"No, it's okay, really," he replied, with a gentle smile. "I wish the same thing. I just want to be normal again, without all the stress of everything. Where the only things I'd have to worry about are how well I'll do on my N.E.W.T.s and whether or not the pretty 6th year sitting next to me fancies me at all. Not whether or not my best mate's dead, let alone anyone else. Not whether or not I'm going to end up-" Ernie broke off, not wanting to complete the thought.
He was going to say whether or not he was going to end up tortured or worse by the Carrows in his attempt to suss out information, but that wasn't something he should share with Hazel.
"I don't want to think about how this is all going to end."