Even though Harry didn't want to go to bed he was extremely tired. He hasn't gotten any sleep since that first awful night. The what ifs and buts were always running through his head, he couldn't shut them down. And Hermonie's reaction about the curse made it even worse.

What if she has trouble breathing again, what if Malfoy comes for revenge and takes it out on her?

The next morning Harry went to see Hermonie…as usual.

He was a bit dizzy and weak when he went down and decided to take it slower down the stairs.

He got to the hospital wing in rather bad condition. His head was now pounding as he grew even more dizzier and weaker.

Hermonie saw him at the door way, standing there trying to catch his balance. She knew something wasn't right.

Harry walked over to the chair next to Hermonie's bed a little wobbly, when he got there he tried to sit down but missed the chair and fell to the floor.

"Harry!…Harry!" she yelled but he just laid there unconscious .

Madam Pomfrey heard Hermonie and came rushing over.

She picked him up and set him down on the bed next to Hermonie's.

She franticly took his pulse and listened to his heart.

Finally she came to Hermonie who was just tremendously nervous.

"It's alright dear, he's just a bit tired he is, you know he had come every day before you were awake and always gave you a rose and a kiss to come with it…but Hey! It's none of my business so I'll let you be"

He gave me roses? He kissed me everyday? Hermonie had thought about this for a while until she noticed Harry was waking up. She turned on her side to look at him, then sat up.

He crawled out of the bed and came back to the chair he always sat on.

"Harry, you really should sleep more, I take up too much of your time." she said when he sat down.

"No, (yawning) No, it's alright I'm good now. I just could never get to sleep since that dreadful night.

All of a sudden Hermonie noticed she had gotten weaker. She could no longer hold herself up on her own. She fell flat against the bed and started to breath heavily and her heart racing. She started to hold her stomach again which was now bleeding more rapidly then ever. The pain was shooting to every place in her body. And each thrust of pain was more burning then the last.

The doors burst open Dumbledore came rushing to Hermonie's side.

"Dumbledore!!??" Harry looked at him mystified

"Harry, its almost time, this is a warning, we need to get the potion into her quick. You never know when her last breath will be, luckily, I was passing the door."

"Madam Pomfrey…is the potion ready?" Dumbledore asked

"Almost Headmaster, just a few more minutes."

Harry turned back to Hermonie, choking, wincing.

Her eyes were wide and she was exceedingly tense

"It's ready Sir" Madam Pomfrey said carrying a bowl with this foul looking soup.

She gave to Harry, who knows why, but he accepted it.

"Harry" Dumbledore had turned to him "you have to force this into her, it may seem to choke her but she must get every drop"

Harry nodded

He took the bowl and forced the solution into Hermonie's throat. She began to cough but Harry put his hand over her mouth to make sure she drank it all in time.

Once she had drank it all, all three of them looked at her stomach.

She had stopped bleeding…and the gash was slowly disappearing!

"Well" Said Dumbledore "I must get to my office to send an owl to the ministry. Uh, Madam Pomfrey, will you come with me please, you'll need t go over some details with me I'm sure."

And with that they left leaving Harry to himself.

The next morning Harry found himself in the chair from last night, I must have never gone to the dormitories last night.

He looked over to find that Hermonie was just waking up too. He was so thankful to see her there, in no pain, with no gash and no bleeding.

Harry pulled his chair closer and put his head to her level

"Hey, good morning" he said sweetly

"Hey" Hermonie replied sleepily. With a smile spreading across her face.

She looked around.

"I'm still here?" She looked at Harry expecting an answer.

"Hermonie, I told you already, I'd look after you and I didn't break my promise." He said with a smile.

She looked at him puzzled, not knowing what he meant. But then it hit her. Her eyes widen and she looked at her stomach, there was no pain or a gash. There was no more blood to be seen.

"Harry!" She yelled excitedly. Her smile grew and grew.

She looked up at him and Harry stared at her face.

She was so happy, her eyes gleaming and it was the biggest smile Harry had ever seen in his life. It looked like it was going to take up her whole face!

Madam Pomfrey came walking over and Harry and Hermonie looked over.

"Hermonie…You can leave today." Harry looked back at Hermonie, still looking at Madam Pomfrey, the smile still growing. Harry looked back to Madam Pomfrey.

"Now you're going to be a little bit weak for a while you will, Ha! Who wouldn't be if they had a brush with death, I mean attack by You-Know-Who…"

She started to rabble and babble on then she came back.

"Where was I? Oh yes, I remember now I do. You're going to need some help walking…"Glancing over at Harry… " for about a day or so, yes that's probably long enough.

Hermonie just sat there still looking at her after she was done talking.

"Well come on dear, up up. Don't you want to be out of this bed already?" Madam Pomfrey said trying to hurry Hermonie out of the bed.

She swung her legs over to the side. Harry crouched down so she could put her arm around his shoulders and he put his arm around her waist lifting her up to her feet.

She trembled a tiny bit but caught her balance.

"Now come on you two, you have to get to classes now" She said trying to get them out of the door.

"YAY!" Hermonie exclaimed to the whole wing.

"You know Hermonie, you may have been out of it for the last few days but you're still the same" Harry said laughing.

They were walking through the hall way when Malfoy spotted them talking about something.

"No, Harry don't" Malfoy overheard Hermonie.

"Well!, I'd never let a girl talk to me like that Potty!" He yelled

"I've never even seen a girl WITH you Malfoy!" Harry yelled back laughing at him.

"Well, oh yea!, well, girls are weird anyway!" Malfoy yelled back to him clearly he didn't have a comeback for that one.

Malfoy turned on his heel and stormed down the hall, leaving Harry and Hermonie laughing as hard as they could.

Harry helped Hermonie walk as the sun went by.

At the end of that long day, they went back to the common room.

A fire was going and it was steadily emptying from people going to bed.

They went over and sat on the couch in front of the fire.

Hermonie was exhausted from walking all day. Soon enough it was just them in the common room with the fire slowly going out.

Hermonie was resting on Harry's shoulder when he suddenly spoke.

"Hermonie?" he said

She picked her head up and gazed at Harry

"Yeah?" was her reply

Harry still stared into the fire's ashes.

"I was just thinking"

"About what Harry?"

"About…all the way back in 1st year…what I've realized…I have loved you ever since then" With a smile starting to show.

He turned to her blank face and then she smiled at him.

He leaned down and kissed her right then and there.

The End