It hadn't exactly been difficult for him to avoid her, though; Lupin had taken Draco off missions because he had apparently been in a state of near-constant inebriation since the Pantry Incident, and spent most of his time in the cellar. The only times he emerged upstairs were, Hermione assumed, to forage for food or replenish his alcohol supplies, and he seemed to have been doing that at odd hours to avoid her as much as possible. She certainly hadn't seen much of him, but she assumed he had to be getting his food and booze somehow. Mrs Weasley was pushing for Draco to have his access to alcohol cut off altogether, but no one was really listening to her.