Chapter 4-
Hermione awoke with a start. After harry and Ron had left she had fallen back to sleep. She look around and found a handful of chocolate frogs and a half eaten chocolate cake slice (no doubt from Ron) at the end of her bed. She felt fine but her head was pounding slightly. After a few bites of chocolate frog she asked if it was OK to leave. Goodies in hand she headed up for the common room.
"I heard he was killed" Hermione heard some first years talking as she entered the common room
" Well I heard he was..." they stopped as she entered the room.
She looked at them strangely and when up to her dorm. The weekend was almost over and she hadn't finished her charm homework. When she enter, no one was there. She found Crookshankes curled up on her pillow, purring softly.
Where is every one? She thought to herself, while pulling her full bag onto her bed.
She looked out onto the gloomy day. Out her window you could see no sun, but big gray clouds that covered the entire sky. While sitting quietly on her bed she remembered her homework and began her essay on the difference between Charms and Curses. Which she thought was WAY to easy, but she did it anyway. Mid-through sentence she heard pounding up the stairs and the door flew open. Ron stood there; sweat and tears pouring down his face.
"HERMIONE" He screamed as he came rushing toward her. He landed in her arms. Crying hysterically. Her charm homework fell onto the floor and her ink rolled over the bed. Hermione's arms embraced Ron, who was shaking furiously.
"Ron, Ron what's wrong, are you OK?" she was very worried and held him close.
Ron looked up at her, still crying, his eyes were bloodshot and cold sweat ran down his face. He lay his head on her lap. Hermione's back was against pillows on her bed. Ron lay next to her, still crying, but head on her lap. She rubbed his hair, waiting to find out what made this huge out burst.
"Shhh, its OK," she repeated as he calmed down. "Now Ron, what's wrong"
Ron made a sort of sniffle noise and answered "They found him." Ron's voice was quiet.
"Who? Sirius?" Hermione's voice was calm, even though inside she wanted to just brake down and cry with Ron, but that would get them no where.
"Hermi, they found-Ha-Harry." his voice staggered.
"What do you mean they found harry, he was never gone?" Ron whimpered. Hermione ran her hand down through his hair. Ron was still shivering and Hermione was worried sick. " Tell me exactly what happened Ron." she said, stern, but calmly.
Ron looked up at her long and hard and then began his story. "After we left you" he mumbled "Harry and I went down to the kitchens, visited Dobby" his head shifted from Hermione's lap to next to her head to he could look at her when he talked. " We got you some candy and left, I ate some of your chocolate cake" a smile seemed to form for a second. His eyes began to water but he continued. " He...he said he was going to the library." Tears wafted down his face, "he said he wanted to get information on his charms essay." Ron's was now red in the face as well as ears. "So I went upstairs and dropped off your candy, you were still asleep" he continued. Wiping his eyes. Hermione put her arm around his and rubbed is shoulder. Ron continued. "As I entered the common room, I thought he would be there with a stack off books, but just some 1st years." Ron's eyes began to water yet again. " Then...then...." he broke off; tears pouring from his eyes he buried his face in his hands.
Hermione still rubbing his shoulder began to say sweet things to him like "its OK" and "don't worry Ron, I'm here".
While Ron regained calmness, the dorm room door opened for a moment, lavender stuck her head in, and looked at Hermione...Then immediately left, seeing Hermione probably didn't need her walking around while Ron was having an outburst of emotion.
Then Ron continued, "Then, I went upstairs to find our dorm completely torn apart. Blood everywhere." He tried to hold back more tears. "I ran all the way to the library, but harry wasn't there, but" more tears came. "But I saw his essay on the table scattered all over the place" Hermione's heart raced, she couldn't imagine what happened next, but she urged Ron to continue. "So I went to get Dumbledore" Ron's shaking began again and Hermione held him tight. "He told me to wait on the stairs and they would find Harry," Ron began to shout. "DUMBLEDORE SAID HE WOULD BE FINE, HE SAID HARRY WAS JUST HANGING AROUND SOMEWHERE, AND JUST LEFT THE LIBRBARY" Ron was crying hysterically now, but he still continued, Hermione began to get scared. "Then the found him.... THEY FOUND HIM" Ron fighting for words "I wanted to find you, but you left the hospital wing" Ron swam in sweat and tears "Harry was found outside in the grass...." Hermione gasp. She was hopping what she imagined wasn't true. Tears filled her eyes but she held back and Ron continued. "Harry was found Hermione. He was found covered in blood and not breathing. WHAT HAPPENED...we still don't know if he's OK, THEY WILL NOT LET ME SEE HIM HERMIONE. THEY WOUND'T LET ME SEE HIM." Now Ron had slipped off the bed and face flat on the ground. Hermione leapt off the bed and pulled Ron up. She drew him to her and they cried together for a long time. When the both regained a sense of reality they drew away quickly. Ron began to brush himself of furiously.
"Er-" He began. His ears where bright pink. "Er-I don't know what got into me. I mean all this Er-" he wiped his eyes
"Its really OK Ron, now I think-" she was cut off by Ron.
"You can't tell anyone I was up hear blubbering to you like a baby OK." His tone had become urgent as if something was about to happen.
"Fine." Hermione said stiffly. She had liked Ron in this vulnerable place. He had been kinder, and more sensitive.
"I really don't know what was wrong with me, I just found myself up here with you. The next thing I know is we're hugging...." he trailed off.
"It's not a bad thing" Hermione began, but realized it was a lost cause. Ron had suddenly landed into a bad mood an Hermione wasn't about to became part of it. "Maybe you should go." Hermione looked away from Ron, and sat back down on her bed.
"Maybe I should." Ron began to leave and turned back into the room. "Hermione" He stared at her for a moment "Er-thanks a lot." Then he disappeared.
Hermione lay on her bed thinking. Her mind had a lot to chew on. First there was this whole harry thing that she didn't understand. So she decided to go to the hospital wing to visit harry. Maybe a couple of things might get straighten out.
Hermione awoke with a start. After harry and Ron had left she had fallen back to sleep. She look around and found a handful of chocolate frogs and a half eaten chocolate cake slice (no doubt from Ron) at the end of her bed. She felt fine but her head was pounding slightly. After a few bites of chocolate frog she asked if it was OK to leave. Goodies in hand she headed up for the common room.
"I heard he was killed" Hermione heard some first years talking as she entered the common room
" Well I heard he was..." they stopped as she entered the room.
She looked at them strangely and when up to her dorm. The weekend was almost over and she hadn't finished her charm homework. When she enter, no one was there. She found Crookshankes curled up on her pillow, purring softly.
Where is every one? She thought to herself, while pulling her full bag onto her bed.
She looked out onto the gloomy day. Out her window you could see no sun, but big gray clouds that covered the entire sky. While sitting quietly on her bed she remembered her homework and began her essay on the difference between Charms and Curses. Which she thought was WAY to easy, but she did it anyway. Mid-through sentence she heard pounding up the stairs and the door flew open. Ron stood there; sweat and tears pouring down his face.
"HERMIONE" He screamed as he came rushing toward her. He landed in her arms. Crying hysterically. Her charm homework fell onto the floor and her ink rolled over the bed. Hermione's arms embraced Ron, who was shaking furiously.
"Ron, Ron what's wrong, are you OK?" she was very worried and held him close.
Ron looked up at her, still crying, his eyes were bloodshot and cold sweat ran down his face. He lay his head on her lap. Hermione's back was against pillows on her bed. Ron lay next to her, still crying, but head on her lap. She rubbed his hair, waiting to find out what made this huge out burst.
"Shhh, its OK," she repeated as he calmed down. "Now Ron, what's wrong"
Ron made a sort of sniffle noise and answered "They found him." Ron's voice was quiet.
"Who? Sirius?" Hermione's voice was calm, even though inside she wanted to just brake down and cry with Ron, but that would get them no where.
"Hermi, they found-Ha-Harry." his voice staggered.
"What do you mean they found harry, he was never gone?" Ron whimpered. Hermione ran her hand down through his hair. Ron was still shivering and Hermione was worried sick. " Tell me exactly what happened Ron." she said, stern, but calmly.
Ron looked up at her long and hard and then began his story. "After we left you" he mumbled "Harry and I went down to the kitchens, visited Dobby" his head shifted from Hermione's lap to next to her head to he could look at her when he talked. " We got you some candy and left, I ate some of your chocolate cake" a smile seemed to form for a second. His eyes began to water but he continued. " He...he said he was going to the library." Tears wafted down his face, "he said he wanted to get information on his charms essay." Ron's was now red in the face as well as ears. "So I went upstairs and dropped off your candy, you were still asleep" he continued. Wiping his eyes. Hermione put her arm around his and rubbed is shoulder. Ron continued. "As I entered the common room, I thought he would be there with a stack off books, but just some 1st years." Ron's eyes began to water yet again. " Then...then...." he broke off; tears pouring from his eyes he buried his face in his hands.
Hermione still rubbing his shoulder began to say sweet things to him like "its OK" and "don't worry Ron, I'm here".
While Ron regained calmness, the dorm room door opened for a moment, lavender stuck her head in, and looked at Hermione...Then immediately left, seeing Hermione probably didn't need her walking around while Ron was having an outburst of emotion.
Then Ron continued, "Then, I went upstairs to find our dorm completely torn apart. Blood everywhere." He tried to hold back more tears. "I ran all the way to the library, but harry wasn't there, but" more tears came. "But I saw his essay on the table scattered all over the place" Hermione's heart raced, she couldn't imagine what happened next, but she urged Ron to continue. "So I went to get Dumbledore" Ron's shaking began again and Hermione held him tight. "He told me to wait on the stairs and they would find Harry," Ron began to shout. "DUMBLEDORE SAID HE WOULD BE FINE, HE SAID HARRY WAS JUST HANGING AROUND SOMEWHERE, AND JUST LEFT THE LIBRBARY" Ron was crying hysterically now, but he still continued, Hermione began to get scared. "Then the found him.... THEY FOUND HIM" Ron fighting for words "I wanted to find you, but you left the hospital wing" Ron swam in sweat and tears "Harry was found outside in the grass...." Hermione gasp. She was hopping what she imagined wasn't true. Tears filled her eyes but she held back and Ron continued. "Harry was found Hermione. He was found covered in blood and not breathing. WHAT HAPPENED...we still don't know if he's OK, THEY WILL NOT LET ME SEE HIM HERMIONE. THEY WOUND'T LET ME SEE HIM." Now Ron had slipped off the bed and face flat on the ground. Hermione leapt off the bed and pulled Ron up. She drew him to her and they cried together for a long time. When the both regained a sense of reality they drew away quickly. Ron began to brush himself of furiously.
"Er-" He began. His ears where bright pink. "Er-I don't know what got into me. I mean all this Er-" he wiped his eyes
"Its really OK Ron, now I think-" she was cut off by Ron.
"You can't tell anyone I was up hear blubbering to you like a baby OK." His tone had become urgent as if something was about to happen.
"Fine." Hermione said stiffly. She had liked Ron in this vulnerable place. He had been kinder, and more sensitive.
"I really don't know what was wrong with me, I just found myself up here with you. The next thing I know is we're hugging...." he trailed off.
"It's not a bad thing" Hermione began, but realized it was a lost cause. Ron had suddenly landed into a bad mood an Hermione wasn't about to became part of it. "Maybe you should go." Hermione looked away from Ron, and sat back down on her bed.
"Maybe I should." Ron began to leave and turned back into the room. "Hermione" He stared at her for a moment "Er-thanks a lot." Then he disappeared.
Hermione lay on her bed thinking. Her mind had a lot to chew on. First there was this whole harry thing that she didn't understand. So she decided to go to the hospital wing to visit harry. Maybe a couple of things might get straighten out.