A/N: I do not own anything Harry Potter related.
It was now three days until Christmas and Hermione still needed to go to Diagon Alley to finish her shopping, she woke up early and took a shower. When she was done, she twirled her wand over her head and said "capillos arida" to dry her hair, and then she walked out of the bathroom into her room, then the huge walk in closet that held all of her clothes. She unwrapped her towel, stepped into a pair of underwear and a bra, and then proceeded to stand in the closet trying to figure out what to wear. She decided on a pair of dark jean trousers, a white long sleeve under shirt that had a scooped neck line, a deep green jumper with a deep V-neck that went to her just above her belly button, a black belt and black converse shoes, for jewelry she wore a chain with a diamond pendant on it and diamond stud earrings. This outfit was nothing compared to what she had been wearing but it was winter and they would be outside for most of their shopping. She put on a small amount of makeup and just a hint of vanilla body spray with perfume, after she was ready; she walked down to Daphne's room and knocked on the door.
"Hold on I will be out in a minute, Mione." Daphne yelled through the door and sure enough, a minute later Daphne walked out in a denim mini skirt, black leggings, a tight fitting green jumper and a pair of knee high black boots. Her hair was straightened and pulled into a ponytail, her make up us minimal and she had on no jewelry.
"Let's grab breakfast in Diagon Alley, I really want to get started on the shopping I have no idea what to get two certain people and it will probably take all day to find the perfect gifts for them." Hermione informed Daphne.
"Sounds good to me. I have to buy for the same two and maybe we can come up with some ideas that go together or combine our presents somehow." Daphne replied with a smile on her face. She was clueless on what to get Draco; Flint should be easy something for Quidditch.
"Alright let's go then, should we use your floo or mine?" Hermione asked.
"Mine its closer." So with that the girls walked back into Daphne's room and one at a time threw floo powder into the fireplace and said "Diagon Alley".
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They existed the fireplace at the Leaky Cauldron and went out the back door, where they tapped the bricks to the entrance to Diagon Alley. They walked down the street a few blocks and found a nice cafe to order breakfast in. They sat down at a table that faced the street; a waitress came over and took their orders. As they were waiting on their food, they sat and watched the people walk by.
"Hey what were you thinking on getting Marcus for the Christmas? I have no idea what to get Draco, he is picking about everything." Daphne knew that Hermione and Draco were closer than most of their friends, even though they had been friends for just a short amount of time. It seemed that all the years they spent fighting and hating each other, they actually learned a lot about each other.
"I was thinking of getting him a necklace with a charmed dragon on it that blew fire at anyone who tried to get close to him. But it would be charmed so that only certain people could get close to him, like me." Hermione told her, she knew that Draco would like this as she had seen him looking at just this necklace not that long ago in a magazine and he commented that he would like one of them.
"Do you think he will like it, I mean he is not one to wear jewelry and why would you be the only one not to get burned by the dragon, what about his girlfriend?" Daphne asked her with a smile on her face. She knew Hermione would charm it so that others would be able to get close to him.
"Well as his unofficial sister, I deem it my duty to keep the unwanted female population away from him, but I guess that I could make it so that you could hug him and I mean just hug him. I do not want to see the two of you snogging each other." Hermione told her with a smirk on her face similar to that which Draco wears most of the time.
"OK, well I say let's go look for this necklace that will keep all the slags away from my man." With that said Daphne grabbed her purse and headed out the door.
"I think the necklace is stocked at Magical Gems and Jewels, we should try there first. Then we will look for a present from you to that oh so wonderful man of yours." Hermione told her with a sarcastic tone to her voice.
"Lead the way oh wonderful Princess of Gryffindor or should it be Slytherin now?" Daphne joked with her.
"Oh, I think it should be the Princess of Puddlemere United!" Hermione joked back.
As they walked down the street to the store, they joked back and forth about their respective others and what their titles should be. They found the necklace in Magical Gems and Jewels, so they set out to Quality Quidditch to get Marcus' gift from Daphne. But there walk was interrupted half way there.
"Well, if it isn't the traitor and her sides kick. What are you doing here; shouldn't you be off with your furry ferret somewhere?" Ron spat this at Hermione as he, Harry and Ginny walked by them, well more like pushed passed them.
"Shouldn't you have your face in a plate of food somewhere, I mean that's where you usually are, right?" Hermione replied to him, she was so done with them. She was tempted to hex Ron right where he stood.
"Ron, come on just leave them, they are so not worth it." Ginny grabbed her brother by his arm and tried to drag him away.
"Oh, yeah we aren't worth your precious time, well just remember Ginny who was their when a certain someone thought you weren't worth their time. Next time he decided you're not worth it, don't come to me, I happen to have not one but three men who think I am worth their time. Oh and look here they come now." And true to her word, Draco, Blaise and Marcus were headed their way.
"What do we have here; it's a Weasel, his Boy Wonder and the Weasellette. Now what could they possibly be talking to our girls about. It better not be anything nasty, I would really hate to get upset on a wonderful day as today." Marcus sarcastically spat at them while at the same time wrapping his left arm around Hermione's waist. At which point Hermione stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the check. At this gesture Ron went red in the face.
"Look we don't want any trouble; we were just walking by and thought we would say hi. No big deal." Harry replied, trying to defuse the situation they found themselves in.
"Yeah, well move along Scar Head and leave these girls alone. Next time we won't wait for an excuse, we will just start hexing you." Draco sneered at them.
The new golden tri walked off, but Ginny in a show of weakness and regret looked back Hermione with a sad look in her eyes. She missed her friend and was hurt that Hermione would bring up the past situation with Harry and her.
"So what are you to beautiful ladies up to today, doing a bit of shopping I see and what or who are we shopping for." Blaise asked the girls in a laughing way.
"Oh just for this or that, no one really. Just shopping to shop. But we do need to get going, why don't we all meet up around three at The Magical Menagerie, I need to get a gift for someone there." Daphne told the boys and took Hermione's arm and led her off in a different direction.
"Well boys, let's go find our girls their Christmas gifts. Hopefully we will not run into Potty and his Weasel sidekicks. But really guy's help with a gift for Daphne, I don't know what to get her." Draco whined to his friends. Normally he is not a whiner, but he had no clue what to get Daphne.
A/N: The next chapter will be Christmas and the New Year's party with the Quidditch team.