AN: Sorry for not updating sooner I have four other fanfictions going and it gets hard to update. I should be updating more since summer is over I won't be up at my cabin as much. But in a few weeks my mom is donating a kidney for her friend and I wont be able to update as much since I will be taking care of her. If you have any ideas about this fanfiction just PM me and I'll give you credit for it. Once again anything you recognize is JK Rowling's anything you don't is mine.

Harry POV

"Haiw-ee my mouth 'urts." Hermione mumbled leaning heavily against my side. She still had the gauze in her mouth and the cloth wrapped around her head to keep her mouth shut. Unfortunately she kept trying to talk to me and I knew it was hurting her jaw. Her eyes kept glistening with pain every time she spoke.

"I know, we're almost to the pharmacy and I can get you some medication. It will help with the pain and make you sleep." I huffed keeping my arm firmly around her waist. Hermione may have been small and light but she was leaning all of her weight on me and it was getting difficult to keep her held up.

"Haiw-ee?" Hermione mumbled breathily against my neck. I shivered and pulled her closer to me. She felt warm and perfect.

"Yes?" I asked pulling her closer to me. She opened her mouth to speak but I beat her to it. "Hold that thought. I'm going to apparate us to the pharmacy."

Hermione closed her eyes and placed her face into the crook in my neck. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The pharmacy. All I thought about was the pharmacy and then I apparated us. The familiar sensation of being forced into a tube and being squeezed from all sides surrounded me. We landed behind the pharmacy and I kept my arm firmly wrapped around Hermione's waist. The last thing I needed was for her to fall over.

"You okay?" Hermione nodded looking completely dazed. I carefully pulled her forward and walked us through the front doors. Hermione was mumbling at me trying to say something but it was hard to understand what she was attempting to say.

"Can I help you?" A little old lady asked from behind the counter. I handed over the little slip of paper the doctor had given me and she turned around to fill the order. Hermione was still muttering thickly around her gauze.

"Here you are dear." The woman said placing the bag on the counter. I slid over some muggle money and she placed it in the cash register. "Take good care of your girlfriend. She'll be in pain for awhile dear."

"Thanks." I said pulling Hermione away from the counter. Wait had she said girlfriend? I flushed in embarrassment. Oops.

"Close your eyes." I muttered keeping my arm firmly around Hermione. She did as I asked by hiding her face in my jacket. I held her close as I apparated us into Grimmauld Place. We staggered a bit when we landed but I kept us level.

"Come on lets get you into bed." I said pulling her deftly into my arms. She gasped in pain and placed her head against my shoulder.

"Haiw-ee, it huwts." She whispered tears in her eyes.

"I know honey, I know." I muttered carefully walking up the steps. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt her more than she already was. She pressed herself closer to me and I gently set her in the bed. "Do you want to take the pain medication?"

Hermione made an indistinct sound around her gauze.

"I'll take that as a yes. Now the first thing we need to do is take off the ice pack." I said leaning forward. Hermione nodded and pointed at the fabric that was wrapped around her head. I unfastened the Velcro at the top and carefully pulled it off. It wasn't as cold as when they had first put it on her. I waved my wand and smiled. It would be nice and cold for her when she put it back on later.

"Okay and now the gauze. Do you want me to pull it out or do you want to do it?" She pointed at her chest and carefully opened her mouth. The gauze she pulled out wasn't as bloody as the first one the nurse had pulled out. I held out my hand and she placed the gauze in my hand.

"I'll be right back okay?" She nodded and I ran to the bathroom and threw the bloody gauze in the garbage. I washed my hands and quickly ran back to the room. Hermione was tentatively touching her her cheeks her eyes glazed with pain.

I sat down next to Hermione and she looked up slowly. "Now we need to get some water in your mouth. I can't let you use a straw and I can't just pour the water from my wand. Or at least your dad said I can't. The best we can do is have you drink very slowly out of a glass after you've put the pill in your mouth okay?" Hermione nodded and I pulled out the bottle. I popped off the lid and grabbed one pill. Hermione opened her mouth a little bit and I placed the pill on her tongue.

"Now the hard part." I muttered grabbing a glass off the nightstand. It was empty so I quickly poured water from my wand. I placed the glass in Hermione's hand. She slowly tipped the glass back and ended up spilling half of it on her shirt. After a moment she swallowed thickly. I waved my wand and vanished the water.

"It says here that it will make you sleepy and that it lasts for about three to five hours." Hermione nodded and leaned back against the pillows her eyes drooping more than before. I picked up the ice pack and carefully wrapped it around her head. She laid back and snuggled into her pillow a little smile on her face.

"I guess I'll let you sleep." I said standing up from the bed and started for the door.

"Haiw-ee," I turned around and raised my eyebrow. "Stay."

I deliberated for only a moment then walked over to the bed. She patted the spot next to her and I carefully crawled into the bed. Hermione placed her head against my chest and closed her eyes. I wrapped an arm around her waist. She hummed happily an snuggled closer to me.

Yes I could see now that Hermione liked me, maybe even loved me. Now the question was... how do I feel about her?

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