Harry had no idea why Ron had reacted so strongly.
Even though Harry had always had a very active imagination, he still failed to make that connection. Ron soon realized he had lost his composure and quickly changed the subject.
Neither Harry nor Hermione paid much attention to it, which put Ron considerably more at ease.
That can't be right. I definitely like girls! Especially that girl who looks like a Veela. Every time I so much as see her from behind, I can feel my heart beating faster.
As for men, I've never felt anything like that, not even for Harry.
Yes, that's right!
I, Ronald Bilius Weasley, definitely like girls. There's no way I like boys.
So Ron thought.
Even with the Triwizard Tournament taking place, classes at Hogwarts continued in an orderly fashion, without any obvious changes on account of the tournament.
One thing somewhat worth mentioning was that many classes now had quite a few young wizards from other schools attending.
Transfiguration and Charms had the most, while Potions Class and Defense Against the Dark Arts had some as well.
Divination had a few at first-Hogwarts was one of only two among all seven schools that offered Divination. The other was Nagudinnaf.
After two lessons, however, all the students from other schools stopped attending.
Harry found that perfectly understandable. In Hermione's words, Trelawney's Divination lessons were nothing but a charlatan's self-aggrandizing performance. Harry agreed privately but did not dare say so aloud.
That was because quite a few girls in the class had great faith in Professor Trelawney. Harry could not understand that at all.
There was one change for Harry.
Since the attack by the Australia Wizard, his Ancient Runes lessons, which had already been going unexpectedly smoothly this school year, seemed to have become