Chapter 6 - Christmas Gifts
Pretty soon Christmas Eve had come and the school was empty except for Draco, Hermione, a few professors, and Dumbledore. All of the other students had gone home for the holidays.
After the Christmas Eve feast with Dumbledore and the other professors, Hermione and Draco sat on one of the sofas in their common room near the fire. As the fire crackled and burned, warming the room, Hermione and Draco were deep in thought.
Who would've thought that I would be spending my Christmas Eve cuddled on a sofa with Draco Malfoy? If someone had told me that about a year ago, I would've laughed at them and called them insane, but now it just seems right, Hermione thought to herself, looking up at Draco's face before turning her eyes back to the fire in front of her.
I can't believe I'm sitting here with Hermione Granger, the mudblood that my father hates. She's looking at me.wow she's so hot. I love her.wait did I just think that? Do I really love her? Yeah I definitely do. This is so confusing. I cant believe I fell in love with her, Draco thought to himself.
Draco stopped thinking about his love for Hermione for one minute before turning to her and kissing her forehead. She looked up at him again and smiled, leaning towards him. Their lips met in a soft yet sweet kiss. She pulled away a minute later and smiled up at him before snuggling up to his chest and closing her eyes. He looked at her now sleeping form before he too closed his eyes and fell asleep in front of the fire.
The next morning, Hermione opened her honey colored eyes and looked around. It's Christmas, she thought. The fire had died out a while ago, leaving the room feeling cold. She took her wand off the table, muttered something, and the fireplace was ablaze with a new fire. She yawned and turned back to what she thought was her pillow. Seeing that it was Draco, she smiled and shook him awake. He mumbled something about it being too early before turning over on the couch and falling off of it.
"What the hell?!" he grumbled, getting off the floor and sitting on the couch. He rubbed his eyes and turned to Hermione, who was still laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" he asked her, looking angry.
"You," came the reply as she continued her laughing fit.
"It wasn't funny," he remarked, leaning back against the couch.
"Yes it was," she laughed.
"Oh, you're gunna get it now Ms. Granger," he said to her, picking her up and holding her over his head, threatening to drop her.
"No! Don't drop me!" she begged, looking at him innocently.
"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.
"Because..because.I didn't do anything to you."
"But you did do something to me Mione. You made me fall off the couch and then you laughed at me."
"So?"
"So I get to drop you," he said, dropping her on the couch and running to the stairs leading to his room.
"Draco, you're a dead Slytherin!" she threatened, chasing him up the stairs and into his room. Noticing that he was hiding under the covers on the bed, she hopped onto the bed and started jumping on it.
"Hey!" he yelled from under the covers. He got out from under them and started jumping with her. Eventually they collapsed together onto the bed, panting. Draco looked at her with a smirk on his face. She smiled back at him and they kissed. Simple and sweet. They pulled apart and got off of the bed. Draco took Hermione's hand and together they walked down the stairs and into the common room to open the presents that they had under the tree.
"Merry Christmas, Draco," she said to him, giving him his gift.
He opened it and found a book entitled Quidditch: Sport or Hobby and a CD of the punk muggle band Simple Plan. He smirked and said, "Thanks Mione. They're great I love them. Here's yours." He handed her the gift he had gotten her at Melani's Jewels.
She opened it and her eyes lit up. The dragon necklace gleamed in the sunlight and he took it out of her hands to put it on her. He then handed her a smaller box and told her to open it. She did and what she saw made her gasp. It was a gorgeous white gold ring with the words 'I'll love you forever' inscribed on the inside in Italian.
"Oh Draco," she breathed, "It's beautiful."
"It's a promise ring. The words on the inside mean 'I'll love you forever' and are written in Italian," he explained.
"Thank you Draco. It's beautiful," she told him, kissing him.
When they broke apart, he said, "I love you Mione and I'll never leave you."
"I love you too Draco," she said, sighing and resting her head on his chest.
He smiled and sat down on the couch with her in his lap, her head still on his chest. The fire was still crackling from earlier, and Draco stared into it, thoughts filling his head. This was my first good Christmas, he realized, thinking back to all the Christmases he had spent at Malfoy Manor. Nothing compares to this, he thought, closing his eyes.
After Hermione and Draco had woken up from their nap, Hermione decided to go in the snow with Draco.
"C'mon Draco, it'll be fun! Pleeeeease??" she begged, pouting a little so he would cave in and go outside with her.
Sighing, he said, "Fine."
"Yay! Thank you!" she exclaimed, jumping off of his lap and running up the stairs to shower and put warmer clothes on.
Draco changed into a black shirt, black pants, socks, and a pair of Timberland boots. He let his hair fall into his eyes, grabbed a jacket and gloves, and went to wait for Hermione in the common room.
Hermione, on the other hand, was just stepping out of the shower, smelling like strawberries. She wrapped herself in her robe and walked into her room with a towel around her wet hair. Inside her room, she changed into a dark blue sweater, jeans, and her boots. She dried and brushed her hair, put on a hat, gloves, and her baby blue winter jacket, and walked down the stairs to meet Draco. Together they walked out of the portrait hole and down to the entrance hall to go outside.
Once outside, they wandered around in the snow, ending up near the lake. Hermione wandered over to a tree and took off one of the icicles to show Draco, but when she turned around to face him, he wasn't there. Slightly confused, she looked around but couldn't find him.
All of a sudden, a snowball hit her from above. She looked up and saw Draco sitting in the tree that she took the icicle off of. He smirked and hit her with another snowball before jumping out of the tree and running towards the castle. She chased him, throwing snowballs and pieces of ice at him along the way.
Close to the doors to the school, he stopped and turned towards her. She ran into him and almost knocked him down. Laughing, she hit him with more snow before smiling innocently and running away.
He chased after her and tackled her to the ground. He looked into her eyes and the laughter stopped. They stared into each other's eyes for a few minutes, letting all their emotions fade away. Draco's lips slowly made their way to hers and he kissed her passionately but sweetly. They pulled apart and he helped her off the ground and they walked inside, hand in hand.
They headed to the common room, where Hermione went to take a warm shower and change, leaving Draco to his thoughts in his room. All he could think about was Hermione and how much he loved her. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, but he didn't know if she felt the same way. He hoped she did, but for now he was lucky to have her.
Hermione got out of the shower and walked into her room. She changed into a red sweater, black jeans, and her Santa Claus socks. She dried her hair and pulled it back into a bun. Grabbing a book, she went down to the common room to read before the Christmas feast.
Draco, on the other hand, showered, changed into a black shirt, jeans, socks, and his boots, before putting his new Simple Plan CD into the CD player and blasting it.
Down in the common room, Hermione heard Simple Plan blasting from Draco's room and smiled to herself, realizing he really did like the gift she gave him.
About an hour later, Draco emerged from the room and went down to the common room.
"Hermione, the feast is in ten minutes, wake up," he called, shaking her gently. She opened her eyes, looked at the time, jumped off the couch, and ran to her room for shoes and to put her book away. Two minutes later, she came down with her knee length black leather boots on her feet and her Christmas tree earrings in her ears.
"Let's go," she said and the two of them walked down to the feast for a delicious meal.
Pretty soon Christmas Eve had come and the school was empty except for Draco, Hermione, a few professors, and Dumbledore. All of the other students had gone home for the holidays.
After the Christmas Eve feast with Dumbledore and the other professors, Hermione and Draco sat on one of the sofas in their common room near the fire. As the fire crackled and burned, warming the room, Hermione and Draco were deep in thought.
Who would've thought that I would be spending my Christmas Eve cuddled on a sofa with Draco Malfoy? If someone had told me that about a year ago, I would've laughed at them and called them insane, but now it just seems right, Hermione thought to herself, looking up at Draco's face before turning her eyes back to the fire in front of her.
I can't believe I'm sitting here with Hermione Granger, the mudblood that my father hates. She's looking at me.wow she's so hot. I love her.wait did I just think that? Do I really love her? Yeah I definitely do. This is so confusing. I cant believe I fell in love with her, Draco thought to himself.
Draco stopped thinking about his love for Hermione for one minute before turning to her and kissing her forehead. She looked up at him again and smiled, leaning towards him. Their lips met in a soft yet sweet kiss. She pulled away a minute later and smiled up at him before snuggling up to his chest and closing her eyes. He looked at her now sleeping form before he too closed his eyes and fell asleep in front of the fire.
The next morning, Hermione opened her honey colored eyes and looked around. It's Christmas, she thought. The fire had died out a while ago, leaving the room feeling cold. She took her wand off the table, muttered something, and the fireplace was ablaze with a new fire. She yawned and turned back to what she thought was her pillow. Seeing that it was Draco, she smiled and shook him awake. He mumbled something about it being too early before turning over on the couch and falling off of it.
"What the hell?!" he grumbled, getting off the floor and sitting on the couch. He rubbed his eyes and turned to Hermione, who was still laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" he asked her, looking angry.
"You," came the reply as she continued her laughing fit.
"It wasn't funny," he remarked, leaning back against the couch.
"Yes it was," she laughed.
"Oh, you're gunna get it now Ms. Granger," he said to her, picking her up and holding her over his head, threatening to drop her.
"No! Don't drop me!" she begged, looking at him innocently.
"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.
"Because..because.I didn't do anything to you."
"But you did do something to me Mione. You made me fall off the couch and then you laughed at me."
"So?"
"So I get to drop you," he said, dropping her on the couch and running to the stairs leading to his room.
"Draco, you're a dead Slytherin!" she threatened, chasing him up the stairs and into his room. Noticing that he was hiding under the covers on the bed, she hopped onto the bed and started jumping on it.
"Hey!" he yelled from under the covers. He got out from under them and started jumping with her. Eventually they collapsed together onto the bed, panting. Draco looked at her with a smirk on his face. She smiled back at him and they kissed. Simple and sweet. They pulled apart and got off of the bed. Draco took Hermione's hand and together they walked down the stairs and into the common room to open the presents that they had under the tree.
"Merry Christmas, Draco," she said to him, giving him his gift.
He opened it and found a book entitled Quidditch: Sport or Hobby and a CD of the punk muggle band Simple Plan. He smirked and said, "Thanks Mione. They're great I love them. Here's yours." He handed her the gift he had gotten her at Melani's Jewels.
She opened it and her eyes lit up. The dragon necklace gleamed in the sunlight and he took it out of her hands to put it on her. He then handed her a smaller box and told her to open it. She did and what she saw made her gasp. It was a gorgeous white gold ring with the words 'I'll love you forever' inscribed on the inside in Italian.
"Oh Draco," she breathed, "It's beautiful."
"It's a promise ring. The words on the inside mean 'I'll love you forever' and are written in Italian," he explained.
"Thank you Draco. It's beautiful," she told him, kissing him.
When they broke apart, he said, "I love you Mione and I'll never leave you."
"I love you too Draco," she said, sighing and resting her head on his chest.
He smiled and sat down on the couch with her in his lap, her head still on his chest. The fire was still crackling from earlier, and Draco stared into it, thoughts filling his head. This was my first good Christmas, he realized, thinking back to all the Christmases he had spent at Malfoy Manor. Nothing compares to this, he thought, closing his eyes.
After Hermione and Draco had woken up from their nap, Hermione decided to go in the snow with Draco.
"C'mon Draco, it'll be fun! Pleeeeease??" she begged, pouting a little so he would cave in and go outside with her.
Sighing, he said, "Fine."
"Yay! Thank you!" she exclaimed, jumping off of his lap and running up the stairs to shower and put warmer clothes on.
Draco changed into a black shirt, black pants, socks, and a pair of Timberland boots. He let his hair fall into his eyes, grabbed a jacket and gloves, and went to wait for Hermione in the common room.
Hermione, on the other hand, was just stepping out of the shower, smelling like strawberries. She wrapped herself in her robe and walked into her room with a towel around her wet hair. Inside her room, she changed into a dark blue sweater, jeans, and her boots. She dried and brushed her hair, put on a hat, gloves, and her baby blue winter jacket, and walked down the stairs to meet Draco. Together they walked out of the portrait hole and down to the entrance hall to go outside.
Once outside, they wandered around in the snow, ending up near the lake. Hermione wandered over to a tree and took off one of the icicles to show Draco, but when she turned around to face him, he wasn't there. Slightly confused, she looked around but couldn't find him.
All of a sudden, a snowball hit her from above. She looked up and saw Draco sitting in the tree that she took the icicle off of. He smirked and hit her with another snowball before jumping out of the tree and running towards the castle. She chased him, throwing snowballs and pieces of ice at him along the way.
Close to the doors to the school, he stopped and turned towards her. She ran into him and almost knocked him down. Laughing, she hit him with more snow before smiling innocently and running away.
He chased after her and tackled her to the ground. He looked into her eyes and the laughter stopped. They stared into each other's eyes for a few minutes, letting all their emotions fade away. Draco's lips slowly made their way to hers and he kissed her passionately but sweetly. They pulled apart and he helped her off the ground and they walked inside, hand in hand.
They headed to the common room, where Hermione went to take a warm shower and change, leaving Draco to his thoughts in his room. All he could think about was Hermione and how much he loved her. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, but he didn't know if she felt the same way. He hoped she did, but for now he was lucky to have her.
Hermione got out of the shower and walked into her room. She changed into a red sweater, black jeans, and her Santa Claus socks. She dried her hair and pulled it back into a bun. Grabbing a book, she went down to the common room to read before the Christmas feast.
Draco, on the other hand, showered, changed into a black shirt, jeans, socks, and his boots, before putting his new Simple Plan CD into the CD player and blasting it.
Down in the common room, Hermione heard Simple Plan blasting from Draco's room and smiled to herself, realizing he really did like the gift she gave him.
About an hour later, Draco emerged from the room and went down to the common room.
"Hermione, the feast is in ten minutes, wake up," he called, shaking her gently. She opened her eyes, looked at the time, jumped off the couch, and ran to her room for shoes and to put her book away. Two minutes later, she came down with her knee length black leather boots on her feet and her Christmas tree earrings in her ears.
"Let's go," she said and the two of them walked down to the feast for a delicious meal.