"My parents invited you to stay winter break with us," Hermione said scooting her chair in the library closer to him. The cold stone walls did not keep the castle particularly warm and the library, being such a huge space, did not insulate very well.

"Your parents are too nice," Draco said flipping the page of the book he was sifting through. They were both working on writing essays for different classes.

"They like you," Hermione said with a grin leaning over to kiss him softly.

"I thought we came here to work," Draco said when the paused in their kissing to breathe. Hermione shrugged then glanced back at her essay again reaching to dip her pen into the ink well again.

"That doesn't mean we have to stop kissing though," Draco said softly reaching over to touch her chin and turn her face towards his before kissing her gently on the lips.

They finally broke apart when a few students at another table started snickering. Hermione and Draco hid grins then guiltily went back to their work. Draco snuck his hand over and took the hand Hermione wasn't using in his own while writing his own essay.

After a few minutes he paused then looked at Hermione, "Your family celebrates Christmas right?"

Hermione nodded, "Yeah, we're a mostly Christian family. Funny though how most wizards celebrate Christmas too."

"Though not exactly for the same reasons as Muggles do," Draco commented, "Something like Merlin and some defeat of some evil wizard and birth of years of light or something."

"Am I the only one who pays attention in History?" Hermione asked finishing up the last lines on her essay.

"I think so," Draco said, "I don't see how you can, Lord its boring."

"A lot of what we learn though is really interesting, learning about how the black plague affected wizards was fascinating," Hermione told him as he rolled up his parchment.

"If you say so," Draco said, "I wouldn't think you were one for all that sickness and death junk."

Hermione shrugged as they stood up pushing their chairs in. They carried the books they'd been using over to the return desk and set them down before heading out into the hallways.

"Last day is tomorrow," Hermione said then skipped a little, "I can't wait to see my parents!"

Draco grinned then admitted, "I actually look forward to seeing them too, even though they're not really my parents, you guys made me really feel at home there."

Hermione grinned turning around to face him biting back a grin. She waited as he stepped closer then stepped up and kissed him on the lips. Draco ran a hand through her hair, which she had left down that day, as he kissed her back then slid his hand down to take her hand as they walked down the hallway.

"What's the news about Harry, Ron, and Sen?" Draco asked as they went to the Great Hall to get something to eat.

"I don't think the quidditch team Harry joined has played any games yet, the season starts at weird times, Ron started taking more science classes, Sen went to that specialized college, I think they're all doing good. Harry's spending Christmas at Ron's, and Sen is going back to her family for a few days but I think she was planning on spending some time there too," Hermione said trying to remember all the details of their letters.

"Sounds fun," Draco said sitting down at the Slytherin table as Hermione sat down across from him. They taken to sitting at which ever table was more convenient at the time, which sometimes meant eating earlier or later than usual as certain Gryfindors and Slytherins didn't like an outsider sitting at their table. They filled their plates with food and ate silently both lost in their own thoughts.

"Hey guys!" Ginny said bouncily as she came over and sat down holding a half empty plate of food.

"Hey Ginny!" Hermione said with a grin, it was nice to have at least one person that they knew well still going to Hogwarts with them. They'd become a lot closer since school had started spending time together in the common room doing homework.

"You guys coming to the match this evening?" she asked.

Hermione nodded. Ginny was a chaser on the Gryfindor quidditch team, despite the shorter days the match had been scheduled for 6:30.

"Great!" Ginny said then stood up, her plate now empty, "We're shoving in a last minute practice, so I have to go. See you guys around!"

Draco raised an eyebrow commenting, "She seems, overly happy."

Hermione grinned, "That's just Ginny, it can be catching though, if you're ever feeling down go say hi to Ginny."

"Not me?" Draco asked faking sadness.

Hermione shoved him lightly, "Don't be silly, you know what I mean. Lets go drop off our stuff then go outside before it really gets dark."

"Okay," Draco said as he finished up the last bit of his food. Hermione stood up and slung her bag over her shoulder.

Hermione managed to sneak Draco into the Gryfindor common room despite the protests of the fat lady. Luckily no one else was there so they went into her room undisturbed. Draco gazed around the room while Hermione dumped her books on the bed then started digging through her trunk for something.

"Why do people even make these things?" Draco asked picking up a completely useless ugly object and tossing it up and down a few times in a precarious way.

Hermione looked over at him and hid a grin, then pulled a box out of the trunk, opening it, she picked out a hair tie then closed it and put it back into the trunk.

"What?" Draco asked catching the smile.

Hermione shrugged then said, "You can just be so cute sometimes!"

Draco blinked and then shrugged, "Okay, if you say so."

Hermione grinned and stepped over to him taking the object from him as he started to toss it again.

"It's a good luck gargoyle," she explained setting it back onto the desk.

"I still think its useless," Draco said as they left the room.

The quidditch match went smoothly except for the visibility factors. It wasn't cloudy so the moon provided just barely enough light but it still took a large amount of time for the Gryfindor Seeker to catch the Snitch. The Hufflepuff seeker came very close a few times to getting it instead.

The next morning more than half the school had packed up and loaded the train. Hermione and Draco got a compartment to themselves and spent the majority of the ride sitting up close to each other watching the light rain splash against the windows. Before they knew it the train was slowing and they were getting off the train to be greeted by Hermione's parents.

A/N: See! I did update quickly! Go me! It only took me a few days to type this chapter! Mwaha.. feels special please review lots! At least five reviews!! :-D

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