. I'm here."
Harry faintly smiled and grimmaced and said softly,
"Hot, it's so hot. Make it stop Dad, please. I can't take it, it burns so bad."
Severus sent a look to Mrs. Weasley and she dashed out the door to go get Madame Pomfrey while he tried to get Harry to stay calm. Madame Pomfrey came bustling into the room. Severus saw that she was carrying a syringe. She swept over to Harry and stuck the needle directly into Harry's iv connection and stood back and waited. After a few minutes Harry visibly relaxed and sighed.
"How do you feel now Harry?" Madame Pomfrey asked
"Not as hot, very tired." Harry croaked.
"How does your chest feel, Harry?"
"Tight." Harry said breathlessly
"All right, I'm going to give you a treatment Harry. I couldn't give you one when you first got here because you flat out stopped breathing so I had to immediately put you on the vent. I'll be right back, all right?"
Harry nodded faintly as Madame Pomfrey bustled out of the room. She quickly returned with the box that Harry was now familiar with. Madame Pomfrey came back in and quickly prepared the treatment. Hermione and the Weasleys all watched curiously since they had never seen anything like this before. Madame Pomfrey took Harry's oxygen tubes off and slipped the mask on.
"Now Harry, you know how this goes. Nothing you're not used to."
Harry nodded and Madame Pomfrey turned on the nebulizer. Hermione looked over to Professor Snape, who hadn't moved since that morning, and said,
"Sir, why is Harry used to this?"
"This is the 3rd time that he's received a treatment." Severus responded simply.
Hermione nodded simply and the rest of the Weasleys remained silent until the treatment was complete. After the treatment Madame Pomfrey reattached Harry's oxygen tubes.
"Madame Pomfrey, can I have something to drink?"
"Of course Harry." She quickly left and came back with a glass of water with a straw and held it so Harry could take a couple of sips then took the glass away.
"You'll make yourself sick if you drink too much at one time. You can have more in a half hour but not before then."
"All right Madame Pomfrey, thank you."
"You're welcome Harry." Poppy said and retreated to her office to update Harry's chart while Severus slipped Harry's glasses on so he could actually see everybody.
Harry looked over to his father and said,
"Dad, how long have I been here and where are my levels at?"
"Well Harry it's now Friday, November the 6th so you've been here and unconscious for a little less than a week and your levels are right now at 93% but they went down again just before you woke up. Your levels keep fluctuating and we don't know why. You're going to be here for a while longer so don't rush yourself. All right?"
Harry nodded and slowly moved his head to look at everybody else in the room, he met each person's eyes individually and then weakly smiled and said,
"Hi, guys."
Everybody burst out laughing then Hermione and the Weasleys took turns giving Harry a hug. Harry was still pretty weak and barely had the energy to lift up his arms but he was glad that his friends were there. Ginny came up last and Harry held onto her a bit longer and whispered in her ear
"Thank you Ginny."
Harry and Ginny separated and he looked around and said,
"Guys I want to talk to Ginny alone so can you leave for a few minutes?"
Severus smirked because he knew what this was about and stood up and hearded the rest of the group out and shut the door. Harry said
"Ginny, pull that chair up here, closer."
Ginny did as Hary suggested and sat down. Harry slid his left hand over to the edge of the bed and Ginny took it. Harry looked intently into Ginny's eyes and said,
"Ginny, I can honestly say that you and Dad were the two people that really helped me wake up. I know you've had a crush on me for a while now, I'd have to be daft not to know it and I just wanted to tell you that I do like you too. A lot in fact."
Ginny's face broke out into a wide smile and said,
"I'm glad Harry. I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life when Dumbledore said the school was going to be attacked and then seeing you after the battle. But now what happens?"
"Well, after I get out of here I want to be with you, I want to be able to call you mine and mine only. That is if you'll let and have me." Harry said looking down at his lap
Harry got his answer in the form of Ginny launching carefully onto Harry pulling him into a hug, being careful not to snag the tubes and wires running over Harry's body. Ginny and Harry held onto eachother for several minutes before they separated and Harry summoned all the remaining strength that he had and pulled Ginny's face to his and the two of them shared their first kiss.
Everybody stood outside, trying to get a look through the window in the door to see what was happening and they all broke out into smiles.
Harry and Ginny broke apart and Harry looked to the window and saw everybody's faces and waved them all back in. Everybody came back in and The Twins and Ron made their way to stand behind Ginny, facing Harry.
"Now Harry." Fred began,
"You do realize." George continued,
"That if you hurt Ginny, that we will hurt you." Ron finished.
Harry smiled and said,
"Now you guys should know that I would never do that."
"Good, we're just making sure." Fred said with a wink
Mrs. Weasley came over and pulled Ginny and Harry into a hug and said,
"I was wondering when this would happen."
Hermione came over and hugged Ginny and Harry and said,
"I knew it was just a matter of time before this happened and now all of us are in a relationship."
Harry grinned and Ginny blushed. After all of that Harry was completely spent of the little amount of energy that he had and relaxed a bit and said,
"Guys, I'm exhausted so I'm gonna go back to sleep. I'll see you all later when I'm awake."
Harry closed his eyes and almost immediately fell into a very deep sleep. While everybody else settled down. Just before dinner Ron and Hermione said that they were going to the Great Hall to eat and the twins left with them. Mrs. Weasley decided to go home to make Arthur and Percy dinner since she hadn't been there all week. That only left Ginny and Severus.
Severus wanted to talk to Ginny but he really didn't know how to go about doing it because he was only accustomed to being around her in the classroom setting. Ginny however seemed to be 2 steps ahead of him,
"Professor is this all right with you? Me being with Harry."
"I actually knew of Harry's plans to ask you but I never knew when he was planning on doing it. But to answer your question, it is completely all right with me. All I want is for him to be happy, and he said he would be happy with you so I fully support it. Besides I know that you'll never do anything intentionally to hurt him and I know that he'll do the same." Severus responded.
Ginny smiled and said,
"Thank you professor."
Severus merely inclined his head and the two lapsed back into comfortable silence watching Harry sleep.
A/N: *wipes sweat from her brow* Well, that was probably the longest chapter I've ever written, though I'm not sure, if it's not it's certainly the second longest. I figure that's a good stopping place, I was going to stop just after Harry woke up but I just kept typing and I figured this would be a slightly good but kind of cliched get together, the whole "Harry gets hurt and almost dies and is in the hospital wing and after he wakes up asks ginny out' well if you don't like it then deal because I like it that way! ;-) :-P NEways, I hope this chapter didn't suck too much so why don't you push that little button that says to leave me a review and tell me what you think but you all know the rules, no flames please! Flames will be used to roast marshmallows to make s'mores!!!! But I'm signing off for now, I don't know how long it'll be until the next chapter comes out but it'll be at least a couple of days, depending on my schedule and everything. TTFN!!!