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Chapter 4: "Visitors"
Three months had passed, and Hermione could now open her eyes and speak a little, but her voice was all raspy and creaky… She woke up to find Draco sleeping on one of the armchairs in the room. He didn't need the wheelchair anymore, but he kept experiencing pains in his back. She tried to call him, but as soon as he heard movement, he jumped from his armchair and looked at Hermione. "Are you all right?" He asked.
She nodded; amused by the way Draco had reacted.
"Do you need something?" He asked.
"I… want to… I want to… sit…" She said with difficulty.
"Ok." He said and helped her to sit. He sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm glad you're getting better, Mione." He said looking down.
She smiled. "I… heard… what… what you said…"
"What did I say?" He said puzzled.
"The… first time… you were… here, you… said you loved… me and… you… wanted me to… get better…"
"Yeah, 'cause it's true… now, you shouldn't be talking, Mione…"
"But…"
"No… I'm serious, the less you talk, the faster you'll get better…"
"When… are… you… going back… to… the… Manor?"
"As soon as you get better… I have permission from Dumbledore to stay here as long as I want… as I've already told you a thousand times, Mione, I'm not coming back without you…" He said, but was interrupted by a knock on the door, "Who is it?"
"It's Dobby, sir; Dobby is here to visit Lady Hermione"
"Come in, Dobby." He said.
Dobby got in carrying a bunch of flowers that was too big for him. "Dobby misses Lady." Dobby said jumping up and down as Draco helped him with the bunch of flowers.
"Lady can't talk, Dobby, but you can talk to me…" Draco said.
"Dobby just wants to know how Lady is…"
"She's doing well…"
"When is Dobby receiving you at the Manor again?"
"Umm… we don't know…"
Suddenly, Dobby burst out crying…
"What's wrong?"
"If… sob if Dobby knew! Dobby would have done something for Master Draco and Lady Hermione…" Dobby sobbed.
"Dobby, it was not your fault that some psycho decided to attack us. Please don't blame yourself." Draco said. "We're just fine, don't worry, and just take care of the Manor until we get back, understood?"
"Yes, Master Draco, Dobby understands perfectly. Dobby is going back to the Manor now, so Master Draco and Lady Hermione can rest."
"Ok… thanks… for… coming…" Hermione said.
"Dobby retires now." Dobby said as Draco closed the door.
After a few minutes, there was another knock on the door, this time it was Harry and Ginny.
"How are you, Mione?" Ginny asked.
"She's fine, but she can't speak much…" Draco explained as Hermione rolled her eyes.
"As much as I hate to admit it, he's right, Mione… you shouldn't be talking… the less effort you do, the faster you'll get better…" Harry said.
Harry and Ginny stayed for a while and told her everything that was happening in the outside world, especially everything referring to the investigation that was taking place in their Manor.
"We searched your father's office, but we couldn't find anything of any interest to a Death Eater… really… we can't figure out why he'd do something like that, he knew he was going to get caught…" Harry said.
"Revenge?" Draco suggested.
"Could be, but again, it's much too weird… maybe they're planning something else… and that episode was just a distraction… we'll tell you as soon as we figure it out, guys… now we should really get going… there's a lot to do tomorrow…"
"Yeah, we have a lot to do tomorrow…" Ginny agreed.
After 8 months from the episode, Hermione was ready to go home…
"I can't believe I'm finally going home… I couldn't stand being here any more…"
"Yeah, I know… you've been saying that for the past three hours…" Draco laughed.
"Well, at least now you know what we're not having tonight…"
"Why? C'mon! You can't resist me! I'm too perfect to be resisted…"
"That's what you think… and when you get out, be careful; your big head may not fit through the door… as well as your oversized ego…"
"DO NOT PLAY WITH ME! YOU FILTHY MUDBLOOD! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO!" Draco said grabbing Hermione's arms violently. His voice was horrible, in fact, it wasn't Draco's voice at all…
"Draco, you're hurting me…" Hermione said with her eyes full of tears.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I ALREADY KNOW! MUDBLOOD!"
"Stop it!" Hermione said and Draco suddenly, to her surprise, released her and bumped into a wall… "Draco, are you ok?"
"What?" He said feeling a bit dizzy, and not sure of what had happened minutes ago. He couldn't remember what he had been doing for the past few minutes… "My head is killing me…"
"I'm glad… after all you said… the truth must have exhausted you!" She said sarcastically.
"Mione, what… what did I say?"
"Don't tell me you don't remember what you were doing a minute ago!"
"I certainly don't…"
"Don't play dumb with me, Malfoy!"
"Mione, I swear I don't know… please tell me why you're acting like this…"
Something in the way Draco looked at her made her realize he wasn't lying… "You… you told me… filthy… filthy Mudblood," she said with her eyes full of tears. "And that I didn't know what I was getting into…" she finished crying.
Draco put his arms around her, and hugged her with all his might. "I swear I wouldn't say that to you in a billion years…"
