Chapter 4
Day Four: Four Calling Birds.
The sun was shining when Draco woke up that day. He didn't like it because it was the weekend and he didn't get to see Granger when she opened up his gift. He had thought about taking it to her house and casting a charm to see her open it. He decided he would owl it to her instead and just hope for the best. He summoned his owl and tied the ornament to it's leg.
"Take this to Granger." He told his owl and he watched it fly away, hoping she liked today and what he would send tomorrow for her gifts.
He stood in the kitchen for a bit just smiling at where his mind was these days. He wanted it to be Christmas already so he could just tell her it was him and kiss her soft lips and take her out and what not. His mind was not going to be anywhere else but with her till he saw her again at work. It was going to be a long weekend for sure.
Hermione was just waking up when there was a tap on her window. She got up and let the owl in.
"And who do you belong to?" She asked, stroking its feathers.
She then looked at its leg and there was another ornament. This one was with four calling birds painted on it. She looked at it as she took it off the owl before he flew away. If only she knew who's owl that was. Sitting on her bed she pushed the button on it and inside where for calling birds singing a song back and forth with each other. She couldn't help but smile. She found the package tucked inside the ball and grabbed It. This time it size became the shape of a rectangle box. Excited she hurried and opened it after reading the tag.
She was so nervous to open it. When she did she gasped; inside was the most beautiful bracelet she had ever seen in her life. It was a silver and gold tennis bracelet. She couldn't help but smile. She was falling for whoever this was. She knew it was a boy because she made it so girls got boys and boys got girls. She just wished she could figure out who this was. With that she got up and got ready for the day. This weekend she was just going to relax at home and watch some movies. Then it was back to work.
Work - that was a whole other thing. Draco - she was slowly falling harder for him, but she was falling for this man too. She didn't know what to do. She got her blanket and cup of hot cocoa and went and put on her favorite Christmas movie of all time. Polar Express, she sat curled up on the couch. And watched movies till she fell asleep on her couch till morning.
Draco was lying awake thinking of Granger and if she had liked her gift or not. He sure hoped she did. He snuggled down into bed and put the blanket up waiting for the sleep to come it eventually did and he fell asleep with thoughts of his brown haired beauty that he couldn't wait to see Monday.
Day Five: Five Golden Rings.
Draco woke the next day with a smile on his face. This one was going to be his favorite thing to see her wear. He decided to get a necklace to go with the bracelet he had got her yesterday. He decided on the same color and everything. What he really wanted to do was give her the promise ring he had been keeping in his desk at work,but he knew it was too soon for that. He didn't want to scare her off. He hoped she like today's ornament. It was a special on for him to give to her. Each ring had a word on it and he hoped that she would love the words he chose to put on them.
Getting up and ready he figured he would send it to her a little later in the day when he got some things done. So he set off to do just that.
Once he was done it was after lunch time. So he got his owl and sent off the package to the woman he was falling for more and more. He was now starting to picture their children together. What was next the house they would live in? With a smile Draco went back to his day stuff.
Hermione was at Harry's house for Sunday dinner that day when she saw the same owl from yesterday come through the window and land on her lap.
"Who's that from?" Harry and Ginny asked her.
"My secret santa from work." She said with a huge smile.
Harry and Ginny were happy; they could see just how much work Malfoy had put into all of this for her. Especially the way her face lit up when she got it.
"See, he does these ornaments that have things on them. Like today is five golden rings." She said happily. "Look, he has even wrote on them. Love, friendship, compassion, trust and faith." She read off looking at each one.
"Whoever it is, they put a lot of effort into it." Ginny said, smirking and realizing Hermione wasn't paying attention at all.
"Then you push this button and it opens up and inside is what's on the outside and then." She said looking under the love ring. "Is the gift." She said grabbing it.
Harry and Ginny couldn't help but smile as they watched the sister open up the gift from the man they knew would treat her right.
Gasping, Hermione took the necklace out of the box.
"Would you look at this gorgeous necklace?" Hermione squealed taking it out. "It matches the bracelet I got yesterday also." She smiled.
Harry came over and helped her put it on. Yes, Draco was the right man for her he knew it deep down.
"It really is beautiful." He said, smirking at her.
Ginny couldn't help but smile also. They couldn't wait till the end. Draco had told them everything he was doing and they couldn't wait to see her face.
Hermione bid Harry and Ginny goodnight as she went home. She hung the ornament on her tree and stared at it. She couldn't help but smile big and headed to bed.