Hermione and Jennifer did not start out as mortal enemies.  They began as friends, as all such stories go.  Her mom, Kay Bailey Hutchison, started as Senator for Texas in the same term Hermione’s dad became president.  Though their parents differed in their politics, the girls were fast friends, bonding over attending the same parties during the first summer in a new city.  Technically, Jennifer could have stayed in Texas, but her mom had relocated the family to D.C.  Hermione had been stuck with her siblings and Scott for company at the time, none of them particularly interesting to her.  She was thirteen and friendless at home - Jennifer was a welcome relief.