He shoots up to his feet the moment Hermione speaks, and honestly, he should have known this would happen.
His mother told him that she hired Hermione, of course, and it's not like Neville wasn't there to suggest to her that she should in the first place. It would be a crying shame, they both said, for someone as bright and skilled as Miss Granger to have to go back to the muggle world. It's atrocious enough that she can't take advanced classes, but of course she can't. It would make old blood idiots uncomfortable to see how much smarter than them she is.
So while he knew very well to expect her here, he didn't quite appreciate how much of an effect it would have on him to see her again.
She looks at home here. She looks like she is bright, and sharp, and full of energy, and all serves as a very vivid reminder of exactly why he's been in love with her since he was fifteen. Only a fool wouldn't love her, really.
"Miss Granger!" he greets her, too shy to use her first name, like he used to in school. "How have you been?"
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His mother told him that she hired Hermione, of course, and it's not like Neville wasn't there to suggest to her that she should in the first place. It would be a crying shame, they both said, for someone as bright and skilled as Miss Granger to have to go back to the muggle world. It's atrocious enough that she can't take advanced classes, but of course she can't. It would make old blood idiots uncomfortable to see how much smarter than them she is.
So while he knew very well to expect her here, he didn't quite appreciate how much of an effect it would have on him to see her again.
She looks at home here. She looks like she is bright, and sharp, and full of energy, and all serves as a very vivid reminder of exactly why he's been in love with her since he was fifteen. Only a fool wouldn't love her, really.
"Miss Granger!" he greets her, too shy to use her first name, like he used to in school. "How have you been?"