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Gryffindor tower was in an uproar due to all the excitement of it being the morning to catch the train back to King Cross for the Holidays season. Groups of friends could be found sharing stories of plans for the break, or arranging hookups in Diagon Alley. The volume was close to that of stadium showcasing the hottest music sensation. People were laughing, hugging and were in an all and all, gay mood. All except for one young man though who sat quietly in a big cushiony chair lost in his own thoughts while gazing at the flames flickering in the freshly started fire place. One Harry Potter who looked like the whole world was placed on his shoulders still even with the recent death of one, Tom Riddle.
"Harry, there you are, where is Mione?"
"I don't know Ron, she may have gotten up early and headed to the library." Harry responded to him with an automatic answer. Truthfully he had no idea where she was, and he felt it wasn't really his business to know, as he wasn't her father or her boss. Hermione was free to do what she pleased without need of his permission or approval, a concept he has slowly come to the conclusion over the last 6 months that one, Ronald Weasley, didn't agree with.
"I'm telling you she would room herself in there if she was allowed, that girl really needs to realize life is not all about learning. Sometimes she needs to relax and be where the rest of us are."
"I'm quite sure she is aware of that Ron" Harry responded.
"No I don't think she is, this whole year so far it has been all about studying and N.E.W.T's with her, I have barely seen her." He shakes his head in disappointment with the girl in question. "Thank goodness for her she has us though right," he nudges Harry "Poor girl would probably end up a crazy kneazle lady with cobwebs as knickers" he chuckles at his own joke. "She is just lucky that she has me and my family and can come to the Burrow this Christmas, we will make sure she relaxes for once that's for sure." He grins at Harry with a suspicious smile.
"What do yo..." Harry started ask as he sees Ron walking away from him towards the common room exit.
"Blimey Harry let's head down to breakfast I'm starving," Ron interrupts while stepping out of the common room not even looking back to see or waiting for Harry to join him.
Before Harry could even make it to the entrance however he was grabbed from the back of his shirt, spun around and engulfed into a big hug from Ginny Weasley.
"Ohhhh Harry, I am so excited about heading home for the holiday, aren't you? Ginny gushed.
Extracting himself first from her strong embrace, he starts to shuffle his way closer to the common room exit, "Ummm yeah, I..."
"I have so much planned for us to do during the holiday, and seeing as it is only going to be you and me there till Christmas Eve, as Hermione will be spending it at her parent's house."
"Ron..." Harry tried to say before he was cut off again.
"Why she would want to be alone in the muggle world just shows how strange she can be. Personally she should be spending more time with Ronald as proper and giving us even more time alone," she winks at him. "But she just thinks about what she wants it seems."
"She's not like that, she always..."
"Anyways, Ron will be gone most days helping Fred and George so we can still get some time together." She smiles at him. "We can do some shopping, there have been a few things I have been dying to show you."
"About that, I made arrange..."
"I hope you haven't spent to much on my gift so far before we check out the stores I want..."
"GINNY!" he yells to get her to get her attention and stop interrupting him.
"Yes Harry" she responds with a simpering smile.
"I have been trying to tell you that over the holiday season..."
"Yipes"... "HARRY"... "ohhh Hi HARRY, it's great to see you HARRY, have a great holiday HARRY, it wasn't my fault HARRY, by HARRY".. Before Harry could say even a quick hi back all that could be seen of Colin Creevy, was his heels speeding like a bullet up the stairs.
Looking at Ginny, he raises his eyebrows in question to her. "Do you have a clue what that was all about?"
Shrugging her shoulders, "I have no idea, he is so weird". Giving Harry a quick peck on the cheek she starts jogging away while yelling back to him over her shoulder. "Gotta run I promised I would have breakfast with Luna."
"Yeah Colin's the weird one," he mutters to himself while finally making it out of the common room to head down to breakfast.
Down in Draco's dorm room. Theo, Draco, and Blaise all sat in heated discussion on how they were going to manage to smuggle Hermione out of the Slytherin common room without anyone seeing and most importantly without the Greengrass sisters catching wind that she was ever there.
Currently Hermione was finishing up in the shower determined to stay clean this time she was also transfiguring her clothes into something different from last night. She was extremely happy and only a little surprised that both Theo and Blaise where ok with her and Draco being together. Their relationship status confirmed during their first shower where Draco teased and denied her orgasm until she screamed in confirmation that she was 100 percent his, as he was hers.
Theo and Blaise were found sitting on the bed facing the loo with big matching grins when she exited the bathroom to retrieve her clothes after just that proclamation was official given to Draco. Thankfully she was wrapped in a towel but both were still given stern lectures for surprising her and to look nowhere but their feet on the floor during her time locating her clothes on the floor from Draco.
While slowly opening the loo's door she could hear Draco's exasperated voice.
"No Blaise, for the last time we are not transfiguring My into a Kitten."
"Really, because I saw your back last night and I would have to say a kitten is quite suited for your little sex kitten you've seemed to have nabbed."
"Theo," Draco called.
"Yeah."
"Hold my wand will you, I just got her so I don't want to end up in prison, but I may just kill Zabini if you don't take my wand from me."
"You don't have to kill him Draco, from what I heard he immensely enjoyed those hives you gifted him earlier this year, maybe another week will still those lips of his." Hermione chipped into the conversation, while coming into the room.
"Seriously, you know, the more I know you Granger, the more I wonder why in bloody hell you weren't sorted into Slytherin." Blaise states in disbelief of her hive suggestion.
"Because as you just said I'm more sex kitten, then dirty snake Blaise," she responds while also giving him a saucy wink.
Making sure to also give a peck against Draco's lips to silence his growl in displeasure at the blatant flirting. She turns to the three Slytherins. "So why am I being transfigured into a kitten anyways?"
"We are trying to figure out how to smuggle you out of the dorm and through the common room to the exit," stated Theo.
"Oh that's easy, I will just dissolution myself you silly boys," she advises them while taping her head with her wand mutter a quick few words and disappearing right in front of their eyes.
"Hu." The three say at the same time while all concentrating on the empty space she was just standing at the moment before.
"You boys ready?" She calls out to them.
"Umm yeah" says Theo as they all head to the doorway at once.
"What should we do now?" Blaise asked.
"Really," an invisible Hermione huffed. "And some wonder why we won the war."
"Hey," the trio chorused together.
"Draco, take point, I will follow directly behind you keeping a hold of the back of your shirt. Dumb and dumber will follow after 3 paces behind you down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs dumb flank to the right and dumber to the left creating a geese formation. I will stay right behind Draco until out of the common room." Hermione commands them.
"Your kitten sure has an attitude to go with those claws Draco," Blaise whispers to Draco.
"I can still hear you Blaise" she whispers in his ear causing him to give a tiny Yelp in surprise when she pinches his arm for the comment.
"Let's go gentlemen," she says while taken a hold of Draco's shirt from the back with one hand, she also quickly cups Draco crotch with the other giving it a firm squeeze causing him to jump in surprise.
"Bloody hell witch, you'll pay for that later you little minx," Draco growls to her.
"Haven't you heard darling, I'm a kitten not a minx," she whispers seductively into his ear, while taking quick advantage of the height from the stairs she gentle bites his ear lobe. "meow."
Smoothly making it down the stairs, with Hermione right behind Draco like planned they make it into the common room with Blaise and Theo taking his right and left flank quickly and crossing the common room to the exit without a problem.
Theo had just opened the exit to the common room when Draco was sudden tackled by one Astoria Greengrass.
"Ohhhh Drakie, how are you feeling? Daphne just told me that you were unwell last night while we were at breakfast. I am sorry she didn't tell me sooner; I could have brought you your breakfast instead." She cooed while checking Draco all over with her hands to make sure he was ok.
Annoyed by her wandering hands the most compared to just being annoyed with her in general like every other day. Draco grabs hold of her hands and holds them away from himself while taking a deep breath, reminding himself that this was Daphne's little sister and thou shall not scare little girls. "I am fine Astoria, a little headache, all better now." He tells her giving her fake smile.
"Ohhhh that is great Drakie, I would hate for you to be sick over the holiday season. Especially with your families' ball coming up." Batting her eyes at him and giving him a big smile. "Speaking of which, I just received a letter from my mother confirming our attendance." She bats her eyes at him again smiling even bigger than before. "It also said that Daddy has agreed to make arrangements with your father in regards to finalizing our marriage agreement, hopefully by the time of the ball we can be engaged." She squeals happily, "I need to go tell the other girls, I am so glad you are feeling better Drakie," she quickly pecks a very stunned Draco on the cheek and skips into the common room up to her dorm room.
Theo, being the first one to get his wits back quickly starts to feel around for Hermione.
Draco, who by now was standing stone still with his head down, jaw clenched, glaring at the castle floor with his fist tightly balled. Quietly groaned out, "she let go on the word marriage."
"Bloody Hell," Blaise moans.