Now thankies to:
SoulAstray (hope I answered your question)
PheonixJay27 (don't worry Ginny's not gonna elave her to struggle on her own with the addiction)
AmazingSpork (thanks for the comments, I just wanted to make a point to the two reviewers, I know most people are constructive and such like)
Jezebel Malice (Will keep it up, I never intended it to be this long!)
oOWeasleyWizardWheezesOo (Thanks for reviewing all the chapters! You have no idea how kick ass it was to open my inbox and see them all!)
Popnfresh (Glad you like the way Draco is portrayed, there will be a little more background on his friendship with Hermione to come but I don't want to include too much)
Alrighty that's a lot for my Author's Notes wouldn't you say? Onto the actual fic now. Oh wait! 2 reviews and it's half-way to 100! Oh yeah! Sorry...getting a bit excited here.
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You're Not Alone
Hermione froze as Ginny stared at the cuts, emotions swirling in her eyes in a tornado, slowly looking up and down Hermione's arm. She swallowed quickly as fear struck her heart and horror began to grip her, how could she have been so stupid as to not bandage it or to let Ginny touch them. Hermione shook her head to rid herself of her unshed tears and she ducked her head to avoid meeting Ginny's gaze, which would no doubt be one of disgust and anger at what she was doing.
"What is this Hermione?", Ginny whispered, she reached out and gently tilted Hermione's head up so their gaze met, "Did you do this?". Hermione nodded, unable to trust her voice with words, she lowered her eyes again as she saw the anger begin to form in her girlfriend's eyes. Ginny's grip around Hermione's arm tightened and tears came to Hermione's eyes as the cuts began to bleed again.
"Why are you doing this?", Ginny demanded, Hermione shook her head and finally found her voice as the pain became unbearable.
"Please...Ginny...you're hurting me", she whispered, tears beginning to trickle down her pale cheeks. One of them fell onto the back of Ginny's hand and it seemed to give her a sense of reality again. She let go of Hermione's arm, struck with guilt at the realization she'd just hurt the person she claimed to love so deeply.
"I'm sorry baby...why are you doing this?", Ginny whispered, Hermione quickly pulled her sleeve back down and glanced around, given that she was the centre of attention and rumours at the moment she had a right to be cautious.
"I don't know...I can't....I can't stop Ginny...it's like a lifeline, if ever...I feel upset or angry or whatever I just cut, I pour all my emotions into the blade and then...I don't feel emotional anymore", Hermione whispered, no longer able to control the tears which insisted on making themselves noticeable.
"Oh god...", Ginny whispered, pulling Hermione into her arms and hugging her tightly, how could she not have noticed this? How could Hermione have fallen into such depression and yet Ginny, who claimed to be her best friend hadn't even had an inkling of the pain she was going through.
"You've got to stop baby...you can't keep doing this to yourself", Ginny whispered, softly kissing Hermione's cheek, Hermione nodded against Ginny's shoulder.
"I know...I know...I know", she whispered, "It's not like I haven't tried you know, do you think I like being like this? It's hardly a life ambition is it?". Ginny gently petted Hermione's hair, whispering soft words of comfort before realizing they were getting a couple of odd looks from other people.
"Do you wanna get out of here for a while?", she whispered to Hermione. When the other girl nodded they stood up and crossed the common room to the door, struggling to ignore the pairs of eyes which seemed to follow their every move. Between the fights, Hermione and Draco and now Ginny and Hermione the school definitely had plenty to talk about. Ginny groaned inwardly, this term was turning out to be more trouble than school should ever be worth. Though, to be fair, without the trouble she'd still be hopelessly in love with Hermione and not knowing if the girl returned her feelings.
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Draco stared at the awkward looking contraption in his hand and frowned, Hermione was constantly babbling about mobile phones and now they'd both actually got one it was confusing Draco no end why he'd bought it in the first place. Well...besides contacting Hermione when it actually came to the break that was. He rolled his eyes and dropped the phone down on the side. He lay back and closed his eyes, physically and emotionally exhausted, his head was spinning still from the beating he'd taken but he assumed that would ease off fairly soon. His train of thought was broken when the mobile began to ring, he picked it up and, after a few seconds of confusion, answered it.
"Hello...uh...Draco Malfoy speaking", he greeted, a little wary of who would actually know his number.
"Hiya...uh...this is Yann Kilmer...uh...sorry....uh....Hermione kinda gave me your number...I ...uh...well...she just thought it'd be good for us to get into contact", the voice on the other end replied. It was very smooth and sultry, not something Draco would expect from a male voice, he struggled to recall the name but decided to keep talking anyway, with a good idea why Hermione had given out his number.
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Ginny gentle ran her long fingers through Hermione's hair, wondering at how it could look so uncontrollable bushy get not a single knot was present within the mass of it. It was warm outside and, after an emotional talk, Hermione had drifted off into a dreamless sleep, leaving Ginny awake to ponder the events so far. A huge part of her couldn't believe that Hermione was hurting herself like this, she'd been the last person Ginny had expected to self-harm but a smaller part of her couldn't help but understand why as she regarded all the pressure Hermione had been under lately.
"How is she?", Draco asked, sitting down cross-legged in front of Ginny and Hermione and giving her a slight smile, Ginny sighed and shook her head.
"Not good...all of this is wearing her down", Ginny whispered, gently stroking Hermione's face with one free hand, marvelling at how at peace and beautiful she looked whilst sleeping. Draco nodded and lowered his head slightly, obviously as worn out by everything as Hermione. Ginny moved slightly to make herself more comfortable, only to wake Hermione.
"Hey baby...I'm sorry", Ginny whispered, Hermione shook her head and sat up slightly to softly kiss Ginny's lips.
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"Ron...I think there's something you should see", Harry commented quietly as he watched the display from the balcony.
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Aw no! What's gonna happen? Actually...I don't know! I haven't got that far yet, see you next time people! By the way I felt like giving Draco a bit of a life himself not based on Hermione or Ginny, hence the introduction of the phone and Yann.