[thirty three]

The minute Hermione woke up, she sent a patronus for all their friends to come. Naturally, they did. Harry and Ginny were the first to arrive, informing them that Ron wanted to introduce Elena to the family first, before they dive into anything problematic.

Viktor and Astoria were there in no time, arriving through the floo network "Merry Christmas!" Astoria had greeted everyone so happily as Viktor lugged a large box behind her

"Here, sweetheart, have some hot chocolate." Narcissa smiled at her and passed two mugs of freshly made hot cocoa to her and Viktor

"So, let's get to business." Ginny grinned and grabbed a gift from the side "Harry and I's gifts first."

"Not even married yet and you're already doing the joint-gift thing." Theo snickered

"Shut up, Theodore. Because of that, you'll get yours last." Ginny rolled her eyes "Here, Draco, this one's yours."

She handed Draco a neatly wrapped box, which he took with a smirk "Thanks, Weasley."

"Where's thank you?" Harry narrowed his eyes

"Here." Draco lightly punched his arm and grinned as Harry let out a small yelp

"Blaise, this one's for you." Ginny grinned at Blaise, who scowled at her "You expect me to accept that after you get engaged?" He demanded

Hermione's eyebrows shot up, turning to look at Harry with an expression that clearly said "Don't look at me. Their friendship is weird." Harry shook his head as he passed around their other presents

Ginny rolled her eyes at Blaise's antics and just tossed him the present "Open it." Ginny grinned

Blaise narrowed his eyes at her before tearing through the wrappings "You're serious?" Blaise raised his brows as he showed everyone the jumper

"I made it myself." Ginny smiled proudly

"Blaise & Ginny BFF'S Forever." Hermione read "I must say, Gin, I'm quite offended." she joked

"I love it!" Blaise grinned "Okay, you're forgiven." he shrugged and tossed the jumper on

"You know you're my number one, 'Mione." Ginny winked

"You aren't at all worried about this?" Celine looked at Pansy weirdly

"Please, I know he's in love with me." Pansy waved off as she tossed Hermione her present "Here, Hermy. This one's yours."

"Pansy Parkinson, giving me a gift?" Hermione smirked, before handing Pansy a neatly wrapped box "Here, I got you one, too."

Viktor and Astoria made everyone Bulgarian Banitsa, each of them a pie of their own "Viktor and his mum helped me make it." Astoria smiled

"Tori, this tastes amazing!" Draco exclaimed as he dug in

"Can I have one more?" Ron moaned in delight as he shoved another spoonful in his mouth

"She was a great student." Viktor grinned, happy that they all found the gift wonderful

"I had a great teacher." Astoria smiled up at him. All their friends snickered at their sudden show of affection. Maybe their families' introductions went more than great.

They passed around a few more gifts, but when it was Draco's turn to hand the presents he had gotten his friends, he was red in the face

"A quilt, really, Draco?" Theo laughed at Draco's gift

"He gave all of us one." Harry pointed out "Look at the patches, though"

"It's practical." Draco shrugged, but his cheeks were still red from embarrassment "And I was feeling sentimental."

"Quidditch, and is that my manor?" Theo mumbled as he examined the markings on the quilt "A teddy bear, ?"

Draco shrugged

"What was on yours, Harry?" Hermione asked

"A large lightning," Harry rolled his eyes "There was one where a Nimbus 2001 was against a Nimbus 2000. A lot more, actually. I didn't know you had that much memories of me, Malfoy." Harry teased

"Shut up, Potter. This is about as sentimental as I can get." Draco muttered, not knowing whether he was regretting his decision to make them all that kind of gift. He honestly wasn't sure what made him do it, but everytime he looked at Hermione, Draco remembered his anchor for casting a patronus. His family.

Cheesy or not, Draco did not regret putting time and effort (what little of it, considering how gifted he was at Charms) into the presents.

"I highly doubt that." Hermione said quietly and kissed him on the cheek "Everybody appreciates your gift, don't they?"

"Yes, Hermione." They chorused

"Honestly, who is it that's whipped by this woman? Me or all of you?" Draco snickered as he pulled Hermione closer to him affectionately. She truly was a wonder woman.

"Don't worry, Malfoy. You're still the big bad wolf." Ron smirked

"What surprised me is how he had my brothers' quilts personalized, too. I mean, Charlie's had a bunch of dragons on it." Ginny said

"Like I said, I'm pretty gifted at Charms." Draco said, hoping they'd drop the topic before he could get any more embarrassed. Luckily, Hermione caught his drift "Well, here's my present for you, Gin."

They continued to exchange and open gifts with each other for the next hour. Narcissa, who was very much surprised that Hermione decided to get her one, loved the coat that she was gifted. She insisted on wearing it later that day when she leaves to take care of their London flat.

Ron and Elena arrived a little while later, just as they were about to finish, harboring gifts for every one as well. Blaise wouldn't stop teasing them over their whole "These are from the both of us." speech.

Theodore adored the new shirt Hermione had gotten him, and Blaise was ecstatic over the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes fireworks that he received. While everyone was grateful for Draco's personalized quilts, already using it to warm themselves up, they also enjoyed Viktor and Astoria's Bulgarian pie and ate it along with Narcissa's hot cocoa.

As they opened the rest of their gifts, Draco took the time to charming the ceiling to let false snow fall over them. He waved his wand to play some holiday jams and grinned as they exchanged jokes while throwing wrapping paper at each other.

"I never once imagined our manor to be as lively as it is now." Narcissa said to Hermione as they watched them all laugh away "Thank you. Because of you, they're here together. Happiness has been quite scarce for my children in the last years." she smiled lovingly at Draco and his friends

"I'm just happy we're all happy." Hermione smiled, before handing Narcissa an envelope "This is for you. Andromeda had Harry and Ginny bring it over."