"Really, I just needed some breathing space, and I didn’t want to impose on the four of you." Hermione insisted. Ever since Parvati Patil had started dating Ron, she had been a permanent fixture in their friendship group, and with Ginny dating Harry, Hermione wasn’t sure who she could speak to, or where she fit in anymore, considering there was no war to fight and her and Ron hadn’t been together romantically for a year. She had begun to feel like the odd one out.