Panic
One, two. One, two.
Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out.
"It's hard, isn't it? Being the one they look up to. I never knew it'd be like this," Ginny whispered as they saw just how many people their call to reassemble the DA had brought.
Neville thought back to the shadows on Harry's face, the way Ron and Hermione guarded him.
"I did," he whispered back tiredly. "But we do what we have to, don't we?"
"That we do," Ginny answered with a determined smile that didn't quite manage to make her look happy. "That we do."