Harry was exhausted from long hours of work and chasing criminals. He tried to avoid the curious group in the least abrupt way possible. In his haste, however, he ended up stepping on the foot of a very bulky boy with a square face, whom he apologized to at least ten times distractedly, without even seeing him and with his mind focused on escape. Once free from the clutches of his colleagues, he took refuge in his office at the Auror Headquarters, from where he asked Teddy to go and find Hermione and Draco, whom he had made an appointment with and who should have already arrived at the Ministry.