Eye Roll

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 24747

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kelly Hurt <klhurt at y...> wrote:
> 
> I also rolled my eyes when Hermione lied during the troll episode
> because the truth would've kept everyone from getting in trouble.
> 
> Kelly the Yarn Junkie
> 
Agreed.

It seemed very silly for Hermione to not step right up and say:

"Please, Professor, I was in the bathroom being upset, and did not 
know about the troll. Harry and Ron came to warn me, found the troll, 
and subdued him because they couldn't find a way to get the troll 
away from me."

That would've probably gotten them scolded, and told they should've 
told a professor to go get Hermione, but it also would've got them 
commended for looking out for a classmate. 

And that would've sat as well with Harry and Ron as Hermione's fib 
did.

The only reason I can think of was peer-pressure or something like 
it -- Hermione figured that if she could prove to the boys that she 
could occasionally stray from the straight and narrow they'd figure 
she was worth knowing even if she was a bookworm busybody know-it-all.

Indigo