70. Teem

“Don't Take It Personally;
It's just That You're My Best Friend”

She lays still, so stiff, like a statue. An utterly realistic statue. And it scares him. He’s afraid to look at her laying there, appearing so lifeless. Most unnerving is her open eyes, glassy and empty. Hermione doesn’t even look like herself, paying no attention to anything around them.

Ron’s throat is so tight, it’s hard to swallow. He tries anyway.

She looks serene, young, vulnerable. Whoever the Heir is, driving muggle-borns from the school is working. Ron’s stomach churns; he’s teeming with an unfamiliar knot in the pit of his stomach. All this worrying is making him feel ill.