Chapter 21

Happy Christmas

It was getting closer to Christmas and Hermione was having a hard time trying to think of what to get Draco for a gift. What do you get the guy who has everything, she did have one idea but it didn't cost anything. She decided to go ahead and make it as she tried to think of something else to get along with it. She only had a few days to figure it out. She finished her project, put it in her dresser, and sat back down at her desk and opened a book. About a minute later Draco came into the room, put his bag and robe on the chair, kissed her and plopped down on the bed.

"So are you sure there isn't anything in particular that you want, because to be honest I am having a hard time trying to figure out what to get you?" Hermione asked as she lay down on the bed next to him.

"Well there is something that I want," He said as he ran his finger along the hem of her skirt. "But I realize that you are trying to be serious and well, I am of course serious about that. But there is a book that I want called 'Magic Through Centuries of Good and Evil'."

"Oh good. I am good at getting books, although I've never heard of it." Hermione said as she slipped her finger just barely under the rim of his pants and leaned in and said sexily, "Do you want to… go on our rounds." She started to laugh as he jumped on her tickling her fiercely, while he enjoyed the physical feeling of the thrashing movements she made from under him. He stopped tickling her so she stopped moving, and he was a little disappointed with this.

"Why did you stop moving?" He asked with a big grin. She rolled her eyes. "All right lets go on our rounds." He stood, helped her up, and they headed out the door.

The Gryffindor corridors were the last place for them to check. It was late so all of the paintings were sleeping. They looked at the fat Lady snoring away. Draco grabbed Hermione and started to kiss her at the thrill of getting caught. She felt strangely aroused; she would never do this normally. They were getting really into it when they heard some voices coming in their direction. They looked at each other and saw that each was a mess and you could tell what they had been up to. Hermione grabbed Draco and shoved him in a familiar dark corner behind a coat of armor. She pushed him in all the way pressing him up against the corners of walls and pressed herself tightly against him compacting them together to not be seen. Ginny and Ron were walking back to the portrait talking.

"Ron I'm serious, if mum finds out that you have been working with Fred and George with some new products she go completely mental on you." Ginny said firmly

"I don't understand why she still protests about anyone else being involved with it, I mean with all the money Fred and George have made and opening a chain of stores around the world we will soon have more money than the Malfoy's!" Ron said in return. They stopped in front of the portrait.

"I know I don't understand why either, Ron. Hey do you think that I should tell Hermione about the guy who likes her, I mean I know she wants to be single and all." Ginny asked. Draco gripped Hermione harder and she smiled at his jealously.

"No, if she was looking for some one she would say it and she would probably feel awkward around him anyway, so save her from letting the poor guy down." Ron said.

"Ron it's not like the guy is a dork or anything just about all the girls in school have a thing for him, but yeah your right." Ginny said as they spoke the password and went into their common room. Hermione and Draco waited until they were sure the Fat Lady was asleep again, before they came out of their hiding spot.

"I thought that they would never leave!" Draco whispered. Stepping out towards the portrait.

"I wonder who they were talking about?" Hermione whispered teasingly. Draco gave her a look and pulled her into him.

"You're mine so don't even think about it." He whispered smiling at her. He began to look around with a confused look on his face, "Wait a minute," He said as he pulled away slowly looking at the spot where they had just been. Hermione quickly realized that he just figured out where she had been that night he was looking for her on the first night they returned to Hogwarts. He then gently guided her into the corner, stepped back towards the Fat lady, and then stopped. He looked hard into the spot where he placed Hermione. "So that's were you were! No wonder I couldn't find you. I just couldn't figure out how you disappeared like that. There was no way you could have taken off like that without me seeing or hearing you. And you watched the whole thing!" He whispered in shock. Hermione stepped out and walked towards him with a shrug.

She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards their common room and told him what had happened. About how she knew that he had heard her talking and how she had heard him coming and ducked behind there. About how cute he looked as he looked around confused and how she took of her shoes and ran to her room. Then about how she listened when he came into the common room and slammed the bathroom door.

"'Peace', so I outsmarted you once again!" She told him smiling as the portrait door opened and they walked into their common room.

"Oh yeah? Outsmart this! And I do believe you need to be punished!" He said then grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder, slapped her butt and headed to the bedroom. With her kicking and screaming with laughter.

It was soon the last day of school before everyone went home for the Christmas holidays. The House Christmas parties were that night and Hermione and Draco weren't going to be able to see each other much that day, so they decided to give each other their gifts that night before bed.

Hermione left for her house common room as Draco left for his.

"So I'll go ahead with the House parties check tonight and you can just make sure that you house is behaving themselves. Sound good to you?" Hermione asked right before she turned down the opposite hall Draco needed to go down.

"Sounds good to me. Se you later." He said as he shrugged and a quick smile.

"Yeah, see you later." She said. She returned the smile and turned down the hall heading to the Gryffindor common room.

Hermione had a great time with her house. They sang, played games, exchanged gifts and ate tons of food. Hermione really wasn't that hungry because she was still full from the feast, but of course Ron ate like he hadn't eaten anything all day, or all week for that matter. Several people stood there horrified as he devoured the food like a ravaging beast. "No wonder Mr. and Mrs. Weasley didn't have much money with they way their children ate. Even Ginny could put it away. Where it went, however, no one could tell with how beautifully thin she was." Hermione thought to herself.

Kiara visited the party with Ron for a bit. When it was time for her to go back to her house to join her friends, Hermione decided to walk with her since it was time to go on her rounds to check on the other parties. After she dropped her off and checked if everything was all right, Hermione headed off to the other house. Both of the houses were relieved to see that it was she and not Draco, and both of the houses even invited her to stay for a bit, which she did for a few minutes at each house. She really realized how much she was loved, with the exception of the Slytherins except for a few of them and the "worst" one really. She smiled to herself.

When the parties were over Hermione went back to her room. When she got there Draco was already sitting on the bed waiting for her. He had a red velvet box with a green ribbon tied around it sitting on his lap. She smiled and walked into her closet then emerged with a green box with a red ribbon tied around it. They exchanged smiles as she sat next to him.

They exchanged gifts and Draco told her to open hers first. She did and pulled out small long box. She opened it and pulled out a gold necklace with pedant that was the letter D with a garnet at the top corner, then there was a silver chain that looked to be a belly chain with a letter D hanging from it with an emerald at the top of the letter. She couldn't help but smile because they were beautiful. She thought, "Is this his way of claming me?" She then turned her attention back to the larger box and pulled out a black corset with garter straps hanging from it and black thigh high stockings with red bows at the top. She looked down and under the outfit was a book that she had been wanting. She looked up at him and smiled and gave him a kiss. Now it was his turn. He opened the box and pulled out the book he had asked for, then a quill. The feather was a shinning silver and the stem was green and had silver snakes embroidered in it. It was beautiful. He then pulled out her project, and started to flip though the pages of it. He had the biggest grin on his face.

"So a sex favors book? A coupon for each thing, very nice!" He said excitedly.

"Glad you like it. I love my stuff thank you so much. I think that I'll try this on right now." She said smiling as she left with the corset and the necklace. She headed to the bathroom and changed. She put the necklace and the letter D on it fell at the top of her good amount of cleavage that was made from the corset. She put down her hair and fluffed it a bit. When she was comfortable with how she looked she headed back to her room. Draco's eyes about fell out of his head when he saw her and smiled when he saw the necklace. He was sitting in the chair with a pillow on the floor between his feet.

"Wow… you look so..." He looked dizzy and at a loss for words, but not for long. "I think that I'll use this coupon first." He handed her the piece of paper.

"Of course you do." She laughed as she walked over to him and knelt on the pillow.

The next morning Hermione awoke snuggled up next to Draco like she had for the past month. She sat up and got out of bed. She didn't really want to because it would be two weeks before she would be able to sleep with him again. She looked at the bed and watched Draco sleep. It was amazing to her how they ended up here at this moment. They were actually getting along, they didn't hate each other and she saw a side of him she didn't even knew existed. She put on her robe and went to the bathroom to get ready. After she was finished in the bathroom she headed back to her room to find Draco still asleep. She started to get dressed when he finally awoke. He looked around the room until his eyes settled onto her.

"How come you didn't wake me?" He said tiredly with a yawn and started to get out of bed, but stopped and sat on the bed.

"You looked so peaceful, besides we really don't need to be up for a while so I let you sleep in." She said as she sat next to him brushing her hair.

"Yeah but we could have gotten in a really good shagging. Did you take a shower already?" Draco asked starting to head to the bathroom.

"Yes, and we had a good shagging last night, if you can remember." She said speaking loudly for him to hear her.

"Oh I Remember… Oh I Remember!" He said emphatically as he shut the bathroom door, she smiled.

When he was done getting ready they snogged for a bit then headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast, then everyone got onto the train.

When the train arrived Harry went with the Weasley's and Hermione went with her parents. Hermione didn't get to see Draco before they left the station and she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Hermione spent most of the week with her family and extended family and soon it was Christmas. She had a great time filling Victoria in on all that had happened in the last month. Since she started to hang out with Draco more she didn't have much time to write her. Hermione got a car that her dad was obsessed with when he was growing up, a red 1957 Chevy. She was excited about getting a car and it was really nice but she couldn't help but laugh. She had climbed in on the right side to get behind the wheel while her dad explained what everything was. It reminded her of the way he and Arthur Weasley were with each other when they would explain things. She was to take her driver's test that coming week so she listened closely although she already knew and had practiced.

That evening she went to her room to get some gum when she saw a letter lying on her bed. She picked it up and read it. It was from Draco asking her to meet him by the woods behind her house that night. She smiled and hid the letter, she couldn't wait and she really missed him. She told her cousin about it and Victoria offered to cover for her if needed since she was staying the night.

After her parents went to bed and she knew they were asleep Hermione snuck out of the house with some leftovers and a blanket. She ran and waited by a big tree. Draco emerged from the woods and took her by the hand. They walked in the woods and sat down by the edge of a pond.

"Sorry I just couldn't wait to be with you for another week." Draco said as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders to keep her warm.

"It's okay. It was getting really hard for me too. By the way how did you get into my room and how did you know where it was?" Hermione asked leaning into him.

"I um… well, you see over the summer…" Hermione cut him off.

"Never mind I think I get it. So tell me did you ever see me naked or anything?" She asked teasingly.

"Not naked, tried to but I did see you in your under wear and some of those really hot pajamas of yours." He said matter-of-factly.

"You are such a pig! Did you really? I am so embarrassed!" She said blushing.

"Don't be you are so…" He cut himself off this time by kissing her neck. She melted into it. His lips traveled up her neck to her lips and laid her back onto the blanket she had brought out. They slowly stripped each other of their clothes and wrapped the blanket around them. It was cold outside but with the heat that they were making they couldn't tell. The moon was full giving an atmosphere of complete tranquility as they lay there recuperating from their activities moments before. After lying there they started to eat the food she had brought out, mostly for him. For a few hours they sat there and talked. Finally it was time for her to get back inside when Crookshanks came up to them. It was surprising to Hermione at first to see the cat take a liking to Draco; the cat had good judgment after all.

"How come you didn't bring your cat to school with you." Draco asked scratching under Crookshanks' chin.

"Well he is getting older so I thought that he would love to lie around at home all day and let my mum pamper him which he loves." She replied as she patted the cat on his head.

"So are you still going to the Weasley's for the New Year?" He asked as he walked her back to her house.

"Yeah my parents and I are going to be leaving the day after tomorrow. We will be there until we have to go back to Hogwarts." She answered stopping at the door.

"Meet me in the woods by their house a little after midnight. You don't have to stay long I just want to be able to give you a New Year's kiss, but if I am not there it is because something came up so don't worry." He said. She understood what he had meant. There had been a time where he had to leave in the middle of the night. She didn't ask and she didn't want to. However it did scare her that he went there, what if they found out about them, Draco being with a "mudblood" and all. She mentally shook the thoughts from her mind.

"Yes, I will meet you, and I understand." She kissed him, and they said good-bye. She watched him walk back into the woods then turned to go back inside. She snuck into her room changed and climbed back into bed. Her cousin Victoria turned to her.

"So… how was it?" Victoria whispered inquisitively with a big grin.

"Great! It was so great! In the winter, in the middle of the night with a full moon, it was great!" Hermione whispered back. They giggled while Hermione told her all about it. It was nice that Hermione had someone to talk to about it.

"Thanks for covering for me." Hermione whispered.

"Hey no problem it's not like I had to do much." Victoria replied.

They soon fell asleep and the next morning turned into night, the night to day. They all headed over to the Weasley's. The week went by surprisingly fast and soon it was New Year's Eve.

The Weasley's were having a party and a lot of people were there, Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall, even Percy came. Hermione was having a great time and when she would look at the clock nobody really knew what the real reason was they just thought she was counting down the time for the New Year like they were.

Soon they all were counting down and Hermione couldn't help but sneak peeks into the woods trying to see if she could see him and she did, he let her see him for just a second then ducked back into the darkness of the woods. When it finally hit midnight she hugged all of her friends and then quickly and unnoticeably made her way over to where she had seen Draco. She only had to wait for a few seconds before he grabbed her and pulled her into a very passionate kiss. It was very hard for them to leave it at just that.

"Happy New Year." He whispered to her as he held her close.

"Happy New year." She replied.

"So how was your driver's test thing?"

"Passed with a perfect score."

"I knew you would."

She smiled sweetly as she looked into his silver eyes with a twinge of blue, oh how she loved them and they way his hair fell into his face. He mirrored the sweet smile she had made back at her.

"Hermione, I…" Draco started but was interrupted. They immediately looked over to the direction of the voices.

"Come and watch Fred and George's New Year spectacular display of wonder!" Fred yelled as everyone started to come outside.

"Hold on let me get Hermione!" Ginny yelled. Hermione quickly kissed Draco said good-bye and snuck off around the house getting there in time for no one to realize that she was gone. They watched the fireworks light up in the sky. Hermione kept looking into the woods to see if Draco was still there, but she couldn't tell. She wished things weren't as they were and that he could be there standing next to her, holding her as they watched the show together.

Draco was wishing the same thing and was frustrated that he didn't get to finish what he was going to say. He watched Hermione's lovely face light up with different colors for a few minutes then he turned and walked deeper into the woods to fly home.

A/N: Hey! LOL okay for those that are still confused about the tissue thing lol. Okay take a guy + picture of girl he is hot for + lotion (lube) + sexual tension encounters that don't end with a physical release + tissues (something to dispose in) that are able to be thrown away. Now think about their night before when he grabbed a tissue, it's a habit for him to do that and it was used then to help figure out the part when Hermione saw them in his trash. It was supposed to be one of those things like in kiddy cartoons that are meant for only the adults to get and not the younger audience. I used tissues to be not obvious of it, so if it had gone over someone's head it's not a big deal they might get it later when they read it again. So I hope that helped. Well here is the Q&A:

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