Mudblood & Me | Completed

Chapter 42 - I just need some space

Hermione's POV

I sat in the living room as the others chatted around me waiting for Draco and Willow to return, I was basically on the edge of my seat jumping every time a door opened or the floor creaked. My mind was a mess, with losing Willow and Draco using Crucio on me and that fact that somehow we had all managed to go out alive, which had seemed so unlikely. There was a gasp, I looked up jumping to my feet. Draco was stood in the centre of the room holding Willow, I felt my knees shake as he handed her to me and then he was gone again. I basically collapsed back into the chair with a sigh of relief, she was safe and back with me. Molly turned to me with concern.

"Hermione, you need to sleep. I can look after Willow while you have some rest." Molly said, taking a step towards me. I stood up.

"No, she can stay with me. She probably needs to sleep too." I said, and turned away heading towards my bedroom. I didn't look back. I put her in her cradle and nearly collapsed into bed, I didn't even need to change because I fell asleep almost immediately.  

Draco's POV

When we arrived in Grimmauld Place, all the Order were still in the living room other than Hermione and Willow. I glanced around and Molly looked at me.

"She went upstairs with Willow, I don't think she is in the mood for company but you can try." She said. I left the room, leaving Harry, Ron, Sirius and Remus behind to catch up with the others. I headed up the stairs and saw the bedroom door was wide open. I walked in to see Hermione lying across the bed, Willow lying in her cradle. I scooped Hermione up placing her so her head was on the pillow and throwing a blanket over her. I then left, closing the door behind me. I stood with my back against the door and realised how much everyone downstairs other than Harry and Ginny hated me so I literally had nowhere to go. I turned around and walked back in, lying down beside her, realising that I could probably do with some sleep too and in seconds I was also fast asleep.

Harry's POV

I stood in the living room of Grimmauld Place letting Molly fuss around me making sure everyone was okay before settling on making everyone some food and heading into the kitchen. Kingsley and Mad-Eye stood chatting with Remus and Sirius. Tonks went to help Molly and so did Arthur. The other Weasleys stood joking with Ron but my eyes rested on Ginny sat in an armchair staring into space. I sat on the arm beside her.

"Are you alright, Ginny? Do you want to go get sleep, I can tell Molly where you have gone. You must need some rest." I asked, she just turned and looked at me. Her face blank as though she didn't recognise me. 

"I'm fine, Harry I just need some space. Go talk with Ron or something." She replied, turning away from me. I tried not to feel hurt and decided to actually go see what Ron was up to. Fred and George were cracking jokes as I approached.

"Harry, glad to see you're still alive." Fred said, with a smile.

"I'm quite happy about that too, Fred." I said, with a chuckle. Ron turned to me.

"Everything okay, mate? You look a bit pale." Ron asked, his face concerned

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Just need some food and sleep." I said. 

"Okay, do you think Hermione is okay, she seemed pretty shaken up." Ron asked.

"She will probably be fine she just needs some time, I can't imagine what Bellatrix did to her." I said, he nodded his agreement. "Well, you guys have fun I'm going to check on Sirius." I turned and headed to Sirius. The 4 of them fell silent as I drew near which immediately made me suspicious as to what they were talking about but I decided to leave it. I looked at Sirius' rough beard.

"Could do with a shave there, Sirius." I said, with a smile trying to lighten the mood.

"It's only because you took your sweet time coming to get me." He said, and pulled me into a tight hug with a laugh. "Thanks for that though even if it took you a while. Which I'm not insulted about at all. How did you cope without such a great presence such as myself?"

"I will have to come back to you on that question Sirius because that's a tough one." I responded, hugging him back. Eventually we separated, Remus looked at me with a smile.

"Also thanks for coming back for us." Remus said. "Otherwise that could have been a difficult situation." 

"Actually that might have been interesting to see." I said. "Maybe I should have left you behind after all, it was definitely a difficult decision." They both chuckled. "I will see you both later, I might check in on Hermione and Draco, it's very quiet upstairs." I turned and went to their bedroom, I listened for a moment and there was silence other than heavy breathing. I cracked the door open to see them both fast asleep on the bed and immediately backed away so I didn't wake them up. I then heard Molly call from downstairs which was perfect timing as my stomach grumbled the loudest I think it ever had. I went down to the kitchen to see everyone gathered around the table and the food spread over it. Molly had certainly made a lot in a short space of time, I dug in helping myself to different plates. 

When I was full, I sat back and watched as the others ate and chatted, I was happy to just listen to the conversation when Molly turned to me.

"Do you want any more, dear? There's plenty more." She asked.

"No I'm okay, Molly. I've had plenty, thank you." I replied. I then decided it was probably time I should get some sleep after all that had happened today.