Hermione Gaunt [DraMione] {Wattys 2017}

13: Christmas Day

~ Hermione Granger / Briella Gaunt ~

The past few days have flown by and it's already Christmas. Daphne, Pansy, and I had a sleepover last night. Brendan had Blaise and Draco over for the night, seeing as how Margarey allowed all of her kids to have two friends over for the night. Scarlett didn't invite anyone over so she just hung out with Daphne, Pansy, and I.

"Brie, let's go downstairs. We're gonna start opening presents soon" Scarlett says.

I nod.

Daphne, Pansy, Scarlett, and I had just woken up and it's almost ten o'clock in the morning. The boys have better waited to open their presents or else.

We all go downstairs to the foyer where the Christmas tree is set up. It's a HUGE tree; it scrapes the ten foot tall celling and takes up one fourth of the whole room. I wonder how Margarey got the blasted thing in here. And there's a mountain of presents under it for Blaise, Brendan, Daphne, Draco, Scarlett, Pansy, and I.

The boys are sitting on the floor in the middle of the foyer just talking. Their conversation stops when we walk closer to them though.

"Good morning guys" I say.

"Morning love" Draco says.

For some reason I start to blush. I don't think that Draco's ever called me 'love' before. But I find it cute so I'll let it slide. This time.

"Morning ladies. Ready to open some presents?" Brendan asks.

"Sure" Pansy says.

"Brendan don't we have to wait for your Mother before we start opening presents?" Daphne asks, placing a hand on her hip.

"Yes you do"

We all spin around in the direction of Margarey's voice. She's walking into the foyer from the kitchen with a wide smile on her face.

Margarey really likes Daphne and is glad that she will eventually become her daughter-in-law. She also really likes Draco but that's because she's known him ever since he was a baby.

"Sorry, Mum, I was going to wait" Brendan says sheepishly.

"Sure you were, Brendan. You are my son after all" Margarey says sarcastically.

"Anyways, let's start opening presents" Margarey says.

We all sit down around the ginormous Christmas tree, waiting for Margarey to pass around the presents. Which she does, suprisingly quickly. By the time Margarey is done passing out presents, each of us has gained a small mountain of presents.

Most of the gifts are from Margarey but each of us got a present for everyone else. I got everyone a matching bracket that has our Hogwarts graduation date engraved into it. I got Draco a framed picture of the two of us from when we were children. Margarey had taken a bunch of photos of Brendan, Draco, Scarlett, and I when we were children with a muggle camera and that's where I got the original copy of the picture that I gave to Draco. I copied it and framed it in a black and emerald green frame. The picture is of four year old versions of Draco and I smiling while holding two oversized ice cream cones.

I open the present from Daphne first. It's a emerald pendant with with a silver chain. It's very pretty and I instantly thank Daphne. The present from Pansy is the one I open next. It's a pair of earrings that match the necklace. They must've went shopping together. I open the present from Blaise next. It's a copy of The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. I thank him, he must've known somehow that I love this novel.

I then open the present from both Brendan and Scarlett. It's the complete A Song Of Ice And Fire book series by George R.R Martin. I open the three presents from Margarey next. The first one is a knee-length emerald green cocktail dress. The second one is a pair of black 2-inch high heels. The third and last present is a pearl necklace and a set of pearl earrings.

I then open the two presents  from Draco. The first one is a gold Charm bracelet with the Hogwarts house crest and the Slytherin house crest charms attached. The second present is a framed picture of Draco and I from a few days ago. I'm kissing his cheek and he's smiling. I'm pretty sure Draco took the picture, somehow.

"Thanks, babe" I say to Draco.

He nods and kisses me on the cheek. I start to blush, causing him to laugh at me. Everyone in the room, except for Margarey, start to fake gagging but Draco and I ignore them all.

I'm actually happy that this is the person that I'm going to marry.