Hermione's Reason

Hermione and Draco didn't do anything that day except lie in bed. Of course, neither knew that they were both doing the same things.

"Uh, Hermione?" said Lavender Brown as she came into the girls dormitory.

Hermione lay in her bed with her back to Lavender.

"Hermione? Ron and Harry sent me up here. They want to know if your gonna come down or not."

Hermione lay still not doing anything.

"Their going to the Great Hall to have dinner, aren't you gonna go?"

"I'm not hungry." Said Hermione quietly.

"Al right then...I'll go and tell them that." Said Lavender.

She left the room and Hermione could hear her feet softly going down the stairs.

"Honestly Harry, what's with her? She's acting all strange." Said Ron.

"I don't know." Replied Harry, "Maybe it's true Ron..."

"What's true?" asked Ron puzzled.

"That she's gathering her thoughts." said Harry.

"Maybe." Said Ron, "But it's still weird."

Harry nodded.

Ron reached for the freshly roasted chicken wing and stuffed it in his mouth.

"I'm so 'ungry 'arry!"

Harry reached for a chicken wing and grabbed some roasted vegetables as well.

"I know! It was like every teacher was making us work harder."

Ron nodded.

Consumed in eating they forgot about Hermione's peculiar behavior.

Hermione turned in her bed. Everyone was gone, no one was in the dormitory and she couldn't hear anyone in the common room.

She got up and went to the foot of her bed. Her trunk was locked closed. She didn't want anyone finding it.

She went through her pocket and took out a key.

She unlocked the trunk and went through her belongings. She reached deep down and pulled out a letter.

She went and sat on her bed.

It was hard to read it again but what else could she do?

She had to read his words one last time.

Dear Hermione,

Mother is at work; on the contrary I am not.

I think it's my time to go. This may seem a shock to you but you should have seen it coming. Those recent fights with your mother have been too much Hermione. And everyone has been turning against me.

Including you.

You are a great person Hermione...and I know that you will do excellent things in life.

But, I am sorry to say I won't be able to see them done.

Don't blame yourself...you didn't know this would be the way things would end.

I love you and I wish you and your mother the best.

Love,

Your Father

By the time she had finished reading the letter she was covered in tears.

She through the letter to the floor.

"You bastard!!" she sobbed, "Why'd you have to kill yourself?"

She went to her trunk and pulled out a photo of her father.

She ripped it apart without thinking.

"Why?" she screamed, "Why do you have to cause me so much pain?"

She threw herself on her bed and clenched her bedspread.

"You bastard..."she said softly through tears.

It took a while for her to regain her sense and get up. She picked up the ripped of photo of her father and stared.

She was sick of him but he had been a very important part of her life.

She couldn't let go of all the memories she had with him, all the great times when they were so close.

She went and got the crumpled letter and looked at it. She only looked at it, she didn't read it. She had read it too many times, and each time it had only caused her pain.

She got dressed in her night gown and went to the window. The sky was pitch black and she could hardly make out the Hogwarts grounds.

Suddenly, she heard the common room door open, she quickly jumped into bed and pretended to be asleep.

The dormitory door opened and Hermione's fellow classmates came in. They were first talking loudly but they stopped when they saw her sleeping.

"Shh...Hermione's sleeping!" whispered Parvarti Patil

The girls giggled and they were soon all in bed fast asleep.

Hermione, of course, hadn't fallen asleep.

How could she?

So, when she was sure that all of the girls were asleep she took the letter and quietly slipped out of the dormitory. She went down the stairs quietly and made sure no one was in the common room.

The fire was still lit.

She held the letter tightly in her hand.

She didn't think any longer, it was either now or never.

She crumpled up the letter and through it into the fire.

She watched it as it slowly crumpled into darkness, never to be seen again.

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