Hermione didn't drink, but when she raised her hand to protest he already had his back turned. She blinked and gave the pint that he put infront of her a wary glance, and managed to rip her eyes away from it when Octavius brought up books.
"Yes, yes I do read a fair amount," Hermione said, "but a lot of it is textbooks and reference material... I never got to go to Hogwarts, I teach myself and get tutoring. I love to learn. I could sit in library for hours and hours and do nothing but read about everything and-" Hermione caught herself rambling, and she quickly clamped her lips shut as her cheeks went warm. She cleared her throat, "I like books."