She awoke to more darkness, but only to it being late night or early morning. But Harry had still not left her side. He had stayed there all night.

"Harry" she whispered as she gave him a shrug. He continued to snore, face buried in his arms. She decided to let him sleep, he needed it. She went for a walk instead. Out of the hospital wing she went, creeping out no louder than a mouse. Up to her dormitory, she went to fetch a few things. She went up to flights of stairs and never made it even half way there. Exhaustion had overpowered her senses and her mind. The cut on her head took out a lot more of her than she had expected. The dizziness soon to overpower her entirely, so she shuffled back slowly to the hospital wing. Harry was gone and there a minute ago. He no longer lay at the side of her bed.

"Hermione! You're alright" yelled Harry from behind her.

"Oh Harry I am fine. Really." She reassured him.

"I woke up and you were gone. I had no idea what had happened to you. You got me running around like a headless chook. And got me running down and upstairs. I freaked out. Sorry." He said embarrassed.

"Harry you are fine. Really." She laughed as she calmed him down. They went back to her bed. He sat her and he sat in his chair. Daybreak had finally begun to show and they could see each other almost clearly.

"Harry, I think it would be time I told you what has been going on with me over the past couple of months. You did say later, and this is well, later. Now." She began.

"But-."

"No buts Harry. I think you need to hear this, you have to hear this."

"Well?" He said quickly.

"It may come as a strange thing to you, well it has been weird for me the most I would say. Well I got this note a few months ago, at the Quidditch match against Slytherin, I think. Well I got it from someone I did not know at the time. But it said to meet them and I spoke to them, sort of. Hard to explain. Eventually I spoke to them and figured out who they were." She paused and Harry just starred in complete shock.

"When I figured out who it was, it mad a lot of sense and did explain a lot. But when I did, I ran off on them. You know that morning I didn't have breakfast? I went to head off to the owlery; on my way there I spoke to them. They had followed me. "

"Were they the ones that had hurt you? If they hurt you I will kill them. Whoever or whatever they are. And Hermione I don't blame you for freaking out. You may be the smartest person in our year, well the whole school really. But you have a heart like everyone else which you can't run from. And to know when a person is good or bad." Finished Harry.

"Don't go all mushy on me Harry James Potter. Thank you though Harry for all that-." Water began to swell up in her eyes.

"-yeah anyways. They followed me, but they didn't hurt me, that was of my own accord. I slipped on an icy step. It eventually escalated to a talk about something else. More involved privately. We-we-well, I spoke to… Ron!" she perked up from her sad state

"Wait, what? You have been meeting up with Ron? That does not make any bit of sense, right?" Harry asked completely dumbfounded.

"No you dumb git" spoke loudly a deep familiar voice to Harry.

"Ron? Ron! Your back. Don't get me wrong I am glad-but-well, why are you back?" he said quickly. Hermione still starring mouth wide open in disbelief.

"Good to see you're happy to see me. I came back early I guess because Romania was boring me quite a lot. The bloody dragons were setting my pants on fire. Besides I missed you guys, oh and I heard what happened to Hermione here. Ginny rang me and filled me in on all the details. Well most of them anyway. I would have come here sooner but I am pretty crap at apparating so I had to wait until the next time Charlie was to come down. Back to Hermione." He turned to her, voice and facial expression becoming stern and serious, but ended giving her a massive bear hug.

"So Draco did all this I hear, I ran into him on the way here, literally. The git just apologizes and kept walking. I did a lot worse than an apology back at him." Sneered Ron.

"He's up to something."

"I couldn't agree more." Agreed Harry.

"Just because he walked past and apologized does not mean he is up to some evil dark plan. Ever thought maybe he may be finally changing his ways."Hermione said darkly.

Both boys began laughing.

"You're funny Hermione. That is what I lov-like about you." Ron's ears went pink and his face red. He attempted to cover his mistake.

"Draco good and saint like? Haha, you're really good. I needed a good laugh. I knew I came back for a good reason." Laughed Ron again.

"Think about it Hermione. He run's off everywhere, lurking around corners. He left you there to bleed. How is he possibly good?" Harry said seriously. Both boys stopped laughing.

"But!" she protested.

"To bleed! There are no but's Hermione-." Snapped Ron. "- I don't know what I would of done if I had lost you." He finished calmly.

"Is it Dean?" Asked Harry.

"Huh?" replied Hermione calming down.

"Dean? Is this to do with Ginny?" Ron asked.

"Oh no Harry it is not Dean. No. And Ron nothing to do with Ginny."

"But what is not Dean? Will someone tell me what the bloody hell is going on?"

It didn't take Hermione and Harry long to fill in the blanks to Ron on what had happened. Only to the bit where Hermione had gotten up to with Harry.

"The guy is-." But yet again she was cut off by the hospital doors banging open.

"Ronald Weasley! How dare you!" yelled Mrs. Weasley.

"Do what?"

"Don't play innocent with me-Hello Harry and Hermione, hope you are both well. - You come back from Romania after months and don't even bother to come home and see your own mother. Not once!"

"But- well I heard what happened to Hermione-." he paused. "From Ginny, and well I wanted to make sure Hermione was alright, she has been unconscious for weeks mum, weeks! I was going to come home and get my stuff for school, how could I forget?"

"I understand that Ronald, you could have at least rang in. Your father would have appreciated it as well." She finished in a calm polite tone.

"How are we dears?"

"I'm fine now; I only woke up not long ago, Harry here never left."

"Harry you coming down for the holidays? You welcome as well Hermione." Finished Mrs. Weasley.

"I think so, if it is alright by you of course." Hermione nodded to what Harry had said.

"Well I think I might let you kids go, I have to go find Professor McGonagall and talk about Ron."

All three waved goodbye. Out she walked and in came Ginny. Her red flaming hair waving side to side, Harry was mesmerized.