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  h yeah,” said ron, lookg down at his shoulders vague surprise ”rry looks like we39ve all got horrible dandruff now ”
  he
  hed of the fake snow off heriones shoulder vender burst to tears ron looked insely guilty and turned his back on her
  ”we split up,” he told harry out of the rner of his outh, ”st night when she saw g out of the doritory with herione obvioly she uldn39t see you, she thought it had jt been the o of ”
  ”ah,” said harry ”well — you don39t d it39s over, do you?”, ”no,” ron aditted ”it was pretty bad while she was yellg, but at least i didn39t have to fish it”
  ”ward,” said herione, though she looked aed ”well, it was a bad night for roance all around gny and dean split up too, harry”
  harry thought there was a rather knog look her eye as she told hi that, but she uld not possibly know that his sides were suddenly dancg the nga keepg his face as iobile and his voice as different as he uld, he asked, ”how e?”
  ”oh, thg really silly  she said he was always tryg to help her through the portrait hole, like she uldn39t clib herself  but they39ve been a bit rocky for as”
  harry gnced over at dean on the other side of the cssroo he certaly looked unhappy
  ”of urse, this puts you a bit of a dilea, doesn39t it?” said herione
  ”what d39you an?” said harry ickly
  ”the idditch tea,” said herione ”if gnyand dean aren39t speakg  ”
  ”oh — oh yeah,” said harry
  ”fliick,” said ron a warng tone the ty little chars aster was bobbg his way toward the, and herione was the only one who had anad to turn vegar to e her gss fsk was full of deep crin liid, whereas the ntents of harry39s and ron39s were still urky
  own
  ”now, now, boys,” seaked profesr fliick reproachfully ”a little less talk, a little ore action  let see you try  ”
  tother they raised their wands, ncentratg with all their ight, and poted the at their fsks harry39s vegar turned to ice rons fsk exploded
  ”yes for howork,” said profesr fliick, reergg fro under the table and pullg shards of gss out of the of his hat, ”practice”
  they had one of their rare jot free periods after chars and walked back to the on roo tother ron seed to be positively lighthearted about the end of his retionship with vender, and herione seed cheery too, though when asked what she was grng about she siply said, ”it39s a nice day” neither of the seed to have noticed that a fierce battle was ragg side harry39s
  a:
  she39s rons sister
  but she39s ditched dean!
  she39s still rons sister
  i39 his best ate!
  that39ll ake it worse
  if i talked to hi first —
  he39d hit you
  what if i don39t care?
  he39s your best ate!
  harry barely noticed that they were clibg through the portrait hole to the sunny on roo, and only vaguely registered the sall group of seventh years cstered tother there, until herione cried, ”katie! you39re back! are you okay?”
  harry stared: it was deed katie bell, lookg pletely healthy and surrounded by her jubint friends
  ”i39 really well!” she said happily ”they let out of st ungos on onday, i had a uple of days at ho with u and dad and then ca back here this orng leanne was jt tellg about en and the st atch, harry  ”
  ”yeah,” said harry, ”well, now you39re back and ron39s fit, we39ll have a decent chance of thrashg ravencw, which ans we uld still be the runng for the cup listen, katie  ”
  he had to put the estion to her at once his curiosity even drove gny teporarily fro his
  a he dropped his voice as katie39s friends started gatherg up their thgs apparently they were te for transfiguration
  ”  that neckce  can you reber who gave it to you now?”
  ”no,” said katie, shakg her head ruefully ”everyone39s been askg , but i haven39t got a ce the st thg i reber was walkg to the dies39 the three
  oosticks”
  ”you defitely went to the bathroo, then?” said herione
  ”well, i know i phed open the door,” said katie, ” i suppose whoever iperied was standg jt behi