A/N: Sorry, so long since last update! I have been away and I got a summer job : ) So I had no time to write. But here is the update, maybe not that long, and I shall try to get the chapters up more often. It is two weeks til I start school and then I promise to write more.

I have been writing some one-shots this summer. Please look and reviwe on Forget me and Anyone! Some days thoose short stories comes into my head and they help me to get out troughts in my head. All the feelings I cant put in this story.

Thank you for your reviws!

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Lady knight 1512 – I know Malfoy wont give her the potion, but I have a plan for it... I think... It keeps changing. In this chapter you will get a little Harry/Hermione "action" as you wanted. I havent forgotten you. It was just hard for me to update.

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Thanks to my beta Aavander!

Chapter X

Hermione lay in her bed. She couldn't sleep. She had been on the dark place every night and she was afraid. She didn't want to hear that cold voice again. She thought about what Harry had said. That she could come to him. But she wouldn't go. Not now at least. She turned around. It was four days since she had woke up in the hospital wing. They had found out what the "thing" in this stage was, at least. Or Ginny had. She smiled when she thought back...

"I got it! I got it!"

Ron and Harry turned to Ginny who entered trough the door to the common room.

"What do you got?" Ron said.

"Where is Mione?"

"She should be here any minute now." Harry said "She just had to pick up something in her room. What is it Ginny?"

Ginny fell down into a chair "Hope she comes soon." She totally overheard Harry's last question.

"Here I am." Hermione came in. "What is it you have found out? I heard you all the way up to my room." She sat down next to Ginny.

"I think I have found out what is different with you now!"

"What?" Ron sat up "You figured it out before us! We are with Mione all day, you are just with her after school time."

"That's because I where with her at those times at the day when you don't notice anything around you Ron."

"And when is that if I may ask?"

"The meals!"

Ron glared at Ginny. "Don't care about him! What is it?" Hermione asked.

"Mione, you haven't eaten in days! You just drank a lot. What did you think was the reason for that?" Hermione opened her mouth, but Ginny didn't give her the chance to answer. "And as far as I know you haven't needed food either. That is not normal. It has to be something about the illness. It has to."

Hermione looked at her "Maybe you are on to something..."

"Of course I am!" Ginny smiled.

"You haven't eaten anything?" Harry asked. "No." Hermione said. "It's like Ginny said, I haven't needed anything."

Ron looked at Harry "I can't believe we didn't notice!"

Hermione smiled at the memory. Harry and Ron were a little surprised that they hadn't noticed, but it went by. Hermione had agreed with Ginny. She couldn't believe that she hadn't got it herself. But she was glad it was nothing bigger that that. She could manage without food as long as her body didn't need it.

Hermione turned in her bed. She sighed. She was so tired. She closed her eyes. She didn't want to sleep. What if she came to that dark place again? No she shouldn't think about that... Just think of something else. She opened her eyes again.

Ron had not mentioned Malfoy since Ginny told them about the kiss. He just sat still and didn't look up when Malfoy was around or anyone talked about him. She was glad he took it so calm. But she saw that he was getting more and more angry. At least he tried and she was happy for that. And she new Ginny was too.

Hermione sighed. She couldn't be here anymore. She decided to take Harry's offer and sat up. She took on her dressing gown and went silence trough the room not to wake the others. Lavender made a sound, but she did not wake up. Hermione who had stopped at the sound smiled and slid through the door.

Five minutes later she sat on the side of Harry's bed. He lay on his back and was sleeping peacefully. He was so beautiful. She just sat and watched him. Harry started moving and opened his eyes slowly. Hermione continued to look at him. Suddenly Harry realised that there actually was someone there and sat up.

"Blimly, Hermione, you scared me! Why are you here? Is there something wrong?" He looked into her eyes. Hermione noticed that she got completely lost in his eyes. His green, beautiful eyes. She opened her mouth. And closed it again. She had lost her voice.

"Hermione, are you okay?"

"Ohh... I'm... I'm fine." Hermione pulled herself together. "I... I just needed to talk and you said it was okay? But if you would rather sleep I can go. I understand if you..."

"Mione" He interrupted her. "I meant what I said. You can always talk to me." Ron gave out a little snore. Harry looked over to his bed and back at Hermione "Maybe we should go down to the common room so we don't wake the others."

"Yes, a great idea." Hermione smiled at him.

Harry stood up and she notice that he was only wearing his boxers. She flushed and looked down. Oh my God, he has nice muscles, when did he get like this? Harry took a sweater and a pair of trousers from the floor and took it on. Then he took her hand and led her down to the common room. There they sat down on the couch in front of the fire. Hermione didn't want to let go of his hand. It was so nice.

"What was it you wanted to talk about?"

"It was actually nothing special. I just couldn't sleep and I couldn't cope being all alone with my thoughts anymore." She looked away. She didn't want to tell him about her dreams and the voice. Not yet.

"Okay, but you know that you always can tell me when there is something."

"Yes, I know." Hermione smiled to him. They sat in silence for a while. For how long they didn't know. It could have been an hour or ten minutes. Hermione didn't care. She felt the pressure of Harry's hand in hers and it was nice to have him there and know he would be there for her, always. In the end she opened her mouth.

"I guess I am just scared. Scared of everything that is happening to me and the people around me. I don't like changes. And now it seems like everything around me is changing. And I know that this is just the beginning. I am used to find the answers to everything. But this time I have no answer. I don't have control, and it frightens me. Control is important to me. I have to have control over my life so nothing goes wrong. Now I don't have control and everything can fall apart. And I am afraid of that" Yes, afraid. That's what I am. But the voice said that I didn't have to be afraid. On the other hand, should I trust a voice in the dark? No. But who shall I trust? Hermione noticed that two tears were running down from her eyes. Harry laid his arms around her and dragged her into a hug.

"It's okay, Mione. Everything will be okay. I know it will. You don't have to be afraid." I can trust Harry. Hermione pulled in the sent of him. She felt so safe in his arms. She relaxed and felt better than she had felt in weeks. She became sleepy, but she didn't mind "Thanks Harry." She said before drifting away into sleep. And for the first time in four days she was not afraid of it.