I had learned time passed quickly at Hogwarts. November had quickly turned into December and that too passed rather fast. It seemed like only yesterday that I had been sitting in the stands at the first Quidditch game of the year. Now, I was packing, getting ready for my vacation at home. In my room three of us were packing, me, Daphne, and Pansy. Recently Daphne and I had grown even closer while Pansy and I grew farther apart. As of late she had done nothing but give me glares and criticize and gossip about me to whoever bothered to listen.

As we finished packing our luggage Daphne and I hugged and said goodbye to one another. Pansy stormed out of the room before we could say anything to her. I tried to not be rude to people but Pansy made it really hard to act nice.

"Don't pay attention to her. She just wants to get under your skin" Daphne told me as we got our stuff and headed to the common room.

"I know that she likes Draco and all but what does that have to do with me?" I asked slightly hoping that Daphne could help me understand. I mean Draco and I spent a lot of time together but I also spoke to Fred and George a lot and if she wanted to be with him she could always do it when I was with them. That and she had permanently taken my place next to Draco during our meals in the Great Hall. Honestly, I didn't understand what she was so angry about.

"Wait, are you serious?" Daphne asked as if my question had an obvious answer. When she saw my confused expression she looked surprised. "Wow. You really don't see it do you?"

"See what?"

"Wow" was all she said as we walked into the Slytherin common room. Draco was waiting there for me next to his luggage. We had agreed to sit next to each other on the train home. Daphne looked like she wanted to say something else but stopped, looked at Draco for a second, then turned to me again and quickly said her last goodbye before walking out of the door.

"What's with her?" Draco asked as he met me by where I was standing. I wasn't sure so I simply shrugged and smiled at him.

We began to walk up the stairs towards the Great Hall as a little stop before we left. I had wanted to say goodbye to Hermione and I knew she'd be there saying goodbye to Ron and Harry, she'd told me so. Crabbe and Goyle had taken our bags and gone to save Draco and me a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. They seemed to have developed some sort of obedience towards Draco but they looked happy so I didn't argue it. Draco grumbled a little on our way to the Great Hall as he didn't see the point of going through so much trouble "just for a Gryffindor girl".

In the Great Hall we found her along with Harry and Ron sitting and talking. Draco waited for me by the door as I made my way to the three Gryffindors. They looked very close now and it was nice to see them like that, Hermione looked happy. Farther ahead of them I saw Fred and George joking with their friend Lee. They had told me that their parents weren't going to be home as they were visiting one of their brothers in Romania so they were staying at Hogwarts this year. I kept walking and as I came closer Ron saw me and hushed the other two.

"Hi!" Hermione said and came over and hugged me. I said hello back and hugged her tight. Just like with Daphne, Hermione and I had been getting closer. We separated and wished each other a fun vacation. She said I had to write to her while we were gone and I said she had to do the same. Soon we started laughing and talking and I didn't realize how long we had been doing it until I heard Draco loudly clear his throat by the door. I turned to see him tapping his foot impatiently staring at us as he did. I sighed and told Hermione one last goodbye before walking towards the door.

"Why do you talk to her? She's a Slytherin" I heard Ron say as I walked away. I kept walking and pretended not to hear, it was an understandable question, but I heard Hermione hit him anyway. He complained to her but didn't say anything else. The scene, even if I wasn't watching it, reminded me a lot of Draco and me; maybe Draco wasn't as different as I thought he was. Maybe it's a boy thing I wondered as I just about reached Draco.

"Kitty!" I heard a familiar voice call and turned to see my two favorite twins walking towards me. Fred and George had come to say their goodbyes and wished me a happy vacation. I gave them each a hug and told them to write just as I had to Hermione. They agreed and waved goodbye as I walked over to the now irritated looking Draco.

"Wait!" I heard one them yell. I stopped but before I could even ask what was wrong they each got on either side of me and, at the same time, gave me a kiss on the cheek. My eyes went wide as they did and remained so even after they pulled back. This was the first time they had done anything like this and I wasn't really sure how to react. Before I got enough composure to ask what the reason for that had been they both got in front of me and pointed up. "Mistletoe" they said at the same time and ran back towards their friend Lee, shouting at me to have a merry Christmas. I had forgotten about the Christmas decorations on the ceiling.

I finally reached Draco by the door and he didn't look happy. We made our way to the train and he didn't say anything else until we were in the compartment. He practically kicked Crabbe and Goyle out but they didn't look as if they minded his behavior. Normally I would have scolded him for acting like that but seeing as he was angry with me I didn't feel like correcting him. But at last he spoke.

"I can't believe you let those two weasels kiss you. You'll probably get rabies or something you know" he said picking at a loose string in his robes. I had to laugh, even when he was upset at me I found him adorable.

"It was just on the cheek. It's not a bad thing. I kiss you like that all the time"

"That's different" he said and looked up at me with his big shiny silver eyes

I sat next to Draco, rather than where I'd been in front of him, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. His cheeks grew red and I rested my head against his shoulder. We remained like this for a little while, and Draco rested his head on mine. During the long ride home we talked about many things, mostly how hard it would be to be home. The reason that Draco and I had become so close as kids was because we had very similar lives at home, so we understood what each other went through. Both our fathers were very powerful and somewhat infamous wizards and we were both judged because of it. At home we were only paid attention to if something was needed from us, otherwise we were left to do as we pleased, which didn't always feel like a good thing. Draco and I had been the only people who were truly there for each other during our childhood and I was going to miss him during this vacation.