Hand On Your Heart

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Disclaimer: No, I don't own HP!

A/N: Two updates in one day?! Freaky...! Oh, and Snape's OOC for this chapter, but you'll see eventually.

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"Come on, wake up." Hermione groaned as he stirred in her sleep, her eyes slowly opening groggily. Sitting up with a long yawn, Hermione could just make out sunlight dancing across the stone floor. "I brought lunch down for you." Hermione rubbed her eyes and stretched as she looked up. Shaking her head, Hermione groaned as she hugged her stomach, still cold. "Thanks...But I don't want...Snape?! Oh...Sorry..." Hermione mumbled as Snape shook his head. "The potion I gave you can make you a bit forgetful. You should have something to eat or the antidote won't work properly, it's still trying to get rid of the potion you took." Hermione whimpered as Snape put a tray on her lap. "Can't I just have something to drink?" Snape shook his head, as he folded his arms and sat down on his trunk. "No. You have to eat something. Otherwise I'll have to give you the antidote again."

Hermione shuddered before picking a tiny piece of crust from her sandwhich with her teeth. She felt as full as anything, like she had just eaten the whole feast from the Gryffindor table. Swallowing the small piece in her mouth, she made no hesitation in putting it back down on the plate. Snape shook his head a little before taking the tray from her. "I guess that'll do. I know I couldn't-...Nevermind." Snape muttered quickly, placing the tray on the counter, under the shelf of potions. Hermione looked at him with a puzzled look on her face. "You couldn't...What?" Snape looked at the ground and sighed heavily shaking his head.

"I couldn't...Eat anything when I..." Hermione went wide-eyed and Snape kept looking at his feet.

"Y-You...Did the same...Thing?" Hermione asked quietly, her eyes not moving from him. Snape nodded slowly and shuddered. "All I'm saying is that I haven't had the best life." Walking out of the dungeons, still not looking at her, Snape closed the wooden door behind him quietly. Hermione was still in shock as she glanced down at the bed. Suddenly a loud knock echoed around the room. "Hermione?" Hermione looked up to see Harry with his head poking around the corner. "Come in." Hermione smiled with releif, as Harry closed the door softly. Walking over to her, he kissed her cheek softly before sitting next to her. "It scared me to death when Snape told me what happened. I wanted to see you then, but he stopped me."

Hermione gave a sniff as she suddenly hugged him, on the verge of tears. "I-I was so close...To..." Taking a deep, shaky breath, Hermione continued. "...Dying last night." Whimpering, she looked up at Harry. "If Snape didn't find me...I-I would've died." Harry swallowed hard as Hermione rested her head on his shoulder, crying. Stroking her hair softly, Harry looked at her sadly. "J-Just promise me something..." Harry said softly as Hermione looked up at him. "Never...Do that again..." Harry could feel Hermione shivering against him. Shaking her head, Hermione pulled away from him. "I can't promise that...I-I could do it when I'm thirty or something...But I can promise I'm not going to do it anytime soon."

Harry sighed with releif as Hermione wiped her face on her sleeve. "What I did was stupid...And the reason why I did was even more stupid." Harry looked at her questioningly.

"But...Why did you...You know..."

"Because I saw Ron with another girl." Hermione gave a hollow laugh, but deep down it really hurt.

"It's not stupid, Hermione. I know how you feel...The same thing happened to me, not long ago." Harry replied, looking down. "But...You haven't been with any girls since Cho, have you?"

"No..."

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