Sorry bout the wait. I've had writer's block the past two days, but I finally think this chapter is done :)

Thanks to ToDecember for review!

Ginny gazed at all the presents waiting to be unwrapped with a content smile. It was Christmas morning, and presents littered the floor of the Gryffindor common room for all the students who stayed at Hogwarts instead of going home for the holidays.

"Blimey Ginny! Mum sent you a whole box of truffles with your sweater, but I didn't get a single one! Goes to show you who she favors," Ron grumbled darkly to her from his spot on the couch. He glared down at the offending box of chocolates that their mother had sent Ginny, but forgot to send him.

"Here, you can have one or two," Ginny offered reluctantly, watching longingly as her gluttonous brother gobbled up half the box in one bite. It was hard having to live with six older brothers who constantly ate carriage loads of food every hour.

When they ran out of food to devour, they became unbearably difficult to get along with. As such, Ginny was forced to share her precious chocolates more than she wished. Small price to pay, however, for peace. Well, as much peace as one could get with six older brothers.

The heavy pounding of feet on the boy's stairs alerted Ginny to the fact that Harry was coming down finally. Ron had tried to wake him up earlier (6:00 a.m.), but the dark haired teenager had threatened him with sneaking puke flavored Ever Flavor Beans into his breakfast if he didn't let him sleep in a few more minutes. Needless to say, Ron had left him to his beauty sleep.

Harry stumbled through the door, rubbing sleep out of his emerald green eyes, and saw Ginny sitting there. He hesitated, unsure of how her reaction to him would be, but the girl simply waved at him before turning back to Ron and snatching her box of truffles out of his hands.

"Hey! You said you would share!" Ron protested, reaching again for the delicious chocolates, but Ginny slapped his hands away and held the box to her chest possessively. "I said you could have one or two, not the whole box!" she replied with a dirty look at his chocolate stained hands.

Harry allowed a small grin to break out on his handsome face at the sight of the two arguing siblings. It was good to know that everything was back to normal with them. The only thing missing was Hermonie, but she wanted to spend Christmas with her parents. With the help of the Ministry of Magic, she had finally been able to track them down and reverse the Obliviate spell she had been forced to place them under.

The three friends eagerly started ripping the rest of their presents open. Ginny ended up with a brand new Nimbus 2000 from her parents, courtesy of her father's promotion at the ministry in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Department, along with the usual sweater and truffles.

Hermonie had given Ginny a new book on Quidditch techniques for Chasers before she left for her parent's house, while George had somehow sneaked his latest invention in for her. Hmm, that could come in handy, Ginny thought to herself with a devious smile as she inspected the innocent looking box.

Charlie had written her a long letter describing his adventures in Romania and owled it to her along with a huge bag of Every Flavor Beans. Bill and Fleur sent her a new skin care potion (obviously Fleur picked it out), and Percy had owled her a letter saying simply 'Merry Christmas'. Even though Ginny had forgiven him during the Final Battle, things were still strained between him and the family.

After all the presents had been opened, they headed down to breakfast together, laughing and having a good time. Ginny was determined that there would be no awkwardness between her and Harry because of the breakup.

She considered him like another older brother now really. Hermonie had agreed with her that it would be best to try to stay close friends with him seeing as her actual brother was his best friend and Hermonie herself was friends with both of them. Besides, she had known Harry way too long to willingly throw away their friendship just because of some silly breakup.

Once in the Great Hall, Ginny gazed around with a wide, appreciative grin. Hagrid had once again picked the largest tree possible. Slender candles were charmed to burn continually on the tree, and the whole room was aglow with a cozy, golden light.

The professors were already seated at the High Table, merrily chatting and eating. Few students had decided to stay, but the few that did were busy boasting about their presents to their friends. All in all, it was a very touching affair that warmed Ginny's heart.

For a moment, she just stood there with her eyes closed, savoring the feeling of complete peace and happiness.

It lasted all of two seconds.

"Hey, Weaselette, if you're going to stand there like an idiot, then do it somewhere else. You're in the way," a familiar voice snapped from behind her. Reality crashed in on her like as she turned around and stared defiantly up at Malfoy, her hands on her hips. "Good morning to you too, Malfoy. What did you get for Christmas?" she asked him with a firmly cheerful smile.

He was not about to ruin her holiday just because he was in a bad mood. In fact, she was now determined to get him in the Christmas spirit, too!

A grunt was her only reply as he pushed past her and headed for the empty Slytherin table. But, she wasn't about to give up that easily. Ignoring the disbelieving stares from the students and staff alike, Ginny silently followed Malfoy to the serpent table. She plumped down on the seat beside him, causing him to jerk in surprise and turn around to glare at her.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" he asked icily. A few years ago, she would have been frozen with terror at his tone and look, but now she knew the real him. And it wasn't scary at all. In fact, it was kind of sweet.

If you looked at it the right way. . . .

And if you have a lot of chocolate to soften him up!

"Sorry Malfoy, but you don't scare me anymore. Underneath all that invisible armor, you're human just like the rest of us. You have a heart. Okay, so it might be shriveled from lack of use, but it's there!" she insisted with another bright smile that made his teeth ache from the sweetness. Merlin's beard, what was it with her? She was far too cheerful for this early. Matter of fact, she was too cheerful for any time of the day.

That was until he noticed the box of truffles she pulled out from seemingly no where. His mouth watered as the delicious smell of chocolate hit his scent glands. There had not been any sweet candy from home this year. Not with his mother still recuperating from depression at St. Mungos and his father. . . .well. . . .

I don't have a father anymore. Remember? No use going on about it, he thought to himself stiffly.

"Okay, so what do you want for the truffles?" he asked brusquely with narrow eyes trained on the wonderful box that would take his mind off his dysfunctional home life, if only for a moment.

Ginny waved the truffles under his nose one more time before snatching it away to safety. "I only ask two things. One, that you admit that you actually have a heart," she replied with a very Malfoy-like smirk. He growled at her in frustration before the smell hit him again.

"Okay okay! I have a heart. Now, what's the second thing?" he asked warily, keeping a careful eye on the box of truffles. A soft laugh brought his gaze back to her, and his heart (yes, he did have one, unfortunately) skipped a beat.

Her fair skin glowed with an inner light, radiant eyes shinning from under a fiery mane of red hair cascading down her back, and the expression on her face could only be described as impish. It gave her an aura of mischief and magic. He shook his head in exasperation at his own thoughts. Of course she looked magical. She was a witch for Salazar's sake!

"The second condition is. . . ."

So, what do yall think the second condition should be? I have an idea for the last few chapters, but I'm working on the in-between part :P so any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks guys! :)