Whiskey Lullaby
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Chapter 2: A Long Night
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Hermione's Dream
"How could you do this to me?" Marcus Granger yelled through the phone.
"Dad what are you yelling for; it's me" Hermione asked.
"Oh sweetie I'm sorry I thought you were your mother. I'm sorry I left, but I couldn't stand being in the same house as Denise." Marcus said.
"Why"
"I don't know how to tell you
this, but your mother has been cheating on me with Uncle
Mike."
"WHAT; HOW COULD SHE CHEAT ON YOU WITH MY GOD-FATHER"
"I don't know sweetie, but I
would like it if you don't mention you've talked to me and as
much as this will hurt, please don't contact me anymore."
"Daddy
don't go" Hermione said, with silent tears rolling down her face.
"I'm sorry sweetie, but I have to" Marcus said hanging up.
"DADDY" Hermione yelled waking up.
"What are you yelling about Hermione?" Lavender asked.
"Nothing"
"Well nothing just
woke me up, again!" Lavender said angrily.
"Cool it Lav, she doesn't have anyone this year, with Harry and Ron not here" Pavarti said.
"Thanks for actually sounding like you care Pavarti" Hermione said sarcastically, "You two will never understand what the hell is going on with me" Hermione yelled.
"Oh will you three please just shut up!" Ginny yelled, "What could possibly make you yell loud enough to wake up Lav, Pavarti and myself for the last three nights Hermione?" Ginny asked angrily.
"Why would you care?"
"I care
because you've woken me up for three nights screaming for your
father and he isn't here!" Ginny yelled, and Hermione choked back
a sob.
"Great now she's going to start crying; just get over it Granger" Lavender said aggravated.
"Shut up both of you! You don't understand how true Ginerva's statement really is, because you don't know what it takes for me to stay sane!" Hermione yelled picking up her book bag and guitar and ran out of the Gryffindor Tower to the back corner of the Restricted Section. When she settled down, she wrote a letter to Draco and sent it to him, and started playing the song she wrote the first night of classes.
Slytherin Dormitory
Draco heard a pop near his head, and opened his eyes to find a small note, which read 'I'm ready to talk', a simple sentence that spoke volumes to him. He burned the note, woke up Blaise and Theo and all three ran to the library. When they arrived they heard soft music playing from the back of the vast room. They followed the sound to the corner they told Hermione to meet them at.
"Hermione what happened?" Blaise asked.
"Just listen, I wrote this the first night of classes,"
She put him out
Like the burning end
Of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart
He spent his whole life
Trying to forget
We watched him drink his pain away
A little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough
To get her off his mind
Until the night
Chorus 1
He put that bottle to his head
And pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short
But this time it was bigger
Then the strength he had
To get up off his knees
We found him
With his face down in the pillow
With a note that said
'I'll love her till I die'
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a Whiskey Lullaby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x3)
The rumors flew
But nobody knew
Just how much she blamed herself
For years and years
She tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away
A little at a time
But she could never get drunk enough
To get him off her mind
Until the night
Chorus 2
She put that bottle to her heard
And pulled the trigger
Life is short
But this time it was bigger
Then the strength she had
To get up off her knees
We found her
With her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture
For dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a Whiskey Lullaby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x5)
When Hermione stopped singing, the boys stayed silent for a few minutes.
"About a month into the summer, I
picked my dad up from the airport; he had been at a dental convention
in France, and was arriving home. When we got home, we heard my
mother giggle upstairs. It been happening all summer, so I just
headed to my room and my dad went upstairs to tell her that he was
home. About two minutes later, I heard the front door open and then
slam shut; after that my dad was gone for about 3 weeks before I
called him. My mother had told me that he had another convention to
go to and didn't have time to say good bye, but when I called him;
he told me that the women I called my mother cheated on him with his
best friend, who just happened to be my god-father. I stopped
talking to Denise and Mike (my mother and god-father), and never
heard from my father again. Then the first night back I received a
letter from the minister saying my father had committed suicide. I
was devastated, not even a week later, the first of classes; I
received another letter saying that my mother and god-father also
committed suicide. They blamed themselves for what happened to my
dad, and they thought of apologizing to me, but never had the courage
to actually right the letter. I've been having nightmares of the
last time I talked to my father, and tonight was no different, but
when I woke up screaming for my dad, Lavender, Pavarti and Ginerva
started yelling at me and trying to make me feel guilty for waking
them up three nights in a row; I, of course yelled at them, and then
Weasley mentioned my father not being here and I choked back a sob,
and Brown told me to get over it; so grabbed my stuff and ran."
"Oh
Hermione we're so sorry," Theo said pulling her into a hug.
"How am I supposed to get over my mother cheating on my dad with my god-father, and my dad, the only one who really loved me, committing suicide?" Hermione asked, crying into Theo's shoulder.
"It will take some time; do you want go talk to Dumbledore about this? Maybe you could get a new dorm or something." Draco suggested.
"I'll talk to him tomorrow, I just want to relax right now," Hermione said, resting her head on Theo's shoulder.
"OK let's go to our secret place," Blaise said, standing up and pushing a stone on the wall behind Hermione. When they were all in the room, Hermione gasped.
"Wow it's beautiful you guys," Hermione said.
"Thanks, you're the only other one who knows about it, and it doesn't show up on any maps of the school." Draco said. The room that they were standing in had four desks, a love seat, two arm chairs, coffee table and a blazing fire. The colors were not what she expected, black, gold and silver.
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End Chapter 2
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