"Oh my!" Padma gasped. She couldn't have imagined Professor Dumbledore catching her doing something like that. She would have died! She loved the man so much, it was so painful that he was gone. "Why did he chastise her and not you?"
Padma's jaw practically hit the floor. She blinked and couldn't find the words to say. It was so shocking that he had no idea how to react. Even after it sunk in, she still couldn't find any words.
"I would never call you that," Padma quickly assured her, seeing queer only as a slur. "Why would someone say that about you or gossip about you like that?" She was angry someone or someones were talking about her favorite professor like that.