Draco Malfoy sat alone in his room looking forwards to Christmas with no excitement or happiness. He would be spending his Christmas at HQ, on his own except from any Order members who happened to drop in. Ginny wouldn't even be there with him.

Draco had got so used to Ginny always being there that he wasn't sure what it would be like if she wasn't there. He had been used to her continuously knocking on the door as he purposely took ages getting ready every morning; used to her greeting him when he finally came out with a cup of steaming coffee, perfectly made; used to her humming Weird Sisters' songs as she worked. He had begun to like it when she constantly bugged him or the way they would just sit in companionable silence in front of the fire at night. They were friends now, perhaps not as close as he and Blaise but still close. He'd miss her when they had to leave each other.

***

Ginny had a plan. Ominous sounding as that sentence may be, it was true. Ginny knew just how lonely Draco would be over Christmas. He would have no friends and no family with him; only semi-malicious Order members who would in all probability try to hex him if they got drunk enough. So Ginny had planned a surprise for Draco. She has asked her mother, who had acquiesced, if they could spend Christmas at Grimauld Place. She had pretended that she wanted to make new memories for Harry there but she only really wanted to be with Draco and make his Christmases better than the ones before when he had been continuously hounded by Lucius to join him in a spot of festive torture. Well, Draco had never said it in such a way but Ginny could tell it was true. She had promised herself that she would make his Christmas a happy time and show him that it was really about love and not money.

***

Today was the day! Ginny, Fred, George and their mother were all going to Grimauld Place and Ginny couldn't wait. Draco was going to be so surprised. The almost-look on his face would be priceless.

So, after they all apparated to a side alley near the Order Headquarters, she practically skipped up to the door. She tentatively knocked, not wanting to awaken the portrait of Mrs Black, and then decided she didn't care anyway and rang the bell.

Kingsley opened the door and glared at her as she heard Mrs Black screech. She smiled sheepishly at him before pushing past him into the house and walking into the kitchen followed by her brothers and mother. She heard a noise from the door, turned and, seeing Draco, ran to him.

***

Draco had been confined in his room, by his own choice, for the past few days except from when he got hungry. So when he heard the doorbell ring and his Great Aunt's painting begin to screech he decided to go downstairs to see what all the commotion was about, hoping something good would happen.

Draco walked down the stairs, pausing to have a semi-polite conversation with his Great Aunt's portrait and make her stop yelling (Draco and the Order members had soon learnt that not even his Great Aunt was immune to the infamous Malfoy charm after his arrival at headquarters), and into the kitchen. As soon as he walked through the door he saw a blur of red before being almost knocked over by something soft, warm and strawberry smelling. He smiled a soft smile and wrapped his arms around Ginny.

"It's good to see you Ginny," he whispered in her ear.

"Ditto," she whispered back, holding him closer.

Draco savoured the feeling of her arms around him for a moment before pulling back and looking at her with fondness. Merlin, what was this girl doing to him? No, not girl, woman.

"What are you doing her Red?"

"We're spending Christmas here. Surprise! Merry Christmas Draco," Ginny replied, smiling up at him beatifitically.

"Then it'll be so much more fun that I had planned it to be. Who else is going to be here?"

"Well you can see that the twins are here and so is my mum. Dad will be here after he's done at work. Tonks and Remus might be returning in time for Christmas Day, if they can make it, and so will practically everyone else who can be here without endangering anyone. I'm not sure about the Golden Trio but they may come."

"Great," Draco muttered but even this could not discourage him from putting his arms around Ginny again.

"Hmm hmm."

Draco looked up to see the twins glaring at him, Mrs Weasley looking confused and annoyed and Kingsley looking as confused as hell but like he knew he was going to enjoy the next scene. He had never liked Draco.

"What are you doing to our baby sister?" the twins he thought was Fred asked.

"What does it look like?" Draco asked, smirking slightly. Just because he was 'reformed' didn't mean that he didn't enjoying pissing off the male Weasleys. Well, maybe not all of them but definitely Ron and the twins, it was too much fun to not do.

"Get. Your. Hands. Off. My. Sister," the other twin spat out with a blatant look on his face showing Draco that he was trying and failing to mask his anger.

"Don't bother," Ginny murmured to Draco before turning in his arms to face her brothers. "Draco is my friend and as such you will play nice or I will tell everyone all of your secrets."

"But...but..." the first twin said. "He's Draco Malfoy. He's the fucking Slytherin Sex God, he only wants you for sex, and he'll dump you as soon as he's done with you."

"Which makes it a good thing we are just friends and not fuck buddies," Ginny said sarcastically.

"Ginny!" Mrs Weasley cried, shocked at her daughter's language.

"I'm sorry Mum," Ginny apologised. "It's just Draco was going to be all on his own and he's my friend so I wanted to make sure he had a good Christmas."

Mrs Weasley sighed and looked at her daughter's smiling face. "Fine, if that is what you want."

Ginny squealed her happiness and hugged her mother while Draco smiled sadly, thinking of his own mother, and thanked Mrs Weasley curtly.

The twins rolled their eyes behind their mother's back, knowing better than to fight with her, before glaring at Draco and retreating to a corner to plot against him.