Ch 10- Christmas Cheer

A/N: Sorry for all the spelling and grammar errors on the last chapter. My sister told me I had 3 minutes to finish the last paragraph, open the internet, save the chapter, and update it. So, I didn't have time to read and edit it like I normally do. I kind of figured you guys would rather have the chapter with a few errors than no chapter at all, so sorry! Thanks for the reviews! Send more! Please?

Harry woke three mornings later to Ron pouncing on him like a four-year-old and shouting,

"Wake up! Get up! It's Christmas!"

Harry moaned and reluctantly rolled out of bed. He pulled on a robe over his pajamas and followed Ron to the Christmas tree. They sat on the floor and began tearing open their presents.

Ron got Harry a giant bag of chocolate flying snitches and a calendar with a moving picture of a different Quidditch team for each month. Mrs. Weasley made him the usual red sweater with a big "H" on the front and a box of mince pies. Hagrid made what Harry was pretty sure was treacle fudge. Fred and George once again, sent him a variety of their latest inventions. Hermione bought him a book called The Arts of Defense Against the Dark Arts, by Herman Shire. His last gift to open was from Ginny. He picked up the flat box that was carefully wrapped in gold paper and read the tag.

To Harry, Happy Christmas! I hope you like it! Love, Ginny.

He smiled and then carefully unwrapped it and opened the white box that was inside. He pulled out a gold picture frame with a cursive engraving that read,

"I love you!"

In the picture frame, was a beautiful picture of him and Ginny. One of Colin's, not doubt. They were standing on the frozen lake with their ice skates on. They were holding hands and waving vigorously at him as the snow fell and others skated in the backround.

Now Ron had one last present to open. Hermione's present. He picked up the red package and read the sticker on it.

"To Ron, Love, Hermione".

Ron's eyes lingered a moment on the word "love" for a moment.

"I wonder what she wrote on Harry's." Ron thought. He spotted the same red paper a few feet away, slightly torn and crumpled. It read,

"To Harry, Love from, Hermione".

"Love from Hermione." Ron thought. But before he had a chance to think twice about it, Harry said,

"Well, are you going to open it in this life time?"

"Yeah." Ron said and he pulled of the wrapping paper. First he pulled out a box of chocolate frogs and released the breath he didn't realize he was holding. He set them aside and then pulled out the blue button-up t-shirt. He held it up and looked at it and smiled as he remembered Hermione say,

"You should wear more blue. It brings out your eyes."

He looked at Harry who was giving him that annoying knowing smile and had his eyebrows raised. Ron threw a pillow at him and Harry laughed. Then he unwrapped the rest of his present- the orange Chudley Cannons blanket signed by all the players.

"Awesome!" Ron said. Just then, Ginny and Hermione walked in.

(In the girls' dorm before they walked in.)

Hermione yawned and stretched and rubbed her eyes, wondering why she was up so early. Then she remembered. It was Christmas! It was light out, so she figured it couldn't be too early and walked over to Ginny and poked her shoulder.

"Ginny! Wake up! It's Christmas!"

Ginny rolled over on her back and blinked twice at Hermione.

"Happy Christmas!" Hermione told her. Ginny smiled and got out of bed. Hermione pulled a sweat shirt over her cloud patterned tank-top with matching pants. Then they walked over to the Christmas tree and sat down and began tearing open their presents. Soon enough, Hermione had two presents left, and Ginny, one. Hermione opened Harry's gift to discover, of course, a book. It was called Witches Wizarding Knitting Tricks and Designs.

Then, Ginny opened her gift from Harry. It was a small box, wrapped in glittery green wrapping. She opened the box and found a silver chain necklace with a small flower at the end with center glowing purple. She read the note inside the box.

Ginny,

Happy Christmas! I saw this necklace in a small shop in Hogsmeade and though immediately of you. You see, as long as I love you, the center of the flower will glow purple. I hope you like the color purple, because it's going to stay that way forever. I lover you,

Harry.

xForeverx

Ginny was nearly in tears when she finished reading it and when Hermione asked what was wrong, she just shook her head and handed the note to Hermione wiping her eyes.

"Aww! That is so sweet!" Hermione said. "You two are absolutely perfect for each other!"

"Aren't you going to open your gift from Ron?" Ginny asked slyly.

"I'm thinking about it…" Hermione replied just as slyly.

"Oh, open it already before I go!" Ginny said. Hermione laughed and looked at the package. It wasn't square, or hard. That meant it wasn't a book for once. Although the job wasn't done very well, you could tell someone had put a great effort in wrapping it neatly. It must be an irregular shape. Hermione sighed and tore of the green wrapping. She gasped when she pulled out a medium sized brown bear, with red and black heart-patterned boxers and holding her favourite treat- Sugar Quills. Ginny smiled at her reaction.

"He thought of it on his own you know." Ginny told her. Hermione glanced at her and smiled, then took of the note attached to the sugar quills and read it.

Hermione,

I remembered you said that you favourite candy was sugar quills that one time on the train, so I figured I'd buy you some. The bear…well I thought maybe you'd like it. Well, Happy Christmas!

Love, Ron

Hermione smiled and unconsciously hugged the bear. She unattached the sugar quills and set them on her dresser. Then she noticed the red rope with the heart at the end around the bears neck that read "Teddy". It was so adorable. She set the bear on her bed and told Ginny she was going to go to the bathroom and be right back. Ginny nodded and got up and began to make her bed.

When Hermione came back, she went to grab her teddy bear off her bed to find it not there.

"Oh my god!" Hermione panicked. "Ginny, where did my bear go? I set it right here on the bed, and now it's gone. Where'd it go! I lost it!" Hermione said very quickly with panic in her voice.

"Hermione. Hermione!" Ginny said trying to calm her. "It's right here! On your dresser! I moved it so I could make your bed for you! Don't die on me now!" Ginny explained.

"Oh. Right." Hermione said blushing scarlet. Trying to make ignore the knowing smile Ginny was giving her, Hermione said, "Uh, lets go see the boys shall we?" Ginny rolled her eyes and said "Sure." Hermione grabbed "Teddy" and lead the way to the boys dorms.

(Back in the boys dorm with everyone)

Hermione and Ginny walked in to find Harry and Ron sitting on the floor with remnants of Christmas wrapping everywhere. "Happy Christmas!" They told one another. Hermione gathered up her courage and sat next to Ron on the floor. She held up her Teddy a little to indicate what she was talking about and said,

"Thank you Ron, I love it." Then she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

They both blushed and Ron said, "Er, no problem." She smiled and said quietly,

"It's nice to get something other than a book once in a while." She glanced quickly at Harry and her and Ron shared a grin.

"Guys!" Harry said as his face lit up. "Let's go ice-skating!" Ginny laughed. "I remember when you wouldn't even touch the ice!" Ginny said. Harry smiled.

"Guys, I don't think that's a good idea." Hermione said.

"Why not?" Ron asked confused.

"Because…well…er…I-I don't know…how to." She said embarrassed.

"I'll teach you!" Ron said.

"No, no that's ok Ron I-"

"Oh, come on Hermione, just try it! I didn't know how to, but Ginny taught me and it's so much fun!" Harry pleaded. Hermione fumbled with her Teddy. Ron put in his best puppy face and Hermione couldn't refuse.

"Oh, alright! But if I get hurt, it's all your guys fault!"

"I promise, I won't let you fall." Ron said sincerely. "Now go get changed and meet us in the common room!" The girls headed to their dorms and changed. Hermione carefully set her Teddy on her pillow and followed Ginny to the common room.

Then they set off down towards the lake. When they were about halfway there, Ron pulled Ginny behind a bit, while Harry and Hermione were in a deep discussion about dragons.

"What is it Ron?" Ginny asked him.

"Well, I was just…wondering…did she really like it or was she just…you know…" Ron asked her quietly.

"Merlin Ron! She guards that thing like a dog! She's crazy about it! Just this morning, she set it on her bed when she went to the bathroom, and I moved it to her dresser, thinking I'd do her a favor and make her bed. Well, when she came out and didn't see it on the bed, she practically bit my head of and had a heart-attack until I told her I moved it to the dresser!" Ginny exclaimed.

Ron grinned. "Really?" he asked.

Ginny nodded her head vigorously. They then caught up with Hermione and Harry and soon reached the edge of the lake. They sat down and removed their shoes and put on their skates. Hermione on the other hand, couldn't figure out how to lace her skates. Ron laughed.

"I can't believe we've found something Hermione doesn't know how to do!" he said.

"That's not true! There's loads of things I can't do!" Hermione told him as he began lacing her skates for her.

"Really?" he said. "What can't you do Hermione?"

"Well…I can't…fly…"

"You can too fly, you just aren't very good at it because you don't like it because your afraid of heights!" Ron told her as pulled her laces tight. Hermione scowled at him.

"Come on Hermione, it was supposed to be a compliment!" he said as he pulled the last lace tight. Hermione didn't say anything. She was focusing on trying not to blush. He stood up and offered her his hand to help her up.

"I think I can get up myself Ron, I'm not helpless." Hermione said. She didn't mean to snap at him, but she tended to do that when she was under pressure. Ron held up his hands in mock surrender.

"Okeyy…if you say so!" He said looking at her as if he knew exactly what was going to happen. Sure enough, he was right. Hermione stood up and slipped, screamed and fell all in the matter of two seconds. Ron grabbed her waist from behind, when she was only inches from the ice. She gasped when he grabbed her. He held her there for another quick moment then pulled her up.

"I told you I wouldn't let you fall." He said smiling slightly. Hermione blushed and smacked him playfully on the arm.

"Well, are you going to teach me or what?" she asked him. He grinned and nodded.

"Can you stand?" he asked. She nodded.

"I think so." She said and she let go of him, wobbled for a minute and then stood still.

"Good." He said. "Now watch my feet." He told her. Hermione watched him as he glided gracefully down some and back again. "Just glide your feet." He told her demonstrating. Then he stopped in front of her. "Try it." She looked at him with an "are-you-serious?" look but he just laughed. "Hermione, you have to trust me, I promise I won't let you fall." He said to her reassuringly. She nodded and looked at her feet and began sliding them slowly only inches between strokes. She looked at Ron.

"I feel like an idiot." she told him as she slid a little farther causing her to fall into his arms once again.

"Er…maybe I should let you get the feel of it first." He told her taking both her hands in his. "Try not to let your legs part too far." He told her as he began skating backwards. She nodded and he pulled her around the lake once. "Good, now, watch my feet, when I lift one foot, you lift it too ok?" She swallowed and nodded. "Don't go fast." She said.

"Left. Right. Left. Right." Ron directed her. Hermione smiled as she watched Ron's feet mirroring them with her own.

"Why, I think you've got it!" he said as he dropped one of her hands. She grabbed his hand that was still holding hers with both of her hands.

"Don't let go." She said frightened. Ron smiled and pulled her one hand and they skated around the lake catching up with Ginny and Harry. Both Ron and Hermione rolled their eyes and blushed as Harry and Ginny looked at them then smiled at each other. Hermione broke the awkward tension.

"It's really quiet out here." She said.

Ginny nodded. "Too quiet if you ask me." She said. "Hey Potter," she teased, "Think you could do one of your famous summoning charms and summon my stereo from my dorm here?" she asked him.

"Ginny, stereo's don't work here, how many times do I have to tel-" Hermione started, but Ginny cut her off.

"Don't worry Hermione, my dad charmed it so it looks like a muggle stereo and you play muggle songs on it, but it works off the wizard wireless." Hermione formed the shape of an "o" with her mouth and Ginny turned to Harry again.

"Well, how about it?" He grinned.

"Accio, Stereo!" He shouted and gave his wand a sharp upward movement. About thirty seconds later, they saw a large black box floating towards them. Ginny skated to it, pulling Harry along with her and retrieved it from the air. She cleared off a large flat boulder and set it on top of it. She turned it on and hit play and the song "Jingle Bell Rock" came on. Then she skated back farther onto the lake and her and Harry began once more to skate around the lake. Ron looked at Hermione.

"Come on!" He said and he began pulling her once more. After getting the hang of it again, Hermione skated with him rather than having him pull her. He didn't let go of her hand and she told him not to, even though she was pretty sure she could manage with out his hand. The song ended and then "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" came on. Ron skated with her to the center of the lake, then randomly asked, "Do you like to dance?" Hermione's brow furrowed a bit wondering why he so randomly asked this question and answered with a sly grin and a shrug, "When no one's watching." He smiled and twirled her around in a circle. "Then dance like no one's watching." He told her with a grin. She smiled and they spun and twirled in a swing-dance-like motion.

Rockin' around, the Christmas tree,

Have a happy holiday

Harry grinned at Ginny and then pulled her out too, into the center of the lake and spun her around, and the four of them twirled and slid and laughed and danced.

A/N: Yay! End of chapter 10. I think there's going to be like 4 or 5 more chapters, but I'm not sure yet. Don't worry though! I plan on writing more R/Hr Fan-fics as soon as I'm done with this one. Review Please!!!