A/N: Wow! It's been almost 3 weeks since I last updated! Sorry! I was gunna up date yesterday, but the document wasn't uploading. But here it is today. Please enjoy!

Disclaimer: Nothing is owned by me. Anything that you do not recognize as the lovely J. K. Rowling's work, is in fact mine.

Recap: Draco invites Hermione to spend Christmas with him and his mum since Lucius wasn't going to be there and Narcissa wants to met Hermione. Ron and Hermione get into an argument over Draco and they leave for holiday not speaking to each other.

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Chapter 9: Narcissa Malfoy and Being Civil

She stood in front of the mirror and looked herself over again for the millionth time in the past two minutes. She was constantly smoothing out her sweat shirt and turning to both sides to see herself at all possible angles. She was wearing dark blue jeans, sneakers and a maroon hoodie with Gryffindor across the front in gold letters and her hair was in a simple high pony tail.

"Relax." He said, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder. He glanced into the mirror and took in the image. Not only does she feel right being in his arms, but she looked right as well.

"I'm just nervous. Are you sure I look alright? Oh, what if she doesn't like me?"

"Hermione." He said as he turned her around. "You don't have to be nervous. You look fine. She'll love you, I promise. Just relax, I'm gonna be right by your side, don't worry."

Hermione leaned in towards him and their foreheads were touching. Draco rubbed her cheek and kissed her lightly. She took a deep breath and nodded.

"Ok. I'm ready. Let's go."

They grabbed their things and entered the fire place. Draco grabbed a handful of floo powder and looked at Hermione. She squeezed his arm and smiled.

"Malfoy Manor!" He shouted and threw down the powder. Green flames consumed them and they were soon standing in a whole other room. They stepped out of the fire place together and Hermione and Draco began dusting the ashes off of their clothes.

Hermione looked around at the room that she was in. If she had to guess, she'd say they were in the living room. In front of them was the couch with two end tables on each side of it containing a lamp and a few framed photos. She turned and saw what was above the fire place. There was a shelf above it with a clock in the middle and more framed pictures to the side. Above all that was a huge family portrait. Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy stood next to each other, behind Draco, with a hand on each of his shoulders, none of them were smiling, and it gave Hermione the chills.

The rest of the room was filled with glass and porcelain figures. Everything was so prim and proper, Hermione was afraid to touch any thing. The floors were a forest green marble and the front doors were big, oak and polished.

"Come on." He said, grabbing her hand. He led her up the marble stair case and down a hallway. "Mother, we're here. Where are you?" He called out.

"I'm in my room, dear." Came a faint voice from further down the hall.

They walked down to where the voice came from and stopped in front of the door.

"This is it." Draco said kissing Hermione's hand. Hermione took a deep breath and turned the door knob herself.

On the other side of the door was a nice cozy room. There wasn't much in there, just a bed, a vanity, and a door leading to a bathroom. On the bed was Draco's mother, reading a book. Draco walked further into the room and over to the bed, Hermione still holding on to his hand.

"Hello, Mother." Draco said. He leaned down and gave his mother a kiss.

"Draco! Oh, it's so wonderful to see you!" She exclaimed, pulling Draco into a motherly hug. Draco, you know better than to call me mother when your father isn't here."

"Sorry mum."

Hermione nudged Draco as a reminder that she was still there and he hadn't introduced them yet.

"Mum, I would like you to meet my girlfriend, Hermione Granger. Hermione, this is my mum, Narcissa Malfoy."

"Hermione, it's so wonderful to finally meet you. Draco has told me many good things about you."

"I'm happy to meet you as well, Mrs. Malfoy. Oh, and congratulations on your pregnancy! How are you feeling?"

"Hermione, please, call me Narcissa. And thank you. Other than the morning sickness, I've been doing good. The worse is still to come. Draco, why don't you bring Hermione to the guest room so she can settle in."

Hermione followed Draco out of Narcissa's room and down to the other end of the hall way. Draco opened the door to an empty room.

"Here. Make yourself at home." He said, placing Hermione's suitcase in the middle of the room.

"Wait. How exactly am I suppose to do that when there's nothing in here?"

"This is almost like the Room of Requirement at school. Only this doesn't take as much concentration. All you have to do is close your eyes..." He said putting his hands over Hermione's eyes. "And think of your room at home." He finished softly in her ear.

Hermione smiled to herself and did as Draco said. She thought about her room back home. Her bed, dresser, desk, and what was in her closet. Draco released his hands from her eyes and she opened them up. She couldn't believe it. It was like being back at home. She looked through all her draws, both her dresser and desk, and saw that everything was in it. Everything that was on her desk and dresser back home, was here in this room. Another door appeared as well that wasn't there before.

"Like I said, make yourself at home."

"Well, now that you've seen my room, it's only fair that you show me yours."

Draco walked to the door that wasn't there in the first place, opened it and walked right into it. Hermione walked in and looked around. It looked basically the exact same way his privet room at Hogwarts does, just minus the pool.

Draco sat on his bed and motioned for Hermione to come towards him. She did and she sat on his lap and put her arms around him.

"You really have no idea how happy you've made me and my mum for being here." He said sincerely.

"I'm glad I can make you happy." She leaned in closer to him and caught his lips with hers in such a passionate kiss. Draco grabbed her face in his masculine hands and started rubbing her cheeks. He leaned back onto his bed, bringing Hermione down with him. Her hands were on his chest and his were now roaming freely up and down her back. Draco started to suck at her neck when they heard a knock on the door.

"Yeah, come in." Draco said annoyingly.

The door opened and in the doorway stood Narcissa. Hermione quickly got off of Draco and sat up on the bed. Draco stayed down and just simply put his hands behind his head like it was no big deal.

"Sorry for interrupting, but Draco, would you mind if I borrowed Hermione for the day? I would like to get to know her better and what better way to do that then by shopping?!" Narcissa asked excitedly.

"Sure mum. There's something that I have to take care of anyway."

Narcissa nodded and left the room with Draco and Hermione close behind. They made their way down the stairs and walked over to the fire place.

"We'll be in Diagon Alley if you need us." Narcissa said, taking a handful of floo powder, yelled her destination, threw the powder down and was gone. Hermione pecked Draco goodbye and followed Narcissa out of the fire place.

When she stopped spinning around and saw that she was in a new room, she left the fire place and realized that they were in the Leaky Cauldron.

"Before we start spending money, I thought we could have a chat over a round of Butterbeers." Narcissa suggested.

Narcissa got the Butterbeers and they both sat down at a two person table.

"So tell me about yourself, Hermione." She said as she brought her mug to her thin lips and started sipping its containments.

Hermione told her about her family background, her childhood years, how her parents reacted when she was excepted into Hogwarts and how Draco use to treat her. As Hermione talked, Narcissa was listening to her every word, and her heart went out to her when it came to Draco calling her Mudblood. When Hermione was done, Narcissa placed her mug down and started playing with the rim of it with her thumbs, looking down into it.

"Hermione, I want to first apologize for how Draco treated you in the past. If you don't know by now, it hasn't exactly been paradise living with Lucius." She was now looking away from her mug and looked at Hermione with sorrow clearly shown in her eyes.

"Mrs. Mal...I mean Narcissa. There's really no need to apologize for anything. Honestly, I--"

Narcissa raised her hand for Hermione to stop talking. "You may understand, but there's so much more behind everything." Narcissa took in a deep breath and continued. "Lucius and I were arranged to be married and I thought that with time, I would grow to love him. But with time, we grew more distant than anything. So I thought if we had a child, maybe that would help, but that just turned him into a monster. Now that Draco was in the world, Lucius had someone to force his dreams, hopes and expectations on, and that's exactly what he did. For his whole life, Draco was never able to do or learn things for himself. He was always taught that this was the right way and anything different was wrong. He missed out on his childhood, if you want to call it that. He never got to run in the mud, jump from trees or scrape his knees. So whenever I got the chance, I would try and teach him different and I was always there for him, to comfort him and protect him whenever Lucius was in one of his moods. As much as I hate Lucius, the only thing that I'm really grateful of him giving me is Draco. And as much as he missed growing up, I'm glad that he's not missing out on love."

She finished and sipped on her Butterbeer. Hermione just sat there, taking all this information in. So many things and questions were going through her mind. Was Draco really in love with her? Did his mother know something that she didn't? They never really said 'I love you' to each other, but, it's still early for that. But there was one particular question that she was dying to ask, but didn't want to sound nosey.

"Narcissa...would you mind if I asked you a personal question? If you don't want to answer it then I totally and completely understand."

She nodded her head.

"Well, if you hate Lucius and there's nothing between you guys, then...um...well, how did you become pregnant this time?"

"Well, it wasn't exactly the kind of romantic night you would imagine when thinking about having a baby." She replied softly looking into her eyes. Hermione didn't understand at first, but when it hit her, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"You mean to say...he didn't...did he?" Hermione stammered to say. Narcissa nodded. Hermione sat back in her seat. "Does Draco know?" She asked softly.

"No. If he found out that Lucius rapped me, then Draco would try to get revenge for my sake and get himself into a situation he may not be able to handle."

Hermione nodded and they both sat in silence for a while. They finished their Butterbeers and decided to get some shopping done. They walked out of the pub and into the streets of Diagon Alley.

At first, the two walked around aimlessly until they came to a muggle clothing shop and decided to go in. They looked around and started to try on anything and everything. Hermione saw a nice outfit and decided to get it, but when she went to pay for it, Narcissa told her to put her money away and that she would pay for it.

"Thanks again for the outfit, you really didn't have to pay for it." Hermione thanked her for the hundredth time already in the past five minutes.

"Hermione, really, it was nothing. Don't worry about it." Narcissa smiled down at Hermione. Hermione looked at her and saw where Draco got his irresistible eyes and heart pounding smile from. Thinking of Draco reminded Hermione that she still needed to get him something for Christmas. She had no idea what to get him.

"Would you mind helping me pick out a Christmas gift for Draco. To be honest, I have no idea what to get him."

"Sure, I know the perfect place."

Harry sat there deep in thought.

'No. This can't be right. It's a trick, it has to be.' Harry thought to himself, astound at what was before his eyes.

"Knight to E3." (A/N: i have no idea how to play chess or anything so sorry if this is wrong) He informed his chess piece. The piece moved to its destination and demolished Ron's helpless Brook. "Check Mate."

"Good game." Ron said, forcing a smile.

"Ok Ron, what's the on your mind?" Harry asked slouching down in his chair.

"What do you mean? I'm fine." Ron lied.

"Ron...I just beat you...at chess! Which never happens unless there's something on your mind that's distracting you."

"Fine. You win." Ron sighed, rubbing his eyes in frustration, and he too slouched down in his chair. He dragged his hands from his eyes down to the bottom of his cheeks, stretching his face. His eyes were watery from a mix of being tired and just rubbing them. The fire shown into them, making them glisten. "I keep thinking about how upset I got Hermione and what she said about Malfoy. It's just weird and hard to accept that Malfoy might have really changed."

"I know what ya mean. But that's how life goes. We have a long road ahead of us full of change, and this is just the beginning."

"Your right. Do you think we should start being civil to Malfoy now?"

"Yeah, at least for Hermione's sake."

Ron sighed again. "I guess we should. It's also a good way for me to show Hermione that I still respect her. Are we ever gonna tell her about that night in the Prefect Bathroom?"

"No. At least not now. When the time is right. But for now, let her be happy. She deserves it."

Ron nodded. "Up for another game?"

"No. I think it's time for me to turn in. But before I do, I have a girlfriend to say goodnight to." Harry said as he stood up and gave Ron a wink before heading towards the stairs.

"Harry! That's my sister your talking about!" Ron complained in disgust as he too set towards the stairs behind Harry and playfully pushed him for making that remark.

A/N: There ya are, another chapter down. I hope this one wasn't too disappointing. Next chapter is going to be Christmas and I promise I'll try my best not to take long!

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