Disclaimer: No, I do own any of the Harry potter characters. They all
belong to the great Lord J.K. Rowling! Bow down to her! All of you!
Okay..I'm a little crazy, I know. *giggles*
Thanks to: Menecarkawan. Thank you for being my Beta!
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Suzaku24: Well, thank you! I liked the last review just as much! Thanks for the review!
OnlyHAUNTED: lol. Yes, I enjoyed writing the scene with Nott just as well, but I think I could have made it a little better, but if you like it, then GREAT! Thanks for the review!
Aquafine: Wow! I knew I'd heard that name from somewhere before. Well, it's a really cool name! Thanks for the review!
Miss Shadow Prowl: lol. I was really glad I made Draco win the game. I thought I would end up making Harry win, but I decided to give it a little twist. Give it a chance. As for the next game.you'll have to read on to find out who wins. Thanks for the review!
HogwartsSaiyajin: `I understand what you meant by slow. I feel that in some stories sometimes too. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Well, I hope this chapter is enjoyable too! Thanks for the review!
GoddessMoonLady: Interesting. You notice the little things in my story which is really cool! It makes me feel like a great writer! Thank you so much for the review!
Manda Lee04: Well, I can't actually tell you if anything bad will happen between Draco and Harry's relationship right now because I don't really know myself. The story just makes itself up as I type. It's like I'm not even really the author! My fingers just type letters by instinct I guess. lol. But, as for this chapter, you'll see that not everything is so bad, all though it's WAY OOC. Thanks for the review!
Goldengirl12: Hmm.about Harry's perspective. You see, I would, but the thing is, if you remember the first chapter of the story, it says that this is a story Draco is writing and so, he can't write in Harry's POV since this is a book he's writing and he doesn't really know what Harry was probably thinking at the moment. I'm sorry if you don't like this. Please don't stop reading my story just for that, though. Thanks for the review!
Bakachan17: Yes. It's nice to have the Slytherins accept Harry so that I can get that out of the way and move on to other things in the story. Thanks for the review!
Immortal Memories: lol. I could just barely make out what you were saying, but I'm glad you're allowed to have sugar! My mom hid all the sugar and chocolate and stuff and won't let me eat anymore! *sobs* Oh well. Thanks for the review!
Kelebcarak: I'm glad you're enjoying my story! And welcome to my story. (I say this to all my new readers.) lol. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Luin-lote: Wow! You're lucky! No classes, just a nice, relaxing movie! Wish I could go to the movies, but I'm too busy studying with all my new, harder subjects! School sucks.but it's going to let me become a successful writer! That is so cute with the hot chocolate and reading my story! I'm not allowed to have anymore chocolate though because my mom says I've had too much. lol. Well, thanks for the review!
DeathStryke: Oh! I HATE migranes! I've never had one myself but whenever my sister gets them, believe me when I say: All hell breaks out! lol. Well, I'm glad you like the fact that Draco won (I'm a Slytherin too! -_^ ) And I enjoyed writing the fluff afterward. I wanted to make sure you guys knew that Harry had no hard feelings. ^_^ Well, thanks for the review!
Well, that's the end of them! WoW! I finally got more than 12 reviews! Now I got 13! (which isn't really that much more, but considering all the readers I've lost, I'm not complaining!) Ok you guys, well, on with the story!
~*~Chapter 12: Christmas Plans ~*~
Halloween had gone eventful and time had gone by with everything going fine and it was now December. It was time for both Gryffindors and Slytherins to go to Care of Magical Creatures. The chilling winds whipped across our pale, cold faces as Harry and I made our way to Hagrid's hut.
Harry was hugging onto me tightly to try to extract all the warmth from me and I was doing the same to him. It was extremely cold and the snow was up to our knees. My robes were completely soaked from the knees and down.
I swear, my lower legs were completely numb and had lost all feeling. I dragged my legs across the fields with Harry hugging me closely. "D-Draco" Harry whispered through chattering teeth.
"Yes, Harry?" I asked.
"I'm f-freezing. How about you?"
I raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you think?"
"Well, sorry" He said with a little annoyance in his voice. "Didn't mean to bother Mr.Grumpy." I glared at him and he rolled his eyes.
Harry sighed and said, "Well, there's one really cool thing about cold weather like this, you know."
"Oh really? What's that?"
"This" He answered. He blew out hot air and we saw his breath materialize into a thin foggy smoke for a few seconds before disappearing.
"That's cool?" I asked with annoyance. I really did hate cold weather and I suppose I had just been in a fowl mood. But that didn't bring Harry down, no sir. He gave me a glare then said, "Draco Lucius Malfoy, I know you don't like the cold weather but if you don't shut the smart ass mouth of yours I'm not going to kiss you for a month!"
"Can we have sex?" I asked with a sly smile.
"Draco!" he yelled.
I laughed aloud at his blushing face. Hermione and Ron were only a few feet behind us and he had probably been embarrassed that they'd heard.
We arrived at Hagrid's hut with everyone wearing mittens over mittens and scarves over scarves. Harry looked at me and then smiled.
"What?" I asked.
"You look so adorable with your nose red from the cold." He answered, giving me a small kiss on the tip of my nose. I blushed a little at the cheeks, but at least the blushing had warmed me up a bit.
We were learning about Banshees today, with Dean trying to find out how to ward them away. (he was afraid of Banshees)
We were near the end of the class when, suddenly, my eagle owl came flying in through the window. It came right up to me. Hagrid turned to me and said, "Malfoy, take that owl outside 'ter fly 'round. Class isn't over yet."
I was about to do so when the bell rang. Class was over and everyone began running outside to get inside to the warm castle. Harry walked up to me and stated, "There's a note attached to its leg."
I hadn't even noticed that!
I raised a thin brow quizzically. Who could it be from? We started walking outside slowly, until everyone was far ahead of us. I opened it with Harry by my side, wanting to read it too. The letter was from my mother! Oh no. What was she going to say?
I began to read the letter to myself while Harry read over my shoulder.
Dearest Son,
I hope you got my howler. I cannot believe I had to hear about your relationship with Potter through the Dailey Prophet! Shame on you! How could you not tell me of such a thing! However, now that I have gotten over that, I must congratulate you on your new relationship. I'm so glad that you didn't choose the same dark path as your father. That potter is a very good boy for you. He'll teach to stop being so spoiled all the time. I must admit, though, that I was a little shocked to find out you were homosexual, but I accept that. After all, love has no bounds. I would like to meet 'Harry.' You should invite him to out manner for Christmas. No, actually, you always bring your friends over the manner. This is a more special occasion. Why not get a large cabin house nearby those muggle skiing resorts? I've heard that Harry was brought up by muggles and so maybe he would like to go there. You can invite those two of his friends too, and I, of course, will attend also. Maybe I'll try to learn how to ski like muggles. This year is going to bring many changes for us, hopefully for the better. Well, you talk things over with Harry. You have almost an entire moth to decide. Send Harry my love.
Lovingly,
Your mother, Narcissa Malfoy.
I was stunned right in my spot. I couldn't move. Harry was having more trouble reading since he was reaching over my shoulder so it took him a little longer to finish the letter but as he was reading the things she had said about him, he squeezed onto my shoulders, tighter and tighter until they'd gone numb and I just didn't care anymore.
"Wow!" He'd yelled when he had finished the letter. "Draco! You're mother is fine with me! She told you to send me her LOVE! Do you know what this means!? She even invited me over for Christmas and agreed to do something dealing with muggles for me!"
Harry grabbed me and kissed me ever so passionately on the lips before breaking away and looking into my eyes with his happily dancing emerald jeweled eyes. Feeling finally came back to me and I smiled as the realization finally hit me.
I suddenly grabbed him and did the same as he'd just finished doing to me. I kissed him passionately but held the kiss for longer this time. I was so happy! I didn't know what to do with all my happy emotion! I had to let it out somehow. and it just happened to be lunchtime, which meant that Harry and I had 40 minutes to ourselves. What to do, what to do?
I grabbed Harry and we ran to the castle and into my room, which was the closest and.well, you can figure out what happened next.
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Harry and I ran into the Transfiguration classroom just as the bell rang, looking flushed and disheveled. We breathing fast and had just ended our enjoyable session of intimacy, if you know what I mean.
Hermione and Ron gave us looks that clearly told us it was entirely obvious what we had just been doing. Harry blushed a dark shade of crimson and I just gave a sly smile. Hermione frowned and shook her head while Ron just chuckled.
Harry and I took two seats right in front of Hermione and Ron and took out our books for Transfiguration. We began to write down our notes as McGonnagal began her lesson.
"The art of transforming a land animal into a creature from the sea is very difficult as it means changing the entire respitory system."
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A/N: I just wanted you guys to know that I'm sorry if you don't like the idea of Christmas at a muggle fashioned place, but it's just that I thought it would be too unoriginal and clichéd if I had them spend Christmas at the Malfoy Manner like they do in all the other stories. Plus, as an added bonus, that's why I also had Mrs. Malfoy invite Hermione and Ron over too because in all the other fan fictions, Hermione and Ron never come along. But don't worry, that doesn't mean Draco and Harry won't be able to be romantic with each other. Ron and Hermione will most likely be busy with their own things, if you know what I mean.
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I gazed at the clock, counting down the minutes until Transfiguration would finally be over and done with so that Harry and I could tell Ron and Hermione the great news about Christmas.
I hoped they hadn't all ready made plans to go somewhere else. I had to make sure to write back to my mother and I knew she would be simply heart broken if they turned down the offer of coming with us for Christmas. Actually, she'd be furious. No one had ever turned down any invitation she'd ever given out and she would not be exactly ecstatic to be turned down as a first time.
Brrrrrring! The sound of the bell ringing abruptly grabbed me and hurled me out of my thoughts. Class was finally over!
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"Hermione, Ron! You'll never believe it!" Harry shouted out to Ron and Hermione as we rushed out of Transfiguration with a 4-foot essay due by the end of the week.
"Yes, you'll never believe it." I added in quite lamely. I had wanted to be the one to yell out the good news at them but now that Harry had started it, it didn't feel as satisfying.
Harry quickly noticed this on my facial features and smiled sweetly at me before saying, "Draco has some news he wants to tell you guys," and stepped a little behind me, giving me an encouraging little shove in the back.
I smiled gratefully at him and then said, with much more enthusiasm, "My mother sent me a letter!"
"Wow, Draco," Ron said. "I suppose it is a big deal to get a letter from your mum after 16 years." Sarcasm is and always will be the worst form of English speaking.
I glared at him as Hermione yelled, "Ron! Let him finish!"
"Thank you, Hermione," I stated, receiving a glare from Ron. I would have stuck my tongue out at him in a childish gesture, had it not been for the fact that I was a Malfoy.
I continued, "Yes, well, in this letter, my mum told me what she'd said in the howler she sent me a few weeks ago. She told me that she'd only yelled at me for not letting her know about my relationship with Harry first!" I declared, happily.
"Yes," Harry added in as I smiled the biggest smile Ron and Hermione had ever seen. "She's not even upset by the fact that Draco's gay!"
Hermione smiled happily. "Well, that's wonderful news."
"Who cares," Ron said, uninterestedly.
Hermione stepped on his foot angrily, winning herself an "Ouch!" from Ron.
"There's more," Harry stated happily, gesturing for me to continue.
"She's invited Hermione and you along with Harry and myself, of course, to stay with her at a large cabin nearby a muggle skiing resort! She says she thinks things should change and that it would be nice to learn how to ski!" I finished happily.
Both Ron's and Hermione's mouths were left hanging 2 inches from the floor. Harry laughed at their faces before adding in, "Yes, but that's only, of course, if you haven't all ready made plans for Christmas break." He gave them a sad-looking puppy dog face, pleading, with his eyes, for them to tell him they hadn't made any plans.
Hermione laughed at the look before answering, "Don't worry, Harry, Ron and I were actually just going to stay here for Christmas break because we had nothing to do but now that this wonderful opportunity has come up, we'd love to join you two!"
Just as I was starting to feel entirely gleeful, Ron opened his oversized mouth.
"I don't know. I mean, learning to ski? My dad's the one that wants to learn how to do muggle things, not me."
"Oh Ron!" I exclaimed angrily. "You don't have to ski if you don't want to!" he was NOT going to ruin this for Harry and I and especially not Hermione since I knew that as his girlfriend, if he didn't go, then she wouldn't want to go either.
"I don't know." Ron answered unsure, when suddenly, I got a wonderful idea.
"Well, there'll be lots and lots of sweets and food." I could see Ron's eyes lighting up all ready, but I knew I'd need just a little bit more of a push at him before I got what I wanted so I added, "And my mother's the greatest chess player ever. I bet she could even beat you." I finished with sinister smirk.
"No, she could not! No one can beat me! I even beat McGonnagal's giant chess board in first year and-"
"My mother could have beaten them in half the time it took you." I answered, reeling him in to my plan.
"Oh yeah!?" Ron asked, turning red in the face. "Yeah." I answered casually.
I could feel the tug of the fish and began to quickly reel in my fish.
"My mother would love to beat you and wipe away all your skills in chess in a heart beat!"
That was it! That was it! Come on you damned fish!
"Fine! Tell your mother she's on! Chistmas break, it's going to be me and her and we'll see just who really is the better chess player!" Ron yelled in victory, or so he thought.
YES! I caught the fish but, feeling pity for it, I through it back it, for it didn't actually look very tasty anyway.
It was actually I who'd won and Hermione and Harry knew that and were now trying to hold in there laughter at Ron's pitiful stupidity due to his Gryffindor pride.
"You've got yourself a deal, Ron" I answered, and he took my out stretched hand and shook it vigorously before heading off to his next class, with Hermione following him, giggling quietly to herself.
"You just love tricking him into these things, don't you Draco?" Harry asked, smiling.
"Why yes, I think I do." I answered back. I took Harry's face in my hands and leant down to place a soft kiss on his lips.
He looked at me happily before saying, "Well, I have to get to class now. I'll see you at dinner." And with that, he was off.
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Well, now all I had to worry about was what to get Harry, Ron, and Hermione for Christmas. I all ready knew I was going to get Hermione. I even had the perfect idea for how to give it to her. Now this, I'm not even going to tell you yet. I want it to be surprise for you when she receives it, too.
Moving on, though, I needed to plan what to get for Ron. Hmm. I would get him a broom. I'd get him the newest model yet. A Shooting Star 3000. His old Cleansweep was definitely in need of being thrown out.
Now, for my mother. I thought and thought until I finally decided to get her the only thing she would never get tired of, no matter how many she had. The newest perfume for women, called: Nectar. Odd name, yes, but it smelled just as sweet as pure nectar itself and when mixed with a bodily scent, would smell even more wonderful.
I also decided to send my father a box of sweets and a card that told him I loved him. He may have been evil, but he was still my father and even he deserved a gift on Christmas, even if he never wrote to me.
Finally, hardest of all, was the gift I would get for Harry. Now this would be very difficult. I wanted it to be something special. But what?
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I watched Harry closely for three days in a row and just couldn't figure out what to buy him for Christmas until I thought about Harry and his likes and dislikes. Once of his biggest dislikes is what inspired me.
As soon as I'd heard it I knew it was the prefect Christmas present. For him to own is very own _____ would be simply wonderful! I knew he would just love it. or at least, I hoped so. (I told you I wouldn't tell you, but see if you can fill in the blanc.
I could see where it would be a little bit of a material gift, but believe me, with the plans I had on how Harry could use it, how WE could use it together were most definitely not a material sort of thing.
Oh, I hoped Harry would like it. I would have to schedule an appointment to look at several and choose the best one for Harry. I really hoped he would like it.
A/N: Okay. Really short, I know. And I'm sure you must be upset that I took so long to write something so short but I was really busy this week. I've been working super hard in this research project that counts as 1/3 of my grade! Oooh! My teacher is so mean to give me only one week to do it! Well, I hope you liked the chapter even if it wasn't at its maximum potential, but I swear, the next chapter is going to be WAY better and WAY longer! It's going to be the events of Christmas and meeting Narcissa and learning to ski and exchanging presents and lots of other stuff in the next chapter.and maybe even a little love scene of my beta gets back in time to add it. So, ideas on what to write in your review are: 1) WHAT YOU THINK THE PRESENT DRACO GOT HARRY IS. 2) WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE CHESS MATCH OF RON vs NARCISSA. AND 3) IF THE CHAPTER WAS ORIGINAL ENOUGH.
Ok. Well, I have to go now. Hope you liked the chapter. Don't worry, next chapter will be WAY better! R&R!
XoxoSpideriaoxoX
Thanks to: Menecarkawan. Thank you for being my Beta!
Replies to reviews:
Suzaku24: Well, thank you! I liked the last review just as much! Thanks for the review!
OnlyHAUNTED: lol. Yes, I enjoyed writing the scene with Nott just as well, but I think I could have made it a little better, but if you like it, then GREAT! Thanks for the review!
Aquafine: Wow! I knew I'd heard that name from somewhere before. Well, it's a really cool name! Thanks for the review!
Miss Shadow Prowl: lol. I was really glad I made Draco win the game. I thought I would end up making Harry win, but I decided to give it a little twist. Give it a chance. As for the next game.you'll have to read on to find out who wins. Thanks for the review!
HogwartsSaiyajin: `I understand what you meant by slow. I feel that in some stories sometimes too. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Well, I hope this chapter is enjoyable too! Thanks for the review!
GoddessMoonLady: Interesting. You notice the little things in my story which is really cool! It makes me feel like a great writer! Thank you so much for the review!
Manda Lee04: Well, I can't actually tell you if anything bad will happen between Draco and Harry's relationship right now because I don't really know myself. The story just makes itself up as I type. It's like I'm not even really the author! My fingers just type letters by instinct I guess. lol. But, as for this chapter, you'll see that not everything is so bad, all though it's WAY OOC. Thanks for the review!
Goldengirl12: Hmm.about Harry's perspective. You see, I would, but the thing is, if you remember the first chapter of the story, it says that this is a story Draco is writing and so, he can't write in Harry's POV since this is a book he's writing and he doesn't really know what Harry was probably thinking at the moment. I'm sorry if you don't like this. Please don't stop reading my story just for that, though. Thanks for the review!
Bakachan17: Yes. It's nice to have the Slytherins accept Harry so that I can get that out of the way and move on to other things in the story. Thanks for the review!
Immortal Memories: lol. I could just barely make out what you were saying, but I'm glad you're allowed to have sugar! My mom hid all the sugar and chocolate and stuff and won't let me eat anymore! *sobs* Oh well. Thanks for the review!
Kelebcarak: I'm glad you're enjoying my story! And welcome to my story. (I say this to all my new readers.) lol. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Luin-lote: Wow! You're lucky! No classes, just a nice, relaxing movie! Wish I could go to the movies, but I'm too busy studying with all my new, harder subjects! School sucks.but it's going to let me become a successful writer! That is so cute with the hot chocolate and reading my story! I'm not allowed to have anymore chocolate though because my mom says I've had too much. lol. Well, thanks for the review!
DeathStryke: Oh! I HATE migranes! I've never had one myself but whenever my sister gets them, believe me when I say: All hell breaks out! lol. Well, I'm glad you like the fact that Draco won (I'm a Slytherin too! -_^ ) And I enjoyed writing the fluff afterward. I wanted to make sure you guys knew that Harry had no hard feelings. ^_^ Well, thanks for the review!
Well, that's the end of them! WoW! I finally got more than 12 reviews! Now I got 13! (which isn't really that much more, but considering all the readers I've lost, I'm not complaining!) Ok you guys, well, on with the story!
~*~Chapter 12: Christmas Plans ~*~
Halloween had gone eventful and time had gone by with everything going fine and it was now December. It was time for both Gryffindors and Slytherins to go to Care of Magical Creatures. The chilling winds whipped across our pale, cold faces as Harry and I made our way to Hagrid's hut.
Harry was hugging onto me tightly to try to extract all the warmth from me and I was doing the same to him. It was extremely cold and the snow was up to our knees. My robes were completely soaked from the knees and down.
I swear, my lower legs were completely numb and had lost all feeling. I dragged my legs across the fields with Harry hugging me closely. "D-Draco" Harry whispered through chattering teeth.
"Yes, Harry?" I asked.
"I'm f-freezing. How about you?"
I raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you think?"
"Well, sorry" He said with a little annoyance in his voice. "Didn't mean to bother Mr.Grumpy." I glared at him and he rolled his eyes.
Harry sighed and said, "Well, there's one really cool thing about cold weather like this, you know."
"Oh really? What's that?"
"This" He answered. He blew out hot air and we saw his breath materialize into a thin foggy smoke for a few seconds before disappearing.
"That's cool?" I asked with annoyance. I really did hate cold weather and I suppose I had just been in a fowl mood. But that didn't bring Harry down, no sir. He gave me a glare then said, "Draco Lucius Malfoy, I know you don't like the cold weather but if you don't shut the smart ass mouth of yours I'm not going to kiss you for a month!"
"Can we have sex?" I asked with a sly smile.
"Draco!" he yelled.
I laughed aloud at his blushing face. Hermione and Ron were only a few feet behind us and he had probably been embarrassed that they'd heard.
We arrived at Hagrid's hut with everyone wearing mittens over mittens and scarves over scarves. Harry looked at me and then smiled.
"What?" I asked.
"You look so adorable with your nose red from the cold." He answered, giving me a small kiss on the tip of my nose. I blushed a little at the cheeks, but at least the blushing had warmed me up a bit.
We were learning about Banshees today, with Dean trying to find out how to ward them away. (he was afraid of Banshees)
We were near the end of the class when, suddenly, my eagle owl came flying in through the window. It came right up to me. Hagrid turned to me and said, "Malfoy, take that owl outside 'ter fly 'round. Class isn't over yet."
I was about to do so when the bell rang. Class was over and everyone began running outside to get inside to the warm castle. Harry walked up to me and stated, "There's a note attached to its leg."
I hadn't even noticed that!
I raised a thin brow quizzically. Who could it be from? We started walking outside slowly, until everyone was far ahead of us. I opened it with Harry by my side, wanting to read it too. The letter was from my mother! Oh no. What was she going to say?
I began to read the letter to myself while Harry read over my shoulder.
Dearest Son,
I hope you got my howler. I cannot believe I had to hear about your relationship with Potter through the Dailey Prophet! Shame on you! How could you not tell me of such a thing! However, now that I have gotten over that, I must congratulate you on your new relationship. I'm so glad that you didn't choose the same dark path as your father. That potter is a very good boy for you. He'll teach to stop being so spoiled all the time. I must admit, though, that I was a little shocked to find out you were homosexual, but I accept that. After all, love has no bounds. I would like to meet 'Harry.' You should invite him to out manner for Christmas. No, actually, you always bring your friends over the manner. This is a more special occasion. Why not get a large cabin house nearby those muggle skiing resorts? I've heard that Harry was brought up by muggles and so maybe he would like to go there. You can invite those two of his friends too, and I, of course, will attend also. Maybe I'll try to learn how to ski like muggles. This year is going to bring many changes for us, hopefully for the better. Well, you talk things over with Harry. You have almost an entire moth to decide. Send Harry my love.
Lovingly,
Your mother, Narcissa Malfoy.
I was stunned right in my spot. I couldn't move. Harry was having more trouble reading since he was reaching over my shoulder so it took him a little longer to finish the letter but as he was reading the things she had said about him, he squeezed onto my shoulders, tighter and tighter until they'd gone numb and I just didn't care anymore.
"Wow!" He'd yelled when he had finished the letter. "Draco! You're mother is fine with me! She told you to send me her LOVE! Do you know what this means!? She even invited me over for Christmas and agreed to do something dealing with muggles for me!"
Harry grabbed me and kissed me ever so passionately on the lips before breaking away and looking into my eyes with his happily dancing emerald jeweled eyes. Feeling finally came back to me and I smiled as the realization finally hit me.
I suddenly grabbed him and did the same as he'd just finished doing to me. I kissed him passionately but held the kiss for longer this time. I was so happy! I didn't know what to do with all my happy emotion! I had to let it out somehow. and it just happened to be lunchtime, which meant that Harry and I had 40 minutes to ourselves. What to do, what to do?
I grabbed Harry and we ran to the castle and into my room, which was the closest and.well, you can figure out what happened next.
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Harry and I ran into the Transfiguration classroom just as the bell rang, looking flushed and disheveled. We breathing fast and had just ended our enjoyable session of intimacy, if you know what I mean.
Hermione and Ron gave us looks that clearly told us it was entirely obvious what we had just been doing. Harry blushed a dark shade of crimson and I just gave a sly smile. Hermione frowned and shook her head while Ron just chuckled.
Harry and I took two seats right in front of Hermione and Ron and took out our books for Transfiguration. We began to write down our notes as McGonnagal began her lesson.
"The art of transforming a land animal into a creature from the sea is very difficult as it means changing the entire respitory system."
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A/N: I just wanted you guys to know that I'm sorry if you don't like the idea of Christmas at a muggle fashioned place, but it's just that I thought it would be too unoriginal and clichéd if I had them spend Christmas at the Malfoy Manner like they do in all the other stories. Plus, as an added bonus, that's why I also had Mrs. Malfoy invite Hermione and Ron over too because in all the other fan fictions, Hermione and Ron never come along. But don't worry, that doesn't mean Draco and Harry won't be able to be romantic with each other. Ron and Hermione will most likely be busy with their own things, if you know what I mean.
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I gazed at the clock, counting down the minutes until Transfiguration would finally be over and done with so that Harry and I could tell Ron and Hermione the great news about Christmas.
I hoped they hadn't all ready made plans to go somewhere else. I had to make sure to write back to my mother and I knew she would be simply heart broken if they turned down the offer of coming with us for Christmas. Actually, she'd be furious. No one had ever turned down any invitation she'd ever given out and she would not be exactly ecstatic to be turned down as a first time.
Brrrrrring! The sound of the bell ringing abruptly grabbed me and hurled me out of my thoughts. Class was finally over!
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"Hermione, Ron! You'll never believe it!" Harry shouted out to Ron and Hermione as we rushed out of Transfiguration with a 4-foot essay due by the end of the week.
"Yes, you'll never believe it." I added in quite lamely. I had wanted to be the one to yell out the good news at them but now that Harry had started it, it didn't feel as satisfying.
Harry quickly noticed this on my facial features and smiled sweetly at me before saying, "Draco has some news he wants to tell you guys," and stepped a little behind me, giving me an encouraging little shove in the back.
I smiled gratefully at him and then said, with much more enthusiasm, "My mother sent me a letter!"
"Wow, Draco," Ron said. "I suppose it is a big deal to get a letter from your mum after 16 years." Sarcasm is and always will be the worst form of English speaking.
I glared at him as Hermione yelled, "Ron! Let him finish!"
"Thank you, Hermione," I stated, receiving a glare from Ron. I would have stuck my tongue out at him in a childish gesture, had it not been for the fact that I was a Malfoy.
I continued, "Yes, well, in this letter, my mum told me what she'd said in the howler she sent me a few weeks ago. She told me that she'd only yelled at me for not letting her know about my relationship with Harry first!" I declared, happily.
"Yes," Harry added in as I smiled the biggest smile Ron and Hermione had ever seen. "She's not even upset by the fact that Draco's gay!"
Hermione smiled happily. "Well, that's wonderful news."
"Who cares," Ron said, uninterestedly.
Hermione stepped on his foot angrily, winning herself an "Ouch!" from Ron.
"There's more," Harry stated happily, gesturing for me to continue.
"She's invited Hermione and you along with Harry and myself, of course, to stay with her at a large cabin nearby a muggle skiing resort! She says she thinks things should change and that it would be nice to learn how to ski!" I finished happily.
Both Ron's and Hermione's mouths were left hanging 2 inches from the floor. Harry laughed at their faces before adding in, "Yes, but that's only, of course, if you haven't all ready made plans for Christmas break." He gave them a sad-looking puppy dog face, pleading, with his eyes, for them to tell him they hadn't made any plans.
Hermione laughed at the look before answering, "Don't worry, Harry, Ron and I were actually just going to stay here for Christmas break because we had nothing to do but now that this wonderful opportunity has come up, we'd love to join you two!"
Just as I was starting to feel entirely gleeful, Ron opened his oversized mouth.
"I don't know. I mean, learning to ski? My dad's the one that wants to learn how to do muggle things, not me."
"Oh Ron!" I exclaimed angrily. "You don't have to ski if you don't want to!" he was NOT going to ruin this for Harry and I and especially not Hermione since I knew that as his girlfriend, if he didn't go, then she wouldn't want to go either.
"I don't know." Ron answered unsure, when suddenly, I got a wonderful idea.
"Well, there'll be lots and lots of sweets and food." I could see Ron's eyes lighting up all ready, but I knew I'd need just a little bit more of a push at him before I got what I wanted so I added, "And my mother's the greatest chess player ever. I bet she could even beat you." I finished with sinister smirk.
"No, she could not! No one can beat me! I even beat McGonnagal's giant chess board in first year and-"
"My mother could have beaten them in half the time it took you." I answered, reeling him in to my plan.
"Oh yeah!?" Ron asked, turning red in the face. "Yeah." I answered casually.
I could feel the tug of the fish and began to quickly reel in my fish.
"My mother would love to beat you and wipe away all your skills in chess in a heart beat!"
That was it! That was it! Come on you damned fish!
"Fine! Tell your mother she's on! Chistmas break, it's going to be me and her and we'll see just who really is the better chess player!" Ron yelled in victory, or so he thought.
YES! I caught the fish but, feeling pity for it, I through it back it, for it didn't actually look very tasty anyway.
It was actually I who'd won and Hermione and Harry knew that and were now trying to hold in there laughter at Ron's pitiful stupidity due to his Gryffindor pride.
"You've got yourself a deal, Ron" I answered, and he took my out stretched hand and shook it vigorously before heading off to his next class, with Hermione following him, giggling quietly to herself.
"You just love tricking him into these things, don't you Draco?" Harry asked, smiling.
"Why yes, I think I do." I answered back. I took Harry's face in my hands and leant down to place a soft kiss on his lips.
He looked at me happily before saying, "Well, I have to get to class now. I'll see you at dinner." And with that, he was off.
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Well, now all I had to worry about was what to get Harry, Ron, and Hermione for Christmas. I all ready knew I was going to get Hermione. I even had the perfect idea for how to give it to her. Now this, I'm not even going to tell you yet. I want it to be surprise for you when she receives it, too.
Moving on, though, I needed to plan what to get for Ron. Hmm. I would get him a broom. I'd get him the newest model yet. A Shooting Star 3000. His old Cleansweep was definitely in need of being thrown out.
Now, for my mother. I thought and thought until I finally decided to get her the only thing she would never get tired of, no matter how many she had. The newest perfume for women, called: Nectar. Odd name, yes, but it smelled just as sweet as pure nectar itself and when mixed with a bodily scent, would smell even more wonderful.
I also decided to send my father a box of sweets and a card that told him I loved him. He may have been evil, but he was still my father and even he deserved a gift on Christmas, even if he never wrote to me.
Finally, hardest of all, was the gift I would get for Harry. Now this would be very difficult. I wanted it to be something special. But what?
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I watched Harry closely for three days in a row and just couldn't figure out what to buy him for Christmas until I thought about Harry and his likes and dislikes. Once of his biggest dislikes is what inspired me.
As soon as I'd heard it I knew it was the prefect Christmas present. For him to own is very own _____ would be simply wonderful! I knew he would just love it. or at least, I hoped so. (I told you I wouldn't tell you, but see if you can fill in the blanc.
I could see where it would be a little bit of a material gift, but believe me, with the plans I had on how Harry could use it, how WE could use it together were most definitely not a material sort of thing.
Oh, I hoped Harry would like it. I would have to schedule an appointment to look at several and choose the best one for Harry. I really hoped he would like it.
A/N: Okay. Really short, I know. And I'm sure you must be upset that I took so long to write something so short but I was really busy this week. I've been working super hard in this research project that counts as 1/3 of my grade! Oooh! My teacher is so mean to give me only one week to do it! Well, I hope you liked the chapter even if it wasn't at its maximum potential, but I swear, the next chapter is going to be WAY better and WAY longer! It's going to be the events of Christmas and meeting Narcissa and learning to ski and exchanging presents and lots of other stuff in the next chapter.and maybe even a little love scene of my beta gets back in time to add it. So, ideas on what to write in your review are: 1) WHAT YOU THINK THE PRESENT DRACO GOT HARRY IS. 2) WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE CHESS MATCH OF RON vs NARCISSA. AND 3) IF THE CHAPTER WAS ORIGINAL ENOUGH.
Ok. Well, I have to go now. Hope you liked the chapter. Don't worry, next chapter will be WAY better! R&R!
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