"Ugh, Ron stop staring." Hermione groaned giving him a sharp nudge in the ribs. That was all he needed; Ron quickly snapped back to reality and looked away quickly. Harry gave him a fleeting look of bemusement as he felt the heat rising quickly to his ears.
Trying to regain his composure, he started, "I wasn't staring---I was---err--" He stopped his pathetic excuse as he turned and saw his friends skeptical glances. He sighed and took one last look down the crowded corridor.
"Save it. She's gone." Hermione said in an irritated tone.
"Who?" Ron said with an innocent grin. Hermione rolled her eyes and stepped into the line of traffic and pushed her way down the hall without so much as a glance back at her friends.
"C'mon mate. She's way out of your league." Harry sighed as he to stepped into the current of students with Ron hot on his heels.