Harrydidn’tknowexatlyhowtorespondtothat,buthedidn’thavetoasHermioneandRonenteredthepub,learlylookingforsomeone.
“They’relookingforyou.”Drao’salwayspromismirkwasbakonhisfae.
“SeeyoubakatHogwartsthen?”Harryasked.
Draonodded.“Hopefullywe’llendupinmybedtonight,we’vebeeninyoursforthreedaysstraight.”
Harryrealizedhowthatwouldsoundtosomeonewhodidn’tknowthesituationtheywerein,andughed.
HarrynotiedthatDraowasfrowningonMondaym,asthemailwasdelivered.HethennotiedtheowlthatsatperhedonDrao’sshoulderandtheletterinhishands.Draosribbledsomethingatthebottomoftheletterandputitbakintheenvelope,handingitovertotheowl.TheowlflewupintotherowdofotherowlsallbearingmailandHarrywasverysurprisedwhenitdroppedaletterinhispafewminutester.
CuriouslyHarryopenedtheletter,tofindanotherartileinsideit.AtthetopoftheartileDraohadwritten:Here’sanotherone.
HarrylookeduptoseeDraowathinghimandnoddedminutely.Draosmirkedandturnedbaktowhathisyearmatesweresaying.HarryquiklygotoutaddressedthelettertoLunaandpeditinhisbagforHedwigtobringtoherter.
Chapter25:SnithesandKisses
Asherstssofthedayended,HermioneaughtRon’slookfromarosstheroomandnoddeddisreetly.Ronfshedherasmileandturnedtothedoor.HermionesatafewrowsinfrontofHarryandRoninTransfiguration,sotheywerelosertothedoorthanshewas.Shesmiledslightlywhensherememberedthesmallargumentthey’dhadaboutseatinginthefirstweekofshool,howshe’dbeenadamantthattheyshouldtaketheirownnotesinsteadofalwaysomingtoher.Afterall,whentheyleftHogwarts,theywouldn’tbeabletoometoherwitheverylittleproblem.Seretly,Hermionehopedthattheywouldstillometoherwiththeirproblems.Buttheystillneededtobesomewhatselfsuffiient.Andso,intheirfirstbigargumentoftheyear,HermionehadmovedherseatupthreerowsfromtheirsinTransfiguration.They’ddroppedthesubjet,HermioneseretlythoughtthatRonhaddroppedthesubjetbeausehedidn’twanttoupsetherandthatHarryhadn’treallybeenpartofthatdeisiontobeginwith,andsoTransfigurationwastheonlyssinwhihHermionesatfarawayfromhertwobestfriends.
Ronwas,ashehadaskedintheirsilentexhange,waitingforhernearthedoorwayandthetwoofthembeganthewalktotheRoomofRequirement.
“Harrywentahead.”Ronsaidawkwardly.He’dbeensomewhatawkwardaroundhereversinehe’daskedherout.Iftheywerealoneforawhile,hewouldeventuallyrexbutintheshorttimesthattheyhadalonehewas…awkward,therewasnootherwordforit.
“That’sfine.Idon’tmindwalkingwithyou.”Hermionesmiledattheredhead,whowasfightingbakablush.“Infat,weoulddothismoreoften.”