Background:
Seventh Year Gryffindors Friendship
Seventh Year
Summary: Hermione's dad left when she was five. For the first time, he made the first effort to see her, only to cancel the next week.
Quote is from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie.
Hermione looked down at the letter in her hand, tears filling her eyes. She quickly blinked them away before folding the letter up and stuffing into the bottom of her bag. She ignored the looks of concern from her fellow seventh year Gryffindors. She quickly assured Harry that she was okay before getting up and leaving the Great Hall. Lavender and Parvati stood and followed her, finding her curled up in her favorite arm chair in the library, tears falling freely. The two girls squeezed themselves onto the chair on either side of her.
"He canceled on me," Hermione choked out, "After so many years of me making the effort to see him, and him canceling, he finally made the first step only to cancel a week later because he's meeting his new girlfriend's friends. Is she really more important than his daughter?"
Hermione continued to sob while her roommates did everything they could to try to comfort her. An hour later, Hermione finally calmed down and the three walked in solemn silence to Potions. Hermione spent the rest of the day in a horrible mood, snapping at everyone before walking away, no one had seen her since four that afternoon.
The seventh year Gryffindors were gathered in the Gryffindor Common Room when Hermione walked through the portrait hole. She dropped her bag before sinking down on the couch between Seamus and Harry.
"I am mad at my dad. I am mad at my dad. Why is that so hard for me to say? I have no problem being mad at you guys." Hermione said, looking at each of her housemates, feeling extremely guilty about the way she had treated them the whole day.
"Well, maybe it's easier to be mad at the people you trust." Seamus supplied, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Why? Why is that?" Hermione asked, frustrated.
"Because you know they'll always love you, no matter what." Harry answered, mirroring Seamus' action before pulling her into a hug. Soon, the others were surrounding her. They all pulled away from the group hug laughing.
"You do have to admit, the look on Malfoy's face was priceless when you went off on him during Potions." Ron said, starting the laughter again.
The rest of the night was spent making Hermione temporarily forget her problems with her dad.