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  d resentful tone
  ”she can39t p,” he told harry ”she ed kru she39s found out one wants to snog too well, it39s a free untry i haven39t done anythg wrong”
  harry did not answer, but pretended to be a
  bed the book they were supposed to have read before chars next orng tessence: a q uest detered as he was to rea friends with both ron and herione, he was spendg a lot of ti with his outh shut tight
  ”i never proised herione anythg , ” ron ubled ”i an, all right, i was gog to go to sghorn39s christas party with her, but she never said jt as friends i39 a free ant”
  harry turned a pa of tessence, aware that ron was watchg hi ron39s voice trailed away utters, barely audible over the loud cracklg of the fire, though harry thought he caught the words ”kru” and ”can39t p” aga
  herione39s schedule was full that harry uld only talk to her properly the evengs, when ron was, any case, tightly wrapped around vender that he did not notice what harry was dog herione refed to sit the on roo while ron was there, harry nerally joed her the li
  ary, which ant that their nversations were held whispers
  ”he39s at perfect liberty to kiss whover he likes,” said herione, while the li
  arian , ada pce, prowled the shelves behd the ”i really uldn39t care less”
  she raised her ill and dotted an 39i39 ferocioly that she punctured a hole her parchnt harry said nothg he thought his voice ight on vanish fro the ck of e he bent a little lower over advanced potion-akg and ntued to ake notes on everstg elixirs, oasionally pag to decipher the p rce39s eful additions to libati b ora39s text
  ”and cidentally,” said herione, after a few onts, ”you need to be careful”
  ”for the st ti,” said harry, speakg a slightly hoarse tone after three-arters of an ho u r of silence, ”i a not givg back this book i39ve learned ore fro the half-blood p rce than snape or sghorn have taught --”
  ”i39 not talkg about your stupid -called prce,” said herione , givg his book a nasty look as though it had been rude to her ”i39 talki ng about earlier i went to the girl39s bathroo jt before i ca here and there were about a dozen girls there, cdg that roilda vane , tryg to decide how to slip you a love potion they39re all hopg they39re gog to t you to take the to sghorn39s party, and thay all see to have bought fred and e39s love potions, which i39 afraid to say probably work --”
  ”why didn39t you nfiscate the then?” deanded harry, it seed extraordary that herione39s ania for upholdg the rules uld have abandoned her at this crucial juncture
  ”they didn39t have the potions with the the bathroo,” said herione srnfully, ”they were jt discsg tactics as i doubt the half-blood prce” she gave the book another srnful look ”uld drea up an antidote for a dozen different love potions at once, i39d jt vite one to go with you, that39ll s all the others thkg they39ve still got a chance it39s toor r ow night, they39re ttg desperate”
  ”there isn39t anyone i want to vite,” ubled harry, who was still not tryg to thk about gny any ore than he uld help, despite the fact the fact that she kept croppg up his dreas ways that ade hi devoutly thankful that ron uld not perfor legilincy
  ”well, jt be careful what you drk, becae roilda va ne looked like she ant bess” said herione grily
  she hitched up the long roll of parchnt on which she was writg her aritha n cy essay and ntued to scratch away with her ill harry wa t che d her with his d a long way away
  ”hang on a ont,” he said slowly ”i thought filch had banned anythg bought at weasley39s wizard wheezes?”
  ”and when has anyone ever paid attention to what filch has banned?” asked herione, still ncentratg on her essay
  ”but i thought all the owls were beg searched how e these grils are able to
  g love potions to the school?”
  ”fred and e send the disguised as perfus and ugh potions,” said herione ”it39s part of their owl order service”b