"I get it!" Dean Thomas immediately caught Seamus Finnigan's meaning. Grinning, he slung an arm around Ron's shoulders. "Ron, looks like Snape... considers you just as important as Wizet!"
"I'd rather not!" Ron hurriedly shrugged off Dean Thomas's arm. "I'd rather go through the 'Paris Region Incident' again than become important in Snape's eyes!"
Seamus Finnigan deliberately widened his eyes in an exaggerated manner, his tone teasing. "Ron! I never thought you'd be so greedy!"
"You want to have your cake and eat it too! If you went through the 'Paris Region Incident' again, wouldn't you get another medal?"
After Seamus Finnigan and the others had teased him for a while, Ron finally calmed down. He stood up with an arm around Harry's shoulders.
He let out a long breath. "Think whatever you want! Anyway, I really don't want to go through something that terrifying ever again!"
"Since we're talking about food," he said, rubbing his stomach, "I think this topic deserves further discussion. I'm starving! Let's hurry to the Great Hall!"
After leaving the Potions Class classroom, Hermione was still uneasy as they headed for the Great Hall. She questioned Ron about every detail of everything that had happened from Christmas break until now.
"Ron, think carefully again!" Hermione asked sternly. "When we were reviewing Shrinking Solution last week, did you throw some belladonna into Theodore Nott's cauldron?"
"Huh?" Neville, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas all spoke at once. "That happened?"
Dean Thomas laughed. "No wonder! I was wondering why the Shrinking Solution that guy brewed came out that color! So that was why!"
"Uh..." Ron's eyes darted around. "That... that was done by a little spider! I just saw it and didn't warn him!"
"Got it!" Neville nodded. "I'll keep it secret!"
Seamus Finnigan egged him on