`` you 're checking up on us ? she lifted herself up on her elbows . `` anyway , '' he said , `` i injured it , and harry thought it would n't come back . '' and for a second i leaned into his comforting touch . no way around it , she came out and forced a smile . `` we do n't know that , '' he said and his voice was thick . so i blinked and when i was about to say something , do something , maybe even yell something , he got there before me . 