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Chapter 13

Hermione sniffled, burying her face at the crook of Draco's neck. He rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. She lifted her head, wiping away her tears. "I'm fine, I'm fine." she mumbled.

"Really?"

"Well, no I'm not, but I will be. I have to be." She looked up, and out the tall window. Her mind started turning. "Well...I know something that might help."

"What are you thinking?" He asked suspiciously

"Snow"

"Oh no! No no no!"

"Draco, it will help me feel better. You know how much I love snow. Please!"

"Then go out there by yourself! You can't get me out there Granger."

"I can't play in the snow, alone. That's no fun!"

"Then ask one of your Gryffindork friends to go with you, not me!"

"I want to go with you!"

Draco almost caved in at that, but he shook his head. "We have classes soon."

Hermione bit her bottom lip. "I know...but I need a break. Not from the class...but from seeing Harry and Ron. I can't look at them without feeling sad. It hurts too much, Draco. I just need a day where I don't have to see them much." she sighed "I know I'm not one to skip class...but I need it. Please, come with me."

"Fine." He huffed, standing up to walk up the stairs.

"Where are you going?"

"We need coats. I'm not going out there without a coat!"

"We can easily use drying and heating spells."

He looked out the window, his frown deepening. He looked at Hermione, and his face softened. He walked past her grabbing her hand. "Let's go." he said. He put a drying and heating spell on grinned as she followed him. They stood outside, looking out at the field of snow. "Now what?" Draco asked

Hermione pulled away from his hand, running into the snow, feeling it swirl around her. She turned around to look at him. "Let's make a snowman!"

"A snow what?"

"A snowman! You've never made one? Look I'll show you." She bent down, grabbing a handful of snow, packing it into a ball. "Take a snowball, and roll it in the snow, until you have a huge ball. One that is bigger than a quaffle."

"What's the point?"

"It'll be the head or something. It'll be fun. Trust me."

He looked at her for a second. "Alright, hand that over." He grabbed the ball from her hands, and started to roll it in the snow. She watched him as he got lost his concentration. He looked like a little kid who was in deep concentration to make his perfect snowman. She giggled, it was cute. She bent down to grab some snow of her own, when an idea popped into her head. Forming the snow into a ball, she chucked it at him, hitting him on the shoulder. "Bloody hell!" He exclaimed. She laughed, clutching her sides. She didn't notice that he picked up snow and made a snowball of his own, throwing it at her. When it her on the arm, she looked at him in shock. Now it was Draco's turn to laugh. She smiled as she watched him enjoy himself.

Hermione grabbed some more snow, throwing them towards him. Before he got a chance to react, she hid behind a tree. She poked her head out to take a peek at what he was doing, but saw him nowhere. "Draco?" She called out. When he didn't respond, she stepped out from behind the tree, to get a better view. 'Did he go in?'

"Gotcha!" Draco yelled, grabbing her around the waist from behind, and picking her up. She squealed and a fit of giggles escaped her.

Harry sat in History of Magic, ignoring whatever the professor was saying. He looked to his right, glaring at the two empty seats where Draco and Hermione were supposed to be sitting. He took a deep breath to calm down a bit, and turned to stare out the window. Movement caught the corner of his eye and caught his attention. His gaze moved downwards to see what it was. Anger rushed through him as he watched Hermione and Draco wrestle each other in the snow. His grip tightened on his squeal as he continued to watch them.

"Come on Harry, class is over. It's time for Divination." Ron said standing in front of his desk. "What are you staring at mate?" He followed Harry's gaze curiously. He slammed his books down on the desk angrily. "Damn it." He growled.

Hermione stirred the hot cocoa in the mugs. "What's that?" Draco asked coming up behind her.

"I had Dobby bring us some hot cocoa." She replied, putting some marshmallows into them. "Is Aria asleep?"

"Yeah." He said as he stared curiously into the mugs. "What's hot cocoa?"

She picked them up, handing one to Draco. "Try it. It's the perfect drink for a cold day."

"I don't know. Is it a muggle drink?"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Just try it. It's good. I promise. Careful, it's hot though."

He slowly lifted the mug to his lips, taking a small sip. "Mmmm, it taste like chocolate." He said taking a bigger sip. "This is really good...for a muggle drink."

She smiled into her mug. "Whatever you say, Malfoy." She looked around their common room, frowning. "We need to start decorating."

"Decorating for what?"

"Christmas of course!"

"No thanks, I'm all set." Draco said setting down his mug on the table.

Hermione's frowned deepened "Don't tell me you have something against Christmas too!"

"Christmas is rubbish."

"First snow, now Christmas. What do you have against this time of year?"

"Everyone's over-joyous. It's not really that jolly of a holiday."

"Ah I get it."

Draco scowled. "No you don't."

"Christmas with Lucius Malfoy might bot have been the way to enjoy a holiday."

"Drop it Granger!"

"If you don't want to talk about it, fine by me! But heaven forbid, Draco Malfoy that you spoil our daughter's first Christmas! Don't you dare ruin this for her...for us!" She roared before stomping into her room, slamming her door.

Draco growled. "Fine!" he yelled "I'll do your bloody Christmas!"

Hermione smirked.

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