"Really?" Hermione asks, her eyes immediately lighting up at the thought of Emmett having crushed on Elle from afar, and for the two of them to have come together over time. Even though stories always position love at first sight as being the most romantic, Hermione always thinks that it's the process of falling for one another and growing with each other that seems the most powerful.

Maybe she's biased because of her own experiences.

"I can certainly see why one would fancy a woman as wonderful as Elle. Did the two of you start as friends?" she asks, curious to learn more about her friend's life. Elle has always struck Hermione as being confident and radiant. The sort of person who might turn heads from afar.