Chapter 6
As the sun started rising the hospital wing at Hogwarts school became brighter. The rays of the sun pierced through the windows and poured onto a bed. Laying in the bed was a young woman with fair skin and burnet colored hair. Hermione's eyes fluttered open as the sun shone across her face. She sat up in bed looking around the room. Where am I? She wondered. An older woman came in carrying a tray of glasses. Each glass contained a different colored potion. Hermione looked shocked to see the older woman. After a few seconds of pondering she realized it was Madam Pomfrey, Hogwarts school nurse. "Ah, Miss Granger, glade to see your awake." "Madam Pomfrey what happened? What am I doing here?" The nurse made her way over to the bed and sat down the tray on the bedside table. "Drink this please. It will help your memory. You were in such shock when Molly Weasley brought you here. That is the reason you cannot remember the events that took place today." The patient took a huge gulp of the gray colored liquid. Hermione made a face of discuss after setting the glass down. "What is that?" "Memory potion. Now this one please." The witch handed Hermione another glass and continued talking as the young girl drank. "This one is calming draught. It will relax you." Hermione realized as soon that the liquid wasn't near as bad as the first one. Hermione sat the glass down and asked "And that?" She pointed at a glass of bright green. "It is dreamless sleep potion. You need plenty of sleep when the headmaster comes to see you." Hermione downed the glass and immediately fell into a deep comfortable sleep.
Ginny was sitting in a chair beside the hospital bed that her best friend was occupying. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she watched Hermione sleep. The redhead reached for Hermione's hand and laced their fingers together. "I'm sorry Mione." Ginny whispered. "I'm so sorry." More tears began to fall as she seen the bandages around Hermione's wrist. As she stared she noticed speckles of blood seeping through the bandages. "I wish you would wake up." Ginny wiped the tears off her pale cheeks. "Moine, I love you. I'm sorry for hurting you. I never thought you would do anything like this to show me how it hurt." Ginny paused to take in a deep breath trying to calm herself. " I've been keeping a secret from you and everyone else." she shifted uncomfortably in her chair, "Moine….. I know you probably cant hear me but….I have to tell you. I have to get this off my chest." She sighed and began again. "I'm…..I'm in love…I'm in love with…..with you, Moine." Dammit why does this have to be so hard? She thought. " I've loved you for a long time. I could never tell you be…because I thought you would hate me. I thought you would look at me in disgust. I've tried to forget about my feelings because I knew you would never feel the same. I wish so much that I could be with you. To hold you, to take care of you. I wish you loved me the same way but I know you can't." Ginny let Hermione's hand fall softly as she stood up. " I love you, Moine and I'm sorry that this happened because of me." The redhead leaned down to Hermione and placed a barely noticeable, soft kiss on the burnets gentle lips. She stood up and walked away leaving her best friend and love of her life. "Ginny?"