Title: Concrete Angel
Author: LegalanGreenleaf
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the song "Concrete Angel." Harry Potter is property of JK Rowling and Concrete Angel is Martina McBride's.
Summery: What if Hermione's life turned upside down and no seemed to know? What would happen to her?
A/N any memories/thoughts/lyrics are in italics or ^ ^
Chapter Two: Arrival
"What the heck is going on Herm?" Ron asked with concern.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Please, Hermione, we're your best friends, we'll help you." Harry said.
"It's too soon,"
"That's what I told Dumbledore last year after coming back from the graveyard. You know what he told me? He told me that numbing pain for a while makes it worse when you have to feel it. Hermione, tell us." Harry pleaded.
"Alright, over the summer, Mum and Dad started having fights. Dad had been drinking more often, I suppose because of losing his job. He said my mum kept her job because she was a female. The reason he had lost his job was that a patient filed a lawsuit against the dentist shop where he works and when they lost, his boss fired him. They started fighting almost every night; I didn't know what was wrong. One night when I came home from a friend's house a little bit late, Dad started to hit me. He wouldn't tell me why…" She burst into sobs and leaned against Ron's shoulder.
When the sobs had turned into an occasional hiccup, she looked at the two boys. "Promise me you won't tell anyone. Not even Dumbledore." At first, Harry seemed about to object, but then he looked in Hermione's eyes and knew that he would have a hard time deciding whether to tell Dumbledore.
"Okay." The two agreed. "We won't do anything unless something worse happens."
The train pulled into Hogsmeade Station right on time.
A/n that's all I can get w/o my inspirational song, please r&r! LegalanGreenleaf
