Runaway to Home
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Chapter 9
Harry and Hermione stood in front of Hermione's house an hour later. Every light in the house was off except for one and Hermione wasn't sure who would be up at this time, not even her father. Hermione walked up to the door and unlocked it silently with her key, Harry stood behind her waiting, for what he did not know.
"Be very quiet and don't go anywhere with out me." Hermione whispered once inside. Harry nodded not wanting to make any noise. Hermione walked up the stairs and skipped the third to last step, and Harry followed her every move. Hermione first walked into the last bedroom on the left, it was her oldest sisters' room. She was very surprised to see that they were both awake and hugging each other and trying to stop their sobs. Hermione dropped on the bed next to them.
"I'm sorry you guys." She was trying not to cry. "I'm so sorry, but I had to leave. I couldn't take it anymore."
"Hermione!" Amarisa almost screamed. "We were so worried and mom hasn't moved from her bed since you left. Dad went off the wall, he hit everyone of us."
"Is he here?"
"No, he's out looking for you guys. He keeps saying, 'how far could a bitch with 3 kids get?' and he hasn't stopped looking since yesterday at noon." Amtrisa replied. "why did you come back, why didn't you send us an owl or anything."
"I have to get the rest of you out. You don't deserve to be treated like that. And especially our mom. I can't leave you guys here." Hermione noticed Amarisa looking at Harry. "Oh sorry guys, this is one of my best friends, Harry Potter."
"Oh." Amarisa smiled. "I've heard about you. I'm Amarisa, some people call me Risa and this is my twin sister Amtrisa-"
"Some people call me Amy." Amtrisa smiled.
Harry shook their hands and looked at his watch. "Hermione, we have to hurry."
Hermione nodded. "You guys pack one bag each and be very quiet and meet me and Harry in the back yard. We are going to go get mom and Kurt."
Before walked into her mother's room she heard a door open and saw Kurt standing in the hallway.
"Hermione?" He whispered.
"Shh!" She nodded. He ran up to her and she picked him up and gave him a big hug.
"I thought you left me forever." He said.
"Kurt, I love you too much to ever leave you. You know that." She put him down and ruffled his hair. He gave her a big smile and held her hand while they walked into their mother's room. Hermione sat next to her mother on the bed and was brought into a big hug.
"Oh, Hermione, Are you alright?" Kris said to her daughter.
"Yes mum, I'm fine and so are the others. Mum, we have to get out of here." She paused. "Tonight, so pack one bag and meet the other twins out in the back yard in a few minutes okay."
"Hermione, we can't leave?"
"Why not?"
"He'll come back." She whispered crying. "He'll find us trying to leave. And," Hermione gave her mother another hug.
"Mum, don't worry, if he tries to hurt anyone I'll hex him."
"Hermione, you could get expelled."
"But it's worth it. I can't let him hurt any of us anymore." Kris nodded and kissed Hermione on the cheek. "Mum, this is Harry, he will help you get down stairs."
Harry looked at Hermione, "I'm not letting you go anywhere alone." He said firmly.
"Please Harry, I'll just be down the hall helping Kurt, if he wants me so bad he can have me but I can't let him hurt anyone else because of me." Harry sighed, he couldn't win.
Hermione and Kurt finished packing and met Harry back in the hallway. "I'm going to make sure the twins made it out and shut all the doors and make it look like we are all here." Harry nodded but kept listening for any car to come down the road. He helped Kris down the stairs and out the back door and met Amy on the porch.
"I'm going to go back and help Hermione, don't go anywhere."
Harry met Hermione in her room taking one last look at it before it was gone forever.
"Hermione?" Harry said softly. "Why did we make everyone go outside if we are flooing?"
"Because we are going to use our big fire pit so we can go in two groups, the others might not make it without us so we need to say the place and hold on to everyone."
Harry nodded. Suddenly they heard the front door open and close angrily. "Harry!" Hermione whispered frantically. She pulled him in to her room and they both hid behind the door.
They saw her father look in to everyone's room and walk back down stairs. Hermione's plan had worked. Slowly they both crept to the stairs and quietly got to the last step. Hermione heard cupboards slamming shut so she went through the living room and Harry followed. They waited for her father to walk somewhere else so they could sneak outside but he wasn't moving. Hermione saw her father move into another room but couldn't figure out where he went and was almost to the door, following Harry but something pulled her back.
She screamed and was thrown against the wall. "So, you thought you could get away again without me knowing eh? Well guess what, you failed! Your taking my children and wife away from me you little whore!"
"Leave her alone!" Harry yelled.
"Harry! Don't, let me handle this!" Hermione yelled back.
"Aww, look, Whoremione brought back a little wimp to help save MY family!" Devon grabbed Hermione's arm and threw her away from him. "Don't bother getting up!" He walked to the back door and Harry saw the faces of Kurt and Kris and stood in the way of Devon.
"Leave them alone." Harry demanded. "They did nothing to you."
"No, but you just did so get out of my way!" He didn't wait for Harry to move he just pushed Harry out of the way and opened to door. Devon pulled in Kurt and Kris, then Amarisa and Amtrisa. "Where the hell do you think your going?"
"We are leaving this god forsaken hell hole!" Amarisa yelled out before anyone else could answer.
"you cannot leave, you are MY children."
"No!" Kris yelled.
"Ah, I was wondering when you would shout out." Devon grabbed Kris' hair and pulled him towards her. "And what do you mean by no?"
"Amy and Risa are old enough to leave home, they just stay here and help the rest of us. The younger twins aren't yours."
"What the hell do you mean!" Devon was furious. "They are to mine, the only way they couldn't is if you.." Devon knew what she meant. "you little slut!" He screamed and threw Kris at the wall. Amy and Risa couldn't do anything they were to afraid and weak from the last time they fought their father, when Hermione left.
"Leave them alone, let them all go with Harry." Hermione screamed when her father was walking towards Kurt. "You can have me!" Hermione stood up and held her arms out like she was surrendering. She looked towards her sisters and they nodded. Kurt was about to run to Hermione but the twins held him back crying. Harry took Kris and the twins followed him to the fire pit. Harry looked back to see Devon following them and Hermione walking after him.
"Come back here. I want my wife back!" Devon yelled. "I want to know who the bastard was!"
"Don't touch them! You want me because you hate me. Take me! Don't take this out on them, they did nothing to you." Harry watched again as Hermione's father hit her in the gut and Hermione fell to the ground crying.
"The Burrow!" Harry yelled once everyone was in the fire pit. Hermione screamed as Harry and the rest of her family left.
"You will pay, you bitch!" Devon pulled Hermione by her hair across the yard and back into the house. He brought her inside and through her down the stairs to his den and locked the basement door. Hermione lay on the floor in the basement in a ball crying.
There was nothing she could do, she feared for her life. 'But I would die for my family!' she thought to herself. 'but I should also fight for them too!' she yelled back in her mind.
Her father was hovering over her, she kicked him in the knee and heard a crack.
"You bitch!" He yelled. She slapped him across the face.
"I hate you! How could you be so cruel to all of us!" While he was on the floor she kicked him in the back. "All I ever wanted was love! Not rape and abuse. It's not my fault I'm a witch." She kicked him in the head.
Her father put his head back and laughed standing up again. Hermione didn't flinch as he slapped her across the face. He didn't say anything her just picked her up and threw her through a door and all the way into his den. She pinned her down and sat on her and put his knees on her arms so she couldn't move. He punched her until he himself saw the bruises forming on her face and blood was coming out of her nose and mouth. He finally let her up. He was holding something behind his back but didn't show it.
"Alright." He said smiling. "you want to go, go! This is your last chance." Hermione didn't waste anytime and tried to run back up the stairs but she lost her breath and felt something coil around her stomach and hit her back, it felt like 1,000 bees stinging her around the place where the whip was. He pulled her back down the stairs laughing.
"To late!"
"You are cruel, I don't know what my mother ever saw in you." Hermione said and spat in his face. His smile faded and he stomped on her knee. Hermione couldn't take so much pain, she blacked out.
Devon continued to beat her and take her clothes off, he knew she was still breathing and alive. He ripped her jeans off and looked at her body, he liked her body she was only in her bra and underwear. He took his time taking off his clothes and then took her bra off and sucked her boobs painfully until they were bruised. He ripped her underwear off and pushed inside her.
He laughed and slightly screamed when he climaxed. Hermione woke up while he was inside her and started screaming and thrashing trying to get him off her. He just pushed harder inside her and hit her harder. He finally pulled out of her. Hermione was about to try and move away from him but he pulled her back by her hair and pushed her on her stomach. He gave her anal sex and when her back had scratches from his nails and her thighs were all red and turning purple he threw her on the floor.
Hermione saw her wand sticking out of her pants. While her father thought she was unable to move and putting his clothes back on Hermione pulled every inch of energy in her body left and grabbed her wand.
"STUPEFY!" She yelled with all her might and grabbed all her clothes. He father was shocked and fell to the floor. Hermione ran out side and pulled the extra bag of floo powder she grabbed incase of emergency.
'I wonder why Harry or the Weasley's haven't come for me yet?' she asked herself putting her shirt on quickly.
"You bitch!" She heard her father yell from inside the kitchen. She quickly grabbed her wand and poured the powder of her.
"The Burrow!" She said loud and clear.
Harry put Kurt down in a chair and Kris on the couch. "I'll be right back everyone. Stay here. I'm going to get Hermione help."
Harry ran up to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's room and ran inside. "Harry!" Mrs. Weasley screamed. She was shocked he had never just barged in on them. "What's wrong? What's the rush?"
"Hermione! She needs help. Now. Where is Mr. Weasley?"
"He went to the Ministry, they had an emergency going on." She said getting out of bed to stand next to him. "What does Hermione need help with?"
"We went back to her house to get the rest of her family and she made me promise I would get her family out of there first. And I did. And then he was walking towards us and Hermione told him to take her! That she was what he wanted. We need to get back to her house now!"
"Harry dear, who wanted her?"
"I can't explain everything, Hermione needs help now. Some one who can stop a muggle and use their wand for fighting or something."
"Harry! We can't use magic on muggles!"
"but we have to! Hermione needs help now!"
"Harry,"
"Mrs. Weasley, I have to go back for her. I can't leave her to be killed!" Mrs. Weasley put her hand over her heart shocked at how Harry was talking.
"Harry, I'm sure she isn't in that much trouble."
Harry slapped himself on the forehead. "come and talk to her mother and other siblings." When Harry got back downstairs all of Hermione's siblings and her mother were in the living room, crying and holding each other, they were helpless to Hermione and knew it. Ginny was awake and sitting by Devrik and Ron, who had also been woken by Harry's screams.
Harry was crying and Ginny got up to give him a hug. Mrs. Weasley wouldn't let Harry out of arms reach while she tried to calmly talk to Hermione's mother.
"You don't know my husband. Please, if you can help my daughter help her!" Kris cried. "he will kill her if he has a chance enough and she gives up. She begged him to let us go and she will pay for letting us go and for the mistake I made a few years ago." Kris put her face in her hands and cried.
Mrs. Wealsey shook her head. "This doesn't make any sense, if Hermione was in trouble why didn't she tell anyone?" She looked at Ron and Harry and Ginny.
"She was afraid he would hurt her again." Ron said calmly. "she was afraid he would hurt her family if he couldn't hit her."
Harry had only been back at the burrow for a half hour and was pacing impatiently around mrs. Weasley. "Harry!" She yelled. "For goodness sakes stop pacing, your making me nervous."
"I'm waiting for Mr. Wealsey to get back so he can go with me to help Hermione!" He snapped back.
Suddenly Hermione landed on the logs in the fire pit, unmoving. She had used all of her energy to save her family and herself and get to the burrow.
Kris, who was sitting right next to the fire place, screamed. "Hermione!" She and Amy picked up Hermione who was now crying dry tears. "I'm so sorry!"
Kris held her daughter close and rocked in her chair. Harry slowly approached Hermione and her family.
"Mrs. Weasley," He said softly looking at Hermione in her mothers arms. "GET HELP!" He yelled turning at her. She flinched and got a first aid kit and wrote a letter to Dumbledore asking him to bring Madam Pomfrey. "We need to put her in a nice warm bed." Harry said to Hermione's mother. She looked up at him and nodded. Amarisa took Hermione and followed ron and Ginny to a room Hermione could have all to herself. Harry helped Kris up the stairs. Mrs. Weasley performed a spell on a closet in the house so the rest of Hermione's family could sleep.
"I'm sure you're all very tired, and I promise you Hermione will be feeling better soon." Mrs. Weasley assured everyone looking at her in surprise, they didn't know that Hermione would be able to do that one day also.
"Can I stay with Hermione?" Kris said.
"Me too!" Kurt asked holding his mothers hand. He looked like he had been crying his eyes out.
Mrs. Weasley nodded. "But, only until the nurse gets here, she likes to be alone with the patient while she works." Mrs. Weasley gave Harry, Ron and Ginny a big hug and told them she was going back to bed and would be making breakfast in a few hours and told them to get as much sleep as they could get. They all nodded and went off to bed, except for Harry. He waited outside Hermione's door until Kris and Kurt came out.
"Harry?" Kris poked Harry awake. "I think you should get some sleep, in an actual bed."
Harry stood up and nodded. "And I want to thank you for taking care of my Hermione and trying to save her. I know she'll always be safe with you."
"Do you mind if I go in a see her?" Harry asked as Kris gave him a nice hug. She shook her head and walked into her own room. "G'night." Harry whispered.
Harry looked at Hermione's frail body in the bed. Bruises covered every inch of her. Mrs. Weasley had managed to stop the bleeding but she couldn't do anything about the broken bones. Her body shook occasionally. Her mouth was cut in three different places and her nose looked broken in many places. She had cuts on her arms and big red hand marks to go with them. Even over the purple bruises you could see hand prints.
"Harry?" Hermione said.
Harry stood up wide-eyed. "Yes?"
She didn't answer. 'She must be talking in her sleep.' He thought. He didn't want to touch her but he kneeled next to her bed ready to help her if she woke up or started moving to much, she could hit a really sore spot again or start bleeding from her nose again.
"Harry, come back." She said rocking back and forth. "Harry, don't leave me."
'She's having a dream about me?' He thought. "Hermione, I'm right here, I'm right next to you, always." He tried to get through to her in her sleep. He wasn't ever sure if the subconscious mind could hear other people talking to them.
Suddenly Hermione sat up and looked around the room, not noticing Harry sitting on the floor now. She put her face in her hands and started crying.
"Hermione?" Harry whispered. "What's wrong?" He stood up and pulled her hands gently away from her face to look at her. She pulled him close to her and cried into him as he sat on the bed holding her. Harry pulled her away and Hermione looked shocked. Harry set her back on the bed and pushed himself farther on the bed so he was leaning against the wall and pulled Hermione on his lap and pulled the covers over both of them. "I'm sorry Hermione." He said as she put her hands around his back and he gently held her back and head. He stroked her hair softly. "I wanted to go back, but Mr. Weasley wasn't here and I couldn't go back by myself. I am so sorry I didn't go back."
"Harry?" Hermione finally said. "Don't be sorry, he wanted me and he got me. But he didn't get my family, because you were there. I don't blame you or anyone else. I was stupid and paid the price, but my family and friends are safe and he can't find me here."
Hermione gave Harry a smile, Harry couldn't help but give a little smile. "Thank you Harry."
"Any time Hermione. Now, do you want me to wait here with you until Madam Pomfrey gets here or leave you alone?" Harry asked.
"can't you stay with me until morning?" Hermione asked with tears forming in her eyes again. Harry shook his head.
"I will ask her and you might be able to request it. If Dumbledore comes I'm sure I can convince him to let me stay."
With that said, they heard to front door open and three sets of foot steps coming up the stairs to Hermione's room. They both stayed there and didn't move a muscle until the saw Dumbledore's form standing in Hermione's door way. Harry gave a long sigh. Dumbledore held the door open for Madam Pomfrey and Arthur Weasley.
"Ah, Harry, Hermione." Arthur said. "Harry, how are you?"
"I'm not so good Mr. Weasley." Arthur nodded his head and let Dumbledore talk.
"Harry, Hermione, It is good to see you both again. But it's not the way I would have liked to see you. Hermione I'm dreadfully sorry you went through all that. We could have stopped him. But, that's to talk about another time. Madam Pomfrey will fix you up Hermione and you will be better before school begins." Dumbledore nodded to Madam Pomfrey. "She asks that Hermione and her be left alone will she works on helping Hermione."
"But Professor, I would feel much better and calmer and more relaxed if Harry was in at least the same room as me. Please?" Hermione asked to Dumbledore and Poppy.
"I would stay out of the way, I just don't think I'll be able to sleep until I know Hermione will sleep without pain." Harry added.
Dumbledore looked at Madam Pomfrey and she nodded. "But you must stay out of the way and if I tell you to do something for me, you must do it." Poppy said. Harry nodded and slid out from under Hermione and stood up to give Dumbledore a hand shake and say good night to Arthur.
"I will be back for breakfast, which Arthur here has invited me to so I can talk to Hermione's family."
Arthur and Dumbledore walked out of the room leaving Hermione, Poppy, and Harry.
"Hermione, this is going to make you sleep while I work on your broken bones, where are they?"
"My leg, nose, arm and I think my jaw is broken. I don't know about anything else, I can't feel much." Madam Pomfrey nodded and handed Hermione the potion to drink. "You are going to let Harry stay with me aren't you?"
"Yes, he can help if he wants but mostly he will be sitting on a chair at the foot of your bed." Madam pomfrey conjured a chair at the foot of the bed and Harry sat down.
Hermione took the potion and fell asleep within minutes. Harry saw scissors and wraps and colors fly out of madam Pomfrey's wand to heal Hermione. She bandaged all the bleeding places and the broken bones. Then she took her wand and studied once place on her body and healed it, not quiet completely, just enough so you could barely see them. She told Harry that Hermione would need lots of rest and help from everyone because she couldn't stay with her and help her with whatever she needed. Finally she sat down in a chair and rested for a few moments.
"Harry," She spoke softly. "I am going to need your help on this last thing, she is too bruised up for me, we need to put a spell on her so she can fully heal the bruises inside that might not have formed or ones that might reform. But Harry I must warm you, she will be emotionally scarred for life and you must be careful of what you say or do, I could remind her of her past, bad things happen when people remember their past." Harry nodded and Madam Pomfrey held Harry's hand and Harry placed his wand on Hermione's forehead while Poppy put hers on Hermione heart. "Ready?" She asked. Harry nodded and she said the spell. Harry could feel the magic running through him, he understood why she needed his help. Madam Pomfrey gave Harry two potions and told him how to use them. One was for a dreamless sleep and told him to only use half other wise she might end up in a coma and the other one was her medication to keep the spell that was in her going, for a month, by then she should be all healed inside. Harry nodded and Madam Pomfrey left with a small 'pop'. Harry set the potions on the table and knelt next to Hermione and held her hand.
"Harry? Harry are you alright?" A small voice said in his mind. "harry? Wake up." Harry groggily lifted his head and saw that it was Hermione who had woken him up.
"Morning Hermione." He said putting on a tired smile. "How are you feeling this morning?"
"I am feeling much better, thanks to Madam Pomfrey. How do you feel? You were sleeping on my hand and kneeling on the floor?" Hermione smiled.
"Sore." He laughed trying to get up and sit on a chair.
"Ah!" Mrs. Weasley said walking in the door with two trays of food following her. "I was wondering when you two would be waking up. Harry, I did try moving you but I just couldn't get you to let go or ever get you off the ground and I certainly didn't want to use magic." She laughed. "How are you feeling this morning Hermione?"
"Much better, thank you." Hermione smiled. "Is Professor Dumbledore here?"
"Not yet, he got stuck doing some work at Hogwarts, apparently peeves was making chaos again, he should be here shortly, I s'pose you should eat and get down stairs when you are ready." Mrs. Weasley set the trays on a table that had appeared and left the room. Harry helped Hermione to sit up in bed and handed her, her tray, while he ate his breakfast at the table, both in silence.
They both finished and Hermione stood up and set her tray back on the table. Harry set his glass of finished milk on the table and it all disappeared, the chair included. Hermione laughed at the way Harry feel to the floor and tried to get up quick.
"I meant to do that." Harry laughed with Hermione and held her arm, just to make sure she didn't fall or anything. They both entered the living room smiling. Every head in the room turned to see them, and they got a few smiles back. Kris was the first to greet Hermione.
"Oh my! You look so much better, how are you?" Kris asked.
"I'm much better and feel very full, thank you Mrs. Weasley." Kris gave her daughter a hug and Amy and Risa came up to give Hermione a hug.
"Hermione, we're so sorry we let him do that to you, we could have fought back." Amy said first.
"Don't be sorry, it wasn't your fault and I'm feeling fine now. But why didn't you fight back?"
They hung they heads. "We had fought dad that morning when he came home to check if you were home, he ran around the house hitting everyone and telling us all to go out and look for you, but we figured you had gone to Hogwarts or somewhere safe." Hermione smiled.
Latisha and Leesil walked over and sat next to Hermione and hugged her. "Mum," Hermione said smiling and her younger siblings. "What did you mean when you said, the younger twins aren't dad's? Whose are they?"
Kris looked down and started crying. "I, I," She paused to catch her breath. "Your father and I went to the train station to drop you off, we were early so your father walked around and found a bar and met this guy he really liked and bought him a few beers. Well he met this guy few times back at the train station and invited him home while everyone was gone at school or daycare. Well, that other man was also a drunk and Devon had forgotten to bring home beer and other alcohol so he went out to buy some as I was driving up the drive way." Everyone was listening very intensly, no one had even noticed that Dumbledore had walked in. "He didn't say anything to me, just drove away and I walked in the house. I met the guy and he didn't seem right to me, had sort of a mystery kind of thing and I didn't feel safe around him, I stayed in the kitchen for a few moments while the guy watched me and it creeped me out. Finally he walked over to me and asked for a guide to the bathroom. I didn't want to take him so I tried telling him and he didn't understand so I took him there and on our way he pulled me into our bedroom and shut and locked the door." She started crying, everyone pretty much knew what happened from there and Amy moved over to her mother for comfort. Mrs. Weasley had tears in her eyes as well and Arthur was standing next to her. "And then he ripped off my clothes and took off his clothes and raped me! I felt so horrible and violated. He finished with me and threw me to the floor like a rag and left the room. I was crying and thought that Devon still had a little care for what happened to me so I didn't want him to hate his friend so I cleaned myself up and went back 'to work'. Then half a month later I figured out I was pregnant so I had to coax your father into intercourse with me so he would believe that the baby was his. When the twins were born he thought I was two weeks early, but that wasn't weird to him and he didn't ask any questions because Kurt was a week early and Devrik was two weeks late." She finished and Risa handed her a Kleenex. Hermione was crying and ran over to her mother and gave her a big hug.
"Mum, I'm sorry." Hermione said. Suddenly, Hermione stood up and covered her mouth. She ran to the bathroom and everyone looked around wondering what was wrong with Hermione.
"I thought she was alright?" Kris said. Finally Harry noticed Dumbledore and he motioned for Harry to follow him.
Mrs. Weasley helped Hermione clean herself up.
"Harry?" Dumbledore said. "Madam Pomfrey informed me of Hermione's state and things. I was just wondering if you knew?" Harry shook his head, he didn't understand what the Professor was talking about. "I will wait until I can tell both of you, I'm sure Hermione would tell you anyways." Dumbledore gave a faint smile and stood by the bathroom. Once Hermione was done Dumbledore motioned for Hermione and Harry to follow him outside.
"Hermione, I'm not so sure you know this but," Dumbledore started but Hermione started talking over him.
"I think I know. I've known for about a month. But am I really?" Harry stood next to Hermione and his Professor looking at each of them trying to figure out what they were getting to.
Dumbledore nodded and tears started to flow from Hermione's eyes. "I'm afraid so Hermione. For about a month and a half."
"Professor? Hermione, what's wrong?" Harry was confused.
"Harry, Hermione is pregnant." His jaw fell to the floor and Harry took Hermione in his arms and tried to comfort her. "Oh and Hermione, a bit of happy news. Neither I nor The Ministry are going to punish you for using magic, it was self-defense and you used it as a last resort. I'm very sorry Hermione, but I will leave you two to work things out I must go back to Hogwarts, see you soon, I will be back the day before school starts so I can get your family settled someplace where your father will not find them." Harry sighed when at least that made Hermione smile with hope. Dumbledore left them without another word.
"Hermione?" Harry said quietly.
"Don't say it Harry." Hermione said
Harry was about to say something but Hermione stopped him. "Harry, please don't say anything." She paused. "Just walk with me." Harry nodded and held Hermione's hand as they walked around the backyard of the Weasley's, silently.
"Hermione, I care about you a lot. And I won't let anything happen to you." Harry said finally.
"I care about you too Harry." She replied. "And I know you don't want anything else to happen to me, but he'll always find a way to hurt me, he always does. And after what I did to him, I don't know what he's going to do. And I'm scared." Hermione was starting to cry again. They kept walking until they found a big tree to sit under.
Harry held Hermione and comforted her as she cried.
"Hermione, I will not let him touch you ever again."
"Harry, how can you say that? Why do you care so much. You have other things to worry about, like where you're going to stay next summer and the summer after that and about Voldemort. Why should you worry and care for me, a plain mudblood."
"Hermione what are you saying? I care for you because you're my friend. You were my friend because you saw me as just plain Harry Potter when everyone else saw me as the famous Harry potter or The-boy-Who-Lived. You went with me when I had to do my hero thing and get myself in trouble." Harry laughed. "You were with me when Sirius died. Good friends care about each other. Hermione, I love you." Harry looked away from Hermione so she wouldn't see him crying.
Hermione didn't say anything for a while. "Thank you Harry." She sat up and whipped his tears away and kissed him tenderly on the lips. "I have waited so long to tell you this, but I didn't know if it was real love, Harry I love you too." Hermione was crying because she was happy. Harry smiled and hugged her. They broke apart and looked into each others eyes. "How long?" Hermione said bluntly.
"I finally knew in 4th year." Harry replied. They slowly moved into a gentle kiss that held them together for what seemed like hours but was only minutes.
:hope you all liked it…..i think this chapter was long enough….sorry for the delays.. but please read and review….im working on the next chapter so hopefully by the time I get 4-5 reviews the next one will be up!