Chapter 9

Hermione watched Maura sleep in her bed. Matt touched her forehead. She was feverish before, but her temperature had gone down.

"Is she going to be okay?" Mason asked.

"Yeah, the swelling has worn down." Matt told him.

"Why did she start cutting herself?" Matt looked at Mason and then Hermione.

"She picked it up from Amy. Amy was her biggest influence because she was a slut. Maura wanted to be as carefree as she was. But Amy had a darker side. Amy never really cut herself though. She was scared of sharp things. She burnt herself." Hermione listened to him. She never heard that part of the story.

"Did Maura know that?" Mason asked.

"No, no one ever told her. No one knew Amy was afraid of sharp things." Hermione then remembered. Amy only had her ears pierced and nothing else. Maura had her belly button pierced and her tongue. Amy was never afraid of fire though. She often played with her liter in boring classes.

"Well then how did you know?" Hermione asked.

"I had seen Amy outside one morning in the courtyard and she was crying as she was holding a liter to her wrist. I never told anyone until now."

Mason grabbed Hermione's hand but she pulled away getting up and rushing to the phone. She dialed Draco's number and after the fourth ring he picked up.

"Hello?" Draco asked.

"Is Amy there?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, she's right here, but I don't think she wants to talk. What do you need?"

"What happened to her?"

"What do you mean what happened to her, everything's fine."

"Draco, something's going on and I need you to tell me. What just happened to Amy?" Hermione asked again.

"What happened to you?" Draco asked.

"My cuts opened up, Draco! Maura's did too; now tell me what the hell happened to Amy."

"They started swelling up and then I put them under the water and everything just…we fell back and-"

"Is she alright?" Hermione asked before he had the chance to finish.

"She's fine now. But this shit needs to end, Hermione. You've gotta come back home and we've got to find out what is happening."

"Draco you know I can't come home. Maura's got to go back there. She's leaving as soon as she gets out of here." Hermione told him looked at Matt. He was angry at Hermione but she didn't care.

"Fine, but do whatever you can to get this shit to stop."

"Bye," Hermione hung up and looked around the room. Maura opened her eyes and glared at Hermione.