On Day One, the Sunday after our day watch in Hogsmeade, Granger enters the dining hall where I'm already seated at the usual table with Ginny and Blaise. She only spots us when she steps away from the buffet, a plate in her hand. Her gaze darts to me, then to Ginny and Blaise, and finally to the empty seat next to me. And since I think I know what's on her mind, I give her an encouraging, albeit crooked, smile by lifting the left corner of my mouth a little.