The week ticked by like that. During the day she tried to catch some sleep, which was a good way to avoid having to run into Harry, Ginny, or Ron. It had been three days since she had seen them happily sitting together in the great hall. She usually grabbed a snack from the coffee shop and ate it at the lake. It had become her new safe space, away from everyone. Walking up to the lake, she was calculating her blood potion work. She was very close to actually trying it out on Hobson’s blood. If it worked, she was a giant step closer to having her own potion work. The excitement in her bubbled over for a moment.