Ginny's gaze is warm and she's clearly not making fun of me. That's probably the reason why I don't end this conversation with a cynical comment and an abrupt exit, even though everything inside me is screaming to escape. I don't feel ready to talk to anyone about Granger, after all I don't know what to make of all this myself yet. So yeah, normally I would bolt. But the fresh seriousness with which Ginny is looking at me makes me stay where I am as if rooted to the spot.