Chapter 15

I Miss My Dragon!

Christmas came again at Hogwarts and Harry dragged me away from Draco and took my unwilling ass to the Burrow. (And don't get me wrong, it wasn't because I didn't want to see Mrs Weasley, I just didn't want to be anywhere near Harry or Ivy.)

Ivy and Harry were talking more and more secretively, always shutting up when I entered the room. The only person that was talking to me in the Burrow was Watson (Mione.).

It seemed that Hermione had become my new best friend. We never spent a minute without each other and we seemed to be able to tell each other anything. That made me happy because Harry, Ron and my supposed best friend Ivy were ignoring me. Ginny was just my friend, she talked with Harry and Ron and Ivy, too, but she spent time with me and Hermione.

"Hey, Hermione?" I asked Christmas Eve night when we were alone.

"Yeah, Sherlock?" Mione asked, looking up at me from her book.

"What does Harry really think of Draco?" I asked, setting down my Sherlock Holmes.

Hermione sighed "Harry thinks that Malfoy is a Death Eater." she said with a huff.

"What?" I asked, shocked and betrayed. How could my brother think that my boyfriend was a Death Eater?

"Sherlock, listen to me," Watson said, looking at me with all knowing eyes "it's not true. Malfoy can be a git, and a prat, and a jerk, and a -"

"Ok, ok, Watson, I get it!" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Good." Hermione said, laughing before becoming serious "I may know that Malfoy might be all those things, but I also know that he's in love with you and he wouldn't join Voldemort because he knew it'd upset you."

I smiled "Thanks." I said "Is Draco loving me that obvious?"

Hermione laughed "You're welcome. And please, it's been obvious that Malfoy's been madly in love with you since first year! It's hard to believe that I'm the one that's Watson and you're Sherlock sometimes." she said, rolling her eyes as Ivy came in.

"Hey, guys. Mrs Weasley said it's time for dinner and carolling and crap." Ivy said, looking me dead in the eyes with a concerned look.

Hermione and I smiled at each other "Thanks, V." we said together, standing up and starting to walk out.

Ivy grabbed my arm "We gotta talk." she said seriously as Hermione walked down the hall to dinner.

I sighed as Ivy pushed me back into the room "What do you want?" I demanded "If you want to talk, why not talk to your new best friend, Harry?"

"New best friend?" Ivy muttered, shaking her head "Han, you're my best friend. And I want to tell you that you're in more danger now than ever."

"Again?" I asked sarcastically "From who? Hermione?"

"No!" Ivy snapped "From Malfoy!"

"Again with the Draco's-going-to-put-me-in-danger crap?" I asked, rolling my eyes "Ivy, let me speak slowly so you can hear me. Draco…is…not…going…to…endanger…my…life." I said.

"How many times must I say that I never said that!" Ivy sighed, rolling her eyes "I'm saying that you're in danger because of Malfoy."

I sighed "Draco will protect me if that's the case, Ivy." I said, standing up.

"He can't! He's a Death Eater, it's not his orders."

"Ivy, Draco's not a Death Eater for the millionth time!" I snapped, walking out of the room "He wouldn't do that to me!"

"You never know! Look at Zimmerman, she seemed all nice and Miss Friendly, but she turned out to be a slimy, bitchy cow." Ivy called out after me.

I ignored her and walked into the dining room, nodding politely to Harry and Ron before sitting next to Hermione, Ginny sitting on my other side. Remus, Tonks, Kingsley, Bill, Fleur, the Twins and a bunch of other people were already there, seated.

"Sis." Harry said curtly.

"Harry." I said, just as curtly before turning brightly to Hermione and Ginny and started gossiping.

After dinner, Mrs Weasley played a live stream of her favourite artist, Celestina Warbeck as Fleur made some nasty commenting gestures.

"Hey, why don't we sing The Chipmunks Christmas Song?" I asked Hermione and Ginny.

"Yeah!" they said together.

"Oh, this should be good. Hermione can't sing!" Ron moaned sarcastically.

"Shut up, Ronald!" Hermione and I snapped together.

Ron looked down, muttering something about "Almost like twins in the mindset."

Hermione, Ginny and I grinned at each other as Mrs Weasley reluctantly put on the music that we needed.

A/N: BOLD-Hannah singing

Underlined-Hermione singing

Italicised-Ginny singing

All three-Hannah, Hermione and Ginny singing

Remus looked at Hermione, Ginny and I "Ok, you witches, are you ready to sing your song?"

"I'd say we are!"

"Yeah!"

"Let's sing it now!"

Remus: "Ok, Hermione?"

"Ok!"

Remus: "Ok, Ginny?"

"Ok, Remus."

I was off in my own la-la-land.

Remus: "Ok, Hannah? Hannah? Hannah!"

"Ok! Christmas, Christmas time is near!"

"Time for toys!"

"And time for cheer!"

"We've been good but we can't last, hurry Christmas, hurry fast!"

"Want a plane that loops the loop!"

"Me, I want Draco and a hula hoop!"

"We can hardly stand the wait, please Christmas, don't be late!"

Remus: "Ok, ladies, get ready. That was very good, Hermione."

"Naturally."

Remus: "Very good, Ginny." Ginny giggled.

Remus: "Now, Hannah, you were a little flat. So watch it, Hannah. Hannah? HANNAH!"

"Ok!"

"Want a plane that loops the loop!"

"I still want Draco and that hula hoop!"

"LET IT GO!" Ron, Harry and Ivy shouted together, interrupting the song.

"We can hardly stand the wait, please Christmas don't be late!"

"We can hardly stand the wait!"

"Please Christmas…"

"Don't be…"

"Late!" Hermione, Ginny and I finished together.

"Muggle songs rule!" Hermione and I said together, high fiving each other.

"I meant it. I want Draco and a hula hoop." I said seriously.

"What would you do with him if you got him?" Ginny whispered to me.

I shrugged "Make him do my homework." I giggled "Just kidding." I added hastily to the death glare I got from Hermione. "Oh, yeah!" I said, pulling a vial out of my pocket "I forgot about that extra credit I was doing this year for Slughorn!" I said, examining the Amortentia antidote. "I'm giving Draco Amortentia to see if he reacts any different around me."

Hermione nodded "Excellent experiment, Han. Do you have Malfoy's consent?"

My shoulders sagged "No." I said, sighing.

Ginny giggled and Ivy groaned "Easy enough, Han. Just ask him! He loves you, if he loves you, he won't be able to say no."

"Especially with the puppy-dog eyes." Hermione added, smiling.

"Oh, yes!" I giggled and pouting at Harry "Harry…will you let me get a car?" I asked.

"No!" Harry shouted.

"Please?" I asked.

"NO!" Harry shouted again.

I bowed my head, letting the tears fall down my face "Ok. I get it." I said sadly, sitting down.

Harry sighed "Han, I'm not falling for that act." he said. "You're trying to act all cutesy and depressed, then you think I'll be putty in your hands."

I looked up at my brother and sniffed "Is that really what you think I do, Harry?" I asked, hurt before going to hug him "Ok." I pouted.

"Oh, no!" Harry said, dodging me "Don't you play that adorable Slytherin goody-goody act. It won't work!"

I stared into his eyes with my own that were glistening with fake tears.

"Han…" Harry groaned.

I stared some more, blinking to let a tear fall.

"Ugh! Fine, you can get your stupid car." Harry said, giving in.

I squealed and stopped the act "Thanks, bro, you're the best!" I said, squeezing him and walking over to a gaping Hermione and Ginny "And that, my friends, is how you manipulate a man."

"Man…" Ginny said in awe.

"You. Are. Good!" Hermione drawled.

"Five Galleons I can get Draco to take Amortentia from that look." I said.

"You're on!" Hermione said.

"I'm game." Ginny said.

"I'm in, just to watch Malfoy shout 'For the last bloody time, Hannah, no!'" Ivy said, smirking.

"Oh, I'll be fifteen Galleons richer in the New Year, then." I beamed.

"You are so not!" the girls shouted together, laughing.

"I am!" I protested.

"Whatever helps you sleep this Christmas eve, Han." Ivy said, rolling her eyes "Little visions of your little ferrety Death Eater dancing in your head."

"Enough with the Draco-is-a-Death-Eater thing! It's getting on my nerves!" I snapped. "And another thing, it's sugarplums." I added in a pompous tone.

"Not with Princess Ferret." Ivy said, beaming. "Oh, come on, Han," she added at my death glare "I'm your best friend. I tease because I love you."

"Oh, at least I don't dream about snogging Italians." I pointed out.

"Leave Blaise out of this!" Ivy shouted.

"Make me!" I said, getting up and glaring into her face.

We stood there for two minutes until Dominique started laughing.

"You two are like fire and ice!" she giggled "'Ow can you two be best friends?"

Ivy and I started laughing, clutching each other as we sat down on the loveseat. "I have no idea!" we said at the same time.

"You two are nothing alike, I've just noticed." Ron said seriously "Ivy's a temperamental girl that will kick your ass should the need arise, but deep down she has a hidden mushy goo-goo side. Hannah, on the other hand, is a die-hard Slytherin bad girl that likes to beat us up for amusement, but with Malfoy, she acts like a completely different person. All giddy and romantic and disgusting." he said, rolling his eyes "Ivy's always the same, with Zabini or otherwise. How can you two be best friends? Dommie's right. You two are like fire, who's Hannah and Ivy, or should I say Icy?"

Hermione glared at Ron as Ivy and I continued to laugh it up "Ron, first, they're both Chasers, second, they've been through almost the exact same thing, third look at them!" she said, gesturing to Ivy's and my giggle fit "Best friends are always like that."

"I was asking them, Hermione." Ron snapped, glaring at her as I finally stopped laughing.

"She keeps me sane." Ivy and I said together.

"Despite her Malfoy obsession." Ivy said seriously.

"Hey, I'm not the one accusing Draco of being something with no evidence." I pointed out.

"Whatever." Ivy said coldly.

"See?" Ron said, pointing to Ivy "She's ice to Hannah's fire!"

I looked to Ivy "I guess you've got a new nickname, V. Or should I call you 'Icy?'" I asked, turning and smirking at Ivy…I mean Icy.

"Shut up, Ron." Icy said, giving Ron a death glare "And besides, you're already on my shit list. Don't think I didn't know what you did to Hannah at Slughorn's party!"

"Yeah!" Hermione and Ginny said together angrily, standing up.

"What did Ron do?" Dommie asked, turning to me.

"Oh, he ditched me right when we arrived for Harry and some chicken wings." I said, glaring at Ron.

"They were really good chicken wings!" Ron protested as Fred, Dominique and George gasped.

"Ron!" they gasped together, smirking.

"That is no way to treat a lady!" Fred mock-scolded.

"Especially one who was your only ticket to that party, according to Hermione." George added, shaking his head "I thought we raised you better."

"Raise him to do what?" Ivy demanded.

"Treat a lady." Fred said "Especially the lady of another man."

"Or Ferret-Faced Git." George corrected.

"Oh, shut up, both of you!" I snapped, standing up.

"Oh, did Ferret-Queen get a little mad?" Harry teased.

"Technically, Harry, she's the Ferret Princess. Malfoy and her haven't got hitched yet." George said, smirking.

"Ugh!" I said, turning on my heel "You guys are impossible! I'm going to go to bed, you guys are giving me a headache." I said, storming out of the room.

"Girls." Ron and Harry said together.

"Women." Fred and George said together before I walked upstairs and shut the door behind me.

I smiled when I saw Draco's owl waiting for me holding a parcel and a note.

"What, does Draco make you wait for me?" I asked, giving Aurora an Owl Nugget as I untied the letter and parcel from her leg.

Aurora gave a hoot and sat on the edge of my bed as I read the letter first (As I always did.)

Dear Hannah,

Having a good holiday? Mother's been driving me up the wall planning the annual Manor Christmas Ball and crap. With the whole Potter-Never-Letting-You-Out-Of-His-Sight thing and the whole Being-On-The-Brink-Of-A-Wizard-War thing, I'm stuck going with Pansy. Once this war's done, I promise that I'll bring you with me.

I know I'm a little early, but I gave you your present a few hours early, with the Ball being Christmas Day and crap, I wouldn't have time to send it to you with all the things the Malfoys do. *eye roll*

I hope you like it. Merry Christmas and I'll see you in the New Year. Love you, Spitfire.

Yours,

Draco

I giggled and rolled my eyes. It didn't matter if Draco sent my gift early. It was the thought that counts.

I opened the parcel and saw my jewellery box that Monique gave me for Christmas in first year in it.

"Draco nicked it." I muttered, opening the box and gasping.

Resting in the box, besides my classic jewellery was one thing that stood out.

"Tomboy jewellery." I whispered, taking out the necklace.

It was a silver necklace with a blue and red 53 on it…Jeff Skinner's jersey number.

I smiled and put it on.

"I won't ask for much this Christmas. I don't even wish for snow. I'm just gonna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe. I won't make a list and send it to the North Pole for Saint Nick. I won't even stay awake to hear those magic reindeers click. Because I just want you here tonight, holding on to me so tight, what more can I do? All I want for Christmas is you. Make my wish come true…all I want for Christmas is you." I sang under my breath before I fell asleep.

"Harmonia Nectere Passus. Harmonia Nectere Passus."

I shot awake Christmas morning, shaking my head. All I was dreaming of was Dumbledore on top of the Astronomy Tower. He was murdered repeatedly by someone and all I heard was a male's voice sobbing my name.

I shook the nightmare out of my head and pillaged my stocking. I got a new Weasley sweater from Mrs Weasley and a tin of homemade fudge, a book on the Kitchener Rangers from Hermione.

"Nice one, Mione!" I said, whipping the book into the air.

"Thanks. Glad you like it." Hermione said, opening my gift of a new Ancient Runes book.

I got some Weasley Wizard Wheezes merchandise from Fred and George, a new dress from Bill and Fleur and another present from Draco.

Aurora flew in with a large box, dropped it on my lap with an affectionate nip to the ear and flew away after I gave her an Owl Nugget.

I opened the box and gasped.

It was a stuffed dragon.

To my little Spitfire,

Love your Dragon.

I blushed furiously and put the box the stuffed dragon came in aside as I opened the new broom resurfacing kit I got from Ivy, a new set of Chasers' gloves from Ron and an adorable purse from Harry.

Not to mention the almost entirely new wardrobe I got from my dorm mates, my fellow members of the DA and my first years and Willow and her friends.

I wore my new Weasley sweater to dinner that night and ate with my friends and family. I sighed as Fleur fed Bill bits of turkey off her own fork.

"Ah, yuck!" Ivy said, averting her eyes "It's bad enough I have to watch Han and Malfoy do that at school but not here, Fleur!"

"Awe, Fleur, you must be excited to be getting married to such an 'andsome boy." Dommie gushed.

"Oui, oui, Dominique." Fleur said, nodding as she kissed the tip of Bill's nose.

"Arthur!" Mrs Weasley called out suddenly "Arthur, it's Percy!"

I snapped up and looked out the snowy window, and sure enough there was Percy Weasley, the family betraying prat.

"And…and he's brought the Minister with him…and…odd…he has the Malfoy boy." Mrs Weasley said, creasing her eyebrows together.

I gasped and shot up as Harry, Ivy, Ron and Ginny shot up and shouted "What?"

"It's him! It's him!" I squealed excitedly. "Oh, Skinner, I'll be upstairs!" I said, rushing upstairs to fix my hair.

I wasn't even in the bathroom for five minutes when Harry shouted "HANNAH! There's a git here to see you!"

I gasped and fixed myself before taking a deep breath. "Ok, Potter, breathe, breathe." I said before running down the stairs and jumping the last step and looking at the front door.

"Hey, Spitfire." Draco said, holding out his arms for me to run into.

"Draco!" I shouted, running into his arms and holding him in mine as he picked me up and spun me around "You're here, you're really here!" I added, tears falling down my face because I was so elated.

Ivy mimed vomiting into her dinner but I didn't care.

"I was at the Malfoy Christmas party and all he could talk about was how excited he was to be going back to school next week to see his girlfriend, and since I had Weasley with me, who was eager to see his mother, I brought him with me, I knew you were visiting with the Weasleys this Christmas, so I decided he had to come along." Scrimgeour said, smiling at me.

I wrenched myself out of Draco's arms and hugged the new Minister for Magic "Thank you, Minister. Thank you!" I said happily.

Scrimgeour smiled and patted me on the shoulder when I let him go "You're quite welcome, dear girl." he said, nodding to Draco "Now, we must be getting Mr Malfoy back to his party and Percy and I must be on our way."

I gaped "But you just got here!" I protested, looking at Draco.

"Oh, relax, I wasn't going to leave so fast. I sort of fancied taking a walk to let Percy talk to his mother and you get your time with Mr Malfoy. Say, that young lad's finished, why doesn't he join me out in the garden?" Scrimgeour said, nodding to Harry.

Harry looked around and glared at Draco before standing "All right, I guess." Harry said, waiting for the Minister to reach him before walking out the back door to the garden.

"I'll be out front, should anyone need me!" I said, walking out the door and closing it without even a coat. It was snowing.

"You're here!" I said again when the door was closed, wrapping my arms around Draco's neck as he picked me up.

"Yes, we've perceive the fact that I'm here." Draco said, kissing me softly.

"What about your party?" I asked, looking up at Draco as I kissed him again.

"Mother thinks I'm just talking to my friends." Draco said, shrugging as he took off his cloak "What she doesn't know won't hurt her." he added, wrapping me in it. "Why didn't you wear a coat? You must be freezing!"

I shrugged "I guess I can't feel it." I said before sneezing. Smooth, Potter, real smooth. I thought to myself.

Draco chuckled "That was a very cute sneeze." he said as I went bright pink. "And the blush makes it adorable."

I pushed off him and put my hands on my hips, only to slip on a piece of ice and fall on my bum.

"You ok?" Draco asked, suddenly worried.

"Fine." I said as he helped me up and brushed snow off me. "Just fine." I added, blushing some more "And my adorably clumsy nature?"

"As endearing as ever." Draco confirmed for me, kissing me in the snow.

I giggled into the kiss. I really was a secret romantic. Kissing in the rain, in the snow, falling flat on my ass, typical romantic teenaged girl.

"You know," Draco whispered as we sat on the window sill "if Mother wasn't going to wonder where I was and your family wouldn't kill me, I'd stay."

I blinked "All night?" I asked.

"Only if you wanted me to." Draco said, smirking. "Would you like me to?"

I nodded. "Of course! It isn't Christmas without you!"

Draco smirked "Oh, yeah, I almost forgot." Draco said, pulling something out of his pocket and handing it to me.

"What? You already gave me two presents." I said.

Draco smirked "Fourth year." he said simply.

I blinked. Fourth year…the Yule Ball.

"Two years." I gasped.

Draco smirked "Happy anniversary, love." he said, handing me the small box.

Scrimgeour and Percy walked out.

"Come along, Draco, we'd best get you back to the Manor." Scrimgeour said "Say goodbye to Miss Potter, now."

I blinked. "Bye." I said.

"See you at school, Spitfire." Draco said, kissing me softly as I tucked the box into my pocket.

"Come along, Draco, before your mother starts to worry." Percy said pompously, making me roll my eyes.

"See you." Draco said one more time, giving me a wink before walking off with Scrimgeour and Percy.

"Wait, your cloak!" I shouted, starting to take Draco's cloak off.

"Hold it for me!" Draco called back before he was gone with a crack.

I smiled, wrapping Draco's cloak around me as I walked back into the house.

A/N: So, what did Draco get Hannah? What do you think about this whole Hannah/Hermione best friendship? Ivy's new nickname? Reviews are welcomed!