None of it mattered because she’d get  him  , someone she found herself drawn to all the time.  Someone who kept up with her rants about dark matter.  Someone who was kind and fiercely loyal.  Someone who  saw her  - not Hermione Granger, one third of the Golden Trio or Brightest Witch of Her Age, not Hermione Nichols, daughter of the President and beloved national celebrity.  He saw her, and he didn’t seem to care about the rest.