Nightmares: Chapter 2

By: Circus Freak92

I woke up the next morning with a start. My heart was pounding in my chest. I had to take a few breaths before I could calm down. I couldn't remember what I was dreaming about, most likely Ron. I wonder maybe I should see someone about these dreams. No, I shouldn't because that would mean telling someone that I was raped. Who ever I told would tell the daily prophet and then the title of the article would be "THE GREAT HARRY POTTER CAN'T DEFEND HIMSELF ANYMORE!" and the whole article would be about how I'm now weak and stupid. God why was my life hard. I know I sound really EMO saying stuff like that but it's very true for me. Everyone wants me to be the great Harry Potter not afraid of anything strong and wise, but I'm afraid of my best mate, I wasn't strong enough to hold him back, I wasn't wise when I gave him a key to my flat back in London! I heard a knock on the door that made me jump. I got up and opened the door and was slapped.

"What the hell?" I asked to whom ever did it.

"Ron told me what you guys did! YOU BASTARD!" Hermione screamed at me.

"Oh so does that mean he told you he raped me when I told him that we shouldn't do it anymore and the he should tell you! AND HOW THE HELL DID YOU FIND ME ANYWAY?" I yelled back and then I realized I told her about what Ron did. Her eyes widen when I told her this. She quickly grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me into the hardest hug anyone gave to me. She cried into my shoulder and I cried into hers. Finally we stopped crying and she told me how she found me.

"I just asked well umm Fred and George! They told me where you where and how to get here."

"I knew I should have told them" I said and mentally kicked myself.

"Why didn't you tell me Ron Raped you Harry I could have helped?" She asked me a looked into her big brown eyes and sighed.

"I was to scared to tell anyone! I'm supposed to be this big strong brave guy and I wasn't." I told her.

"You're an idiot if you really think people would see you as weak for being raped!" She shook her head at me. "You wanna talk about it Harry? You know about what Ron did to you?"

"No 'mione, I don't think I'm ready." I explained to her. She looked so sad "It's not that I don't want to tell you! It's just I'm not ready yet."

"Oh" She said to me Softly. "Well I just thought because I'm one of your best friends you'd be comfortable to tell me."

She was angry I could say that much and my anger got the best of me.

"Rape is Rape 'Mione I don't think there's much to say about it." I told her loudly. She just looked at me. I couldn't tell if she was angry or felt pity or anything. We stood in silence for what seemed like forever. I couldn't stand it anymore. I started to shake. She grabbed my arm and said "Oh." silence again "Oh Harry." And she through her arms around my neck and cried. "I'm so, so sorry I didn't know Ron would do such a thing! I told Ron that I would be here not with you but with my "Great aunt" so I'll be in Blackpool for about a month could I stay with you?"

"Ere sure Hermione of course you can." I said.

We got all her stuff and put it in the spare bedroom. I spent at least a week at home and never left while Hermione went out and got food. I felt sorry for her so I offered to go and get the next weeks groceries. She was thankful and said she would clean the house that day. I went out and was grabbing some tomatoes when a small pale hand reached for the same ones. I looked up and saw the one person I didn't think I would ever see. He had skinny delicate features. His hair was platinum blonde with hot pink tips.

"Malfoy?" I asked he looked up from the tomatoes and smiled.

"Harry! Didn't expect to see you here." He laughed. "How have you been?"

"Good!" I answered, "Wait a minute…Why are you being nice to me didn't we hate each other all through school?"

"Yeah well I have something to tell you… and it's been bugging me ever since Hogwarts…" He looked away I swear he was blushing.

"Yeah what is?" I half laugh because I had never seen some one like Malfoy Blush.

"Well the only reason I was really mean was because I kinda always liked you…" He said smiling a little. "But I never got the nerve to tell you cause we were in different house's and I always thought you and Ron were together!" I looked away I could feel the tears welling up behind my eyes he had no idea how right he was and how wrong at the same time.

"Harry are you ok?" He asked me once he realized I was half crying.

"Yeah fine just got something in my eye!" I lied. "Anyway after shopping do you want to go out for some coffee you know catch up a little?"

"Sure why not!" He answered back. With that we shopped together for a little while.

TBC…