The Power of four Death Threats

by sugarbabe1

Sequel to the Power of Four this time with love triangles, backstabbing friends, harry getting threats, Draco turning into a snake and lots more action in later chapters.

32. Chapter 32 Christmas Holidays

Chapter 32

"Hey baby!" Danielle said giving Ian a hug. "It's just you and me this Christmas."

"Yeah I know its going to be great!" answered Ian

Danielle smiled. "I hope Jackie and Malfoy get back together."

"Yeah me too. I'm sure they'll work it out. Make – up sex is supposed to be good."

Danielle laughed and hit Ian in the arm. "No I'm serious!"

"Okay, okay I get it. Speaking of Malfoy, before he left he told me that you were being a bitch to Amanda, Casey and Meghan."

"Was I?"

"Well that's what he told me."

Danielle giggled and jumped on Ian.

"Oof." replied Ian. "That was unexpected."

"Well I bet this won't be unexpected!" Danielle kissed Ian on the lips. She pulled back.

"What do you wanna do now?"

"You."

"Glad to hear it." Danielle kissed Ian again.

Heather

Hey, how are you? I hope your holidays are going well. Mine is absolutely fantastic! I am in love for the first time and it feels amazing. I love Ian! But you know how I get. So are things with Neville and his parents? Don't forget to save time for making-out. (With Neville not his parents) Well I best be off now. Have an awesome holiday!

Love your pal,

Danielle

Heather and Neville got off the station that led them to London. They arrived outside a department store called Purge and Dowse Ltd.

Heather was terribly confused. "Er…Neville I thought we were going to a hospital."

Neville said, "We are. I guess you haven't been here before. Oh and were meeting my grandma too. You'll love her Heather."

"Okay."

Neville then turned to the female dummy standing in the window. "Wotches were here to see my parents."

"Neville do you realize that you're talking to a dummy?" But then to Heather's surprise the dummy nodded and beckoned with its jointed finger.

Neville took hold of Heather's hand and they stepped right through the glass and vanished. They then appeared in the crowded reception room in the hospital.

"Whoa." said Heather. "In Canada, we only use floo powder to get to the nearest hospital." She then looked up at the directory sign. "So what floor are your parents on?"

"Er…I forgot."

"Shit. Well where's your grandma?"

"She's…oh now I remember. She said she would meet us here."

Heather rolled her eyes. She and Neville sat down in the nearest lounge chairs. Heather started to flip through the pages of Witch Weekly. But she quickly got bored of that so she decided to write to Nehal.

Nehal

Bonjour! I am bored. Neville and I are in the lobby of St. Mungos. It's so cool how you get here Nehal. Its totally different then what were used to in Canada. Allow me to explain, there's this dummy in front of that department store Purge and Dowse Ltd. So you tell her who you want to see and she directs you to the hospital. Pretty sweet eh? But it's not that sweet because Neville is being totally forgetful today. However, he promised to treat me to ice cream. I wish you here, Nehal. No, scratch that. I wish we were together anywhere but here. Oh and tell George I send my love to him.

Love,

Heather

Nehal, Ron, Ginny arrived at the burrow. Mrs. Weasley kissed Ron and Ginny on the cheeks and she gave Nehal a bear hug.

Nehal said, "Uh thanks for letting me stay here again."

Mrs. Weasley released her and said, "Oh your welcome dear. It's always a pleasure having you and your friends over. You all are quite entertaining."

Nehal laughed.

"Speaking of friends?" said Fred

"Where are they?" finished George

Ron glared at the twins. "It's just Nehal this time."

Fred and George looked at each other. "Aww Ickle Ronnikins brought his girlfriend over for the holidays."

Ron blushed. "She's not my girlfriend. Were just friends right?" He glanced at Nehal.

"Of course." said Nehal, putting on a fake smile.

Fred and George looked at each other again and sniggered.

George said, "So where's Heather?"

"She's currently with her boyfriend right now." said Nehal

"She has a boyfriend?"

"Yeah, sorry George."

George looked sad. "Oh…I see. I miss her. She was a great kisser!"

Nehal rolled her eyes. She then looked at Mrs. Weasley. "Where should I put my luggage?"

"Oh you can put it in Ginny's room." replied Mrs. Weasley.

Ginny groaned. "Does she have to share a room with me?"

"Yes she does sweetheart. We don't want her sleeping on the couch again. Now go upstairs and show Nehal your room."

"Fine!" Ginny stomped up the stairs followed by Nehal carrying her luggage. Once they reached Ginny's room she spun around and looked at Nehal. "Touch my drugs and you die!"

"Trust me I won't be touching your drugs." snarled Nehal. Nehal then thought to herself, "This is going to be a long two weeks."

Jackie

Hey how's your holidays been so far? I just arrived at the Burrow. Mrs. Weasley gave me a bear hug. Think she missed me? LOL. On the other hand, Ginny's still a drug dealer. Her room smells disgusting. I would rather sleep with Ron. Omg Jaxs, I like him! I mean I've been trying to ignore these feelings that I get whenever I'm around him. But it's impossible! Now, I can still take this opportunity to tell you that you are the best, greatest, and awesomest; Jackie ever and I love you a lot. Even when I was on top of your bitch list. So go crazy with Malfoy…but not too crazy. After all Malfoy is a rebel. Jackie, having our friendship back has been really, really great.

Nehal Pradhan

Jackie and Draco traveled to the Malfoy manor by a horse carriage which Draco thought was quite romantic with the snow falling down on them. However, Jackie hated horses and she didn't really say much for the whole ride except for, "Can't these bloody horses move any faster? What time is it? My butt hurts. I have to pee." And the ever popular, "Are we there yet?"

Draco looked over at Jackie. "We should be at my manor in an hour."

"Good." Jackie crossed her arms over her chest.

"Actually it might be an hour and a half."

"Well, that's because someone drives like an old woman."

"These are well bred horses not cars! You have to make them feel comfortable."

"Well I'm not comfortable right now. Go faster!"

"I'm going at a steady pace."

"Faster is the new steady."

"What? Who talks like that?"

"Who gets passed by a carriage full of nuns? Oh wait. Draco Malfoy does."

"Well, they have God on their side, okay Jackie? I'm not going to beat Jesus."

"Just please go faster!"

"Not if I'm being insulted. I can just drop you off here if I wanted to. But since I'm such a nice guy I'm not going to do that."

"You nice?"

Draco ignored that comment. "Want some tea?" Draco had just whipped tea with his wand. It was a spell his mother taught him.

"Yes thank you." said Jackie. "I'm so cold! What is up with this weather? My hair is frizzing out, I look like Howard Stern!"

"Who's Howard Stern?"

"A guy."

"Oh even I knew that."

"This is a nightmare. I'm freezing to death and we're going so slowly. The horses are so…"

"Do not insult these beautiful horses!"

"There not exactly beautiful. If I was a horse I would be running away from you and complain to the whole entire universe what a slow driver you are!"

"Hmm, that reminds me of someone else who is doing a whole lot of complaining Jackie. YOU. I am in control of these horses and I am going at a steady pace that I feel comfortable at! In addition, I will have the snacks that I want…"

"Goldfish? How old are you, 8?"

"Oh thank goodness were here now." Draco got out of the carriage and went to Jackie's side to help her out. He held out his hand for Jackie.

"Thank you." Jackie said being polite. Even thought she was still pissed at Draco for the whole him and Nehal thing. (That's why she was being mean to him) She held Draco's hand and jumped off like a little kid.

Draco said, "You can just leave your luggage here a house-elf will come and fetch it."

Jackie's eyes widened when she saw the size of his manor. It was the size of a palace practically. "This is your manor that you share with your mom and dad."

"Yepp."

"It's huge! It's like life styles of the rich and famous!" (Ahaha Good Charlotte song)

Draco laughed. "It's the size of Hogwarts. Maybe bigger."

"Do you have changing staircases too?" Jackie asked, raising her eyebrow.

"We can, if you want them," Draco shot back

"Yes, I do so love it when I find myself going in a completely wrong direction," Jackie said, rolling her eyes.

"Just the other day, I was trying to get back to the common room and ended up bumping into a horde of Hufflepuffs," Draco complained loudly. "It was almost enough to put me off my dinner. Someone should outlaw Hufflepuffs, for the good of the cultured students." Draco the opened the front door. "Mom, I'm home!"

Out of the blue, a huge rottweiler jumped on Draco and started licking his face. Draco laughed, "Hey boy how you doing?"

Jackie looked at Draco. He didn't seem like an animal lover. "How long have you had your dog for?"

"Since I can remember. We've grown up with each other."

Jackie smiled. "What's his or her name?"

"His. And his name is Rex."

"Rex?"

Draco looked at Jackie and she giggled. "I was little when I named him."

Rex then went over to Jackie and sniffed her.

Jackie blushed. She hated when dogs would do this.

"He's checking you out." Draco winked at Jackie.

Jackie blushed even more.

Rex then licked Jackie's hand.

Draco said, "He must have liked what he saw."

Jackie was about to say something rude back to him when his mother came in.

"Draco? Oh hunny I'm so glad your home." Draco hugged his mother and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Draco was much taller then his mother.

Jackie then remembered what happened in Flourish and Blots when Mrs. Malfoy pushed her on to the ground thinking she was a salesperson.

Mrs. Malfoy then noticed Jackie standing there patiently. "And you must be the girl my son's been talking about."

Draco looked away.

Jackie said, "Um…I guess."

Mrs. Malfoy smirked, except she had a friendlier smirk. You see everyone in the Malfoy family had their own trade-mark smirk. Mr. Malfoy's was pure evil and mean. Mrs. Malfoy's was warm and welcoming; Draco's was sexy and mischievous. And even their dog Rex had a smirk.

Mrs. Malfoy said, "Have we met before?"

Jackie didn't want Mrs. Malfoy to remember her so she simply said, "Nope I don't think so." She smiled at Draco who smirked at her.

"Well it's so wonderful to meet you."

"Like wise."

Mrs. Malfoy then yelled for one of their house-elves. "Francoise!"

Francoise came running down the stairs. "You rang?"

"Yes Francoise could you please show Jackie her room."

"I shall, come miss."

Jackie followed Francoise up to her room. It was decorated pink, her favorite color. "Here you are miss."

"Thank you." Jackie walked into her room and looked around it. "This is quite exquisite."

"But you haven't seen the best part yet."

"Say what?"

Francoise pointed to a pair of doors. "Open it."

Jackie hesitated at first. She opened it and her eye's widened. "Oh my gosh! It's a walk in closet." Jackie squealed. "Eeeeeee"

Francoise laughed.

"My closet at home is so small compared to this. It's not even funny." Jackie looked at all the clothes, shoes, purses and accessories that were in the walk in closet.

Francoise said, "Draco and Narcissa (Sorry forgot how to spell her name) bought you all this glorious items. Do you like it?"

"OF COURSE! But um…do I have to pay them back because I really can't afford like half of this closet."

"No of course not."

"Oh…sweet…look at all the stuff. Louis Vuittion, Donna Karen, Versace, Marc Jacobs, Robert Cavalli, Gucci…omg this is like a dream come true. But um…where's Draco's room?"

Francoise giggled. "You naughty, naughty girl."

"Eww! I didn't mean it sound like that."

"Well next time re-think your usage of words miss."

Draco then walked in. "Is everything okay in here?"

Francoise replied, "Yes. It's just Jackie wants to know where your room is located?"

"D'oh!" exclaimed Jackie

Draco replied, "Oh it's just down the hall to your right. Why do you want to know?"

"I um…um…do you want to show me the grounds?"

"Sure. Follow me."

As soon as Jackie and Draco left the room, Francoise said, "These two weeks are going to be so romantic."

Outside Jackie and Draco were talking.

"Thank you for letting me stay here and for the walk in closet. It's really nice." said Jackie

"I'm glad you liked it." answered Draco

Jackie shivered, drawing her coat tighter around her. Behind her, the manor stood out against the cold, grey sky. "Where are we going?" she asked Draco, who was melting a path through the snow with repeated Incendio charms.

"The lake. Incendio!"

"Is it frozen over yet?"

"Yes, but you – Incendio! – can't walk on it. It's not thick enough. God, you'd think the house elves would have the pathways cleared off, but no, we have slacker elves!" Draco pointed his wand at the snow and blasted it away.

"Such a pity that you have to do this entire manual labor yourself," Jackie said, her tone teasing.

Draco wheeled around, glaring. "You mock me, Jaxs. This means war." He leaned down, and scooped up a handful of snow.

"You wouldn't," Jackie said, backing away from him.

"Want to bet?"

"You are a terrible, horrible – eeeeagh!" Jackie made an effort to duck the snowball, but it didn't work. "You will pay for that, Draco!"

"Please, don't, I'm ever so frightened," Draco taunted. A split second later, he found a snowball heading straight for his face.

Jackie giggled.

"Jackie," Draco said his voice dangerous. He wiped the snow off his face, glaring malevolently. Jackie smiled sweetly, turned, and ran towards the lake. "Get back here Jackie!" Draco sprinted after Jackie.

Jackie ran down the hill towards the lake, followed closely by Draco, who was firing snowballs at a rapid pace. Jackie reached the bottom of the hill, slipped, and skidded out onto the ice.

Draco stopped at the edge of the lake. "Jaxs, you should probably get back over here. I don't think the ice is thick enough to support you."

Jackie put her hands on her hips. "Are you saying I'm fat?"

"No I'm not. I'm serious Jackie please get off the ice."

"I'm not going to if you think I'm fat and ugly."

"When did I say that?"

"You didn't say it. You thought it."

"Oh so you can read my mind now?"

"Maybe."

"Jackie this isn't funny. I think you should get off the ice and back to safety.

Crack! The ice split in between Jackie's legs, so she was doing the splits. She looked down and then back at Draco.

"Shit." muttered Draco. He looked at Jackie thinking off what to do. "Okay come off the ice very slowly."

"I can't move!"

"Yes you can. I believe in you!"

Jackie nodded her head. "Okay…Draco I can't do it."

"Fuck, fuck fuck." He ran out onto the ice, grabbed Jackie's hand, and dragged her to safety. The ice gave an almighty crack and collapsed.

Jackie stood, rigid with shock, watching the snow sink slowly under the surface.

"Jackie. Look at me. How many fingers am I holding up?" Draco asked, holding up his index and middle finger. Jackie looked from the ice to Draco, her eyes wide. She looked at Draco's hand, and back up at his face. Draco sighed. "Come on, let's get back to the house, I'll get you something warm. You're okay."

Jackie opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She nodded her head.

Draco led her up the hill to the house, his arm around her waist, supporting her. When they reached the house, he snapped at Francoise to fetch a blanket and some hot chocolate, and led her back up to her room.

Francoise was waiting for them when they got there. Jackie curled up in her bed, wrapping the blanket around her, and took the hot chocolate. "Thank you," she said quietly.

Draco nodded as Jackie sipped her hot chocolate.

"Well, welcome to Malfoy Manor," Draco finally said with a smile.

Jackie grinned at Draco.

Danielle

Hey girly how are you? How's life at Hogwarts with Ian? Life here at the Malfoy manor is pretty…well how do I say this…interesting. First off we were bickering at each other on the carriage ride over here, then I meet his mom, dog and house elves. Omg Danie there so cute! Then in my room there's this huge walk in closet…and I mean huge. I'll take some pictures off it to show you, Nehal and Heather. And then he showed me the grounds and I almost fell in the lake. Not joking! I'm like living in another world here. I know you might not understand Danie but I don't just mean doing major things with a guy, although I understand a lot more now. I mean putting yourself out there in a way of overwhelming happiness and knowing you're putting yourself in the way of terrible harm. I'm scared to be this happy. I'm scared to be this extreme. I always wished I were as brave as you Danie.

Love,

Jackie

The next day…

"What should I wear?" Danielle asked herself. Ian had asked her to meet him in the room of requirements. She flipped through her wardrobe. "Nope, nope, defiantly not!" Danielle then turned into Jackie's clothes but almost everything Jackie had brought with her to the manor. "Jackie! When I need you, where are you?" Danielle took one look at Hermione's clothes and closed her trunk with a snap. None of the dresses satisfied her. She then saw a magazine on Jackie's bed. Danielle looked through it when she saw the perfect dress. It was light purple, strapless and had a glittery look to it. Danielle performed the spell so she could get the dress from the magazine to her hands. (I wish I could do that) Danielle also found magic clips to go in her hair, so she put them on. With a touch of make-up she head to the room of requirements.

Meanwhile, Ian was getting ready for their candlelight dinner. He was wearing a white tux with a black bow tie. "Okay, I've got the candles, the music, food…what else do I need."

Danielle walked in. "Oh my gosh! Ian did you set this all up?"

Ian spun around and looked at Danielle. Danielle looked drop-dead gorgeous in her dress, according to Ian. "Yeah…you uh…uh like it?"

"Of course I do. Who wouldn't?"

Danielle and Ian both sat down in chairs right across from each other.

Ian said, "You look…amazing."

Danielle smiled. "Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself."

"I got the chicken for the main course." Ian opened the lid, of the dish. Danielle's smile faltered.

"Ian…you killed a chicken?" Danielle said slowly.

"No! The house-elves did!"

"Ian, I'm a vegetarian, remember?"

"Oh! Sorry Danie." Ian looked depressed. "I wanted this to be so perfect!"

"Salad is fine by me!" Danielle said and a plate full of salad appeared. Ian still looked glum, so she said. "Ian just being here is the greatest gift." Ian looked up and smiled. Suddenly slow music began to play.

"Will you do me the honor to dance with me?" Ian said courteously

"Uh no thanks boyfriend. I want to finish my salad. I'm joking Ian!" She said seeing Ian's face.

They slow danced for the slow songs and grinded for the fast ones.

Ian said, "I love you."

"I love you too." replied Danielle.

They ended the night with a goodnight kiss.

Jackie

Wow it sounds like you're having a blast at Malfoy's. Oh and thanks for the compliments in your letter. But Jaxs if Malfoy is pressuring you into something that you don't want to do (Sex!) then you should let him know. I can guarantee you he will respect your decision. I'm in the same boat with Ian. We haven't done the deed yet but I' m happy right now. I really am. That's a very rare thing for me to say. Anyways, hope you use this advice and don't fall into any more lakes!

Love,

Danielle

Heather was a bit nervous to meet Frank and Alice. (Neville's parents) But she forgot about it when she saw her ice cream. Heather said, "We have Demetres in Canada too! Jackie, Nehal, Danielle and I always go there."

Neville said, "I come here all the time with my grandma."

"So you're sure that we're visiting your parents tomorrow?"

"I'm positive."

"110 percent positive?"

"Yes."

"Okay then…" Heather then waved at a waiter. "Hi Demetre!"

The waiter gave Heather a weird look.

"Mm…ice cream." said Heather.

"Taste for taste?" suggested Neville

"Sure."

Neville popped some ice cream into her mouth. Heather in return gave Neville some of her ice cream. Neville suddenly made gagging noises.

"HELP!" screamed Heather. "He's choking!"

Everyone started screaming and panicking. Just then a tall well built guy walked over to Heather and Neville. "What's wrong?"

"My boyfriend's choking!" yelled Heather

"It's all under control." The guy patted Heather on the head. "CLEAR!" He started to give Neville the Heimlich maneuver.

Neville's choking got louder. "Ahh!" said Neville, as a huge chunk of ice cream flew out of his mouth.

The guy said, "My work is done." He then went over to the ball where everyone applauded him.

"That's the man I want to marry." whispered Heather.

"What's that?" asked Neville.

"Nothing." said Heather and she kissed him on the forehead.

Neville then said, "Er…Hey Hey I think I need to go to the washroom. Be right back."

Heather nodded her head. Once Neville was out of sight, Heather walked over to the guy who saved Neville's life He was all by himself at the bar. "Thank you for saving my boyfriend's life."

"It was nothing, really." answered the guy.

"Oh don't be so modest. You got a name?"

"I'm Oliver."

"You mean your name is Oliver."

"Yeah that's what I said."

"No, you said you are Oliver, like you're the only one out there. I've got news for you. It ain't about you and it ain't about me."

Oliver raised his eyebrow. "Really?" He liked this outspoken girl.

Heather took a sip of Oliver's drink. "D'arn tootin!"

Oliver smiled at Heather.

"Yeah I'm full of tricks."

"Really? What's your name?"

"Buy me a drink. Maybe I'll tell you."

"What if your boyfriend sees us?"

"What if the ground opens up and swallows us. What if mars attacks. You can't worry about all the what if's in life. So. Relax and enjoy the ride."

Danielle

Omg you'll never guess what happened. Neville and I went to Demetres right? Yeah I know what you're thinking they have a Demetres in London? Well they do Danielle. They do. So we were feeding each other and Neville started choking. It was so scary, but then this hot guy comes and saves the day! He was so hot and dreamy. Omg...I'm starting to drool now, sorry. And he's over 18! He's 100 percent off limits, but that makes me want him even more. Well hunky mama, I take it your having a good time with Ian. Goodbye!

Heather Reid

"Check." said Ron; once again he was beating Nehal at Wizards' chess.

"Damn." muttered Nehal. "One of these days I am going to beat you."

"That's only going to happen when were senior citizens."

Nehal gave Ron the middle finger.

"Whoa, tough girl!"

Nehal smiled. "Yep that's me. Come on let's play again."

"You really want to play again?"

"Yeah."

"Alright but you're going down…again."

"Whatever you say Ickle Ronnikins."

Ron glared at Nehal.

"You really do hate that name, don't ya?"

"Yeah I do. And do me a favor, Don't call me that!"

"Okay Ickle Ronnikins."

"Hey !"

Nehal laughed. She jumped on the couch, grabbed a pillow and swung it at Ron. He grabbed another pillow and before you knew it, the whole room was covered in feathers and the chess board and pieces were knocked off. Nehal looked around the room and sniggered. "Your mom is going to have fun with this." Nehal took out her wand and flicked it, and all the feathers went into a pile and into a small trash can.

"Why didn't you let her clean it?" asked Ron

"Because I'm nice." Nehal jumped on Ron and he fell back onto the couch. Nehal was laughing her head off.

Ron and Nehal then just looked at each other, breathing heavily. Their eyes locked. Just then Mr. Weasley started to call for Ron.

Ron said, "I uh probably should go see what my dad wants."

"Yeah…okay."

Nehal got off Ron and he went out of the room to see his father.

Heather

Hey Heather. Wow St. Mungos sounds pretty fun. Ha, ha jokes. Have you spoken to Tommy yet? I bet he's pretty jealous that you're spending the holidays with Neville. After all he did plan that whole surprise party for you…did you ever thank him? Sorry I don't mean to give you a lecture Hey Hey its just maybe having two boyfriends is kind of a challenge. Oh and George misses you so much. He and Fred are working on their joke shop items. I've been playing wizard's chess with Ron. Man is he good at that game. Well I gotta go now, but good luck with Neville's parents.

Nehal Pradhan

Jackie fell asleep in her king sized bed. She was wearing Eddie Bauer PJs. (Bottoms have trees on them, green tank top) Jackie couldn't really fall asleep because she kept on hearing noises from outside. "Maybe it's a bear." thought Jackie. "Wait a minute bears are hibernating at this time of year." Jackie wished she brought her Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal with her, except she didn't want to look childish in front of Draco.

Draco couldn't sleep either that night. He was too excited that Jackie was staying with him. He desperately wanted to see her again. Draco exited his bed wearing just his boxers (No shirt! Yum) He walked over to Jackie's room and opened the door.

Jackie heard the door open. But since she was facing the other direction she closed her eyes and pretended she was asleep.

Draco didn't want to wake up Jackie so he tip-toes his way around the bed so he could see her lovely face. "She looks so cute." He thought. But then his teenage hormones decided to get the best of him. Draco walked closer to the bed.

Jackie could hear the creature or person approaching her. She clutched the blankets around her body tighter.

Draco got on the bed hovering on top of Jackie.

Jackie could feel someone's presence. "Omg the Malfoy Manor is haunted!" thought Jackie. "I'm gonna kill Nehal for talking me into to coming here."

Draco gently brushed Jackie's hair away from her face with his fingers. He then leaned in to kiss her.

Jackie thought, "Okay on the count of three I'm going to roll off my bed, grab a pillow and hit the monster…1, 2…"

Draco's lips were so close to Jackie's. He was sure Jackie would hear his heart pounding but at the same time Jackie's heart was pounding madly.

"3." Jackie rolled off the bed and Draco kissed the bed sheets. Jackie was about to hit Draco with the pillow when she saw that it was him. "Draco?"

Draco looked sideways at Jackie. "Yo."

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Oh wait I know…you're trying to have sex with me!"

Draco stood up and you could see his six pack. "I'm not! Well unless…you want to." He said innocently.

Jackie studied him. He looked so sexy half-dressed. She then snapped back to her senses. "You're not a virgin?" She questioned unsure if she wanted to hear the answer.

Draco looked at Jackie.

"I'm just asking. I just didn't want to jump to conclusions because my experience is sort of limited." Jackie paused why was she telling Draco this.

Draco raised his eyebrow. "Really? You don't seem like…"

"Do I look like a slut to you?"

"I…uh…"

"And ?"

"And what?"

"Was it awe-some?"

"Which time?"

"There were -there were uh I don't know, uh how many-how many times were there…"

"Same girl or different girl?"

Jackie's jaw dropped and she looked hurt. "There were...different girls, how many-how many different girls w-were there?"

Draco counted his fingers and tried to remember he got up to eight until Jackie interrupted him.

"I have to sit down."

Draco smirked at Jackie.

Jackie yawned. "I'm just uh…um…um gonna go back to sleep."

"Your right. Good call there." Draco lay down beside Jackie.

"Now Draco, you don't expect me to do anything tonight do you? After all the information you've just told me."

"Of course not, I just want to enjoy a nice night, with a nice girl. Is that so hard to imagine?"

Jackie smiled weakly at Draco.

"Besides, you're not like them." Draco said turning on his side to face Jackie. He stared intently into Jackie's eyes, as if trying to read her expressions. "You shouldn't change who you are Jackie because I like you for being just you."

"You think I'm nice?"

"Yeah you're the nicest person I know."

"Aww thank you Draco."

"Your welcome baby." muttered Draco as he closed his eyes.

Jackie was going to question why he said that but she was too tired and didn't want to spoil the mood. However, she wanted to stay awake because she wasn't sure what would happen if she fell asleep. What if he tried something on her?

Jackie's hair was in a beehive. She was dancing with the boyfriend of the girl on the raisin boxes. The raisin box girl slapped Jackie, and went away crying.

"We broke up!" yelled raisin man.

But Jackie ran away too.

"Noo!" said raisin man.

Jackie woke up with a start. At first she wondered why her blankets were so heavy. Draco's arms were wrapped around her and their fingers were intertwined. Jackie's heart flipped over and shivers ran down her spine. Draco was just so hot! "Omg, omg." thought Jackie suddenly. "What if I'm not a virgin anymore? Omg! What will I tell my parents? We're not even going out! Is Draco awake? Oh my gosh shoot me now."

"Mm…Jackie." Draco said sleepily as if she tasted good. He opened his eyes. "Hey, good morning."

"Um…yes." replied Jackie. What were you supposed to say to a guy who you had just had sex with-and didn't even remember it!

"Jackie?"

"Yes?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing…omg I can't believe we had sex! You just think you're so smart, you think you can just put my pajamas back on after we did it. Gosh you're pathetic."

"Jackie we didn't have sex."

"We didn't?"

"Yeah."

"Oh…right…I knew that." Jackie blushed and avoided Draco's gaze.

Draco let go of Jackie and said, "Humpty Dumpty. Let's go get breakfast."

"You're house is just like a hotel. Let's call room service!"

"Come on." Draco grabbed Jackie's hand.

"But I'm only in my pajamas. Let me change!"

"Whatever!" Draco said valley girl style. "I'll see you in a bit."

15 minutes Jackie met with Draco in the dinning room. She sat next to him and together they both waited for Francoise to come. Suddenly, Jackie heard a small pop and saw Francoise apparate into the room. Jackie saw him glance from her to Draco to her and so forth in shock, until he finally spoke up and asked what they both wanted. "Pancakes." Draco and Jackie both said at the same time. Jackie looked at him in surprise and smiled once again, and he smirked at her.

In a matter of minutes Francoise appeared with a plate full of pancakes and coffee for Jackie and Draco. Jackie started eating quickly. When she heard a loud squeak and Francoise said scared "I'm so sorry master!" As he in no doubt waited for Draco to punish him. Jackie looked over to see that Francoise had accidentally spilled Draco's juice all over the table.

To Jackie and Francoise's surprise Draco didn't hit him, he just said in calm, but dangerous, voice "Don't ever do that again or else you'll be very sorry." Francoise, however, didn't seem to mind- in fact he seemed to be almost happy and definitely very grateful.

After standing there in shock for a few seconds, Francoise rushed out and got Draco another glass of juice after cleaning up the spilled juice. After they had both finished eating Draco left without saying anything. Jackie continued to sit where she was, too stuffed to move at the moment. "Hey, Francoise. I was meaning to ask you why you looked so shocked when you first came into the dining room."

Francoise replied, "Well, miss, I have never seen Draco eat breakfast, and most definitely not with other people."

"Draco never eats with his parents?"

"Oh, no miss. They do not have time to eat breakfast with him. Master has changed since you have been here."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, miss. If I had spilled juice before you had come here, master would have punished me very badly! But since you came, he did not punish me at all!" Francoise finished happily and then went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Nehal

Hey gurlio, sup with you? How's Ron? I bet he's so happy to have you all to himself. And yes I am glad that we have our friendship back, just don't go screwing it up again. And as for Draco and I…well…I don't know what's going on with us. But he is so hot! I am crushing on him big time. I want him! And you can't have him because he's mine! Mine, mine, mine! I'm going insane. I think I'm gonna take a shower now. Have fun with Ron!

Jackie

The next day…

"Danielle! Danielle!" Hermione was desperately trying to wake Danielle up.

Danielle sat up in her bed. "What's wrong Mione? Is everything okay?"

"It's Harry. He got another threat…but this one is much more different. It's more serious! Whoever is writing these means business."

Danielle jumped out of her bed. "Alright let's go!"

Hermione and Danielle ran to the boys dorms. Hermione said while panting, "Harry received a broken watch and poisoned chocolates."

"Broken watch? Poisoned chocolates? This is getting way out of hand. Mm…chocolate. Tasty."

"No!" yelled Harry. "Don't touch them!"

"Why not? I'm going to test to see if these chocolates are actually poisoned."

"But they are poisoned! It said on the card." protested Hermione.

"That's what they want you to think. Come on Hermione its common sense. If these chocolates were really poisoned then the enemy wouldn't write it down on the card. And I probably would be dying slowly right now. It's just a bad batch, that's all."

Harry helped himself to a chocolate. "Mm…these are good. Want one Hermione?"

"No!"

Danielle looked on the table and saw the threat with the broken/smashed watch attached to it. It read:

Time's running out! Leave Hogwarts now or die!

Danielle said, "Wow this is pretty serious. Have you told Dumbledore about this?"

"No, I wan to solve this case on my own." said Harry. "I hate having to run to him for every little thing."

"Well if I were you, which I'm not…thank goodness."

Harry glared at Danielle.

"I would defiantly report this to Dumbledore!"

Hermione nodded her head in agreement. "I agree…just this once…Danielle's right Harry."

Just then Crookshanks and Timmy burst into the room having a major make-out session.

"Crookshanks!" screeched Hermione. She picked her cat up. "I thought I told you not to see Timmy again. He's a bad influence on you."

"But Timmy loves Crookshanks!" added Danielle

Hermione glared at Danielle and departed from the room.

Harry looked at Danielle with sympathy. Danielle noticed Harry staring at her. "Chocolate?" He held up the box for her.

Nehal

Hey guess what? Harry got another death threat! He received a broken watch and poisoned chocolates, which weren't actually poisonous. But Harry is being so stupid, he won't report this Dumbledore. He says he wants to solve this case on his own. So then why are we helping him? He's being so unreasonable. So how's it going with Ron? I'm rooting for you guys. Wanna know why? It's because I'm not into him. LOL. Anyways I miss you Nehal.

All my love Danielle

Neville, his grandma and Heather arrived at St. Mungos and walked towards the room where Neville's parents were.

Heather thought to herself. "Okay, take a deep breath and relax. Why am I so nervous? I mean it's not that big of deal it's just his parents their like any other parents…except their mentally retarded."

"Come Heather dearest." said Neville's grandma. "You're falling behind."

"Oh…right, sorry."

Neville opened the door and saw his parents in their beds. "Mum! Dad!" He ran over and gave them hugs.

"Jonix." said Frank. (Neville's dad)

Heather just stood beside the door not sure if she should be here.

Neville walked over towards Heather and took her hand. "Mum, Dad this is my girlfriend Heather."

"How y'all doing y'all." replied Heather

Frank just stared at her and blinked his eyes. Alice tilted her head to the side and studied Heather.

There was an awkward silence.

"Okay." Heather thought. "This is going to be harder then I thought it would be."

Neville's grandma pulled Heather aside. "I think we should we leave them alone hun."

Heather nodded her head in return. As she departed she closed the door behind her. "Poor Neville." muttered Heather as tears came falling down.

Neville's grandma took hold of Heather's hands. "Don't feel sorry for him hun. He's got you now. You've been a great girlfriend to Neville."

Heather gulped and more tears came down. The truth was she hadn't been a good girlfriend. She was secretly cheating on him with Tommy. And she always lied to Neville about it. Heather wanted to say something to Neville's grandma but her throat felt dry, and she couldn't quite get the words out.

Instead Neville's grandma smiled at Heather and said, "Your eyes need diapers."

Jackie

Oh gosh I have to tell you something. I met Neville's parents, they didn't talk much though. I guess that's pretty understandable considering they don't really know me. But I burst out crying because I feel so bad for what I'm doing with Tommy behind Neville's back. But Tommy is so cute! I know you think what I'm doing is wrong Jaxs, but I just uh…I need to break up with Neville soon. But now isn't the time, because you know it's gonna be Christmas soon! Yay presents! How's Malfoy? I hope he's treating you well, considering the guy doesn't have a heart. Anyways Neville is calling me now. Later Jaxs.

Heather Reid

Nehal and Ron sat down on the couch beside each other.

"I'm so bored!" exclaimed Ron.

Nehal yawned. "Yeah me too."

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know what do you want to do?"

"I don't know what do you want to do?"

"This is your house!"

"Yeah but you're the guest!"

Just then a light bulb appeared above Nehal and she snapped her fingers. "I've got an idea!" She turned towards Ron and held his hands. "How about we go snowboarding?"

"Snow-boarding?" asked Ron puzzled.

Nehal giggled. "You don't know what this, do you?"

Ron blushed. "Er…no, not really."

"Well come on I'll show you."

Together they walked outside up onto a steep hill.

Ron just looked at Nehal clueless. "Now what do we do?"

"We have a party! Actually I'm just kidding well first off we need snowboards." Nehal then flicked her wand and two snowboards appeared in front of them. "Perfect. Now let me show you how it's done." Nehal got on the board. "First you have to buckle yourself up, real tight trust me Ron you wanna make sure it's tight. Tight like a tiger. (Austin Powers, LOL) And then you put on these goggles, so the snow won't go in your eyes, and then your set." Nehal gave Ron a thumbs up. She went down the hill at a rapid pace. "Oh yeah I'm good!" But then she saw that she was heading dangerously close to a tree.

"Watch out!" yelled Ron from the top of the hill.

Nehal made a sharp turn to the right and this caused her to fall off her board.

Ron ran down the hill to see if Nehal was alright.

Nehal stood up and brushed the snow off her. "It's alright! It's alright. Don't panic Ron. That was deliberate. It was deliberate."

Ron and Nehal looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.

Danielle

Harry's been getting more death threats? Wow someone sure does want him dead and out of Hogwarts. I wonder who is doing this? Oh well…Ron and I went snowboarding today. It was so cute Danie, he was so nervous about doing it, but then once he tried it he was like in love with it. Maybe Ron's found his new favorite sport. Anyways I hope you're having fun at Hogwarts.

Love,

Nehal

Jackie was in her room putting on her make-up, she decided on light brown eye shadow, waterproof mascara and Lancôme juicy tube miracle lip gloss, when Draco burst through the door. Jackie banged her fist lightly on the desk in front of her. "It's called knocking."

Draco scoffed, "This is my manor!"

"Has it ever occurred to you that I might be changing?"

"Yes, it has," Draco said a mischievous glint in his eyes. Jackie raised an eyebrow at him, smiled, and turned back to the mirror.

"Don't make me throw my lip gloss," Jackie threatened.

"You'd throw that at me?"

Jackie threw the lip gloss and it hit Draco's forehead. Draco made an extended gurgling noise, fell back on the bed, and attempted to look dead.

"You're the most alive dead person I've ever seen," Jackie said. "Accio lip gloss." She caught the lip gloss and began to apply it. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Draco sit up and glare at her.

Draco said, "So what do you want to do today?"

"Well…" Jackie turned to face Draco. "I was hoping that maybe we could go shopping today, if that's okay with you?"

"Yeah that's cool. So you want to go to Diagon Alley?"

"Um…no, not really."

"Knockturn Alley?"

"Knockturn Alley? Eww. Random."

Draco laughed. "Well where do you want to go then?"

"Well…um…um…Draco?" Jackie gulped. "There's this mall close to wear I live and I was wondering if we could go there. It's called Sherway Gardens and I know how to get there by portkey and find my way around and stuff."

"Okay sure we can go there. I need to get some books for potions class anyway."

"Yeah…uh great!" Jackie didn't want Draco to be mad at her if she told him that they were going to a muggle mall so she decided it would be best not to mention it…well at least for now.

"I'll just tell mother that were going their." And with that Draco left Jackie's room.

Jackie brushed her hair and then grabbed the map of Sherway out of her suitcase. This was the portkey that would be used to get their.

Draco came back to Jackie's room and looked furious.

"Draco what's wrong? Are we not allowed to go or something?"

"No we can go, but mother insits that I should stick to a budget of only 1, 000 gallons."

"Holy shit Draco that's a lot of moola!"

"Not really. I get more for my weekly allowance."

"Oh…I see." Jackie then muttered to herself. "Somebody's spoiled."

"What?"

"Uh I said somebody needs oil. Let's just get going!"

"Who needs oil?"

Jackie ignored Draco. "Touch the map, it's the portkey."

So they both touched the map, and they vanished. They arrived right in front of the entrance of door number 4. Jackie looked around to see if anybody saw them. "Alright let's go!"

Jackie led the way. She breathed the sweet smell of the mall. "Home sweet home." She then looked at Draco. "So what store do you want to go to first?"

Draco looked around the mall. There was something fishy about it. "Can we go to a potion store?"

"Yeah about that…they ani't got no potion shops here."

"Alright well let's go to a Quidditch store."

"They ani't got that either."

"Well…what do they have then?"

"They have American Eagle, Holt Renview, BCBG, HMV, PJ's Pets, Gap, Roots, Jacob, Shoppers Drug Mart, The Bay, Seats, Dynamite, Aldo, Costa Blanca, Guess, Banana Republic, Sporting life, Club Monaco, Claire's, Le Chateau, Music World, Talbot's, Men are from mars, Tommy Hilfiger, Sirens, Urban Behavior, Rogers At & T wireless, Radio Shack, Panda shoes, Esprit, Levi's, Escapanda sports, Bikini village, The body shop, Fruit passion, Suzy Shier and many others."

Draco stared blankly at Jackie. "I have never heard of these stores before."

"That's because you're not the shopping type."

Draco looked around the mall; he saw that nobody was wearing wizard robes. "This is a muggle fucking mall isn't?"

"Well…kind of, it depends on how you look at it. I mean if you're a muggle you would just think that it's a regular mall but on the other hand…"

"Jaxs why didn't you tell me before?"

Jackie looked up at Draco, since he was so tall. "Well because I thought you would…would be mad."

"Oh, well how do you think I feel now?"

"Now come on, that's exactly the reaction I was trying to avoid."

Draco took hold of Jackie's hands.

Jackie's stomach did a flip-flop.

"I want to spend the day with you. That's kind of why I invited you over for the holidays. But my father always taught me not to trust anybody who isn't a pureblood."

"So you're saying that you can't trust me?" yelled Jackie.

"Shh…calm down Jackie. I trust you, but not them."

"Okay you're making them sound like their aliens or something."

Draco rolled his eyes. "We came here to shop so can we just get on with it."

"Okay!" Jackie said happily and turned to the left, followed by a nervous Draco.

They arrived at Holt Renview. "Omg I love this store!" said Jackie taking a sip of her Ice Cappuccino, which she bought from another store. "Wow look at this purse it's absolutely divine!"

"Yeah divine, uh huh."

"The men's stuff is over there if you want to go over there and take a look."

"No it's alright, I'll stick with you."

"Suit yourself…oh wow look at that bracelet it's so pretty." The bracelet was silver with pink sparkles and jewels around it and the word princess was carved in it. "This bracelet is to die for…excuse me miss how much is this bracelet?"

The salesperson came over and looked at the bracelet.

Draco jokingly said, "That bracelet is so you!"

The salesperson said, "It's $245, plus tax."

Jackie replied, "Well the price certainly isn't me." Jackie gave a quick smile at the salesperson and went on looking at stuff in the store.

Draco looked at the bracelet and muttered, "$245, that's like nothing."

"Would you like to buy this bracelet?" asked the salesperson

Draco looked at her in a bizarre way. "Do I look gay to you?"

"Er…no sir but I thought you wanted to get it for your girlfriend for Christmas."

"Uh…she's not my girlfriend and…hey that's not a bad idea. I'll take it."

"Would you like it gift wrapped?"

"Yes. Yes I would. Man she is going to love this."

"Indeed, wait what kind of money is this?"

"Its gallons, I'm from Europe."

"Yes I can tell by the accent, oh okay then. Here you go."

Jackie already got a present for Draco so she didn't really need to worry about that. She just looked around at all the prom dresses. "Pretty, ugly, ugly, pretty, okay, too slutty, too Gwyneth Paltrow, pretty…"

"Hey you finished yet?" asked Draco

Jackie looked at the bag he was carrying. "What did you buy? Can I see it?"

"It's something for my mother." answered Draco. "You can't see it because it's something special between her and I."

"Aww that's so cute. Well we can go back to your manor now. I'm done for the day."

When Jackie and Draco arrived at the manor they were surprised to see Mr. Malfoy sitting at the table.

Mr. Malfoy smirked evilly, "Hello son, Jackie."

Jackie gulped and whispered to Draco. "I thought you said he was going to be away."

"Yeah I guess he came back."

Rex started barking madly at Mr. Malfoy as if he was some kind of criminal.

"Oh shut up dog!" Mr. Malfoy kicked Rex.

Jackie covered her mouth with her hands.

Rex whimpered and ran away.

"Rex!" yelled Draco. He scurried off to find him.

"Please sit Miss Allan." Mr. Malfoy offered a seat to Jackie right across beside him at the table.

"I'm okay standing." said Jackie, not wanting to be near Mr. Malfoy.

"SIT!"

"Okay." Jackie did not need to be told twice.

Mr. Malfoy glared at Jackie. "So how long have you been here for?"

"Like 3 days."

"So you've been sleeping over."

"Yes."

"Well Francoise better clean the sheets we wouldn't want you to give us your dirty half-blood germs."

Jackie looked away sadly.

"So Miss Allan how are you doing at school?"

"Good…"

"Marinating a good average I assume right?"

Jackie looked down at her feet which were kicking at the chair. She was so nervous; her stomach was in knots that she couldn't possibly untangle. She couldn't face Mr. Malfoy alone. She really didn't know what to say. "Uh…yeah."

Mr. Malfoy laughed. "You do know how to speak proper English right? It's yes, not yeah! Gosh I thought even the likes of you knew that!"

Jackie bit her lip.

"Now what do you want to do in the future?"

"Well I've always wanted to be a princess. But those jobs are so hard to get because you have to be like royal or something."

Mr. Malfoy raised his eyebrows.

"Um…I was joking! I want to be in the Ministry of Magic." Jackie answered quickly.

"You in the Ministry? That would be absolutely ghastly!"

"Hey you sound like Simon Cowell!"

"Shut up!"

Jackie kept quiet and tried to contain herself from laughing. "I have connections. I mean…I like Cornelius Fudge. Mm…fudge. And Mr. Fudge is the minister of magic!"

"Crikey!" said Mr. Malfoy taking a big gulp of his whiskey flask.

"Chug! Chug! Chug!" cheered Mrs. Malfoy

Mr. Malfoy stopped drinking and sat down. "Jolly good then!"

Draco then stepped back in the room. "Hello father how do you do?"

Mr. Malfoy smacked his lips. "You're silly! What the devil do you think you're doing boy?"

"I say!" said Draco

"Inviting a muggle and then…do I smell muggle filth on you? My hat, what a picnic!"

"Indeed. I dare say she's a half-blood don't call her a muggle born!"

"Bloody goodness. What's wrong with Amanda? If you need someone else I can set you up with a nice cousin of yours. Keep the blood line, pure and all that."

"No, I'm good thanks."

"Suit yourself. Cousins are always a gamble, but remember Draco. Double the gamble, double the winning." said Mr. Malfoy, taking another gulp of his flask.

"Uh huh…" said Jackie

"I will take the ring to mordor." Mr. Malfoy collapsed on the ground.

Jackie looked at Draco. His eyes were bright and angry. "Am I still allowed to stay?"

Mrs. Malfoy said, "Of course. I put drugs in his drink. He'll be out for hours. I'll send him off to Albania and he won't be back till March." She put his body in a handy dandy wheel barrow.

Draco and Jackie watched this with amusement.

"No offense or anything." started Jackie. "Your dad is weird and…scary."

Draco replied, "I know. But it keeps things interesting."

"He'll come back?"

"His liquor cabinet is here. Of course he'll be back. They're best friends."

"Okey dokey shmokee."

"Come on let us be off."

Heather

Yo gurlio. How have your holidays been? I know you must be nervous meeting Neville's parents. I'm kind of in the same boat here. Mrs. Malfoy is pretty cool. But Mr. Malfoy came back from his vacation in Hawaii today. It was really unexpected. He's so scary. And before he came back, Draco and I went to Sherway. Heather you should have seen the look on his face. It was priceless. He looked disgusted at being in a muggle mall. I'm actually having fun being here at the Malfoy manor.

XOXO, Jackie

It was now Christmas day…

Danielle woke up that morning to hear the sounds of all the Gryffindors playing with their new Christmas toys. "It's just Christmas." Danielle said groggily. She rolled over so her head was buried in her pillow. Danielle missed her family and friends. She usually spent Christmas with Jackie, Heather and Nehal but since they were gone for Christmas…it just didn't feel the same.

Hermione burst through the door. "Oh Danielle look at the all of these new books I got. They'll be a great use for exams this year."

"Ugh don't remind me." muttered Danielle.

Hermione looked at Danielle. "You have presents too, you know?"

Danielle jumped up with joy but hit her head against the top of the bunk. "I do…ow!"

"Of course." Hermione rolled her eyes. "Honestly."

"Yay presents!" Danielle got out of bed and put on her bunny slippers.

"I think your boyfriend got you something really expensive."

"Ooo really? Eeeeeee I love Ian!"

Danielle ran towards the presents under the gigantic Christmas tree. She received gifts from her parents, grand-parents, Jackie, Heather, and Nehal and of course Ian. She planned to open the one from Ian last.

Ian's present was in the shape of a tiny box.

Danielle grinned. She wrapped the present at rapid speed. When Danielle got off the wrapping paper, tissue paper and opened the box. She saw two glittering belly button rings. One said 69 and the other one was light orange. Danielle giggled. "Oh Ian. Aren't you the limit?"

After a while, the common room emptied. Danielle was getting bored. She went down to the great hall in her silky and sensuous La Senza Pajamas, and bunny slippers.

"You're just in time." said Ian.

Danielle smiled. "Ian. Hey."

"Mistletoe." Ian held up a piece of mistletoe and kissed her on the lips.

"Oh. Oh, that's very festive of you."

"Merry Christmas Danie."

"Merry Christmas boyfriend."

They stood there gazing into each other's eyes.

Danielle said, "So... are you ready for your present?"

"Yeah alright I'm ready, hand me my present!" Ian said impatiently.

"Very funny Ian."

"Please Danie." Ian gave Danielle sad puppy dog eyes.

"Oh…how can I resist." Danielle handed Ian a comic that she drew. It said The adventures of Ian Smith and Danielle Mcleod.

Ian's jaw dropped.

Danielle looked nervous. She didn't know if Ian liked the comic or not.

Ian said, "The adventures of Ian Smith and Danielle Mcleod." He smiled. "You made this?"

"No I bought it on eBay."

"What's eBay?"

"It's uh…a thing."

Ian then turned his attention back to the comic. "I can't believe you did this, this is amazing."

Danielle smiled.

Ian flipped through the pages of the comic book. "Hey this Ian in the story seems really handsome and awesome."

"I guess I took some liberties."

"You dumbed him down a little bit."

They both laughed.

"This is fantastic." said Ian. "You're an amazing artist."

"Thanks. Ian, I want to show you something."

Ian leaned in for a kiss, but Danielle pulled up her shirt, exposing her stomach.

"I see it fits you."

"Quite." And the couple started to make out.

Heather and Neville visited Neville's parents again, since it was Christmas day.

Gilderoy Lockhart had signed his 12th photo and given it to Heather. Heather poked Lockhart with a stick for the 12th time.

"Hey!" Lockhart said. But Heather couldn't hear him because she was singing.

After Heather had finished singing Christmas carols she sighed. She really wanted to leave this place. But id Neville wanted to spend Christmas in a sad hospital, I guess she should too.

"Hey Heather! Can you hold some of these?" said Neville. He handed her 27 bubble gum wrappers.

"Who's these from?" asked Heather

"My mom. She always gives them to me."

"Is that…good?"

"Yeah, it shows that she knows I'm supposed to be significant to her."

"That's a lot of bubble gum."

"My dad doesn't usually say much. He had the worst of the torturing." Neville looked away. He slowly dropped the wrappers.

"Uh…I think we should go back to Hogwarts now." suggested Heather.

Neville nodded.

In Hogwarts…

"Danie!" yelled Heather

"Hey Hey!" said Danielle, letting go of Ian. "Sup?"

"Wha?" said Ian

"Tourists!" said Neville angrily

"Neville and I came back for Christmas." replied Heather.

Danielle said, "That's great! You and I have so much catching up to do!" Danielle grabbed Heather's sleeve and the two girls said goodbye to their boyfriends and ran up to the girls' dorms. Danielle shut the door behind her and let Timmy in. "Timmy missed you."

"Meow." said Timmy and he licked Heather's cheek.

"Oh Timmy! I missed you." said Heather. "I'm sorry I couldn't bring you along but Neville's grandma is allergic to cats. Did you have a good time with Crookshanks?"

"Meow."

"Omg Ian and I had such a good time together."

Heather looked at Danielle. "Oh I'm sorry Danie, I wasn't listening, and I was too busy talking to Timmy, what did you say?"

Danielle put her hands on her hips. "As I was saying…Ian and I had such a good time together. We had a candle light dinner and he got me two very cute belly button rings." Danielle lifted up her shirt so Heather could see the 69 one that she was wearing.

"Sweet."

"So how were Neville's parents?"

"Well they seem a lot more normal then my parents." Heather started to laugh hysterically.

Danielle raised an eyebrow.

"That was a joke."

"Er…yeah okay. But you just insulted your family and Neville's."

There was silence.

"Whatever. Omg Danie, I saw my Prince Charming!"

"Neville?"

"Eww no. Remember I told you in the letter that I sent you. His name is Oliver and he was so sexy."

Danielle laughed and sat down beside Heather. "Tell me more."

"He had a Scottish accent."

"Eeeeeee."

"Yes, I've thought this through. The more time I spend with Oliver, the less time I have to think about…what's his face…"

"Your boyfriend Neville?"

"Well it's a formality really..."

"How the hell are you going to get close to Oliver, when you're here and he's…somewhere else?"

Heather shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know yet."

"Smart, real smart."

"At least I know he is my Prince Charming."

"How?"

"Because he's hot!"

Nehal was in Ginny's room gathering all of her belongings, when she heard a knock at the door. "Come in."

Ron entered the room. "Nehal my mum wants to know if you would like angel cake for dessert…why are you packing? Are you leaving?"

"Ron…you and your family have been super great to me for the past couple of days. But I want to go back to Hogwarts and see my friends, and spend time with them."

"Oh…I see."

"I've had a lot of fun here Ron. Really, it's been great."

"Yeah snowboarding was pretty awesome."

"Yeah and you actually were good at it."

"You sound surprised?"

"That's because I was." Nehal walked closer to Ron. "I've learned a lot about you these couple of days. You're a really great guy, and you're just full of surprises."

"Really?"

Nehal nodded her head. "Yeah, but now it's my time to depart."

Ron smiled. "Will you at least stay for the angel cake?"

"Of course. There was no way that I was going to miss that!" Nehal kissed Ron on the cheek and walked past him.

Ron placed his hand on the cheek that Nehal kissed. He looked up at the ceiling and said, "Thank you!"

Jackie was in her room getting ready for Christmas dinner with the Malfoy's. Mr. Malfoy woke up from all the whisky so he invited himself to stay for dinner tonight. Jackie was pretty nervous. She looked at her bracelet Draco gave her this morning. It was so thoughtful of him. Just as she was thinking of Draco he happened to walk in the room.

"Hey." said Draco. "You ready?"

"Almost." answered Jackie

"You look nice."

"Thank you." Jackie was wearing one of the outfits she saw in the closet. She was wearing a dark green dress with ruffles on it and a black Versace jacket. "You look nice too!"

"I know I do. Malfoy's always have to look their best for special occasions."

"But Draco you look nice everyday." Then Jackie totally regretted what she said. She thought, "Omg I'm flirting with him. This is so not like me. I thought I was over him…"

Draco walked over to Jackie and put his arms around Jackie's waist.

Jackie blushed a deep shade of red.

Draco thought. "This is the way it should be."

They both looked at their reflection in the mirror.

Jackie was looking at Draco in the mirror. "How much time did you spend on your appearance today?"

"One hour."

"You're such a woman."

"I'm well-dressed, not feminine." Draco rolled his eyes. "How much time did it take you to do your hair?"

"20 minutes."

"Only took me 10 minutes to do mine, therefore, I'm not a woman."

"You've got the facial structure to be one. If you let me do your makeup I'm sure I could make you quite pretty, you know," Jackie said, smiling.

Draco looked away from Jackie annoyed, "Come on dinner is being served."

"Who's the special guest that's coming?"

"I don't know. Someone of importance."

"Coolies."

"Well may I escort you?"

"Escort? Isn't that a little old –fashioned."

"No, not really. So are you going to accept my offer?"

"Uh…um…no."

"No?"

"I'm trying to be on my best behavior so I can impress your father and his er…special guest tonight. And that would not look good if came down the stairs escorted by you. I don't want to get any half-blood germs on you."

"Good evening! May I take your vraps?" said Antoine the butler.

"Okay." said Jackie, not really knowing what he meant. Antoine took her coat.

Antoine said, "Announcing Draco Malfoy and Jackie Allan!"

"Hey! Are you a vampire?" asked Jackie when she saw him talking with pointy teeth.

"Perhaps." Antoine said mysteriously. "I am the vampire Antoine."

"Really? My friend Heather would love you."

"Er…let's go." said Draco because Antoine was staring longingly at Jackie's neck.

"Would you like a drink?" said a high-pitched voice.

"Uh…wha?" said Jackie because she couldn't see the speaker.

"Oy!" said the voice

Jackie screamed and jumped when she looked down and saw Francoise. Jackie heard someone snigger, but ignored them.

"Would you like something to drink?" asked Francoise

"Yeah sure thanks." said Draco but then he noticed Mr. Malfoy was watching. "I mean-yes we will, midget, now scram!"

"Yes sir." said Francoise.

Jackie looked at Draco. "That was so mean."

"I have to." Draco nodded towards his father.

"What is this stuff, anyway?"

"French viper tongue!"

"Oh."

"Hello Jackie." sneered a voice that Jackie recognized.

Jackie smiled cheerfully, trying to be polite. "Hey Amanda." Jackie knew now that Amanda was the special guest.

Amanda whispered something to Mr. Malfoy and he laughed,

Mrs. Malfoy said, "So tell us Jackie what do you do for Christmas."

"Uh stuff…."

"Isn't there something in the Allan family tradition that you would like to incorporate?"

"No, seriously we just do what every family does."

Draco said, "Come on Jackie there's got to be something."

Amanda said, "Well your half-blood right? Your Christmas is probably a lot different then let's say our pureblood ones."

Mr. Malfoy nodded his head. "Right on. You hit the bulls eye Amanda."

"Don't I always."

Draco glared at Amanda.

Mr. Malfoy said, "Son, why don't you and Amanda go to Knockturn alley tomorrow. It will be my treat. I'll pay."

Amanda said, "Oh Mr. Malfoy that would be too much to ask for."

"Oh nonsense. I'm sure you'll have a great time there. You might even see some death eater friends."

Jackie coughed while drinking her French viper tongue.

Draco said, "Father I do not wish to go to Knockturn alley tomorrow."

"Son that wasn't a request. It was an order."

Amanda smiled at Draco. "We will have so much fun Drackie poo!"

"I'm not going!"

"Draco!" yelled Mr. Malfoy. "This is dinner, act like a gentleman not like a wild child at a party."

"Well, that would explain the absence of balloon animals." (I love that line it's from Veronica Mars)

Jackie sniggered.

Mr. Malfoy gave Draco a warning look.

"Father I'm not going and that's final!"

Mr. Malfoy stood up. "How dare you talk to me like that! I deserve to be treated with proper respect and dignity."

"Why should I? You're a mother fucking jackass!" Draco also stood up.

Jackie said, "You guys should appear on Jerry Springer."

Everyone in the room looked at her.

"It's a TV show. Oh right you don't know what that is…never mind then."

Mr. Malfoy yelled furiously, "That's it! I've had it with you half-blood. We gave you shelter, we gave you food and all yo do is yak on about your half-blood life. You and your family are a disgrace to the wizarding world. You were a mistake girl; your mom shouldn't have brought you into this world! You were made to be a mud blood. You don't belong here!"

There was a long period of silence that followed Mr. Malfoy's speech. Draco held Jackie's hand under the table.

"Excuse me." said Jackie and left the table. She ran as fast as she could to her room trying not to cry.

Draco glared at his father. "I hope you know what you've done. Because if your looking for a fight, you're gonna lose." He also left the table.

"Draco!" yelled Mrs. Malfoy, surprised of her son's behavior.

Jackie started to pack her stuff. It was obvious that Mr. Malfoy didn't want her and Draco to be together. He probably didn't even want Jackie to exist.

"Jackie I'm so sorry about my father." said Draco

"I don't belong here."

Antoine said, "Don't go there girlfriend! Mmm mm! Hmm mm!"

"Neither do I." said Draco. "But don't you think we belong together?"

"I don't know Draco. Your father made things pretty clear. You're better off with some rich pureblood girl like Amanda."

Antoine said, "You tell him girlfriend!"

Jackie put her hands on her hips and looked at Antoine. "Call me girlfriend one more time."

"Okay sorry." Antoine then left then room.

Draco said, "Oh come on Jackie of course you know that we belong together."

"Well, Draco I don't fit in with your family. This isn't who I am. Maybe your father's right. I don't belong in this wizarding world. Maybe next year I should go to a muggle school."

"Hell no Jackie! I don't want you to go some filthy disgusting school. What if you meet someone else?"

"FILTHY AND DISGUSTING? Is that what you think of my dad and brothers?" (Yeah I forgot to mention earlier that Jackie has 2 brothers, one older and one younger – James) Jackie ran to her trunk and started throwing clothes in it. "Draco do you care about me?"

"What, where did that come from?"

"Do you?"

At first it looked like Jackie had caught him a little off guard, but then his face relaxed. "Yeah Jackie, I do. I care about you more then I've ever cared for someone else I think" he answered sincerely. "There's just something about you, you're the first person I've ever really trusted and you know me for who I really am"

Jackie stared at Draco for a minute. "I don't know what to say." She then slammed the lid of her trunk and grabbed her broomstick.

"Jackie-what are you doing?"

"I'm leaving!" said Jackie mounting her broomstick.

"No you can't leave me!" Draco grabbed her hand. Jackie took off her bracelet and threw it at his face.

"Ow!" Draco gave Jackie a questioning look.

"I'm keeping the dress." Jackie then flew out the window.

Amanda came up from behind Draco. "I'm so sorry to hear about you and Jackie." She started to massage his shoulders. "Personally I never thought it would work out. After all she is a cookie-cutter virgin girl. But I could take her off your mind…I can make you forget about her forever."

Draco looked at the bracelet. "Fuck off Ott!" He the left the room leaving behind a stunned Amanda.

Draco went into a random room and started kicking things all around the place. He punched the glass mirror. "Arggh!" He said as he saw the blood. He knelt down to the ground and held his hand tightly.

Meanwhile Nehal and Ron were driving in Nehal's car. (Her baby) They were going back to Hogwarts. (Ron wanted to come too) It was nighttime and to make matters worse their was a blizzard.

"You okay driving?" asked Ron

Nehal answered, "Yeah I'm fine. But could you crank up the heat Ron?"

"Yeah sure. It is getting pretty chilly in here."

"Can you turn on the radio too?"

"Okay."

(8) I'm coming out. I want the world to know. I got to let it show. I'm coming out. (8) Nehal started to hum along to the song.

Meanwhile Jackie was flying on her broom. It was hard for to keep going straight because of the weather and the chunks of snow flying on her face. She was also shivering from the cold.

Ron said, "Hey I think I see something up ahead."

Nehal said, "Oh please Ron. It's probably just birds flying south for the winter."

"Well then it's an awfully big bird…THAT'S COMING THIS WAY!"

"RON PLEASE! I'm trying to drive! Hey don't touch the wheel!"

"Turn Nehal!"

"Stop it!" Nehal hit Ron's hand.

"Ow!"

"Let go of the wheel!"

The car started swirling around in mid-air and turning around in circles, like an upside down roller coaster ride.

"Ahh!" screamed Nehal.

"I think I'm gonna be sick." muttered Ron.

"THEN LET GO OF THE FUCKING WHEEL!"

Just then the car stared to head right at Jackie. Jackie brought her arm to cover her face because she was terrified that the car was going to hit her.

"Jackie?" said Ron, kind of dazed out.

"Jackie!" Nehal pushed the brakes and the car screeched to a halt.

Jackie moved her arm out of the way. She had to squint her eyes to see the driver. "Nehal?"

"Hey, aren't you supposed to be at Malfoy's?" asked Nehal

"I um…don't really want to talk about it."

"Oh okay." Nehal knew that Jackie would tell her later. "You want a ride back to Hogwarts? If that's where you're headed?"

Jackie nodded her head and jumped in the back seat, putting her trunk and Quidditch broom at her feet. "So…why are you going to Hogwarts?"

"Er…let's talk about this later." Nehal said glancing sideways at Ron.

"Okay!" said Jackie and fell asleep in the back seat.

Ron turned down the radio. He looked at Nehal. "If Malfoy did something…I'll…"

"Kick his ass?" finished Nehal. "Yeah I'll do that too."

They both smiled at each other.

"Merry Christmas Nehal."

"Merry Christmas Ron."

Jackie then started to talk in her sleep. "No! Don't go! It wasn't my fault! He intimidated me!" She murmured these words and then screamed out loud.

"Jackie what's wrong?" Nehal said, looking through the rear view mirror.

"Uh…nothing. I just had a bad dream. That's all."

Nehal raised her eyebrows.

Jackie bit her lip. "Sorry?"

A/N: Omg longest chapter ever! This took me so long to write. Keep up with the reviews guys. Oh and to all those haters out there. Your comments don't really bother me. If you don't like this series then don't read it! I really don't give a shit. I don't take anything personal. Criticism can be a good thing. Anyways, for those people who like the story I love you all very much!