Hermione's eyes started to flutter slightly as she came to. She noticed
that she wasn't outside any longer but in a nice warm bed. She tried to
focus on the things around her but her head hurt so badly. It felt like
someone was driving a knife through her skull. She could hear whispering
around her and turned to see Madam Pomfrey talking to what looked like
Harry and Ron.
"Boys, you can not stay in here, you are in serious trouble and the last thing Hermione needs at this moment is to see you two all bruised and bloody. Now you can both come back in the morning during visiting hours." Madam Pomfrey said as she started shooing them away.
Hermione closed her eyes again quickly so they wouldn't see her awake. She just didn't feel like dealing with this right now. She felt her tummy rumble and remembered that she hadn't eaten all day, but the thought of actually eating something made her stomach churn. She heard the door to the hospital wing close and Pomfrey rummaging through something on the other side of the room. She slowly opened her eyes, because any sudden movements made her head feel like it was splitting down the center. Madam Pomfrey saw her and hurried to her side.
"Hermione, dear, how are you feeling?"
Hermione tried to clear her throat as she brought her hand to her head. "My head is throbbing terribly."
"Don't you worry; I have just the thing to make you feel better." Madam Pomfrey swiftly appeared with some type of potion. Hermione didn't even ask what was in it or if she had to hold her nose to skirt around tasting it. She gulped it down and grimaced at its bitter, nasty taste. She tried with all her might not to gag.
"Now you go to bed, you've had a very long day." With that Madam Pomfrey left the wing and it become dark as night; all Hermione could see was the shadow of the moon shining through the window across the room. As she laid there looking up at the full moon, Hermione slowly started to drift into a deep sleep.
Hermione was running now.she was running as fast as her feet could carry her. She couldn't let them catch her. She looked over her shoulder to see how close they really were. Hermione knew that was a mistake because she saw that Harry and Ron were right on her tail. They kept calling her name and trying to grab her, she couldn't hear what they were saying but she knew she couldn't handle it. There has to be an open room around here. Hermione stumbled and almost tripped over her own feet. Ron grabbed the back of her shirt trying to get her to stop. "NOOOOOOOOOO.I can't, leave me alone!" Hermione started scream as she broke free. Suddenly as if it was a miracle from Heaven a door appeared before her and she ran inside and locked the door. They kept banging on the door telling her to let them in. Didn't they understand that she couldn't let them in It was impossible. Hermione had never felt so scared in her life. She sat in the middle of the room rocking back and forth, back and forth. She closed her eyes trying to make it all go away. But when she opened them again, she saw that the walls were slowly closing her in. She couldn't get away. They started choking her and squeezing her. She tried to call for help but no sound came out of her mouth...
Hermione jumped out of the bed she was laying on and threw the sheets off the bed. "NOOOOO." she screamed, she couldn't breath. Someone was shaking her. Was she still in the dream? How was the possible? Hermione tried to force those villainous hands off of her.
"HERMIONE!!!" Ron screamed as he tried to calm her down. "Its me Ron, don't you know me. Why do you keep trying to fight me off?"
Hermione looked at Ron realizing that she wasn't in her dream any longer and there was no need to fight. She took in a deep breath and made her eyes focus. Hermione shook her head as if it could help clear her shattered mind. "Ron what are you doing here? I thought Madam Pomfrey said you weren't aloud to be in here."
"Hermione, I needed to talk to you. I needed to know how you felt. I don't want to push you but I have loved you for so long and if you don't return that I need to know so that I can start to mend my broken heart." Ron took Hermione's hands into his and gently kissed each of her finger tips. He looked deep into her eyes trying to search for some type of answer. "Please, Hermione, you can tell me no matter what your answer is, I will always be here for you."
Hermione looked back at Ron and sighed. "Ron, the truth is, I have loved you for a long time. But don't you see this can't work. It just can't."
Ron suddenly felt lighter then air hearing that she loved him too but just as soon as he was on cloud nine his world quickly dropped. "What do you mean it can't work, of course it can. I love you and you love me, what more is there?"
"Ron I have destroyed everything. You and Harry are fighting with each other and it's my absolute fault. I love you so much. My heart is breaking as I try to conjure up the courage to say all this to you. I can't tear you and Harry apart. I would feel so guilty and I have caused more problems then I could ever imagine." Hermione leaned in and kissed Ron for the first time. She put all her pent up emotion and love for him in that one kiss hoping that it would last her a lifetime. "Now go. Don't come back. And Ron forget about me"
With that Hermione turned on her side, ignoring Ron. She laid there as silent tears streamed down her face. She felt him move off the bed and out the door. She didn't know what was going to happen now but whatever it was she knew it wouldn't end happily. Hermione didn't sleep the rest of the night but instead cried all her pain into the stiff white pillow on the hospital bed, hoping to find some sort of comfort in it. But tears no longer had their special healing powers they once did. Hermione was broken.
"Boys, you can not stay in here, you are in serious trouble and the last thing Hermione needs at this moment is to see you two all bruised and bloody. Now you can both come back in the morning during visiting hours." Madam Pomfrey said as she started shooing them away.
Hermione closed her eyes again quickly so they wouldn't see her awake. She just didn't feel like dealing with this right now. She felt her tummy rumble and remembered that she hadn't eaten all day, but the thought of actually eating something made her stomach churn. She heard the door to the hospital wing close and Pomfrey rummaging through something on the other side of the room. She slowly opened her eyes, because any sudden movements made her head feel like it was splitting down the center. Madam Pomfrey saw her and hurried to her side.
"Hermione, dear, how are you feeling?"
Hermione tried to clear her throat as she brought her hand to her head. "My head is throbbing terribly."
"Don't you worry; I have just the thing to make you feel better." Madam Pomfrey swiftly appeared with some type of potion. Hermione didn't even ask what was in it or if she had to hold her nose to skirt around tasting it. She gulped it down and grimaced at its bitter, nasty taste. She tried with all her might not to gag.
"Now you go to bed, you've had a very long day." With that Madam Pomfrey left the wing and it become dark as night; all Hermione could see was the shadow of the moon shining through the window across the room. As she laid there looking up at the full moon, Hermione slowly started to drift into a deep sleep.
Hermione was running now.she was running as fast as her feet could carry her. She couldn't let them catch her. She looked over her shoulder to see how close they really were. Hermione knew that was a mistake because she saw that Harry and Ron were right on her tail. They kept calling her name and trying to grab her, she couldn't hear what they were saying but she knew she couldn't handle it. There has to be an open room around here. Hermione stumbled and almost tripped over her own feet. Ron grabbed the back of her shirt trying to get her to stop. "NOOOOOOOOOO.I can't, leave me alone!" Hermione started scream as she broke free. Suddenly as if it was a miracle from Heaven a door appeared before her and she ran inside and locked the door. They kept banging on the door telling her to let them in. Didn't they understand that she couldn't let them in It was impossible. Hermione had never felt so scared in her life. She sat in the middle of the room rocking back and forth, back and forth. She closed her eyes trying to make it all go away. But when she opened them again, she saw that the walls were slowly closing her in. She couldn't get away. They started choking her and squeezing her. She tried to call for help but no sound came out of her mouth...
Hermione jumped out of the bed she was laying on and threw the sheets off the bed. "NOOOOO." she screamed, she couldn't breath. Someone was shaking her. Was she still in the dream? How was the possible? Hermione tried to force those villainous hands off of her.
"HERMIONE!!!" Ron screamed as he tried to calm her down. "Its me Ron, don't you know me. Why do you keep trying to fight me off?"
Hermione looked at Ron realizing that she wasn't in her dream any longer and there was no need to fight. She took in a deep breath and made her eyes focus. Hermione shook her head as if it could help clear her shattered mind. "Ron what are you doing here? I thought Madam Pomfrey said you weren't aloud to be in here."
"Hermione, I needed to talk to you. I needed to know how you felt. I don't want to push you but I have loved you for so long and if you don't return that I need to know so that I can start to mend my broken heart." Ron took Hermione's hands into his and gently kissed each of her finger tips. He looked deep into her eyes trying to search for some type of answer. "Please, Hermione, you can tell me no matter what your answer is, I will always be here for you."
Hermione looked back at Ron and sighed. "Ron, the truth is, I have loved you for a long time. But don't you see this can't work. It just can't."
Ron suddenly felt lighter then air hearing that she loved him too but just as soon as he was on cloud nine his world quickly dropped. "What do you mean it can't work, of course it can. I love you and you love me, what more is there?"
"Ron I have destroyed everything. You and Harry are fighting with each other and it's my absolute fault. I love you so much. My heart is breaking as I try to conjure up the courage to say all this to you. I can't tear you and Harry apart. I would feel so guilty and I have caused more problems then I could ever imagine." Hermione leaned in and kissed Ron for the first time. She put all her pent up emotion and love for him in that one kiss hoping that it would last her a lifetime. "Now go. Don't come back. And Ron forget about me"
With that Hermione turned on her side, ignoring Ron. She laid there as silent tears streamed down her face. She felt him move off the bed and out the door. She didn't know what was going to happen now but whatever it was she knew it wouldn't end happily. Hermione didn't sleep the rest of the night but instead cried all her pain into the stiff white pillow on the hospital bed, hoping to find some sort of comfort in it. But tears no longer had their special healing powers they once did. Hermione was broken.