Harry awoke to the sound of voices. He looked to his right but the faces were blurry. Still, he spotted flaming red hair.
"Ron?", asked Harry.
The voices abruptly stopped when Harry reached for his glasses. He turned back to the two people. It WAS Ron but there was also someone he didn't expect.
"It's good to see you awake Harry!", said Liz.
"What are you doing here? Come to finish me off I suppose?", said Harry.
"Harry!", scolded Ron, "Liz and I came to visit you. Neither of us wants to kill you."
"Yes she did, Christina told me so.", said Harry.
Ron looked confused, "Harry, I'm not sure what kind of dreams you've been having but you're here because someone else tried to kill you. Christina's right, you better take Occlumency soon."
"Who tried to kill me, Lord Voldemort?", asked Harry.
Ron flinched, "Don't say that name!"
"Oh Ron, don't be silly. Harry, I don't think we are the people to tell you that.", said Liz.
At that moment Christina came bursting into the Hospital Ward. She smiled and ran to Harry's side.
"Harry, Oh my God, I was so worried!", she cried.
She threw herself around his shoulders. He couldn't really move and he didn't want to kiss her with Ron and Liz there so he just kissed her cheek. She backed away and pulled up a chair. Liz smiled and looked at Ron.
"Maybe we should leave these two alone?", she said.
"What, why?", he said.
Then, he looked at Christina and Harry staring into each others eyes and he got the point.
"Oh, ok, yeah, lets go find Hermione."
And with that the two left Harry and Christina alone. Harry didn't want to ruin the moment. For some reason it felt as if he hadn't seen Christina in the longest time. He began to see her in a whole new light. He wanted to reach for her but just as in his dream, his body was stiff and achey all over.He stared into her eyes which seemed to become more gray. They made her look so sad.
"Christina did you tell me Liz tried to kill me?", asked Harry.
Christina stared at Harry, "What? You've been in a coma for weeks.", said Christina.
"So I have been in a coma for weeks!", said Harry.
"Well...yeah Harry. Erm....do you have something to tell me?", asked Christina.
Harry shook his head. He really didn't want to worry Christina with his dreams.
'Maybe they weren't just dreams, maybe Voldemort was trying to get to me again, make me play the hero. Well, I guess he didn't know I was in the hospital. But, how could he not know. He was the only person who wanted me dead. If not him or his Death Eaters, who?'
Christina reached for Harry's hand, "I think you're still tired and I don't want to anger Madame Pomfrey so why don't you close your eyes and try and sleep."
Harry didn't want to talk about his dreams anymore so he nodded his head and closed his eyes. He heard Christina move her chair closer to his bed and suddenly he heard her sing very softly next to his ear.
I was alone in the dark
Never let down my guard
Closed the curtain on my heart
So the world could not see
All the demons in me
Told myself I was free
Then you showed me how wrong I could be
Now I'm standing on a mountain of rubble
There once was a wall
Took years to build around me
And you came along
And you tore it down
Like it was nothing at all
Now it's a little scary
Learning to fall
When you looked in my eyes
Past the fear and false pride
You saw goodness inside
I can't believe how I feel
I believe love is real
And I'm ready to heal
You show me how right I can be
Now I'm standing on a mountain of rubble
There once was a wall
Took years to build around me
And you came along
And you tore it down
Like it was nothing at all
Now it's a little scary
Learning to fall
I was holding on,now I'm letting go
I was holding on,now I'm letting go
I was holding on,now I'm letting go
Now it's a little scary
Learning to fall