The Red Door

Chapter 18

"So what are your plans for Christmas" asked Hermione getting bored of the paper works she was filling out. 

"Orphans Christmas at Astoria's what about you" answered Draco

"Going to the Weasleys...What's an orphan Christmas" asked Hermione

"Well the war left a lot of us orphaned so we do Christmas all together" said Draco a little sad

"I'm sorry about your parents" said Hermione sincerely

"I'm not they both deserved what they got Hermione.... but they were still my parents" said Draco honestly

"What about the other orphans" asked Hermione realising she didn't know much about Draco's Life when he wasn't at work.

"Well Pansy is glad to be finally free of her family, Astoria and Daphne are loving their freedom because they're not being forced to marry and have babies, Zabini, Nott and Goyle are just glad they weren't marked and or married, Flint is happy he and his sister can finally live in peace and is trying to restore her magic.....I mean don't get me wrong we loved our families but they were crazy power hungry racists" said Draco

"What do they think about you working with me" she asked nervously

"Well the girls would like to meet you and the guys think it's funny I'm finally spending time with a woman who can hold a conversation and doesn't want what's in my vaults" laughed Draco

"I've met them all Draco we went to school together remember they've known me since I was eleven" said Hermione not sure if Draco remembered or not

"They would like to meet you as they are now Hermione, everyone's changed since the war, Our parents are all gone and they, like me, plan to turn their family name around" he replied

"Really all of them" said Hermione sceptically

"Yes all of them" said Draco a little harsh but he was annoyed with her scepticism of his friends

"I'm sorry I didn't mean that" said Hermione

"I'd love to meet them beside it's not like I haven't change dramatically as well" she smiled at Draco hoping he would forgive her for her judgement of his friends

Draco gave her a little smile in return but she could tell he was a little hurt.

"Oh I almost forgot here" said Hermione pulling 3 boxes out of her purse

"What are these" asked Draco

"Well the silver one is from me and the large pink one is from Love, the blue one is from Freelie and the others sorry I had to restrict their present giving or they would have spent all their money on it" said Hermione

"Also you should open Love's first because I'm not sure what it is and she was super excited about it" said Hermione with a laugh

Draco opened the large pink box and got a face full of steam. Love had made him a huge apple pie all for himself and bespelled the box to keep it hot and fresh. He couldn't help but to chuckle at the little elf. He made a note to buy her some more Slytherin robes.

Draco opened the blue one and looked inside smiled and closed the box not wanting to show Hermione. She gave him a curious look but let it go it was his present. Hermione was nervous about her present for Draco.

"I don't quite get it" he said as he pulled out a cube of wood

"Tap the top" said Hermione ready to hide her face if he hated it