Chapter 3
She awoke two days later to a room of faces. Familiar and mostly welcome. Daphne, her beautiful big sister, Sam, Daphne's fiancée. Snape holding her hand tenderly, in public, bewildering but wonderfully comforting. Harry, repulsing in every form. Dumbledore, and last but not least her two muggle parents. Blinking against tears behind their owlish glasses. She struggled to sit up and Snape propped her up on pillows behind her. She smiled weakly at the assembled crowd, Daphne screaming with delight and throwing herself on Hermione in ecstasy. 'Oh baby, I thought I had lost you. My little sister, why did we send you here?' and then broke into fresh sobs. Harry smiled but then turned place and left when he saw the look of disgust on her face although what did he expect? It was because of him she was there in the first place.
Her parents sat gently on her bed and Snape slipped out of the room accompanied by Dumbledore. Her father stroked her hair gently whilst her mother bustled around in her nervous way, unable to sit still in times of crisis. Madam Pomfrey engaged her in conversation to distract her whilst Hermione divulged the details to Daphne, Sam and her father.
'Well, you see, I am actually going out with the teacher who was sat holding my hand.' At this, her father's worry lines increased and her sister howled with laughter. 'He is ever so much older bebe. You are only just 17.'
'Papa, it has been going on for several weeks but became official yesterday. Dumbledore announced it at assembly. We are in love papa. I know that our ages are so different but to us that doesn't matter to us. I am only the second girl he has ever loved papa. He means more than life itself to me. Anyway. It turns out that Harry and Ron are also both in love with me. Ron more than Harry or so it would seem. The other night, Harry and I got a little carried away and we went up to bed.' She blushed at the though of this but carried on regardless. 'We were going to sleep together daddy, but Ron walked in on us, saw what we were doing and had a cow. It turns out that he has loved me all along but Harry was using me to prove a point so I ran out to seek solace in Severus. When I returned, it was fairly early in the morning and Harry was standing by the fire in the common room. We had an argument because I told him I didn't and couldn't love him and I refused to tell him who I loved. He got angry and hit me so hard I thought a car had hit me. I just passed out a few seconds after and woke again today.'
She turned to her father who was looking angrier than she had ever seen him in her whole life. 'Harry Potter, the one and only. How dare he. Who does the over rated self-absorbed bastard think he is hitting my daughter, my beautiful innocent daughter.' 'Shhhh, it's okay dad. He will get what's coming to him.'
* Now you see the irony is I know what his just reward is going to be but you will have to wait till chapter 4 to find out! *
She awoke two days later to a room of faces. Familiar and mostly welcome. Daphne, her beautiful big sister, Sam, Daphne's fiancée. Snape holding her hand tenderly, in public, bewildering but wonderfully comforting. Harry, repulsing in every form. Dumbledore, and last but not least her two muggle parents. Blinking against tears behind their owlish glasses. She struggled to sit up and Snape propped her up on pillows behind her. She smiled weakly at the assembled crowd, Daphne screaming with delight and throwing herself on Hermione in ecstasy. 'Oh baby, I thought I had lost you. My little sister, why did we send you here?' and then broke into fresh sobs. Harry smiled but then turned place and left when he saw the look of disgust on her face although what did he expect? It was because of him she was there in the first place.
Her parents sat gently on her bed and Snape slipped out of the room accompanied by Dumbledore. Her father stroked her hair gently whilst her mother bustled around in her nervous way, unable to sit still in times of crisis. Madam Pomfrey engaged her in conversation to distract her whilst Hermione divulged the details to Daphne, Sam and her father.
'Well, you see, I am actually going out with the teacher who was sat holding my hand.' At this, her father's worry lines increased and her sister howled with laughter. 'He is ever so much older bebe. You are only just 17.'
'Papa, it has been going on for several weeks but became official yesterday. Dumbledore announced it at assembly. We are in love papa. I know that our ages are so different but to us that doesn't matter to us. I am only the second girl he has ever loved papa. He means more than life itself to me. Anyway. It turns out that Harry and Ron are also both in love with me. Ron more than Harry or so it would seem. The other night, Harry and I got a little carried away and we went up to bed.' She blushed at the though of this but carried on regardless. 'We were going to sleep together daddy, but Ron walked in on us, saw what we were doing and had a cow. It turns out that he has loved me all along but Harry was using me to prove a point so I ran out to seek solace in Severus. When I returned, it was fairly early in the morning and Harry was standing by the fire in the common room. We had an argument because I told him I didn't and couldn't love him and I refused to tell him who I loved. He got angry and hit me so hard I thought a car had hit me. I just passed out a few seconds after and woke again today.'
She turned to her father who was looking angrier than she had ever seen him in her whole life. 'Harry Potter, the one and only. How dare he. Who does the over rated self-absorbed bastard think he is hitting my daughter, my beautiful innocent daughter.' 'Shhhh, it's okay dad. He will get what's coming to him.'
* Now you see the irony is I know what his just reward is going to be but you will have to wait till chapter 4 to find out! *