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PREVIOUSLY:
After breakfast the next morning, Hermione and Draco headed off to work together. Since this was their first day they were pretty nervous about it.
Later…
Just as Draco got back to his ward the woman at the front desk said someone wanted to speak to him and was waiting for him in Exam 4. He opened the door expecting to see another patient but his father was sitting there.
"What do you want?" said Draco in a nasty tone.
"Didn't I warn you?" asked Lucius.
"Warn me about what?" Draco asked, still with anger in his voice.
"That mud-blood you've been, should I say "hanging", around with. I warned you didn't I? I told you to stay away from her. The Dark Lord can do many things to those who disobey a Death Eater's orders."
"I'm not afraid of you or the Dark Lord."
"Well, you should be," said Lucius while trying to control his temper, " the I can do many powerful things. Now, unless you want me to put the Imperious Curse on you, you better get rid of that mud-blood."
"I'm sorry but I can't just go and get rid of her!" Draco yelled while standing up.
"Well, you're going to have to or we can always hand her over to the Dark Lord because he has many uses for a mud-blood." Draco was so full of anger right now he didn't even know what to say to that. "Just remember that I'm watching you Draco," said Lucius as Draco stormed out the door. 'How the hell could my father be such a jerk?! Didn't he understand that I love her? He's going to be in the building the rest of the day. I have to do something to make him think that I don't love Mia anymore.' Draco racked his brain but he couldn't think of anything. Then he had an idea, as long as Hermione didn't see him it would work and then he could still be with her. 'Now, where's a really hot nurse?' Draco thought to himself as he walked toward the nurse's station in the Operating Ward.
Then…
Hermione stood at the end of a row of lockers, shocked by what was happening right in front of her. Draco pulled away from the kiss and her eyes met his. Her eyes were full of disbelief and hatred. Tears started to pour down her face making it difficult to speak. Not that she could think of anything to say at the moment. Instead, she slowly walked to her locker which just happened to be right next to where Draco was making out with the nurse. Hermione knew Draco was watching her and even though that slut of a nurse was licking his ear. After, she grabbed her stuff she turned toward Draco and just stared into his eyes.
"I thought you loved me but I guess Harry and Ron were right. I never should have trusted you in the first place," Hermione said while tears were pouring down her face. With that said, she stormed out of the locker room and was about to leave when a thought occurred to her. Draco would probably come running after her and the last thing she wanted to do was talk to him. So she decided to go back to the pharmacy for about 20 minutes then go back to the hotel and find somebody to talk to.
Back at the hotel…
When Hermione got back to her room she locked the door and sat her bag down on the bed. She was still crying hysterically and went to get a glass of water from the bathroom. She heard Draco knocking on the door connecting their rooms and ignored him.
"Hermione! Let me in!" he yelled but she ignored him. She set the glass of water down on the beside table and took a bottle of pills out of her purse. She took them from the pharmacy she was currently working at. There was about 60 pills in the bottle and she emptied a little more than half into her hand. She popped fifteen pills into her mouth and swallowed.
"Hermione! Please let me in!" She was now crying hysterically as she swallowed the last couple of pills. She put the glass of water on the nightstand, laid down on the bed and cried.
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Ch.9-Too Much Is Never Good
Harry and Ron were running towards Hermione's room. They tried her door but it was locked. They heard Draco yelling and they decided to see what it was all about. Ron has an out-of-control temper and really hates Draco so Harry went to talk to Draco.
"What happened?" Harry asked.
"My father came to the hospital and told me to stop messing around with Mia. I knew he would be watching me the whole day and to throw him off I was making out with a nurse. It didn't mean anything, I sware! Then Mia walked into the locker and ran out before I got a chance to explain. I looked every where but I didn't find her so I decided to come back here and wait. That's when I heard her door open but she locked this connecting door and she won't let me in." Draco said while throwing himself at the door. "Why are you down here?"
"Well, Hermoine came to our room and told us that she loved us very much. I kind of sounded like a good-bye but…" They both stared at each other with wide eyes. Then all of a sudden Harry raced over to the room phone and called the front desk and explained that they locked themselves out of the room and needed a key. Harry sent Ron to go get the room key and Draco was still trying to get in with the connecting door. Meanwhile, Harry called 911.
About five minutes later Ron came bolting down the hall with Hermione's room key. He opened up the door and Draco ran in first. Hermione was laying on the bed, limp. She looked asleep but all three of them knew she wasn't. Her pillow was damp from crying and she looked really pale. Draco ran over and put a hand on her head. "She's still hot," he said looking the slightest bit relieved. Then he picked up her wrist and checked for a pulse. He wasn't sure but he thought he could feel the slightest one. "I think she's got a pulse," Draco said while picking her up to head down to the lobby. Harry and Ron held the door open for him and then the three of them ran to the stair. They were going to take the elevator but right now the stairs were faster. The ambulance was just pulling up and they rushed over to it. The paramedics took Hermione's body and put it on the stretcher. They said there wouldn't be room for all three of them in the ambulance so they had to find other means of transportation. "We can just run there if you're up for it," Draco said while still out of breath, "Mia and I walked there this morning and I ran there and back this afternoon." Harry and Ron both nodded and followed Draco all the way to the hospital.
Draco, Harry and Ron got to the hospital right after the ambulance. They followed her stretcher through the ER (emergency room) and into a trauma room.
"What kind of pills did she take?" the doctor asked anxiously.
"I have no idea. She works in the pharmacy on the third floor so she might of gotten them from there. I didn't see a bottle on her night stand though so she must have had them in her purse," Draco said through breaths. They stayed for awhile longer but then a nurse ushered them out and into a waiting room. While they were waiting Ron asked what happened and Draco told him. They still weren't on the best terms but Ron didn't hate him anymore. No one dared to talk for about another 20 minutes. That's when the doctor came walking toward them, showing no emotion at all.
"Are you here on behalf of Hermione Granger?" the tall doctor asked.
"Yes, is she okay?" asked Ron.
"She's going to be fine but we had to pump her stomach. She is very weak right now and may only have one visitor at a time."
"How many pills did she take doctor?" Harry asked.
"I'm afraid she took about 37 aspirin. Do any of you know what could have provoked her to do this?" All three of them had blank looks on their faces and just stared a the male doctor. " All right then, you may take turns going to see her. She's in room 217, just down the hall."
"You can go first man," said Ron, " 'cause you've got a lot of explaining to do." They all gave each other nervous looks and then Draco walked down the hall. He had no idea what he was going to say or even how he was going to explain it. He didn't want to make Hermione more upset than she already was.
"Mia," Draco said as he peeped his head into her room. She just looked up at him and then looked away. "Listen, I need to explain something that's very important. You don't have to say anything afterwards if you don't want to but please don't interrupt because it's easier that way." He took a deep breath and started to tell Hermione everything. "My father came to see me at work today. He was waiting for me in one of the exam rooms. He told me he knew what I was doing and that it needed to stop. He told me to stop seeing you and to get you out of my life. I told him that I didn't want you out of my life and he got even more upset. He said he would was going to be watching me. I know that he has the ability to see what other people are doing even if they are not near him. I had to do something because I knew that he would hurt you if I didn't. He threatened to hand you over to the Dark Lord. I couldn't let that happen. I decided to try to throw him off track and make him think that I was just using you. So, I found a nurse that was interested in me and took her to the locker room. We made out for awhile because I knew my father was watching. I could feel it. Anyway, that's when you walked in. I looked everywhere for you, even the restaurants around here because I knew you said you were going to go get something to eat. It devastated me to see you lying on your bed pale and limp. I thought you died but then I felt the slightest pulse and thought maybe I was wrong. I love you so much Mia and would never ever do anything to hurt you." Hermione looked at him again with tears in her eyes but then looked away. "You don't have to say anything. It's okay," then he got up from the foot of her bed and started to walk out of the room when she said, "I love you too. I just couldn't stand losing you and knowing that you didn't even love me. I know there was other ways I could of dealt with it but that was the first thing that came to mind." Draco came over and sat on the bed by her again. He put his arms around her and let her cry. They stayed like that until the nurse said that visiting hours were over.
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A/N: Hey you guys! Hope ya'll liked it! Sorry it's so short but there wasn't that much to put in there. Anyway, thanks to jafreak, Hello Kitty, Elly, NotSoBlondie, and, dunkmoonX for reviewing for Ch.8. We're almost at 50 reviews so if you didn't review, please do! We love getting reviews (by the way, this is Catie again)! Jenn is getting back from St. Louis tomorrow so we should have the next chapter up soon! By the way, Jenn's writing another fanfic so if you want info. about it email her at BlingBling381@aol.com. If you want be emailed when another chapter goes up then please email Jenn and me (Crazylilkt246@aol.com).
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