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Chapter 14
Hermione grinned as she rummaged through the boxes.
"What is all this?" Draco asked as he entered through the portrait with Blaise, who was holding Aria.
"They're boxes filled with Christmas decorations. Hogwarts had some extra so Dobby brought them up." Hermione squealed.
"Christmas?" Blaise wondered confusedly. "Draco, you hate Christmas."
"I know mate, I know." Draco sighed
"Oh stop it. Come over here and help me put these up." Hermione said. Draco pulled out is wand. "Oh no!" she scowled. "We are doing this the traditional way. No magic."
"Are you bloody serious?"
"I am bloody serious, Malfoy. No magic!" She snapped. She grabbed a wreath from the box. "Here hang this above the fireplace."
He let out a sigh of defeat as he went to grab the wreath from her.
"Pachhh. Isn't Daddy whipped, Angel?" Blaise whispered to Aria. Aria just clapped her hands together, giggling.
As Hermione instructed Draco on how to position the wreath, Blaise grinned mischievously, taking out his wand. "Accio mistletoe." he whispered quietly, making one appear from one of the boxes. "Wingardium Leviosa." He directed it to hang directly above the two.
As Draco stepped down from the stool he was standing on, he accidentally bumped into Hermione. He grabbed her around the waist to make sure she didn't fall. "Sorry."
"It's alright." Hermione turned from to get more decorations from the boxes. She stumbled as though some sort invisible wall blocked her way.
Draco grabbed he shoulders to steady her. "You just can't up right to day, can you Granger?"
She turned back around and looked at him, confused. "That was really weird..."
"What?"
"It seemed like there wa-"
"Uh Draco, Hermione, I'm just gonna get Aria ready for bed." Blaise interrupted. He grinned as he walked into Hermione's room. He actually just wanted to leave them alone for a bit.
Draco stared after him suspiciously. "He's up to something..." he mumbled
"Draco, something's wrong. I can't seem to move from this spot."
"What? Hold on let me get my wand." He turned to grab his wand from the coffee table, but only stumbled back.
"You can't move either, can you?"
"It's like there's a wall...an invisible wall..." He kept trying to move away from the spot but no such luck, they were stuck.
Hermione leaned her head back, groaning. "Why?" She whispered up to the ceiling, then she gasped. "Draco look! She pointed twoards the ceiling above them. "It's a mistletoe. I'm guessing a magical one."
He looked at it. "Blaise!" They both whispered at the same time.
"What are we going to do?" She cried
"Only one way... we kiss."
Hermione turned around, and tried harder to push her way out.
Draco growled. "Don't be a prude, Granger. It's just a kiss."
Hermione glared at him. "Fine. One quick one." She took a deep breath. "Let's just get this over with." She leaned forward a little, closing her eyes.
He put his hand on the back of her neck, pulling her closer as he placed his lips on hers. Hermione was about to pull back, his hand held her there, as he took the kiss deeper. She moaned as he licked her bottom lip, asking for entry. Her lips automatically parted, and their tongues battles. His hands slid down her arms slowly, before wrapping around her waist, pulling her body closer to his. Her hands got tangled in his silky hair. She sighed when he moaned. His lips trailed down her jaw to her neck, near her earlobe. "Draco..."
"Mmm" He moaned in her ear, before nibbling on earlobe.
Hermione sighed as she leaned her head back, letting him have more access. She looked up, sighing. She froze as her eyes locked on the mistletoe. "Stop!" She suddenly said, pulling away. "I said just a quick kiss..."
"I'm sorry...I..."
"I better check on Aria and Blaise." She mumbled and walked toward her room.
"Hermione..." He called, but she was already closing her door. He sighed and sat at the edge of the coffee table. He looked into the fireplace. "Shit"
Hermione looked around her room. Aria was in her crib, but Blaise was nowhere to be found. 'He must've sucked out while Draco and I were...' She sighed stating on her bed '...kissing' Her fingers grazed her lips. They felt cold in a way, without his lips on them. She sighed again. She enjoyed way more than she should have.
Hermione placed her bag and Aria's baby bag on her shoulder, and picked Aria from the floor where she was playing. She pulled open her door and froze. Draco stood on the other side, fist midair, as if he was about to knock. He smiled at her sheepishly. "Peace offering?" He held out a mug of hot chocolate to her. She couldn't help but smile as she took it from him. He took Aria from her arms, and lifted her above his head. "Morning Arbear."
Hermione smiled into her mug as she watched them. "Come on." She set the mug down on the coffee table and tugged at his arm. "We should take her to Madame Pomfrey now."
Draco exaggeratedly gasped feigning shock. "You're willing to be seen with me?" He grinned at her. "Does that mean I'm forgiven?"
"Yes, peace offering accepted. Now let's go. I still want to go to breakfast."
"Yes Ma'am." He grabbed his bag from the couch, placing it on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around Hermione's shoulders as they walked out the portrait.
They talked and laughed as they walked towards the Hospital Wing. When they turned a corner, they stopped in their tracks, as they came face to face with Harry. Harry glared at both of them as he saw his arm around her, before walking past them. Hermione handed Draco Aria's bag, before running after him. "Harry wait!" She called out. He ignored her and kept walking. "Harry, please!" She pleaded desperately. He stopped walking, but didn't turn around. "Please talk to me." She reached out and touched his hand.
She cringed when he pulled away. He angrily turned towards her. "Why?"
"I miss you. I miss my best friend!"
He started walking away. He stopped and looked back at her. "Follow me" He said before walking again, not waiting for her to catch up. She faintly smiled as she ran to walk besides him. He led her to one of the towers, into an old unused classroom. It was their spot. Hers, His and Ron's. It was where they would go if they wanted to get away from everyone else or to just hang out. It was where they usually went when they needed to think by themselves. Harry sat at the windowsill. "Talk"
"I miss you. I know we didn't work out as a couple, but we were pretty great as best friends."
"Best friends, Hermione? You chose Malfoy over me!"
"No, you're wrong. I chose Aria over you. What do you expect? She's my daughter, of course I will choose what I think is best for her."
"And how the bloody hell is Malfoy the best for her, especially after what he did to you?"
"It was Voldemort, Harry, and an Imperius Curse. I can't blame him for something he didn't do on his own accord...something he tried to fight doing. Draco can be...mean, but that is something he would never do to me...to anyone."
"How would you know that?"
"He's not as evil as you think, Harry. He can actually be really nice...and caring. You should see him...when's he's with Aria. There's a side that you would never have expected to see from a Malfoy. He truly loves his daughter, like she is the world to him."
"You're falling for him." Harry shot
"Wha- No! Harry no...I'm not...no...I am not falling for Draco Malfoy." Hermione stammered, but it seemed like she was trying to convince herself more than she was trying to convince Harry. "Look, i didn't want to talk to you about me and Draco. I wanted to talk about you and me."
"But somehow, Malfoy has a big involvement in this."
"Like it or not, Draco is and will always be Aria's father. They will always be connected, that's permanent and nothing can change that. But you can't just drop six years of a great friendship over something I have absolutely no control over. I am not going to keep my daughter from her father when I can see how much he loves and cares for her. I am not a cruel person to keep a child from her father because of personal feelings."
Harry stared at her intently. After what seemed like a while he sighed. "You're right"
She smiled faintly "I know I am. I guess it's my maternal instincts kind of thing. Aria loves you, you know."
"I'm really sorry, Mione. To be honest I really miss you too, and Aria."
"Really?" She grinned
"Of course! You were right about the other thing too. We didn't really work out as a couple, but we were pretty great at that whole friendship thing. I really did miss it."
Hermione ran into him, wrapping her arms around his waist. "I miss you so much."
Harry smiled. "Back at you." He truly did miss herm and was glad to have her back. "I do need a girlfriend though."
She looked up at him slyly. "Ginny seems really interested in that role."
He groaned. "I love the Weasleys, I really do, but she's harder to love than the others. She's what you might call..."
"Slutty, bitchy, clingy?"
"Possessive...but that works just as well."
She rested her head on his shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll find you someone."
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