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With Christmas promptly drawing near, the snowfall became increasingly intense, confining Reyna indoors and driving her to the brink of madness. Dumbledore's army was thriving with the students harnessing and mastering each spell with each lesson. With some guidance from Harry, Reyna and Hermione, Neville finally managed to disarm another student and the boy was elated at his accomplishment.
As she peered out the window, she observed her fellow pupils frolicking outside, moulding snowmen, creating snow angels, and engaging in raucous snowball battles.
Reyna harboured an intense hatred towards Christmas and the whole winter season. In her youth, she was unable to partake in the simple joys of building a snowman with her father or engaging in a friendly snowball fight with him.
Watching all of the students having fun left a bitter taste in Reyna's mouth and the witch was surprised her skin hadn't turned green from envy.
"Why the long face?"
Draco's voice startles Reyna from her self-pity party and she turns to face the Slytherin boy who had two mugs of steaming hot chocolate with a mountain of whipped cream on top. The boy peers down to see what Reyna was looking at.
"I see," The boy nods. "Can I join the pity party?"
"Anyone can join as long as they bring me treats like this," Reyna grins, taking one of the mugs from the boy. "Thank you. Oh, I have a gift for you!"
The witch begins rooting through her bag, pulling out random objects. Finally, Reyna retrieves a bundle of documents from her bag, she hands them over to Draco. The fair-haired wizard eagerly inspects the papers, his gaze widening with a sense of enthusiasm.
"Just fill them in now," Rena hands him the pen. "Then I can hold onto them for safe keeping"
"I can't thank you enough," Draco says as he begins filling in the forms.
"I think a lifetime of hot chocolates like this will suffice," Reyna replies and Draco chuckles.
"So the twins are on board?"
"Of course, they are," Reyna nods her head. "You're just a boy Draco, they can't hold you accountable for your parents"
"I've been a dick-"
"They did point that out," Reyna murmurs. "But they understand why. Their mother is trying to push them into a Ministry job but they want to open a joke shop"
"Do they have the money for it?"
"Yeah, the Delacours gifted me uncut diamonds last year for saving Gabrielle so they have a few hundred thousand galleons," Reyna informs the boy. "They're waiting until they've sorted their business plan before they tell their mother but they have been anonymously sending the family account money"
"So technically you're an investor?" Draco asks and Reyna snorts.
"Please, if we're talking technicalities, I own the business,"
"I thought you were going to become an Auror,"
"I am,"
"And you have more diamonds?"
"Yes,"
"Yet you're still going to take some of the shop's profits?"
"We made a deal," Reyna shrugs. "I have 10%, they wanted to give me more and I said no, so instead I attend the business meetings and have the power to scrap anything that isn't a wise financial move"
"So you have the power?"
"Of course I do,"
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Reyna was comfortably lying on Harry's bed, her feet resting against the wall as the bespectacled boy lay beside her in the same relaxed position with Hermione on the other side of him.
Meanwhile, Ron, Seamus, and Dean were spending their time in the common room with the twins, due to Reyna's request for them to vacate the room.
"So let me get this straight," Reyna begins. "You kissed Cho because she was crying over Cedric dumping her?"
"Yeah,"
"But Cho isn't your type," Hermione chimes in.
"No girl is my type,"
"So why did you kiss her?"
"I felt bad for her," The boy says awkwardly.
"Oh, my Jesus,"
"Harry!"
"It was disgusting," Harry grimaces. "Moving past the fact that she isn't the right gender for me, her tears were getting all over my face and I'm pretty sure her nose was running"
"If you weren't sure before you're definitely gay now right?"
"Oh, definitely," Harry nods. "I love you both but boobs definitely aren't for me"
"Too much for you to handle?" Hermione jokes.
"Too high maintenance," Harry nods. "Especially if it was someone like Reyna"
"Oi!"
"So what are you going to do?" Hermione asks. "You can't lead her on Harry"
"Here's something I say all the time, Hermione's right," Reyna replies. "Even though Cho is pathetic, kind of a Debbie Downer and just boring-"
"Get to the point,"
"You can't lead her on Harry,"
"So you're telling me the same thing that Hermione said but filled with insults about Cho?"
"That about sums it up,"
"You're useless," Harry rolls his eyes. "But Hermione, I do want to ask you something"
"Yeah?"
"Fred," Harry says and the witch flushes pink.
"I'm glad you don't play poker Hermione,"
"He's leaving this year," Hermione sighs.
"He's going to wait for you," Reyna informs the witch. "He wants you to have your fun while at Hogwarts and then he's going to romance you. But obviously, you don't know that if anyone asks"
"Know what?"
"Huh?"
"What were we even talking about?"
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