Draco had a peaceful sleep however he felt a shift in the bed as if he wasn't alone;He woke up in a room he didn't recognize and felt a vice grip around his waist and as he looked down he saw a head of wild curls he hadn't seen in years as Hermione grumbled "five more minutes Draco…" Draco was about to speak but the door was busted open by three children,a young boy aged seven that favored both Hermione and Draco,the girl was a dead ringer for Hermione and appeared to be eight,she was carrying a small two year old boy who could have been Draco's mirror image "Jingle bells,Rudolph smells,Father Christmas laid an egg!" The girl continued to sing as the children climbed into the bed only to be joined by Crookshanks and a giant black dog Draco didn't recognize;As the commotion became too much for him he jumped out of bed and saw Hermione taking to the children like a mother would before pulling Draco over "Draco…strong coffee,please love." Draco could only nod his head as he then ran downstairs "Bloody hell what is this?! What is Hermione doing in my bed? Wait this isn't the Manor..where am I?! Whose kids barged into the room?"his head was a mess as he still got coffee going but he heard another door open and another pair of people he didn't expect to ever see again entered the house "Mr and Mrs Granger!" Draco exclaimed with a cracked voice. Hermione's mother smiled warmly, "Happy Christmas Draco." She said before pulling him into a tight hug. "Now, where are my grandchildren?"Before Draco could answer Mr. Granger yelled up the stairs "Hop to it! The Grans are here and I have teeth to check!" At this moment Draco poked his head out the door before shutting it as he saw a snow covered Hogsmeade "This is strange…" Draco turned to his supposed in-laws "When did you two get in from Australia? Did you find an open Floo line?"Mrs. Granger gave him a puzzled smile and laughed, "We've been back for ages now Son, are you feeling alright?"Draco didn't know how he felt but he played along "Yes I'm fine..must just be feeling sleepy still..say I need to step out and tend to something could you all hold the fort down for awhile?" Draco asked as he slipped on some slipped and a coat over his pajamas."Yes dear of course, but do hurry back. We have presents, and you know Hermione probably has everything on schedule so you can see everyone in one day." Mrs. Granger said with a smile only a Mother could produce "Right…" Draco said before making his exit.
Draco ran to the nearest floo flame and went into London and ran to the firm he worked at only to be stopped by security;Draco tried to explain he was the president of the company but they threw him out to no avail;when he got off the street he saw his mother leaning against a car "Come along Draco. We have much to talk about." Draco got in the car with Narcissa "I'd say so,what is all this?" Narcissa laughed "A simple glimpse." Draco sighed "A glimpse? A glimpse of what mother?!" Narcissa smirked "The road less traveled, and where it could've led you my dear boy." She said with a soft smile, "The road you ran from.." Draco crossed his arms resisting to flash the famous Malfoy Pout "Okay mother I get it,you slipped me something now could you please undo it?" Narcissa laughed "Draco it doesn't work that way,the potion will know when to ware off. You have no say." As the two argued Draco didn't realize the car had traveled via floo so when he was pushed out via enchantment he was in front of a house he didn't recognize and had a broom lamp in his hand;He suddenly heard a voice and turned to see Pansy holding two red headed babies "Hey stranger! Where have you been?" Draco didn't want to guess who those babies belonged to but he now recognized the house when Ron was standing at the door "Draco where have you been? Hermione is about to have your arse mate…" Draco looked at the lamp in his hand "last minute shopping..?" Ron gave Draco a look with a raised brow "Well, that was a bold decision." Ron laughed, "'Mione is going to have a field day.. But, you'll probably get by with it, Harry and I never got around her itineraries… Come on, let's get inside, at least you went home and got dressed first."Draco looked down and saw he was in a green jumper with a woven letter D on the chest and a pair of dress slacks "right.." he walked inside and recognized Hermione's angry face but before she made a move the little girl from earlier hugged Draco and took the lamp from his hand "I love it…thank you." Hermione cleared her throat "Rose love, go help Orion with Scorpius I have to talk to daddy in private." Draco let a soft gulp travel down his throat Draco frowned, "Daddy.. Right.. these are our kids.. And now I'm about to be in a fight with my wife on Christmas morning.. Merlin, I'm glad I stayed single." They went into the bedroom and shut the door as Hermione cast a silencing charm "Where were you?! I've been worried! You woke up and left with barely an explanation,you were gone for hours,I even tried your emergency number but got nothing because you left your pager here..you missed the kids opening the gifts. You spent months making sure that broom could handle anything from races to Quidditch and you didn't even see the smile on Rose's face when she opened it…" Draco sighed "I know I'm sorry I just had an odd dream and needed to go out for some air and lost track of time..I still feel like I'm in it. Because well I don't feel like this is.." Hermione raised up her hand "Please don't give me another one of those I'm having a mid life crisis talks love we already had therapy on that. Just get ready for the party tonight…and don't try to fake a food coma like last year you're going." Draco frowned, "Why do I have to go? None of these people like me, they're your friends."Hermione laughed "Nice try sourpuss, Harry would hate if you missed it,besides you owe Ron another chess game since he passed out last year. Not to mention you're James' favorite uncle." She began getting dressed for the party and caught Draco looking at her "Don't act like you haven't seen me in a bra and underwear before go on and wait with the kids.." she paused "And don't even try to shoot for makeup sex tonight I'm still mad at you."Draco smirked, "I wasn't going to try.." He said softly even though he was having an insanely hard time tearing his eyes away from her. Hermione raised a brow "Draco Lucious Malfoy,I said you could go.." Draco broke free of the distraction with the use of his middle name and undid the charm as he left the room;He was walking down the hall and heard a hiss as he stepped on Crookshanks "Sorry I didn't see you fuzzball.." he said as he continued on only to be tackled by the big dog from earlier and he was getting drooled on "Fang? How are you still alive?" He then heard his kids laugh as Orion spoke "Dad you know that's Fangs great grandson Sirius,remember?" Draco nodded "Yeah you're right..they just look so much alike sometimes I forget.." he got then dog off of him and Draco went to clean the drool off his face. "Ugh. I want to go home.. "He thought, missing his lavish life in London. " I was never meant to be a family man."
Later on at the burrow, the Christmas party was at full swing;Draco had small talk with some of the guests but he actually had to get use to the fact that He and Harry let alone all the Weasley's were friends;Draco was beyond bored but then He overheard someone talk about investment but they didn't seem to know where to start so He interjected but it was when He overheard Hermione talking about a work story He listened "Rose tried so hard to make a jumper for me like you Molly. It was so cute..but she misspelled Ministry and Clerk wrong.." Draco raised his brow "So you're a Clerk? You push paper all day and do the grunt work? All those dreams about changing laws and becoming a Minister out the window?" Hermione looked at him awkwardly "Okay Draco I think you may have drank a bit too much.." Draco didn't wanna cause a scene so He quickly replied "Sorry love you're right. Don't mind me,carry on."Hermione frowned, feeling stung and embarrassed by the comment. She awkwardly changed subjects, but avoided looking at Draco. A few weeks had gone by without much going on as it was now around early January;Draco was in the bedroom watching the television trying to contemplate everything that had been going on. Hermione ran into the room shutting the door and locking it then she turned off the what He was watching "What was that for?" Draco asked which made Hermione giggle "The kids are asleep…early,so I figure we could finally have time to ourselves." She cast a silencing charm and turned on some sultry music looking at Draco with a look He never forgot "You want me?" He said smirking, which only made Hermione sigh "That is the general idea yes." She crawled up the foot of the bed and began kissing Draco slowly "I know we have been at each others throats..but I know it was the holiday stress.." Hermione said as she continued to tease Draco "Plus you've been on your best behavior…" Draco couldn't help getting forceful as he grabbed Hermione by the back of her neck and turned them over so He was on top "Wait..I'll be right back." Hermione said as she ran into the bathroom;She changed into a set of lingerie as quick as she could and touched herself up a bit but by the time she made her grand entrance Draco was asleep "Damn..so close this time. But he was playing with the kids a lot today…I guess I can let this one slide" she got into bed and cuddled up to Draco making him the little spoon for once and kissed his head before going to sleep herself.