Is This Love?
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've been busy with parties. Heck yes! I knew people liked me. Anyway, read on and please review, I beg of you!
Chapter 3:
Hermione was a little freaked out by what happened yesterday. Was she really so powerful that Voldemort wants her? And for what? She would die before she would do anything for Lord Voldemort. She woke up exhausted. She didn't even want to get up but every Sunday, she and Ginny would have brunch together. She got dressed and went to wake Ginny who slept on the couch every weekend when she visited Harry.
She was surprised to see that Ginny wasn't asleep. She was sitting up on the couch watching T.V. "Hey Sleepy-Head." She called when Hermione walked in.
"Ginny, what are you doing up so early?" Hermione asked. Ginny's not a morning person.
Ginny looked amused. "Early? Hermione, it's almost 11:30 am. I didn't wake you up because you weren't feeling well yesterday. I think you should go to St. Mungo's."
"No, no. I'm fine. Well, do you still want to have brunch? Though of course, it's almost lunch. How about lunch? Will that be alright?"
"Sure, that'll be fine, as long as we go to St. Mungo's before we eat. I need to know if you're, A) curable and, B) contagious." Said Ginny, matter-of-factly.
"Fine, let's get a move on then." Hermione said, laughing.
Once they walked into St. Mungo's, what they saw was chaos. It was incredibly busy. People from the Dark War obviously. The amount of people waiting to be seen was huge. There were nurses and doctors running all over the place.
"Maybe I should come back some other time." Said Hermione.
No, if we come back it might be longer. We'll just get in line and wait." Ginny said as she sat down. Hermione looked at her, seeing the same stubbornness she saw in Ron. She sat next to Ginny and produced a deck of cards from her purse. She taught Ginny how to play "Speed" while they waited. Two hours flew by. Ginny had just won her fourth game in a row when a nurse came up to them.
"Your next. Um, which one of you is ill?" she asked politely.
"That would be me, Hermione Granger."
"Okay Miss, or is it Mrs. Granger?" asked the nurse. Hermione drew in a sharp breath. She never wore the ring Ron got her out in public, in case someone like Ginny saw it. "It's, uh, Miss Granger."
"Well, then follow me. I'm quite sorry for the long wait. We've been so busy, as I'm sure you've noticed. Here you go. The doctor will be with you in a couple of minutes." The nurse left Hermione and Ginny in the cold, empty room. Hermione turned to Ginny, who was checking her hair for split ends. "What am I going to say? I've been feeling tired, hungry, and throwing up?"
Ginny looked up at Hermione, who was sitting on that doctor bed chair thing, and said, "Yep. You're hungry? Do you want me to go and get you something? I mean, I'm a little hungry myself."
"Yes, please! That is so great of you. Thanks Ginny!" she shouted as Ginny left.
"No problem, whoops, sorry!" On her way out, she bumped into the doctor coming in to check on Hermione.
Hermione waited for Ginny in the lobby of St. Mungo's. She waited a couple of minutes before she saw the red headed girl coming through the doors of the hospital.
"I'm so sorry Hermione. There was a huge line at the cafeteria, so I decided to go to the bakery across the street. But when I got there, I realized I didn't have any muggle money, so I went into the alley and apparated to the wizards money exchange and got ten pounds, apparated back, got two muffins and," Ginny stopped to breath in, "here I am now. So, here's your muffin. How did it go?"
"Thanks. Oh, um, he said I just caught a bug that's been going around. He gave me some potion for it though," Hermione said.
"Okay then. Still want to have lunch or do you want to wait for dinner?" asked Ginny.
"Lunch. I'm starving," laughed Hermione, as her stomach growled.
The next couple of days went by. Hermione was so busy with work and her illness didn't seem to go away, everyone noticed. The comment box would get a couple of ideas a day. By the end of the week, it was chalk full of theories people had formulated in their minds. Friday came around with no big information or catastrophes during the week. Everyone poured into the boardroom to discuss the plan. Once again Harry walked to the front of the room and took charge.
"Okay people," Harry shouted over his colleagues. "I've read through your ideas today and kept some of the good ones. Now, I think I might have our plan, adding the ideas I kept." The room became instantly quiet.
"Alright. This is what I think we should do. We send animagus who can transform into small creatures or insects to scout the area. They will have magical transmitters so they can stay in contact with us. If they find Ron, they will transfigure him into something small and portable. Does anyone have any questions or comments?" Harry asked while looking around the room. No one spoke up. "Now, I want all animagus who are willing to help to report to me, even if they don't work here. Okay everyone, great job this week. All willing animagus need to speak with me by Wednesday. Thanks, good night."
As everyone started to leave, Hermione approached Harry. She hadn't seen him much this past week and wanted to catch up.
"Hey Harry. That plan is great. Are you in a hurry to get home? Because I was wondering if you wanted to go out and spend some time together."
"I'm sorry, Hermione. I can't, I have something planned. Ginny's coming over tonight. It's going to be romantic. Can I ask you to do me a favor? I need you to stall Ginny for me. Will you do it for me?"
"Of course. She's been complaining about needing new shoes, so I'll take her shopping."
"Great! Thank you so much. See I told her to come over at five o'clock, but I need to set up everything. I'll explain it to her. Can you bring her back home around seven?"
"Sure. We better get going then. It's a quarter to five now." Hermione stated.
It was just past 7 o' clock when Ginny and Hermione arrived at the studio apartment. When they walked in, there were candles lit all over and dinner sitting on the table with Harry, sitting next to it, waiting. Harry looked up and stared into Ginny's eyes with a kind of passion her and Ron shared. Hermione went straight to her room. She didn't want to ruin their moment, because she knew she was about to cry. She remembered when, after a long days work, she would walk into her room. Ron would be sitting on her bed with candles all around her room. He would lead her to her bathroom where they would take a relaxing bath together. Hermione had cried herself to sleep, when she heard a shriek. She got up and ran out of her room, where she stopped, frozen by the scene in front of her. There was Ginny, with tears down her face, standing in front of Harry. He was bent on one knee holding up a box with a diamond ring in it.
A/N: Finally! Still not long, I know. I hope you people liked this chapter. I like it. Anyway, please review. The more reviews, the faster I update.
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