Since that interesting conversation with Lord Malfoy, she’d wondered how to approach Hermione about it. Wondered what her reaction would be. Would she be angry? Upset? Would she think she was abandoning her? As much as Pansy knew she deserved that time off, she couldn’t help but fear the thought of leaving for so long a period. Awful things could happen any time—what if she returned to a wreck? To dead bodies strewn about? To empty, accusing eyes that said, I was alone, and I needed you?