That same day, during breakfast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were talking about Sarah.
"She left without saying good bye!" Ron said.
"You want to get up five in the morning to say goodbye to a girl who's going to be back in a week?" Hermione asked him.
"Yes."
"She'll be back in a week, Ron!"
"Why don't you care, Hermione? She is your sister."
"Will you two just shut up?" Hary said to them, staring down hard at a lone piece of toast on his plate.
On the fifth day of Sarah being gone, during breakfast, Hermione went up to Harry and Ron.
"I got a letter from my parents!" She said to them, and showed them.
It said:
'Hermione-
Your sister is in the Hospital. She has been stabbed. We don't know by who, or why. But we wish for you and your friends to come and visit her. It would be really nice, we need someone here with us.
-Mum and Dad'
"We should go." Hermione said, and the others nodded.
During lunch, the three went and left.
About three hours later, they were running towards Sarah's room in the hospital.
When the three reached the room, they skidded to a halt.
"Oh my god..." Hermione said quietly.
They were staring at a bloody Sarah.
She had blood all around her stomach and chest area.
Hermione's mother came up to them.
"Are you Harry?" She asked Harry.
"Yes." He said.
"Sarah's boyfriend?" She asked him.
"Yes." He replied. He wondered why she was asking him this. The next thing he knew, his face was red hot and his eyes were spinning in their sockets.
"What kind of a boy does that to a sixteen year old girl?" She asked him.
"Wait, mum. What did he do?" Hermione asked her mother.
"What else? He got her...well, you know." Hermione's mother said, with a nasty look towards Harry, and walked away.
Hermione and Ron moved their heads slowly to look at Harry, who was staring hard at Sarah, trying to forget what had just happened.
"Whoa! I didn't know you did that!" Ron said to him.
"I did. I mean, I knew that he did that." Hermione said.
"But did you know about the thing with Sarah?" Ron asked her.
"No, I didn't." Hermione replied, "Harry, did you know?"
Harry did not respond. He felt like dissapearing. Going and running into a place where nobody would know who he was.
"That's a no." Ron said.
"Harry...are you okay?" Hermione asked him.
"No." He said, and walked away.
"Harry, please!" Hermione shouted after him.
"No. Sarah's probably going to die and everyone thinks it's my fault." Harry replied to her, as she and Ron caught up with him.
"It's not your fault! It's nobody's fault!" Hermione said to him.
"We'd better get back to the school. Let's just leave." Harry said, avoiding the subject now, and they went back to the school.
Two days later, Hermione announced to the other two that she got another letter from her mother. She showed it to them.
It said this time:
'Hermione-
Your sister has stopped bleeding so much. She's doing better. The doctor said in about a week or two she'll wake up, depending on the circumstances. You can come and visit again.
Just letting you know,
Mum.
p.s.- She is not allowed to see Harry, or have anything to do with him anymore. Ever. Let him know that, after what he did to her he deserves it. And don't bring him next time you visit.'
"Damn thing." Harry said, and tore into pieces.
"People are going to find out somehow. And once Malfoy finds out, the world is over." Ron said.
"Gee Ron, that makes me feel a whole lot better!" Harry snapped.
"Harry calm down. We'll figure out something." Hermione said, trying to comfort him.
"Forget it. I'll just never see her again. Well, I'll have to see her again, we're in the same classes. But I won't talk to her, or do anything else to her again. Just like your mum said for me to do." Harry said moodily, and walked out.
A week and a half passed, and still no Sarah.
But people started finding out about what happened to her.
"Harry, have you thought about ever talking to Sarah again?" Hermione asked him one day during lunch.
"I'm going to ignore your mother. Me and her will just have to keep it a secret. Again." Harry said, and Hermione smiled.
"You've been moody without her here. No offense or anything, though." Ron said.
"It's fine, and I know. I just wish Hermione's mother didn't hate me." Harry said.
"Well, after what happened, I don't think she'll ever get over it, Harry. It would take a long time for her." Hermione said.
Their conversation was interrupted by a few people who had just ran up to them, like Neville, Seamus, and Dean.
"Is it true, Harry?" Dean asked him.
"Is what true? Harry asked him.
"What happened between you and Sarah! She's in the hospital and all, and--" Dean started, but couldn't finish. Harry had just gotten up.
"I suggest you don't talk to him about that." Ron said angrily, as him and Hermione got up to follow Harry.
October turned into November, and then into December, which turned into January.
It was dinner on a Friday night.
"I wish everyone would stop talking about her!" Ron said, as Malfoy walked up to them.
"Hey, Potter. Planning on going out with another girl into the Room of Requirement?" Malfoy said to him.
"Oh, shut up." Hermione said, and Malfoy walked away snidely.
"Harry! Hermione! Look!" Ron shouted to them, and looked in the direction he was pointing. He was pointing to the doors tat lead to the great hall.
"Oh my god!" Hermione said.
There, in the doorway, was a short girl with brown curls and bright emerald eyes in Gryffindor robes standing there.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione got up and ran to her.
"Oh! It's been three months!" Hermione said, taking Sarah into a hug, followed by Ron and Harry.
"Oh, who cares!" Sarah said, and when Harry hugged her, she half-hugged him back. "My mum doesn't want us together anymore."
"I know that." He said.
"She doesn't even want me talking to you."
"I read a note she sent Hermione."
"So you know what I say? She can just shut up." Sarah said, and kissed him.
The grand hall went quiet. There were cheers and whistles. Sarah and Harry looked around. It was the whole Slytherin table, cheering to be mean.
"Hey! I always knew you and that shortie were made for each other, Potter!" Malfoy's voice came from somewhere in the crowd.
Harry didn't have to even look for him, because a split second later, he went flying off his seat into the wall, ad everybody laughed at him. Harry looked next to him,. Sarah had her wand out, pointing it towards Malfoy.
Harry still was staring at Sarah, and she looked up at him. She smiled, and then broke into a run out of the Grand Hall. Harry went to chase her.
Sarah laughed.
"I'm eventually going to catch you!" Harry said to her.
She just laughed.
They both finally got to the Gryffindor common room
Harry caught Sarah from behind and held her aound her waist, and she put her hand on his.
"You remember? This is where we had our first kiss." Sarah said to him, turning her head to look at him.
"Yea." He said.
"I'll have my last kiss with you, too. Oh, by the way, I lost a tear in the ocean. When I find it I'll stop loving you." Sarah said, and Harry looked at her confused for a minute and then smiled.
Sarah turned around, and sat him on a couch, and sat on top of him, and kissed him deeply.
He lifted one of his hand and reached out towards her, and when it touched her, she twitched a little. It moved around.
Hermione walked in follwed by Ron. The stopped dead in their tracks, and Harry and Sarah stopped dead.
"Gee, Sarah. I guess you really are a s--" Hermione started.
"You shuld learn to mind your own business." Sarah said darkly, getting up.
"And you should learn not to snog up Harry every bloody chance you get!" Hermione said. People were now crowded around them.
"Well you should be talking! Snogging up Ron like there's no tomorrow! When nobody is there! Or at least, when you think nobody is there! I saw you two!" Sarah shouted, and stormed off.
Hermione ran out, and Ron went up to the boy's dormitory. Harry just pretended nothing happened.
Hermione had run into Myrtle's bathroom.
"She's ruining everything! What am I suppost to do!" Hermione cried to Myrtle.
"Break them up! Something!" Myrtle said, and Hermione smirked. She had just the plan.