Grey eyes watched on unapologetically, cheering as she dueled Zacharias Smith in Defense that afternoon. So much had changed over the course of one day and yet—Hermione couldn’t help but wonder what she had been so apprehensive about in the first place. After the initial shock-and-awe that was walking into the Great Hall together at lunch, the rest of her day had been wonderful. It was freeing, no longer carrying around the burden of their secret.