Draco had been reading in his room at Grimauld Place when he was called down to dinner by Molly Weasley knocking on the door. Closing the book with a sigh, he prepared for yet another awkward dinner in which he would sit in silence and the Weasleys would glare at him. They still were no more accepting of his friendship with Ginny than when they had first arrived and he wasn't allowed to even talk to her in the library without one of her brothers walking past or coming in to 'read a book'. He knew there was no chance of them even kissing as things stood at the moment and he was scared that Ginny would decide she didn't want to be anywhere near him now that should could see how much her family hated him. They had known about it before, of course, but it was so much more real now that they were all in the same place.

Draco walked downstairs and into the kitchen that grew strangely quiet as he entered, again. Sitting in his usual seat at the end of the table Draco watched as Molly served up large portions of mashed potato, sausage and peas. After quickly saying thank you he began to eat his food as fast as he possibly could without having bad manners. The silence of the meal was disturbed just as Draco had finished eating his mashed potato with the ringing of the doorbell and subsequent screeching of his Great Aunt's portrait.

Molly Weasley went to open the door, muttering under her breath at some people's inability to learn not to ring the bell. The room listened as Molly removed the wards and unlocked the door. Then there was silence.

"Oh Aunt Walburga, do be quiet," a soft lilting voice commanded.

Surprisingly the portrait stopped screeching and after a moment Mrs Black's voice could be heard to ask, "Narcissa? Is that you?"

"Yes it's me Aunt and this is the welcome you give me. You should be ashamed for yelling at your favourite niece in this way and if I hear even one bad word about you from my son I will be forced to remove and destroy your portrait."

The voice was getting closer to them and Draco had pushed back his chair and stood up during this brief dialogue. Everyone in the room watched in shock as Narcissa Malfoy walked through the kitchen door as though she owned the place, followed by a dumbstruck Molly Weasley.

"Mother! I didn't know you would be coming here. Is everything alright?" Draco asked in a worried tone.

"Everything is fine Draco; I simply thought you would appreciate a visit over Christmas. I have your present in the hall, you will like it."

"Thank you, mother. Please, sit down or would you like me to escort you to your room?"

"You may do that after you have finished eating," Narcissa said, sitting down next to Draco gracefully. "How has school been?"

The Weasley family watched in shock as Draco talked to his mother about his school life and duties as Head Boy. Eventually, Draco finished his meal and left the kitchen with his mother to show her his room.

"This place has fallen into a state of disrepair," Narcissa commented. "Why didn't you do something about it? Like a certain charm?" Narcissa raised her eyebrows at Draco disapprovingly.

Draco smirked, "I saw no reason to. My room is fine, even if no one else's is."

"If you want them to accept you, and you do, then maybe you should try to be pleasant."

Draco smiled. "Now why would I do that? I'm glad to see you mother."

"I'm glad to see you too. Have you seen Severus lately?"

"I have, he seems well."

"He has done much for us."

"He has reason enough to," Draco agreed, smiling knowingly at his mother.

"Would you like to see your present now?" Narcissa asked teasingly.

"But it's not Christmas yet."

Narcissa raised an eyebrow.

"Well OK then."

"Close your eyes."

Draco screwed his eyes shut and heard something loud appear.

"Open your eyes," Narcissa said from next to him.

Draco opened his eyes and saw a beautiful grand piano next to the window.

"Mother," Draco said, awestruck by the beauty of the instrument. "It's amazing."

"I knew you would be missing your music and I know that you are lonely. I thought this might help."

Draco turned to his mother. "Thank you, it's perfect."

***

Ginny caught up with Draco just as he was leaving his room.

"Draco," she called. "I'm glad I caught you before we were surrounded. I want to give you your present."

"Let's go into my room. I have your gift in my wardrobe."

Draco escorted Ginny into his room, both of them glancing up and down the corridor to check that they weren't seen by anyone of the Order.

"Your mother has been working wonders around the house. Who would have guessed that there is a charm to return the house to its former glory?" Ginny asked, looking around Draco's immaculate, large and well designed room.

Draco smirked, "Yes, who would have guessed?"

Ginny jokingly punched Draco on the arm before noticing the piano in the room.

"I'm pretty sure that this was not in the room last time I was in here," she commented, running her hands over the keys.

"Mother bought it for me,"

"How long have you been playing for?"

"About 12 years. I'll play you something if you want, just let me get your present first."

Draco walked over to his wardrobe and punched a golden box from the back,

"Happy Christmas Ginny," he said, handing her the present. Ginny pulled a small box out of her pocket. "Happy Christmas."

Ginny opened the box carefully. Inside was a beautifully cream cashmere scarf, gloves and hat set.

"They're charmed to keep you warm no matter how cold it is outside."

"Thank you. I've been looking for some but I couldn't find anything."

"Maybe you were just looking in the wrong shops. I found them in this little shop in Muggle London and charmed them for extra warmth myself."

"Muggle London? Interesting," Ginny said, raising an eyebrow. "Open your present now."

Ginny bit her lip nervously as Draco opened the box. She really hoped he liked it. She had been saving up for it for a long time. Draco opened the box and looked up at her quizzically.

"It's a watch that shows you where everyone you care about is. You add the hands and it points to the relevant location. I took the liberty of adding your parents, Professor Snape and myself. It won't give away any secret locations."

"Thank you so much. You have no idea how worried I have been all this time. You even added my father. I know that you don't like him – I don't blame you for that, but I do care about him. Thank you again and again."

"You're welcome. Now give me a kiss and impress me with your amazing piano playing skills."

Draco smiled and led Ginny over to the piano after tenderly kissing her. "Prepare to be completely and utterly dazzled."

They sat together on the piano bench and Draco played the most beautiful song she had ever heard. It spoke of love and of pain, of anger and despair. It told the story of Draco's life better than words ever could.

***

Ginny was in her room when she heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen. It sounded like laughter and crying, something that wasn't usually heard in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Curious, Ginny went downstairs to investigate the cause of the noise.

Reaching the kitchen, Ginny became certain of what was happening. Gryffindor's Golden Trio was back. Smiling, she rushed in the room only to be caught in a hug by Ron.

"Ginny!" he cried, setting her down. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too. You always were my favourite brother."

"Hey!" George exclaimed from her right.

"Oh get over it. You know I love you too."

Ginny walked through the kitchen, laughing and joking with everyone and greeting Hermione until she reached Harry.

"Harry," she said tentatively.

He stopped talking to Kingsley and turned to face her.

"Ginny," he breathed before grabbing her and kissing her, spinning her around before finally putting her back down. Ginny touched her lips. The kiss was great but it wasn't Draco kissing her so her heart didn't skip a beat and her stomach didn't flip over. Looking up she saw Draco standing at the door, staring straight at her. He had seen everything.