Chapter 7: "Hermione's attack"

"Ron, are you awake too?" Five seconds after that, Harry heard Ron's loud snores. "Ok, never mind..."

"How can you sleep with Mr. Loud Snores inside your room?" Draco whispered.

"I guess I got used to it. What time is it?" Harry whispered sitting in his bed. He looked at his watch in his bedside table and it was ten to two. "God! Ten to two." He said throwing himself on the bed again.

"Yeah, it's late, can we eat something?" Ron said and Draco and Harry jumped from their beds.

"I thought you were sleeping!" Harry told him, throwing a sock to him.

"Hey, Harry, do you think that's a throw? Tut-tut. Now, Potty, this is a throw." Draco said and threw another sock that collided with Ron's head. (¬¬ That was Ron's face... he he.)

"Ok, that hurt!" Ron said as he sat on his bed.

Suddenly, the door opened. It was Ginny; she was white from head to toe.

"Guys? Are you awake?" She said.

"Yeah, what happened?" Harry answered.

"Hermione is having an attack, she's crying too much, too loud... and she has also thrown up several times. We don't know what else to do. Please, Harry, call Sirius and Dumbledore. They'll know what to do."

"Ok, ok, now calm down, all right?" He kissed Ginny on the forehead. "It's ok, Gin. I'll call them." Harry said and ran out of the room.

"You two come with me; maybe you can do something for her." Ginny told Draco and Ron.

"Yeah, sure." They both put on their dressing gowns and left the room with Ginny.

When they got to the girls' room, the scene was disgusting. Hermione was sitting on her bed crying and her pyjamas were dirty, she had obviously been throwing up a lot...

"Hey, Hermione, what's up?" Ron said awkwardly, but she didn't answer, she was staring at the wall.

"Hey, hey, I know it hurts, but you need to get over it; we'll make Voldemort pay for everything he's done to us. I swear he will pay for every single person he's killed or tortured." Draco said. Everyone was surprised at Draco. They couldn't believe it was he who was talking. Hermione didn't answer; she kept staring at the opposite wall. A few seconds later, Harry, Sirius, and Dumbledore appeared. Dumbledore went straight towards Hermione and stood in front of her. Then he took Hermione's chin with his hand and looked at her.

"She's ok, she's just shocked." He said after looking at her for a few minutes. "I'll tell Professor Snape to make a sleeping potion for Hermione. I think you should stay here with Miss. Granger and the children." Dumbledore finished.

"Yes, professor, as you wish." Sirius said.

"Sirius? Can we have a word?" Harry said.

"Yeah, sure." He answered and led Harry into the hallway. "What is it?"

"I'm dating Ginny..." Harry said. He expected Sirius to congratulate him or something...

"Ok, Harry, you know what that implies... please be careful. Times are difficult now. Do me a favour and tell Dumbledore when he gets here."

"I thought you were going to be happy!" Harry said.

"I am happy, Harry, but you have to understand that not many people have to be aware of your relationship with Ginny. As they used me last year, now Voldemort might use her. Please be careful. Of course, I'm happy for you, Harry. Be mature and be careful whom you tell these kinds of things. All right?"

"Yeah, whatever!" Harry said angrily. He did not understand why Sirius was acting like that. "You know what? I wish you were like before. You used to be like a friend to me. You used to encourage me! Now all you do is telling me to be careful!"

"Look, Harry, if I tell you to be careful is because I care about you. I know how unhappy you would be if you lost her! I can't risk losing you!" Sirius shouted angrily.

"I just wanted you to tell me you were happy for me, and congratulate me. I know I have to be careful, Sirius! Do you know what it was like to live knowing that it had been my entire fault? Hermione was right, I love playing the hero. I'm so stupid!"

"I know that, Harry. It's just that, last year, when they told me you had ran to the Ministry to save me; I thought I would kill Kreacher and everyone else in the order that had made you think that I felt like leaving the house at any time. And I'm sorry that I'm always telling you the same, but I don't want to lose you again, Harry."

"I know, I'm sorry." Harry said and when he was about to enter the room, Sirius told him.

"Good move, she's gorgeous."

Harry smiled and Sirius gave him a one-armed hug. "You are exactly like James, Harry."

When they entered the room, Hermione hadn't made any improvements. Suddenly, Draco spoke. "I know what to do to make her react." He said and then said to Harry. "I know you are not going to like this, but I have to, she has to wake up." Harry nodded, he didn't want to agree, but he had to. Draco walked towards Hermione and pressed his lips on hers with all his might.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Ron shouted and started walking towards Draco, but Harry stopped him and said. "This is the last hope."

When Draco separated from Hermione, he looked at her and said in a whisper, so only she could hear. "Thank you." Hermione didn't react, the only thing that had changed was that now she was staring at Draco with the same empty look she had before. "I'm sorry; I thought she would wake up if her worst enemy kissed her..." Draco said turning red in the face.

"I know, you're lucky she didn't react... if so, you would have been badly hurt by now..." Harry said.

"Yeah, maybe you're right; I wouldn't have liked her to tell me what I was expecting her to." Draco said.

"He meant she would have kicked your sorry blond ass!" Ron said angrily.

"Yeah, that's what I meant..." Harry said as an after thought.

The next minutes passed in silence. Then, Dumbledore came and gave the potion to Hermione who fell asleep, with tears falling down her cheeks, almost instantly.

"Ok, why don't we leave her alone?" Dumbledore said. "Ginny, Luna, could you possibly sleep in the boys' room for tonight?"

"Yes, professor, no problem at all." Ginny answered and looked at Harry. They both smiled.

"Sirius wait until Madam Pomfrey gets here, ok?" Dumbledore said.

"Yes, sure." He answered.

"And you three should go to bed now." Dumbledore told Draco, Ron, and Harry.

"Can't we stay here until Madame Pomfrey arrives?" Ron asked.

"Yes, but then you'll go to bed, ok?" Dumbledore told him.

"Yes, professor we promise." Ginny said.

Madame Pomfrey arrived a few minutes later and told them the usual... "Miss. Granger needs to rest! Go to bed! Sirius, go and tell Dumbledore that I arrived."

"Ok." Sirius said and then whispered to Harry. "She hasn't changed."

Draco, Ginny, Harry, Luna and Ron; left the room and headed to the boys' room. When they arrived, Dumbledore had already transported the girls' beds.

Draco went to his bed and fell asleep almost instantly. He had been thinking all the way to the room... 'Why on earth had he kissed Hermione Granger? Why?!'

Harry was with Ginny, who was so worried about Hermione that she couldn't sleep; and Ron... well, Ron was already snoring. Luna was lying in her bed and staring at the ceiling as if it were the most interesting thing on earth.

"She'll be fine, don't worry." Harry said as he signalled Ginny to lie next to him. He sat on the bed. "It's just that she got really nervous. She is going to be fine, you know her, and she gets hysterical even with homework! Now something really bad has happened to her, so it's normal for her to react like that." Harry put his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek. Ginny lied down with him and without realizing it, they fell asleep.