Summer of Change (GxG) - A Hermione Fanfic

Chapter 13

I woke up with a confused startle.

My eyes blinked open, and I started to panic because I didn't recognize where I was for a moment. I didn't remember falling asleep, so I closed my eyes again and started to go back in my memories.

I searched my mind to see what had happened.

Ah... I-

My thoughts got cut off by deft fingers scraping my scalp soothingly.

"I'm glad you're awake, love. You gave me quite a scare." Andy said.

It was at this moment that I noticed my head was on something that wasn't a cushion. They were on thighs and I was sure that was Andy's voice so I was sure I was on Andy's thighs.

"Godric... What- what happened?" I groaned as I tried to sit up.

Andy wasn't keen on that idea, though, so she made sure I laid still.

"You fainted, Mione." Andy answered as she continued her ministrations.

I was starting to enjoy it when people did this to me...

"Fainted? Why did I faint?" I asked, my mind still fuzzy.

"I guess coming here was a bit of shock, love," Andy said softly. "After you exhausted yourself by crying, your body just... shut down."

"How long was I out for?" I asked.

"Not long. Maybe 30 minutes." Andy replied.

I sighed in relief.

I knew Molly knew I was here at Andy's, but I didn't want her to worry if it had been longer than she had expected. I really didn't want to worry Molly. With the recently finished war and rogue death eaters on the loose, she would be beside herself if I didn't come back to the burrow when I should have.

"Your cuppa got cold." Andy blurted out.

The comment caught me so off-guard that I inadvertently laughed.

I looked up and met Andy's eyes. She was smiling. I knew it was hard for her to smile these days, so seeing it filled my heart with warmth.

"You're smiling..." I whispered.

I saw Andy swallow hard.

"I am. I'm glad you came, Mione. I missed you, love." Andy said tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Andy," I said, pushing myself up so I could hold her.

"It was so hard," Andy said as she cried in my arms.

"I know. I know." I replied.

Andy cried for what seemed like hours.

It was the kind of heart-wrenching sobbing that broke my heart. It made me guilty for not being here for her. I had felt that guilt when I talked to her on the mobile phone, but this was worse. She had lost her husband, her daughter...

And I wasn't there to help put back the pieces.

Andy finally exhausted herself and slumped in my arms.

"Are you ok?" I asked softly.

"I..." Andy sighed. "I don't know. I don't know, but I do know that I will be ok, love. It'll be ok."

"It will. I'm sorry for not being here when you've been hurting, but I promise I'm here now. I promise I won't leave again." I said.

I promise not to give up.

That's the second time I've made that promise....

"I believe you," Andy replied.

Andy and I sat on that couch together for a while until my bloody mind started to think of a certain someone. Someone I shouldn't have been thinking about. This someone had made me confused.