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Chapter 11
Hermione's POV:
CHRISTMAS! WOOT WOOT! It's- OUCH! Hello, Draco's body.
" That is the fifth time you hit into me."
" Only five?" I sat up. " How long have you been up?"
" Not too long." He gave me the most amazing smile and moved in closer to me. " Come here." What else could I do but listen? He gave me a hug. " Happy Christmas, you know-it-all bushy haired buck toothed beaver."
" You're ruining our moment." I held onto him, my head on his chest.
" I seem to do that a lot." He let me go and got out of bed. Was he wearing only boxers last night? " Present time!" I laughed and got out of bed. When we were dressed we went downstairs in my living room where the tree was. Of course I ran to the tree, like usual, and ripped open my presents with record speed.
" They're not going anywhere, honey." My mom came in and sat down on the couch.
" I know but there's so many!"
" You must be on Santa's good girl list to get all these presents!" My dad said and sat next to my mom.
" I love Santa!" RIP, GIRL, RIP!
" You're gunna break that!" Draco said. Was it from him?
" Did you get me this?" I stopped ripping the paper like a wild beast. When opened I found a small necklace with…fire inside? I turned to Draco.
" A reminder why we're here." He laughed. My dad glared.
" Yes, I heard about that. Tell me how that went about." My mom gave him an evil glare and pulled him out of the room. Thanks mom!
" This is great, Draco. Thank you." I stood up and gave him a hug.
" You still have 19 left." He whispered. 19? OH MY MERLIN, 19?
" You got me 20 presents…" I said slowly. How do I top THAT off?
" Uh, yeah." He looked around the room and then back at me. "So, where's my present?"
" Oh, here!" I handed it to him and sat next to him on the floor. He opened it and stared.
" Hair gel?" I tried not to laugh. " And two books on how to use it. ' Instant hair holder', ' Proper Hair Care' by Branden Colon. Thanks, Hermione. Really..." I started laughing.
" Oh, don't be silly! Here's your real gift." I gave him a small box and waited. So did he. " Opening it is usually the first step to finding out what it is."
" Yeah." He opened it and took out a pendant. Which took me weeks to get! " Hermione! This is so cool! Where did you get this?" He smiled.
" Oh, around." Actually I couldn't find a damn thing so I had it specially made. He better like it or his balls are mine!
" Oh, wow! I love you! Thanks." He loves me?
" Welcome. Now back to our other presents, huh?" I smiled and turned back to the tree. Well, I didn't totally turn around since Draco caught me in a weird hug. " You're such a cuddle bunny!" I giggled and tried to push him off. Playfully, of course. He let me go.
" Hermione?" He said when he let go.
" Yeah?" Present number 18…
" You know I'm really grateful that you're my friend." 17… " And I'm really happy you invited me here to spend Christmas with you." 16… " I just wanted to say—Oh will you put the presents down for a minute! I'm tying to ask you out here!" 15…WHAT?
" Ask me out?" I turned back to face him. He sighed.
" Yes, as in a date." He voice sounded strained.
" I know what it is!"
" Well?" He said after a few minutes.
" Well what?" Let's see how far I can take this…
" Hermione!" He shouted. I laughed. Not too far.
" Yes!" I shouted back.
" Yes, you're listening or yes, you agree to going out with me?"
" Both." He let out a harsh breath. Back to presents! Now where was I…oh, 14…
" You're infuriating, you know that?" And I take pride in it too.
" Love you too." 13…
When we finished with our presents we ate breakfast. That was a challenge. My dad kept asking about Death Eaters. Of course my mom, being the angel she is, told him to 'Shut up you bastard'. I love her. So now me and Drakey ( I just call him that to get him angry. Works like a charm.) are in my room. I've introduced him to the television and he hasn't gotten away from it since. It's been 3 hours.
" What's that pecking?" Draco asked when a commercial was on. He deiced commercials sucked so he talked to me when the were on.
" Owl." I said getting up and opened my window. " Probably Ron, Harry, or maybe even Ginny." He gave me a weird look. " Weaselette…" I rolled my eyes when he smiled. I took the message off the owl, which I've never seen before and it flew off right away.
" Draco, do you have a black owl?" He froze.
" Black owl?" He squeaked and got up. He took the message opened his mouth and blinked. A lot. He's going to drool, isn't he? " It's from my dad." Oh, great.
" What does it say?" I sat on my bed and motioned him to do the same. When he sat down he opened it and read out loud.
Draco,
How is your vacation going? I hear you're doing well. I also hear you're at the Mudblood Granger's house. Pack your bags and come home. We have to have a little chat about your loyalties. Be sure to listen, Draco, for I will not take this matter lightly. I will come get you. Be quick.
Lucius Malfoy
" A chat?" I asked after he finished and put it down.
" He's going to ask why I'm here. If I don't give him the right answer, I get in trouble." He said calmly. He got up and walked to the guest room. I followed him in and he started packing.
" Trouble? What are you doing? What are you going to tell him?" He ignored me.
" Draco?"
" He's a Death Eater, Hermione, use you're imagination."
" And what are you going to tell him?"
" That's simple. I'm going to say I'm trying to get close to you to get close to Potter."
" You can't go." I sat on his bags. " I wont let you!"
" I have to go. I'll be fine. I've dealt with him before." He pushed me off and finished packing. We walked downstairs into my living room and he flooed home.
Draco's POV:
Wakes up. Opens eyes. Sees sun. Closes eyes. Repeat. It's like directions for washing hair…Ouch!
" That is the fifth time you hit into me."
" Only five?" Hermione sat up. " How long have you been up?"
" Not too long." I smiled and moved in closer to her. I have come to the realization that I like Hermione. I must be ill. " Come here." She moved in closer and I gave her a hug. No, not ill. Happy. " Happy Christmas, you know-it-all bushy haired buck toothed beaver." Beat that!
" You're ruining our moment." She held onto me, her head on my chest. I can live like this.
" I seem to do that a lot." I let go and got out of bed. I'm guessing she likes my boxers. Or is it the stuff in it? I'll be nice and not comment. Today. " Present time!" She laughed and got out of bed. When we were dressed we went downstairs in her living room where a tree was. They use trees? I use the end of my bed. Hermione ran to the tree and ripped open her presents.
" They're not going anywhere, honey." Mrs. Granger came in and sat down on the couch.
" I know but there's so many!"
" You must be on Santa's good girl list to get all these presents!" Mr. Granger said and sat next to Hermione's mom.
" I love Santa!" And there she rips…wait!
" You're gunna break that!"
" Did you get me this?" She stopped ripping the paper like an animal and ripped it like a normal human being. She opened it and found a small necklace with fire inside. She turned to me.
" A reminder why we're here." I laughed. Her dad glared.
" Yes, I heard about that. Tell me how that went about." Mrs. Granger gave him an evil glare and pulled him out of the room. How I love Hermione's mom!
" This is great, Draco. Thank you." She stood up and gave me a hug. Should I tell her?
" You still have 19 left." I whispered. Her eyes widened.
" You got me 20 presents…" She said slowly.
" Uh, yeah." Change the subject change the sub-. "So, where's my present?" Good boy, Draco.
" Oh, here!" She handed off my present and sat next to me on the floor. What the hell?
" Hair gel? And two books on how to use it. ' Instant hair holder', ' Proper Hair Care' by Branden Colon. Thanks, Hermione. Really..." She laughed.
" Oh, don't be silly! Here's your real gift." She gave me a small box and waited.
" Opening it is usually the first step to finding out what it is."
" Yeah." Oops. I opened it and took out a pendant with a dragon AND a snake. The snake was around the dragon tail. I'm guessing for my name and my house. " Hermione! This is so cool! Where did you get this?" I smiled.
" Oh, around."
" Oh, wow! I love you! Thanks." Did I just blurt out…never mind. I'm dumb.
" Welcome. Now back to our other presents, huh?" She smiled and tried turned back to the tree but I caught her in a weird hug. " You're such a cuddle bunny!" She giggled and tried to push me off. Well, here it goes…
" Hermione?" I said when I let go.
" Yeah?" She said with her back towards me, one of my presents in her hands.
" You know I'm really grateful that you're my friend." And another… " And I'm really happy you invited me here to spend Christmas with you." And another… " I just wanted to say—Oh will you put the presents down for a minute! I'm tying to ask you out here!" She froze.
" Ask me out?" She turned to face me and I sighed.
" Yes, as in a date." Annoyed, yes?
" I know what it is!"
" Well?" I said after a few minutes.
" Well what?"
" Hermione!" I shouted. She laughed.
" Yes!" She shouted back.
" Yes, you're listening or yes, you agree to going out with me?"
" Both." I let out the breath I was holding. She went back to her presents.
" You're infuriating, you know that?" She smiled but didn't look at me.
" Love you too." YES!
When we finished with our presents we ate breakfast. Fun. Mr. Granger kept asking about Death Eaters. Hermione's mom told him, and I quote, 'Shut up you bastard'. So now we're are in Hermione's room. I've been introduced a telo-fish-in and I got hooked! Hermione tells me it's been 3 hours but I don't believe her. She just wants the little button pusher to change the 'channels'. I heard this tapping sound.
" What's that pecking?" I asked when a commercial was on. I hate commercials. And what the hell is this 'magic kitchen remover'?
" Owl." Hermione said getting up and opened the window. " Probably Ron, Harry, or maybe even Ginny." Who? " Weaselette…" She rolled her eyes when I smiled. I love the name I gave her! Hermione took the message off the owl.
" Draco, do you have a black owl?" I froze.
" Black owl?" I got up, took the message and stared. " It's from my dad." He knows.
" What does it say?" Hermione sat on her bed and I joined her. I read out loud.
Draco,
How is your vacation going? I hear you're doing well. I also hear you're at the Mudblood Granger's house. Pack your bags and come home. We have to have a little chat about your loyalties. Be sure to listen, Draco, for I will not take this matter lightly. I will come get you. Be quick.
Lucius Malfoy
" A chat?" I put the letter down.
" He's going to ask why I'm here. If I don't give him the right answer, I get in trouble." I said trying to be calm. I went to go pack.
" Trouble? What are you doing? What are you going to tell him?" Did she say something?
" Draco?"
" He's a Death Eater, Hermione, use you're imagination." I snapped.
" And what are you going to tell him?" She whispered.
" That's simple. I'm going to say I'm trying to get close to you to get close to Potter." She looked up at me.
" You can't go." She sat on my bags. " I wont let you!"
" I have to go. I'll be fine. I've dealt with him before." I pushed her off and finished packing. We walked downstairs into her living room and I flooed home.
" How nice of you to joy me, Draco. Come, sit."
" Yes, Father." I sat down in one of his office chairs. Waiting silently, I looked around the place. The last time I was here I was about five. I got a few good whacks in because I was playing with a little muggleborn girl. I didn't really see the difference in muggleborn and magical at the time. Kinda don't see it now either though. Not since Hermione. Till this very day I dread being in here. It only meant more beatings.
" What's your motivates for being in the Mudblood's home?" My father said stiffly. He had a glass of alcohol but I don't know what kind.
" I have a plan." I stated and fell silent.
" Are you ever going to tell me, boy? I'm dying to know what genius plan you've cooked up." He said being sarcastic, angry, and bored. The last bit was a guess since he was picking at his nails.
" I was planning to get close to Granger to get to Potter, Father. He seems to trust his friends and if she lets me in, he will."
" And you didn't use Weasley, why?"
" Weasley is much to stubborn to see that I'm a 'changed man'." I said smirking for effect.
" Granger is easy and…willing." My father sat up straight at this.
" Willing? How so?"
" Oh, I think you know, how so, Father. I have her practically eating out of my hands." I waited for him to say something but he waved me off. Next thing on list: Owl Hermione.
And there you have it! By the way, Branden Colon is one of my best friends and was the one whogave me the idea ofthe wholehair geland hair care books ( He made up the books names)present to Draco.To my reviewers from last chapter:
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