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Chapter 15: A little or big surprise
"So tell me Granger." Draco said upon entering the head common room with Hermione. "What exactly are Secret Santas?"
Hermione smiled at him in amusement before speaking. "Well, if you sit down Malfoy, I'll enlighten you on muggle traditions."
Draco took a seat on the couch stretching out lazily before staying in one position. He looked up at Hermione expectantly, waiting for her to take a seat next to him. But he was disappointed.
Hermione sat down in the comfy chair next the couch. She looked at Draco about to speak, before he interrupted her.
"Are you going to enlighten me yet," He said, "or am I going to have to figure it out for myself?"
Hermione looked at him, her smile slowly becoming a frown. "I'll explain it to you if you can stop interrupting me before I even speak."
Draco looked at her with surprise but he decided to keep his mouth shut.
"Okay then." Hermione started. "Secrets Santas is a muggle tradition, which you already know. During Christmas, people draw names and find out whom they must give a gift to. But the person they are giving a gift to doesn't know whom they are getting a gift from. Do you understand any of this so far?"
Draco looked at her with somewhat confused eyes, then spoke. "I understand what you are saying. But isn't it impossible to keep secrets in this school? I mean, everybody finds out everything."
"Not everything Malfoy." Hermione said before speaking again. "I was also thinking about that too. I thought that maybe we could put a charm on the pieces of paper they pick. Something like, if they start to mention who they have to give a gift to, they are rendered speechless. What do you think of that idea?"
Draco thought the idea over for a minute before looking into her eyes and answering. "I think that could work. But how are we going to get them to pick someone, without having them pick someone form their own house?"
"I had already been thinking about that too. I thought that we could have four separate containers, one for each house. When we have the students pick, we take away the container of their house. They get to choose which container they pick from, and that's when they pick a name. It will be almost totally random. But we can't lets them know which container belongs to which house. They would be more prejudiced in their decision if they knew. Only we can know. And after every one has picked we can take the last two names. But we also can't know each other's person. How does that sound?"
"It sounds pretty good. So, when do we tell everyone and make them pick?"
"Tomorrow." Hermione said in one short word before getting paper and wand and instructing Draco to do the same. They had a lot of work to do.
"So, I understand you guys came up with an idea?" Albus Dumbledore said looking across his desk at his two colleagues.
"Yes, Albus we did." McGonagall said. "We chose them the task of organizing the Secret Santas for the seventh years."
"It sounds like a good idea, but how else is it going to help them?" Dumbledore said.
"Don't worry, we have a pretty good idea, and a few tricks up our sleeves." Snape said reassuring the headmaster their plan would work."
Hermione and Draco stayed up for a few hours arranging the containers with names and houses. But they had finally finished.
"That was a lot of work." Draco said resting back into the couch.
"You baby, that was nothing." Hermione said giving him a face that meant she thought of him as a wimp.
"Don't look at me like that." He said playfully. They seemed to be on better terms at the moment from the chatter they had shared during the project.
"And why not?" Hermione said smiling at him.
"Because I have done a lot harder and more strenuous work before." He said giving a conceited, confident smile. "It just was never as boring as this."
"I'm sorry that your were bored Draco, but get over it." Hermione said.
Draco stared at her for a moment taking in her words. He was letting them sink in before he spoke. "You do realize you just called me by my first name."
Hermione looked at him with surprise and confusion written all over her face. Then denial was in her eyes. "I did not!" She said sternly but still a little meek. "I would do no such thing!"
Draco got up from the couch and leaned over Hermione who was still planted firmly in her chair. He spoke leaning closer to her ear. "Oh, but you did Hermione."
She could smell his scent radiating off of him and making her almost intoxicated. He leaned even closer to her mouth, when he was her bite her bottom lip.
His lips touched hers at first just softly and slowly. She slightly responded with a moan that escaped her partially opened mouth. He licked her lip in hope of getting access to her tongue. She complied by bring her small hand around his neck and pulling him forcefully forward. She opened her mouth and welcomed his tongue to join in a fierce battle with hers. He battled with her with every fiber of his being.
He slowly brought Hermione up with him as he began to stand. He put his hands on her hips bringing her body as close as possible to his. She accepted and moaned once again, but his mouth muffled the sound. He felt so good with her up against like this. He could barely contain himself.
Then Hermione suddenly backed away as if afraid. She looked down below his belt and she blushed scarlet. She turned tail and ran into her room.
Draco looked below his belt and noticed what she had felt. All he could say was, "Fucking boner!" and he did. ________________________________________________________________________
The next morning at breakfast in the Great Hall, Dumbledore stood to make another announcement. Everyone in the hall grew silent waiting for him to speak.
"I would like all seventh year students to stay after breakfast has ended. The Head Boy and Girl need to make an announcement." With that said, he sat back down and resumed eating his meal.
There was a sudden uproar of chatter throughout the Great Hall. Every student was wondering what was to be said. The younger years were especially confused because the announcement was for only the seventh years. The seventh years one the other hand were especially rowdy. They spoke very fast and excitedly about what the announcement would be. Although the students were asking Hermione and Draco, they both kept their mouth shut. In fact Hermione couldn't even look at Draco without turning a deep shade of scarlet.
Soon breakfast had ended and the younger students exited the Great Hall. Hermione and Draco walked to the front of the room to no longer hold them in suspense.
Hermione was the one to speak. "This Christmas, were going to do something called Secret Santas." She paused before continuing. "If you don't know what that is, ask around. It is a good idea to ask anyone who is from a muggle family or knows muggle traditions. Because this is one." She heard a few murmurs from the students but spoke again. "Each house will come down here separately, where each student will pick the name of the person of whom they must give a gift to. These gifts will be given on Christmas eve, so you guys will have to stay here for the break. But be warned, you are not allowed to tell anyone of the name you received."
Most students looked at Hermione curiously wondering if she was insane. But then Draco spoke. "We ask that the Ravenclaws stay here while the rest of you leave. You will all be called down later today."
The hall emptied except for the Ravenclaws. Outside the Great Hall stood two professors speaking quietly to each other.
"You did the spell right?" Snape asked with a serious and questioning tone of voice.
"Of course I did." McGonagall said. "Now we just have to wait and see what happens."
Chapter 15: A little or big surprise
"So tell me Granger." Draco said upon entering the head common room with Hermione. "What exactly are Secret Santas?"
Hermione smiled at him in amusement before speaking. "Well, if you sit down Malfoy, I'll enlighten you on muggle traditions."
Draco took a seat on the couch stretching out lazily before staying in one position. He looked up at Hermione expectantly, waiting for her to take a seat next to him. But he was disappointed.
Hermione sat down in the comfy chair next the couch. She looked at Draco about to speak, before he interrupted her.
"Are you going to enlighten me yet," He said, "or am I going to have to figure it out for myself?"
Hermione looked at him, her smile slowly becoming a frown. "I'll explain it to you if you can stop interrupting me before I even speak."
Draco looked at her with surprise but he decided to keep his mouth shut.
"Okay then." Hermione started. "Secrets Santas is a muggle tradition, which you already know. During Christmas, people draw names and find out whom they must give a gift to. But the person they are giving a gift to doesn't know whom they are getting a gift from. Do you understand any of this so far?"
Draco looked at her with somewhat confused eyes, then spoke. "I understand what you are saying. But isn't it impossible to keep secrets in this school? I mean, everybody finds out everything."
"Not everything Malfoy." Hermione said before speaking again. "I was also thinking about that too. I thought that maybe we could put a charm on the pieces of paper they pick. Something like, if they start to mention who they have to give a gift to, they are rendered speechless. What do you think of that idea?"
Draco thought the idea over for a minute before looking into her eyes and answering. "I think that could work. But how are we going to get them to pick someone, without having them pick someone form their own house?"
"I had already been thinking about that too. I thought that we could have four separate containers, one for each house. When we have the students pick, we take away the container of their house. They get to choose which container they pick from, and that's when they pick a name. It will be almost totally random. But we can't lets them know which container belongs to which house. They would be more prejudiced in their decision if they knew. Only we can know. And after every one has picked we can take the last two names. But we also can't know each other's person. How does that sound?"
"It sounds pretty good. So, when do we tell everyone and make them pick?"
"Tomorrow." Hermione said in one short word before getting paper and wand and instructing Draco to do the same. They had a lot of work to do.
"So, I understand you guys came up with an idea?" Albus Dumbledore said looking across his desk at his two colleagues.
"Yes, Albus we did." McGonagall said. "We chose them the task of organizing the Secret Santas for the seventh years."
"It sounds like a good idea, but how else is it going to help them?" Dumbledore said.
"Don't worry, we have a pretty good idea, and a few tricks up our sleeves." Snape said reassuring the headmaster their plan would work."
Hermione and Draco stayed up for a few hours arranging the containers with names and houses. But they had finally finished.
"That was a lot of work." Draco said resting back into the couch.
"You baby, that was nothing." Hermione said giving him a face that meant she thought of him as a wimp.
"Don't look at me like that." He said playfully. They seemed to be on better terms at the moment from the chatter they had shared during the project.
"And why not?" Hermione said smiling at him.
"Because I have done a lot harder and more strenuous work before." He said giving a conceited, confident smile. "It just was never as boring as this."
"I'm sorry that your were bored Draco, but get over it." Hermione said.
Draco stared at her for a moment taking in her words. He was letting them sink in before he spoke. "You do realize you just called me by my first name."
Hermione looked at him with surprise and confusion written all over her face. Then denial was in her eyes. "I did not!" She said sternly but still a little meek. "I would do no such thing!"
Draco got up from the couch and leaned over Hermione who was still planted firmly in her chair. He spoke leaning closer to her ear. "Oh, but you did Hermione."
She could smell his scent radiating off of him and making her almost intoxicated. He leaned even closer to her mouth, when he was her bite her bottom lip.
His lips touched hers at first just softly and slowly. She slightly responded with a moan that escaped her partially opened mouth. He licked her lip in hope of getting access to her tongue. She complied by bring her small hand around his neck and pulling him forcefully forward. She opened her mouth and welcomed his tongue to join in a fierce battle with hers. He battled with her with every fiber of his being.
He slowly brought Hermione up with him as he began to stand. He put his hands on her hips bringing her body as close as possible to his. She accepted and moaned once again, but his mouth muffled the sound. He felt so good with her up against like this. He could barely contain himself.
Then Hermione suddenly backed away as if afraid. She looked down below his belt and she blushed scarlet. She turned tail and ran into her room.
Draco looked below his belt and noticed what she had felt. All he could say was, "Fucking boner!" and he did. ________________________________________________________________________
The next morning at breakfast in the Great Hall, Dumbledore stood to make another announcement. Everyone in the hall grew silent waiting for him to speak.
"I would like all seventh year students to stay after breakfast has ended. The Head Boy and Girl need to make an announcement." With that said, he sat back down and resumed eating his meal.
There was a sudden uproar of chatter throughout the Great Hall. Every student was wondering what was to be said. The younger years were especially confused because the announcement was for only the seventh years. The seventh years one the other hand were especially rowdy. They spoke very fast and excitedly about what the announcement would be. Although the students were asking Hermione and Draco, they both kept their mouth shut. In fact Hermione couldn't even look at Draco without turning a deep shade of scarlet.
Soon breakfast had ended and the younger students exited the Great Hall. Hermione and Draco walked to the front of the room to no longer hold them in suspense.
Hermione was the one to speak. "This Christmas, were going to do something called Secret Santas." She paused before continuing. "If you don't know what that is, ask around. It is a good idea to ask anyone who is from a muggle family or knows muggle traditions. Because this is one." She heard a few murmurs from the students but spoke again. "Each house will come down here separately, where each student will pick the name of the person of whom they must give a gift to. These gifts will be given on Christmas eve, so you guys will have to stay here for the break. But be warned, you are not allowed to tell anyone of the name you received."
Most students looked at Hermione curiously wondering if she was insane. But then Draco spoke. "We ask that the Ravenclaws stay here while the rest of you leave. You will all be called down later today."
The hall emptied except for the Ravenclaws. Outside the Great Hall stood two professors speaking quietly to each other.
"You did the spell right?" Snape asked with a serious and questioning tone of voice.
"Of course I did." McGonagall said. "Now we just have to wait and see what happens."