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"I'm glad to see you are all being qui-" There was two beeps, "What was that?"

"What was what?" Harry asked,

"THOSE BEEPS YOU CRETIN"

"What beeps sir?" Draco asked,

"I didn't hear any beeps" Dean Thomas said,

"Are you feeling alright professor?" Blaise asked,

"Maybe you should go have some water" Draco said,

"Mmm" Ron said,

Snape looked at them suspiciously,

"Indeed" He walked out of the classroom and immediately Hermione got her phone out, it said:

hey h itz o here u can stay at myn 4 1 day da uvas im in wales ring me about tyms n shit loadsa love oaky x x x

"Hmmm" Hermione murmured to herself, She went off the text and put her phone in her pocket.

"What was it then?" Blaise asked,

"Another text, doesn't matter" She said,

The detention seemed to last forever. The time seemed to pass even more slowly for Hermione. She listened to the distant voices and wondered what to do. She'd promised Black that she'd ask Oaky and her dad. But if she did go at Christmas she'd have to stay with her dad for two days. Her dad wasn't exactly going to tell her she couldn't stay either. It wasn't that she didn't want to go see Black and Oaky, she really wanted to but her dad?

Hermione played with these thoughts for most of the detention, she kept sighing but no one really noticed. The gryffindors were talking about some occurrence at the ministry of magic and Harry, Blaise and Draco were talking about the friendly coming up. She put her head in her hands and growled. She realized she'd have to ring her dad. Soon it was time for them to go,

"I hope this has taught you all that muggle brawling is not the way to sort out your problems" They all nodded and left the classroom as quickly as possible.

"Where to?" Draco asked,

"Luna and Ginny will probably be in our quarters" She said, "I gave them the password"

"Okay then, head rooms it is" Harry said,

"I'm going to go for a walk," She said,

"Are you okay?" Harry asked,

"I... I just need some air," She said

"Want us to come?" Draco asked,

"No, in fact I'd rather you didn't" With that she walked off,

"Back to the tower then?" Blaise said,

"Indeed" Draco said, "Back to the tower it is"

Hermione's POV

I couldn't take all the questions any more... I just had to get away from them all. None of them understood, two of them didn't even know. I sighed and guessed and have to ring my dad. I got my phone out of my pocket and walked right around the lake. It was the shadiest part of the lake. I sat on a rock and unlocked my phone. I pressed the buttons down until I reached Dad mobile. I flicked up and down between dad home and dad mobile. I decided dad mobile in case he was out.

"Dad?"

"Hermione?" She could hear something different in his voice "is it you?"

"Yeah, how are you?"

"So-so I guess your good"

"Is it okay if I come back for two days at Christmas, I can give you your present and then I'm going to stay at the... er Weasley's"

"Okay then honey" He paused, "I love you too"

"Thanks. Bye" I was about to put the phone down

"Pumpkin, I just want to say I'm sorry for what happened over the summer and I love you very much" He sighed, "And I want you to understand, I know why you didn't say bye. Maybe, when I get off the drink fully we can get back to normal." He paused and there was a long silence, "I love you very much"

"Ok dad." Tears streamed down my face silently; there was a sharp intake of breath as I held my sobs in. "Bye dad. I'm staying at a friend's house the first day so I'll see you on the 19th." I said the last sentence very quickly and put the phone down as fast as I could. As soon as it went back to the normal screen I let out a sob. I slid off the rock and dropped my phone. My body rocked as I cried. I knew what he was saying was rubbish, a pile of lies. As soon as he went back on the drink he's be back to his normal self.

Well, his new normal self. I doubted whether he'd ever fully get back to his normal self. The one he'd been before the divorce. I mean maybe it was my fault, maybe it was because I was never there. Maybe they forgot what they had to stay together for. Maybe they forgot we were a family. Maybe they forgot we were the Granger's, maybe if I hadn't gone to Hogwarts everything would be normal? Then again, maybe this was meant to happen.

Flashback

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT YOU LITTLE BITCH" I cowered on the sofa, curled up in a ball peering over my knees at my father, "IF YOU HADN'T GONE TO THAT CRACKPOT SCHOOL WE'D STILL BE TOGETHER. IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SUCH A SELFISH SLUT WE'D STILL BE A FAMILY. YOU'D STILL SMELL COOKIES WHEN YOU CAME IN, WE'D HAVE STILL BEEN TOGETHER BUT NO?! YOU HAD TO GO TO SOME WIZARDING SCHOOL, POGSTARTS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT" He grabbed my hair and pulled me off the couch, he then grabbed me by the neck and slammed me against the wall, pinning me to it. He then pushed his face right up to mine. I could smell a concoction of beer, whisky, and plain alcohol on his breath. It made me feel nauseous, at that time I couldn't handle my drink at all. "This is your fault, and your going to wish that that wand you have was stuck into your left eye" He let go of me and pushed me to the floor. He then kicked me repeatedly. I covered my head with my arms so he resorted to kicking my back and stomach. I choked on blood, "GET UP YOU BITCH" He shouted, I didn't move, I didn't think it was possible, "I SAID GET UP" He screeched this, I stood up slowly. My body was aching all over. He started to unhook his belt, I couldn't work out what he was doing then he pulled it right off and I realised. I tried to run but he grabbed my hair, I shrieked as I was pulled back. He held the leather end of the belt where the holes to put the buckle through were. He pulled his arm back and hit me on the back with it. The leather whipped through my shirt and the belt caught the side of my stomach. He whipped repeatedly until the sores, welts and blisters in my back felt so deep that nest time the buckle and leather hit they were going to hit my vertebrae and spinal cord. I shrieked every time it hit, willing it to stop, "There's plenty more of where that came from"

End Of Flashback

"There's plenty more of where that came from" She said in between sobs. She felt her back. She hadn't put her charm on that morning. She could feel the rigid bumps and scars as she rubbed up and down her back. Tears streamed down her face and she rubbed her eyes. The salty tears making her cheeks and eyes feel sore. She tried to wipe away her tears but couldn't. She just settled with breaking down on the grass. She wasn't sure how long she sat there crying before realising she had to get back to the common room before everyone got suspicious. She wiped her eyes, they were sore and burning furiously. She didn't care though she just picked up her phone and turned it off. She put it in her bag, a rogue tear streaking down her cheek. She wiped it away furiously before rubbing her eyes. She put her bag back on. And made her slow winding way back to their quarters. "Sir Patrick Payenne I would like to change the password please"

"And what would Miss Hermione like to change it to?"

"Banana milkshake" She said with a sniffle,

"Okay, Banana milkshake from now on" The portrait replied,

"Banana milkshake" The portrait opened,

"HERMIONE" Came a few shouts from inside,

"Finally" Ginny grumbled,

"Mia, what's up?" Draco asked,

"Doesn't matter..." She said walking past the group to the stairs,

"Where are you going?" Blaise asked,

"Bed" With that she started to walk upstairs, she blocked out their whisperings.

"Mia," Draco called having got out of his seat and running after her, he touched her arm, "What's up?"

"It's nothing important... Really" Hermione said a tear prickling her eye,

She grabbed some parchment from her bedroom, and scribbled on it furiously "Drake password is now Banana Milkshake – Hermy". She walked through to his room and placed it on his pillow. She bent over and sniffed his pillow. It smelled of him, she sighed and walked out and shut the door as quietly as possible. She then entered her bedroom and shut the door as quietly as possible hoping no one had heard her go into his room.

"Could you please say to me tomorrow "Concealment charm" mirror?"

"'Course I can"

Hermione got out a pair of black pyjamas. She took her clothes off and slid on the black pyjama bottoms. They were really baggy but rested below her hips nicely. She then grabbed a black vest top from her drawer and put it on. She then put on the black baggy shit but didn't do up the buttons. She blew all the candles out and climbed into her bed in the darkness shivering. She curled up into a ball.

"That's the way I get by" She muttered before drowning herself in a sea of thoughts,

What's up with her?" Luna asked, "That's so unlike Hermione"

"I know" Blaise said,

"We'll leave her for tonight, ask her in the morning eh" Said Draco deep in thought,

"Yeah, it's getting late we should be going?"

"Well, ok then. G'night all" Draco said, waving at his friends as they exchanged good byes.

This left Draco time to sit by the fire and ponder on why Hermione was so unsociable.
I know it's not long. I'll put a separate chapter of thank yous up soon. I just really want to get this up. Thank you for your reviews, individual thanks will be up ASAP.

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Liv