Chapter 25

Merry Christmas!

We went to bed late that night. I was so tired. Tonks, Ginny, Hermione, George, Bill (George's oldest brother. There are 7 Weasley kids: Bill, Charlie (who's in Romania, studying dragons) Percy (who's too stuck up and works for the ministry), Fred, George, Ron and Ginny) and I made Christmas Eve dinner. It was pretty good, considering I haven't cooked in a long time.

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of a loud pop. I glanced at my clock. 8:30 am.

"Mph," I rolled over in bed and opened my eyes.

"Morning Rina," said a familiar voice. I sat up. George was sitting on the edge of my bed. Everyone else had already gone downstairs, by the looks of it.

"Hey George," I said, grabbing a grey sweater and putting it on, "Merry Christmas!"

"You too," he said, kissing me on the cheek. Then he pulled a box out of his pocket. It looked like one of those ring boxes.

"Merry Christmas," he said again opening it up. That's when I saw it. It was a beautiful gold necklace with the letter 'G' on it. The G was encrusted with diamonds and looked stunning.

"Wow," I said, "It's beautiful," Then one thing puzzled me. Why G?

"Turn around," he said. I did and he did it up around my neck.

"This is my promise to you," he said. Then it hit me. G stood for George.

"Oh," I said quietly, "Thank you," Then I leaned down underneath the bed. I pulled out a big wrapped box.

"Merry Christmas," I said, handing it to him. Inside there was tons of candy, a bunch of Quidditch stuff and my own baking. In truth, right after I got George's letter, I had started baking like mad. I made a batch of brownies, a pineapple upside down cake and sugar cookies.

"Wow," George said, bighting into a brownie, "These are the best things I've ever tasted," He looked back in the box and pulled out a Mars bar.

"What the heck is this?" he asked. Oops, I forgot. He doesn't know what a Mars bar is.

"Muggle candy," I said weakly, "but it's really good!"

"If you say so," he said peeling the wrapper. He took a bite.

"This is awesome," he said.

"I told you it was good," I smiled. George set aside the candy.

"Thank you so much!" he replied, "but it's not the best present ever,"

"Then what is?" I asked.

"You," he replied, and then bending down, he kissed me. We kissed for a long time. I didn't notice the door open though. We just kissed and kissed when finally, we heard a voice.

"Excuse me," it said. George and I sprang apart. I turned around. Thankfully, it wasn't Mum. It was just Tonks.

"Karina, your mother would like to see you," she said looking at us weirdly.

"Sure," I said, getting up, shooting her a look of plea. Please don't tell out parents. She seemed to have got the message.

"And George, Fred's been looking for you,"

"Okay," we headed down stairs.

"Does your Mum know we're dating?" asked George.

"No," I admitted. George smiled.

"Same here," he said quietly, "I've been keeping this relationship a secret," We reached downstairs.

"There you are!" Mum exclaimed, "Merry Christmas,"

"You too Mum!" She handed me a wrapped up present. I opened it up and there it was. A $1000 Louis Vuitton Bag.

"Oh my God!" I exclaimed, "It's beautiful!"

"I'm glad you like it!" Mum said.

"Gracias!" I exclaimed, hugging her. Ginny looked at me weirdly.

"You speak Spanish?" she asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"Cool,"

The rest of the day went well things were great. Mr. Weasley came back from St. Mungo's. He thanked me like mad and even proposed a toast to Harry and I. It was the first time Mum had heard about it so I had to explain everything that happened. She was surprised. She had no clue about everything at all. It was a bit nerve wracking having to explain it all. Mum and Mrs. Weasley, however, talked as if they were old friends. They even did dishes together which made me surprised. That Christmas was probably the best one ever.