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A/N: Sorry for the wait on this chapter guys, I went camping for Canada day!
Chapter 9: A Malfoy Christmas
Adrian was sick, he absolutely detested traveling by portkey, it always made him unbearably ill. Sighing, he dragged his head up from his pillow and blinked, trying to figure out where he was. After a moment's confusion the boy remembered, France, or more specifically Nice France. He grinned to himself, Christmas on the beach sounded lovely, especially since there were no snow storms or nasty weather here, and if there were, his Father would have the house elves set up weather prevention charms on the private beach just outside. Smiling, he slowly slipped out of bed, glancing and unwillingly made his way to the washroom, his stomach was still not to pleased with the previous nights' travel and he'd have to take it easy.
"Adrian!" Draco's voice whined from the other side of the washroom door, "Its Christmas, I want to open my presents" His twin begged, knocking frantically on the door. Giggling Adrian washed off his toothbrush, "I'll be out in a minute Dray" He called. "Merlin you're impatient" He added as he stepped out the door and was practically dragged down the hall by his twin.
Laughing loudly both boys entered the living room, stoping for a moment to take in the scene in front of them. The fire was crackling merrily as artificial snow fell in front of the window. The walls were painted a warm blue colour with a sandy white carpet. The most dominating aspect of the room however, was the massive Christmas tree that was set up right in the middle of the floor. Silver and blue were the dominate decorations with a few messy, home made decorations that Draco and Adrian had made as children. A small fairy was perched on top of the tree, occasionally singing or fluttering about. A huge stack of gifts was underneath, obscuring the first few branches of the tree.
"Merry Christmas boys" Narcissa Malfoy said from her seat where she was curled up contently, Lucius was seated next to her, a small grin on his face as he watched his children. He cherished moments like this, enjoying watching Adrian and Draco just be children.
"Merry Christmas Mum, same to you Dad" Draco said with Adrian echoing him. Once both boys' eyes had returned to their skulls, they sat down opposite their parents. With a snap of Narcissa's fingers, a house elf appeared and began to dutifully handed out the gifts.
Traditionally they took turns, with everyone focusing on the present opener at the time. It always started with Lucius and ended with Adrian, and then the cycle would repeat. This made it easier for the house elves to clean up the wrapping paper, but it also allowed for some family time, as well as for the person to thank the giver and everyone to admire the present.
"What is it Dad?" Draco whined, bouncing in his seat with excitement as his father teasingly peeled back the first layer of tape.
"Oh, it's the book on vampire lore that I wanted" Lucius said in surprise, glancing at his youngest son.
"Thank you Adrian" He smiled as the boy nodded, "Open it up Dad" Adrian prodded as Lucius flipped the leather bound cover open.
"Adrian, is this...?" Lucius trailed off, looking at his son in shock and surprise.
"Yea, its the first addition and signed by the Author" Adrian said, blushing lightly.
"Do you know how hard I've searched for this book?" Lucius asked, his eyes narrowed for a moment.
"Err, yea I do" Adrian grinned cheekily, "Thats why I couldn't tell you who had it" He laughed as Lucius growled at him, though it was all in fun.
Smiling at her family, Narcissa Malfoy pulled an elegantly wrapped present towards herself. She read the card before shooting a curious glance at Draco and Adrian, it was from both of them. Taking a moment to compose herself, she began to tear off the elegant paper she opened a small, silver box in surprise.
"Draco, Adrian.." She trailed off, lifting up a gorgeous diamond necklace.
"This is beautiful" She said with a soft smile, "Thank you" She studied the necklace for a moment, before noticing some stiff paper in the corner of the box.
"What are these?" She asked, pulling out what looked like tickets.
'Four tickets to your favorite opera, for you, father and two of your friends" Draco explained,
"But my favorite opera is in Italy.." Narcissa trailed off as Lucius grinned.
"That's why my present goes with the boys" He said, handing her a box, this had already been decided in advance.
"What do you mean? Isn't it Draco's turn to open a present?" Narcissa said, picking up the offered box.
"I know Mum, but I want you to open this one next" Draco said, practically bouncing with excitement. Laughing, Narcissa took the box and opened it up to a pamphlet, "What the? Lucius?" She looked at her husband, eyes wide.
"I was thinking we should go on a second honeymoon" Lucius said, smiling as his wife wrapped her arms around him, "We leave the day after the boys go back to school. An entire month in Tuscany" Lucius explained, grinning lightly.
"Oh" Narcissa smiled, "Boys this is amazing. I love it" She said, drawing her family into a tight hug.
"My turn" Draco sang out, smirking at his family as if he couldn't handle the anticipation. The family shared a few laughs over the boy's exuberance.
"Fine, fine open your present" Narcissa said, waving her hand at him with mock annoyance.
"Finally" Draco said, picking up a present from his stack and shaking it dramatically.
"Just open it" Adrian growled, laughing at his twin. Pouting, Draco ripped the wrapping paper of his present hastily and looking inside.
"What is this?" Draco asked, pulling out a shrunken firebolt. Rolling his eyes, Lucius cast an enlargement charm, and soon his son was holding a full sized firebolt.
"Adrian, did you get this for me?" Draco asked, staring at the broom reverently, now he could really kick Potter's ass.
"Yea, with Dad's help" Adrian said, smiling at his twin as he accepted a hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you" Draco sang out, his voice muffed by Adrian's shoulder.
"You're welcome Dray, I wanna see Slytherin beat Gryffindor as much as the next guy, and maybe now you'll stop whining about Potter and his broom" Adrian teased, jerking away from his twin playfully.
"Git" Draco snarled, though it was all in fun.
Adrian shrugged and pulled his own present towards him, it was from his mother and father. He looked at them questioningly and opened the wrapping paper carefully, ignoring his brother's urging to hurry up.
Finally, with exaggerated slowness, Adrian opened the present, it was box seat tickets for him and Draco to the Quidditch World Cup being held in Greece that summer.
"Dad?" Adrian gasped, as Draco happy danced around the room. "Mum, thank you" He said, hugging his parents.
"Its a trip, just for you two, it's already mapped out and paid for" Narcissa said with a grin, "You'll spend two weeks in Greece before the cup going all over wizarding Greece and then you'll go to the cup. You'll be staying with our friends in Greece for the cup, since I don't want you camping there alone" Narcissa said, "And then you'll portkey home" She added as both boys nodded excitedly.
The morning continued on much like that, opening presents, taking their time, enjoying it.
"Where are we going for dinner?" Draco asked as he looked at his parents, they had spent the morning opening gifts and now the family was sitting down to tea in the library, since it received the most sun.
"I was thinking that lovely french place just down the coast line" Narcissa said, "Where we went two years ago" She added at Draco's confused look.
"Oh, I liked that place" Adrian added, taking a sip of his tea and nodding. "Can we go to the beach tomorrow?" The boy asked, looking hopefully at his parents.
"Well we don't go home till the twenty-seventh, so I don't see why not" Narcissa said, looking at Lucius curiously.
"I think a trip to the beach is a must" The man said with a small smile. "We can head out in the morning, I was thinking we could invite some of our friends?" He added, looking at his sons.
"Like Blaise and them?" Adrian asked, "Yes the Zabinis, the Parkinsons, maybe the Notts?" Lucius added, "I know the others are away right now, so it couldn't be everyone"
"Thats fine, I'd like to see at least some of our friends before New Years" Draco said as his father left to owl their friends.
"That was so good" Draco said, collapsing back on his bed as Adrian laughed at him.
"You ate more then Ron Weasley it must have been good" Adrian teased, sitting down cross legged on the bed next to his sprawled out twin.
"Bite your tongue" Draco snapped at his twin, "I don't do anything like Weasel, especially not eat like him" Draco growled, smirking, "I'm a Malfoy, we do not eat like undignified pigs" He said in a haughty voice.
"I never said you ate like him, I said you ate more then him" Adrian said, smirking at his twin.
"No one could eat more then the Weasel, except maybe another Weasel" Draco said dramatically, shoving Adrian playfully.
"Did you just push me?" Adrian gasped, looking scandalized as he glowered at his twin.
"Yes, yes I did" Draco said with a small smile as he stuck his tongue out at Adrian.
"You're such an ass" Adrian growled, nudging Draco until his twin fell off the bed with a loud thump. Silence reigned for a moment before Adrian burst into laughter as his twin surfaced, normally perfect blonde locks disheveled as he gaped at Adrian.
"Did you just cause me to mess up my hair?" Draco gasped, looking completely stunned.
Adrian took one look at his face before erupting into giggles again and collapsing onto the bed in a heap. "If I wasn't so full from dinner I'd totally kick your ass" Draco growled before flopping on the bed next to his twin. Eventually Adrian's giggles subsided and the two lay in companionable silence.
"You ready to go back to school?" Draco asked his twin after a few moments.
"I dunno" Adrian admitted, shrugging slender shoulders.
"I love school, like going to class and seeing everybody" He explained, "But Weasley and Potter make it pretty hard for me to just live a normal life"
"What do you mean?" Draco asked, looking worried for a moment.
"Well Weasley seems intent on making my episodes numerous and worse" Adrian said in a hushed voice, "And Potter, Potter just follows me everywhere. He looks at me like I'm a bloody science experiment Dray. Like he has to figure out whats wrong with me and he doesn't ever seem to want to give up and leave me alone" Adrian finished his little speech with a huff.
Draco's face darkened, "Don't worry Adrian, I won't let them do anything to you" He promised, "I'll keep Weasley away and make sure Potter leaves you alone" He added, looking annoyed that his two biggest enemies were giving his twin such a hard time. He'd be talking to Blaise and the others that was for sure, make sure Adrian never was alone when Potter and Weasel were around.
"Thanks Dray" Adrian said in a sleepy voice. He had had some wine with dinner, courtesy of their parents and alcohol always made him sleepy if it wasn't enough to get good and pissed off of. Draco laughed, looking at Adrian as his twin promptly passed out on his bed, "Brat" He muttered affectionately before pulling the covers over Adrian and heading through the doorway that joined their rooms. He'd just have to sleep in Adrian's bed for the night.
"You can stay" Adrian's soft, tired voice sounded. It was normal for the twins to share a bed, not in 'that' way, they were just close and sometimes needed the add comfort of being near one another, especially Adrian.
"Talking about your episodes bothered you huh?" Draco said, sitting down next to his twin and smiling.
"A bit" Adrian admitted, looking up at Draco with half closed eyes. "Fine yea, I'll stay" Draco said, thankful he had already changed into his favorite silk black PJ pants and snuggled under the blankets before promptly falling asleep next to his twin.