In the two days before term officially began, Harry and his friends suddenly became busy.
It all started when Hermione suddenly took it into her head to see how Hagrid's preparations for his classes were coming along.
That was easy enough to understand. After all, past experience had shown that Hagrid was a good man, but not a particularly reliable one.
Harry and Ron both thought it was a good idea, so they went along.
It was worth mentioning that on the day Ron arrived at school, he had seemed very out of sorts on the train, as though he did not particularly want to talk to Harry.
This caught Harry's attention, and he was a little worried about his best friend.
Yet within two days of arriving at school, Ron had returned completely to normal. Harry, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Ron, noticed that during those two days, Ron often stole glances at the older girls in the Common Room.
Well, it was still September, and with the magic in the Common Room, it was very warm inside. So many of the older girls wore very light clothing.
After secretly watching the older girls for two days, Ron returned completely to normal.
Harry puzzled over this endlessly, unable to understand what had happened to his best friend. He did not ask, either. Well, just as with Hermione, even close friends had their secrets.
Of course, even if Harry had asked, Ron surely would not have told him.
He went with Hermione and Ron to visit Hagrid's Hut-Neville did not go, as he was studying ahead for his classes.
Their visit made Hagrid very happy, but the state of things with Hagrid did not put the three of them particularly at ease.
To be fair, Hagrid really