Draco and Hermione

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 46728

Am I the only one who noticed that after the Yule Ball, when Draco could
find 'no insult' for how Hermione looked, that he seemed to mostly back
off of teasing her and Pansy Parkinson started being more vicious
towards her instead?  Outside of the comment that Ron and Hermione were
'next to go' on the train at the end and calling Hermione 'clever' for
catching Rita..in a snide, Draco sort of way, Draco seemed to have
backed off on insults towards her.. and the 'next to go' thing was aimed
more at making Harry mad then anyone else.

Could Draco be maybe more effected by Hermione then he will ever admit? 
Don't you notice that sometimes two kids, male and female who fight when
young, suddenly become close after they are 14-16 years old?  Hmmmmmm...
Do we see a possible turn-around in Draco in the future, between his
father pushing him too hard, his cowardice, which might cause him to
decide that being a death eater is more dangerous then he likes, Snape's
favoritism, which might be more Snape trying to act as a father figure
to Draco, knowing how Lucius is, then simply the fact he is in
Slytherin... and the very fact that Draco is still at Hoggwart's at all
and not packed off to study under Karkaroff?  Hard to tell what's really
going on here.. Maybe his mother is really not a death eater herself and
knew Karkaroff would push her son in that direction and maybe that
Dumbledore and Snape would not?  We can't be sure about her as she was
not among the death eaters that were called to Voldemort's side when he
came back.  Her 'looking like she smelled something bad' at the World
Cup might have in fact been directed at her husband for all we know.

Jazmyn