Authors Note: Sorry about not updating the story for so long. I have been busy with school work and all. There is going to be more chapters after this, it may just take a little longer for them to appear.
Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling and I did not create any of these characters.
Chapter 10
I sat in my seat stunned. Everyone was staring at me waiting for me to reply. But I couldn't. I couldn't reply to their demands. They had no clue what they are talking about. They talked in front of me like I wasn't there, about a problem that they thought I had.
"Hermione, we need to speak about this." my father said. I could see tears in his eyes already forming.
"We only want the best for you." my mother replied as well.
"There is nothing wrong with me. I am fine. I have never been better actually. I'm just getting over the flu. Nothing else. Now can we please go back to eating our meal?" I asked.
My mother stared at me and then to Professor Dumbledor. He smiled and shook his head. Everyone went back to eating their meals. But I couldn't. I played with the salad and eyed the chicken. It was still sitting there, but I knew I had to get rid of it somehow. Harry looked at me once, and then went straight back to looking at his plate.
"Well...I think it is time that Professor McGonagall and I left you all alone." Professor Dumbledor spoke placing a cup down on the table that he had ordered just moments before.
"Oh no. Please don't go. We'll be leaving soon anyways, why not stay and tell us about the upcoming school term?" Mrs. Granger asked.
"Very well." Professor Dumbledor replied.
We sat there for a while, quietly nibbling at our food. I stared at my plate and then at everyone around me. No one would look me right in the eye. They were avoiding me. I felt so uncomfortable, and yet so calm at the same time...