A/N: I know. It took me forever. But I hope it was worth the wait. : )
Chapter Twenty-Five Christmas
"BREAKFAST!!" I shouted up the stairs. I was the first one up that morning and in a particularly good mood so I decided to make breakfast.
I'd say it was about eight thirty in the morning. No doubt that Sirius was cursing as he pulled himself from bed. But breakfast was done so it would have been a waste to let it get cold.
"Good morning and Merry Christmas," Harry said happily albeit a little tiredly as he stood at the door.
"Isn't it though? And Merry Christmas," I said as I put plates on the table.
"What's for breakfast?" He asked as he sat down.
"Get off your arse and find out," I snapped as I picked up a bowl of yogurt and a plate of fruit. Mood swings were getting a little more intense. I was terrible by time the ninth month rolled around, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
"Sorry," he said getting out of the chair. He grabbed the plate of pancakes and the plate of eggs. "Jesus, Draco, you've made enough to feed an army."
"Well, it should be enough the way Sirius and Remus eat," I said off handed.
"What about the way we eat?" Sirius asked as he and Remus stepped into the kitchen.
"Draco said you two eat enough to feed an army," Harry said as he put the plates down.
"So?" Remus asked.
"Exactly my point," I said as I sat down. "Where's dad?" I asked myself more than anyone.
"He'll be down in a minute," Remus yawned. I gave him a 'look'. How would he know where my dad was?
"He said something about wanting to finish wrapping presents," Sirius said quickly. Something was going on and I was determined to figure it out.
Unfortunately, before I could interrogate them, father walked into the room. He looked different. He looked light. He looked happier than I had seen him in over a year.
"Merry Christmas and Good morning," he said calmly as he sat down. "What's for breakfast?"
"What's gotten into you?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. His eyes quickly flicked across the table and back to me before he answered.
"It's a beautiful day," he said as he reached for the toast.
"Whatever you say dad," I said as I sat down.
* * *
"Draco?" Father said looking up from his paper.
"Yeah dad?" I turned from the chess game me and Harry had been playing.
"May I speak to you privately for a moment?" He said with a pointed look at Harry.
"I think I need to talk to Sirius," Harry announced before he got up and pretty much ran away. I watched him retreat and turned back to Father.
"You know, I think he's afraid of you," I stated amused.
"Probably," he smirked. "Anyway. I wanted you to have this." He flicked his wand and a big package was sitting before the fireplace.
I pulled off the wrapping paper and opened the large box. Packing peanuts came spilling out but I could have cared less for what was in it. A beautiful, mahogany rocking chair was sitting there.
"Dad?" I whispered as I turned to look at him.
"It was your mother's. She and I used it when you were little. You wouldn't sleep unless we had rocked you for at least an hour in that chair. I do hope your little one will not be as fussy," he was near tears and I was looking at him near tears as well.
"Oh Dad," I flung myself onto my Father and hugged him. "Thank you." I whispered. "Thank you."
"She would have wanted you to have it," he said letting the tears fall.
"Yeah," I sniffed. Someone knocked on the door and we both turned to look at it.
"What is it?" Father asked with as much steadiness as he could muster.
"Time to open presents!" Remus said happily through the door.
"Okay," Father called.
"Are you alright?" Remus asked concerned.
"Yes, we're fine," Father answered.
"Very well. Hurry up then!" We could hear his retreating footsteps.
"Well, we best be going," I sniffed.
"We could wait a moment if you want," Father said as he wiped his own eyes.
"No, I'm okay but we can wait if you want to," I said with a smirk.
"No thanks," he replied. "Let's go, lest they start with out us."
* * *
"Wow, Moony! I love it," Sirius said as he looked at the picture frame. It had a picture of him and Remus, when they were about sixteen, laughing. The frame had 'Padfoot and Moony.' Then that would fade and it would be replaced with 'Forever.' They were really sentimental guys.
"Well, Remus, I got you a." Sirius began and Remus looked at him and smiled. "HUG!" Sirius threw himself onto Remus in a huge hug.
"Ah!" Remus said startled but returned the embrace. "Thank you, Sirius. You're hugs are my favourite."
"We are in the room," I drawled. Remus blushed.
"Don't be daft! I got you hugs when we were 16! I got you these," Sirius smiled and handed Remus a box.
"Oh my god! Sirius!" Remus flung himself onto his fiance.
Sirius had gotten him a beautiful set of black robes. They looked like quidditch robes but not quite. They had silver trim around the bottom edge and the sleeves. The hood pulls were also a silver. 'Moony' was written in in silver embrodery on the arm.
"I love it!" Remus smiled as he held the robe up to himself.
"I hoped you would," Sirius said softly.
"Oh I do!" Remus hugged him again. Then he pulled a small envelope from his pocket. "This is for you Draco." He said with an evil smirk at my father.
I took the envelope and opened it with caution. It was a picture and not just any picture, oh no, no, no! It was of my father. He looked about 16 and his hair was long and PINK! I burst out laughing before shoving the picture into Harry's hands.
Harry just died with laughter. Sirius grabbed the picture and his eyes went wide.
"Oh my god!" He laughed. "Where did you find this?!"
"I was cleaning out my old wardrobe and I found this in a box called 'The Prank of Fame'." Remus said with a michievious glint in his eye.
"You still have that?" Sirius demanded disbelieving.
"Yeah!" Remus laughed.
Father seized the picture and stared at it horrified.
"Oh my god! When did you take this?" He demanded.
"In the Great Hall," Remus replied.
"Really, well I do believe I'll be keeping this one," he said pocketing the picture.
"Yeah, keep it," Remus smiled. "We've got hundreds of others."
"This is for you both," Sirius handed Harry a book.
Harry turned bright red and then handed the book to me. '101 Effective Silencing Charms', I felt myself blush.
"Thanks," I mumbled and Sirius smiled broadly.
"No problem," he laughed.
"This is for you both as well," Father said and he moved a box toward me and Harry.
Harry and I both pulled on the bow and the package disappeared. It was a cradle. 'Draco' was inscribed on the end of it. It was mine when I was an infant.
"Thank you, Mr. Malfoy," Harry said looking at the magnificent cradle.
"Yes, thank you dad," I said staring at it.
"Well, you'll need it. It's self rocking. All you have to do is set it rocking and it won't stop unless you still it," he said with a small smile.
"Our turn," Harry said pulling a box from behind the couch. He handed dad a package. We had gotten him some piano music, a combination of Beethoven, Mozart, Paganini, Bach and then some lullabys.
"Thank you!" Father smiled. "I was getting desperate for more music."
"No problem. It was Harry's idea, I was stuck," I said as we handed Remus and Sirius their presents.
"Hey cool! Carlos was getting lonely," Sirius said as he unwrapped the lizard in its cage. "I name him 'Fiddle'."
"Fiddle?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Fiddle." Remus opened his gift.
"Oh wow. You shouldn't have! It was so expensive!" He tried to berate us for spending that much on him, but you could see he was quite pleased with the book.
It was the 'Gigantic Book of Celtic Lore'. Harry and I had seen him looking at it in Flourish & Blotts. We had asked him why he didn't get it when we left because he clearly wanted to and he just said it was too expensive for him.
"Wow. Thank you," He smiled.
"Your turn," Sirius said as he wrapped his arm around Remus's waist and looked expectantly at us.
"You go first want to or me?" I asked Harry.
"You go first," he replied. I handed him my gift. He ripped it open and a smile broke out across his face.
"Brilliant!" He said as he looked at the back of the mini Quidditch set. He picked up the self-inflating beach ball and looked at me weird.
"It's a self-inflating beach ball," I informed him.
"Cool," he smiled as he put it on top of the Quidditch set. "Thank you." He hugged me. It was really cute because he was still hesitant to kiss me in front of my father. "Here you go."
I took the knap-sack. It was just a normal looking knap-sack so I opened it and inside was bath stuff. I broke out into a big smile. I loved it. And it wasn't just that either, there was a book inside of it. I opened it and there were little coupons in it. They had things like 'Good for a Free Back Rub' or 'Good for a free Bath'. It was really sweet.
"Thank you," I flung myself onto him and hugged him.
"That's not all though," He said as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a small black velvet box and my breathing sped up slightly. He got down on one knee and I put my hands to my mouth.
"Oh my god," I breathed and it was barely audible. He opened it and inside was a silver band. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
"I love you," he said looking me in the eyes. "You're about to make me a father and I cannot picture my life without you. I want us to build a home together. live and die together. And. I love you; body and soul. Even though we are still too young to get married, I promise we will just as soon as we can. if you'll have me."
I didn't answer him immediately. I saw the same fear of rejection creep into his features that I had seen over a year ago. I just stared at him, tears falling down my cheeks.
"Oh, did you even have to ask?" I cried. I threw myself into his arms and he put the ring on my finger. Sirius, Remus and Father cheered.
* * *
I didn't stop smiling that night. I was so happy. I didn't leave Harry's side the rest of the night. We ate in content silence. After, when it was time to go to bed. Remus gave us hugs, Sirius shook our hands and Father gave me a hug, shook Harry's hand and congratulated us both. I was happy that he was happy for us. I think he was glad that his son wouldn't look like a slut being an unwed father.
* * *
"I still don't understand why you got me a beach ball," Harry said, as we got ready for bed.
"Inflate it and I'll show you," I said as I pulled back the blankets. He did as he was bid.
"Here," he said as he tossed it to me.
"Come here," I said once I had caught it. He walked around the bed to me.
"Now what?"
"This!" I grabbed the bottom of his shirt and stuck the ball under it before he could fully grasp what was going on.
"And why did you do that?" He asked bemused as he looked down at his bulging shirt.
"Because, I should be that big when I'm about 6 six months along, roughly," I laughed.
"And?"
"And when I get that big you have to wear that for a month. or until I've decided you've suffered long enough. Whichever comes first."
"What do I need to suffer for?" He demanded.
"Oh. I don't know." I said sarcastically. "Maybe that thing with Slutty McTramp two weeks before holidays!"
"That was not my fault!"
"Does it look like I care?"
~ * ~
Disclaimer: You know who Rowling owns. You know who and what I own. Need I say more? A/N: Well people. Was it worth the wait? I certainly hope so. Just before you think I'm an awful person for making Sirius, Remus and Lucius have a thing and flame me. They just talked all night and Lucius got a bunch of stuff off his chest and he felt sooooo much better. k? Well. I hope you liked the gifts. Special thanks to Omowiro Soga, Naynymic, Abigfan and Kodie!!! Major thanks to Kodie. Caz- Was it what you thought it would be? Omowiro- I hate being a pain in the ass but I really want to see it. Have you finished the drawing yet??? Well that's all for now. Hopefully I can get updated sooner this time. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing!!! I love you all for it!!! Niawen Kowa. Luv, Gia P.S. This is the longest one yet! : )
Chapter Twenty-Five Christmas
"BREAKFAST!!" I shouted up the stairs. I was the first one up that morning and in a particularly good mood so I decided to make breakfast.
I'd say it was about eight thirty in the morning. No doubt that Sirius was cursing as he pulled himself from bed. But breakfast was done so it would have been a waste to let it get cold.
"Good morning and Merry Christmas," Harry said happily albeit a little tiredly as he stood at the door.
"Isn't it though? And Merry Christmas," I said as I put plates on the table.
"What's for breakfast?" He asked as he sat down.
"Get off your arse and find out," I snapped as I picked up a bowl of yogurt and a plate of fruit. Mood swings were getting a little more intense. I was terrible by time the ninth month rolled around, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
"Sorry," he said getting out of the chair. He grabbed the plate of pancakes and the plate of eggs. "Jesus, Draco, you've made enough to feed an army."
"Well, it should be enough the way Sirius and Remus eat," I said off handed.
"What about the way we eat?" Sirius asked as he and Remus stepped into the kitchen.
"Draco said you two eat enough to feed an army," Harry said as he put the plates down.
"So?" Remus asked.
"Exactly my point," I said as I sat down. "Where's dad?" I asked myself more than anyone.
"He'll be down in a minute," Remus yawned. I gave him a 'look'. How would he know where my dad was?
"He said something about wanting to finish wrapping presents," Sirius said quickly. Something was going on and I was determined to figure it out.
Unfortunately, before I could interrogate them, father walked into the room. He looked different. He looked light. He looked happier than I had seen him in over a year.
"Merry Christmas and Good morning," he said calmly as he sat down. "What's for breakfast?"
"What's gotten into you?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. His eyes quickly flicked across the table and back to me before he answered.
"It's a beautiful day," he said as he reached for the toast.
"Whatever you say dad," I said as I sat down.
* * *
"Draco?" Father said looking up from his paper.
"Yeah dad?" I turned from the chess game me and Harry had been playing.
"May I speak to you privately for a moment?" He said with a pointed look at Harry.
"I think I need to talk to Sirius," Harry announced before he got up and pretty much ran away. I watched him retreat and turned back to Father.
"You know, I think he's afraid of you," I stated amused.
"Probably," he smirked. "Anyway. I wanted you to have this." He flicked his wand and a big package was sitting before the fireplace.
I pulled off the wrapping paper and opened the large box. Packing peanuts came spilling out but I could have cared less for what was in it. A beautiful, mahogany rocking chair was sitting there.
"Dad?" I whispered as I turned to look at him.
"It was your mother's. She and I used it when you were little. You wouldn't sleep unless we had rocked you for at least an hour in that chair. I do hope your little one will not be as fussy," he was near tears and I was looking at him near tears as well.
"Oh Dad," I flung myself onto my Father and hugged him. "Thank you." I whispered. "Thank you."
"She would have wanted you to have it," he said letting the tears fall.
"Yeah," I sniffed. Someone knocked on the door and we both turned to look at it.
"What is it?" Father asked with as much steadiness as he could muster.
"Time to open presents!" Remus said happily through the door.
"Okay," Father called.
"Are you alright?" Remus asked concerned.
"Yes, we're fine," Father answered.
"Very well. Hurry up then!" We could hear his retreating footsteps.
"Well, we best be going," I sniffed.
"We could wait a moment if you want," Father said as he wiped his own eyes.
"No, I'm okay but we can wait if you want to," I said with a smirk.
"No thanks," he replied. "Let's go, lest they start with out us."
* * *
"Wow, Moony! I love it," Sirius said as he looked at the picture frame. It had a picture of him and Remus, when they were about sixteen, laughing. The frame had 'Padfoot and Moony.' Then that would fade and it would be replaced with 'Forever.' They were really sentimental guys.
"Well, Remus, I got you a." Sirius began and Remus looked at him and smiled. "HUG!" Sirius threw himself onto Remus in a huge hug.
"Ah!" Remus said startled but returned the embrace. "Thank you, Sirius. You're hugs are my favourite."
"We are in the room," I drawled. Remus blushed.
"Don't be daft! I got you hugs when we were 16! I got you these," Sirius smiled and handed Remus a box.
"Oh my god! Sirius!" Remus flung himself onto his fiance.
Sirius had gotten him a beautiful set of black robes. They looked like quidditch robes but not quite. They had silver trim around the bottom edge and the sleeves. The hood pulls were also a silver. 'Moony' was written in in silver embrodery on the arm.
"I love it!" Remus smiled as he held the robe up to himself.
"I hoped you would," Sirius said softly.
"Oh I do!" Remus hugged him again. Then he pulled a small envelope from his pocket. "This is for you Draco." He said with an evil smirk at my father.
I took the envelope and opened it with caution. It was a picture and not just any picture, oh no, no, no! It was of my father. He looked about 16 and his hair was long and PINK! I burst out laughing before shoving the picture into Harry's hands.
Harry just died with laughter. Sirius grabbed the picture and his eyes went wide.
"Oh my god!" He laughed. "Where did you find this?!"
"I was cleaning out my old wardrobe and I found this in a box called 'The Prank of Fame'." Remus said with a michievious glint in his eye.
"You still have that?" Sirius demanded disbelieving.
"Yeah!" Remus laughed.
Father seized the picture and stared at it horrified.
"Oh my god! When did you take this?" He demanded.
"In the Great Hall," Remus replied.
"Really, well I do believe I'll be keeping this one," he said pocketing the picture.
"Yeah, keep it," Remus smiled. "We've got hundreds of others."
"This is for you both," Sirius handed Harry a book.
Harry turned bright red and then handed the book to me. '101 Effective Silencing Charms', I felt myself blush.
"Thanks," I mumbled and Sirius smiled broadly.
"No problem," he laughed.
"This is for you both as well," Father said and he moved a box toward me and Harry.
Harry and I both pulled on the bow and the package disappeared. It was a cradle. 'Draco' was inscribed on the end of it. It was mine when I was an infant.
"Thank you, Mr. Malfoy," Harry said looking at the magnificent cradle.
"Yes, thank you dad," I said staring at it.
"Well, you'll need it. It's self rocking. All you have to do is set it rocking and it won't stop unless you still it," he said with a small smile.
"Our turn," Harry said pulling a box from behind the couch. He handed dad a package. We had gotten him some piano music, a combination of Beethoven, Mozart, Paganini, Bach and then some lullabys.
"Thank you!" Father smiled. "I was getting desperate for more music."
"No problem. It was Harry's idea, I was stuck," I said as we handed Remus and Sirius their presents.
"Hey cool! Carlos was getting lonely," Sirius said as he unwrapped the lizard in its cage. "I name him 'Fiddle'."
"Fiddle?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Fiddle." Remus opened his gift.
"Oh wow. You shouldn't have! It was so expensive!" He tried to berate us for spending that much on him, but you could see he was quite pleased with the book.
It was the 'Gigantic Book of Celtic Lore'. Harry and I had seen him looking at it in Flourish & Blotts. We had asked him why he didn't get it when we left because he clearly wanted to and he just said it was too expensive for him.
"Wow. Thank you," He smiled.
"Your turn," Sirius said as he wrapped his arm around Remus's waist and looked expectantly at us.
"You go first want to or me?" I asked Harry.
"You go first," he replied. I handed him my gift. He ripped it open and a smile broke out across his face.
"Brilliant!" He said as he looked at the back of the mini Quidditch set. He picked up the self-inflating beach ball and looked at me weird.
"It's a self-inflating beach ball," I informed him.
"Cool," he smiled as he put it on top of the Quidditch set. "Thank you." He hugged me. It was really cute because he was still hesitant to kiss me in front of my father. "Here you go."
I took the knap-sack. It was just a normal looking knap-sack so I opened it and inside was bath stuff. I broke out into a big smile. I loved it. And it wasn't just that either, there was a book inside of it. I opened it and there were little coupons in it. They had things like 'Good for a Free Back Rub' or 'Good for a free Bath'. It was really sweet.
"Thank you," I flung myself onto him and hugged him.
"That's not all though," He said as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a small black velvet box and my breathing sped up slightly. He got down on one knee and I put my hands to my mouth.
"Oh my god," I breathed and it was barely audible. He opened it and inside was a silver band. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
"I love you," he said looking me in the eyes. "You're about to make me a father and I cannot picture my life without you. I want us to build a home together. live and die together. And. I love you; body and soul. Even though we are still too young to get married, I promise we will just as soon as we can. if you'll have me."
I didn't answer him immediately. I saw the same fear of rejection creep into his features that I had seen over a year ago. I just stared at him, tears falling down my cheeks.
"Oh, did you even have to ask?" I cried. I threw myself into his arms and he put the ring on my finger. Sirius, Remus and Father cheered.
* * *
I didn't stop smiling that night. I was so happy. I didn't leave Harry's side the rest of the night. We ate in content silence. After, when it was time to go to bed. Remus gave us hugs, Sirius shook our hands and Father gave me a hug, shook Harry's hand and congratulated us both. I was happy that he was happy for us. I think he was glad that his son wouldn't look like a slut being an unwed father.
* * *
"I still don't understand why you got me a beach ball," Harry said, as we got ready for bed.
"Inflate it and I'll show you," I said as I pulled back the blankets. He did as he was bid.
"Here," he said as he tossed it to me.
"Come here," I said once I had caught it. He walked around the bed to me.
"Now what?"
"This!" I grabbed the bottom of his shirt and stuck the ball under it before he could fully grasp what was going on.
"And why did you do that?" He asked bemused as he looked down at his bulging shirt.
"Because, I should be that big when I'm about 6 six months along, roughly," I laughed.
"And?"
"And when I get that big you have to wear that for a month. or until I've decided you've suffered long enough. Whichever comes first."
"What do I need to suffer for?" He demanded.
"Oh. I don't know." I said sarcastically. "Maybe that thing with Slutty McTramp two weeks before holidays!"
"That was not my fault!"
"Does it look like I care?"
~ * ~
Disclaimer: You know who Rowling owns. You know who and what I own. Need I say more? A/N: Well people. Was it worth the wait? I certainly hope so. Just before you think I'm an awful person for making Sirius, Remus and Lucius have a thing and flame me. They just talked all night and Lucius got a bunch of stuff off his chest and he felt sooooo much better. k? Well. I hope you liked the gifts. Special thanks to Omowiro Soga, Naynymic, Abigfan and Kodie!!! Major thanks to Kodie. Caz- Was it what you thought it would be? Omowiro- I hate being a pain in the ass but I really want to see it. Have you finished the drawing yet??? Well that's all for now. Hopefully I can get updated sooner this time. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing!!! I love you all for it!!! Niawen Kowa. Luv, Gia P.S. This is the longest one yet! : )