Molly and Narcissia walked quietly across the street. Their heels lay forgotten on the sidewalk. Narcissia giggled and grabbed Molly's hand to keep her from falling down. Molly giggled. "What are the kids doing?" She stage whispered. Narcissia shrugged. "Look! There's a fire!" Molly pointed to the back of Emma's house. "Shhhh." She said, taking Narcissia to the edge of the house and peeking over.

"Emma did body shots last time we were at a party." Lauren burst out. Emma spit her beer out and looked at her.

"Dude! Where did that come from?" She wiped her mouth. Hermione started laughing.

"Body shots? Really?" She smirked. Lauren nodded.

"It was quite funny." She said. Emma hit her.

"Er…body shots?" Draco asked. The girls all laughed.

"You know the tequila that Em made you try? And then the vodka Lori forced down your throat?" Ginny asked. Draco nodded.

"Well, honey, that's put in a pretty little shot glass. You lick salt off of the body and take a shot off the stomach. Then you have to take a lime from the girl's mouth. With your mouth." Emma said brightly. "It is kinda fun, really." She said. Lauren laughed. Emma pulled her hair up into a pony tail. Narcissia looked at Molly.

"Body shots?" She mouthed. Molly nodded.

"That's what I heard…" she muttered.

"Okay, now that we've ruined my life…what do we do now?" Emma asked. Hermione shrugged.

"I dunno. Truth or Dare, Draco?" Hermione asked. Draco smirked.

"Dare…" he said. Hermione bit her lip.

"I dare you to burn your clothes." She smirked. Draco actually laughed.

"All of them?" he asked. Hermione shook her head.

"Just the ones you're wearing right now. Save the boxers." She said. Draco sighed and took off his shirt and threw it into the fire. "Damn. That's my favorite shirt, too." He muttered as he threw his pants in the flames. Hermione laughed. "Hermione, it's fucking freezing!" he complained.

"It's not as bad as when we swam in the lake at school." She laughed. "And we have a fire by us, now." she pointed out. Draco smirked and looked at her.

"Okay, Mrs. Malfoy…" he started. Narcissia looked at Molly with a wide smile on her face.

"Awwwwwh!"

"Dare." Hermione said. Draco smirked.

"Burn your clothes." He said. Hermione shook her head.

"That's not very creative." She said as she threw her tight long sleeve shirt in. "Isn't that the shirt that you love to see me it?" she asked. Draco bit his lip and didn't answer. Hermione threw her jeans in the fire. "And don't you love those jeans?" she smirked. Emma laughed and raised her arm, inviting Hermione to sit back down. She covered her best friend with the thick red blanket. Hermione curled up under the covers and smiled at Draco, who was shivering. Harry looked at Ginny.

"Truth or Dare, Gin?" he asked. Ginny looked at Hermione. She nodded.

"Dare, Mr. Potter. Who do you think I am?" she asked. Harry rolled his eyes.

"The beautiful Ginny Weasley. The girl I'm lucky to call mine." He smirked. Ginny blushed. "Anyway, I dare you to…take a shot." He said. Ginny seemed unfazed by this simple dare.

"Tequila or vodka?" she asked. Harry blinked. Molly looked at Narcissia.

"They're drinking?" she asked. Narcissia nodded curtly. Molly's jaw dropped. "But…they're only…children…" She said. Narcissia shrugged.

"We have to let them make their own mistakes, Molly." She said. Molly sighed and looked at the kids again.

"Ewwwe. Tequila? Harry…that's disgusting." Ginny said when Blaise passed her a purple shot glass filled to the brim with the brown liquid. She closed her eyes, pinched her nose, and downed the shot. She shuddered and slammed the glass on the ground. Everyone clapped. Ginny hid her face in Hermione's arm. Hermione smiled and patted her head. Ginny groaned and turned around. "Blaise, Truth or Dare?" she asked. Blaise smirked and crossed his legs.

"Erm…I dunno! Pass!" he said. Hermione laughed.

"Pick someone else, dear." She patted Ginny's knee.

"Fred…Truth or Dare, brother?" She asked. Fred looked at his baby sister.

"I'm not going to dignify that question with an answer."

"Okay. I dare you to…kiss Emma!" she said. Fred looked at Emma, who was blushing profusely. Fred raised his eyebrow and nodded. Emma smiled and reached over the fire to fulfill Fred's dare.

"Okay, okay! I do not wanna see my brother make out with some random hot chick we met this morning!" Ginny said and shrank into Hermione's side. Emma sat back down and hit Ginny's leg. "I think we're done for the night…" She added.

"Killjoy!" Fred accused. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Oh, be grateful you got to kiss the girl." She said and threw a marshmallow at him. Hermione walked into Draco's waiting arms. Narcissia looked at Molly.

"They're married. There's a difference." Molly said. She grabbed Narcissia's hand and led her back to the right house.

"Come on, guys!" Emma called from the back porch, waving to Hermione and Draco. Hermione stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Draco quickly before running into the house and straight upstairs. Draco blinked.

"Drake, you want some coffee?" Josh asked. Draco nodded.

"Thanks, man." He said when Josh handed him a steaming mug. Hermione ran down the stairs in Emma's pajama pants and a black long sleeve shirt. She smiled and took the mug out of his hands.

"Don't mind if I do!" she took a drink of it and ran to the living room. Draco sighed and ran after her. She handed the cup of coffee to Emma, who put it on the end table. Draco laughed and picked Hermione up. He threw her over his shoulder and walked away. The girls were laughing and the boys were catcalling. Hermione giggled and punched his back. "You're going to wake up with bruises covering your back in the morning if you don't put me down, Draco Malfoy." She said through her giggles.

"I know." He said simply. He smiled and patted her legs.

"If you drop me, I will kill you. I will show you know mercy." She said.

"I know."

"Dude." she muttered. Draco smirked and walked outside. He carefully put her down against a wall. She smiled and put her hands on his chest.

"You like seeing me shirtless, don't you?" he asked, holding her hands in his. Hermione blushed.

"Maybe…" Draco smirked and kissed her quickly.

And I want her, need her, and you always will pull me through…

"It's two. Wake up, Hermione." Emma said, waving a cup of coffee in front of her face. It was Christmas Day. "Dude, we've waited all say for you to wake up. Then I got pissed and decided to wake you up myself." She said and kicked her lightly in the stomach. Hermione smiled and grabbed her foot, pulling Emma down. Emma poked her nose and kissed her forehead. "Get out of bed! Your hubby has a surprise for you." She said, pulling Hermione up. She jumped on Emma's back and they ran to the living room of the Granger home. There was a rather large Christmas tree standing in the corner. Streamers and brightly covered ornaments covered the green branches. Draco, Harry, Ron, Fred, George, Josh, Ginny, and Lauren were sitting on their legs on the ground around the tree. They each had a present in their laps. Narcissia, Molly, Arthur, Matt (Hermione's father), Shanna (Lauren's mother), Travis (Lauren's father), Tom (Emma's father), Jennifer (Emma's mother), Mark (Josh's father), and Skye (Josh's mother), were sitting on the couch, a present in their laps as well.

"Good morning, sleepy head." Skye said brightly. Hermione smiled and sat in Draco's lap. He put his chin on her shoulder. "Good morning, Mrs. Malfoy…sleep well?" he whispered. Hermione giggled and nodded. "That's good….happy Christmas." He said.

"You too, Draco."

If you will, then we'll go as fast as we go far. Maybe we'll be forgotten when the world is torn apart. And the sun won't be so blinding and the rains will finally come. The ashes will slowly pile up just to prove we're finally done…

He handed her a very long box. He smiled.

"Open it…" he said. Hermione looked at him and gently touched the wooden box. She smiled and threw the lid off the box.

"Oh my God!! Thank you, Draco! I love you!!!" she threw her arms around him and kissed him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!" she screamed. Harry laughed.

"Now you have your own. You don't have to beg to borrow mine." He smirked. Ginny grinned.

"Harry got me the same thing!" she gushed. Hermione threw her arms around Harry and hugged him. Emma smiled.

"Oh, Hermione! Will you take me out on it???" she asked, handing her a wrapped box. Hermione took it and kissed Emma's cheek.

"Yeah! But I get to have a go at it first! Tonight, promise." She said, unwrapping the gift Emma handed her. It was a notebook.

"It's from me and Lori…we got Harry to charm them so we can talk through them. We have the same ones." She said. Hermione nodded.

"Thanks." She handed Emma, Lauren, Ginny, Harry, and Josh their presents and leaned into Draco's warm embrace.

If we can we will leave a letter and this song for you. And we'll write once a day and float it through the sea to you…We'll regret all those things we thought of but didn't ever do…When the sky seems to clear who will then be left but a few? Me and you…

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