Hermione lay on her bed wrapped up in her soft lilac blankets watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S on her small portable TV, Since there weren't many TV's at Hogwarts she always took time during the holidays to fit as much TV time in as possible and with Christmas only 2 weeks away she was beginning to wonder what she could buy her parents, she had always been so young in the past that she never really thought to buy them anything. The truth was she never really had any money…she had money this time, she just had no idea what to buy them!

She began writing a list, one for her mother and one for her father as she put pen to paper her mother called her down for dinner. "Great…I'll never get this done" Hermione sighed and left the paper on her bed.

"Had a good day, Hermione?" her father questioned. Hermione just nodded and took a mouthful of soup, she wasn't planning on talking about Draco as it felt too weird, Draco had been her worst enemy since…forever! And now all of a sudden he wanted to be her best friend!

She was trying her hardest to just be civil towards him as she felt he would give her the same respect back…

"So…" her mother smiled, the silence had become an awkward one for some reason…

Hermione finished her dinner and left the table, running into her bedroom she shut the door behind her and continued with the list. Hermione had been hard at work for 10 to 15 minuets when she looked at her watch and realised she was late to call round for Draco. She left the piece of paper yet again and pulled on her boots.

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Hermione knocked on the door of Mrs Clarke and waited for an answer. She heard what sounded like feet thumping down the stairs and then, the door opened. "Hello Hermione, did your mother send you round?" Mrs Clarke asked straightening her glasses "Uh, No, is Draco in?" "Yes, would you like to come in and see him?" His grandmother asked, Hermione just nodded and followed Mrs Clarke into the house "DRACO?" Mrs Clarke yelled down up the stairs "HERMIONE'S HERE!" With that said she led Hermione into the kitchen "would you like a cup of tea?" no thank you Hermione smiled remembering her manners, just as she had declined the tea Draco had entered the kitchen with his hair slopped around his face dripping with water, Hermione stifled a laugh and looked away "I made him take a bath just to make sure that cut was properly clean" Hermione nodded feeling a little offended as it had been her mother that had cleaned Draco up when he had fallen…well more it was more of a skid than a fall but it was still funny none the less.

"You'll need to put a hat on Dra-M-Malfoy" Hermione stuttered "Why?" he asked quizzically "Because you've just taken a bath, your hairs wet and when you go out in the cold with wet hair your more likely to get a cold or something" yet again she hadn't stopped to take a breath "Fine Her-Granger" Draco had contemplated the first name bases thing he was trying to get them on but he had decided that if she wouldn't call him Draco then he wouldn't call her Hermione, she had seemed happy enough to call him Draco when she thought he was hurt. Draco searched the hat stand behind the door for something remotely decent, he decided that the woolly pull down hat would do and tugged it over his wet hair.

Hermione said goodbye to Mrs Clarke and waited until Draco had finished giving her the times he would be back and assuring her he would call if there was anything he needed. Hermione stepped outside and looked up at the grey sky, a small smile pricked up on her face "What are you smiling about Granger?" he asked trying to project the Granger part, he hoped she would notice and mentally question this. "I'm smiling because it's going to start snowing again and I like snow" she simply answered pulling her scarf tighter as not to let the cold in

"Where are we going?" he asked in a slightly moaning tone, it was almost as if he couldn't be bothered with Hermione again "The shop, Mum needs a few things" she sighed gesturing for him to keep up.

Draco just followed on behind silently, deep in thought.