Thanks to those of you who R&R'd my chapter. I had a few upolading problems with the paragraph spaces. Hopefully I have that resolved in this next chapter. I plan on updating once again soon.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters. Now on with the show.
~Ice Phoenix speaking~
Chapter Two
* Minor time skip of three weeks. *
"Hey Hermione," Harry greeted her as he came into the now familiar room, "It's just Harry, once again."
Harry sat down in the chair that Mrs. Granger had once again just vacated and grasped Hermione's hand. He and Mrs. Granger took shifts watching over Hermione. Harry would watch her at night and Mrs. Granger would watch her during the day. The only reason Harry left Hermione during the day was so he could eat and sleep. Harry thought that it was his fault Hermione was in this condition.
Tears found their way down his cheeks and Harry just let them fall. He'd been crying a lot when the two were alone. He no longer minded the fact that someone might see him crying. He could care less, even if it was Ron that saw him. All he cared about was the unmoving girl in front of him. He was to the point that everyone was forcing him to eat and sleep.
"Wake up," he told her for the millionth time, but added a lot more this once, "Please wake up, Hermione. You can't be hurt like this. You know more that anyone I know. School starts in a week, Hermione, so please wake up. If you die I don't know what I'd do. I'd probably perform the Avada Kedva on myself. Hermione, I love you. I always have and now it's too late to tell you."
Harry looked around before he climbed into the bed and laid down next to Hermione. He laid to where Hermione's heard rested on his chest and she could hear his heartbeat.
"I wish you could hear it love," Harry whispers as he cradled her to him as best he could, "So you would know that it beats only for you."
Harry dozed off holding Hermione and anyone who saw them didn't wake him, didn't say anything, nor did they try to move him.
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Hermione was floating in an endless sea of black and felt as if she had been for years.
'Harry? Oh Harry, I wish you were here.'
Suddenly Hermione heard something that sounded remotely like Harry saying her name and then she heard him say something once again, but it was faint and it wasn't all entirely decipherable.
"Wake up…Hermione…can't be hurt like this…know more…anyone I know… School starts…in a week… Hermione…wake up… You die…don't know…I'd do… Probably…Avada Kedva…myself… I love you. I always…too late…tell you."
'Did Harry just say he loves me?!'
Suddenly the sound of a beating heart filled the empty space.
"…Wish…could…hear it…love… So you…know…it beats…only for you."
Hermione opened her eyes and a blurry form of Harry's face came into her view. She smiled, as she saw he was asleep, snuggled closer to him, and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
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Harry's eyes shot wide open as suddenly felt Hermione move closer to his chest, as if she sought to hear his heartbeat louder or maybe even sought his body-heat. He shook her very gently and her eyes opened. Her cinnamon browns met his bright emeralds. It took a full second for either mind to register just whose eyes they were looking into.
"Hermione!" Harry choked out and kissed Hermione's forehead without thinking clearly, "Thank Merlin you're alright!"
Hermione blushed. "H-Harry?"
"Yes Hermione?"
"Did you mean it? I mean when you said you would kill yourself if I died and that you-you love me?"
"I meant every word I said."
"Where am I?" she asked him softly, "The last thing I remember is getting hit with a curse, then a bright light, hearing you, and then I woke up here."
"You're in a Muggle hospital. Your parents were so scared that they didn't think to take you to a magical one."
"Were you scared?"
"Hermione," Harry croaked out, "I cried and I've been crying for three weeks now. I was terrified-so terrified-that I'd lose you."
"I'm not that easy to get rid of."
"That curse, Hermione, proves it."
"What?"
"You were hit with the Avada Kedva curse."
"Then how can I be alive?"
"I don't know and I thank Merlin for whoever or whatever saved you both times. I just wish I could have been there to protect you. I almost died when I found out and Ron-well-he took one look at your unconscious form and ran crying from the room. He couldn't come back in, he tried to, but couldn't."
"I understand," Hermione stated softly and turned her head away from Harry, "He couldn't stand the sight of me."
"No, you don't understand," Harry replied and turned her head back toward him, "Hermione, you died twice. I-I couldn't stand the pain-when you died the second time-when I heard the god-awful sound of that alarm going off and then saw all those muggles in uniforms rushing in here to save you, I snapped. Hermione, I tried to kill myself."
Hermione's eyes went wide in shock at the statement. She saw that Harry's looks were that of someone who had pushed over the edge and then dragged back. She also noticed that his glasses were gone, but it didn't really matter then.
"Why Harry?! Why did you try to kill yourself?!"
"I love you so much that mere thought of losing you drove me to suicide and Ron was the one that stopped me."
~Actually, I saved you both. Her twice and you once.~
Harry whirled around. "Who's there?! Show yourself!"
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters. Now on with the show.
~Ice Phoenix speaking~
Chapter Two
* Minor time skip of three weeks. *
"Hey Hermione," Harry greeted her as he came into the now familiar room, "It's just Harry, once again."
Harry sat down in the chair that Mrs. Granger had once again just vacated and grasped Hermione's hand. He and Mrs. Granger took shifts watching over Hermione. Harry would watch her at night and Mrs. Granger would watch her during the day. The only reason Harry left Hermione during the day was so he could eat and sleep. Harry thought that it was his fault Hermione was in this condition.
Tears found their way down his cheeks and Harry just let them fall. He'd been crying a lot when the two were alone. He no longer minded the fact that someone might see him crying. He could care less, even if it was Ron that saw him. All he cared about was the unmoving girl in front of him. He was to the point that everyone was forcing him to eat and sleep.
"Wake up," he told her for the millionth time, but added a lot more this once, "Please wake up, Hermione. You can't be hurt like this. You know more that anyone I know. School starts in a week, Hermione, so please wake up. If you die I don't know what I'd do. I'd probably perform the Avada Kedva on myself. Hermione, I love you. I always have and now it's too late to tell you."
Harry looked around before he climbed into the bed and laid down next to Hermione. He laid to where Hermione's heard rested on his chest and she could hear his heartbeat.
"I wish you could hear it love," Harry whispers as he cradled her to him as best he could, "So you would know that it beats only for you."
Harry dozed off holding Hermione and anyone who saw them didn't wake him, didn't say anything, nor did they try to move him.
~~~~~~~~~
Hermione was floating in an endless sea of black and felt as if she had been for years.
'Harry? Oh Harry, I wish you were here.'
Suddenly Hermione heard something that sounded remotely like Harry saying her name and then she heard him say something once again, but it was faint and it wasn't all entirely decipherable.
"Wake up…Hermione…can't be hurt like this…know more…anyone I know… School starts…in a week… Hermione…wake up… You die…don't know…I'd do… Probably…Avada Kedva…myself… I love you. I always…too late…tell you."
'Did Harry just say he loves me?!'
Suddenly the sound of a beating heart filled the empty space.
"…Wish…could…hear it…love… So you…know…it beats…only for you."
Hermione opened her eyes and a blurry form of Harry's face came into her view. She smiled, as she saw he was asleep, snuggled closer to him, and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
~~~~~~~~~
Harry's eyes shot wide open as suddenly felt Hermione move closer to his chest, as if she sought to hear his heartbeat louder or maybe even sought his body-heat. He shook her very gently and her eyes opened. Her cinnamon browns met his bright emeralds. It took a full second for either mind to register just whose eyes they were looking into.
"Hermione!" Harry choked out and kissed Hermione's forehead without thinking clearly, "Thank Merlin you're alright!"
Hermione blushed. "H-Harry?"
"Yes Hermione?"
"Did you mean it? I mean when you said you would kill yourself if I died and that you-you love me?"
"I meant every word I said."
"Where am I?" she asked him softly, "The last thing I remember is getting hit with a curse, then a bright light, hearing you, and then I woke up here."
"You're in a Muggle hospital. Your parents were so scared that they didn't think to take you to a magical one."
"Were you scared?"
"Hermione," Harry croaked out, "I cried and I've been crying for three weeks now. I was terrified-so terrified-that I'd lose you."
"I'm not that easy to get rid of."
"That curse, Hermione, proves it."
"What?"
"You were hit with the Avada Kedva curse."
"Then how can I be alive?"
"I don't know and I thank Merlin for whoever or whatever saved you both times. I just wish I could have been there to protect you. I almost died when I found out and Ron-well-he took one look at your unconscious form and ran crying from the room. He couldn't come back in, he tried to, but couldn't."
"I understand," Hermione stated softly and turned her head away from Harry, "He couldn't stand the sight of me."
"No, you don't understand," Harry replied and turned her head back toward him, "Hermione, you died twice. I-I couldn't stand the pain-when you died the second time-when I heard the god-awful sound of that alarm going off and then saw all those muggles in uniforms rushing in here to save you, I snapped. Hermione, I tried to kill myself."
Hermione's eyes went wide in shock at the statement. She saw that Harry's looks were that of someone who had pushed over the edge and then dragged back. She also noticed that his glasses were gone, but it didn't really matter then.
"Why Harry?! Why did you try to kill yourself?!"
"I love you so much that mere thought of losing you drove me to suicide and Ron was the one that stopped me."
~Actually, I saved you both. Her twice and you once.~
Harry whirled around. "Who's there?! Show yourself!"
