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They all met in front of Flourish in Blotts. Hermione was happy to see that Draco and her father appeared to be getting along much better now. She wondered to herself what had happened in the Quidditch store that could have changed her father's opinion of Draco so much. "Alright, I promise that I won't be in here for long, I already know what I'm looking for. Mom, dad, it's usually pretty crowded in here if you want to go wait for us at the Leaky Cauldron, we'll be there in just a few minutes."
"I think that we'll do that. We'll see you kids back there in a while." Hermione's dad, smiled at her and putting his arm around his wife's shoulders, they walked off in the direction of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Come on, let's get this done. I'm starving. I just want to pick up a new potions book that has come out, and a book on transfiguration that Madam Pince recommended." Hermione pushed the door open and stepped into the shop. She paused for a moment to breathe in the air around her. She loved the smell of books.
"I wanted to come get the new potions book as well, there is also a new charms book out that I'm interested in reading." Draco followed Hermione over to the potions section of the bookstore.
"There's a new charms book out? I wonder why Professor Flitwick didn't tell me. He knows that I like to keep up on all of the latest information. I'll have to pick up that one as well." Hermione pulled down a copy of the potions book that she was looking for and moved to the charms section.
Draco grabbed a copy for himself and followed her. When Hermione had picked up the charms book as well, Draco took them both from her. Hermione turned and gave him a questioning look. "What? They're heavy, I just thought that I'd carry them for you."
Hermione smiled and stood up on her toes to kiss him on the cheek. "You really are one of the most thoughtful men I have ever known." She then moved to the transfiguration section and grabbed her final purchase. "Good, that's it then. I'm ready if you are."
"I'm ready. Come on let's pay for these and get out of here. I'm starting to become hungry myself." They both moved to the check-out desk to pay for their purchases. Draco then took both of their bags and they walked out of the store to meet Hermione's parents.
They met at the Leaky Cauldron, got their packages from Tom, the bartender, and headed out to muggle London to leave for Hermione's home town. It was only a short drive and they pulled up in front of Hermione's house in no time. They stepped out of the car and Draco helped Hermione's father carry the things in from the car.
"Well, this is my home." Hermione announced as Draco sat down the last of the bags. "It's nothing compared to the manor, but I've always loved coming home here in the spring."
"It's wonderful Hermione." Draco was captivated with all of the bizarre muggle artifacts that were spread out through the living room. Some he recognized, others he was curious as to what they might do.
"Come on, let me show you where you're going to be staying for the weekend. The guest room is just up the stairs. You can bring your stuff up and get settled, then I'll give you a tour of the house." Hermione grabbed her own bags and started up the stairs. She opened the door of the second room on the right. "This is our guest room. It's not much, but we don't get many visitors that stay."
Draco walked into the room and set his bag on the double bed that was in the room. The only other furniture was a small nightstand with a lamp, and an armoire. "This is fine. It would be better if I could be sharing the room with you, but this will suit me nicely." He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Have I told you yet today that I love you?" He leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips.
"I'm sure that you have, but I never tire of hearing it. I love you too Draco." She pulled his face in closer and kissed him more deeply.
"Hem, hem. I don't mean to interrupt, but dinner will be ready shortly. I had started it this morning before we left home, and there is just some finishing touches to do. I thought maybe you would both like to get settled and freshen up a little before we eat." Hermione's mother seemed very embarrassed to have walked in on them in such a tender moment.
Hermione pulled away quickly blushing. "Yes, of course. I was just getting Draco settled, then I was going to give him a tour of the house. We'll be down soon." Her mother nodded and smiled excusing herself to the kitchen. "Merlin, that was embarrassing. Come on, I'll show you the rest of the house before dinner." She grabbed Draco's hand and led him out of the room and to the end of the hall, where she opened a door. "This is my parent's room. There won't be any need to go in there, but since this is a tour, I thought I would show it anyways." She shut the door and moved to the only door on the left side of the hall and opened it. "This is my room." She blushed. Her room was light purple, and there were stuffed animals all over the bed.
"Cute. How exactly do you sleep on the bed with all of the animals?" He asked teasing her.
"Very funny. I don't sleep with them on there. I take them off at night. I only sleep with one, and that is Simba. He's from the Lion King, he's very important to me." She shoved him playfully.
"Always the Gryffindor. I'm surprised the room isn't done in red and gold." He tickled her lightly on her sides.
"Excuse me, but you are the one who's favorite colors happen to be the Slytherin colors. You should really talk. I personally think that the colors red and gold are quite tacky." She punched him lightly on the arm and then led him out of the room. She moved to the first door on the right, the one they had passed to get to the guest room. "This is the bathroom. There is also a bathroom downstairs, and one in my parents room. This is the one that you will probably be using most often." She walked over and started down the stairs, Draco following close behind. She gave him a full tour of the downstairs, including living room, den, bathroom, kitchen and dining room which were connected. "Well that's it, the grand tour. There's nothing left to see."
"It's nice. It doesn't take you a half hour to walk from one end of the house to another. It's not cold and drafty, it's cozy. It must have been nice growing up so close to your family. Each member of my house had their own wing. If you didn't want to you never had to see one another. Of course with my father that was mostly a good thing. I really like it here Hermione."
Hermione beamed. She was afraid that he would find her home to be too small and muggle. "I'm glad that you like it. It's not too muggle for you?"
"Well, I can't lie it is a little too muggle for my taste, but it's your home Hermione. You're muggle-born, it's a part of you. I don't mind the muggleness so much."
"You really do amaze me sometimes Draco Malfoy. I never would have ever thought I would hear you say that you don't mind my muggleness. You really are an amazing and wonderful person." She couldn't take her eyes from his. She wanted to get lost in them and never find her way out.
"Hermione, Draco, dinner's ready." Hermione's mother called them from the dining room.
Hermione shook her head slightly to snap herself out of her daze. "Come on let's go eat, I'm starving."
"Do you think that we should ask them tonight about Christmas?"
"I think that that would be a great idea." Hermione led Draco back into the dining room and took her seat at the table. She motioned for Draco to sit in the seat across from her. "Mmmm…everything smells delicious mom."
"Thank you dear. Well, go ahead everyone, help yourselves. You don't want it to get cold." Her mother answered placing her napkin in her lap and scooping herself a helping of mashed potatoes.
They all started to eat their food in silence. Finally, Hermione figured that now was as good a time as any to bring up the subject of Christmas. "Time at school seems to be flying by, it's almost Halloween. Soon it will be Christmas break."
"Will you be staying at the school this year honey, or are you coming home for the holidays?" Hermione's mother asked finishing a bite of her pork chop.
"Well, that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. Draco's mother, Narcissa, has asked that I come and spend the holiday with them at the manor." She didn't look up from her plate as she said this.
"Hermione, I'm not so sure that that is such a good idea. You and Draco haven't been seeing one another for very long, and I think that it might be a little soon to share the holidays together. Besides, I'm not sure that going away from school like this is such a good idea. It would be one thing if it were to Ron's house, we are familiar with Arthur and Molly, but…well, I'm just not sure that it's a good idea." Hermione's mother said fidgeting with her napkin.
"Mother, it's not like I'm asking to leave the country. I'm going to be close by. You can owl me if there is any trouble, and I can owl you as well. I don't understand what there is to worry about. You are letting Draco stay here for the weekend. What would be the difference?"
"Mrs. Granger, I understand why you would be uncomfortable with Hermione coming to the manor. My family does not have a good reputation. I can assure you that my mother has never been a follower of the Dark Lord. She has protected me from my father, who was convinced that I must join him. She is a great and respectable wizard. I can assure you that my home is completely safe for Hermione. Hermione has already met my mother, they became quite close in the short time that we visited. My mother is anxious to have her back to the manor, they have much in common and my mother is quite lonely now, living in the manor by herself. I do hope that you will reconsider and allow Hermione to come." Draco said trying to give her mother some comfort about the situation.
"I'm sure that your mother is a lovely woman Draco. I was not implying that your mother was anything like your father. I would however feel better if Hermione were to come home for the holidays, or stay around the school. It is nothing against you dear."
"Heather, with all due respect, I think that we should let her go. She is after all an adult. We can't keep treating her as though she is a child. Draco seems like a fine young man. I don't see any harm in letting them spend their holiday together." Hermione's dad piped up. Her patted Hermione's hand.
"I know that she is an adult, but she is still my daughter. However, I suppose that if this is what Hermione wants, then she should go. I'm sorry dear I don't mean to sound like an overprotective mother, but I love you, and I worry about you. I would feel much more comfortable about this if I knew Draco's mother. I like to know who I'm trusting to take care of my daughter." Hermione's mother sighed and squeezed her daughter's other hand.
"If you would like, I could arrange for my mother to visit. I will apparate to the manor and apparate back with her. I'm sure that she would be very happy to meet both of you as well. In fact, I think that it would be a wonderful idea, if it wouldn't be any imposition." Draco offered.
"Oh Draco, that's a wonderful idea. Do you think she would be able to come on such short notice?" Hermione asked beaming with happiness.
"I'm sure that she will. She spends most of her time at home reading and working around the house. She has her Women of the Ministry meetings, but those are on Mondays and Wednesdays. I'm sure she would enjoy a chance to get out of the house." Draco replied.
"Well, it's all right with us if it is no inconvenience. We would love to meet her. We'll just prepare some tea." Hermione's father said finishing the last of his meal.
"Would you like to come with me Hermione? I'll just apparate us over and we can bring back my mom. I'll help you apparate, I'm sure you know the manor well enough to get there on your own." Draco asked with a look that said, 'Please come with me, I don't want to go all by myself.'
"Of course I'll come. I would love to see Minny again. She is such a dear little thing." Hermione wiped off her mouth and stood up. "You don't mind if I do the dishes before I go, do you mom?"
"How are you going to do the dishes before you go? How late are you intending to leave?" Hermione's mother looked puzzled.
Hermione pulled out her wand. "I was planning on using magic. It will save a lot of time." She flicked her wand and the dishes started to fly into the kitchen. The water turned on and soap poured into the sink and the scrubber lifted into the air and started scrubbing the dishes.
"I don't think that I'll ever get used to this whole magic thing. Every time that I see you use it, it shocks me. Well, you two better get going. Your father and I will get tea set up in the den." Hemione's mother couldn't take her eyes off of the dishes that were washing, rinsing, and placing themselves in the rack to dry. She shook her head and went to get the tea pot on the stove to boil.
"We'll be back soon." Hermione walked over to Draco and grabbed on tightly to his arm. She waved good-bye to her parents and they disappeared.
They reappeared in Draco's bedroom at the manor. "I hate that feeling." Hermione said gaining her balance.
"Come on let's go find my mother." Draco started to walk towards the door. He felt Hermione's hand on his arm, stopping him. He turned around to look at her. She had an almost shy, seductive look in her eyes, she was biting her lower lip.
"Can't we wait just a few minutes before we go down and see your mom." She moved closer to him, moving her hand up his arm to the back of his neck and pulling him in for a kiss. It was a very light kiss at first, but she slowly started to deepen it. She felt him open his mouth slightly and she took advantage of that to move her tongue into his mouth, biting gently on his bottom lip. She then moved closer deepening the kiss even more. She wrapped both of her arms around his neck, pushing her body up against his. She moaned into the kiss.
Draco pulled back after a few minutes. "Merlin Hermione, do you have any idea what you do to me?" He was breathing heavily. He rested his forehead against hers trying to catch his breath.
"I have an idea." Hermione let her hand trail down his stomach to his erection. She gently massaged it. "I want you so bad Draco. I need you. I don't think I can wait for a whole weekend. I need you now." She moved her other hand down and started to lift his shirt over his head. She began kissing trails all along his chest. She reached down and began to undo his pants. Draco worked to kick off his shoes, as she finished undoing his pants and began to pull them off. She stood back up and Draco lifted off her shirt. She kissed him passionately. She could feel him undoing her pants, she kicked off her shoes as well, and slid her pants the rest of the way off. Hermione undid her bra and threw it to the floor. She then slid out of her panties, and removed Draco's boxers. They were now completely naked. Hermione reached up and grabbed the back of Draco's neck and led him to the bed.
Draco liked this new dominant role that Hermione was taking on. However, he knew that they shouldn't be doing this. They had to get his mother and get back to Hermione's house. He was a guy though, and he didn't let that stop him. How could he say no when Hermione was being so wild. It was a total turn on to see the normally quiet Gryffindor become so assertive about getting what she wanted. At that moment Hermione pushed Draco down onto the bed. Draco slid up so that his head was on the pillows and looked up at his beautiful girlfriend. He had never seen her with so much lust in her eyes. She moved so that she was straddling him, and began kissing him roughly. She moved from his mouth to his neck, then moved down his body leaving small bite marks on his chest. When she reached his stomach she hesitated only for a moment. She looked up into his eyes, he could see a little of the usual shyness creep back in, but only for a second. He smiled at her.
Hermione was breathing heavy. She was nervous, she had never done what she was about to do, but she wanted to do it. She wanted to somehow make Draco feel as wonderful as she always felt with him. She looked up to him for a moment. When he smiled at her that was all the reassurance that she needed. She moved down, and slowly took the head of his member into her mouth. She ran her tongue around the tip of it, tasting the small droplets of liquid that had already formed there. It had a somewhat bitter, and salty taste to it, but Hermione didn't mind. She slowly took more of him into her mouth, running her tongue along the shaft. She could feel Draco shudder. She moved back up and circled the tip again with her tongue.
Draco moaned and gripped the bed sheets. He had never felt anything like it before. Every time that she moved her tongue it sent electric shockwaves through his whole body. He couldn't take much more of this he needed her. "Hermione, please, I need you."
Hermione moved up and kissed him passionately. She then positioned her opening over his member. "I love you Draco." She slowly slid down until she had taken all of him inside her. She then began to move slowly up and down. When she started to develop a rhythm she began to move faster. As she moved faster Draco started to thrust his hips upwards. They both began to move faster and faster. Hermione was leaning back onto Draco's bent knees. Her head was thrown back and she was moaning. She was trying very hard not to cry out. She didn't want anyone to hear her. "Oh Draco, oh Merlin Draco."
"I love you so much Hermione. You don't have to be quiet. There is a silencing charm. Oh, Merlin Hermione, you feel so good." Draco knew that it wouldn't be long before he would reach his climax. He tried to hold back as long as he could. He wanted to be sure that Hermione was completely satisfied.
Hermione's whole body shuddered as she screamed out his name. She continued to push herself even faster. She wanted the sensation to last. As she reached her peak for the second time, Draco reached his. They both cried out each others name, and Hermione collapsed onto Draco's chest. "That was amazing." Hermione said between breaths.
"You were amazing. What came over you?" Draco pulled her close to him. He knew that they didn't have long. They had to get going, Hermione's parents were expecting them, and he didn't want them to worry.
"I don't know what came over me. You just look so hot in those muggle clothes, and then the thought of not being able to be with you while we're at my parents, and you just being so wonderful, and it all kind of got to me. I knew that I needed you." Hermione looked up into his face. "I really do love you."
"I love you too Hermione. As much as I want to just lay here forever, we have to get moving. If we don't get my mother and get back to your parents house, they are going to worry, and then they won't let you stay with me over Christmas. Come on, let's get dressed." He kissed her on the forehead and rolled over to get out of the bed.
"I can't get dressed like this, I'm all sweaty." Hermione blushed as she stood up. She was still not comfortable just standing around naked in front of him.
"Here, I know a dry showering spell. It's not as good as the real thing, but at least we'll be clean. We don't want anyone to know what we did when we got here." He pulled his wand out of his pants and cast the spell on both of them.
"Much better." Hermione picked up her clothes and started to get dressed. She walked into Draco's bathroom and looked in the mirror. She did a quick spell to fix her hair and she was ready to go. "Ok, I'm ready. Let's go and ask your mother if she would like to come and visit."
Draco just smiled at her. "You know you really are full of surprises. That was just…it was just…wow. Just everything about you is just…wow." He walked over and hugged her close, leaning down to place a soft kiss on her lips.
"You really liked it. I was a little nervous. I'm usually not so…forward. I just really wanted to be with you, and I wanted to do something special to make you feel as good as I always feel when I'm with you."
"Of course I liked it, what's not to like. You don't ever have to be embarrassed or nervous around me. It's good to know that you find me so irresistible. You let me see this wild, adventurous, sexy side of you that you are usually too scared to show. I like this side of you. It's a turn-on. Nothing is sexier than a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go for it. I hope to see more of this side of you. Come on, lets go. We have plenty of time to talk later." Draco led her out of his room. He went into the main den, hoping to find his mother there. When he didn't he decided to call on a house elf to find where she was. "Dusty!"
A little tiny houseelf came running into the room. "Master Draco. You's home, and you brought your lady friend. Hello Mistress, I's Dusty. What can I do for you Master?" She bowed low.
"Hello Dusty. I was looking for my mother. Where is she?" Draco nodded in acknowledgement of the bow.
"Mistress is in her study. She is painting master. Mistress is taking to new hobbies, sir. I will go and tell her you is here sir." Dusty bowed again.
"Thank you Dusty, that won't be necessary. We'll just go to her study and see her. This is Hermione Granger, by the way. Hermione this is Dusty. She is my mother's personal houseelf."
"Hello Dusty. It's nice to meet you. I'm a friend of Dobby's." Hermione smiled down at the little creature.
"Dobby, Mistress? He's talked about you before. You are friends with Harry Potter, Mistress? Dusty is glad she is meeting you." She bowed down to Hermione.
"Please Dusty, it's not Mistress, just Hermione. Yes, I am good friends with Harry. I'd love to stay and talk Dusty, but we must go see Narcissa. I hope that we can talk again when I'm here for Christmas."
"Young Mistress is coming here for Christmas? That is wonderful Mistress. Harry Potter is a great wizard Mistress for fighting He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Mistress must be great to be friends with Harry Potter."
"Thank you Dusty. I'm sure that you should be getting back to my mother now. You may tell her that we are on our way to the study." Draco didn't seem to want to hear Dusty sing any more of Harry's praises.
"Yes Master, Dusty is going." Dusty bowed and then disappeared in a snap.
"Dobby must speak often of Harry. It's really sweet. He speaks so much of his friends here that I feel that I know them already."
"Yes, sweet. Come on, my mother is sure to be waiting for us." They continued on their walk to Narcissa's wing. Draco was right it did take forever to get from one area of the house to the other. Finally they reached Narcissa's study. "Hello mother. How are you feeling?"
Narcissa rushed over and hugged her son. "Hello Draco. I'm feeling fine. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit? Hello Hermione dear. It's so wonderful to see you again." She hugged Hermione as well.
"Hermione and I are staying at her parents house for the weekend. They want to meet you. They have invited you to their house for tea." Draco kissed his mother on the top of the head.
"Hermione's parents? Well, I'd have to freshen up first and change. I'm covered in paint. If you can just give me a few minutes to change into some suitable clothes, I'd be glad to go. I'll be right back dears." Narcissa left the room in a flourish of robes. She was back ten minutes later in a pair of black dress pants, and a green sweater. "Is this outfit appropriate Hermione? I'm not used to being invited to tea with muggles."
Hermione smiled. "You look fine. You'll fit right in. Are you all set?"
"Yes, I'm all ready. How are we going to get there?" Narcissa seemed nervous about taking muggle transportation.
"We're going to apparate. Either Draco or I will take you. My house isn't open to the floo network."
Narcissa walked up to Hermione and gripped her arm. "I'm ready when you are dear. Come along Draco, we don't want to be late for tea." With that they disappeared, landing in Hermione's bedroom.
Draco walked in a minute later. He had chosen to apparate into the guest room. "Well, let's go downstairs ladies. We don't want to keep them waiting." Draco took his mother's arm and led her down the stairs to the den. "Mother I would like you to meet Hermione's parents. This is Tom, and Heather Granger. This is my mother Narcissa Malfoy."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both, it was very kind of you to invite me into your home." Narcissa shook both of Hermione's parents hands.
"It is nice meeting you Narcissa. Please sit down and we'll serve the tea." Hermione's mother stood and went to the kitchen. She brought in the pot of tea. "We kept in on the stove to warm. We didn't know when you would arrive. Obviously we've never apparated before. We didn't know whether to expect you in a few minutes or an hour. I guess it was closer to an hour and a half."
"Apparating only takes just a minute or so. The children arrived a short while ago, and I changed. It doesn't seem like it could have been more than a half hour." Narcissa looked to Draco questioningly.
"We apparated into the library, and you know Hermione and books. She wanted to look around at the shelves, picking out books to read while we're there over Christmas." Draco jumped in. He didn't want them speculating as to what could have taken them so long.
"Well Narcissa, I must say that looking at you, it is easy to see where Draco gets his looks." Tom smiled raising his glass of tea to his lips.
"I wish that I could take the credit, but I'm afraid that the credit goes to Draco's father. He looks just like Lucius did when he was his age." Narcissa smiled, looking at her son.
"Ah, yes, well. I met your husband briefly. He and Draco were shopping for school books I believe." He seemed very uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry to bring up my late husband. He was not always evil as he was in his final years. In following the Dark Lord, the man who I married died, and he became a monster, practically unrecognizable even to me. I feel blessed that my son did not inherit all of his father's traits. Only the better ones. I know that my husband caused many people pain, I know that he treated your daughter horribly. I do hope that you won't hold that against me. I didn't love that man, I loved the man that he used to be." Narcissa smiled and tried to push back the tears that were forming in her eyes.
"We would never hold your husband's actions against you, any more than we hold them against Draco. Our Hermione speaks very highly of you. You seem to be a very kind and loving mother." Hermione's mother stating, trying to comfort her.
Narcissa smiled, she turned to look at Hermione. "Hermione is a wonderful woman. I am so happy that she and my Draco found each other. She has helped to bring out the kind, loving side of my dear son that I treasure so much." She reached over and squeezed Hermione's hand.
They continued to talk for another hour, until Narcissa looked at the time and decided she best head back to the manner. She hugged her son, and Hermione, she then shook hands with both Hermione's parents before disappearing with a pop.
"It is getting quite late. I think that your mother and I will head on up to bed. We'll see you two in the morning." Hermione's father stood up, kissed her on the head, nodded and smiled at Draco and left the room. Hemione's mother did the same, and followed her husband to bed.
"Well, that went very well. They seemed to get along great." Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and stretched. "Listen, I'm not really tired yet, do you want to watch a movie or something?"
"Sure, what movies do you have?" Draco asked stretching as well.
"We could watch The Notebook. We both like that movie, and we've already seen it, so we don't have to give our undivided attention to it." She smiled shyly looking away.
"That sounds great. I just want the chance to be able to curl up with you for awhile. It's been a long day." Draco stood up and followed Hermione to the living room where there was a large screen TV, and DVD player.
Hermione popped in the movie and they both curled up on the couch to watch it. They didn't spend much time watching the movie, they spent more time concentrating on each other. They eventually fell asleep. Hermione awoke shortly before dawn. She hurried and got up and turned off the TV. She then woke Draco and told him that they had better get upstairs to their rooms so they wouldn't get in trouble. They both went upstairs. Hermione kissed Draco goodnight one last time. Put on pajamas, and climbed into her bed. She fell right back to sleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Draco did the same in his room.
I know, I'm awful and this chapter took forever to come out. It is a very long chapter though, it took me forever to write it all down. I'm going to start on the next chapter tonight. Hopefully it won't take so long to update this time. Please read and review.