"Flying with my girl leaning back against me, both of us glad to be alive and together, I really didn’t care what her big brother said. Of course, most people thought I didn't care what anybody said, but that wasn't true. I merely declined to disabuse the ignorant of their false beliefs. I was a Malfoy, after all. There was the family image to uphold. Apart from that, if word got round that I wasn’t the cold-hearted bastard people thought I was, I’d be forced to wizard duel every day at school. Frankly, I had better uses for my time, like snogging Ginny."

In Romania, Draco finds that dealing with dragons is less complicated than dealing with Ginny's family.