Chapter 5
Hermione was standing in front of Ginny's bedroom door. Her hand grasped the doorknob. She took a deep breath trying to calm herself before she entered the room. Hermione slowly opened the door and peered inside. Her eyes fell upon the young redheaded, Ginny Weasley. The older girl gazed at Ginny trying to discover what she was thinking.
Hermione walked over and sat next to Ginny who was laying down on the bed. After clearing her throat she began to speak "Gin, we need to talk." Ginny closed her eyes to keep the tears in. "Hermione, please just……..leave." the redhead spoke softly and turned away from Hermione.
Hermione lied beside Ginny in a spoon position. The older girl wrapped her arm protectively around the other girl's waist and put her other arm under her own head using it as a pillow. " Gin, please talk to me." Hermione's voice was soft and shakiey as she spoke. Ginny could feel the breath on the back of her own neck. She shivered as the older girl spoke. Ginny turned to face Hermione. They looked deep into each others eyes for about a minute before Ginny broke the silence. "Please, I don't want to talk. I just want to be alone. Please, just go." Hermione sighed, "I'm not leaving. We are going to talk and we're going to talk now!" Hermione rose from the bed and began pacing the floor. As Hermione clinched her fist and realized the blade was still in her hand. "Gin, I…..I……" Hermione's voice trailed off. "What?" Ginny asked. " I know about…..about your cuts." Ginny's eyes widened. She knows, but how? Ginny thought. Tears began pouring out of Hermione's brown eyes. The tears were coming so fast that it seemed like rain in a thunderstorm. "Hermione" Ginny spoke as she placed a comforting hand on Hermione's shoulder. "Please Hermione. Please don't cry." Ginny sighed. "I'm okay Hermione. Look I'm fine rea-" Hermione's voice raised when she cut Ginny off in mid-sentence. "YOU ARE NOT FINE GINNY WEASLEY! DO NOT SIT THERE AND TELL ME YOU ARE WHEN WE BOTH KNOW PERFECTLY WELL YOUR NOT!"
Hermione walked to her bed and sat down. "Gin, you're my best friend. I love you and care for you very much. But I will NOT sit here and listen to you tell me everything's fine when you and I both know things are not fine." Hermione took a deep breath. " I will not let you do this to your self!" Hermione's eyes were red and swollen from all her tears.
Ginny walked to Hermione and made the older girl stand. "Hermione listen, you can't understand why I do this." Ginny placed her hands of Hermione's waist. "You can't help me. I can handle it, trust me ple-" Ginny's voice was cut off once again by Hermione screaming. "TRUST YOU? HOW CAN I TRUST YOU WHENI KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?" "Please Hermione I know what I'm doing." Ginny's voice trembled as her tears escaped her eyes. " OH YEAH I'M SURE YOU KNOW PREFECTLY WELL HOW TO USE A RAZOR BLADE." "Hermione be quite! Someone will hear you."
Hermione squeezed her hand slightly to make sure she still had the blade. She slowly opened her hand and carefully held the blade. Ginny's eyes widened as she saw the silver object in her best friends hand. "Her…Hermione what….what are you doing?" Hermione placed the blade against her wrist and pressed into her arm until blood started dripping. The older girl was so caught up in anger that she didn't feel the pain of the razor. She slid the sharp edge across her flesh not noticing that she had just cut deep in to one of her veins. "NO!" Ginny screamed as she ran over to her friend. "What?" Hermione asked as she covered the cut with a white cloth. "Ginny does it scare you? Does it hurt you to watch?" Hermione's voice was trembling as she spoke. " Hermione….why? I don't want you to do this!" Ginny cried harder than she ever had before.
She cried for about 15 minutes. She didn't even notice Hermione getting very pale and dizzy. Her cries suddenly stopped when she heard Hermione fall to the floor. "Hermione!" Ginny ran to her friends side and knelt down beside her. Hermione was laying unconscious on the cold, hard floor. Blood was still pouring from her wrist. Ginny looked down and seen the puddle of blood that became larger and larger every second. Ginny gasped and covered her mouth. She cut to deep. This is all my fault. What if she really hurt herself? What if doesn't make it? I've killed her! She would die because of me. Ginny suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she realized what she had to do. She ran to the bedroom door and swung it open. " MOM! MOM COME UP HERE NOW! IT'S HERMIONE!" Ginny yelled.
The young redhead went back to her friends side and tried to help her. "Mione, wake up, please." Ginny whispered through silent tears. "What is it Gin-" Molly gasped. Her eyes went wide as she seen the young girl laying on the floor with blood coming from her wrist. "What happened?" Molly asked as she rushed over to help Hermione. Ginny voice trembled, "I….I'm sorry. She cut…..cut herself." "SHE WHAT? WHY?" Molly was outraged and terrified at her daughter's words. Molly couldn't believe someone like Hermione could do that. Even though Molly didn't know Hermione did it to try to save the only Weasley daughter. "Stand back. We have to get her down stairs." molly took out her wand and waved it around. Hermione's body lifted off the ground. Molly guided the unconscious woman down stairs to the fire place in the living room. "Mom, where are we taking her?" Ginny asked. "Hogwarts. We can get there faster the we can go to St. Mungo's." Molly through a hand full of floo powder into the fire place. "I'll be back soon, Gin. Tell your father what happened." Ginny nodded as she watched her mother step in to the fireplace carrying Hermione. "Hogwarts Infirmary!" Molly yelled. Ginny fell to her knees and cried as Hermione's lifeless body flashed through her mind.
Author's Note
Sorry this chapter took so long. I've been really busy. The next chapter will be on line by this weekend. Thanks for the reviews.