Draco was rather brilliant, not only able to keep up with her own speed, but always pushing her to new heights as well. Hermione quickly learned that Draco was fiercely loyal to those he cared about, which was more than she could say for a lot of Gryffindors, for a lot of people she considered her closest friends. And, well, he wasn’t hard to look at. How had she never noticed how absolutely  fit  he was? 