okay, besides krum and cho, how do the rest of these people really notice? i mean, can anyone give any direct quotes from the books? if it's not too much trouble.

-Seraph out

Don't forget Mad-Eye Moody/Crouch, and Ginny Weasley.

I can't give you an exact quote for them, but I can tell you why I think so.
Mad-Eye Moody/Crouch- he complimented Harry and Hermione about being Aurors someday.
Ginny Weasley- When Hermione got Harry from out of Buckbeak's room in OotP, she told him that Ron and Ginny had been telling her that he's been isolating himself a lot lately. Now, I think this proves that both Ron and Ginny think only Hermione can talk Harry out of that room, and predictably, she did

For Minerva McGonagall, in CoS, she told Harry to come with her [she was going to show him that Hermione had been petrified] and only when she saw Ron, did she say something along the lines of 'Perhaps you should come, too, Mr Weasley.'

I forgot about everyone else [except Skeeter, Cho, Krum, and Colin]

~the dog star

First, I REALLY don't appreciate Cho's way naming Hermione. Why 'Hermione Granger'? Hadn't she just spent months learning curses and counter curses with her? Hadn't she used that time to call Hermione on a first-name basis? *makes violent gesture to Cho* At least Hermione called Cho by her first name...

Secondly, I agree with Harry. It WAS a brilliant idea. Why should Hermione tell them that it was jinxed? What, so people who would rat the D.A out get nothing coming? Gah, I really hate Cho right about now. What's worse, though, is that my brother is only 3/4 of the way in OotP, so he doesn't know what a nasty little female dog Cho is, and still pairs him up with Harry >.<

Anyway, like I said, I don't think anyone will ever live up to Hermione in Harry's eyes. She's just far too special in his eyes... and heart

~the dog star

I think the "--" was there because as soon as Cho mentioned Hermione and started to get jealous again, Harry jumped to Hermione's defense right away and cut in Cho's sentence. Very cute

Maybe he interrupted her, because he feared that she was right, and didn't want her to elaborate anymore. He got uncomfortable talking about it, so quickly changed the subject!
Hmm just a thought. *shrugs*

~*Amanda

The italics and bold were emphasized by me not JKR, but it's still telling. Notice how Professor McGonagall thinks to go to Harry first because she knew that he'd be concern. If Ron hadn't come running up, I doubt that she would have suggested to Harry that he get Ron as well. As far as I can tell, Professor McGonagall seems to notice how much Harry and Hermione are with each other, rather than Ron and Hermione together.

Next, Mrs. Weasley...yes, I said Mrs. Weasley. I am too lazy to go get the 4th book and find the page but when all the Rita Skeeter articles came out in the Daily Prophet, Mrs. Weasley believed them. Now, Mrs. Weasley must have thought that there must be something going on, or at least an attraction between Harry and Hermione otherwise she wouldn't have gotten angry. I have a feeling that Mrs. Weasley knows that Ron likes Hermione and that because she sees what's going on between Harry and Hermione, she doesn't want her son hurt.

Krum...easy to find, check GoF, when he confronts Harry about his status with Hermione. He thinks something is going on and he wants to make sure.

Colin Creevy: Can't recall exactly, but I believe that he was actually quoted in a Skeeter article in which he supported H/Hr as a couple or at least said things that may have indicated he believed them to be.

Cho Chang: Yeah...she pretty much gets jealous of Hermione after she kisses Harry and Harry still chooses Hermione over her after that. That of course only makes her more jealous, remember her stupid, annoying comments about "Oh, if it's darling Hermione..." can't recall what page as I'm too lazy to get the book. But Cho Chang does see it. And as much as I hate her, she seems pretty astute too, she knows what's going on around her and I'm sure she's dated enough to be able to tell that something is going on. And most of the time when a girl suspects something that is going on between two people...they're probably right. Cho Chang is using her intuition, she sees it.

So there you have it, there MUST be more people. I'm too lazy to find it out right now...I think Pansy Parkinson may have, I think she too was quoted for the article. There may have been others, but I'm not sure. And with all those people seeing it, it kind of annoys me. Damn it. So, when is Harry going to see it...hmm???

Yeah I agree

*Logical Side rears her ugly head*
Logical Side: I've heard this argument before, to support R/Hr and H/Hr, and I tend to think Mrs. Weasley is just gullable. It's not the first time she believes Rita's articles about Harry.

Now, this and the triangle article might make sense to Mrs. Weasley, but as she is fully aware of Rita's brand of erm, 'journalism'. She should've known to take those articles with a grain of salt, and yet she didn't. I find this as something else to add to my concerns about Mrs Weasley rather than anything Shippy.

That said, I agree about all the other people. Though Colin Creevey could possibly have been taken out of context by Rita Skeeter.

Colin just said Harry was always in the company of Hermione. This doesn't necessarily mean anything. At the time, Harry still wasn't talking to Ron. So of course he was only hanging about with Hermione. It may have looked couply to others, but Rita 'neglecting' to mention the attitude other students had towards Harry at the time and planting Colin's comment does not mean that Colin 'sees anything' per se. Am I making sense?

I think Draco might see something. Though this might be straw-grasping.

This is a very big if. Draco might just be being crude.