"What?" Hermione wasn't sure that she had heard right. It took her a moment longer than usual to process, too, the way Ron worded it making it harder for her to understand what he was getting at.
Not everyone made it out of the shop alive... Michael Corner didn't.
"Michael..." she trailed off, her eyes welling up, though she managed to look irritated as much as upset. Michael had been part of Dumbledore's Army, a good friend, and he had been gone for days without anyone bothering to tell her. "Why? Why would you wait until now to tell me? That's not just some little thing you can keep from me because you didn't want me to worry."