does Hermione have any other friends/

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 <Evidence that Harry & Ron observe her studying alone on various 
occasions when they are estranged from her in the PoA fight is not 
solid evidence that she unequivocally doesn't have any other friends 
or other activities to occupy her time.
> 
> I agree.  Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.  And there 
is some evidence that Hermione hangs out with the other girls 
sometimes>

I completely missed the discussion about Hermione :-( but I don't 
think she is dependent at all on the company of Ron and Harry.  They 
just happen to be her two best friends.  I imagine she spends plenty 
of time studying on her own in the library or in the common room, as 
well as probably talking after class to her professors or having a 
meal with other Gryffindor girls.  Hermione seems quite capable of 
doing her own thing.  I think she is much more independent than Ron, 
for example, who is obviously used to always spending time with groups 
of people - like his family.  

--jenny from ravenclaw************************************