"No, it doesn't," she agrees in her wobbling whisper, and lets out an uneven sigh against his chest. Her own chest feels tight and her eyes are stinging with the need to cry. "It...really doesn't." Her chin trembles as tears spill over in a silent flood: "I'm so afraid. I just - just want it to stop." Hermione shakes against Malfoy, her chest heaving and tears tickling over her nose and cheeks to plop down onto his bare skin. "I want to go home, Malfoy."