bee from OotP lodged in my bonnet

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 108789

upulwan80  

"In chapter 14 of OotP (Percy and Padfoot: page 268 in the hardback in 
Australia), after Ron's chucked  Percy's mutilated sermon into the 
Gryffindor fire, Hermione holds her hand out for Ron's essay, 
with 'an odd expression on her face'. Any ideas what that expression 
might be? And yes I'm quite aware that this may turn into a shipping 
matter, but I think there is a good balance of all kinds of shippers 
and non-shippers out there for me to be able to glean a reasonable 
response??"

DuffyPoo:

I'm sure someone here will prove me wrong, but I think the odd expression came from sympathy for what Ron was just going through, the contents of Percy's letter, and weighing the decision to help these two with their homework again after telling them she would not. "How would it be, ' she asked them coldly, as they left the classroom for break 'if I refused to lend you my notes this year?' 

"Listen...shall we just ask Hermione if we can have a look at what's she's done?"
"No," he [Harry] said heavily, "you know she won't let us."  Then at half past eleven Hermione wanders over.
"Nearly done?"
"No," said Ron shortly.  Then she corrects, over his shoulder, a mistake his has made about Jupiter's biggest moon.
"Yeah, well, if you've just come over her to criticise ---" then Hermes shows up with the letter.  They all read the letter and Ron rips it up and chucks it in the fire.
"Come on, we've got to get this finished sometime before dawen," he [Ron] said briskly to Harry, pulling Professor Sinistra's essay back towards him.  Then comes the look 'Hermine was looking at Ron with an odd expression on her face.'
"oh, give them here, ' she said abruptly.....'Give them to me.  I'll look through them and correct them."
"Are you serious? Ah, Hermione, you're a life-saver,' said Ron, 'What can I ---?"
"What you can say is, 'we promise we'll never leave our homework this late again."....but she looked slightly amused all the same.



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