Author's Note: 3/6

Prompts: (colour) Venetian red/(plot theme/action) Decorating the christmas tree.

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Decorations

"Don't you think it's a little garish?"

Hermione paused momentarily as she hung the venetian red tinsel around the lush green tree to throw a withering glare over her shoulder at her boyfriend. Draco was stood back, eyeing their work critically.

Bright lights were scattered amongst the branches of all different colours. One advantage to having electricity in their little muggle flat even though they didn't use a lot. Hermione had started at the top alternating between silver and red tinsel in neat rows down the tree.

"And why are you bothering to do it by hand?" he demanded, levitating a piece of silver tinsel over to her. She snatched it out of the air with another glare.

"Because, Draco, I may be a witch now but I was born and raised a muggle. That means for the first 11 years of my life I decorated this tree by hand and I am not about to stop now. It is all about tradition! In fact," she marched over to him, still gripping the tinsel, and snatched his wand out of his hand. "I am banning all magic from this holiday tradition. You can either hang baubles by hand or not at all!"

"Hermione," he growled, all traces of amusement gone from his face.

"I'm serious Draco, now get a few baubles and start dotting them about. Try not to cluster them all together and obviously don't put a red bauble against a red piece of tinsel. You wouldn't be able to see it then!"

Draco glared for a few seconds more but he had never been able to win a battle of wills over Hermione and he knew it was pointless trying. She would always best him. He let his shoulders slump with a sigh and scooped a few decorations from the box in front of him.

"You would do well in the army dear, did you know that?" he mumbled as he passed her. She was busy fixing the last strand of tinsel in place and she looked up sharply.

"Keep talking like that and I won't let you put the angel on top!"

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