Dr. Kline Confesses
Hermione was still in crying in the bathroom what seemed like hours later when she heard a soft knock on the stall door. "Go away!"
"Hermione its Amy," came the soft soothing voice.
Hermione slowly got up and opened the stall door. Amy quickly pulled Hermione into a hug. "I heard about everything, shh, it's okay. Everything will be fine, everything will work out somehow. And remember I'll always be here for you."
"Oh Amy, I hate them, I totally hate them, they're trying to keep me from Draco, it's not fair, how can they do this?"
"Hermione I know, this is really big, but don't worry we will work through this somehow."
"I mean I love him, how can they keep him from me, it'd be like trying to keep my parents from each other. This isn't right! I shouldn't have to be without him. He means everything to me."
"Shh Hermione, don't worry, we will come up with something. I know how much he means to you and everything will work out. Please Hermione just trust me." Amy pulled away slightly and looked Hermione in the eyes. "Please Hermione just say that you trust me."
Hermione looked a little hesitant at first and then finally spoke, "Ok, I trust you."
"Hermione I know this is a big thing for you to handle, but you must at least try to understand where your parents are coming from." Dr. Kline told Hermione, as they were sitting in her office after dinner.
"How can you even say that?"
"They care about you Hermione, you know they do. You can't possibly say that they don't. You wouldn't be here if they didn't care."
"They aren't thinking about what's best for me!"
"In your eyes, maybe not, but in their eyes they think this is the best thing to do for you to get better Hermione."
"How can you be agreeing with them? They're trying to ruin my life!"
"Hermione I am not taking sides here, I am here to listen to both you and your parents."
"Don't lie to me!"
"Hermione I'm not lying."
"Yes you are! I can tell, you're just trying to trick me into believing you and then you'll try to convince me that what they're saying is right! But I'm not stupid, they're wrong, they could never be more wrong about anything in their entire lives!"
"Hermione you need to calm down, you're getting too worked up over this."
"CALM DOWN! WHY DO YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN? THIS IS MY FUTURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT! HOGWARTS IS PART OF MY FUTURE, AND SO IS DRACO, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EXPECT ME TO BE CALM WHEN THEY'RE THREATENING TO NEVER LET ME SEE HIM AGAIN!"
Hermione totally lost it; she started picking things up off of Dr. Kline's desk: books, notebooks, pens, pencils, anything she could find to hurl at the wall. After most of her rage was emptied out she sunk down on the floor crying.
Dr. Kline quickly hurried around her desk and crouched down beside Hermione. She held Hermione in her arms and tried to calm her down. "I know this is difficult Hermione, but I believe in you, I believe that you can get through this."
"It's...just...so...hard." Hermione managed to say in between sobs. "I...just...miss...him...so...much."
"I know Hermione, I know, but for the time being you will have to do what your parents say. You can still keep in touch with him, and you can see him right away after you graduate."
"But...that's...not...soon...enough."
"Maybe not, but it's all we can do for right now, and I'll see what I can do about maybe him possibly coming to visit you here."
"Oh really Dr. Kline?" Hermione said wiping the tears off her face with the back of her long sleeved shirt. "That would mean so much to me."
"Hermione you are one of the smartest witches I know, and I know that you wouldn't have done this unless there was something wrong, and you felt you had no one to talk to." Dr. Kline turned away and then after a few minutes looked back at Hermione. "Hermione..."
"Yes."
"I have never told anyone this before, not even my parents."
"Are you sure you want to share something important with me?"
"Hermione I believe you can get better, you remind me so much of me sometimes it almost feels as if I'm watching myself."
"Dr. Kline, are you saying?"
"Yes Hermione, I too used to cut myself."
"Oh Dr. Kline! As horrible as that is, it feels so nice to know that someone knows what I'm going through."
"Hermione, I had to learn to get better by myself, I never told anyone, and even if someone would have know, I doubt I would have let them help me, but Hermione you are so brave."
"No I'm not."
"Yes Hermione, yes you are. You know as well as I do that you wouldn't be here if you honestly didn't want to." Hermione started to cut in but Dr. Kline cut her off. "You may not have wanted to come here, but you knew that you needed help, you just weren't sure how to ask for it, and that Hermione is why you are brave."
"I don't feel very brave, Dr. Kline, I used to try to run away from my problems by cutting, and I hated myself for it, but still Dr. Kline, somebody that's brave doesn't cut themselves, they learn to deal with their problems without hurting themselves."
"Hermione just because you made some stupid choices, doesn't mean you aren't brave. You just didn't know how to handle what was going on in your life, and you thought this was the only way you could deal with them. But now you see Hermione, you know other ways to work through your problems instead of just relying on yourself. Which you don't need to do, you have many people that care and love you Hermione, even if you don't realize it now. And your parents do love you Hermione, they just want what's best for you, but they don't realize that keeping you from Draco is a bad thing."
"Please Dr. Kline, isn't there something you could say to them to let me go back to Hogwarts?"
"I'll do everything I can Hermione, but I can't promise anything."
"Thank you so much Dr. Kline, for everything. And now that I see that you have beat this, I can beat it too, and I will, I swear to myself that I will never cut myself ever again."
"That's always good to hear Hermione. I'm sorry that we have to end this session Hermione, but I have other people I need to see."
"That's ok Dr. Kline."
"I'll see you tomorrow Hermione."
Hermione walked out of Dr. Kline's office feeling very good about herself. She had just made a breakthrough and she felt that nothing could stand in her way of making herself better. On her way to get some parchment and a quill she ran into Amy.
"Hermione is everything ok?"
"Everything's going to be fine Amy, I mean, well I might not get to go back to Hogwarts, but I'm seriously ready to get better, and I just can't wait to get out of here."
"Me too, Hermione, me too, I think I'm seriously ready to get better too."
"I hate to be rude Amy, but I'm going to write some letters."
"Oh that's fine Hermione, I'll talk to you later, do you want to play some chess later though?"
"Sounds great to me."
Hermione quickly sat down with her parchment and quill and ink.
Dear Draco,
Well it turns out my parents really are evil. They are thinking about not letting me come back to Hogwarts. I really don't know what to make of it. I was really hoping that I could be back in time for Christmas but I'm not so sure that will work out now.
Dr. Kline has been great. She says that we might be able to work something out so you could come see me. I miss you so much, and I hope I will get to see you.
I'm not sure what's all going to happen in the future, but I know that I'm going to be ok. I'm seriously ready to get better now, but supper is about ready to start and I have some things I need to do. Draco I love you, thank you for being here for me.
Love,
Hermione
Hermione quickly pulled out another piece of parchment.
Dear Harry and Ron,
Not much time to write tonight, but I thought I should send you guys a letter. My parents are being evil and I don't know when I'm going to get out of here. But I know that I probably won't be out before Christmas, they don't even know if they're going to let me come back to Hogwarts.
I'm tired of being here, and I seriously think that I am ready to get better, I'm not completely healed yet, but I'm working really hard. I hope to see you both soon, I miss you guys so much.
Love,
Hermione
Hermione looked up at the clock and seen supper was just about to start. She quickly ran up to the desk and asked them to mail her letters. Then she hurried off to find Amy.
A/N Sorry it's taken me forever to update, my life has been quite busy and complicated these past few months. I haven't had time to write anything at all. I'm so sorry that this chapter isn't very long. But I want you all to know that I haven't abandoned this story. Please review, it would make my day.