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So this is just a random Drarry drabble to say sorry for not writing anything in a while... (^_^; )
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Harry P.O.V.
I sat in my bed in the boys dormitories trying to decide whether or not I should trust Cedric's advice. On one hand I didn't see how a bath was supposed to help me decipher the screeching wails that emanated from the egg; on the other, I had always wanted to know what a prefect's bathroom looked like...
I had just made up my mind when I heard a familiar tapping noise at the window.
Smiling, I grabbed a couple owl treats from the tin next to my bed and opened the window to allow the ruffled eagle owl out of the wind.
I placed the treats on the window ledge, much to the appreciation of the bird, and sat down to open the note.
Harry,
I happen to be free tonight, and I know we haven't seen each other in weeks... fancy a moonlight stroll?
X
I smiled to myself as I flipped the parchment over and began to write back. I've got a better idea...
Once I was sure that everyone else was asleep, I quietly slipped out of bed and grabbed the Marauders Map and my invisibility cloak. Tiptoeing down the stairs I froze as I realized that one of the lights was still on.
"Going somewhere?" Hermione stood up from one of the armchairs.
I should have known.
I tried to think of an excuse as to why I would be leaving the common room this late, but simply shrugged when I came up blank.
She sighed, "You're still trying to work out the clue aren't you? It's alright you know, you don't have to hide it from Ron or I, we understand that you have to do some things on your own."
I smiled at her understanding, "Thanks Hermione."
She nodded, "No problem. Just be back before Ron wakes up, so that I don't have to do the explaining."
"Sure thing." I quickly clambered through the portrait, after throwing the cloak over myself, and hurried to the entrance of the dungeons to where Draco was waiting.
"Hey," I greeted, after sneaking up behind where he was standing and throwing the cloak over the both of us.
"Hey." he replied with a smirk, and pushed me against the wall.
Before he could press our lips together I put a hand on his chest, "There'll be time for that later, first we need to go somewhere. Did you wear what I told you?"
He stepped back with a confused look, "Yeah I did, but I don't know where I'm going to need swim trunks... Harry James Potter, if you think I'm going to swim in that filthy lake -"
I chuckled, "No of course not, wouldn't want to ruin your perfect hair after all." I ran a hand through his hair, watching with satisfaction as he shivered and leaned into my touch.
Thankfully after that he followed me to the prefects bathroom rather complacently, only stopping to question me once we got there.
"Hold on, isn't this the prefects bathroom? How do you know the password?" he said incredulously, once we were allowed in.
"Cedric gave it to me, said it could help me with this," I took the drawstring bag off my shoulders and pulled out the egg.
"And why would Cedric give you a clue?" He asked, suddenly suspicious.
"Because, Draco, sometimes people do things out of the goodness of their hearts and not for personal gain." I rolled my eyes.
"But not in a competition like this." He insisted.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, he said he was paying me back for warning him about dragons in the first task."
Draco nodded as though this made more sense, "Okay. But if this is some sort of trick to mess with you I will make him regret it."
I snickered at his threat, a lot of people found Draco scary; the big bad Slytherin, but whenever he does this I always get the impression of a puppy trying to act like a guard dog.
"Alright then, I'll let everyone know not to mess with me or I'll sic my pet snake on them."
"Pet?"
"Mhm," I hummed absent mindedly as I made my way to the bathtub, "Bloody hell this thing is huge."
"Benefits of being a prefect I suppose." Draco peered down into the swimming pool sized tub.
I turned on one of the taps experimentally, a gush of hot water poured out along with purple perfumed soap suds in the shape of clouds.
I glanced at him with a mischievous grin on my face.
"You want to use all of the different taps don't you." He rolled his eyes, but I could tell he had as much fun as I did playing with the different foams.
"We are going to smell like a fruit salad by the end of tonight." He remarked as we watched the pool fill with a plethora of multicolored soaps.
"Good thing tomorrow is Saturday." I pulled my robes over my head, and he followed suit until we were both in our swim trunks.
"See something you like Potter?" He laughed as he caught me staring at his surprisingly toned abdomen.
"Yeah, your pale chest." I remarked, smiling as he smacked my arm.
"It's almost full, we should start turning off the taps."
By the time they were all off, the tub was entirely full and Draco wasted no time sliding in. I was slightly disappointed when his body was hidden under the suds.
"It's actually really nice... doesn't smell too bad either." he remarked, swishing his hands around in the water.
"Okay, hold on while I -"
I never got to finish my sentence, as the second I turned around to grab the egg I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist, and the next thing I knew I was submersed in soapy water.
"Hey!" I shouted trying to spit as much water as I could out of my mouth.
His arms stayed coiled around my waist as we treaded water, and I felt his lips brush the edge of my jaw before moving to kiss the spot where my neck and shoulder met.
"Draco," I protested as I felt his teeth press into my shoulder, "You are not giving me a hickey."
"Why not?"
"Because Ron and Hermione think I'm bathing alone trying to figure out the egg riddle." I countered, half wishing that we didn't have to be a secret anymore.
"Yes, but the school robes cover our shoulders. Plus, as you mentioned earlier, tomorrow is Saturday."
I guess I couldn't argue with that, I smirked, "In that case..."
I turned around, still in his arms, and pressed my lips to his.
He smiled into the kiss and tilted his head to get a better angle, opening his mouth so that our tongues could meet.
My hands came up to wrap around his shoulders as he deepened the kiss, pushing me up against the wall of the pool.
"God I've missed you these past few weeks." he moaned, momentarily breaking the kiss before attacking my lips once again.
I threaded my fingers through his dripping hair, enjoying the feel of his hands on my hips. Sadly though, we did not have all night.
I pulled away slowly, resting my forehead on his for a moment, "We should probably get going on the clue now."
He sighed, "You're right." and with that he pulled himself up and over the edge, grabbing the egg from on top of my bag and sliding back into the water.
"Bloody hell it's cold out there."
I chuckled and pulled him over to a ledge jutting from the side of the pool. I sat and pulled him onto my lap, he was careful not to get the egg wet.
"Is this thing waterproof?" he asked, eyeing the metal contraption.
"I don't think they would give us a clue that could be destroyed by something as simple as water. Though there's one way to find out." I lifted the egg from his hands and went to drop it into the pool, but he stopped me.
"Harry! What if it broke? That is your one and only clue, you aren't going to get another. You need to take this more seriously." He stared determinedly up at me.
"Okay okay." I handed it back to him and raised my hands in mock surrender.
He frowned down at the egg, and I realized that my involvement in the tournament may have bothered him more than he let on.
"Draco, you know nothing is going to happen to me right? Dumbledore wouldn't let it."
"Dumbledore is a daft old man. This tournament is dangerous, I mean they cancelled it because the death toll was too high!" his voice had risen slightly in volume, and I assured him I would take it more seriously from then on.
"You don't know what it's like standing in the crowd watching you risk your life like that, knowing that if something were to happen to you, not only would I not be able to help, but I would have to pretend to laugh along with my friends-" he broke off as I leaned forward to kiss his forehead.
"One task down, two to go. I'll make it through unscathed like I always do, I promise." I tightened my arms around him to reinforce the idea that I wasn't going anywhere.
He snorted. "Unscathed? In first year you were put into a coma for four days, second year you were stabbed by a giant bloody snake, and last year you were almost mauled by a werewolf and then kissed by a dementor." he then put a hand to his face in mock horror, "Dear god what have I gotten myself into?"
I smiled, kissing his forehead again, "Would you rather you be in the tournament?"
He took his hand away from his face, "On second thought, no it's fine, I think I'll just stand in the bleachers."
I smiled and lifted his face to mine, but before they touched I lifted my other hand up and opened the clasp on the egg.
I laughed as he lurched back from the unearthly wailing noise being emitted from the clue.
"Potter!"
I closed the clasp and pulled him back onto my lap, "Sorry, but I couldn't pass up that opportunity." I said to his pouting face.
"You know it's adorable when you pout like that."
"Shut up Potter." he took the egg back from me and began to examine it, "There had to have been a reason Cedric sent you here of all places. Why tell you to take a bath?"
"Maybe he thought it would help me think?" I suggested, though I could sense rather than see his eyes roll.
"No, if he was actually giving you a clue it wouldn't just be 'take a bath and think about it' it would have to be something about the bath..." he trailed off and swished his hand around in the water, "Harry have you tried opening it under-"
"Oh Draco, how clever you are!" a whiny high pitched voice came from the far corner of the room and I promptly ejected the poor Slytherin from my lap.
He came up sputtering, spitting out multicolored suds just as none other than Moaning Myrtle came drifting over to us.
"Myrtle! How long have you been there?" I shouted just as Draco shouted "This is a boys' bathroom!"
She giggled "Touchy, touchy. The girls' bathroom gets lonely sometimes, and you never visit me Harry." she whined, causing Draco to give me a questioning look.
"I'm not allowed in the girls' lavatory. Last time I got in trouble." I replied motioning to Draco that I would explain later.
"Hmph, fine. As for your other question, I've been in here long enough to know that you two," she pointed between us, "aren't exactly enemies, now are you." she smirked suggestively.
I sighed in defeat and looked at Draco, who was still treading water in the middle of the pool.
I opened my arms a bit apologetically; I didn't mean to throw him off of me. He swam over and sat next to me, it was awkward enough with Myrtle in the room without him sitting on my lap as well.
"You won't tell anyone will you Myrtle?" I put on my best puppy dog face, praying that she would agree.
"Ohh of course not! Secret love is always the most fun," her smile was starting to creep me out, "besides, who would I tell? No one ever visits me!"
I shrugged guiltily, not knowing what to say.
Surprisingly it was Draco who spoke up, "Myrtle, what did you say before about me being clever? Did it have to do with the clue?"
"Well of course it did. You figured it out rather quickly, it took Cedric ages to figure it out! And that was without him snogging the brains out of anyone."
I had the sense to look embarrassed that she had seen us, but Draco didn't seem to care, "So I was right? That's how you can hear the clue?"
He suddenly looked extremely excited, and I felt a twinge of pride in my boyfriend. Of course he would figure it out so quickly, as clever as he was.
"So, how do we do it then?" I asked, handing him the egg again.
He promptly plunged it into the water.
"Hey, what happened to being careful?" I protested, but he just shushed me and opened the clasp.
I got ready to slam it closed, but instead of an ear-splitting wail, the egg made a soft singing noise, indistinguishable under the water.
I looked at him in awe before Myrtle spoke up, "Well go on, listen to it!"
With that, Draco and I slipped off the ledge and under the surface of the water.
Our eyes widened as we heard the song emanating from the egg, I grinned widely and he grabbed my face, pulling me into a celebratory kiss.
I gladly complied, my hands coming up to wind in his silky hair, the clue slipping from my grasp and sinking to the bottom of the pool.
Our legs tangled together and we felt free, as if nothing in the world could touch us. Which wasn't actually true, and we had to swim to the surface again to avoid drowning, but we were extremely pleased with ourselves for figuring out the clue.
"What happened? Where's the egg?" Myrtle butted in, reminding us of her presence.
I rolled my eyes and Draco dove down to retrieve the clue.
After listening to it a few more times we had memorized it, and the sky began to turn a shade brighter; we had to leave.
Toweling ourselves and each other off, we slipped back into our robes and got under the cloak, "Thanks Myrtle!" I called out as we opened the door.
He took my hand in his as we walked down the corridor, down to the dungeons so that he could make it there without being caught.
He sighed, "I wish we could do things like this more often."
I nodded, "I know, I do too, but you know that Hermione will get suspicious if I'm always popping off in the middle of the night. Not to mention your friends -"
"Screw our friends." he whispered.
I sighed, and went back to studying the map; we had been over this a million times.
"Hey look at this." I pointed to a name on the map, "Bartemius Crouch, and he's in Snape's storeroom."
"That's odd, isn't he supposed to be extremely sick?"
"Yeah." I mumbled, switching directions to head towards the storeroom.
"Harry, we really shouldn't snoop. It's not our place." Draco worried.
"C'mon Draco, Crouch has been acting weird all year!"
He sighed in defeat as we started down a staircase.
I stopped as my foot suddenly caught in the trick step close to the bottom.
"No!" I whisper-shouted as I lost my grip on both the egg and the map.
We both wince as the egg bounces loudly off of each step on the way down, cracking open at the bottom and unleashing it's screeching wail, the Marauder's Map slipping across the steps after it.
Draco wrapped his arms around my waist to steady me as I wobbled with my leg almost up to the knee in the trick step, "Maybe I should-"
I clapped my hand over his mouth as Filch turned the corner with a mighty hunting cry of "PEEVES!"
We both quaked in fear as he shut the clasp on the egg and began to search for the culprit.
Just when we thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, both Snape and Professor Moody showed up.
Snape of course immediately recognized the egg as mine, and Moody's magical eye locked dead onto the two of us hidden under the cloak.
Draco's arms tightened around me and I knew he was preparing for fight or flight.
Luckily Moody seemed to be on our side that night, because he sent Snape away and managed to convince Filch to drop his antics about peeves.
"I believe this is yours?" He asked once both Snape and Filch had left, holding up the egg and the map which he had picked up off of the ground.
I slowly pulled the cloak off of us and took my hand away from Draco's mouth, "Yeah, sorry professor."
"Huh, don't be sorry boy. These things happen. I have enough sense to keep this little escapade to myself, as well as your... interesting choice of company." his magical eye swished back and forth between Draco and I.
I felt myself sigh in relief, I wasn't sure why exactly, but I believed him. I just hoped Draco wouldn't say anything, knowing how distrustful he could be.
"Say, Potter... This map here... Where did you get it?" I felt my heart sink, if I lost the map to Moody... one of the few things of my father's I had...
"Umm, I found it in the hallway last year. It comes in handy..." I stuttered out.
"I can imagine... You wouldn't have happened to notice anything... unusual around the castle lately, have you?"
I blinked, "Um, no... not really." I bit my lip, "Well actually, we did see Mr. Crouch's name on there a few minutes ago, walking around Snape's storage room."
Moody's normal eye widened, "This... this map could be very useful. You wouldn't mind if I borrowed it for a little while would you?"
All things considered, I thought that it couldn't hurt to loan the map to him, especially if he would be able to catch the person who put my name in the Goblet... "Sure," I heard myself say, "Why not?"
"Thanks Potter." he nodded, still studying the map, "You two best be off though, I can't cover for you again if you're caught a second time."
We nodded hastily, Draco helped me pull my leg out of the step, and we threw the cloak over both of us, "Thanks again." I said as he hurried away, I glanced over my shoulder to see his magical eye watching us as we hastened down the corridor.
As soon as we rounded the corner, Draco scoffed, "He still creeps me out."
I shrugged, "Yeah, but he helped us even though he didn't have to, that was pretty nice of him."
Draco nodded thoughtfully and slid his cold hand into mine, "I still don't trust him. What if he spreads our secret?"
Now it was my turn to scoff, "And why would he do that? Besides, who would believe him anyway?"
The edges of Draco's mouth curled up, "Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter, sneaking around the castle together, who on earth would believe that?"
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