Hermione smiled and waved. It was almost certainly Padma, who'd been just as voracious a reader as Hermione herself, and nowhere near as obsessed with boys and makeup as Parvati and Lavender.
And God willing, ready to put that disastrous Yule Ball behind them.
"It's wonderful to see you, Padma," she said, ignoring Ron's grimace. "Your store is marvelous! I'm so glad to see a good one in Hogsmeade."
All the books were clean, which was more than one could say for some of Flourish & Blott's selections, and she couldn't hear any snarling or shrieking from the section on magical creatures. Leave it to a Ravenclaw to have everything be well organized and logical for a change.