Other students seemed uninterested in studying, and they were certainly uninterested in conversing with her. With the exception of her tightly-knit band of DA students, the rest of Hogwarts seemed determined to pretend she didn’t exist. Maybe that was their way of helping, Hermione mused as she tugged another thick book free from the shelf, but more likely they were trying to avoid the awkwardness. Don’t look at the freak. Maybe she bites. 