"Why is it so lazy

"Why is it so lazy?"

"Shuttup. It's not lazy."

"Oh, it most certainly is, Granger."

"Shuttup. it's not."

Meow.

The object of the conversation stood up and stretched her tail, languidly. Oblivious of the pokes and prods of the two curious teenagers, it turned in a circle, meowed once again, and plopped itself into the crook of Hermione's arm.

"Wow, Granger. You're ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. He's not a sloth AT ALL. The most hardworking little git I've seen in the history of Hogwarts." His voice was sarcastic, bordering on sadism, and Hermione turned to look at him.

"I knew you'd finally see the light." He heard a sliver of annoyance in her tone, but continued on.

"Oh, wow. Now you're bored, too." Draco scowled at the sleeping cat. "I knew we shouldn't have bought him. You know, we should've gotten a dog. Now dogs are fierce. They move around. I could take a dog on a walk; exercise him. But this stupid cat..." He gestured lamely at the sleeping figure on Hermione's arm and scowled, "this cat can't do anything."

Hermione was lying on the ground silently, her hands resting on the cat's fur.

Was she ignoring him?

He shifted his position so he could see her face more clearly.

Was Hermione sleeping?

He snorted. They were both so lazy! Neither of them knew the virtues of exercise, of working hard. They didn't know that working hard could get you into the highest stations of life, like he did. Draco felt himself puff up as he thought of his virtues. He was not lazy. In fact, he was going to go for a jog, right then and there, to show off his athleticism and his severe aversion to killing time.

He got up; walked to the door.

He decided to brush his teeth; then started to go outside.

He stopped himself a second time to go get a drink of water.

Then a third, because he decided to brush his hair.

And then he realized; he didn't want to go for a walk. He was perfectly content to be home, doing nothing. He loved vegetating on the couch. And right now, he couldn't think of anything better than cuddling up next to Hermione and taking a nap.

"I'm such a sloth," he mused sleepily as he lay down, "Why am I so lazy?"

But laziness, he decided, had its virtues. After all, everyone had to rest sometime, didn't they?

A/N: Review! :DDDD just... yeah. review.

prompt word: Sloth

for the dramionedrabble Easter 2008 challenge.