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Chapter 2- Harry Understands

Hermione was still acting strange, and Harry started to notice this as well. Not only was she not eating, but also her appearance was different. She started looking pale and weak. Her eyes always had bags under them, and she was definitely skinnier.

This was also causing her grades to drop. On there last Defense Against the Dark Arts test, she had gotten a 'P.' She was also extremely tired, sometimes refusing to get up for breakfast, and missing their first class.

Ginny was very shaken by Hermione's behavior. She would often argue with her best friend, and no one knew why. Ginny would try to talk to Hermione, but she would usually just tell her not to worry. She would also try to talk to Ron and Harry, but Ron would just say everything was okay, and normally, Harry would agree.

It was the day after the Halloween feast, and everyone was stuffed. Even Hermione had eaten one or two pieces of candy, but only because she didn't have any excuse for already eating, it was the Halloween feast!

Ginny was half awake, lying in her bed, when she herd a sound coming from the bathroom. It sounded like someone was sick, and Ginny wasn't surprised, one of the girls probably had too much to eat the night before, and got sick. She turned over in her bed away from the light streaming through the window to face Hermione's bed. She started to close her eyes, but suddenly shot up.

Hermione wasn't in her bed. That wouldn't be strange if it hadn't been for the fact that she was the only girl not in her bed. Which must mean that she was in the bathroom, which was currently occupied by the puking girl. But if she was the only one up, she must be the girl puking. Which made no sense to Ginny, seeing as she had barley eaten anything the night before.

Oh, no she thought. It can't be her! She really is sick! Ginny started freaking out. This couldn't be happening.

She got out of bed, going to see if it really was Hermione in the bathroom. She slowly walked across the room to the bathroom door. The sound of the girl puking made Ginny want to puke.

She gently knocked on the door. The gagging sound stopped instantly. Ginny heard her best friend say, "Who is it?"

"Oh," Ginny said, trying to sound like she hadn't heard anything weird, "Sorry I didn't know you were in there. I just wanted to take a shower." Luckily, Ginny was a very good liar.

"It's okay, I'm almost done," she replied. "Just let me brush my teeth, I just took a shower." Ginny knew it was all a lie, but went along with it anyway.

About five minutes later, Hermione exited the bathroom. "It's all yours," she said with a wary smile on her face.

Ginny just nodded in reply and walked in. It did smell like someone had just gotten sick. Well, I guess I have to take a shower now, she thought to her self.

After she had gotten out, she realized that she hadn't heard her friend flush the toilet, not thinking Ginny would look in there if she just needed a shower. Plus, if she had, Ginny would have suspected something. She had to look and see what was going on before she had got up.

When she pulled up the lid, Ginny felt like she was going to be sick.

Sure enough, in the toilet was vomit. She also saw something else mixed in, something red. Oh, my god, blood! Ginny thought. What is she doing to herself?

She wanted to flush it, but knew that she couldn't. She had to show someone, and quick.

Luckily, when she got out of the bathroom, no one was in the room, they had all already gone down to breakfast, and for that, she was grateful. She got dressed in under five minutes, and ran downstairs.

When she got to the common room, she saw Harry who was also going to breakfast.

"Harry, wait!" she shouted.

He turned around and saw Ginny with tears in her eyes. "Ginny?" he asked, worried. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, Harry, thank god you're here!" she said. "Quick, you have to come." She said, starting up the girl's staircase.

"Gin, I can't get up there, you know that," he said. He really did want to help her, with whatever the problem was, but he couldn't see a way to get up the staircase without it turning into a slide.

"Come on, Harry, you're smart," she said franticly, she had to get someone to believe her. "You can think of someway to get up, just jump…or fly, or…"

"Ginny, that's it," he said, "I could fly!" he said, and ran up to his room. A minute later he came back down, firebolt in hand. "I can't believe I didn't think of this…" he said.

Ginny had already started running back up the stairs, and Harry was flying close behind her.

When they got up there Harry asked, "Okay, now what's all this about, Gin?" She still had tears in her eyes.

"Well, you know how Mione's been acting strange lately?" she asked.

Harry sighed, "Ginny, not this again, she said…"

But Ginny had cut him off, "Please, Harry, I know what you're gonna say, and I was expecting it, but please, please, please, please, please, listen to what I have to say before you tell me I'm crazy."

He nodded in defeat. She looked really scared, and he never wanted to have to see that look on her face ever again.

"Well, this morning I woke up, and heard this strange sound coming from the bathroom…" and she told Harry everything that had happened, up until the part about her getting out of the shower.

"Then what happened?" he asked nervously, not sure if he really wanted to know.

Ginny paused. Harry could tell that he was about to find out the reason why she had brought him up here, instead of just telling him this entire thing downstairs.

She took in a shaky breath, and said, "Then I realized that I hadn't heard her flush the toilet before she came out, not wanting me to hear it, and not thinking I would look."

She stood up, took Harry's hand and led him to the bathroom. "Look in the toilet," was all that she said, and all she had to say for him to understand what he was about to see.

Lifting the lid, he felt Ginny squeeze his hand for comfort, preparing for what the two were about to see.

Once Harry had seen what Hermione had done to herself, he felt his stomach drop. "Oh, shit." At this point, Ginny let the tears that were threatening to fall stain her cheeks.

He flushed the toilet, picked up Ginny, who was sobbing, and carried her to her bed. They both sat there, Harry still thinking about what he had just seen, Ginny sobbing into his chest.

He didn't have to say a thing, Ginny just knew. Somebody else finally understood. Harry understood, and that thought meant the world to Ginny.

"It's okay." Harry whispered into her ear. "Don't worry Ginny, we'll get her through this. We'll help her. She'll be fine soon…" for the next hour the two sat there, Ginny crying, Harry trying to comfort her.

A/N: Yay, I finished chapter two!!! Well I hope you all like it so far. This is the perfect ending to a perfect Christmas. Oh and I just want to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE, WHATEVER IT IS YOU CELEBRATE!! I want to post chapter three by new years, but if I don't get to HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Now, you see the little purple button at the bottom left side of the screen next to the little box that says 'Review'? Well if you press that button, and leave me a message, it will make the holidays even better!! (plus I give you a cookie!) Thanks for reading!!!!!!