Hermione thought a moment. "No, not rejection. Not really. That was a worry, of course, but it was more a case of ... what if ... what if he actually felt the same? What would I do then? He would be a bit terrifying to have as a boyfriend. He's such a massive personality. So intense, too. But I would have been totally willing to take the risk if it was offered. That was scary in itself. I thought I was far too young to consider myself in love. And with my best friend, no less. So I suppressed that part of it. But he was so sexy on top of all that. I often dreamt of him being on top of me. It was ridiculously distracting. I only ever had one boy in those sorts of fantasies ..."