It All Started At a Lake

Chapter 21

Saturday, December 25th, 1998

Hermione woke up in an unfamiliar bed the next morning, but she for sure liked the bed she was in. It was much more comfortable than the beds at Hogwarts and she had silk sheets.

She sat up in bed and looked around the room. The room she was given the night before was plain, but had lots of furniture. It was a beautiful room, aside from the Slytherin green blankets.

She stretched her arms and swung her legs over the bed, standing up and walking across the room to her bag with everything in it. She pulled out a clean pair of clothes and quickly changed. It was still early in the morning, but she wanted to check on something.

"Topsy." Hermione called, hoping the small elf would come. She was surprised when the elf actually popped into her room. "I know it's early, but can you show me the way to Draco's room?"

"Yes, Topsy can bring you to Master Draco. Master Draco is still asleep." Tospy said. The elf walked out of the room and Hermione followed closely behind, not wanting to get lost in the large house.

The elf led her down a short hallway until she was outside a large door with a Snake carved into it. Topsy slowly pushed open the door and walked into the room, trying to be quiet enough so she wouldn't wake up Draco.

"Thank you Topsy." Hermione whispered. The elf smiled and turned around, walking out of the room. Hermione slowly approached the bed, Draco was sound asleep, his hair sprawled across his pillow and his breathing even.

She sat on the edge of the bed and slowly shook him awake. He gripped her hips tightly and pulled her down into bed beside him. He rested his chin against the top of her head and wrapped his arms firmly around her.

"Draco, it's Christmas, don't you want to get up? I got you a gift." she said

"I'll open the gift later, I just want to sleep for a bit longer." he said

She snuggled up into him and closed her eyes. He transfigured her clothing into pajamas and snuggled up under the covers, "We'll get up soon, but not yet."

---

They fell asleep for half an hour before being woken up by an excited looking Teddy and Andromeda.

"Get up you two. Teddy is already wide awake and Cissa is downstairs." Andromeda said

Draco ran his hands down his face and groaned. He clearly wasn't a morning person. "We'll be down there in a few minutes."

Andromeda left the room with an over-excited Teddy and left the two alone. Hermione smiled at him and pulled him to a sitting position. "Let's go, we don't want to keep them waiting."

He got to his feet and transfigured her clothes back before changing into his own clothes. "I much prefer to sleep in really late." he said

Hermione smiled at him and walked out the door, "Well, I much prefer getting up early and doing stuff. Sometimes I'll read or do school work. Now let's go before somebody has to come up and get us."

Draco took her hand and walked them both through the Manor. he would have to warn her that there may be some illusions and that she shouldn't go exploring the Manor until the cure breakers finish their work, but he would get to that later. Right now he was too busy looking at her, she was so happy.

They made it to the main sitting room where his mother, aunt, and cousin already were. The room had a large tree, almost as big as the one in the library. There were tons of gifts placed under the tree, most were probably for Teddy.