AN: I'm really sad today so I wrote this chapter and it is very sad. Also it mimics kind of how I was told and reacted to when my great-grandmother died. I cried while writing this I have to admit, I hope you guys like it and tell me what you think.

Hermione woke up the next morning to an instant pounding on her door.

"Granger get up!" Hermione heard Malfoy yelling as he pounded on the door.

"What the hell do you want?" She yelled back pissed, it was 5 o'clock in the morning on a Sunday, that was too early for even for her, she wasn't planning on getting up for the next two hours or so.

"McGonagall is here to see you, she has some urgent news." At that Hermione sat up slowly rubbing her eyes. She stretched then stood and stretched again yawning. She walked over to the door and grabbed her robe off the doorknob. She yawned again and swung it over her shoulders putting it on and tying it. She opened the door. Malfoy who want leaning on it at the time instantly fell. Lucky for Hermione she wasn't standing in his path so he just hit the floor.

"Nice of you to drop in." Hermione said stepping over Draco chuckling inwardly at her corny 5am joke. She walked down the stairs as fast as a half asleep person goes. She finally reached the bottom on the stairs and stood on the last step leaning against the wall.

"What are you here for Professor?" Hermione asked, Draco showed up behind her wanting to know as well

"Mr. Malfoy this is a private matter, please leave" McGonagall said

"Yes Professor." Draco turned around and left, or so they thought. Really he was sitting on the stairs around the corner listening in on their conversation curious as to what McGonagall had to tell Hermione that he couldn't hear.

After Draco turned the corner Hermione stiffened a bit and her heart rate picked up knowing this was going to be bad. She was running all the possibility through her head. Had her parents got in an accident? Did she fail a test? Did she break a rule she didn't know about?

"Mrs. Granger I'm sorry to say I have unfortunate news for you." McGonagall said grave voice. Suddenly a thought struck her. She stood up straight as widening, and McGonagall echoed back her thoughts. "I'm afraid I have to inform you that you Grandfather has died today unexpectedly." Hermione held back a sob hand flying to her mouth her eyes filling with tears. She wouldn't cry in front of the Professor. "I'm so sorry." McGonagall said looking down "I offer my deepest condolences."

"He… he was recovering." Hermione chocked out voice filled with hurt

*Flash back to two years ago summertime (right before she left to go find horcruxes)*

"Where's Grandpa?" A younger Hermione asked. He was supposed to be here already. She was waiting for him. They were all going to go out for dinner before she left for school. In reality though they were really going out before she obliviated all their memory's and sent them to Australia for awhile until she came back. It might be the last time she saw them all.

"Hermione dear" Her mother started talking to her "Grandpa got into a car accident on the way over here. We're going to go see him in the hospital now."Hermione's eyes filled with worry, but not tears, not yet, it could be just a minor accident.

At the hospital….

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Can you hear me?" I close to hysterical Hermione asked holding his unmoving hand.

"Hermione." Her dad spoke "I told you he's in a comma he won't be able to talk to you, but he can hear you so sound happy and talk like he was awake." Hermione was trying her hardest at this point to keep her composure, she didn't cry in front of other people even if it was just her parents and her unconscious grandfather.

"I love you grandpa." She said as a lone tear rolled down her cheek

A year later…. (AN: School is just starting in her 7th year for those of you wondering, and also she ended up obliviating just her parents memories and sending them to Australia she left her Grandpa with all his medical bills paid in advance for the next two years and didn't obliviate his memory because that could turn out really bad since he's in a coma)

Hermione walked down the stairs from packing her school bags, her mom hung up the telephone as she reached the bottom of the stairs. Hermione looked at her questioningly wonder who had called her house phone, no one called it anymore, everyone reached her or her parents on their cell phones.

"Who was that?" She asked her mom turned around smiling. At that moment her dad walked in the kitchen.

"I was listening on the other line." Her dad said smiling as well.

"Tell me!" Hermione said wondering what the good news was.

"Hermione sweetie, your Grandpa came out of his comma." Her mom said beaming "He'll be in the hospital for a little while yet, but he's supposed to be fully functioning in the next year. He also has a 98% chance of living if he can just make it through the next 24 hours. Although they're going to be very hard for him and we need to go support him."

"What are we waiting for?" Hermione asked bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Let's go!" She ran and hugged her parents, then grabbed the cars keys and ran out to the car. She had just gotten her license and was egger to drive the car.

*end flash back*

"I'm sorry." McGonagall said looking at the heart broken girl in front of her "Your mom sent this letter. Read it and pack your bags. We have opened the flu network for the next hour in both this room and your house so you can go home for a little while and grieve with your family, and go to the funeral. Whenever that is. You're welcome to stay away as long as you want to, just get better."

Hermione stood there frozen for a second comprehending what she had just heard. Her last family member that wasn't her parents had just died. Images of picnic, fair, parades, and laughter filled her eyes mixing with the tears forming there. She would never see him again, and someday when she was old the memories would fade as well, she couldn't imagine life without him. It shattered her.

"Ok" Hermione said softly before retreating to her room. She was so busy trying not to cry she didn't even notice Draco sitting on the opposite stair case.

Wow

Draco thought to himself as he watched Hermione retreat

She must be heartbroken, and she was barley whole to start with.

Hermione who had just reached her room collapsed on her bed and screamed into her pillow crying.

AN: Like I told you sad don't worry though I have a reason for this… maybe… that you will see later. Review!