A/n: Sorry it took so long. I hope this is good/long enough.

Disclaimer: I don't, however much I wish I did, own anything Harry Potter except my plot.

"Hermione, please, tell me what happened." Percy pleaded with a sobbing Hermione, who was now sitting on his couch.

"It's raining!" Hermione managed to whimper out.

"What? Hermione, for god's sake, you're not making any sense. Now tell me what happened!" Percy was screaming now, making Hermione sob harder. He was pacing now, his greatest fear brought to the surface, that something had happened to someone in his family was hurt and he wasn't welcome in the family. Percy paused his pacing and looked at Hermione, who was still crying, if possible harder now that Percy had yelled at her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Hermione. I didn't mean to yell at you," he crossed the room the couch and sat down, "I really am sorry, but please, tell me what happened. Is someone hurt?"

Hermione shook her head, "No. No one is hurt. It's . . . it's just th-that, oh, there's too much going on. I couldn't t-take it." She started to cry again, but this time quietly and not in sobs.

"Well you had to have come here for some reason. And honestly, unless someone was hurt I can't fathom why you would come. So do you want to tell me what you 'couldn't take'?"

"Everything. Harry, Ron and I have been taken out of school for during the war. I killed two people, face to face. Face to face, Percy, I saw their faces when they died. They were death eaters, yes, but they were people, they had families and lives just like me. My parents are dead now, and I found them lying on their living floor, killed by the Killing Curse. And it's raining, I hate the rain." Hermione let out all her feelings in one breath.

"Wow. You've been through a lot. I really should have been there with everyone."

They sat there for a few seconds, Hermione silently crying and Percy taking in all the information Hermione had just given him. Slowly, Hermione calmed down and woke out of her dream like, crying state.

"Percy, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come. You don't need to be weighed down with all of this. I just, I had to get out of those rooms they were keeping us in. And I really just needed someone to talk to who I'm not around constantly, and you were the only one I could think of." Hermione had been starting at her hands the entire time she spoke; now she raised her eyes and looked at Percy, who was now crying.

"Oh, now I made you cry. I'm so sorry, I'll go now." She rose to leave, but Percy called out to her.

"Hermione, don't go. Yes, you made me cry, but it's really because I should have been there. None of you should go through anything like that." Hermione walked back to the couch and pulled Percy into a hug. She looked like the strong one now, but they needed each other now, neither one stronger than the other.

"Don't cry, Percy, please don't cry. You can come back. Come back, your family misses you, no matter what they say. Molly needs all her children now, you too." Hermione was still hugging Percy and his crying stopped.

"Will you go with me to talk to my parents? Just for support." Percy looked at Hermione, his eyes pleading.

"Of course, yes, go on, and get ready. I'll wait right here." Percy walked to his bathroom to wash his face. His stomach turned somersaults, as he stared at his reflection, wondering what he would say to his parents. He turned off the faucet and walked to the living room.

"Ok, I'm ready. Let's go. I would say we'd go by floo, but I'm not connected." He opened the door and waited for Hermione to walk through. As they stood waiting on the elevator, Hermione grabbed Percy's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze, but didn't let if go as they walked into the empty elevator.

A/n: Sorry, I know this is short, but I'll try to make it longer as I go. Please review, good or bad, just be kind.

Peace and Love

Liv