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Chapter 14

"Guys ill be back soon, ive left your presents in my room" Hermione called to her friends as she ran out of Gryffindor tower on Christmas morning.

When she entered her room she saw the presents that were for her friends on her bed where she had put them the other night before forgetting to take them to Gryffindor tower.

"Wingardium Leviosa" she said and levitated the big presents after her as she walked to her common room. Just as she got to the bottom of the stairs she saw Draco

"I thought I heard someone come in," he said gently

"I'm just leaving," she said passing him

"Hermione..."

"Merry Christmas Draco"

"Merry Christmas Hermione." she walked out of the door without a look back. Draco sighed and looked to the floor.

Once the door shut behind her she stopped walking and looked to the floor and a few tears dropped from her eyes, this was the first time she had seen Draco properly since the event and it hurt her to see him. She walked back to the tower silently crying to herself as she went.

She spoke the password to the fat lady and entered the common room, she had come back in unnoticed so she stood in the shadows for a while looking at all her friends having a good time, it made her smile and she decided not to be unhappy and grumpy for their sakes, she didn't want to ruin Christmas for her friends.

"Hey guys," she said stepping out of the shadows "I brought gifts"

"Yay presents" Ginny said excitedly. Hermione gave Ginny, Harry, Ron, Neville, Dean, Seamus and Lavender their presents while she opened her own little stack.

She gave Harry and Ron a broom servicing kit each. Neville a book on herbology, Dean and Seamus some muggle sweets and wizard sweets. Lavender some muggle make up and perfume and she gave Ginny some new muggle tops.

Hermione received from Neville a book on ancient ruins, from Dean and Seamus she got some quills and different writing equipment, Ginny gave her some studded H earrings, Harry and Ron got her a photo frame with a picture of the whole of the 7th year Gryffindors and Lavender got her some nail polish a rather shocking pink color that Hermione was sure she would never wear.

She spent the day out in the snow with Harry, Ron and Ginny they all had snowball fights and went snow skiing, Hermione managed to charm a slope with a light sheen of snow on to make it icy so they could skid down it. Ginny and Hermione were on one team and Harry and Ron on the other.

"Ron, you dare and ill hex you to next week" Hermione shouted as Ron came running at her with a particularly large snowball

"Run 'Mione" Ginny shouted, who seemed to be enjoying her fight on the floor with Harry a little too much.

"AAGG" Hermione screamed as Ron threw the extra large snowball on her and soaked her clothes through.

The air was getting very chilly so they all decided to head on it.

"Hermione can I talk to you for a sec?" Ginny asked as the boys walked on in front

"Yeah sure, let me go get changed first"

"Now"

"Ok, what's the problem?" Hermione asked

"You love him don't you?"

"Who? Draco no" she said quickly

"Yes you do" Ginny said

"No, Gin listen to me I don't love Draco and never did"

"Fine. I'm going to ask you one more time and I want you to be as truthful as you can"

"Ok, but im going to get changed after"

"Fine, Do you love Draco?" Ginny asked.

"Yes" Hermione said and walked off before Ginny could ask any more questions. She was going to say no, but she knew that Ginny knew she would be lying so she told her the truth. When she was out of sight she stopped walking

"I loved Draco" she mumbled to herself and continued walking to her dorm.

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"Hi" said a small voice as she came out of her bedroom changed and clean from the wet clothes. She stopped when she heard the voice, it was Draco

"Hi" she answered back "I have a present for you, I got it before...you know" she said in a whisper, she walked to her school bag near the study table and brought out a neat silver wrapped box with a green ribbon round it.

"Here" she handed it to him, which he took looking at it "Merry Christmas Draco" she said and walked out of the door, leaving him alone and with his present. He walked to the bedroom and sat on his bed and opened the present, it was a quill with a very rare silver feather on top, engraved into the spine of the feather was the initial DM. As soon as he saw it he was in love with it.

He walked to her bed and put her present on it

"Merry Christmas Hermione" he whispered to himself and set the quill down on his bed before leaving the room.

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dmhg.