You're Not Alone
Ginny sighed and glanced down to speak to Hermione again, her friend had fallen asleep in her arms. She looked so peaceful and happy, like there was nothing bad happening at all. Ginny reached down and brushed a strand of hair off Hermione's forehead before gently laying her down on the bed and sitting on the end of the bed to watch her. She was so beautiful when she slept, she looked so calm. Ginny pulled her knees up against her chest and rested her chin on them, how could you love your best friend? You're best straight friend. Ginny sighed and carefully watched Hermione, not wanting to miss anything.
"Why did you choose Draco?", Ginny muttered to herself, Harry or Ron she could have understood but Draco was their enemy, why had Hermione gone and fallen for him of all people? It just didn't make sense. She perked up her ears as the smooth sound of a radio trickled through the window, she didn't recognize the song but the words struck a chord inside her:
I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing
Ginny smiled as the radio was turned down and she couldn't hear the lyrics anymore, that song was perfect for this situation. She did miss Hermione, whatever they did, even if they were sat right next to each other Ginny knew they couldn't be together and she missed Hermione. She heard some of the others running up the stairs and she went to the door.
"Hermione's asleep", she said, walking past them, ignoring the questions about whether Hermione and Draco were going out, news sure traveled quick in this place. She was pretty sure that Harry and Ron had a hand in the new batch of rumours though. She jumped down the stairs two at a time and headed off outside, she didn't want to be surrounded by people or questions at the moment. She wandered aimlessly for about 10 minutes before she heard someone huffing and puffing behind her. She turned and was greeted by the panting sight of Hagrid plodding after her, face red from the running.
"Ginny.......g....get Hermione.......tell.......her it's ..........Draco", he puffed, leaning his hands on his knees and breathing heavily, his huge chest puffing in and out as he did. Ginny felt her blood run cold and she took off running, deep down she had a horrific feeling that Draco was going towards the danger zone and it was Hermione's last chance to see him. What would Hermione be like if she lost Draco? Ginny didn't even want to imagine it. She sped up the stairs and flew straight into the door, abruptly awaking Hermione.
"Hermione.....Hagrid sent me, you've got to go see Draco", Ginny whispered, the look on Hermione's face would haunt her mind for a long time afterwards, Hermione was on her feet, past Ginny and down the stairs a split second after.
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Hermione felt her throat choke up as she reached the room she had been told to go after she had met Dumbledore, she breathed in and pushed open the door, preparing herself for the worst. 6 pairs of eyes turned to look at her as she entered, McGonagall and 2 doctors, there was no sorrow in their eyes, no pity and Hermione's heart lifted.
"Is he?" She asked, praying that she wasn't hoping for too much. McGonagall smiled and walked over to her, her soft caring eyes making Hermione feel a lot better.
"He's alive, looks like he's a fighter after all, he's awake and asking for you, the doctors sure worked their magic on him, no pun intended. However...........it looks unlikely that he will ever walk again", she explained, Hermione nodded and skipped past McGonagall into the adjoining room where Draco was partially sat up in the bed.
"Hey punk", she greeted, Draco laughed.
"Yo dweeb, did ya miss me?", he asked as Hermione approached the bed and sat on the chair beside him. Hermione smiled in reply before gently hugging Draco.
"You know I did, just glad you're still with us", she replied, settling herself down to talk to him.
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You didn't think I'd get rid of Draco did you? I'm not THAT cruel!
Author's Notes
The song words are from Aerosmith's 'Don't Want To Miss A Thing'.
The doctors are magic users, that's why they fixed Draco up so quickly.