His loud cries caused Hermione to start crying too, and for a moment they forgot that they were on two different sides. They were just two kids, broken for different reasons, but broken nonetheless. " "He noticed her hand hadn't moved from his face. He felt safe. He felt like she cared about him. She shouldn't though, he didn't deserve that. Not yet, but Merlin he would earn it. "

"Usually Isla was a very apt listener, however at this moment she was rather preoccupied thinking about Malfoy. Don't get her wrong, she didn't like him in the slightest, it's just that similarly to herself and Neville, Draco seemed to… well he seemed to have "glown-up" a fair bit as well."