If she had lived in a different world and she and Draco had been different people. In this world, Hermione can imagine herself being greeted by Narcissa Malfoy with a courteous bob of the head and far better manners than Hermione ever had the grace to learn in her upbringing. She can imagine the scowl set on Lucius Malfoy's lips for his son to bring home a girl that is still beneath his upbringing. And yet in this world, she can also imagine - for that is the wonder of imagination and fantasies - that Draco's parents would recognise how happy she and Draco would be together. And for this reason, they would welcome her with open arms and warm smiles, and they would all forget about prejudices or different backgrounds to instead focus on the strong love connection between their son and Hermione.