Meanwhile, back at the Malfoy mansion, Christmas day wasn't gong so well either. Draco hadn't one present from anyone, not even his parents.
"Why haven't I any presents?" Draco asked his father. Lucius refused to answer, or even acknowledge his son was talking to him. After a few seconds of silence, Lucius glanced at Draco, and then back to what he was doing. Draco got annoyed at stormed off to find his mother. He found her sitting alone in the dinning room.
"Mother, why haven't I any presents from anyone?" He asked. She looked at him for a few seconds.
"Ask your father" She said quickly.
"I have, and he ignored me" Draco said with a low tone.
"Then I am not at liberty to discuss it with you. I'm sorry dear, I really am, but your father told me to say nothing to you unless he said I could" She said. Draco looked at the floor in frustration. He was about to walk away, when his mother spoke.
"Ask your father again later, after dinner, perhaps he will be more willing to talk" She said. He thought for a moment, and then walked up to his room. He locked hi door and walked to his bed.
"How can they not get me presents and refuse to explain to me why" He said to himself, as he pulled out his school trunk from underneath his bed.
"If father won't speak to me now, he won't speak to me later, so I'm not going to bother asking again. After dinner, I'm just going to tell them I'm going back to Hogwarts" He added and opened his trunk. He walked over to his chest-of-draws and pulled out a lump of clothes and put them on his bed. He began to sort out the pile and placed them neatly into his trunk.
Later that night, Draco, his father and mother were seated around the huge dinning table, all eating what is best known as Christmas dinner. After they had finished their meal, the servants hurried around the table cleaning up the empty plates and trays and hurried to the kitchen to clean them all.
"Father…mother" Draco spoke up and broke the silence. His father lifted an eyebrow.
"Yes dear" His mother said.
"I'm…I'm leaving home and going back to Hogwarts" He said. His father's eyes widened and he straightened himself up in his chair.
"But…Whatever for?" His mother gasped.
"Well, for the main reason that I did not receive any gifts for Christmas, not even from you or father, and no one is telling me why. Even when I ask, people are ignoring me. Now it seems to me, that you do not love me anymore, which is why I want to go back to Hogwarts and be with people who actually care about me!" Draco shouted.
"Who, people like Potter?" Lucius spoke up. A pink colour flared across Draco's cheeks.
"Lucius!" His wife said in a low tone.
"I'm sorry dear, but I cannot have my son cavorting with the enemy" Lucius said firmly.
"What do you mean 'cavorting' with him? I hate him!" Draco shouted and banged his fist on the table. He tried his best to keep a straight face and not give away the lie he just told.
"Oh really…then why would Severus tell me that he saw you and that Potter, up against a wall, your legs wrapped round his waist and him holding you up by your arse, your fingers intertwined in his hair and both of you exchanging pleasantries with your tongues!...God only knows what else you've gotten up to with him!" Lucius shouted at him. Draco didn't know what to say, the words had been completely knocked out from his mouth. He stared at his father.
"Do you want to know why you didn't get any presents? Because you don't deserve them, for you have brought shame upon the family. And you will not be going back to Hogwarts. I will not allow you to see Potter-"
"Will you stop calling him that? His name is Harry!" Draco shouted back as he cut his father short. His heart was beating fast. Draco had never stood up to his father like this before, especially now that he is defending Harry. His father stood up out of his seat. His mother stood up too.
"Lucius please don't hurt him. Do you really think he can help it if he loves this boy?" His wife said. Lucius looked at her.
"He might not be able to help it, but I can!" He said and started to walk toward Draco. He knew what was coming and he ran from the dinning room and into the foyer.
"Come back here!" His father yelled after him.
"No!" He cried back and made a run for the stairs. Lucius pulled out his wand and cast a spell at Draco. He ducked as he ran up the stairs, and the spell just missed him.
"Don't run from me boy…you can't hide" Lucius said as he began to walk up the stairs. Draco was already running into his bedroom. He slammed the door shut and put a locking spell on it. He then crawled under his bed and pulled the bed sheets from on top of it and wrapped himself up in a ball. Lucius began pounding his fist on his bedroom door.
"Open this door at once!" Lucius shouted.
"No!" Draco shouted back from under his bed.
"Would you leave him alone? Fair enough you said he can't go back to Hogwarts…but casting spells at him and trying to kill him is going over the top!" His wife said firmly.
"He is a disgrace. I can't let him go unpunished!" Lucius said sharply. His wife looked at him.
"If you hurt him…don't expect me to love you again" She said, and walked back down the stairs. Lucius watched her for a few seconds, and then went back to what he was there for.
"Do as I say damn it!" He shouted as he banged on the door again. Draco huddled into a tighter ball.
"Harry…I love you so much…I wish you were here" He whispered to himself.
Back at Hogwarts, Harry was lying in bed when he felt a tingling sensation on his chest. It was the same sensation he felt from his locket, when Draco left Hogwarts. He sat up and his hand dived down the inside of his shirt and pulled out the locket. He took a deep breath and opened it. Draco's initials had gone red.
"He's in trouble!" Harry said and jumped to his feet. He fumbled around his draws for clothes and got dressed.
"Better take this, just in case" He said and put his wand in his trouser pocket.
"Now to get to Draco's house, I need to apparate" He thought to himself. He closed his eyes and remembered his lessons on Apparation. After he thought hard of where he wanted to go, he spun on the spot and disappeared from the dorms. When Harry appeared again, he landed face first on to the floor. It took him a few moments to get himself back on track. When he did, he noticed he was in a dark room. Harry looked around, but couldn't make out much, just a large four poster bed and other large dark objects. He made note that he was in someone's bedroom and stood up.
"Now, to find Draco" He said.
"Harry?" A small voice said.
"Draco?" Harry said, looking around. Draco crawled out from under his bed and stood up, half wrapped in his bed sheets. He ran at Harry and cuddled him.
"Please help me, father wants to kill me" He said and gripped Harry tighter.
"Why? What's going on?" Harry said, holding Draco.
"He knows about us, Snape saw us doing things and told him. He then started talking badly of you and I defended you against him and he got mad. He then cast a spell at me as I ran from him" Draco said, and tears started to form. A shout was heard and Lucius continued banging on the door.
"Please don't let him get me!" Draco pleaded and hid his face in Harry's chest. Harry thought for a moment and got an idea.
"Get on my back" He said, staring at the door.
"What…why?" Draco said, looking at him.
"Just do it and hold tight" Harry said. Draco reluctantly climbed onto Harry's back and held tight.
"What are you doing?" Draco whispered to him.
"I'm apparating us out of here!" Harry said.
"With me on your back…are you crazy!" Draco shouted.
"If all goes to plan, like in my head, then we are good" Harry chuckled.
"And what if half of me comes with you, and my other half ends up somewhere else. Did you think of that?" Draco said.
"No, but I'll definitely be happy with the bottom half of you" Harry laughed. Draco blushed and hit him on the back of his head. Harry smiled and then closed his eyes and thought of his bed at Hogwarts. There was an enormous thud, when Lucius burst through the door, who went wide-eyed at the sight of Draco with Harry.
"Harry!" Draco shouted and closed his own eyes. As Lucius was about to step forward, Harry spun on the spot and disappeared with Draco. When they both appeared again, they had landed on Harry's bed, and surprisingly, Draco was somehow underneath Harry. Harry looked him up and down to make sure he was all there.
"I didn't think that was going to work then" Harry said, and smiled nervously.
"Oh shut up!" Draco said and kissed him. Harry returned it and dived his hand under his pillow and pulled out a small box.
"Merry Christmas" He said, and planted another kiss on Draco's lips. Draco took the box from him and unwrapped it. He opened the smaller box inside to reveal a gold ring. He didn't know what to say. Harry took it from him and took one of his hands and placed the ring on his finger. Draco smiled and kissed him. They undressed and settled down to sleep.