Multi-Fandom One-Shots Part 2

The Weasley Family Christmas (With Special Guest Stars, The Malfoys) - Scorose

It was supposed to be a simple Christmas.

All of the miscellaneous Weasleys and Potters were going to be out of the country or staying with their significant others for the holiday. Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione had decided to do a simple Christmas dinner by themselves and not have to worry about entertaining dozens of people.

But then Rose owled; Scorpius and his family were going to Iceland for Christmas-that's where Astoria's family was now-and Rose said that while she loved Scorpius, she didn't love him quite enough to freeze to death, especially not when she had to deliver half a book to her publisher by the new year. So Rose was added to dinner, with an extra invitation to stay at her parents' for the night as well. "Just like old times," Hermione smiled.

Two days later, Rose owled again, to let them know that Scorpius realized that his Ministry work conflicted with the dates his parents would be out of town and there was no way he could join them. Hermione didn't have much of a choice but to invite him.

"They have been dating for almost four years," she pointed out to Ron, Harry, and Ginny. "We probably should have invited him to family events ages ago." No one could disagree with that, especially since they all liked Scorpius. It was just hard to accept the fact that their children were old enough to be in long-term relationships, and it was even harder to accept when that relationship was making conversation over shepherd's pie.

But the important thing was that it was still shaping up to be a good, simple Christmas with no worries.

On the morning of the 24th, Rose called via fireplace to let them know that Scorpius's parents would be joining them for dinner.

"There's some sort of ice storm outside of Reykjavik that's making it impossible to safely Apparate in," Rose explained, "So we thought it would be best to just invite them over here since their plans were canceled."

Hermione stared at her daughter's head in the fireplace in shock.

"They'll be getting here at seven; Scorpius and I should be there around the same time. See you tonight. Bye!"

Rose disappeared without giving Hermione a chance to say anything. She had a feeling that was intentional.

"Ron," she called from the living room, trying to stay calm. "Could you come here, please?"

"Was that Rose," Ron said as he came in. "I hope you told her not to bother brining anything for desert because Ginny told me-" He stopped when he noticed Hermione's face. "What's wrong?"

"Malfoy and his wife will be joining us for dinner."

"But-I thought-aren't they," Ron struggled to find the right words. "Aren't they in Iceland?"

"No, they're in England, and in about eight hours, they'll be in our dining room."

That was when all hell broke loose.

While Ron was keeping up an impressive rant without stopping to take a breath (topics covered included: Draco Malfoy, The War, their second year at Hogwarts, expanding the table on short notice, and his failure as a parent for raising a daughter who thought it was polite to invite people to events without asking the host first), Hermione had already Apparated to the Potter's and brought Harry and Ginny back with her to do damage control.

Ginny stayed completely neutral on the subject. She didn't particularly like Draco, but she didn't think an evening with him would be the end of the world. Harry, on the other hand...

"What do you mean, you don't think he should come?" Hermione looked scandalized. "But you were the one all those years ago who said that if Rose trusted Scorpius, that should be enough for us!"