A/N: Christmas Finally!!! YAY!!!
Song: Rocking around the Christmas tree, I do not own the song or the lyrics.
Harry woke up from his sleep feeling much more rested than he had done earlier. The memories of last night came flooding back to him, his mind rested upon what Draco has said about needing to get away for a few days to think everything between them over. Harry felt saddened at the thought of Draco leaving but agreed that for now it probably was for the best as neither knew exactly what to make of the whole situation. That thought brought Harry back to Ron. He had arrived home from Diagon Ally, purchases shrunk and hidden away, to find Ron able to converse but refusing to look at him. If Harry had thought that dinner last night had been awkward today was Christmas.
Harry swung his leg over the side of his bed and with the agility that Quidditch had given him over the years he dropped down onto the floor soundlessly. He had a quick shower and change before creeping out of his room and up stairs to Ron's bedroom. Though it was still early Harry knew that Ron would be up munching his way through any chocolate that was given to him in his stocking. Despite the age of any of her children Mrs. Weasley would still make them a stocking filled with chocolate and sweets to keep them occupied when they woke up early on Christmas morning.
Harry entered Ron's room holding his own stocking in his hand. "Hey Ron." He said seeing that his best friend was sitting cross legged on his bed staring glumly at the wrapped chocolate parcels that were sitting in front of him.
"Harry." Ron said surprise filling his glum face. "I didn't know if you were going to come or if you were going to open you stocking with Malfoy."
"Never." Harry said looking mock affronted. "You know we always open ours together, you're my best friend, and nothing could change that." Ron smiled and moved the presents on the bed a bit so as to make room for Harry who sat down on the bed and tipped out his own stocking.
They both picked up a present at the same time, excitement evident in both boys eyes. "Three, two, one." They tore the wrapping off their packages at the same time both grinning madly as they did so. This was Christmas for them, friends, family, joy, food and presents.
The boys had unwrapped the majority of the sweets and had eaten their way through half of them before Ron, who was leaning back on his headboard spoke.
"What is happing between you two?" Ron asked picking at a stray thread on his duvet not looking at Harry.
Harry unwrapped a chocolate frog , took a bite from it, and chewed thoughtfully before answering. "I like him, but it's strange. I've never been attracted to boys before, there's just something about him." Harry tried to explain in the least uncomfortable way he could. "It all came out of nothing really. That night that Slytherin had the party I went up to apologise to him for insulting him before. That's when this started, I wanted to be his friend, you know be there for he him, he had no one. Then one time when we were arguing, I don't know what came over me but I kissed him." Harry paused and looked at Ron who was still fiddling transfixed on the piece of thread. "After that we agreed to become friends, but lately the feelings have changed and well - we started getting –physical..." Harry finished lamely not knowing how else to put it.
"Yeah I think I noticed." Ron looked over at his best friend; he could see Harry's awkwardness and confusion about the whole situation shown by Harry's tightened jaw, and tense shoulders. "I'm not going to lie, I don't like this, I don't like Malfoy, but as long as you are happy I'll deal with my feelings towards it. But if that bastard hurts you..." Ron allowed the threat to hand in the air before them; Harry chuckled slightly as his friend's actions and took another bit out of this chocolate frog.
"Thanks Ron, but I don't think you have anything to worry about for the time being." Ron gave Harry a quizzical look. "Draco, after today is going to go back to Hogwarts."
"Why?"
"He needs to think things over for a time, and so do I. Hopefully we will know where we stand with each other by the time term starts."
"So are you staying here?"
"No, I will go back to Grimmauld Place, I need some time alone. I had another dream." Harry fixed Ron with a pointed stare, who paled slightly.
"Who was it this time?" He asked quietly concern evident in his eyes as he moved in closer to Harry as if worried about being overheard.
"Draco." Ron's eyes went wide with concern.
"You didn't..."
"No, I didn't attack him, luckily it wasn't as bad as it was before; I managed to see Ginny and she calmed me down and explained the situation to Draco. But I think I might have if his Dark Mark was on show, he placed a glamour charm over it which covered it up. That's one of the reasons that we need some space, so that I can get used to this whole slightly bizarre situation with Draco."
Ron smiled forcefully and nodded his head. "It's weird enough hearing you call Malfoy Draco, let alone seeing you snog the pants off of him."
"Your face! It was priceless!" Harry said before he started laughing.
"Hey!" Ron protested pushing Harry's shoulder, who pushed him back. This started off what turned out to be a playful wresting match between the two boys which Ron won, ending up sitting on Harry's back as he lay face down on the bed complaining at Ron's weight as Ron unwrapped a bag of Bertie Bots Every Flavour Beans and proceeded to pick out the nice ones before getting off of Harry and giving him the ones left in the pack.
"Earwax, thanks Ron."
Draco woke up from his sleep, only slightly aware that today was Christmas. He pushed himself up and got changed noticing that Harry's bed was empty. Draco once dressed dug his hand under the bed, and avoiding a rather nasty pair of magically enhanced snapping teeth, pulled out a bag full of wrapped gifts. He took the bag and walked down into the empty sitting room and walked towards the over decorated Christmas tree. One by one he placed the gifts under the tree and among the numerous ones that were already there. Draco had gone shopping with the others a few days before and had decided to not only buy something for Harry but also the rest of the Weasley clan to be polite. Draco fingered the last remaining gift slightly and looked dreamily at the presents under the tree. His Christmas's were always filled with countless gifts, when he was younger his parents would sit with him as he unwrapped each of them in turn, but as he got older his father grew tiresome of watching him do this as did eventually so did his mother, leaving him alone to open his presents in private, like he spent most of his time at home.
As Draco looked at the tree he realised that Christmas at the Weasley's was going to be a world apart from a Malfoy Christmas. He bent down and placed his last gift under the tree hopping that Harry would appreciate the gift. Draco was rather nervous at giving his gifts, even if most of them were only being given out of politeness because apart from his parents he had never really had others to give gifts to before, there were one or two people from Slytherin for whom he had done so because of family connections but these were gifts brought and chosen by him, they were more personal.
He walked out of the sitting room and into the kitchen expecting to see the usual band of red heads there sitting down for breakfast, but there were none apart from Mr. Weasley, Charlie, Percy and Mrs. Weasley who was levitating a large turkey into the oven.
"Hello Draco." She said cheerfully smiling sweetly at him. Since Draco's arrival Mrs. Weasley has been very pleasant to him, she didn't fuss over him as much as she did with her own children or Harry but she has tried to make him fell as welcome as possible and Draco had decided that he liked this woman very much, even if he would only admit that to himself.
"Morning." Draco said taking a seat and watching the vegetables chop themselves.
"Did you like your stocking?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Erm, my what?"
"Your stocking dear, it should have been at the end of your bed." She explained as she dried her hands on the tea towel that was hanging from the front of her apron.
"No I didn't, is it important?" Draco asked feeling rather confused at the concept, what was he supposed to do with a stocking?
Charlie suppressed a laugh. "Mum gives one to everyone; she puts sweets in them to keep us occupied in the morning so she can get dinner started."
"Charlie, your mother does it to be kind, it's a tradition." Reprimanded Mr. Weasley who was trying to control the amusement crossing his face.
"I think that though it is a nice thought we are all old enough and mature enough to not become too over excited about Christmas meaning that don't need to be entertained by sweets." Percy said pompously. "Well some of us are." He added rolling his eyes as George was chased by Ron, Harry and Ginny all of whose hair had turned into Christmas colours, Ginny's was gold, Ron's was green, (much to his distaste) and Harry's was red.
Charlie burst out laughing. "Harry you look good as a Weasley."
"George look what you have done it's green!" Ron moaned pointing at his head. "Change it back!"
"Say the magic words and I might consider it." George teased.
"George!" Shouted Mrs. Weasley "how many times do I have to tell you not to test out your new products on your siblings, changed them back and sit down and help get the dinner ready Bill and Fleur will be round soon as will Andromeda and Teddy, do you want to scare him again with another one of your pranks"
"Teddy's coming" Harry asked looking up at Mrs. Weasley is surprise.
"Oh and look now at what you made me do it was supposed to be a surprise."
"Apologise to your mother please." Mr. Weasley told George.
"Sorry mother." George said sitting down and pulling the bowl of cream that needed to be whipped and stared to magically whip the cream.
"Andromeda thought it would be nice to bring him over for Christmas, you haven't seen him for a while and we thought it would be nice."
"Yeah it would be." Harry's face brightened up at the thought of seeing his godson who he had been kept updated on how he was doing by letters from Mrs. Weasley. Draco was confused not knowing who they were talking about.
"Ted adores me." George said. "He does the cutest little thing when you play peek-a-boo with him. As soon as you go boo his hair changed from his usual brown to bright red, that's where I got the idea for the new product, I'm thinking of trying to get Bertie Bots Every Flavour Bean to include them in their packets, what do you think Harry?"
Harry sat down and had started organising the brussel sprouts as he was the only one who seemed to be willing to touch them. "Yeah, I think that would be a good idea, would they sign onto the though because it isn't really a flavour just a charm."
"That's the problem I think they are having, but it would be like a limited edition thing. I'm trying to get the bean to taste of something that symbolises the colour that you hair is going to go. Like orange for orange hair, banana for yellow, but once I do that the bean becomes that colour and it's a bit of a giveaway if a bean is red you are going to get red hair." Draco watched at Harry and George started discussing the ways in which they could try and get around that problem.
"Here, you can peel and chop these." Ginny said plonking a pile of carrots in front of Draco who though looked a bit off put by it picked up his wand and started instructing them the peel themselves. "You feeling better today?" Ginny asked Draco breaking the silence that surrounded the two.
"Yeah I'm feeling much better thanks."
"Did you decide on anything?"
"Yes, I'm going back to Hogwarts tomorrow, I think we both need some time to think about things."
"And you're okay with that?"
"I am." Draco nodded his eyes resting on Harry who was laughing as Percy stood up trying to banish the cold slightly wet potato peelings that Charlie had charmed to go down the back of his top.
Once the vegetables had been prepared and put away as well as the desserts they were allowed to start eating breakfast, this was more like a brunch as it was mid morning before they were all happily eating, the full felling that was left by the sweets that they consumed earlier had gone.
"Merry Christmas." Said a woman's voice from the door who was carrying a smiling infant in her arms.
"Andromeda." Molly greeted. "Merry Christmas come in."
"Wow this looks wonderful." Andromeda said as she came in closing the door behind her. "Harry I think there is someone that wants to see you."
Harry got up and walked over to her, holding out his arms for his godson, Andromeda passed Teddy to him who made a little noise before being shushed by Harry who smiled down and the baby boy in his arms.
"He's got so big already." Harry remarked. "Hello, how are you, I've missed you." Harry kissed the baby's head who gave out a little giggle and tried to grab Harry's glasses playfully.
"Do you want a tea Andromeda" Mr. Weasley asked.
"Oh yes I would love one. Is there anything that I can do or is it all taken care of?" She asked looking around the kitchen taking in the faces of the other inhabits her eyes resting upon grey ones. "Malfoy? Draco Malfoy? What are you doing here?"
Draco looked slightly confused but was saved the trouble by Harry answering for him. "I invited him, he was staying with me over Christmas, I hope you don't mind I know you and your sister never really got along and everything."
"You are Andromeda Black?" Draco asked dumfounded.
"I'm Andromeda Tonks; I gave up all right to the name Black a while ago." She corrected making Draco feel slightly more uncomfortable. "Your mother never mentioned me at all did she?" Andromeda lent on the counter holding her fresh cup of tea.
"No she didn't, she just mentioned that you have married a muggle-born."
"Yes. So you and Harry are friends are you?"
"Yes, recent friends."
"Well good, it's nice to know that some of my family can put old prejudices behind them. Molly, sit down let me do that you don't want to tire yourself out do you." Andromeda walked off to the other side of the kitchen to take over the preparation of food from Molly allowing her to sit down and have a chat leaving the others in the room in a slightly awkward silence after the unplanned family reunion Draco had just experienced.
"Quidditch, who's up for it?" George asked clapping his hands together breaking the silence. Instantly the others around the table stood up and ran out of the kitchen to retrieve their brooms, even Percy. Harry trailed behind them still holding Teddy.
"And this is where I am staying, and look here this is a picture of your daddy, and that one there is my dad, and that's my mum and that's uncle Sirius, you would have loved them too." Harry said holding Teddy and pointing to the picture that was on Harry's bed side of the marauders and his mother in their final year at Hogwarts all smiling up at them. He had found the picture in Sirius room a while ago when he was going though his godfathers stuff and would show it to Teddy as often as possible hoping that one day he would recognise the people in the picture as the family he really should of had if the world had been fair to either of them.
"Harry." Draco said coming slowly into their room.
"Hey Draco. Teddy, this is Draco, Draco this is Teddy." Harry picked up Teddy's hand and made a waving motion to Draco with it. Draco couldn't help it he started laughing lightly. He had never seen Harry more content and unguarded as he was now, holding a baby in his arms, smiling widely, it was strange and unnerving that this was the boy who had destroyed Voldemort.
"So who is Teddy?" Draco asked moving forward into the room and touching the hand of the baby boy gently.
"He is Tonk's and Lupin's son." Draco withdrew his hand slightly at hearing the werewolf's name, he saw Harry's face drop into a slight frown. "Draco he's no different from you or me, he's not part werewolf, but even if he was there's nothing wrong with that, it just would mean he was slightly different."
"I know I'm sorry old prejudices you know."
"I know."
"So what is Teddy to you" Draco asked still rather confused.
"He's my godson and you are his cousin." Draco looked at Harry when he said this surprised to feel a small hand close around his finger, Draco looked down at the little boy and smiled slightly. "Something like that anyway, I'm not too sure how the family relation things work."
"He would be my first cousin once removed."
"Okay." Harry shrugged. "Once I finish Hogwarts I'm going to look after Teddy here, aren't I Teddy!" Harry smiled down at the baby as he giggled slightly.
"Really, you are?" Draco asked taken aback.
"Yeah, I will try anyway, with help from Molly and Andromeda of course, but he will live with me, he will be in Sirius room and I will move to the master bedroom, after I clean up Sirius room a bit and maybe redecorate, I don't know if the posters a really suitable for his age." Draco chuckled slightly.
"That's a lot of responsibility and you will be travelling a bit what with Quidditch."
"That's why Molly and Andromeda are going to help out, I haven't sorted out the finer details yet but I want to be there for him, he's my godson, Sirius would have done the same thing for me if he could and so would have Lupin." Draco smiled at Harry who was still watching the baby in his arms who was now reaching out trying to grab Harry's glasses making small sounds of frustration as they were just out of reach.
"Are you coming to play?" Draco said coming out of his slight trance and grabbing his jumper that he had come upstairs for.
"I'll come and watch but you have even teams and I want some time here with Teddy." Draco nodded. "Oh, tell Ron he can use my broom if he wants." Draco nodded again and walked off towards the small enclosed area where they were to play.
Bill and Fleur arrived later on laden with gifts that they placed under the tree, after this arrival both he and Harry joined the others in a four aside Quidditch match, both the elder Weasley's though grown up still enjoyed to play whenever they could, Charlie was playing the position of seeker on his team which consisted of Ron as keeper, and Ginny and George as chaser, Harry was the opposing seeker with Percy as Keeper and Bill and Draco as chaser. Percy was decent enough as a keeper but obviously the least comfortable on a broom. They played three short matches as due to the enclosed space it was easy to find the Golden Snitch quicker than it was on a full size pitch with no boundaries. Harry's team won every game mainly due to Harry's skill at a seeker that even Charlie had to admit was something that he would never be able to compete with. By the time that they went back inside they were all in an elated mood.
They were all sitting down to dinner outside with a marquee roof and warming charms on as they could not all fit in the kitchen. Teddy was upstairs asleep in a portable cot, tired out from the enjoyment and doting that Harry had provided him with during the day. Christmas dinner was the best that Draco have ever tasted, everyone was good humoured and even Ron was making the effort of talking and including Draco in the day's festivities.
"Three, two , one." Ron and Harry counted before pulling on the cracker that they had between each other sending a load crack, bang and sparks flying round the table, out came few flying bats that flew over and started flying round Harry's head, who had won the cracker pulling. Ron was laughing at Harry as he tried to bat the bats away, Harry flicked his wand towards Ron causing the bats to attack him instead who gave a girlish scream which made everyone fall about laughing again.
"You should go into business with the Weasley's and that joke shop." Draco commented taking another sip of his red wine, which was in fact far better than most of the wine he had ever tasted when he had dinner with his parents, the only downside was that he was starting to fell slightly drunk.
"I am, the money I won in theTriwizard Tournament paid for their first shop and the production of the items, I get royalties from it no matter how many times I try and give them up, I get any product free and I also am asked for advice or permission on certain new ideas." Harry said laughing at the shock on Draco's face.
"A thousand gallons, you just gave one thousand gallons away."
"Yeah, I didn't really fell like it was mine." Harry said going subdued and pushing his fork around his finished plate.
"Sorry I didn't mean..."
"I know don't worry." Silence carried on between the two boys all through the rest of dessert. The evening came and the Weasley's and their guests were sitting around the sitting room, Teddy was sitting on Harry's knee being bounced up and down as Harry opened his presents for him.
"Ah, and look what this is!" Harry exclaimed in over exaggerated excitement pulling out a small broom that floated inches off the ground, it was fitted with a saddle and foot rests of sorts that would allow a young child to sit on it comfortably without fear of falling off. "This is from me, Uncle Harry, you sit on it there and then you hold on and off you go."
"Funny isn't he." Ginny muttered to Draco who started slightly.
"Just a bit." Draco said amused as Harry helped lead Teddy around on the broom up and down the room.
"You spoil him so much." Molly complained smiling affectionately at the pair. "Is this what you are going to be like when you have your own children." Harry caught Draco's eyes slightly as she said this, they both blushed slightly and looked away from one another quickly.
"Right, Harry this is for you." Ron said trying to get away from the slight awkwardness that had fallen about the room at his mother's words.
Minutes later the room was covered with wrapping paper as they moved through their presents eagerly. "Wow Harry thanks." Ron said picking up a card that was in the middle of the Christmas card that Harry had given Ron. "Season tickets to the Chudley Cannons, with a plus one, this is the best!"
"I'm glad you like it." Harry said pulling on his Weasley jumper.
"Like it! Like it! I love it!"
"Thank you Draco." Mr. Weasley said as he opened his and Mrs. Weasley's present from Draco which was a magical plant which produced both tea leaves as well as a calming environment in whatever room it was placed. Draco smiled and thanked them for the knitted socks that they gave him and the scarf also with a D in black which stood out from the dark green.
"Be glad you don't have a jumper or you would really be part of the family then." George whispered to Draco who chuckled slightly.
"Harry this one's for you." Draco said passing Harry over his present.
"Thanks, and this one's for you." Harry lent over a passed Draco a small parcel before starting to unwrap his present. Draco turned Harry's over in his hand wondering what it could possibly be. "Thanks Draco, this is great."
"Do you like it, I wasn't too sure if it was okay." Draco said sheepishly tingeing pink.
"No I love it thanks." Harry opened the box of his very own Quidditch set, minus the snitch as Harry already had one, each ball was engraved with his initials HP, the bludgers were rocking around in their encased areas and the Quaffle was dressed in shiny new read leather.
Draco satisfied that Harry liked his gift opened his own and gasped in surprise when he saw what it was. Within the small box was one small pure golden ball, the name Draco Malfoy engraved on the front, the wings opened out sending small specks of gold to reflect off of them. The snitch hovered just above the box moving this way at that silently.
"Do you like it?" Harry asked watching as Draco watched it transfixed.
"Yes."
"You can programme the snitch to open anyway you want it to magical signatures, words, touch, dates, whatever."
"How does yours open?" Draco asked catching the small ball and putting it back in its box to examine later. Ron looked up interested, Harry had never told him how he managed to open the snitch.
Harry turned red. "I kiss it."
"No that didn't work when we tried it." Ron piped up, much to the amusement of his brothers.
"I opened it once and the reprogrammed it."
"So how did you open it the first time?" Percy asked.
"I – erm – told it I was about to die."
"What a nice way to open." George said sarcastically as the room became silent.
"But you didn't die." Ron said stupidly.
"Didn't he Weasley?" Draco asked in mock amazement, Ron just glared back.
"I kind of did." Everyone turned back to Harry shocked.
"How could you." Mr. Weasley said.
"It's not possible." Fleur exclaimed.
"That's why Voldemort was so confused." Ginny said, Harry nodded.
"What happened?" Draco asked frowning.
"Well when my mother died she magically protected me, when Voldemort was brought back he used my blood to bring himself back, and to have the protection my mother gave me, this bonded us together and when I died I was still tethered to life, I went into limbo and was given the choice to return, which I did. Voldemort asked your mother Draco to tell him if I was dead, she told him I was in exchanged for me telling her where you were and if you were safe, that's why he thought I was dead."
The room was silent apart from Teddy who was making small noises in the corner of the room playing with one of his new toys. "Oh Harry this is beautiful!" Ginny exclaimed looking down at her hands and seeing the present that she unknowingly unwrapped in the silence of the room. The tension was broken as it always is with good friends and Christmas went back to normal.
A while later the Weasley's, Harry and Draco were sitting drinking hot coco watching the fire die down, Ron was playing with his new chess set against Percy who was losing badly, Bill and Fleur were talking in low voices to each other she was curled up in his lap head resting against his shoulder, Ginny was playing a wizard card game with Charlie and George which seemed to include gambling and Ginny taking all the winnings. Mr and Mrs. Weasley were both reading new books that they had received from Charlie and Draco and Harry were messing around with the snitch allowing it to fly a few feet before reaching out and trying to catch it. Teddy and Andromeda had left to go home earlier in the evening laden with gifts and Teddy yawning exhausted but the day's activities.
There was a small quite chorus of voices accompanied by soft music.
'Rocking around the Christmas Tree
at the Christmas party hop '
Ginny started to sing swaying side to side from her place on the floor.
'Mistletoe hung where you can see
Ev'ry couple tries to stop'
Fleur sung tapping Bills nose playfully, who smiled at her.
'Rocking around the Christmas Tree
Let the Chrsitmas Sprit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some carolling'
George, Charlie and Percy chorused together
'You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear voices singing
"Let's be jolly; Deck the halls with boughs of holly"'
Ron sung.
'Rocking around the Christmas Tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone's dancing merrily
In a new old fashioned way'
Mr and Mrs. Weasley sung standing up during the instrumental interlude and dancing together, Mr. Weasley spun Mrs. Weasley round before they sat down again.
'You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear voices singing
"Let's be jolly; Deck the halls with boughs of holly"'
Harry and Draco sung together smiling.
'Rocking around the Christmas Tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone's dancing merrily
In a new old fashioned way'
They all finished and the music ended, happily with no repeat of the dancing witness earlier by the Weasley parents.
"Okay what was that about?" Bill asked looking around the room at the astonished faces.
"I thought that it only happened at Hogwarts." Ginny said.
"No I don't think it does, that happened to Draco and I the other day when we were walking around, we burst into song."
"I did no such thing!" Draco said affronted. "You burst into song."
"It was a good song." Harry said grinning at the memory of it.
Ron gave the two boys a weird look. "Right okay. Moving on."
"So what are you trying to say that you children have been bursting into song at school?" Mr. Weasley said looking between the four Hogwarts students.
"I which I was there to see this." George laughed making a mental to visit Hogsmeed soon.
"Yes, there was this charm left by Dumbledore that kicked in this year, it was this charm to make emotions and true feelings come out, it started on the train, it was set as a way to help those at Hogwarts move on and cope with what remained after the war. We don't know how long or exactly what effect it is having but it's rather amusing really. We just thought it was only on school grounds or something that it worked on, or just school students, but apparently not."
"Actually that may just be the case." Mr. Weasley said thinking. "Hogwarts had always prided itself on becoming the home to those students that live there for their schooling, I don't think I have met one person who has not taken a little bit of Hogwarts away with them." He explained. "The houses become like your family, that's what they always say. What if Hogwarts imbeds itself into the hearts of all that attend that would make any charm placed upon the members of Hogwarts to extend outside its walls to those that still think of Hogwarts as a kind of second home, as most do."
Charlie nodded. "That would explain it, how strange. I wonder if this is going to happen again."
"Probably not." Mr. Weasley said sitting back in his chair. "It seems to revolve around those people who are attending the school now; we are just an extra branch."
"What about me, I never attended the school." Fleur pointed out.
"Yes you did, you stayed there during the Triwizard Tournament and Dumbledore said that any of you would be welcome to come back at any time you choose." Harry said suddenly remembering.
"There it is settled, come on; I for one could do with a nice long sleep." Mr. Weasley said standing up and stretching.
Bill and Fleur said their goodbyes and promised Harry that they would pay his respects to Dobby's grave. By the time they left everyone was exhausted so picking up what was theirs they slowly made their way up stairs to bed.
"Good night Draco." Harry murmured into his pillow.
"Good night." Draco replied a content smile on his face, he turned over and fell to sleep mentally labelling this day as one of his best days ever.
A/N: OMG I cannot believe I just wrote that today!! Be very happy with me! I had wanted to put Christmas in a few chapters before but decided it having its own chapter would be better. Hope you enjoyed this, any facts that I have got wrong please tell me and I will correct them but I think I have most of the right, though I did have to search for a few things as my books on my bookshelf and had just painted my nails and would not risk messing them up by going through books.
Also Christmas might not be traditional for some people, but it's an adaption of what I do every year so I'm keeping it the way it is no matter what others say.
