A/N: I am so so so so so so so sorry. I had finals and work and I am just so sorry that I haven't updated. Please forgive me. Also, finals are over and I quite my job so now I have more time to update.
Disclaimer: Yeah right.
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Chapter 20: Christmas
Once dinner was over Blaise escorted Ginny to the Gryffindor common room and Draco and Hermione walked to theirs. The two walked in silence only glancing at each other once in a while.
Once they were inside their common room, Hermione broke the silence.
"I'm going to take a bath," She said to Draco.
"All right," He replied,
Hermione went into the bathroom and turned on the hot water and her strawberries and champagne bubbles. She began to undress not thinking about looking at her back(which was hurting terribly) while she did. She sat down in the hot water and rested her head on the side of the tub. She was hoping that the bath would help ease the pain but it didn't. Not more than a minute had passed since she entered the tub when she cried out in pain and leapt out of it.
She immediately examined her back with the help of the bathroom mirror. Some of the larger cuts had cracked and were now bleeding. She wrapped a towel around her as lightly as she could then headed for her room.
'I have to get to the infirmary' She chanted to herself.
She was halfway up her stairs when she heard Draco's door open.
"Hermione stop!" He said to her. She did and turned around to see him coming down the stairs towards her.
"Turn around," He said. She hesitated for a moment and then turned around. There was blood seeping through her towel.
"What happened?" Draco asked with genuine concern. He gently pulled down her towel in the back and examined her cuts.
"Go get dressed then meet me in my room. I'll take care of those."
Hermione went up to her room and put on some pajama pants and she covered her chest and stomach with a t-shirt so only her back was exposed. She then left for Draco's room. His door was open so she walked in.
"Draco," She said. He walked out of his closet and came towards her.
"Lay down," He said motioning to his bed. Hermione did making sure that her chest was still covered.
Draco sat down next to her and slowly and gently wiped the blood off her back with a wet cloth. He then put some sort of cream on the tips of his fingers and very softly started to rub it on one of the cuts.
Hermione shivered at his touch. A warm sensation filled her body as his fingers gently caressed her back. She loved being touched by him. His touch made her feel relaxed and at ease. As his muscular hands massaged the cream on her cuts she couldn't help but think of what it would be like to have those hands on her face and all over her body. She wanted those hands to hold her and caress her. Those were the last thoughts that she had before she fell asleep to the feel of Draco's soft touch,
Draco couldn't help but notice how soft Hermione's skin was while he put the cream on her cuts. A small smile formed on his lips as he felt Hermione shiver as he touched her. An even bigger smile formed when he felt her relax at his touch. As he continued to massage the cream on her cuts he couldn't help but think of what it would be like to massage and caress the rest of her body. Would she even let him? He thought to himself.
Draco shook his head to get rid of these thoughts as he finished with the last cut. Now that he was done he noticed that Hermione was asleep. Her breathing was light and had a sort of rhythm to it. As he pulled his blanket over her bare back he bent down and softly kissed her forehead. He smiled to himself as he turned off his bedroom light and headed down stairs to sleep on the couch.
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Hermione woke up the next morning relaxed. She snuggled her pillow and was filled with the mixed scent of cinnamon and mint.
'This isn't my pillow' She thought to herself. 'This is... Draco's pillow' She smiled to herself and snuggled deeper into his pillow. Then it dawned on her.
"It's Christmas!" She squealed. She jumped out of the bed and put on her shirt which was feeling much better.
She went down the stairs and saw Draco asleep on the couch. She quietly walked over to him.
'He looks so peaceful while he's asleep' Hermione concluded.
Draco was laying on his back with his hands resting on his perfectly shaped stomach.
He had a small smile on his soft lips. Hermione couldn't help herself. She bent down over Draco and kissed him softly on the lips.
Draco blinked a couple of times before he officially opened his eyes. When he did he saw Hermione smiling her beautiful smile at him. He couldn't help but smile in return.
"Morning," He said while resting his hands behind his head.
"Happy Christmas," Hermione replied sweetly. She got off the couch and walked over to the front of the fireplace where her pile of presents were. Draco followed and sat down in front of his presents.
Hermione got the usual sweater from Mr. and Mrs. Weasely, 'Hogwarts: A History Two' from Fred and George, an assortment of sweets from Ron and Luna and a new stationary ser from Ginny and Blaise. Lavander and Parvati gave her a cute new outfit. Her parents gave her a necklace that had a silver chain and a pendant that was just like her tattoo. There was nothing from Harry though.
Draco got 'The 100 Greatest Quidditch Players of All Time' from Blaise and a risque picture of Pansy from Pansy which he immediately threw into the fireplace and burned. Crabbe and Goyle gave him a bunch of sweets that he would probably never eat. His mother gave him a silver ring that had Draco engraved in it in dark green.
"How do your cuts feel?" Draco asked.
"A lot better. What was that stuff?"
"It's a cream my mother came up with to help heel the wounds my father inflected upon us," He answered non-chalantly.
"Oh." Hermione didn't quite know what to say to that.
The two sat in there in silence for a few minutes. Draco looked at the clock. 11:45 is what it read.
"Do you want to go down to the Great Hall for lunch?" He asked breaking the silence.
"Sure."
The two took their gifts up to their rooms and changed their cloths. They ran into Ginny and Blaise on the way down to the Great Hall. The Professors and other students were already there waiting. The four sat down and lunch appeared on the table.
About 30 minutes into their lunch a brown owl flew into the hall and dropped a broom in front of Draco.
Draco marveled at the broom. It was the brand new Firebolt 3000. It was all silver except on the handle engraved in dark green letters was Draco Malfoy; Seeker. He handed the broom to Blaise and opened the letter that came with it. It read:
Dear Draco Malfoy,
We would like to begin by saying thank you. Thank you for saving Hermione's life and rescuing her from that awful Jones boy.
Hermione told us that your broom broke during the accident se we took the liberty of buying you this Firebolt 3000(Hermione picked it out).
Do take care of yourself and once again thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. Granger
Draco looked over at Hermione who smiled brightly at him.
"Happy Christmas Draco."
Draco picked Hermione up and spun her around. When he put her back on the ground he gave her a quick kiss. Hermione had to fight back the urge to grab Draco and kiss him more.
"Thank you Hermione," He said. He then turned to Blaise and took the Firebolt from him. "Come on Blaise, I have to try this out."
"But it's snowing," Blaise protested.
"So. I'll let you ride it." Blaise smiled.
"See you girls later," Blaise said. He kissed Ginny goodbye and left with Draco.
The girls sat back down to finish their lunch when two more owls flew in and dropped two packages in front of Hermione. She opened the first letter.
It read:
Dearest Hermione,
I'm truely sorry for everything I said the other night. I don't know what came over me. I'm so happy that you are all right and I am grateful that Malfoy saved you. You and Ron are the two people that matter most to me. I don't know what I would do without you guys. Please forgive me 'Mione. I really am sorry.
Your friend,
Harry
P.S. The owl that brought this is yours. Happy Christmas.
Hermione smiled. Of course she forgave Harry. She loved him like a brother. Of course she would let him sweat this out for a while though. After all, he did piss her off. Hermione set the letter down and stroked the beautiful brown owl infront of her. She then opened the second package and gasped along with Ginny.
Inside of the package was a pink diamond necklace with a matching pink diamond bracelet and matching pink diamond earrings.
"Oh my gosh Hermione. Who's it from?" Ginny asked.
Hermione read the letter that came with it.
Dear Hermione Granger,
Words can not express how grateful Draco and I are to you. Even though it may not seem like ir, you saved both our lives. Draco informed me that you had felt bad about what you did. Let me assure you that you did absalutly nothing wrong. Lucius Malfoy was a monster who deserved what he got. Always remember that.
The jewelry that I have sent you has been in my family for generations. It has been passed down from mother to daughter for years. After I had Draco, Lucius made sure that I would never bare another child. You see, I was never able to have a daughter to pass these jewels down to, that is, until now.
Draco and I are indebted to you. You have given us the greatest gift, life. Draco and I are free to live now that Lucius is gone. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please feel free to write me anytime. I would love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Narcissa Black
Hermione was in tears. She handed the letter to Ginny so she could read it.
"Oh Hermione. She thinks of you has a daughter," Ginny exclaimed.
"I know."
"You never know 'Mione, someday you might be," Ginny said with a smile.
"Only in my dreams Gin." Hermione wiped away her tears. "Only in my dreams."
Disclaimer: Yeah right.
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Chapter 20: Christmas
Once dinner was over Blaise escorted Ginny to the Gryffindor common room and Draco and Hermione walked to theirs. The two walked in silence only glancing at each other once in a while.
Once they were inside their common room, Hermione broke the silence.
"I'm going to take a bath," She said to Draco.
"All right," He replied,
Hermione went into the bathroom and turned on the hot water and her strawberries and champagne bubbles. She began to undress not thinking about looking at her back(which was hurting terribly) while she did. She sat down in the hot water and rested her head on the side of the tub. She was hoping that the bath would help ease the pain but it didn't. Not more than a minute had passed since she entered the tub when she cried out in pain and leapt out of it.
She immediately examined her back with the help of the bathroom mirror. Some of the larger cuts had cracked and were now bleeding. She wrapped a towel around her as lightly as she could then headed for her room.
'I have to get to the infirmary' She chanted to herself.
She was halfway up her stairs when she heard Draco's door open.
"Hermione stop!" He said to her. She did and turned around to see him coming down the stairs towards her.
"Turn around," He said. She hesitated for a moment and then turned around. There was blood seeping through her towel.
"What happened?" Draco asked with genuine concern. He gently pulled down her towel in the back and examined her cuts.
"Go get dressed then meet me in my room. I'll take care of those."
Hermione went up to her room and put on some pajama pants and she covered her chest and stomach with a t-shirt so only her back was exposed. She then left for Draco's room. His door was open so she walked in.
"Draco," She said. He walked out of his closet and came towards her.
"Lay down," He said motioning to his bed. Hermione did making sure that her chest was still covered.
Draco sat down next to her and slowly and gently wiped the blood off her back with a wet cloth. He then put some sort of cream on the tips of his fingers and very softly started to rub it on one of the cuts.
Hermione shivered at his touch. A warm sensation filled her body as his fingers gently caressed her back. She loved being touched by him. His touch made her feel relaxed and at ease. As his muscular hands massaged the cream on her cuts she couldn't help but think of what it would be like to have those hands on her face and all over her body. She wanted those hands to hold her and caress her. Those were the last thoughts that she had before she fell asleep to the feel of Draco's soft touch,
Draco couldn't help but notice how soft Hermione's skin was while he put the cream on her cuts. A small smile formed on his lips as he felt Hermione shiver as he touched her. An even bigger smile formed when he felt her relax at his touch. As he continued to massage the cream on her cuts he couldn't help but think of what it would be like to massage and caress the rest of her body. Would she even let him? He thought to himself.
Draco shook his head to get rid of these thoughts as he finished with the last cut. Now that he was done he noticed that Hermione was asleep. Her breathing was light and had a sort of rhythm to it. As he pulled his blanket over her bare back he bent down and softly kissed her forehead. He smiled to himself as he turned off his bedroom light and headed down stairs to sleep on the couch.
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Hermione woke up the next morning relaxed. She snuggled her pillow and was filled with the mixed scent of cinnamon and mint.
'This isn't my pillow' She thought to herself. 'This is... Draco's pillow' She smiled to herself and snuggled deeper into his pillow. Then it dawned on her.
"It's Christmas!" She squealed. She jumped out of the bed and put on her shirt which was feeling much better.
She went down the stairs and saw Draco asleep on the couch. She quietly walked over to him.
'He looks so peaceful while he's asleep' Hermione concluded.
Draco was laying on his back with his hands resting on his perfectly shaped stomach.
He had a small smile on his soft lips. Hermione couldn't help herself. She bent down over Draco and kissed him softly on the lips.
Draco blinked a couple of times before he officially opened his eyes. When he did he saw Hermione smiling her beautiful smile at him. He couldn't help but smile in return.
"Morning," He said while resting his hands behind his head.
"Happy Christmas," Hermione replied sweetly. She got off the couch and walked over to the front of the fireplace where her pile of presents were. Draco followed and sat down in front of his presents.
Hermione got the usual sweater from Mr. and Mrs. Weasely, 'Hogwarts: A History Two' from Fred and George, an assortment of sweets from Ron and Luna and a new stationary ser from Ginny and Blaise. Lavander and Parvati gave her a cute new outfit. Her parents gave her a necklace that had a silver chain and a pendant that was just like her tattoo. There was nothing from Harry though.
Draco got 'The 100 Greatest Quidditch Players of All Time' from Blaise and a risque picture of Pansy from Pansy which he immediately threw into the fireplace and burned. Crabbe and Goyle gave him a bunch of sweets that he would probably never eat. His mother gave him a silver ring that had Draco engraved in it in dark green.
"How do your cuts feel?" Draco asked.
"A lot better. What was that stuff?"
"It's a cream my mother came up with to help heel the wounds my father inflected upon us," He answered non-chalantly.
"Oh." Hermione didn't quite know what to say to that.
The two sat in there in silence for a few minutes. Draco looked at the clock. 11:45 is what it read.
"Do you want to go down to the Great Hall for lunch?" He asked breaking the silence.
"Sure."
The two took their gifts up to their rooms and changed their cloths. They ran into Ginny and Blaise on the way down to the Great Hall. The Professors and other students were already there waiting. The four sat down and lunch appeared on the table.
About 30 minutes into their lunch a brown owl flew into the hall and dropped a broom in front of Draco.
Draco marveled at the broom. It was the brand new Firebolt 3000. It was all silver except on the handle engraved in dark green letters was Draco Malfoy; Seeker. He handed the broom to Blaise and opened the letter that came with it. It read:
Dear Draco Malfoy,
We would like to begin by saying thank you. Thank you for saving Hermione's life and rescuing her from that awful Jones boy.
Hermione told us that your broom broke during the accident se we took the liberty of buying you this Firebolt 3000(Hermione picked it out).
Do take care of yourself and once again thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. Granger
Draco looked over at Hermione who smiled brightly at him.
"Happy Christmas Draco."
Draco picked Hermione up and spun her around. When he put her back on the ground he gave her a quick kiss. Hermione had to fight back the urge to grab Draco and kiss him more.
"Thank you Hermione," He said. He then turned to Blaise and took the Firebolt from him. "Come on Blaise, I have to try this out."
"But it's snowing," Blaise protested.
"So. I'll let you ride it." Blaise smiled.
"See you girls later," Blaise said. He kissed Ginny goodbye and left with Draco.
The girls sat back down to finish their lunch when two more owls flew in and dropped two packages in front of Hermione. She opened the first letter.
It read:
Dearest Hermione,
I'm truely sorry for everything I said the other night. I don't know what came over me. I'm so happy that you are all right and I am grateful that Malfoy saved you. You and Ron are the two people that matter most to me. I don't know what I would do without you guys. Please forgive me 'Mione. I really am sorry.
Your friend,
Harry
P.S. The owl that brought this is yours. Happy Christmas.
Hermione smiled. Of course she forgave Harry. She loved him like a brother. Of course she would let him sweat this out for a while though. After all, he did piss her off. Hermione set the letter down and stroked the beautiful brown owl infront of her. She then opened the second package and gasped along with Ginny.
Inside of the package was a pink diamond necklace with a matching pink diamond bracelet and matching pink diamond earrings.
"Oh my gosh Hermione. Who's it from?" Ginny asked.
Hermione read the letter that came with it.
Dear Hermione Granger,
Words can not express how grateful Draco and I are to you. Even though it may not seem like ir, you saved both our lives. Draco informed me that you had felt bad about what you did. Let me assure you that you did absalutly nothing wrong. Lucius Malfoy was a monster who deserved what he got. Always remember that.
The jewelry that I have sent you has been in my family for generations. It has been passed down from mother to daughter for years. After I had Draco, Lucius made sure that I would never bare another child. You see, I was never able to have a daughter to pass these jewels down to, that is, until now.
Draco and I are indebted to you. You have given us the greatest gift, life. Draco and I are free to live now that Lucius is gone. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please feel free to write me anytime. I would love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Narcissa Black
Hermione was in tears. She handed the letter to Ginny so she could read it.
"Oh Hermione. She thinks of you has a daughter," Ginny exclaimed.
"I know."
"You never know 'Mione, someday you might be," Ginny said with a smile.
"Only in my dreams Gin." Hermione wiped away her tears. "Only in my dreams."