"Ms. Granger… Ms. Granger…"

No… leave me here…

"She's starting to convulse. Pass me that potion, Severus."

It burns… stop…

"Will she be ok, Poppy?"

"Hard to tell, Dumbledore. The odds are certainly against her."

Then let me die…Let me see the light…Take me to the light…

"Hold her still! She's having a seizure!"


"Ron? Is that you…"

"Yes…"

"Oh Ron… I'm so afraid…"

"I can't help you with that."

"Where are we?"

"In the world of neither the living nor the dead…"

"Am I dying Ron?"

"I don't know…"

"I wish I could… It would be better than the pain I feel…"

"I can't help you to die…"

"Where are you going?"

"Away…"

"Don't..."

"Don't what..."

"Don't leave me hear alone..."

"I have to..."

"Why?"

"You broke my heart..."

"How?"

"You slept with Harry..."

She woke up violently, screaming for Ron to come back. She looked around and realized it was a dream.

"Ms. Granger!" Madame Pomfrey hurried over with a tray. Hermione retched and notice that blood was covering her front. I must have been moving a lot.

"Here… drink this… bad dream huh?" Hermione nodded and gulped down the sweet tasting drink.

"That'll help you sleep."


When she woke up the next morning and looked around. The hospital wing, as she was told later on, was the only thing, besides the kitchens, left completely standing after Voldemort fell. She looked around and saw that the bed next to her had its curtains drawn, but she heard two people arguing from the inside.

"I want to see her for myself!"

"Well you can't. I was put in charge of you two and any extra strain on any of you could cause greater injury, especially for you."

"I don't care! Bloody hell, let me see her!" She wanted to know who it was. The voice sounded familiar but then again, she had been detached from the world and thrown into hell itself, anything sounded familiar.

"I won't rest until I know she's safe!"

"Fine." Madame Pomfrey stepped out from behind the curtains and removed them from her line of sight.

"HERMIONE!" She grinned and watched as Harry Potter painstakingly stood up from his bed, much to the protest of Pomfrey and stumbled over towards Hermione and grabbed her into a bear hug. They both started to cry. Hermione scooted over so that Harry could sit next to her and hold her properly. She pulled away and she took his face in her hands.

"You're here."

"Yeah!" She smiled even wider.

"You saved us!" He grinned.

"You save me!" Tears flowed down her face.

"Don't you ever do that again! Promise?" Harry laughed, something Hermione hadn't heard in a long time.

"I promise." Madame Pomfrey smiled.

"Well if you two are finished, I'd like to redress Ms. Grangers wounds." Harry moved back to his bed. Pomfrey removed Hermione's shirt and undid the bandages. Harry gasped.

"Hermione!" Her exposed back was facing him.

"You should have seen it before," she then addressed the nurse, "How long have we been here?"

"Two weeks."

"We've been unconscious for two weeks?"

"Yes Mr. Potter." She finished her work on Hermione, gave her back her shirt and walked off to other patients. Just as Harry was about to get up and examine Hermione himself, to make sure she really was all right, the Infirmary door opened and Remus, Dumbledore and Hagrid came in. Both students smiled.

"Hey!" they chorused. Hagrid was the first to get to them.

"'Ow are ye?"

"We're fine Hagrid. Trust me."

"Good. Good. Gave us a right scare yew did, 'Arry." Dumbledore and Remus came.

"Nice to see you two smiling again. I'm sure you two are up for some breakfast by the lake, seeing as the Great Hall is no longer any use." Both students nodded and were helped out to the lake. Many students were out there, playing or talking, but the moment Harry stepped outside with Hermione next to him, they began to cheer and crowd around.

"Way to go Harry!"

"Thank you Harry!"

"You're a hero now!"

"Always believed in you Harry!" Dumbledore shoed them away and led the two to a quiet area.

"Where are Neville, Luna and Ginny?" Harry's head popped up instantly worry in his eye for the girl he loved. Remus smiled and pointed towards Hagrid's hut. It was easy to spot Neville and Luna among the sea of red.

"Who's that with them?" Harry asked, pointing out the hooded figure standing in the midst of the Weasleys. Remus answered.

"Don't worry. You'll find out soon enough." Harry shuddered.

"Looks like that creature from the battle." Hermione shivered also.

"That thing fell out one of the Great hall windows, along with Wellington. Speaking of him. What happened to the vampires?" Hagrid shook his head gravely.

"Don't nobody know. The cheeky little blighters disappeared after Malfoy announced that You-Know-Who died." Hermione shuddered.

"Don't worry, Hermione," Remus assured her, "They're not about to show up, if they're alive." Hermione nodded and joined them in the spread fixed before them.

"HARRY!" someone squealed. Harry got up to look around when his vision was obscured by red.

"GINNY!" He laughed and he swirled her around then kissed her in front of the four still eating. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Get a room!"

"Don't mind if we do." Harry began to tug Ginny towards the desecrated castle.

"Oy! Potter! Where you going with our sister?" The twins asked as they reached the area. Hermione brightened up and slowly picked herself up, and waited till the two redheads arrived at her. She threw her arms around them and squeezed tightly.

"We missed you too, Hermione." They voiced, sincerely, "But, we think there's someone you ought to meet." Hermione let them go and joined Harry, at where he stood. The hooded figure was still a ways away, when it let down its hood and looked around after coming out of the darkness of the Forbidden Forest. Hermione and Harry gasped.

"RON!"


"Stop it!"

"Why?"

"Because it tickles!" she squealed as he dug his fingers into her side.

"Then say it!"

"No!"

"Say you missed me!"

"No!"

"Why?"

"Because I have more than that to tell you!" He moved away and let her breath. They were in the hotel section of the Three Broomsticks. Hogwarts students had been moved to Hogsmeade until their parents could pick them up. In Harry, Hermione and Ron's cases, until the Weasley's were finished with business at Hogwarts and the Ministry. Harry and Ginny were nowhere to be found and Ron was pestering Hermione in the room he, Harry and Neville shared. Hermione propped herself up on her elbows, her eyes trying to comprehend something.

"It was you wasn't it…" Ron looked at her.

"What are you talking about?"

"That creature." Ron stared for a minute that lay down on his back.

"Yes. It was me."

"What happened- "

"Can we talk about something else right now?" He interrupted. She turned onto one elbow and looked down at him. She brushed his hair out of his deep, artic ice blue eyes. His hair had grown much longer over the weeks he had been gone and was now almost as long as Bill's.

"I missed you," he whispered. She smiled. She leaned down, kissed him on the head and was about to leave the room when he grabbed her and pulled her down, straight on top of him.

"Ron," She scolded. He smiled.

"You're not going anywhere until tell me what I want to hear."

"You know I missed you."

"Tell me what I want to hear and I'll think about letting you go." She rolled her eyes. Why is he so stubborn?

That's what we fell in love with.

Yeah well…

She tried to get up.

"Tell me!" She sighed.

"I missed you, now let me go!" Ron shook his head.

"That's not what I meant." She looked at him strangely. She leaned in so that her lips were close to his ear.

"I… I love you…" His grip on her waist tightened as she pulled away to gauge his reaction. He was smiling.

"Good. I love you too." He pulled her close and her lips crashed onto his. She ran her hands through his hair as he deepened the kiss. He slid his tongue across her lower lip, begging for entry, which she granted. The one thing that surprised her was that he was still very gentle with her. His hands began to move up and down her back, tracing the raised gashes on her. She pulled away for air, making sure that she wasn't dreaming. Ron twisted around so that he was on top, straddling her. He leaned in and began to kiss her up and down her neck, which had become her sensitive spot. She moaned and begged him to continue but he pulled away.

"We shouldn't."

"Why?"

"You're injured and I don't want to hurt you." She looked at him then nodded.

"Besides, we have plenty of time later to… get to know each other," he added with a smirk. Her eyes grew and she smacked him in the face with a pillow.

"Horny bastard!" He smiled and ran out of the room with a laughing Hermione following him.

A/N: Hope you like it. Don't worry. This is not my last chappie. I hope to get reviews and give a special thanks to my reviewers. R/R. Won't be able to update for a while so stay tuned!