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Chapter 16 - Christmas Eve (Part 1)

Christmas Eve morning, Hermione awoke feeling refreshed and excited about the days events. After a quick shower, Hermione dressed casually in jeans, t-shirt and jumper, before heading down to breakfast. Entering the family dining room, Hermione smiled at Narcissa and Lucius who were already sitting at the table eating their breakfast. Lucius was reading the Daily Prophet while sipping on his morning coffee, while Narcissa was glancing through a Witch Weekly magazine as she ate a bite of her scrambled eggs. Taking her seat Hermione greeted them both before placing a couple of pancakes on her plate and drizzling maple syrup and whipped butter onto them.

"Morning Hermione, did you sleep well?" Lucius asked as he looked over his paper at her.

"Yes Thankyou, Draco still not awake?" she asked as she took a bite of pancake.

"No, he didn't get back from Blaise's until late last night" Lucius replied. Hermione nodded.

"Did Blaise come with him?" she asked after a moment.

"No, Blaise said that he would prefer not to due to his mood, he'll be over later tonight to stay for Christmas" Lucius answered.

"So Blaise should arrive around the same time as Professor Snape?" Hermione asked as she took a drink of pumpkin juice.

"Yes, they'll both be here for dinner" Lucius answered just as Draco stumbled tiredly into the room.

"Morning" he mumbled to everyone as he took his seat and began to fill his plate with bacon and eggs.

"Morning Draco, how was Blaise last night?" Hermione asked.

"Not in the best of moods, you were right though Mia, he did want to talk about what his relatives had done"

"When am I not right Draco?" Hermione asked cheekily. Draco scowled at her and mumbled 'know-it-all' under his breath. Hermione laughed knowing that he was teasing her.

"So what do you men have planned for today while Hermione and I are baking cookies?" Narcissa asked cheerfully.

"Firstly we're heading to Diagon Alley to pick up a couple of things. When we get back we're heading out onto the grounds to pick out a tree for us all to decorate tonight" Lucius answered.

"Draco could you pick up something for me while you're in Diagon Alley, I would like to get Blaise a present" Hermione spoke up.

"Sure Mia, what do you want me to get him?" Draco asked as he took another mouthful of his breakfast.

"Just a large bag of whatever his favorite candy is, I have a feeling that he's going to need it" Hermione replied as she took a sip of her pumpkin juice.

"That's no problem, I'll pick it up for you" Draco responded with a smile. Lucius and Narcissa shared a secret smile at the interaction between their son and Hermione, both delighted at the prospect that perhaps their subtle matchmaking was working.

After Draco and Lucius left for Diagon Alley, Hermione retrieved the recipe for the sugar cookies, the cd of Christmas songs and her mini cd player that was charmed to run off magic from her trunk and joined Narcissa in the kitchen.
"What's that Hermione?" Narcissa asked as Hermione placed the cd into the player.

"It's a cd player, this disc is a cd and has songs recorded onto it, the player uses a laser to read the songs and plays them" Hermione answered as she pressed play.

"Muggles certainly are inventive" Narcissa commented, as the first bars of Jingle Bells began floating throughout the kitchen. Impressed that such a small machine could do so much, Narcissa peered at it curiously.

"They certainly are, I've often thought that perhaps the wizarding world should take a look at their technology and adapt it to our world" Hermione smiled.