"Hermione, honey, I've watched Harry confuse his feelings for you since he saved you from that troll when he was just eleven," said Lily. "He threw himself into mortal danger for a girl that he hardly knew. What would make him do that? Some vague sense of moral idiocy? No, not even James was that stupid. And Harry hasn't gone quite that crazy for anyone else, has he? He acted to save you out of instinct, as if it were somehow natural for him to do so. Is that something we should ignore? No, I've come to think that there's much more to your connection than meets the eye.