(disclaimer: I don't own the characters in my story. Or the song at the end. I own merely the plot.)
Cold
Chapter 2:
Easier to Run
The next morning, Hermione awoke to a gentle tapping on her shoulder. She startled awake and instantly balled herself up, protecting her head with her hands. Only after confirming it was her twin and not her dad, did she relax. She got up and put on a smile. "You sure did startle me, I forgot where I was," she said laughing. Blaise wasn't fooled, though, he knew someone had mistreated her at some time. He decided to let her change the subject because she didn't seem to want to talk about it.
"So when are we leaving?" she asked for the thousandth time since waking.
"Chill, Sis, we have to wait for Draco to come back, he had to withdrawl his third of the Malfoy fortune and then go get a room key for Diagon Alley to throw Lucius off our trail for a day so that maybe he'll lose our scent." Blaise explained.
"I can't take all this-"but her words were cut short by Draco's arrival. As soon as he got there, they headed out, suitcases shrunken and loaded in their pockets.
"WE'RE WHAT?!" asked a horrified Hermione. "Flying," her brother and Draco said together. "But, but, I can't fly..." she whined. "Then I guess you'll have to ride with one of us," Draco said suggestively. "Fine, but only if I must..." she pretented to mope.
Hermione was riding in front of Draco, but turned facing him. About halfway there, she finally relaxed enough and fell into a dream-filled sleep. She started crying out in her sleep and tossing, almost making Draco lose control. He signaled to Blaise and they touched down to see what was wrong. She was screaming now, "No, Daddy! Please don't, not again! DADDY!" crying fearfully.
Draco and Blaise shook her bringing her out of this nightmare as soon as possible. She awoke crying, startled by the two in front of her. They all looked at each other and came to an unspoken agreement not to talk until they made it to the hideout. "I'm fine," she said in response to their questioning stares, and they rode the rest of the way without incident.
When they got to the beach house of Draco's, they let Hermione get settled in a while before interrogating her about her father. As soon as they felt it appropriate, though, they entered her room and began with the questions.
As she explained it all to them it felt good to get it out and off of her chest, but it also made her relive some horrifying memories:
flashback
She was laying on her bed reading Hogwarts: A History for the billionth time when she heard a door slam downstairs. Her dad had been out drinking for today was a year since her mother and sister had been killed in a car crash. The whole family was going out to celebrate the coming of Hermione's birthday when a drunk driver t-boned their car on the passanger side where her mother was in the front seat and her sister was in the back. They had died upon impact, but her and her dad walked away with minor bruising that healed within a month. He always blamed her for their death because it was her birthday that had gotten them killed.
He staggered into her room, barely able to stand, and barely comprehendable, his speech was so slurred. "Hey you, yea you, is aww your faut, i hayt you." With that he pulled off his belt and started beating her with it. As the clothes started ripping, he got a new idea, and started taking her clothes off. He had her down, struggling, but in the end, after a very brutal beating, she didn't have enough left to fight with and he raped her.
end flashback
"After that night, it became an everynight thing, I'd just lay there and cry while he got it over with and when he left, I'd put my clothes back on and cry myself to sleep," she ended her story.
It's easier to run replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
something has been taken from deep inside of me
a secret ive kept locked away no one can ever see
wounds so deep they never show they never go away
like moving pictures in my head for years and years they play
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made i would
if i could stand up and take the blame i would
if i could take all my shame to the grave i would
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made i would
if i could stand up and take the blame i would
i would take all my shame to the grave
It's easier to run replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
sometimes i remember the darkness of my past
bringing back these memories i wish i didn't have
sometimes i think of letting go and never looking back
and never moving forward so there'd never be a past
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made i would
if i could stand up and take the blame i would
if i could take all my shame to the grave i would
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made i would
if i could stand up and take the blame i would
i would take all my shame to the grave
Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
It's so much simpler than change
It's easier to run replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
It's easier to run
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made
It's easier to go
if i could change i would
take back the pain i would
retrace every wrong move that i made i would
if i could stand up and take the blame i would
i would take all my shame to the grave
The song above is Easier To Run by: Linkin Park.