The Eighth Year - Under Major Reconstruction

24 - Lunch

After dinner, they all went their separate ways.
Mister and Misses Granger head to bed as they were extremely tired since Australia was ten hours ahead of them.
Narcissa to her bedroom to do...well, no one exactly knew what she was doing.
And Hermione and Draco back to their room to just sit, read, and enjoy each other company

They had had quite the dramatic week, first with Narcissa...then finding Hermione's parents...then bringing them back to the Manor for Christmas and letting their parents meet each other.

They desperately needed a break.

"Hey...how about when Christmas is over we go to that place in Switzerland?" Draco suggests

"Really? There will be a lot of muggles. No magic." She tells him

"You want to go. You seemed to really love it and I wanna see what's so special about it. I mean...there's no magic so it can't be all that great." He smirks

"There may not be our kind of magic but I do think it feels kind of magical when you're gliding down the mountain. As long as you don't fall it feels very freeing. The resort we went to when I was a kid was one of the most popular in Switzerland. It wasn't the one in the advertisement. " She smiles

"I'll figure everything out. What's the place called?" Draco asks. He could have to have Harry help him plan this trip. It was Unfortunate, but he didn't want Hermione to have to worry about planning it.

"It's called St.Moritz. It has some beginner-friendly trails I think would be okay for you. I haven't been in a long time though so it may have been updated." Hermione explains

They continued laying on their bed, reading and talking about their upcoming trip to St.Moritz that Draco would force Harry to help him plan. 

Hermione told Draco about the large, beautiful mountains they would be skiing down and explained what a ski lift was

"Wait wait wait...Ski lift? It's a big wire that pulls you through the air? Seems dangerous. We should just apparate. That seems much safer. " He asks, he had put down his book and was now listening intently to Hermione talk about the resort.

"No no no, it's very safe. There's a bar to keep you in place on some and some are fully closed so you can't fall out. Plus we wouldn't have any good spots to apparate because It's not covered well enough and we could apparate to a cliff and accidentally fall off. We will definitely be taking the lift. " She explains

"What do you mean cliffs? Why would we be in danger of falling off of them?

"Draco, we'll be skiing down a mountain. An actual mountain. They have cliffs and unexpected drops. We'll have to be careful and apparating is not something that would necessarily be safe in this instance." Hermione explains

He just didn't get it. He was looking at her like she had three heads. They were in danger of falling off a cliff? What kind of sport was this?

"Before we go it would probably be best to have you watch a rerun of one of the past Winter Olympics so you can see what skiing is like." Hermione says excitedly

"First we have to get through Christmas."

After that comment, they both stayed silent and eventually fell asleep

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Draco was the first of the pair to wake up the next morning. Instead of waking Hermione up, he just laid next to her and watched her sleep for about an hour before his stomach started growling.

"Hermione...wake up. I'm hungry."

"Then go get some food." She says, her eyes still closed

"My arm is under you, I didn't wanna disturb you by moving, but I'm sure you're also hungry...and it's 11 o'clock."
He knew she would get up if she realized how late it was.