Granger Guilt I.M

Chapter 18

Harry decided that in order for Cho to truly cooperate with us she needed to hear the story from me. So we decided not to change our appearances. We were back at Cho's home. Harry knocked on the door of Cho's home. No answer......... Harry knocked again....... No answer again."Okay guys we are going to apparate into her home. If you can help it try not to scare her." Harry said awkwardly. "On the count of three..... One....... Two....... Three!" With a stomach churning feeling we were in Cho's living room. No one is here. I look around the flat and as I turn toward the kitchen I see blood on the floor. Harry and Draco are checking the other rooms so it is just me once again faced with a murder location. I slowly and reluctantly walk into the kitchen. There is blood spluttered all over the cabinets and floor. However I do not see any body. But the all the blood that is splattered all over the kitchen shows that the wounds are fatal. I have lost it. My back is up against the only clean wall in the kitchen and I slowly slide down the wall to sit on the floor. I am hyperventilating. My hand reaches up to cover my mouth and I can feel my cheeks wet with the tears streaming down my face.Eventually Draco comes in after looking for me. One look and he pulls me into his arms. I can't hold in my sobs anymore. Draco calls Harry into the kitchen eventually."Guys we have to get out of here!" He says and with one swift movement we are being side-apparated back to Malfoy Manor. I finally speak since we got to Cho's flat. " Harry you have to go home. I know that the next person he will go after is you, Ginny, Ron, or Teddy. I will never forgive myself if anything happens to them while you were here trying to protect me instead of your family." Harry starts to object before I cut him off. "Harry that wasn't a question. Your family is so much more important than me. And Draco will take just as much care as you could. I promise Harry I will be okay." "Hermione I will check on you both at the manor in a few days. If you change your location or anything happens owl me. And Hermione don't ever say that you aren't as important as my family. You are my family. You were my family before Ginny or Teddy were. You were there for me when no one else wasn't. You, Ginny, Teddy, and Ron are the most important people in my life. And don't you ever forget it." He says as he pulls me into a hug with eyes tearing up. "Hermione be strong. Hermione be safe. We love you." The last few sentences touched my heart. After the war Harry showed me his last memory of his mother before she died and this were the last words she spoke to him. After we have both calmed down Harry pulls Draco off to the side to where they think I can't ear but I can hear every word."Look she hasn't had very many people she can rely on. They all leave in the end! I really don't want to but she won't have any relief until I am there with Ginny and Teddy. Harry says with all seriousness. "Look Harry I have loved Hermione since third year when she punched me. And nothing will or could change that." Draco says confidently."I hope so for her sake. She hasn't had very many people since her parents." Harry says regretting his words as he looks back at me. "I love you Hermione." "I love you Harry" and with that I hear the apparating crack of Harry going home to Ginny and Teddy.