The Assistant ✔️

43- Grapes

Hermione was sat up in her pillows, knees up, and a book resting against them.
Her injuries where slowly healing and it had been a while now that she'd been in the hospital.

She turned the page, her eyes scanning the print, and she gazed up at the window to see Draco there again.

His eyes where bloodshot and his hair was messed like he hadn't been taking care of himself for days on end, stubble grew against his chin.
He cracked a smile at her, and waved, tears glistening in his eyes.

Hermione waved back, and mouthed for him to come into her room, as he did.

He ambled slowly towards her, looking like he hadn't slept in several days and spent those days crying.

"Hello"Said Hermione, as he sat down on the chair next to her bed.

"Hello,"He said gruffly, his voice husky and hoarse.

"How have you been?"she asked.

"I.."he paused, Hermione noticed, and cracked a grin.

"Well, you look like shit,"

Draco laughed, nodding, and looked down in guilty.
"How have you been?"

"I've been ok, made a new friend yesterday, which was nice.. the food is good, not Hogwarts standards but still really nice"she smiled, watching as Jack walked past and waved at him with a smile.

Draco looked over at the man who walked past and clenched his fists together.
"Who's that?"

"Jack, he's the new friend I said I'd met"Hermione smiled and dog eared the corner of her book, before placing it down on the bedside table that had a vase full of lilies.

"They're Nice, who got you those?"

"Jack-"

"Oh so Jack's your new boyfriend then?"Draco growled, his eyes thinning into slits as he stared at her, jaw clenched.

Hermione felt taken aback and furrowed her eyebrows, knitting them together in confusion.

"It seems to me that Jack is all you can talk about, you seem smitten!"he hissed again.

Hermione scoffed and rolled her eyes, sitting up straighter

"Well, what if he was my boyfriend?! What would it matter to you? You obviously have your own little girlfriend, I sure it's only fair, we aren't together anymore,"she crossed her arms over chest, wincing at the pain, but keeping her head held high.

Draco growled, his face scrunching up in anger, and shut up, his chest rising and falling rapidly, before storming out in a rage Hermione had never seen.

Her breathing was rapid, and she broke into tears, sobbing against her knees, Before Jack came running towards her, his white coat flailing behind him.

"Hermione what's wrong?"He asked, concerned.

"N-Nothing.."she sniffed, stuttering as her body shook.

Jack rubbed her back gently and gave her a glass of pink lemonade, and sat down on the bed.

"Was that-"

"Yes.. he wasn't doing very well, obviously"she breathed, closing her eyes.

"And he thought-"

"Yes.."
Jack scoffed, rolling his eyes and rubbed her shoulder.
"Well, by what he did, he shouldn't be so jealous, you aren't together anymore and.."he paused and took a deep breath to steady out his anger, before smiling at her and standing up.

"You hungry?"

She nodded.

Jack smirked and held up a finger, before running off and coming back with a bowl full of grapes.

"Wow!"Hermione laughed as he
Placed the bowl in the centre of the bed and sat down at the end.
"Wanna play a game?"

"Sure"

"Ok, you have to try and get these grapes in my mouth, from over there"he pointed over towards the centre of the room, Hermione burst into giggles and took the bowl in her arms, as he made his way towards the centre.

"Ready?"

"Ready!"
Hermione threw a grape carefully, Jack launched himself towards it and caught it in his mouth, they laughed and did it again and again and again, sooner or later, the floor was covered in grapes and Jacks mouth was stuffed.

When it got later, Jack said goodnight, Hermione hugged him, and they bid goodbye to each other.
Hermione lay back into the bed, and turned to the side as the lights went out.
She closed her eyes and Broke into sobs, thinking of When her and Draco where in Paris, and running around the grasslands together.