Harry didn't know what to do. All his thoughts were swirling around inside him at once. He sat there holding Hermonie in the snow and cold of night. Madam Pomfrey was asleep and he would get in even more trouble if they knew he was up at night. Dumbledore! He picked Hermonie up and ran towards his office. He came to a sudden stop in front of a statue of a owl.

"Password?" It spoke in a deep voice

"De Wens" Harry spoke clearly

(De Wens is "Wish" in Dutch)

"You May Enter" It said as it swung open to a set of stairs.

Harry ran as fast as he could up the stairs and then burst open the door to find Dumbledore sitting at his desk.

"Dumbledore!" Harry yelled running towards him.

He stood up so quickly he almost knocked over the desk. His eyes swept over Hermonie's limp body in Harry's arms.

"Right" He said in a calm voice. "Go lay her on a bed in the hospital wing, here are the keys" And with that Dumbledore threw Harry the keys to the hospital wing. Harry caught them but almost dropped Hermonie.

"I'll go get Madam Pomfrey" he said again, Rushing out of the room.

Harry started for the hospital wing, he unlocked the door and rushed her to the first bed. He laid her down tenderly on to it. A second later Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey came into the wing.

"Dear child!" She shrieked, noticing the blood on Hermonie's clothes and started running in the direction of her.

"This dear child has been hit with a De Snee curse Dumbledore! She shrieked again.

Harry looked up from staring at Hermonie to Dumbledore waiting for an explanation

"A De Snee curse Harry, is a curse where the victim, in this case Hermonie, has to endure a large gash until a certain potion is brewed. The victim will also keep bleeding until the potion has entered the body. The victim can eventually bleed to death if the certain wizard or witch" glancing over to Hermonie, " does not drink the potion in time."

This made Harry worry a lot more. He put his hand on Hermonie's hand then looked up

"Dumbledore, how long does it take to make it Professor? Harry asked.

"One week"

"One week!" Harry screamed.

"Yes, so we must start on it this very instant. Madam Pomfrey…send an owl to the market will you? We'll need 2 newt tails, 1 bat wing, 1 bitter root leaf, 3 drops of Tear, 2 cat hairs and 1 rock from the Lost Lands."

"Right away sir" and off she went to the owlery in the top tower.

"it's the rock from the Lost Lands that makes the potion hard and long to brew. Try melting a rock let alone getting from those lands. it's the only place it's found and it heavily guarded by trolls, giants and who else knows."

Dumbledore left, heading to his office to write the Ministry.

Harry turned back to Hermonie. Still out cold. He leaned down a kissed her softly on her forehead.

"I WILL look after you Hermonie, I'll make sure that potion comes to you in time" He whispered in a low voice.

He left to go to bed back in the warmth of the common room. That night he couldn't sleep. He kept thinking of the worst scenarios possible. What if the potion is late, what if she never knows how I feel about her… What if, what if, what if, that's all he could think about.

The potion elements came day by day, one by one. Harry visited Hermonie each and everyday and brought a rose each time he came and set it in a vase on her bedside table. And every time he left he gave her a soft kiss on her forehead.

It was the 4th day that Hermonie has been out cold and like always Harry was sitting right next to her head. He was about to get up and leave but then he suddenly saw that her eyes started to slowly open.

Harry was so relieved that she has started to wake. He sat back down next to her.

"Ow, my head, my stomach" she said.

She started to get up but Harry put his hand to her chest and lightly pushed her back down.

"You need your rest Hermonie, I haven't waited for you to wake up and pass out again"

"Look Hermonie, now that your awake we need to talk about what happened 4 days ago" he said

"4 days ago! What's today?" she demanded

"Today's Saturday, You ran out on me on Wednesday "

" How could I have missed all those days go by?" she said in a confused voice

"You were out cold" Harry said to her

"Was I?, I don't remember, the last thing I remember is that I opened the doors of Hogwarts.

"After you did that I saw you collapse on the ground, I carried you to Dumbledore and unlocked the hospital wing and laid you down here" Harry explained to her

Hermonie was about to say something and Harry cut her off.

"Hermonie, before you say anything else we need to talk about that night. Hermonie…" He hesitated as this was kind of awkward for him to talk about.

"Hermonie…Its okay that you kissed me, I rather be in love with you then anybody else." He started to blush a little as she looked at him blankly. So he continued…

" You are much better then Cho, Hermonie, who has been loyal to me all these years, who has been my best friend through thick and thin, you, you,…I LOVE YOU." Now it was really weird for him to be sitting there. Watching her stare at him.

"Harry…

What will be Hermonie's answer??