”Neville walked over to where Luna was standing just as Cassidy said, “I still don’t get it, Harry. I’m just as aware as anyone how much Volde...ort must hate you, but why would he risk everything by attacking Hogwarts while Professor Dumbledore is here, just to get to you?”“It goes beyond hate, Cassidy,” Hermione said. “You’ll just have to trust Harry. There are things you don’t know.”“But I think the time has come,” Harry began, “when she should. You all should know why I am so certain that. "Torbert lowered his head. He had missed that small portion of byplay."I noticed she patted his hand afterward to let him know he had done well," he said. "So, how are we going to handle this? There are numerous ways around it, if you want."The King shook his head."It is Denae's decision," he said. "There is no doubt that Jorgarn is better suited than anyone else down there. I can compel her to delay the decision until she turns 15. After that, there is nothing I can do and I'm not sure I would. "Just so none of us get too hungry," she looked directly at Terisa, who glared back with a hurt expression on her face, "let's all do a 'hands-on' and teleport this thing to University. Jacob'll know what to do with it."The five girls all put their hands on the object, then they all immediately disappeared, their original search for dead bodies forgotten for the moment. An instant later, they were in the laboratory at University.She jerked awake to the sound of two metal objects striking. Of course, there was also the possibility that she was testing me. By dressing the way she was, she could have been trying to find out whether or not I was as lowly and crude as the guys in class, or even if I would respond at all, thus disproving my denial of being gay. I simply didn't know what she was thinking, and I wasn't going to blurt out a question that would embarrass us both.I had to stop over-thinking the situation. If she wanted something to happen, she would have to make the first.