Chapter 4: Christmas Wishes
Weeks later Hermione and Draco were still happy together and Christmas was only a few days away. Draco, being a pureblood Malfoy and having much money, was planning to spend some of his money on a good gift for Hermione. The only bad part was that he had no idea what to buy her. So, he sat on the couch in front of the fire in the common room, trying to figure out a good gift for her.
All of a sudden the portrait to the common room swung open and in walked Hermione. Upon seeing Draco, she walked over to say hi.
"Hey hunn!" she greeted him, giving him a quick kiss and heading up to her room to drop off her books.
"Hey Mione," he replied as she walked back down the stairs minutes later, now out of her uniform and dressed in a pair of baby blue silk pajama pants with suns and moons on them and one of his white t-shirts. Donning her feet were her baby blue slippers.
"You look stressed, what's wrong?" she asked him when she saw the look on his face.
"Nothing babe. I'm fine," he answered looking into the fire.
"Are you sure? You look kind of down."
"Yeah Herms, I'm fine."
"Ok, if you're sure. How was your day hunnie?"
"Eh.Weasley attempted to fight with me at breakfast this morning, as usual. Why weren't you there anyway?"
"I overslept."
"YOU, Hermione Granger, OVERSLEPT? Woah," he said to her mockingly.
"Hey!" she said, taking a pillow from next to her and hitting him over the head with it.
"Oh, you're going down Ms. Granger," he told her, hitting her with another pillow.
Running around the room with pillows in their hands, they chased each other and hit each other for a while before collapsing on the couch again. Hermione smiled and kissed Draco before putting her pillow down and walking up the stairs and into her room for bed. Draco smirked to himself and decided to go to bed as well. What neither of them knew was that the other one wasn't sleeping too well.
Around midnight, Hermione got out of her bed, realizing that she wasn't about to fall asleep anytime soon. She sat down on her window seat and looked outside at the falling snow. She thought of Christmas in a week and remembered the letter she got from her parents at the beginning of the year.
*Flashback*
iA large gray owl flew into the head girl's room at Hogwarts two days after Hermione had arrived at the school on the train. She recognized her owl, Bella, and took the letter from her leg. She saw that it was her mother's handwriting and opened it.
Dearest Hermione -
Guess what sweetie? You know how I'm having a baby.well, it's going to be a girl! Isn't that great? We also know the due date. She's due on Christmas, which might make the holidays a bit harder but definitely better.
Baby what your mother is trying to say is that you're going to have to stay at school for the holidays. We're sorry dear, but we don't want to ruin your holidays by having to take your mother to the hospital in the middle of them. We think you'll be better off at school this year. We'll send you pictures of your new sister as soon as she's born, ok hun? We're sorry again and we love you!
Love always, Mum and Dad
Joy. A whole two weeks alone at Hogwarts. Why me? /i
*End of flashback*
She sighed. Outside, the snow was still falling and everything was pure white. A tear ran down her cheek thinking of the holidays without her parents. All of a sudden she saw a shooting star. Remembering the muggle theory, she closed her eyes and made a wish. Yawning, she got off the window seat and snuggled up under the covers of her bed. This time, she fell asleep almost instantly.
Weeks later Hermione and Draco were still happy together and Christmas was only a few days away. Draco, being a pureblood Malfoy and having much money, was planning to spend some of his money on a good gift for Hermione. The only bad part was that he had no idea what to buy her. So, he sat on the couch in front of the fire in the common room, trying to figure out a good gift for her.
All of a sudden the portrait to the common room swung open and in walked Hermione. Upon seeing Draco, she walked over to say hi.
"Hey hunn!" she greeted him, giving him a quick kiss and heading up to her room to drop off her books.
"Hey Mione," he replied as she walked back down the stairs minutes later, now out of her uniform and dressed in a pair of baby blue silk pajama pants with suns and moons on them and one of his white t-shirts. Donning her feet were her baby blue slippers.
"You look stressed, what's wrong?" she asked him when she saw the look on his face.
"Nothing babe. I'm fine," he answered looking into the fire.
"Are you sure? You look kind of down."
"Yeah Herms, I'm fine."
"Ok, if you're sure. How was your day hunnie?"
"Eh.Weasley attempted to fight with me at breakfast this morning, as usual. Why weren't you there anyway?"
"I overslept."
"YOU, Hermione Granger, OVERSLEPT? Woah," he said to her mockingly.
"Hey!" she said, taking a pillow from next to her and hitting him over the head with it.
"Oh, you're going down Ms. Granger," he told her, hitting her with another pillow.
Running around the room with pillows in their hands, they chased each other and hit each other for a while before collapsing on the couch again. Hermione smiled and kissed Draco before putting her pillow down and walking up the stairs and into her room for bed. Draco smirked to himself and decided to go to bed as well. What neither of them knew was that the other one wasn't sleeping too well.
Around midnight, Hermione got out of her bed, realizing that she wasn't about to fall asleep anytime soon. She sat down on her window seat and looked outside at the falling snow. She thought of Christmas in a week and remembered the letter she got from her parents at the beginning of the year.
*Flashback*
iA large gray owl flew into the head girl's room at Hogwarts two days after Hermione had arrived at the school on the train. She recognized her owl, Bella, and took the letter from her leg. She saw that it was her mother's handwriting and opened it.
Dearest Hermione -
Guess what sweetie? You know how I'm having a baby.well, it's going to be a girl! Isn't that great? We also know the due date. She's due on Christmas, which might make the holidays a bit harder but definitely better.
Baby what your mother is trying to say is that you're going to have to stay at school for the holidays. We're sorry dear, but we don't want to ruin your holidays by having to take your mother to the hospital in the middle of them. We think you'll be better off at school this year. We'll send you pictures of your new sister as soon as she's born, ok hun? We're sorry again and we love you!
Love always, Mum and Dad
Joy. A whole two weeks alone at Hogwarts. Why me? /i
*End of flashback*
She sighed. Outside, the snow was still falling and everything was pure white. A tear ran down her cheek thinking of the holidays without her parents. All of a sudden she saw a shooting star. Remembering the muggle theory, she closed her eyes and made a wish. Yawning, she got off the window seat and snuggled up under the covers of her bed. This time, she fell asleep almost instantly.