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Thanx for the new reviews, I'm glad you all liked my second chapter. Sorry about all the spelling and grammar mistakes… I kind of rushed the end because I was tired and had school…anyway…here's the next chapter
Hermione sighed, she was sitting on one of the armchairs in her room, pretending to read a book incase her daughter came looking for her. She looked down at the page and noticed the writing was upside down. She sighed again and turned the book around the right way. She got up and put the book on her desk, she was supposed to be helping set up the great hall for tomorrow when the students returned for the beginning of school, but she told them she had a headache so they left her alone.
She walked over to the window and saw a familiar figure running around on the grass. It was her daughter Alex. Hermione watched her as she screamed and laughed as her companion chased her around on the grass, suddenly the boy who she was with grabbed her and they both feel to the ground laughing. As the boy turned around Hermione found that it was the boy from the library. Harry and Ginny's son.. Hermione smiled, for the first time in days, she was glad Alex had made a friend, she knew it had been hard for her to leave her best friend's Georgie and Logan back in New York.
She continued to watch the two for a couple more minutes before she stepped back away from the window. She sighed again, she knew what was wrong, she had been so surprised with herself for going off at Ginny the other night, especially in front of Alex. But Hermione was mad at herself more than she was mad at Ginny, she knew she was ready to forgive her, he heart had already told her that. But she knew why she yelled at Ginny, it was because Ginny had to got to her before Blaise did. In her heart Hermione knew this was the truth.
Apologise to her a soft voice said inside her brain as she looked in the mirror you were ready to forgive her before you even returned. Hermione shook her head and picked up the book once again from her desk and sat down.
She knew she wasn't going to be able to concentrate and wasn't paying attention to anything, when there was a knock on the door. As she got up she began to feel dizzy, shrugging it off she reached out for the handle and opened the door. Only to collapse into Ginny Weasley's arms.
Ginny took Hermione straight to the hospital wing. Then she went to find Ron.
"Ron," she said breathlessly as she found him talking to his wife.
"Gin," Ron said looking away from his wife.
"Ron…" she began "you need to come with me…to the hospital wing…"
"Why…has Harry hurt himself again?" he asked rolling his eyes at Jessica. Jessica giggled, but stopped when Ginny looked at her.
"No, it's Hermione, she's collapsed." She said quietly, avoiding both their eyes.
Ron didn't say anything, Ginny looked up and watched as he realised what she had said, and suddenly he went pale.
"Ron," Jessica began putting her hand on his, "You go to the hospital wing…I'll find Alex…" she kissed him on the cheek "she'll be alright" she whispered into his ear, before pushing him toward Ginny.
Jessica finally found Alex, she was outside sitting on the grass with her nephew Riley.
"Hey, Aunt Jess," Riley said standing up, "this is Alex"
Jessica looked at the boy, "I Know Riley, Her mother went to school with your father and Uncle Ron," she replied
He looked at Alex, slightly confused.
"Your Harry Potter's son?" Alex asked him
"Yeah…why?" he asked back, before Jessica interrupted them
"Alex, you need to come with me" she said
The girl looked at her 'aunt' "where to" she asked
Jessica looked at the girl she didn't know what to say "um, to the hospital wing" she said quietly, before turning back to the castle.
Something's happened to Mum, she thought suddenly, quickly following her aunt. Riley followed them too, still unsure why it mattered who his parent were.
Hermione lay in the bed in the hospital wing, she had come to this place so many times when she was at school, she was familiar with the place. This time she knew why she was in here. She had collapsed and this is where Ginny had bought her.
Ron was sitting in the chair next to her bed, but she knew Ginny was outside waiting to find out if she was okay. The nurse came back into the room and Hermione tried to sit up, Ron made her lay back down.
"Ron, I'm fine" she mumbled
"Hermione…if you were fine then you wouldn't be here," he said looking at her.
Suddenly Alex got to the room.
"Mum," she said hugging her, "are you ok? What happened?" she asked pulling away from her. Ron got up and let Alex sit in his chair.
The nurse came over to the bed before Hermione had a chance to reply to her daughter.
"Ok, well it looks like you've been under some stress lately, so far that seems to be the main cause of the collapse, that and the fact you haven't been eating proper meals." The nurse said sternly looking at Hermione, "you'll need to stay here overnight, just incase it happens again." Hermione nodded as the n urse began to leave.
"Alex," Ron said, "if you don't want to stay in your rooms by yourself, your welcome to stay in Paul's room, I could get the house elves to bring a cot up for him and you could sat in his bed." Alex shook her head.
"No, it's ok, I'll be fine by myself." She said.
"Ok," Ron looked at Hermione, 'do you want us to go, so you can rest?"
Hermione didn't reply, but when Ron stood up and tried to usher Alex out of the room she looked at him.
"Actually, I was wondering...if maybe I could talk...to Ginny?" she asked
Both of them looked at her. "Please" she asked as they both stood there.
Ron nodded as Alex followed him out to the hallway.
After a minute or two Ginny came into the room. She was looking down at her feet.
"Gin," Hermione began, "I just…wanted to say thankyou, for bringing me here."
Ginny looked up at Hermione who was sitting up in the bed now. "That's ok" she said.
She began to turn around to leave.
"Ginny," Hermione spoke again, "I also wanted to say…that…that…I'm sorry."
Ginny stopped, but didn't turn around.
Hermione spoke again, "it was hard for me to come back, but I did it for Alex, she needed to know who her family are…you're apart of that family" she felt a little more confident now. Ginny turned around, she had tears in her eyes, she still didn't speak.
"You see, the last couple of days…I've been thinking…and I don't know why I got mad you the other night…I was ready to forgive you…but then I saw Blaise." She trailed off.
"Hermione, you don't have to forgive me" Ginny finally said, holding back the tears.
Hermione shook her head, "Gin, I want to forgive, you see…I know that if it wasn't you, it would have been some other girl, probably after we were married."
Ginny looked at Hermione confused.
Hermione took a deep breath, she had never told anyone what she was going to tell Ginny.
"Ginny, the night… it happened…I was going to leave Blaise." She stopped as Ginny moved closer to her bed and sat at the foot of it.
"Why," Ginny asked her, shocked a little, "you loved him."
"Sometimes love…it isn't enough, we were nineteen Gin, and he said he wanted to marry me, at first I thought it was right, but then… I noticed the look in his eyes, he wasn't ready for marriage or to settle down and have children." Hermione began almost crying now.
Ginny took her hand, and hugged her.
"I wasn't going to leave, you know," Hermione sobbed into her friends shoulder, "it was just the initial shock, I never blamed you." Ginny pulled away and looked at her friend.
"How could you not blame me?" she asked
"It's like I said Gin, if it wasn't you, it would have been some one else." She said.
They hugged again, unaware of the man who had slipped past the two teenagers in the waiting room and had listened to the whole conversation. He left before either of the witches noticed him.
A/N: ok so that chapter 3, I know it was kind of unexpected of Hermione to forgive Ginny so soon, but I was stuck for ideas…read and review...hope you enjoyed it.
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