A/N:
This chapter is in Ginny's POV!
Thank you Ashsmee for the review in chapter 6!
If this chapter is full of spelling and punctuation errors, I'm sorry…my editor (Dylan) has the sniffles.
Ginny opened her eyes and for a moment forgot where she was. Sitting up in the chair she had been sleeping in she looked around with confusion until her eyes laid on the silent form in the hospital bed.
Hermione lay motionless. They only thing that moved was the rise and fall of her chest as she breathed. She could almost seem peacefully asleep if not for the large tube thrusting itself out of her mouth and throat. All was silent in the room but the small beeping sounds of the heart and brain monitors as Ginny watched the lifeless Hermione. She remained fixated on her sleeping form; she thought she saw Hermione's eyes flutter for a moment as Ginny heard the hospital door open.
Harry walked into the room. His snow-covered robe gently dropped little mounds of melting snow onto the floor as he gently shut the door. Turning to face Ginny he smiled as he took off his fogged up glasses and wiped them clean.
"How long have you been awake?" He asked as he put his glasses back on his face.
"A few minutes." Ginny watched curiously as Harry took off his robe and sat beside her on the arm of the chair. "Where did you go?"
"George and I have been trying to get a hold of Hermione's parents." Harry watched as Ginny blinked with utter confusion before adding "You had fallen asleep before we realized that they still didn't know."
How long had she been asleep? The way Harry talked he made it seem like she had been out for at least an hour. Ginny didn't even remember falling asleep.
"Well did you get a hold of them?"
Harry shook his head sadly. "We used the Muggle Pay Phone in the lobby at least twice before George and I decided to go to their house and see if they were home. It looks like they're not, but George decided to wait around for when they show up."
Harry and Ginny both grew silent. The only noise that could be heard was the beeping of the monitors and the occasional sound of footsteps beyond the door.
After what seemed like forever Harry cleared his throat. "Bill sent a Patronus while you were asleep…" Ginny's heart quickened as Harry proceeded to explain to her about what was happing at the Children's Hospital.
"It looks like he has a Traumatic Brain Injury. Bill couldn't give us full details but it looks like the doctor looking after Hugo is a Squib who has friends at St. Mungos who are meeting with the Minister tomorrow to see if he can be transferred secretly."
"Really?" Ginny blinked in surprise. "That's…. odd." She smiled as Harry nodded in agreement. Now that she thought about it, it probably wasn't that unusual, Squibs couldn't really live in the magical world so they had to find work somewhere else, and just because they couldn't find work in their world didn't mean that they couldn't have friends who were Wizards.
"It would be a lot better if at least one of them got into St. Mungos. A lot easier on Ron…and us." Harry said as they both looked over at Hermione. A bruise was beginning to form on her face where the airbag had punched her, and she had a few cuts on her arms and face. Ginny wondered why Hermione hadn't woken up yet. She didn't know anything about Muggle Medicine but had a feeling it wasn't normal for a grown woman to stay sleeping after an hour of being off the anesthetics or whatever the doctor had called it. Looking towards the door she wondered wheatear or not she should go find Dr. Hutton to ask him if it was normal.
Ginny felt Harry suddenly grab her arm. "Ginny look!" Her heart filled with fear as Ginny turned back towards the hospital bed preparing herself for the worst. However what she saw sent her senses on the rail. A smile slowly itched on her face as she looked into the large, dazed and confused brown eyes of the occupant in the hospital bed. Hermione was awake!
A/N:
Yay! Hermione's awake! I'm really sorry that this chapter is so short but I'm going to make it up to everyone next chapter! It will be in Hermione's POV!
Please Review. I haven't been getting a lot of reviews (Another thank-you Ashsmee for reviewing Chapter 6!) I've been getting a lot of Story Alerts for this story and they're appreciated but I also would like some more reviews, some advice on how I write or what if anyone has any ideas what I should write next! JUST REVIEW!
Peace, Love and Stuff,
Jenny