On the night before Christmas I remember sitting in the Dinning room next Draco eating the roast dinner our Cook Matilda made for us. She's already working on the dinner for tomorrow. In my family Christmas Dinner is never a dull occasion. My parents have been talking to my brother about his Christmas exams. I've been sitting there quietly eating for the whole time they were talking. I haven't been paying attention but I do know the subject has changed. "I honestly don't even know what you saw that Dean Thomas boy." My mother says taking a sip from her wine. I push my seat back from the table, stand up and walk out of the dining room. "Opal" My father calls. I can hear Draco say "Its alright Mr. Perevell I'll get her" I start to walk out into the garden. Our garden is ridiculously big. The sun is setting. The pink hues make the water in the water fountain look like candyfloss. I sit down on the edge of the fountain running my hand through the water. "Charlotte" I hear Draco say from behind me. I turn around and say "What? Come to make fun of me? Call me a terrible Gryffindor for not being brave and standing up to them" "I was just going to say that its cold and you should probably put on a jacket." "I'm fine" I say shivering. It is actually freezing cold but I'm not going to admit that. I feel something drape around my shoulder I look down to see Draco's jacket around me.
We walk in the front door maybe an hour later. I look up at my brother standing at the top of the stairs "Look isn't that cute. You're wearing his jacket" "Bugger Off" "Father was looking you" I take off Draco's jacket and hand it to him. I start to walk to my fathers office when my brother says "The both of you". He says it with the most smug look on his face. To be honest if he wasn't at the top of the stairs I'd hit him. I roll my eyes and push open the door to my fathers office. He's standing at the fireplace. "Opal Aurora Charlotte Perevell and Draco Lucius Malfoy where were you two? We had the house staff looking for both of you"He says glaring at us. "They obviously didn't look very far. We were in the garden" "The garden its freezing out there. You'd die" "Mr Perevell it was my fault. I asked her to show me the gardens." Draco says stepping forwards. "Very brave for a 13 year old but I'm afraid you're a horrific liar." "Father!" I say in shock. If there's one thing that you don't do is insult the Malfoys. "Now both of you off to bed both of you" He says shooing us out of his office.
We turn to look at each other and start to break down in laughter. I start to imitate my father "But I'm afraid you're a horrific liar". I walk up the stairs with Draco. "Are they always like this?" "Who" "Your family?" "Trust me they're being nice" I say pushing the hair out of my face. "Sometimes I think about how my family would've reacted if I was put anywhere but Slytherin." "Well what do you think they would've done" I ask. "I don't really know." "Well at least you don't actually have to deal with it"I say as Draco starts stopping at a picture. A family portrait.A picture of my brother father and mother. He looks at it for a moment before saying "Did they not let you in the picture? That's awful" "Funnily enough it wasn't that. I'm not in it because I painted it." I say standing behind him. He turns with wide eyes "This is amazing" "I could show you more drawings." "Please" He says following me. I push open the door of my drawing room. I've always said there's too many rooms in this house. My brother has a room for his quidditch trophies. My drawings and paintings are all over the room. On the walls (to my mothers discontent). In books on desks. Draco walks around the room. Picking up the odd piece of art. "So you spend a lot time drawing. Huh?" He says flipping through a drawing book I completed over the summer. "Drawing is probably one of the only things that makes me happy." I say looking around the room. There's pictures in here from years ago. Draco stops flipping through the books for a second and asks "Who's that?" He asks turning the book. The drawing of my Grandmother done in charcoal. "That's my Grandmother. She was the only one who never treated me differently for being in Gryffindor". A few moments later my mother swings her head in the door and says "Its late. Both of you bed". She walks away after. I stand up and walk outside of my drawing room. Draco following me. We say goodnight and go to our bedrooms. I lay in bed that night with my door open just a crack. I can see the light from the hallway shining through. I her footsteps outside. "So, Kristopher" an unfamiliar voice says. "This is the night. This is the night you die". I wake up screaming. Death is the most terrifying thing to me. It would probably be my bogart. A few moments later Draco comes running in. "Are you alright?" He asks. I nod running my hand through my hair. "What happened?" "It was just a nightmare." I say. "Are you sure you're okay?" "Yeah I'm fine" I say. He turns around and begins to walk out but beffore he leaves he stops and says "Merry Christmas".
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