Hermione froze, staring at the two, her fists closing and opening. "But is it beneficial to me? For six years of school, he bullied me, belittled me, insulted me, and demeaned me. He was given the ability to order me about and abused it. Had he been so inclined he would have ordered me to sleep with him and that would have been rape. He maligned me in public to friends and associates. He attacked me. What exactly do I owe him? Why should I help him."