Hey everybody! It's Christmas Eve! Yay! This is my Christmas gift to you guys out there. This is also a special request by my friend Nadinne who is an avid Dramione fan. Merry Christmas and I hope you like it!

A Perfectly Good Heart

-a Christmas DraMione OneShot-

It was Christmas. Do you remember?

We were supposed to meet at our favorite restaurant in Diagon Alley. We were supposed to have our Christmas dinner. Just the two of us.

I wore my favorite green dress, the one you loved so much. The only thing I carried was your present. You didn't believe in Christmas at first, but eventually, you learned to tolerate it because it was my favorite season. You didn't say it, but I knew you started loving it.

I sat in our favorite booth, the one by the window. I loved sitting beside the window to watch the rain or the snow fall.

I waited for you. I waited for hours, but you never came.

I decided to walk home, I might splinch myself if I Apparated. A voice inside my head said that it was time to let you go. I said to myself, maybe you were so busy with work you forgot to call me. You'd been busy lately, and Christmas was no exception.

When I got home, you called.

"Sorry I didn't make it," you said as soon as I picked up.

"It's alright," I replied. I was very understanding. I loved you. And you loved me. You were working hard for me, and I readily accepted that.

Some part of my mind never did.

"Can we meet for dinner tomorrow instead?" you asked. And for once Christmas finally felt great.

"Okay," I replied, no questions asked. I was giddy. Excited. I was going to see you after so long.

After so, so long.

The next day, I wore my red dress. The one you also liked.

I stayed in the restaurant, waiting for you again. The waitress smiled at me sympathetically. I know she'd seen me here yesterday. After an hour of waiting, you arrived.

You were handsome in your work coat-and-tie. You slid into the seat in front of me and put your hands, clasped together, on the table. I gave you a warm smile, you responded with a sigh. It was so awkward.

We were never awkward.

I knew I had to break the ice so I smiled widely and gave you the wrapped box.

"Merry Christmas," I said. Instead of taking the box, you take my hands and look me straight in the eye.

I was so scared.

"We can't be together anymore, Hermione," you said.

My whole world shattered.

"W-why?" I stammered.

You looked down and sighed again.

"It's not you," you said. "It's me."

Immediately I was angry.

"Seriously?" I said. "You're giving me that speech?"

"Hermione—"

"No, I understand," I said tearfully. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Malfoy."

And I ran away.

I cried myself to sleep that night. I loved you Draco. And you loved me. I didn't see anything that could have said otherwise.

All I could ever wonder was why you actually did it. I didn't need an explanation, I didn't want it. But maybe you deserved to say it. I don't think anyone, especially you, would want to ruin our love. Why would you ruin a perfectly good heart?

I do hope you still remember that day, Mr. Malfoy. I hope you know that up to now, I still don't know how to make everything as it was before I met you, the real you. And as I sit here in our favorite booth, looking out the window at you and your beautiful family, I am thinking that maybe, just maybe, we were never meant to be.

I just hope that you and your family have a very merry Christmas.

Yeah, I know it was pretty sad. Still, I hope you guys liked it!

Happy Holidays! Z:D