There's More To You Than You Let On

Chapter 14: Holiday Plans

Today was the first day of the winter holidays. Hermione and Draco were packing their bags to head to Malfoy Manor and spend the holidays with Narcissa. Once they finished everything, they headed quickly down to the carriages. They made the last one and jumped on the train last minute. They found Ginny at a table on the train by herself and sat down with her.

"Pansy, Astoria, Blaise, and Theo aren't going home for the holidays?" Hermione asked.

"No their parents are in Azkaban," Draco said.

"Aw, I wish I had known, I would've said bye properly," Hermione pouted. Draco put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him to rest on his chest. Draco kissed the top of her head and smiled down at her. She looked up at him and began to lean in but before their lips could touch Ginny spoke up.

"Yeah... can you, like, not do that? If I'm going to sit here with you both, I'd like to not feel like an awkward third wheel," She said.

"Right. Sorry," Hermione said as she pulled back from Draco.

"Yes we should've waited for you to leave," Draco said making Ginny glare at him and Hermione to hit him in the arm.

"Draco!" She exclaimed.

"I was just joking," He said as he put his arms up in surrender. She rolled her eyes and excused herself to go to the bathroom. When she came back she sat next to Ginny rather than Draco making him pout and whine.

"Oh stop you'll survive," Hermione giggled. She turned back to look at Ginny and began to talk like they used to.

"So any new boys after Dean?" Hermione asked, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"No," Ginny sighed in response. "I still can't get over you-know-who. The weirdest thing happened the other day, he ran up to me between classes and was, like, switching between personalities."

"How do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"He was like 'Ginny! I'm so sor- you foul blood-trait- you have to contact the ministry. It's- I hope you die in a hol- I love you- I hate you- they're getting stronger!' Then he just pushed past me and left like I was scum on his shoe," Ginny explained.

"That's.... odd," Hermione concluded. Ginny nodded in agreement. "Well anyway," she started, trying to change the subject, "do you know if Blaise and Theo started doing romantic things for Astoria and Pansy?"

"Oh, yeah. I've been meaning to tell you, they took the advice you told Draco to give them and now Astoria and Pansy won't shut up about it, well of course, unless you and Draco are around," Ginny said.

"I don't get it. Why won't they talk about their relationship with me?" Hermione pouted.

"Because yours and Draco's relationship undermines theirs," Ginny shrugged.

"Well what have they been doing? Catch me up," Hermione said. Ginny started to explain everything Pansy and Astoria had told her to Hermione. They laughed and giggled nonstop.

"Now I feel like the third wheel," Draco mumbled to himself as he leaned into the palm of his hand. Ginny and Hermione laughed at this and let him join in on the conversation.

"So which couple do you think is cuter?" Ginny asked. "Pansy and Theo or Astoria and Blaise?"

"Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed in shock.

"What? They won't know. I won't tell them," Ginny defended. Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes but began to think about her answer. "So which one?"

"Astoria and Blaise," She concluded.

"Really? I think Pansy and Theo make a better couple," Draco said.