Very unsuspected news

Hermione sat on the couch in her living room flicking through channels on the TV. There was nothing on, she was so bored. Hermione was still in a daze from a few days before. It had been her best birthday ever, and she'd never forget it. But she was also really sad, the summer was quickly coming to an end and she couldn't help but wonder what she was going to do once she went back to school. What if Hermione went to school for a year and than came back in the summer and there was another girl on Jordan's arm. "Stop it" she told herself, Jordan would never do that to me as long as we're going out. As long as we're going out, which was what scared her, what if he dumped her before the summer ended? Hermione shook her head and went back to flicking through channels until she finally settled on music videos.

It didn't exactly matter what she watched considering she was only waiting for Jordan's call so they could plan somewhere to go to. As soon as Hermione thought this the phone rang, she ran to answer it. "Hermione?" Jordan's voice echoed through the phone. His voice sounded somewhat quivery as though he had been crying.

 "Jordan, what's wrong?" Hermione asked worried.

"Nothing's wrong, I just have to talk to you...can we meet somewhere?" Jordan answered back.

"Of course, where can we go?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know, preferably somewhere not in public. How about that place that you showed me up in the woods up the street." Jordan said more calmly than before.

"Ok, I'll meet you there in ten minutes." Hermione answered.

"Alright, see you there." Jordan finished and hung up the phone.

Hermione went upstairs and grabbed a sweater and put on a little bit more lipstick and than left the house quickly. She walked to the spot in the woods where she had taken Jordan earlier this summer and had not been since. When she hit the open grassy area, Jordan was already there.

"Been waiting long?" Hermione asked him before he saw that she was there.

"Only a couple minutes." Jordan said, the smile he usually had when Hermione was with him was absent tonight.

"What's wrong? Are you sure you're OK?" Hermione asked, seeing this and getting very worried.

"I'm fine, I was just wondering what this was?" Jordan replied and he held up an envelope addressed to Hermione than continued. "It was in the park a couple days ago. I was walking by the creek and I went to throw it out and than I noticed it was addressed to you. I was going to bring it to you yesterday but than I noticed another thing. The return address was from someone named Chris and it had hearts all over the back of it. So, you know I got curious and I read it." Jordan finished and looked down at the envelope again.

"Jordan I-" Hermione started but Jordan cut in.

"When were you planning on telling me you had a boyfriend?" Jordan said "It would have been nice to know before I spilled my guts out to you." He threw the envelope on the grassy ground.

"Jordan, he's not my boyfriend, he hasn't been for almost a month and a week." Hermione said speedy so she could get it all out. "Before that I didn't know how to tell you because I liked you too much and I didn't want to scare you away. I'm really sorry; I know I should have told you. I just thought we could've had something special." She finished and looked at Jordan.

"Yeah, you should've Hermione." Jordan said small tears forming in the corners of his eyes. "I'm sorry too, you're right, we could've had something special." Jordan turned and started to walk away but Hermione ran after him.

"Jordan please stop" She said tears streaming down her tired  face. "I'm sorry, I love you. You said you loved me too"

"I do love you Hermione, I just don't know what to think right now." Jordan said and than turned and walked away again. "I'll call you." He said from behind. This time Hermione didn't stop him.

Hermione sat on the grassy land where Jordan had been only an hour ago. She cried for a long time and than she just sat and thought for the longest time. It was starting to get really chilly and dark so Hermione decided to finally go home. She would try to call Jordan again.

She got home about ten minutes later and put on her pajamas. She sat on her bed looking at the phone for a couple minutes, than finally picked it up and dialed Jordan's number. It ran a few times and than the answering machine came on. It was Jordan's voice saying "Hi, I'll be back in about an hour, I'm just out for a drive ." Jordan's voice sounded unnaturally serious. The message continued. "If this is Hermione, I'm sorry, I'm just confused."

Hermione hung up the phone without leaving a message and cried for as long as she could before she ran out of tears. She lay in bed staring at her glow in the dark star covered ceiling and thought to herself. Why couldn't I just have told Jordan about Chris? Than I could've dumped Chris and everything would be OK. I'm such an idiot, and now if Jordan hates me it's all my fault.

It had been an hour and forty five minutes since she had called Jordan and he hadn't called her like he said. Hermione couldn't sleep, not with all this going on, so she decided to go out for a walk. Maybe she could stop by Jordan's house and see if he's home.

Hermione didn't change into new clothes, she just went out for a walk in her pajamas and a light jacket. She walked around the block once, and then she walked the other way towards Jordan's house. As she walked closer she could hear people's voices and than she heard a familiar sound. No, she thought, why would-. Her thought was confirmed when Jordan's house came into view and there were many people standing out in the front, including Jordan's parents. His mother was crying and was wrapped in her husband's arms.

There were two police cars parked on the side of the road outside the house and the police who owned them were on the driveway talking and talking to the parents.

Hermione ran until she got to Jordan's house, and then ran up to his parents. "What happened?!" She asked urgently. Jordan's mother looked up at Hermione, her eyes swollen and red and than she said "It- It's Jordan" She let out between whimpers. "He g-got into an a-a-accident" The distressed mother dropped into her husband's arms again sobbing.

Hermione could barely speak, she looked at the police man beside her and asked in barely a whisper "Is he ...?" The police man took off his big black sunglasses showing his big brown sad eyes and said "He doesn't have much longer." Jordan's mother began to sob loudly again.

"Where is he?" Hermione asked, too much in shock to say anything else.

"He's at the hospital, in the emergency room. I'm taking his parents now if you'd like to come along." The big police man offered.

Hermione nodded and the police man showed Jordan's parents and Hermione into the back of his car. A few minutes later they were parked outside the hospital. Hermione got out of the car as fast as possible and ran inside. "What room is Jordan- the teenage boy who just arrived in?" She asked the first person who she saw.

"Room 110" The nurse dressed in all white said. "Second floor"

"Thanks" Hermione said as she ran towards the elevator. She ran into the already open door and pushed number 2.

The elevator started to move up and when it stopped and the doors spread apart she raced out of them. She raced down the long white hallway. 102, 106, 108...110. Hermione stopped right outside the door and breathed in deeply, afraid of what she might see next and then pushed the door open.

Jordan was lying in a small white bed, with lots of white sheets packed on it. He was facing the other side of the room. When he heard someone come in he turned his head to face Hermione. Hermione gasped, Jordan's upper lip was badly cut and had a little white bandage on it. His right eye was bruised and his cheek bone was very red and had been gashed.

He looked glad to see her, and he smiled weekly when she came and sat beside him on the bed. Jordan tried to look happy but Hermione could tell he was anything but that. He looked afraid, afraid of all the pain, afraid of losing everyone, afraid of dying.

"I'm glad you came." Jordan said in a small raspy voice. "I was such a jerk before."

"How could I have not?" Hermione asked."This is all my fault" She looked down "I love you so much, Jordan." Tears started to lightly run down her face.

"I love you too, and...and I'm really sorry, for today." Jordan said. "I guess this is what I deserve for being so selfish and jealous."

"No" Hermione said in a small voice. "You don't deserve this." She finished between tears.

Jordan let out a small raspy laugh. You could tell he was in pain. This brought more tears to Hermione's eyes.

"Don't cry Hermione" Jordan said and lifted his arm to wipe a tear from Hermione's chin. She smiled slighty.

"You know-" Jordan started but then stopped and clutched his chest.

"Don't talk" Hermione said.

"No" Jordan continued in an even smaller voice. "You know if we were still going out until next summer after our school is over I was going to ask you to marry me." He smiled. "I know what you're thinking, kind of quick but, it's what I would've wanted."

"You can still want that." Hermione said sincerely. "And when you do, I will say yes."

Jordan took Hermione's hand and said "This was my best summer ever, thanks."

Hermione looked down at their hands, Jordan's was so cold. She started to cry again.

"I love you." Jordan said shortly but sincerely "I always will, I promise."

Hermione noticed at this point that Jordan's parents were standing behind her sobbing slightly.

"Mom" Jordan said "I love you. Thanks for always taking care of me, I wish I could be here to take care of you."

"I love you too hunny, don't give up. Just keep trying and we'll get through this." His mother replied.

Jordan smiled weakly. "I love you too dad, take care of mom for me."

Jordan's father didn't say anything but he smiled at Jordan and nodded.

Jordan looked back at Hermione again and said in his smallest voice yet and by this Hermione could tell he was almost gone. "Remember what I said"

"I will, don't worry." Hermione said tears still streaking down her already red face.

Jordan squeezed Hermione's hand "G-goodbye" The squeeze loosened and Jordan dropped slightly into the bed and Hermione knew he was gone. That's when her head fell into his chest and she sobbed louder than she had ever before.