A/N: Thanks for all the reviews people! By the way, I know that the chapters are short so far, but the story's good so far. I think…anyway, thanks for your reviews!

They found Hermione in the far corner of the library. Actually, they found a huge pile of books with just a very small amount of brown hair visible at the top. This was how they usually found her, so they knew what to look for. They approached her and sat down on either side of the pile. Harry was getting prepared for another attack from Hermione, when he heard quiet sobs. He stared around the books to see a very messy looking Hermione. She was sitting there, slumped over an open book, crying openly. She obviously had no idea that the boys were there, because she never showed her feelings to them if she could help it. The book was stained with tears, and looked about to scream. Books tended to do that in Hogwarts. Her robes were askew, and her wand lay unguarded to her left. Harry gently picked it up and dried the book. As soon as Hermione noticed the book was dry, she looked up to see Harry and Ron looking at her. She immediately hastened to straighten her robes and dry her face at the same time. Doing this caused her to fall off her chair and onto the floor. She hit her head on the corner of a bookshelf. Blackness.

Harry and Ron' heads swam into view. She quickly sat up, only to have to lie back down due to a pounding headache. Her two friends went in and out of focus for a few minutes. Then, she got out of bed and walked a few inches before falling. A pair of arms shot out and saved her from another run-in with Mr. Floor. She looked up into a face she knew so well. His eyes showed concern and worry. His red-hair seemed to be on fire. Just like my love for him, she thought. It's on fire.

"Hermione?" he said. " Are you okay?"

She tried to answer, but she didn't have the strength. Instead, she nodded slowly, and then fainted into Ron's arms.

It was three weeks later. Hermione was awake, but still in the hospital wing for examination. Never before had a witch been knocked out for such a long time. She got regular visits from all of her friends, including Ron, who visited her every chance he got. Ginny also came to just talk with her friend, and Harry brought her homework. He tried to ask her why she was crying, but she just changed the subject, and made no sign as to when she would tell. Her happiest times were when Ron came and held her hand and just sat there with her until dark. He too, asked why she had been crying. But Hermione was stubborn. She wouldn't tell him either, but insisted that it wasn't anything that he had done.

Finally, Hermione was released. She was so happy to be in the school again, that she didn't even pay attention to Professor Binns. She just fell asleep like the rest of the class. After dinner, a party was held in the Gryffindor Common Room to celebrate Hermione's return. There was one corner of the room where Fred and George Weasly, Ron's older twin brothers, had returned to Hogwarts to give a special magic show. They were about to collect the money in their hats when none other than Hermione herself stopped them.

"You're not still going on about our bad behaviors, are you?" they asked at the same time.

"No, sillies," Hermione replied, with a foolish grin. "I was really just going to say, great performance, and that I-I"

She was stopped by a gigantic hiccough. After she did that, the twins noticed that she was swaying slightly on her feet, and that there was a half empty bottle of whisky in her hand. Her eyes seemed out of focus, and she seemed unnaturally girlish.

" A little tipsy, that one," George whispered to Fred.

Fred nodded in return. They watched as Hermione proceeded to talk to others and get more and more drunk. Finally, she got so high that she just passed out. Everyone went to sleep shortly after, and Hermione woke up to a dark, empty, very messy room.

A/N: This is my longest chapter so far, but who knows what will come next. ME! MWAHAHA! Sorry, odd moment. REVIEW! By the way, I thought that Hermione getting drunk was a nice twist. I know it couldn't happen though. Don't beat me up about it, all right?