WAAAAAAA! I'm back! (at least my sanity is!) OMG I am sooooo sorry I
haven't updated for months. I had school, b-ball, dating, computer
troubles, and now I'm about to leave for a week.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH (that felt good.) Well I'm back and I plan on
writing a good long chapter to make up for it. Just because I really want
to get on with the story, no review answers (just for this chapter) except
to thank 'romantic shade of blue' for her comments :) Well let's get moving
then. No time to waste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hermoine shuddered at the sound of her own echoing footsteps. "Ron, this is really eerie. Do you have to see Hayley now?"
Ron ignored her and quickened his pace. Hermoine grabbed up the trails of her robe and walked faster. "Ron, Ron slow down!" He obediently returned to his slow slouching walk.
"What's happening Hermione?" He whispered more to himself then anyone. It was her turn to be silent.
The hospital room door was cracked open slightly and light spilled out onto the stone floor.
"I'll wait out here?" Hermione offered. After a moment she took Ron's silence to be a yes. She was careful to stand in only the brightest patch of light. Ron face the door for a long time before walking in.
***
"Hayley?" Ron whispered in an almost frightened voice as he leaned over to look at her.
Her soft eyes fluttered open. "Ron!" she exclaimed sitting up. "Oh, my head," she groaned lying back down.
Ron reached over to brush a strand of her matted blonde hair off her forehead. "Thank God it's only your head. I though you..." he quickly withdrew his hand which had been absentmindedly stroking her cheek.
Suddenly her eyes filled with tears. "Oh Ron, why me. My life is so, messed up. All I wanted was to be happy, why can't I?" Much to his horror the tears began to flow freely. "I can't talk to you at all anymore Ron," she explained between sobs. "I was going to go see Dumbledor so I could change houses, but then I was, well you know." She looked up and Ron felt himself melt beneath her gaze. "Who would do this to me, Ron?" Ron had never wanted anything stronger then to answer her question.
***
Hermione peeked inside the door again. Hayley had now burst into loud raucous sobs. "Poor girl," she thought aloud. "Poor everyone." A loud scuffle down the hall broke into her thoughts. "Who's there!" she squeaked sounding more scared then she'd intended. Taking a deep breath, she stepped out of her strand of light. "Hello? Is anyone there? Neville, is that you." She peered around the corner. "Who—"she began to scream when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
***
"Hermione!" Ron cried out startled. Her scream echoed throughout the hospital wing.
"Dear God, what's happened!?" Madame Pomfry asked looking expectantly at Ron and Hayley. Without so much as a backward glance at her or Hayley, Ron scrambled out the door.
"Hermione!" he called down the hallway. "Hermione where are you!" He was unaware of the tears that came to his eyes. "Hermione!" he screamed one last time. His call bellowed in the hallway, coming back unanswered.
***
"The whole school has been searched twice," Dumbledor explained to Ron and Harry, "Miss Granger, I'm afraid, is no where to be found."
"No!" Ron screamed, standing, his face twisted up in rage. "She's not! Not Hermione!" Harry stood next to him and laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"It's ok Ron." He said pushing Ron back into his chair.
"No, not my Mione," whispered Ron. "My Mione," he repeated unheard by everyone.
***
Ron lay back in his bed, his tears long dried and caked to his face. A small owl fluttered into the window and dropped something heavy on his chest. Ron recognized the owl as the one Hermione had sent off. He pulled the wrapping off the parcel and choked back the fresh tears that came. It was Romeo and Juliet. "Will Hermione ever read again?" he asked the owl. It gave a soft coo in reply before fluttering out of the room. Ron shoved the book under his pillow and cried himself to sleep.
***Ok, so it wasn't the longest chapter but it was defiantly juicy. My story has taken yet another twisted path and I have many twists and turns coming up. Trust me, it's gonna be good. I promise I'll try and update more, I know you're dying to find out what's happened to Hermione. I mean come on. And what about Ron, why is he so devastated. Wasn't he over Hermione :) (evil smile) well, I hope you forgive me for not updating for so long. Fare thee well!!
Pickled_cow
Hermoine shuddered at the sound of her own echoing footsteps. "Ron, this is really eerie. Do you have to see Hayley now?"
Ron ignored her and quickened his pace. Hermoine grabbed up the trails of her robe and walked faster. "Ron, Ron slow down!" He obediently returned to his slow slouching walk.
"What's happening Hermione?" He whispered more to himself then anyone. It was her turn to be silent.
The hospital room door was cracked open slightly and light spilled out onto the stone floor.
"I'll wait out here?" Hermione offered. After a moment she took Ron's silence to be a yes. She was careful to stand in only the brightest patch of light. Ron face the door for a long time before walking in.
***
"Hayley?" Ron whispered in an almost frightened voice as he leaned over to look at her.
Her soft eyes fluttered open. "Ron!" she exclaimed sitting up. "Oh, my head," she groaned lying back down.
Ron reached over to brush a strand of her matted blonde hair off her forehead. "Thank God it's only your head. I though you..." he quickly withdrew his hand which had been absentmindedly stroking her cheek.
Suddenly her eyes filled with tears. "Oh Ron, why me. My life is so, messed up. All I wanted was to be happy, why can't I?" Much to his horror the tears began to flow freely. "I can't talk to you at all anymore Ron," she explained between sobs. "I was going to go see Dumbledor so I could change houses, but then I was, well you know." She looked up and Ron felt himself melt beneath her gaze. "Who would do this to me, Ron?" Ron had never wanted anything stronger then to answer her question.
***
Hermione peeked inside the door again. Hayley had now burst into loud raucous sobs. "Poor girl," she thought aloud. "Poor everyone." A loud scuffle down the hall broke into her thoughts. "Who's there!" she squeaked sounding more scared then she'd intended. Taking a deep breath, she stepped out of her strand of light. "Hello? Is anyone there? Neville, is that you." She peered around the corner. "Who—"she began to scream when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
***
"Hermione!" Ron cried out startled. Her scream echoed throughout the hospital wing.
"Dear God, what's happened!?" Madame Pomfry asked looking expectantly at Ron and Hayley. Without so much as a backward glance at her or Hayley, Ron scrambled out the door.
"Hermione!" he called down the hallway. "Hermione where are you!" He was unaware of the tears that came to his eyes. "Hermione!" he screamed one last time. His call bellowed in the hallway, coming back unanswered.
***
"The whole school has been searched twice," Dumbledor explained to Ron and Harry, "Miss Granger, I'm afraid, is no where to be found."
"No!" Ron screamed, standing, his face twisted up in rage. "She's not! Not Hermione!" Harry stood next to him and laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"It's ok Ron." He said pushing Ron back into his chair.
"No, not my Mione," whispered Ron. "My Mione," he repeated unheard by everyone.
***
Ron lay back in his bed, his tears long dried and caked to his face. A small owl fluttered into the window and dropped something heavy on his chest. Ron recognized the owl as the one Hermione had sent off. He pulled the wrapping off the parcel and choked back the fresh tears that came. It was Romeo and Juliet. "Will Hermione ever read again?" he asked the owl. It gave a soft coo in reply before fluttering out of the room. Ron shoved the book under his pillow and cried himself to sleep.
***Ok, so it wasn't the longest chapter but it was defiantly juicy. My story has taken yet another twisted path and I have many twists and turns coming up. Trust me, it's gonna be good. I promise I'll try and update more, I know you're dying to find out what's happened to Hermione. I mean come on. And what about Ron, why is he so devastated. Wasn't he over Hermione :) (evil smile) well, I hope you forgive me for not updating for so long. Fare thee well!!
Pickled_cow