Chapter Five- Christmas Break

"What are you going to do for Christmas?" Hermione asked Draco.

"Go home and be bored you?" Hermione laughed

"Well hopefully not bored but spend some time with my mum and dad. Everything isn't strange there now."

"Why was it strange before?" He asked

"Ever since I got my letter they sort of have been… I don't know pushing themselves away. But, this summer it got better. Would you like to come over? I'm sure they wouldn't mind since you're my friend now." She said with a hopeful glint in her eyes

"I don't think I can. My mother would let me. Maybe. But my father would probably kill me himself if I suggested it. You know?"

"I forgot about that." The hopeful glint gone now. "Well I have to finish packing. See you Draco." She said with a little smile

It's been a week into Christmas break. I wish I would have gone to her house instead of here. Draco was so bored he paced and paced till there were foot prints all in the carpet of his room.

"Mother? Can I visit a friend?" Draco said one evening.

"Who may I ask?" Narssia asked with a little smile.

"Sorry Mother. You would get mad cause of her blood status."

"I would not! That's your father I don't care as long as you're happy! And her name?"

Draco couldn't help but smile. His Mother had trapped him. "Her name is Hermione Granger. And she does make me happy. So can I go? I have a present for her."

"Of course. You may want to go right now though your Father will be back soon."

"Thank you Mother" Draco said and went outside and apparated to London with her present in hand.

Hermione was sitting alone in the living room. Her parents went to the store to pick the presents they would open tonight. She was hoping Draco would show up some time or another but he hadn't. Maybe he doesn't care about me anymore. What if he doesn't consider me a friend anymore? She thought about this for hours before she heard a crack that made her jump.

"Sorry." A male voice said behind her. She had her wand up before she was. "Whoa don't fire!" He had his hands up in surrender. He started laughing.

"Sorry." Then she started looking around.

"What is it?"

"My parents, they should have been back by now." Just then they heard a screeching noise outside. Hermione ran to the door and swung it open. Draco right behind her, present forgotten. It was her parent's car.

"Noooo!" Hermione screamed and tried to run out there but Draco caught her.

"If you go out there you'll get hit to! Call for help and I'll go check on them when the car stops spinning alright?" Hermione nodded and ran inside to the phone and called help.

Draco went to the car to check on them. When he got over there Hermione's mother had already passed. And her father was barely breathing.

"Are you ok? Are you hurt? Help is being called. Can you talk sir?" Draco asked

"I can see my family. Tell Hermione I love her. Will you do that for me?" Draco nodded his head and with that Mr. Granger had his last breath. Draco ran back to the house with Hermione in the door frame waiting for what happened. Draco picked her up and took her inside and sat her down on the couch.

"Hermione your father wanted me to tell you that he loved you." Hermione stared at him wide-eyed and tears started pouring down her face. "I'm so sorry Hermione is there anything I can do?" Draco asked helplessly.

"Help me pack my trunk." Draco followed Hermione to her room.

"I have an idea. We go to my house and I pack my trunk and we both can go back to Hogwarts early. That sound alright with you?" Hermione nodded then Draco grabbed her trunk and one of her hands and apparated to the Manor.

Draco's house was huge. She would have stared if she wasn't so shocked. They walked in and Draco put down her trunk.

"Do you want to come with me or stay down here? I won't be long."

"I'll stay down here." Her voice was barely a whisper.

"Follow me." He showed her to the parlor. There were two couches and a fire place. "Sit on this one. I'll be only a couple minutes. Ok?" She nodded and he went upstairs. What neither of them was expecting was Lucius Malfoy to walk in.

"Well, who are you may I ask?"

"I'm Hermione Granger." Again her voice a whisper.

"Granger? Aren't you a muggle-born? What are you doing in my house?" He yelled

"Quit yelling at her!" Draco had his wand pointed at his father.

"You do not tell me what to do. Ex-" Lucius tried to disarm him but Draco was faster.

"Exparillarmus!" Draco yelled

"How dare you disarm your father! And why do you have your trunk?"

"How dare you yell at someone you have only heard there name! And I'm going back to Hogwarts tonight."

"You can't just leave!"

"Watch me! Come on Hermione. Grab your trunk." She grabbed her trunk and Draco came to her side. "See you later Father." With that he apparated to Hogsmeade… with Hermione at his side.