Hermione never came back, just as Su Er had expected.
After Ron and Hermione left, Harry still could not resist coming over to ask Su Er for advice.
But Harry soon left in disappointment. He had given it a try and discovered that there was no way he could learn the Bubble-Head Charm Su Er had mentioned in a single night.
That meant he had to think of another way, or he would have no choice but to tell the judges at tomorrow's task that he simply could not do it.
Watching Harry's dejected figure leave, Su Er shook his head slightly. According to the plot, Harry would receive some gillyweed in the early hours of the morning.
And that gillyweed would come from the private stores of their dear Potions professor, Mr. Severus "double agent, bad at expressing his feelings" Snape.
Su Er still clearly remembered what Dobby, the house-elf who gave Harry the gillyweed in the original plot, had said-
"Dobby cannot let Mr. Potter lose his Wheezy."
Of course, none of that concerned Su Er as he lay in his dormitory bed. Sinking into the surging tide of sleepiness, he "saw" Hermione in a swimsuit, smiling and waving at him.
Ohohohohoh!!
When his roommates woke him the next morning, Su Er still wished it could have lasted longer. What a beautiful night it had been.
Today's task involved water too, and Hermione was in the water as well, only without a swimsuit.
Wasn't that a coincidence?
After a simple meal to fill his stomach, Su Er passed through the two oak doors onto the sunlit lawn and headed toward the opposite shore of the lake with his roommates.
The seats from last November's dragon enclosure were now arranged in tiers along the shore, and quite a few