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Chapter Twenty one
Just Stressed, random things and wrong words…
We waited patiently for the doctor to come out of her room to tell us what exactly we were dealing with and why had professor Lupin transformed on a moonless night? Bill, Charlie and Mr. Weasley were out searching for him. Harry and Ron went to see the Ministry about a cure and making sure that any attacks didn't make the headlines. Fred, George, and Lee Jordan went to the couples place incase he returned. That left me, Ginny and Katie sitting at the hospital. Lavender, Parvati and Alicia were back at the burrow reassuring Mrs.Weasley that everything was going to be all right.
"I'm so scared for her." I heard Ginny whisper sadly.
"Tonks is tough, she'll be fine." I tried fighting the tears that were threatening to fall.
"I didn't think that it was possible for him to change on a moonless night." Katie spoke while staring towards the empty hallways.
"There's an actual way for him to change without the full moon but, professor Lupin has been so calm lately that I never thought it possible for something like this to occur." I told them, the expression on their face was clueless.
"Do you care to elaborate?" Ginny shot a hard look my way.
"He has to be under a lot of stress. I mean way more than his body can handle." I answered.
"Not possible. He's happy. I see it all the time, him and Tonks are in love there's no way he could be stress." Ginny said denying what I had told her.
"It's not always about him or her; it could be a great deal of other things Ginny." I reasoned.
"What could he possibly be stressed about?" Ginny asked staring at me to see if I could come up with an answer.
"Ginny please calm down." Katie placed a hand on her shoulder.
"He's stressed out about the baby." Came a soft voice. We all looked up to see Tonks walking towards us being accompanied by one of the doctors. She had some scars oh her face and her right arm was bandaged but, the blood stains were still soaking through. Other than that she didn't seem at all damage as we suspected.
"I placed a shield up." She answered before any of us could ask.
"YOU'RE PREGNANT?" We all squealed jumping up to embrace her but, then thought twice incase we inflicted more pain. She nodded and placed her good hand on her stomach.
"Can we take her home then?" I turned and asked the doctor.
"Provide that she gets a lot of rest, she's lucky that the attack hadn't caused her to have a miscarriage." He said to us.
"Thank you doctor." Katie said taking hold of one of Tonks's arm. We arrived at the burrow to find a worried Mrs. Weasley holding a cup of tea and staring out the window, a sleeping Alicia beside her, Lavender and Parvati whispering quietly to each other. Mrs. Weasley noticing our presences dropped her cup and headed straight for us.
"I'm fine Molly." Tonks assured her so there was no fuss.
"I doubt that, we thought that you would have surely been were Bill was two years ago." Mrs. Weasley said taking her hand and helping her to a seat.
"I didn't give him a chance to bite me, not with the baby just forming." She smiled patting her flat stomach, for now.
"Why would he turn? It doesn't make sense?" Mrs. Weasley said taking a seat right beside her.
"Stress." Me and Tonks answered at the same time.
"Always been brilliant." She smiled at me. I blushed at the comment. Thanks to professor Snape for making us write that essay on werewolves, I did more research than I had intent to.
"A baby is a special gift, why would he be stressed?" Lavender's voice was heard.
"It's just he's not sure how he'll be a proper father with the transformation every month and then there's the worry if the baby will have his trademarks and be a werewolf itself. He's scared that the child will not accept him." Tonks spoke sadly looking at her bandaged arm. "I'm scared that he'll leave me after the child is born because he fears for it, that he'll harm his own creation." Tonks was suddenly in tears.
"I will never leave you." The voice came from the door way. We looked up to see professor Lupin wrapped in a black robe limping towards us with Bill and Charlie supporting him, while Mr. Weasley followed quietly behind them. "You are everything to me. You're my life." Tonks was on her feet now moving towards the tired looking man. They embraced softly for the sake of not causing each other any more pain. There seemed to be scratch marks along his arms and legs. In his werewolf stage that must have been the cause of those injuries.
"I'm sorry my love." I heard Professor Lupin apologize but, Tonks brushed it off with a kiss. Then Tonks and Bill lead him into the living room to lie down on the couch.
"I suppose I will go get the twins and their friend from Remus's place." Mr. Weasley said heading towards the fireplace.
"Charlie I think it's best if you take your bride home." Mrs. Weasley smiled looking at Alicia's sleeping form.
"I suppose I should she's has tons to do tomorrow." Charlie went and picked up the sleeping girl; with a kiss to his mother's cheek he was gone.
"Mum, I think it'll be best if you let Professor Lupin and Tonks stay the night just to be on the safe side. I'll get Fleur and stay as well." Bill suggested. After Mrs. Weaslsey nodded Bill disappeared.
"I'll go see if they need anything." Mrs. Weasley started towards the exhausted couple.
"Mum, are you mental? Let them bond for a little while. This was a scary night for both of them." Ginny pulled at her mother's hand.
"Yes, of course." Mrs. Weasley agreed returning to her seat. I scanned around the room to find that Katie was boiling some water, probably for tea, Lavender and Parvati were just sitting in silences as they stared at the couple, Ginny was headed up the stairs, maybe to bed.
"Good night everyone." Correct. "Hermione if you do decide to stay just come to my room, Fred's a git anyways he'll probably stay up with Lee and George all night." I nodded. Then suddenly she walked back downstairs, circling her mother's sitting frame and giving her a kiss on the cheeks, I heard.
"I'm sorry mum. Good night." And then she was out of sight.
"Lee's going to be staying tonight?" Lavender asked Parvati.
"I suppose so, I mean after we're married they won't see each other as often because we're headed to Ireland for awhile. " Parvati explained.
"Why are you going to Ireland again?" Lavender questioned.
"He's doing something with the muggle's production, I'm not sure really."
"Katie, why don't we head upstairs as well to rest?" I suggested seeing that she could barely keep her eyes open.
"No, I'm fine and it'll be weird sleeping without George." What did she just say? How had she suddenly become so dependent on him? That was strange. How was it possible to be so entrapped by someone that there was certain things you were able to do and other things that were near impossible because they had to be there as well? Their relationship was growing more deeply every day.
"Hermione darling I think it's best if you head to bed. Your link is still weak due to the fact that you and Fred have not completed the blood link." That bloody blood link again.
"I'm fine." I lied but, at that moment my head throbbed and I found myself hitting the floor and knew nothing else.
I woke to see amazing green eyes staring at me.
"Harry Potter you scared me too death. Why are you just sitting there?" I asked grabbing a pillow and hitting him with it.
"I'm sorry Hermione." He laughed blocking my attacks with his hands. "Mrs. Weasley asked me to see if you were all right. Fred's at the joke shop with George and Lee Jordan inventing some more crazy contraptions, as soon as they heard that Professor Lupin was fine and Tonks survived they disappeared." It was so nice to know that he was still more involved with his business rather then be here with me. I thought bitterly.
"What time is it anyways?" I asked seeing that the curtains weren't drawn up yet.
"It's around six in the morning, the sun's about to rise. Want to go downstairs?" Harry asked standing up and reaching out his hands for mine.
"I suppose so. Wait were you here with me all night?" I questioned looking up at him.
"No, Ron was here earlier but Lavender wanted to sleep so he left. We took turns watching you and Ginny's asleep already so there wasn't any point in me bothering her. So here I am." He laughed once again.
"Thanks." I replied a bit weakly as I took his hands. We moved quietly throughout the house so that we didn't disturb any ones slumber. We sat at the bench we had been on a day or two ago. And the sun was just rising into the sky as we sat staring a head.
"I don't want to go to Malfoy's wedding." Harry finally broke the silences.
"I know you don't but you're doing this for the woman you love, shouldn't that be enough?" I teased messing his already wild hair some more.
"Maybe, but you know that I can't argue with Ginny, she has this way that always ends up with me losing." He confessed. "I adore her so much."
"I know you do." I smiled taking his hand in mine. I guess Fred's stupid spell didn't work after all. Harry was in no danger. Then sudden the mark on my chest started burning, it was like someone pouring hot lava over my skin. I screamed in pain letting go of Harry's hand, my breathing became rapid and my throat was filled with thick blood. I spat it out.
I heard Harry panicking and trying to reach for me but I had to push him away so that he didn't get hurt as well. The pain was impossible to bear. Stupid Fred. I fell to the ground trying to inhale as much air as I could take in but it wasn't getting through. I felt the blood choking down in my throat and the air supply was becoming low. What was happening? Why was this happening to me?
"HERMIONE!" I hear Harry yell as he desperately tried to help me. He was on the ground kneeling beside me now and in complete panic. Then roughs hands grabbed me and I was swung into the redheads arms. I closed my eyes as another wave of pain swept through me.
"You're late." I heard Harry growl at Fred.
"The thing is Harry this won't have happened if the intimate bond you two share wasn't so intimate." Fred replied. I could almost here the smugness in his voice.
"I took her hand earlier, nothing like that happened." Harry told him.
"Taking her hand and holding it is two different things Harry my boy. If you were taking her hand it's just like a kid following your lead, holding her hand is more intimate and expressing the closeness of your relationship, for that the spell becomes alive."
"That's a stupid spell to place on someone anyhow." Harry retorted.
"Once again this ties in with the blood link." Fred reminds him. I found myself wrapping my arms around Fred's neck to draw him closer. When he was there the pain had stopped.
"Look, Fred you know that I think you're great, but should these spells you place on her become too dangerous I will not hesitate to kill you." Harry warned. "I love this girl; I don't want her in pain because your selfishness demands it."
"I have no desire to place her in danger." Fred told him.
"Good heavens, what are you all doing out here making so much noise?" I opened my eyes to see Mrs. Weasley's standing at the door hands on her waist and shooting us all dirty looks.
"Sorry Mrs. Weasley Fred and I are finish." Harry left back into the house.
"Didn't mean to wake you mum." Fred smiled at her, giving him a disgusted look she turned to go back in the house as well.
"Hermione I warned you about touching other guys." Fred said staring down at me.
"No you said that any man that touches me will die; you didn't say anything about me suffering the consequences if I were to touch someone." I shot back at him.
"Oh, well I thought I mentioned it." He sat down on the bench with me still in his arms.
"No you didn't and I can't believe I'm not allowed to embrace any of my friends without getting hurt." I glared at him annoyed.
"Look, without a proper blood link, you and I are still unattached, the mark is just doing its thing," He answered.
"Whatever." I shrugged trying to remove myself from his grip.
"We're not done Hermione." He drew me closer. "Tell me about Malfoy's wedding."
"It's this Saturday. I told Luna I would go." I tried to make it sound causal but it came out a bit shaky.
"Luna? Luna Lovegood from Hogwarts?" I nodded. "She's marrying Malfoy?"
"Are you going to come with me?" I asked hoping the answer will not be a rude one.
"I can't come with you; I have better things to do." That was worse than rude, beyond on it even.
"Wasting time inventing mindless stuff." I said without a thought, I knew that I had gone too far when he stood up and I tumbled roughly to the ground. He turned his back towards me, not even giving me a second glance and went into the house. The door slammed shut.
A/N: Hey I know this was a late update. I been super busy with the engagement plans and everything but not to worry…I'm doing the best I can to get them posted. The next chapter will be interesting so do not fret…and to Sinister spider thanks for those words. That made my day. And for those of you always wanting more…you shall have more.