She relented, surrendered almost gratefully, and everything came tumbling out. Ginny listened, quiet and sympathetic, and it was good to get it all out; like draining a wound. Hermione told her how her relationship with Draco had developed, told her the important things that had happened between her and Draco, good and bad. Ginny asked the occasional question, and gave the appropriate reactions at the appropriate times. She listened but she didn’t judge Hermione’s choices, and Hermione appreciated that more than anything else in the world. She hadn’t been expecting that from Ginny.