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Draco:
Hermione awoke him in a panic.
"What's happened?" He asked her worried.
"Ginny. She's in hospital. Been in an accident, got to go." She rushed with tears in her eyes.
"Okay calm down, make sure you have everything before you leave."
He stopped her before she ran out of the door, pulled her into a hug and kissed her.
"Everything will be okay, I promise." He told her.
She rushed out of the door before he could say anything else.
"I love you." He whispered to himself before sighing and falling back onto the bed.
Hermione:
She apparated to St Mungos and rushed inside. When she got to the desk she asked for Ginny Potter, and the woman guided her to the room. Harry was sitting in the chair beside Ginny, holding her hand and crying. When he noticed Hermione he kissed Ginny's hand then stood up to hug her.
"Hermione, I'm so glad you're here. Where's Ron?" He asked.
"Oh, um." She stuttered. "I was away on business last night, so I haven't seen him."
"Oh right, I best send him an owl to then. I assumed you were together." He explained.
Hermione's stomach flipped with guilt. She felt awful as Harry wrote a note and took it to the front desk to be sent out. She sat in the opposite chair to Harry and when he returned asked how Ginny was doing and what had happened.
"She's in a coma. She's stable but she won't wake up. She was at a Quidditch match and a bludger hit her in the head. She came plummeting to the ground but no one realised till it was too late. The doctors did as many spells as they could to fix the internal damage and she has to take this potion every hour." He explained whilst pointing to a potion on the bedside table.
"Do the rest of the Weasleys know?" She asked.
"Yes, they have been here, and gone home to sort work arrangements out so that they can stay here with her until she wakes up." He answered.
Ron came through the door at that moment, and looked at Ginny.
"What happened?"
Harry repeated what he had just told Hermione, as Ron sat on the end of the bed.
"I hate to do this but I need to go and get some of Ginny's things. I want her to be comfortable and in her own clothes and things when she wakes up. Would you mind staying with her for a while please?" Harry asked.
"No problem mate." Ron answered.
Harry gave Ginny a small kiss on her cheek, and exited. Ron sat where Harry had been and held his younger sisters hand.
"I'm sorry about the other night, 'Mione. I was stressed from work, nothing was going right and I shouldn't have blown up at you like that."
"I know Ron. Just the things you said really hurt me. I was just trying to help."
"Yeah well I meant what I said."
"What?"
"You heard, I meant it. You need to stop interfering and let me get on with it. You drive me insane." He said blankly.
"How dare you!" Hermione almost shouted. "I do everything for you! And I get nothing in return!"
"Yeah well, I'm your husband. You should do it for me without complaint. Mum does it for Dad and they are fine!" He protested.
She leant over and slapped him in the face.
"Sorry for not being like your mother, but I think wives should be independent, and if you can't appreciate me then that's your fault!"
Ron held his hand to his face and walked out of the room.
"Oh, Ginny, what do I do?" Hermione cried.
She told her everything. The fights with Ron, the library sessions with Draco back at school, how she had been sleeping with Draco for the past six months, getting seen kissing by Oliver and the stay in the B&B last night. Then she rested her head on the bed and cried until she couldn't cry anymore.
Harry returned and walked over to Hermione to hug her.
"It's okay Hermione, she'll be okay. She's in good hands. "
She didn't tell him the real reason for her tears, but wiped them away.
"Molly and Arthur will be back any minute." Harry tells her.
"Okay, Harry. I think I should get going. They don't need me here being an emotional wreck, making them worry even more."
"If you're sure." He said whilst pulling her in for a hug.
"Yes, keep me updated though, okay?"
"Okay bye 'Mione."
"Bye." She said as she walked out of the door.
Once out of the hospital, Hermione goes for a walk to think things over. Pouring her heart out to Ginny, even if she couldn't hear her, really helped her clear things up in her mind. She didn't know whether she wanted to be with Draco, because she didn't know how he felt, but she definitely needed to not be with Ron anymore. It was too hard, and relationships are supposed to be happy, not constant arguments and being upset.
She apparated to her front room, only to find Ron sitting on the sofa watching the T.V. He stood up and fell to his knees.
"I'm so sorry 'Mione. I don't know what's wrong with me. I can't help it."
He tried to hug her and she lets him. She feels like she has to as she knows he is having a hard time at the moment. She couldn't do this now. She decided to wait until Ginny was better before talking to Ron. For now she would try to be civil.
The next day:
Draco:
He heard Hermione walk into her office and decided to find out how Ginny was doing. He walked in to see her with a look of worry in her face. Ginny must be in worse condition than he thought.
"How is she?" He asked as he entered Hermione's office.
She told him everything Harry had told her, and added that Molly, Arthur and Harry were with her. What she said next was something he hadn't expected.
"I'm divorcing Ron,"
"What? What happened? Why all of a sudden?"
She explained what had happened at the hospital with Ron.
"I'll kill him." He said.
He was fuming. How could the Weasel do this to her?
"No Draco, it doesn't matter. He was upset about his sister."
"That's no excuse. There is no reason to speak to you like that."
"I know, but it doesn't matter. When Ginny is better, I'm going to talk to him and get a divorce."
He contemplated her words. Did this mean she wanted him to or that she just didn't want to be with Ron? He took this chance to tell her exactly how he felt.
"I know this is the wrong time, and I'm not just saying this because you're upset and divorcing Ron, but I want you to know." He took a deep breath and carried on. "I thought of sleeping with you as a challenge. I just wanted a bit of fun."
He looked at her and saw the hurt look on her face.
"Let me finish. I never meant to fall in love with you, but I did. I think I knew back at school, when you were there in 6th year, and I thought I had moved on, but when we got promoted together and I saw your face, all the feelings came flooding back, and then the night at the B&B I realised I was completely and utterly in love with you."
He slowly walked over to her.
"Tell me to stop if you want."
She shook her head and he continued forward. As he reached her he pulled her into a hug. She leaned up to him and kissed him on the cheek. He kissed her lips and put every inch of passion into it. She kissed him back and he could tell she could feel every memory he was reliving. He thought of every time he had looked at her in class at school, and every time their hands had met in the library. He remembered every moment he had spent with her and deepened the kiss. He could feel her smiling whilst they kissed.
She broke off the kiss.
"I love you too, Draco."
