She offers a diplomatic smile of her own, and sweeps her hand towards the table in invitation for him to follow.
She'll make the introductions for him, and it will be like a stamp of approval. Sure, it won't mend all the bridges immediately, but what they'll see is that if Hermione Granger could forgive and move on, surely their petty grudges can be put behind as well.
There is only one more day to go before school actually begins, and Hermione doesn't see Malfoy again after the staff breakfast meeting; presumably he is as busy setting up the tower for the first lessons as she is about setting up the dungeons for classes to begin tomorrow. She has a lesson plan already set, but as every year almost, the arrival of the students makes her a hint nervous - she wants them to like her. That's her biggest problem, and the Slytherins probably can smell it on her.
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She'll make the introductions for him, and it will be like a stamp of approval. Sure, it won't mend all the bridges immediately, but what they'll see is that if Hermione Granger could forgive and move on, surely their petty grudges can be put behind as well.
There is only one more day to go before school actually begins, and Hermione doesn't see Malfoy again after the staff breakfast meeting; presumably he is as busy setting up the tower for the first lessons as she is about setting up the dungeons for classes to begin tomorrow. She has a lesson plan already set, but as every year almost, the arrival of the students makes her a hint nervous - she wants them to like her. That's her biggest problem, and the Slytherins probably can smell it on her.