Hazel blanched. She hadn't even realized she'd already broken her promise to David by mentioning it to Ernie... usually she never did anything like that, unless she was talking to Michelle.
But she couldn't talk to Michelle, not right now.
"It's probably different for everyone," Hazel replied at last, recovering her composure but slightly. She hadn't realized Ernie was an only child, and felt a little sorry for him, for how lonely it must have been. "I liked having brothers, but I get along better with Hannah than I do my own sister."
Hazel was smiling, though, when she spoke. Brenna wasn't as bad now as she had been, and Hazel hoped that when she graduated from Hogwarts, they could be friends again.