He had learned not to ask her what she was working on anymore since she never answered him. The Ravenclaw had been very helpful and not just because he got her hard-to-come-by ingredients. It was nice to be around someone who didn’t know the old Hermione very well. She loved Harry and Ginny but it was hard to not see the old Hermione in their eyes whenever they looked at her, hoping she would reappear again.