I edited the last part of the previous chapter,
So, you might need to check it first, just to be sure.
"Harry?" Hermione asked, she couldn't believe that Harry could do such a thing… especially to Ron. It's not like she's complaining though, that git deserved it, but it just… took her by surprise. "W-why?"
"Well, Harry was really drunk when he apparated outside our house." Ginny informed. "Then he knocked really loudly and kept on shouting Ron's name. Just as Ron opened the door, Harry immediately punched him-"
"Repeatedly." George added.
Ginny nodded. "In the face, shouting things like, 'This is all your fault! If it weren't for you, Hermione wouldn't be crying all the time! She wouldn't have committed suicide!'"
"He would've punched Ron to death," George said. "If I hadn't held his arms, but even then, he was struggling and still shouting hurtful words towards Ron."
"Wh-where is he?" Hermione asked. "Harry?"
"We apparated him back to Godric's Hollow and asked Kreacher to take care of him." George answered. "And Ron's unconscious… he's…"
"No…" Hermione said as she realized what George was going to say. "Don't… Don't tell me that he's… he's here?"
George didn't answer so Hermione turned to Ginny, but Ginny only pursed her lips. "No!" Hermione protested, shaking her head. "Nurse! NURSE!"
A nurse with wavy blonde hair entered with a concerned look on her face. "What is it?"
"I need to go home." Hermione said. "I need to go home, now."
"But, Miss Granger," The nurse objected. "You still have to rest!"
"I can rest at home! I need to go NOW!"
"But, Miss… You must stay."
"No, I need to go!"
"Dormeo…" Ginny recited the Sleeping Charm softly to Hermione. "I'm sorry, Hermione, but you have to stay."
"I told you we shouldn't have come to tell her." George's voice rang.
"But I think it's better for her to know the truth…" Ginny said in her defense. "We should go…"
"Master…" Kreacher said sympathetically, "Is there something you wants Kreacher to do?"
"No," Harry said. "You may go, thank you."
Kreacher obeyed his master and left him alone in his room.
Harry examined his fist smothered with blood, feeling a mixture of pride and guilt. He had almost punched to death his best friend… he deserved it though. He was a git, a disloyal git. How dare he hurt Hermione? Hermione deserved someone so much better than him! Harry just didn't know what Hermione saw in him. They had been arguing at least half the time, or maybe most of the time, ever since they had first met! Unlike Harry, he and Hermione rarely fought, and Harry had always been there for her when Ron wasn't. He was there, always there.
Just like in their sixth year, when Ron was with Lavender… Hermione got angry easily, especially if Ron was the reason. It was obvious Hermione was jealous with Lavender; it was obvious that she already liked him. She never said it, but her actions proved it. When Ron was gone and busy snogging the hell out of Lavender, Hermione was with Harry. They were always together; he always tried to make Hermione smile… except when Hermione kept nagging him about the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book. But Hermione was too busy crying and feeling lonely to notice it, to appreciate it.
And there was the time when Ron left them on their quest to find the horcruxes… Harry was there, and Ron wasn't. Ron was in Bill's and Fleur's place, hiding from his family in shame. Harry tried to cheer Hermione up sometimes, but Harry was also affected in Ron's departure, he just didn't show it that much. But did Hermione notice it? No! She was too depressed to notice Harry's effort to make her smile. She was too busy thinking of Ron! It was always Ron! It was always them! And there were never Harry and Hermione. Never…
Harry buried his head in his hands as tears streamed down his face. "Why?" Harry shouted. "Why can't you notice all my efforts?! Why…?"
BTW, Dormeo is NOT a real spell. I invented it,
it means sleep in Latin. :P
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