The day had finally come to go home for Christmas, and although he would miss Rose and Albus a lot, he was glad to be finally seeing his parents again. The train ride back to King's Cross was... Memorable to say the least. James and Fred had taken it upon themselves to give the three First years their own personal Christmas-themed firework display in their compartment, Rose and Albus kept scolding Scorpius for getting the nice flavoured beans from a Bertie Bott's box, and the blonde received a mysterious package from the other side of the train which, to his delight, held three large bars of Honeyduke's chocolate and a massive bag of large, chocolate chip cookies.
The three friends stepped off the train, followed by Fred and James, happily talking amongst themselves. Looking around for his parents, Fred's eyes suddenly shone with glee. He nudged James and pointed to something over the crowd which, due to his height, Scorpius didn't see. James let out a low wolf-whistle. "Okay... She is fit... Not usually one for brunettes but damn. I haven't seen her before. She must be a first-year mum." Scorpius couldn't see who they were looking at, but he had a pretty good idea. Rolling his eyes, he turned to smile sweetly at James and Fred. "Can I see? I'm not very tall so I can't see over the crowd..." Looking slightly amused, James nodded. "Sure mate, I didn't think that you'd be into the ladies at this age though, Scorp..." Winking, the taller boy lifted Scorpius up so he could see over peoples' heads, and the blonde chuckled. He was right. "See the one with the brown curly hair? With the great arse? Just wait till she turns around and- hang on" a moment later, Astoria Malfoy had turned, smiling, to look at her husband, who now had Scorpius' things with him, and give him a kiss on the cheek. Scorpius smirked as he felt James' hands tremble, "That's-" Scorpius' parents turned, grinning, to look at their son. Scorpius grinned and waved at them. "Thanks for finding my parents, guys. That would have been difficult for me over this crowd." James put him down and looked at Fred in horror before clearing his throat. "I-I think Fred and I had better walk you over there, y'know? In case you get lost in the crowd." Chuckling, the blonde nodded, turning to look at Albus and Rose. "Can we meet your parents too, Scorp?" Albus grinned excitedly, grabbing Rose's wrist. "U-um... I f you want...?"
The five of them made their way over to Scorpius' parents, both of whom smiled warmly as their son ran over to hug them. James was the first to step forward, his hand out to shake, Fred not far behind in seconding the movement. "Pleasure to meet you! James Potter," "and Fred Weasley. We have made it our duty to protect your son through the great crowds of King's Cross Station." They were looking more at his mother, but his Father was the first to reply. Chuckling, the older man shook both their hands. Astoria was not far behind in doing the same (Scorpius laughed to himself when the two boys decided to take it a step further by kissing her hand when they took it, making her laugh lightly). His dad didn't seem to mind,"Well, thank you, boys. It's a pleasure to meet you two as well. The both of you really are very similar to the Original Weasley twins." Grinning, the two of them must have taken this as a great compliment. Scorpius knew that Fred's dad and his late twin brother had started the very popular Weasley's Wizard Wheezes store in Diagon Alley.
Next to step forward was Albus, and a rather hesitant looking Rose. His parents' smiles warmed even more, if possible, when they saw his two best friends. His mother spoke next, "And you must be Rose and Albus," the two, looking surprised, nodded, "We've heard a lot about you. Just be aware you are welcome to stay over whenever you want during the holidays, okay?" She grinned, and Draco smiled, nodding as he put an arm around his wife's waist, "That's right. Any friend of Scorpius is our family." Scorpius smiled at his friends, all of whom looked rather surprised at his family's reactions to them. "Ahh," Draco's voice had sunk slightly, a frown forming on his handsome face, "I believe that is our queue to go home, don't you think?" Following his father's eyes, the young blonde swallowed. The man who he knew to be Rose's father was looking over at them, a scowl on his face. His four friends nodded, grimacing. Rose sighed, "Unfortunately, yes." She turned, hugging Scorpius tightly around the neck, making him blush. As he hugged back, he looked up to see Fred, James, Albus and his father smirking at him. Albus even had the nerve to wink. After he had said good bye to the others, his mother rolling her eyes at his refusal to hug Albus, muttering what sounded suspiciously like 'men'. Waving to them all again, they made their way to fireplaces along the platform and Floo'd back to their home.
Christmas in the Malfoy household, when Draco had been living with his parents, was never very eventful. They would quietly eat dinner and open presents like it was nothing special. Now, however, Draco wanted Scorpius to have the childhood he never had. In the days leading up to Christmas, the three of them would play in the snow, seeing as it was very thick up in the North of England where they lived. They would bake cakes and mice pies, as his mother had point blank refused to employ any house-elves, and his father had happily moved them all to be living at Hogwarts.
Christmas eve came along and Scorpius was sitting happily by the fire and reading, while his parents cooked in the kitchen. His father's voice cut through his thoughts, "Scorpius? There are a couple of owls here for you." Putting his book down and getting up, he walked into the kitchen and quickly over to the door. Opening the top half, he let the two owls perch on the wood. One was a large, slightly threatening looking eagle owl, and the other was, as he quickly realised, Aria. Quickly detaching the packages from the owl's legs, he gave them both a treat at allowed the former to fly home. He had sent Aria off to Albus' house, as he knew Rose would be staying there with her family, with both their presents. Opening the letter, he noted Rose's curly handwriting, and smiled at the thought of Albus asking Rose to write the letter for them both. Albus' messy scrawl was hardly legible.
"Merry Christmas Eve, Scorpius!
Don't open the packages yet, those are for you to open of Christmas day!
I hope you're having a good Holiday, I heard the snow is great up in Durham, so you must be having a blast! It's really busy down here in the Potter household, especially seeing as all the Potter-Weasley clan are here, not to mention Uncle Neville's family and Aunt Luna's are here, so count yourself lucky you get some peace and quiet! Also count yourself lucky you don't have an annoying 8 year old brother who keeps messing with your stuff! Damn Hugo keeps asking who you are. The only funny part about it is the fact that he keeps asking Dad if you're my boyfriend. Dad just sulks and his ears go all red, it's hilarious.
By the way, my dad wasn't massively angry about what happened at the Station, at least not after Fred and James explained how lovely your parents were. I just think that he holds a bit of a grudge against your Dad. James might have a little crush on your mum, by the way. He denies it, but he blushes every time we mention her. Honestly, Albus walked up behind him and whispered 'Mrs Malfoy' in his ear and he started spluttering and blushing.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas, thanks for your presents!
Love, Rose x"
Scorpius chuckled slightly throughout the letter, only stopping to frown at the part about the incident at the station, and to roll his eyes at James' reaction to his mother. Standing up straight, Scorpius jumped when he realised his father was standing right behind him. "Who's that from? Your girlfriend~?" The youngest Malfoy felt the heat rise to his face, "sh-she is not my girlfriend!" His father raised his eyebrows, amused, "But you like her."
The small boy paused for a moment, "n-no!" His face was still burning as his mother and father shared a look of amusement between them. The song changed on the radio, and Scorpius' father grinned, "Aha!". He quickly pulled Astoria to his chest and started to slowly dance with her, making Scorpius chuckle. The brunette laughed lightly, dancing with her husband, "They played this at our wedding. You pulled me onto the dancefloor so fast I nearly spilled my Champagne." The older blonde grinned at her, nuzzling his face into her neck, "I'm better than Champagne, my darling" Scorpius left the room as they kissed, leaving them to enjoy their dance. He didn't want to invade their privacy by staying there. The couple continues to sway around the room happily, Astoria resting her head against her husband's chest. "You always were an exquisite dancer, Draco," she smiled up at him, "My mother taught me well", he replied as he began to slowly sing along to the slow tune.
Retaking his place by the fire and smiling slightly at his mother's laughter, he picked up his copy of Romeo & Juliet once more.