Dinner that night was an exercise in patience, with Malfoy making bedroom eyes at her across the table and Tippy miffed that Hermione had missed their regular baking lesson. A fair amount of grovelling and the promise of joining Tippy to learn his scone recipe the following day quickly put him to rights, but Gigi's knowing glances between them whenever she entered the room grew tiresome. Hermione had called on her to help her dress for dinner and she had immediately noticed the large purple bruise on Hermione's neck, picking out the dress with the lowest neckline from the wardrobe. Hermione had huffed but pulled it on regardless, which was worth the look on Malfoy's face when he saw her, his darkened eyes lingering on the marks he’d left. 