[Hermione]

[everyone_takes]

Not that she'd say it, but Kate felt sort of stupid about the whole trying to burn down the bookshelf thing. Having to spend the night in an IPD holding cell wasn't exactly her idea of a good time, especially given that the rest of the night had been pretty good. Something had happened to shift her mood, something between Harry and the bookshelf,

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[honestlyrubbish]

Hermione hadn't been to very many parties in her life, and even less of the sort that usually tended to crop up around the island, but a simple taste of everything that went on at such gatherings was already more than enough to have her know that they weren't intended to cater to personalities like hers. Still, she'd gone to the waterfall like most of the other teenagers on the island, mostly because Harry had been in such a poor state of mind that he needed his best friends there, whether or not he realized it. If he allowed himself to forget everything, all of the sadness washing away in a moment of euphoria, there still needed to be someone to guide him home at last. And Hermione had resolved to be just that person, if it was needed.

As a result, being one of the very few completely sober attendees of the rave, she'd discovered that she came out the next morning remembering much more of everything that had transpired than most, even in spite of the physical distance that she'd held from the crowd. She knew which people had a hard

[everyone_takes]

It was probably better that Hermione didn't think of her as the type of person to take advantage, but Kate knew she was. It always came back to that, no matter what happened, no matter how people tried to prove her wrong. Everyone's a taker. Every thing's a thing. That didn't exclude Kate, she knew she was just as bad, if not worse, than most other people

[honestlyrubbish]

"You should have come to me earlier, I'm sure that the Council could have come up with a few hands to help you get situated in no time at all. Actually, I'm fairly certain that the Building Crew would be more than willing to help. Which is less to say that it's part of their job description in the slightest, and more that the group is so lovely and generous on the whole. And, naturally, quite strong," Hermione replied, her expression pleased as she thought of all the people on the island who chose to give their time, effort, and services without a word of complaint, without expecting a single penny (or island equivalent) in return. "Although, now that I think about it... it wouldn't hurt if we actually had a designated group for people to go to for moving services

[everyone_takes]

Looking guilty, Kate glanced over at Hermione, trying to read her expression. There were a few things she could have meant, between jail and Harry, and Kate didn't want to start talking about her recent desire to light things on fire if that wasn't what Hermione was referring to. After a moment, though, she sighed, bordering on dramatic, and asked, "Jail time or Harry not coming home