The loud crinkle of parchment startled her and Hermione glanced down, finding Pansy’s letter crumpled in her fist. She sighed, smoothing the paper until the spiky script was legible once more. Their friendship had been a reluctant one, prompted by Pansy’s kindness to Draco in a time where very few people had anything but hatred for him. But it had grown from tense and uncomfortable exchanges into a closeness that both witches cherished. 