"I am disappointed in you, Hermione." Harry says after Ron has left the Gryffindor common room to sulk, the same day that McGonagall took his Firebolt.

"I only did it to protect you; it could have any number of hexes and jinxes on it." She returns angrily.

"That's not the reason I am disappointed, Hermione. I am disappointed in you because you did not talk to me about it before you went to Professor McGonagall. If you had just talked to me about it first I would have taken it to her myself. I just don't like it when you go behind my back like that."

Her indignant and angry expression falls as she realises what she has done. She sits down beside Harry and pleads "I'm so sorry, Harry. I did not think of it like that. I should have remembered that you always listen to me when I ask you to, but I was just so afraid that you would fly with it and die because of some hex on it. Please forgive me Harry."

"Of course I forgive you, Hermione, I'll always forgive you. After all, how could I not? You forgive me for all the stupid and thoughtless things I say and do."