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PART 2 - INFIRMARY AND EXPLANATIONS
"MADAM POMFREY!" Ron yelled running through the infirmary doors. Few steps behind him came in Harry carrying unconscious Hermione.
Harry laid Hermione down to the nearest bed while Ron went to get Pomfrey. Ron ran back to them.
"She wasn't in her office, Harry." Ron explained and put his hand on Hermione's forehead which luckily wasn't hot.
"Of course not, Mr Weasley." They heard Madam Pomfrey tell them through the curtain. "Oh dear. Tell me what happened."
"I was talking with her and then, I guess, she felt weak, sat down to the floor and then lost her conscious." Ron explained and Harry continued.
"I saw her collapse and when I got to her she was already unconscious." Harry said and looked worriedly at Hermione.
"Another case. That's strange. As far as I know they don't even belong to the same house. Better get Dumbledore." Pomfrey said and went to her office.
"Ron walked to the curtain and peeked in to see who was the other patient. He saw Draco lying on the bed looking to be unconscious but then Ron saw his eyelids moving. Before Draco had a good chance to see Ron Harry called him.
"Ron. She's waking up."
"Ron ran back to Hermione and hugged her tightly. "God, Hermione. You really scared us."
"Yeah, Hermione. Don't do that again." Said Harry hugging Hermione after Ron.
Hermione felt a bang of confusion hitting her. Then they heard a voice coming from the other bed behind the curtain.
"Could someone explain why am I lying here?"
Ron went to pull the curtain aside. Hermione felt loneliness to hit her. When she looked around she noticed that there were only her, Draco, Harry and Ron. Three Gryffindors and a Slytherin. Then she realized that the loneliness wasn't her feeling. It was Draco's. She decided to make a test. After all, Snape said that the bound would be physical as well as emotional. She pinched herself to her palm and instantly Draco hissed through his teeth and looked at his palm.
"Oh. My. God." Hermione said quietly. She felt anger rise in her and when she glanced Draco, she knew that he felt it too.
Dumbledore, Pomfrey, McGonagall, and Snape stepped through the infirmary doors at the moment and the silent was tense. Pomfrey was the first one to talk.
"Oh, you're awake. That's good. How are you feeling?" She asked calmly.
"I'm fine." Hermione asked while Draco just nodded.
"May I please ask why you're here?" Dumbledore asked and smiled which assured Hermione a little bit that everything was going to be fine.
"I was coming from potions when I felt sick and lost my conscious." Draco said and sat up to his bed. "I only woke up few minutes ago."
"Same here." Hermione said and tried to sat up. Pomfrey came in at that moment and ran to her. Making sure that Hermione was going to lie down until she gave the permission to do otherwise, she went to Draco and put him to lie down too.
"Did something unusual happened during the potions?" Dumbledore asked and now Snape spoke.
"Not that I'm aware of. Ms Granger and Mr Malfoy made the potion as they were told to and after that they made the potion which reverses the first potion." He told to the headmaster.
"Mr Malfoy and Ms Granger were partners?" McGonagall asked and Snape nodded. "And everything went great?" Snape was about to nod again but Hermione spoke first.
"Actually no. Malfoy screw the potion up." She told a little bit mocking and a matter of factly.
"What do you mean I screw the potion up, mudblood?" Draco asked but immeaditely regreted. Not only because he received disproving looks from the professors. He also felt the hurt and the pain from Hermione and how she fight hard to stay vacant. He felt it all and couldn't help but feel regret himself.
Hermione felt Draco's regret and was surprised, confused, and didn't know what to think. "I mean that it was you who wanted to put four leaves of mint into the potion althought we weren't sure if that was the right amount. We did the other potion as we were told to but..." Hermione let the sentence hang and Draco knew what Hermione meant.
"The other potion didn't work. We still feel each other 'cause we didn't check the amount." He said and buried his face to his palms. "Shit."
"That's right." Hermione said and sighed.
"Wait a minute." Snape said and looked first Draco and then Hermione. "How much mint you put into the potion?"
"Four leaves." They said at the same time and Snape actually looked shocked.
"FOUR LEAVES!" He yelled and other professors were in shock. "It was only suppose to be two leaves. You doubled the amount. Who knows what kind of side effects it can cause. This passing out could be one of them."
"Well, it can be fixed, right professor?" Hermione said unsurely. "We'll just take the other potion again, right?"
"I'm afraid that it won't be possible, Ms Granger." Professor McGonagall said and looked at her and Draco with sympathy. "It's like you've greated a brand new potion. The other potion won't be effective to it anymore."
"I have to count the right amount to the second potion which releases you from this new one. It can take months and I'm afraid that there won't be another alternative." Snape said and Hermione looked shock as well as Draco.
"No other way to get rid of this bind?" Draco asked and Snape just shook his head 'no'.
"What are we going to do during that time?" Hermione asked and look desperately at professor Dumbledore.
"Spent the summer together, having fun?" He suggested. Professor McGonagall noticed their horrified looks and tried to ease the tension which increased every minute.
"Maybe not." She started. "We don't even know if the uncontiousness was the result of the potion. Maybe they don't need to stay together all the time."
"That is easily tested." Madam Pomfrey said. "Ms Granger, would you walk away from Mr Malfoy?"
Hermione slowly stood up, being afraid that she would fall, but instead felt stronger than before. She started to walk towars the doors. She was already on the doors and nothing. She stepped out the doors and they saw her no more. Suddenly Draco felt ill. He lay back and closed his eyes and when Snape called his name, he didn't respond.
Harry and Ron simultaneously ran through the infirmary doors only to find unconscious Hermione lying on the floor. They picked her up and together carried her back to infirmary. They carefully laid her on the bed and after a minute both, she and Draco, woke up.
"I guess we can say that staying apart isn't an option." Professor Dumbledore said. "Mr Potter. How far away was she from Mr Malfoy when you found her?"
"About 15 to 17 feet away." Harry replied and understood what Dumbledore meant. "So they have to stay closer than that, huh?"
Dumbledore just nodded. "I hope that togetherness isn't a problem," Dumbledore said. Before letting them to protest he said, "You have a room together for this final night here in Hogwarts. We now have to decide where you'll spend the summer. Unfortunately staying here isn't an option so it's either with Malfoy's or with Granger's. I let you to decide it."
"Umm... Professor?" Hermione carefully said and looked at her hands. "I-I want to go home. I miss my parents, Michael, and Damien. I know that it's not only up for me to decide but..." She didn't have a chance to finish it before Draco spoke.
"We can go there. I don't mind... much. Sure, telling Lucius that I'm going spend summer on the Granger's household is a big problem, but if we tell her that I'm staying with friend, which is a big fat lie, by the way, I guess he could actually believe it." He said. He first couldn't believe that he just so easily gave in but then he felt the relief pouring from Hermione. Relief, happiness, joy... And it felt good. First he had felt fear and disappointment but then, at the exact moment when he had agreed to go to the muggle world, he felt every good emotion coming from her. And he was happy that he had done it. Sure he had his personal reasons...
"Mr Malfoy?" Draco woke up from daydreaming by Snape saying his name. "Are you sure?" Draco just nodded his head. He was so sure.
Ron and Harry looked at Hermione. Who was Michael or Damien? Harry and Ron decided to ask about it from Hermione but not today. Now it wasn't the right time for that.
"How is Damien and Michael, Ms Granger?" Snape asked politely and Harry, Ron, and Draco was really confused. Why on earth would Snape ask that from Hermione? Is there something that they should know?
"Fine. Club is doing great. Sometimes they want to come back but otherwise great." She said back and Ron swore that he saw a very small smile on Snape's face.
"I guess we should show you your room unless madam Pomfrey feels that they should stay here." Dumbledore said and Pomfrey shook her head 'no'.
"If they stay together, then they should be alright. I'll let them go but..." she turned to Draco and Hermione, "if you feel any kind of unusual, you'll come here straight away. No exceptions."
They nodded and left the room following professor Dumbledore and professor McGonagall. Harry and Ron were like glued to each side of Hermione and Draco walked with professor Snape. Again, Hermione felt loneliness but it wasn't her feeling. It was Draco's.
Next part will be named 'Part 3 - First night together'. Remember to review. *smile* I love reviews. Can't get enough of them.
Serpent du feu: I don't know how much I'm going to put the "steamy" stuff but I can always try. This stays R, not going to be NC-17. I'm really sorry for the 'only signed reviews' thing... I didn't know I had it on. It helped, thank you.
Katt: Thanks. How did you guessed that the loving husband was Draco?
Rebecca: THANK YOU! My first review and already I feel like a millionaire. =)
PART 2 - INFIRMARY AND EXPLANATIONS
"MADAM POMFREY!" Ron yelled running through the infirmary doors. Few steps behind him came in Harry carrying unconscious Hermione.
Harry laid Hermione down to the nearest bed while Ron went to get Pomfrey. Ron ran back to them.
"She wasn't in her office, Harry." Ron explained and put his hand on Hermione's forehead which luckily wasn't hot.
"Of course not, Mr Weasley." They heard Madam Pomfrey tell them through the curtain. "Oh dear. Tell me what happened."
"I was talking with her and then, I guess, she felt weak, sat down to the floor and then lost her conscious." Ron explained and Harry continued.
"I saw her collapse and when I got to her she was already unconscious." Harry said and looked worriedly at Hermione.
"Another case. That's strange. As far as I know they don't even belong to the same house. Better get Dumbledore." Pomfrey said and went to her office.
"Ron walked to the curtain and peeked in to see who was the other patient. He saw Draco lying on the bed looking to be unconscious but then Ron saw his eyelids moving. Before Draco had a good chance to see Ron Harry called him.
"Ron. She's waking up."
"Ron ran back to Hermione and hugged her tightly. "God, Hermione. You really scared us."
"Yeah, Hermione. Don't do that again." Said Harry hugging Hermione after Ron.
Hermione felt a bang of confusion hitting her. Then they heard a voice coming from the other bed behind the curtain.
"Could someone explain why am I lying here?"
Ron went to pull the curtain aside. Hermione felt loneliness to hit her. When she looked around she noticed that there were only her, Draco, Harry and Ron. Three Gryffindors and a Slytherin. Then she realized that the loneliness wasn't her feeling. It was Draco's. She decided to make a test. After all, Snape said that the bound would be physical as well as emotional. She pinched herself to her palm and instantly Draco hissed through his teeth and looked at his palm.
"Oh. My. God." Hermione said quietly. She felt anger rise in her and when she glanced Draco, she knew that he felt it too.
Dumbledore, Pomfrey, McGonagall, and Snape stepped through the infirmary doors at the moment and the silent was tense. Pomfrey was the first one to talk.
"Oh, you're awake. That's good. How are you feeling?" She asked calmly.
"I'm fine." Hermione asked while Draco just nodded.
"May I please ask why you're here?" Dumbledore asked and smiled which assured Hermione a little bit that everything was going to be fine.
"I was coming from potions when I felt sick and lost my conscious." Draco said and sat up to his bed. "I only woke up few minutes ago."
"Same here." Hermione said and tried to sat up. Pomfrey came in at that moment and ran to her. Making sure that Hermione was going to lie down until she gave the permission to do otherwise, she went to Draco and put him to lie down too.
"Did something unusual happened during the potions?" Dumbledore asked and now Snape spoke.
"Not that I'm aware of. Ms Granger and Mr Malfoy made the potion as they were told to and after that they made the potion which reverses the first potion." He told to the headmaster.
"Mr Malfoy and Ms Granger were partners?" McGonagall asked and Snape nodded. "And everything went great?" Snape was about to nod again but Hermione spoke first.
"Actually no. Malfoy screw the potion up." She told a little bit mocking and a matter of factly.
"What do you mean I screw the potion up, mudblood?" Draco asked but immeaditely regreted. Not only because he received disproving looks from the professors. He also felt the hurt and the pain from Hermione and how she fight hard to stay vacant. He felt it all and couldn't help but feel regret himself.
Hermione felt Draco's regret and was surprised, confused, and didn't know what to think. "I mean that it was you who wanted to put four leaves of mint into the potion althought we weren't sure if that was the right amount. We did the other potion as we were told to but..." Hermione let the sentence hang and Draco knew what Hermione meant.
"The other potion didn't work. We still feel each other 'cause we didn't check the amount." He said and buried his face to his palms. "Shit."
"That's right." Hermione said and sighed.
"Wait a minute." Snape said and looked first Draco and then Hermione. "How much mint you put into the potion?"
"Four leaves." They said at the same time and Snape actually looked shocked.
"FOUR LEAVES!" He yelled and other professors were in shock. "It was only suppose to be two leaves. You doubled the amount. Who knows what kind of side effects it can cause. This passing out could be one of them."
"Well, it can be fixed, right professor?" Hermione said unsurely. "We'll just take the other potion again, right?"
"I'm afraid that it won't be possible, Ms Granger." Professor McGonagall said and looked at her and Draco with sympathy. "It's like you've greated a brand new potion. The other potion won't be effective to it anymore."
"I have to count the right amount to the second potion which releases you from this new one. It can take months and I'm afraid that there won't be another alternative." Snape said and Hermione looked shock as well as Draco.
"No other way to get rid of this bind?" Draco asked and Snape just shook his head 'no'.
"What are we going to do during that time?" Hermione asked and look desperately at professor Dumbledore.
"Spent the summer together, having fun?" He suggested. Professor McGonagall noticed their horrified looks and tried to ease the tension which increased every minute.
"Maybe not." She started. "We don't even know if the uncontiousness was the result of the potion. Maybe they don't need to stay together all the time."
"That is easily tested." Madam Pomfrey said. "Ms Granger, would you walk away from Mr Malfoy?"
Hermione slowly stood up, being afraid that she would fall, but instead felt stronger than before. She started to walk towars the doors. She was already on the doors and nothing. She stepped out the doors and they saw her no more. Suddenly Draco felt ill. He lay back and closed his eyes and when Snape called his name, he didn't respond.
Harry and Ron simultaneously ran through the infirmary doors only to find unconscious Hermione lying on the floor. They picked her up and together carried her back to infirmary. They carefully laid her on the bed and after a minute both, she and Draco, woke up.
"I guess we can say that staying apart isn't an option." Professor Dumbledore said. "Mr Potter. How far away was she from Mr Malfoy when you found her?"
"About 15 to 17 feet away." Harry replied and understood what Dumbledore meant. "So they have to stay closer than that, huh?"
Dumbledore just nodded. "I hope that togetherness isn't a problem," Dumbledore said. Before letting them to protest he said, "You have a room together for this final night here in Hogwarts. We now have to decide where you'll spend the summer. Unfortunately staying here isn't an option so it's either with Malfoy's or with Granger's. I let you to decide it."
"Umm... Professor?" Hermione carefully said and looked at her hands. "I-I want to go home. I miss my parents, Michael, and Damien. I know that it's not only up for me to decide but..." She didn't have a chance to finish it before Draco spoke.
"We can go there. I don't mind... much. Sure, telling Lucius that I'm going spend summer on the Granger's household is a big problem, but if we tell her that I'm staying with friend, which is a big fat lie, by the way, I guess he could actually believe it." He said. He first couldn't believe that he just so easily gave in but then he felt the relief pouring from Hermione. Relief, happiness, joy... And it felt good. First he had felt fear and disappointment but then, at the exact moment when he had agreed to go to the muggle world, he felt every good emotion coming from her. And he was happy that he had done it. Sure he had his personal reasons...
"Mr Malfoy?" Draco woke up from daydreaming by Snape saying his name. "Are you sure?" Draco just nodded his head. He was so sure.
Ron and Harry looked at Hermione. Who was Michael or Damien? Harry and Ron decided to ask about it from Hermione but not today. Now it wasn't the right time for that.
"How is Damien and Michael, Ms Granger?" Snape asked politely and Harry, Ron, and Draco was really confused. Why on earth would Snape ask that from Hermione? Is there something that they should know?
"Fine. Club is doing great. Sometimes they want to come back but otherwise great." She said back and Ron swore that he saw a very small smile on Snape's face.
"I guess we should show you your room unless madam Pomfrey feels that they should stay here." Dumbledore said and Pomfrey shook her head 'no'.
"If they stay together, then they should be alright. I'll let them go but..." she turned to Draco and Hermione, "if you feel any kind of unusual, you'll come here straight away. No exceptions."
They nodded and left the room following professor Dumbledore and professor McGonagall. Harry and Ron were like glued to each side of Hermione and Draco walked with professor Snape. Again, Hermione felt loneliness but it wasn't her feeling. It was Draco's.
Next part will be named 'Part 3 - First night together'. Remember to review. *smile* I love reviews. Can't get enough of them.