"I’m sure you’ve already seen the papers, about me and Hermione?"  He asked; Athena nodded.  "I was prepared to handle a lot of things.  I was prepared to be called a Death Eater.  I was prepared for her name to be dragged.  I was prepared for my mother to disapprove.  I was prepared for her parents to disapprove."  He took a shaking breath.  "I was  unprepared  for her father to storm into McGonagall’s office and lay into Hermione, and for her to look like she was breaking."