Chapter 12! I hoped you liked that last one…I bet you guys already guessed what happened, but for those who don't….good cuz I didn't want to be that obvious. Lol but I don't think I have anything else to say so… read away!
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Chapter 12: I'm sorry and The Dream
Draco rushed over to Hermione, who was in the bathtub with her clothes on. The water was dark red as he picked her up out of the tub and saw that she had two huge slits on her arms, one under each wrist. He brought her into his room and laid her down on the bed. He went to his closet and quickly pulled out a shirt and ripped it in half as he hurried back to her. He wrapped it around her cuts and tied them tight. He then carried her out of the dorm and as fast as he could he went to the hospital wing.
"Madam Pomfrey!" he shouted.
She came running out of her office. "What in Merlin's name happened?" she accused him.
"Long story, can you help her, please?" he asked out of breath.
She unwrapped the shirt and muttered a spell to close the cuts, but they left scars. She walked back to Draco and told him that she would be staying overnight. He didn't answer her, he just walked over to Hermione and looked at her scars. When he picked up her arm, she stirred a little and he saw her eyes open slightly. She looked around very slowly and saw Draco.
"I'm sorry." she whispered and then passed out again. Madam Pomfrey saw Draco's face as Hermione stirred. She decided that she could make an exception just for one night and let Draco stay. She told him that she would inform the headmaster in the morning and he nodded his agreement. He pulled up a chair and just watched the girl of his dreams sleep for a while before he was concentrating on his thoughts.
This was all my fault he thought, no it isn't, you thought it was the best thing to do, but it just didn't turn out the way you wanted it to his conscience told him, I know, but if I had listened to myself, none of this would've happened, he told it, you wouldn't know that, maybe she could've really lost you and then she would have been gone herself, it said, this is still my fault either way, I could've killed her and it would have been the opposite of what I was trying to do, he thought firmly, just wait until she wakes up and see what she has to say it said to him once more.
Hermione's Dream
"Hello?" she asked, but Draco didn't hear her. She was in the hospital wing, standing a few feet away was her body. She didn't know what was going on.
"Hello?" she asked again. "Am I dead?" she asked herself.
"No." said a voice behind her.
She twirled around quickly because she recognized that voiced anywhere. "Joseph?" she asked unbelievingly. She ran up to him and hugged him and he hugged her back.
"Hi, Hermione." he said happily.
"Joseph, what's going on? Am I dead?" she didn't pull out of the hug.
"No, you're not." he said sadly, he already knew why she was currently in the infirmary.
She pulled away and looked into his eyes. "I'm dreaming, aren't I? I knew this too good to be true." she sat on a bed and looked at Draco, who fell asleep with his head by her side, of her body, that is.
"No, you're not. I was allowed to talk to you, but only once in your dream." he looked away from her and then back, "Why did you do that, Hermione?"
She paused, she knew what he was talking about instantly, "Because I didn't want to be alone in the world and I wanted to be with you." she said truthfully.
"Hermione, you're not alone, Draco loves you more than anything. He would do anything for you."
"No, he doesn't. He just broke up with me. I told him I needed him, but he left me anyway." she started tearing, but silently.
"He does love you, he wanted his parents to think that they heard wrong about him loving you and they would stay away from you." he grabbed her hands and saw the scars.
"So what am I supposed to do now?" she was lost.
"He blames himself for this. He is sure that if he hadn't done what he did then this wouldn't have happened." Joseph said.
"I don't blame him for any of it. I blame myself, but I didn't want to be want be without him and so I did it."
"You need to tell him that." he said," but you need to stop this, you need to let go of your pain from the past." he looked at her with pleading eyes.
"Don't you think that I would have a long time ago if I knew how to?" she wanted to yell and scream at him for leaving her.
"Let him help you and you will be fine. He needs you just as much as you need him." he knew she was mad at him for leaving.
"I know, but why did you leave me? Why did you have to follow in everyone's else's path?" her anger was starting to rise still.
He just hugged her tightly and didn't reply. She was crying now in his arms.
"I needed you here with me, you were my only friend who understood me." she said through her tears.
"I know and I'm sorry, but it wasn't my choice, he chose to take me. I would've rather stayed with you and the family, but it wasn't up to me." he didn't want her to be mad, he just wanted her to be happy.
"Why does it seem like he hates me so much? I can't stand it, I want out of my life."
"He doesn't hate you, why do you think you're the only one who found true love and no one else around you?" he knew this would get her to understand.
"I didn't realize it." she said honestly.
"Now you do, but you need to be with him and promise me you won't hurt yourself anymore."
"I promise, but I'm so lost right now." she sighed.
"I know. Just remember to keep that promise." he said firmly.
"Okay, I will. Do you have to go now?" she didn't want him to leave so soon.
"I'm sorry, but yes. When I leave, you will wake up, you will be weak, so don't try to get up. He will noticed you've woken and I suggest you tell him what we talked about." he gave her another hug.
"I don't want you to leave, Joseph." she said.
"I have to. I love you so much and don't forget about that promise." he warned, but smiled.
"Okay, I love you too. Bye, Joe." she gave him a last hug. She could feel herself waking up.
End of Hermione's Dream
She opened her eyes, she turned her head and shifted her body. Draco's head shot up at the first sign of movement of her body. She smiled at him as she tried to sit up slowly, but Draco helped her and put a pillow behind her.
"Thank you." she said for the help.
"You're welcome…how are you feeling?" he asked cautiously.
"Weak…I had an interesting dream though, or it was like a dream." she said softly.
"What?" he was confused. Hermione wasn't looking at him anymore. She had a big smile and was looking passed Draco. He turned around to see someone he thought he'd never seen before, sitting on the end of her bed.
"I thought you had to go?" she asked excitedly and tried to lean forward to reach him, but failed. He laughed a small laugh and walked over to her and gave her a hug. Draco was lost.
"He let me stay for a little while." he said.
"Great." she said. Draco suddenly remembered who he was and recognized him.
"Joseph, right?" he asked, remembering the time at Burger King.
"Yeah." he said.
"But-" he was confused, Joseph was dead.
"I'm only allowed down this once," he said," I'm the reason Hermione said she sort of had a interesting dream." he said to Draco.
"Oh, well, nice to have a chance to meet you," Draco said holding out his hand. Joseph shook it.
"Thanks, you too." he said honestly.
"Now that you know each other," said Hermione once again trying to get up, but failed, this time Joseph helped because he was the closest," Thanks, but now that you know each other, I have something to tell you, Draco." she recounted her 'dream' to Draco.
When they were done, as to say Joseph joined in with Hermione in telling it, Draco looked down, he still blamed himself for it, no matter what they said.
"I told you it wasn't your fault, Draco." she said as if reading his mind.
"Yes, it was, Hermione!" he was now standing," If I had done what I wanted to do instead of what I thought I should do, then this wouldn't have happened." he calmed down half-way through the sentence.
"Draco, it wasn't your fault!" she said, wanting to get it through his stubbornness that it wasn't." In fact, if I hadn't done that," she paused," I wouldn't have seen Joseph one last time." she softened her expression.
Draco didn't know what to say. He knew that was a great plus for her to see him once more. He would do anything to see his sister again.
"Look, all I ask is for you not to blame yourself for what happened…" she pleaded for him to do so. Joseph nodded his agreement to Draco.
"Fine…" he gave up, he knew that Hermione was only glad that she did it because of Joseph.
"Thank you," she said and grabbed and pulled him into a deep kiss.
Joseph cleared his throat. They pulled apart remembering he was there.
"Sorry…" she blushed deeply. Draco still grinned at this.
"It's alright," said Joseph. He smiled at her and she smiled back.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Joseph felt his body shake a bit.
"I have to go, Hermione, they're calling me up." he said sadly.
"Okay…" she obviously didn't want him to go.
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to see you again, but it won't be for a while."
"Really?" she asked excitedly.
"Yeah." he gave her a hug." I love you and nice to meet you Draco." he said turning to Draco.
"You too." he shook his hand once more.
"Keep her happy, alright?" Joseph said warningly, but smiled.
Draco smiled back, "Wouldn't dream of anything else."
"Alright, bye Hermione, love you." he hugged her once more." See ya, Draco." he waved to them and with turn of his body, he faded away. Hermione frowned at this.
Draco saw this and sat next to her on the bed. It was still early in the morning so Hermione grabbed his arm, pulled it around her body and leaned close to him. Draco shifted them into a lying down position and they both fell asleep.
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The next day, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Blaise rushed with one another to the hospital wing. When they got there, they saw that they both were sleeping, but they decided to wake them because they really need to know if they were alright and what happened for that matter.
Harry reached out his hand to wake Hermione, but stopped immediately. Draco's hand gripped Harry's before he even opened his eyes and before Harry touched Hermione. They opened and he let go of Harry's hand and leaned up, waking up Hermione in the process.
"What?" she said disoriented and her eyes still closed.
"Everyone's here." said Draco softly and tiredly. She opened her eyes slightly.
"Hi." she said.
"Hey." they replied in unison, neither one of them wanting to ask what happened.
Blaise spoke first to Draco. "Hey, can I talk to you for a minute in the hall?"
"Yeah." he looked at Hermione and she nodded. He pulled his arm out from around her and walked with Blaise into the hall.
"What happened, man?" Blaise asked him when they got out there." What happened to Hermione? I saw those scars on her arms." Draco explained what happened last night, leaving out her brother.
"Ho-ly shit," said Blaise, emphasizing the syllables," are you both okay?" he asked, worried about his best mate and his girl.
"Yeah, we're fine." said Draco.
"I can't believe she did that." said an amazed Blaise.
"Me neither, let's go back inside." Blaise nodded and walked behind Draco. Harry and Ron were on the end of her bed.
"Hey," she said to the boys.
"Hey," they said in unison. Draco could tell that she just got finished telling them the story too, considering the boys still had slightly shocked faces.
Silence.
Madam Pomfrey came bustling out. She must have been back to normal because she tried to shooing away everyone, but Draco.
"The Headmaster will be here soon and he needs to talk to these two in private," she told him. Hermione's eyes widened when she heard this piece of information.
"Hermione, relax, everything will be fine." said Draco reassuringly. She didn't reply or even nod her head. Dumbledore was the last person she wanted to see about this. And after about ten minutes, he arrived to the hospital wing.
He walked over to the couple," How are you two feeling?" he asked casually.
"Fine." they said.
"Good." he said.
Awkward silence.
"Sir, do you need to know what happened?" asked Draco.
"Actually, no, I've had the pleasure of Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Zabini telling me of what happened on the way up here." he said.
"Oh." was all Draco said. He mentally thanked them for sparing him and Hermione the trouble of telling Dumbledore.
Silence.
"Well, I am only here to tell you that you are excused from your Head duties today, but since Christmas is so near, I am asking you two to plan another ball. The same things apply as the Halloween ball, but you are to set the seventh years up with the one they are most compatible with." he spoke as if nothing happened.
"Yes, sir," Hermione said," but I have a question."
"Ask away, Miss Granger." he said.
"Aren't you upset with me for what I did? Everybody else is." she said dully.
"Miss Granger, we all make mistakes and…"he paused and smiled," I also received a quick visit from…Joseph." he said. Hermione's eyes widened for the second time.
"You did?" asked Draco.
"Yes, I did. There is nothing to worry about for now, I hope." he asked questionably.
They nodded together.
"That is good news." he said. "Well, I must be leaving now. Good day." he left.
"I was expecting a lecture." said Hermione.
"Me too." said Draco.
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Later in the early evening, Madam Pomfrey bustled around for a little while and decided to let them go on back to their dorm. Hermione tried to get up, but fell instantly. Madam Pomfrey told her to sit down for a moment while she got a needle with some blood that matched hers. Hermione'd been weak from the amount of blood she loss and Madam Pomfrey had been adding little by little while Hermione got a bit stronger. After she administered the blood, Draco said he would help her back to the dorm. She let them go reluctantly.
He carried her rather than helped her, even though she protested to let her walk and said she was sure she could do it, but as soon as he let her down, she wobbled a bit before falling. He held her up and carried her back to the dorm. Little did Hermione know, there was a pleasant surprise waiting for her in her room.
They entered their dorm and Draco carried her to her room. As soon as he opened the door, a bunch of girls were making up their sleeping bags on the floor. When they looked up, Hermione could tell who they were.
"Ginny, what are you all doing here?" Hermione asked still in Draco's arms.
"We all planned a sleep over for you when you got back from the infirmary." she was referring to herself, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, and Luna Lovegood. They rest stood next Ginny.
"Aww, how sweet, he carried her back to her room!" piped Parvati. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Watch this." Hermione whispered to Draco so that only he could hear. She leaned into him and gave him a sweet and deep kiss. It lasted for a bit before she pulled away from him.
"Awwwww!" went Parvati and Lavender. Hermione laughed and so did Draco.
"Can you set me down on my bed, please?" she asked him sweetly. He walked over to her bed and set her down gently.
"Oh, and Draco, Blaise is waiting in your room for you." said Ginny.
"Thanks." he said, "have fun." he told Hermione and kissed her again. Parvati and Lavender went off again.
"You too." she told him and he left, closing the door behind him.
"I'm really weak, you guys," Hermione told them," I can't do much."
"That's okay, we'll pamper you and talk about boys." said Ginny happily.
"Exactly." said Lavender. Luna hadn't said anything yet.
"That's okay, you don't have to pamper me. Just being here with you guys makes me feel better." said Hermione truthfully," How are you doing, Luna?" Hermione asked.
"Fine. How are you feeling?" she looked up from The Quibbler.
"Better." she said. The girls spent all night talking about boys and pampering each other. Not once mentioning Hermione's attempted suicide. She was glad of this too.
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What'd you think? I hope you like it. Well, r and r please! I liked your reviews about my last chapter. Well, I don't think I have anything else to say so… ttyl.