"I'm focusing and putting my determination towards the tasks that have been given to me," Hermione answered after another mouthful of her dinner, "There's the work I've been doing with you, and on the side I am still researching for my mission with Harry. Add on top of that that I still take shifts tending Ginny and, well, I don't have much time for anything else."
Hermione ate another mouthful in silence, and glanced up at Octavius. She paused as she considered their conversation, and in true blunt Hermione fashion asked simply, "So am I your girlfriend then?"