"Anyway, what I was trying to get at Hermione, is only that I don't want to see you hurt. In any way. Physically or emotionally. Things seem intense between the two of you." There was a question hidden in Ginny's statement and Hermione understood why. Draco's small lingering touches grew bolder and more visible day by day around the castle. She had started to hear whispers about it recently. It was only because Ginny had used her tell-tale Bat Bogey Hex on a couple of sixth-year Hufflepuff girls for gossiping that talk had dwindled again. But she supposed it was still there, only less obvious.