I haven't updated this story in months and it feels like forever! I can't believe I just left this story hanging. I'm so sorry for the people who asked me to update quickly so they could find out what happened, please forgive me? ;) I'm going to start to update more frequently! I hope you enjoy and please leave me what you think. Your criticism can only make me a better writer! Read, Review, & Enjoy! :)
Hermione woke up in daze. Her body ached all over. She tried to sit up but felt a hand touch her shoulder to stop her. She opened her eyes to see Harry there, staring at her.
"You're awake."
Hermione was confused. "Where am I?", she thought. Harry practically read her mind and began to explain.
"You're in the Hospital Wing, Hermione. You were attacked. I don't really think the attack was meant for you, but you got the worst of it. Malfoy only hit his head on your copy of Hogwarts: A History, which knocked out his stitches and well, knocked him out too."
Hermione sat up abruptly. Flashes of everything that had happened in the past two days flew through her mind. She became dizzy. Harry was getting worried, she could sense it. She laid back down just to appease him.
"It was Ron?"
She stated in sort of a question to Harry with a tear going down her face. She had thought that Ron was her friend no matter what happened. Harry broke her train of thought.
"Mione, he messed up. I don't know if it is forgivable what he's done. He knows what he did was wrong though, he is already trying to make amends."
The tears started to flow more now. Hermione couldn't help herself. It just all felt like too much to bear.
"Is Draco okay? That's really all I care about right now."
Harry gave Hermione a small, half-hearted smile.
"Madame Pomfrey re-stitched his head, I mean, he lost a lot of blood all together yesterday. He hasn't woken up yet, he's still unconscious."
Hermione breathed deeply. Draco wasn't definitely going to be alright was what Harry was saying. She released the flood gates and began to cry heavily. Harry was gone and back in a flash. He had gotten Madame Pomfrey. She was pouring a Calming Drought into a glass for her. Hermione couldn't breathe, let alone drink something. Harry was panicking at Hermione's side. Madame Pomfrey was trying to hush Hermione's tears while she rubbed her back. Harry took her hand, trying to help. Nothing seemed to calm her. Hermione was going to suffocate if she didn't stop, but she couldn't. All these thoughts flooded her brain as she drowned herself in tears. Draco could never wake up. All that he went through in his life, all that he survived, and it would be her fault that he died. She couldn't bear the thought. She hadn't even realized she was sobbing his name at this point. Hermione's throat was dry and her voice was horse. Her eyes were blood shot and she was getting paler. The two people at her bedside didn't know what to do.
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Draco was sitting next to the Black Lake. Hermione's head was resting in his lap. He was playing with her hair. It was so much softer than he imagined. She was reading a book while he was reading her expressions. She lost herself in the book. Draco could read the emotions on her face as she became enthralled in the story. All of sudden she was being pulled from his lap by the Giant Squid. Hermione started to sob his name. She was being pulled away from him but he couldn't seem to move. Her sobs became louder and louder until all of sudden Draco snapped awake. His eyes took a minute to adjust to the brightness of the Hospital Wing. He had been dreaming, but yet he could still hear Hermione's sobs.
"Draco ….. Draco … It's all my fault."
Hermione was crying and barely breathing it seemed. Draco jumped out his bed. He almost fell back into his bed from the dizziness that hit him like a bludger. Draco ignored his own problem and ran from his bed to only other bed in the Hospital Wing enclosed by curtains and he ripped the curtains out of his way. Potter and Madame Pomfrey stood on either side of Hermione trying to calm her but she just kept sobbing. Draco just crawled straight up the bed until he was hovering over her. It was the fastest way to get her to see him. He took her face in his hand while holding himself steady with the other.
"Hermione, I'm here! Breathe! Please breathe."
Her sobs slowed. She just stared at Draco. He wasn't sure if she was okay. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. The four people froze how they were for what seemed like an eternity. Hermione finally just leaned forward and rested her forehead against Draco's and let out a breathe she'd been holding for a bit too long. Harry quietly snuck out with a nod to Madame Pomfrey that maybe she should do the same. She mumbled something about potions and stitches but left the two alone. Draco shifted so he was laying next to Hermione. He put his arm around her and she snuggled into his chest. Things were crazy and there was a great deal to be figured out but in that moment neither of them cared. They laid there in silence until they both drifted off into peaceful sleep. Peaceful sleep they both desperately needed from all the madness.
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Next: Find out what Ron has to say for himself!
Fun fact* I was thinking about having it actually be Ginny (because she wanted Draco) doing the attacking as a little twist but I like Ginny too much that I couldn't do it!