I'm sorry it's been about a month since I last updated this story...I've just been reaaaally busy and that's my only excuse! We all get those few weeks where you don't stop, and if you do stop it's only to rest cause you're so exhausted from everything! Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, please do so again! It makes me happy!
"I...I...um, I think I'd like to take a shower. Where's your bathroom?" Thea asked as she realised it was dark outside and getting late.
But more importantly, she had to get away. She'd been bombarded with only half-believable information about a world she'd only found out about 2 hours ago and now she wasn't at all sure how she felt. She needed to get away, to have a moment to herself to think a few things through, and top of the list was whether or not she felt safe with Draco.
Ever since their time in the supermarket she'd trusted him completely and come to count him as a best friend, but he'd just admitted to torturing people, to standing by whilst his family tortured and killed others. And she wasn't at all sure how she felt about that. Every moral part of her body told her to run away as fast as possible; but other parts of her body that were unidentifiable told her to stay. And furthermore; she had nowhere to run to.
"You've got an en suite in your room. I'll show you." Draco said, putting down his glass of some kind of wizard-whisky that a scary, dirty elf-thing had brought him and standing up.
By Thea's calculating, her room was only a few doors down from Draco's and only very slightly smaller. The room was still bigger than any of those in her old home despite this, and her en suite was the size of her old bedroom.
"What colour walls do you want?" Draco asked, making Thea jump slightly as she stared dumbfounded at the room.
"Erm..I really don't mind. It's fine as it is..."
Draco rolled his eyes with a half smile and took out his wand. He gazed at her intently for a moment with calculating eyes and Thea watched him warily, though as he caught her eye she tried to smile reassuringly. With a flick of his wrist the walls turned cream and the ornaments and bed-sheets turned pastel blue.
Thea's couldn't help herself as her smile turned real at the personalised room.
"Wardrobe?"
"Pastel pink." Thea replied quickly to his demand as he went around her room, pointing at objects and making them any colour she wanted.
"Call if you need me." He said before closing her door behind him.
Thea quickly walked into the en suite and ran the taps, quickly investigating the contents of the cupboards and doing a general search of the room. She wasn't entirely sure what she was looking for; some sign of magic? Something from Draco's past?
Finding nothing she finally stripped off her clothes and climbed in, feeling her tense muscles gradually relax in the hot water.
She ended up thinking through nothing; instead Draco's stories and explanations of the magical world swam round and round her head as she tried to remember each detail he'd told her. Like the fact that unicorns and dragons exist. And that it's possible to fly on a broom.
Taking a deep breath in she sunk completely underneath the water and suddenly remembered her mother again; what Draco had told her had completely eclipsed everything else that'd happened that day.
Coming up for air she wiped a wet hand over her face and blinked her eyes rapidly as water dripped into them.
She suddenly resolved not to think about the day or question whether she felt safe with Draco yet; for now she needed somewhere to stay and he had provided her with free accommodation, an en suite and free food. And besides, she wanted to find out more about his world.
Draco meanwhile was back downstairs, staring blindly at the T.V. He'd seen the look in Thea's eyes; he'd actually anticipated it as he was telling her about the awful things he'd done.
"Bonet." He called out. The Malfoy's one remaining house-elf popped into the room with a loud crack and bowed low to Draco. "Ask Thea what she wants for dinner; make her whatever she wants."
"Yes, Master." The elf replied in his high-pitched voice before disappearing with a crack.
A moment later Draco jumped as he heard a high-pitched scream that was so loud it carried throughout the whole mansion.
He gave a slight snort of laughter as he remembered Thea was taking a shower; Bonet must have appeared whilst she was still in it.
Standing up he apparated into her room just as she came flying out of the bathroom, a towel hurriedly wrapped around her still-wet body.
"I'm so sorry-" He started, trying o hide a grin and averting his gaze as she wrapped the towel more firmly around herself.
"How the hell did it get in there? I was just-"
"I'm sorry, Master." Bonet's high voice came over Thea's.
"It's ok, Bonet, you did exactly as I told you."
Thea's eyes widened in alarm at his words. "You asked him to walk in on me whilst I was naked in the bath?"
"No...no, I told him to find you and ask you what you wanted for dinner. I forgot you were in the bathroom..."
"Right...right..." Thea said, trying to calm her heart. "Well, for dinner I'd like whatever's being cooked-"
"Bonet will cook what you want; you're choosing dinner..." Draco said, indicating Bonet who nodded earnestly.
"Fine...then how about spaghetti carbonara?" Draco wrinkled his nose and Bonet merely looked confused. Thea's gaze flicked between their faces before she gave a sigh. "You don't know what that is, do you?"
"Bonet will find it!" The house-elf declared before disappearing with a crack that made Thea jump.
"Can I get back to my bath now?" Thea asked with a half-smile, bemused by the whole situation.
Draco gestured for her to continue and disappeared himself with a pop; making Thea jump once again.
She finished quickly and stepping out of the bathroom, she called Draco's name hesitantly, still jumping as he appeared in her room with a pop.
"How do you do that?" She demanded.
"What, appear?"
"No, hear me call you..."
"Oh, sensor charm all over the house."
Thea blinked a few times before shaking her head gently and moving on. "Can I make a rule?"
Draco made a face at her before nodding.
"Neither you, nor Bonet are allowed to just appear in my room or bathroom unless I call you..."
"Ok. I'll tell him when he serves dinner." Draco replied instantly before getting up and going over to her window which showed the street in the distance. "What stuff do you want from your room?"
"Erm, clothes, fairy-lights, laptop, chargers, make-up, bags, shoes, teddy-bears, hair-care, skin-care..."
"Whoooaaa, ok, what thing's do you want from your room? One at a time.." Draco said with a laugh; he'd forgotten how many things girls needed.
"Clothes." Thea said firmly, ruefully clutching her towel tighter around herself and drying her hair with another.
"Come and watch this." Draco said eagerly, holding out a hand to her. Walking towards him he placed his arm around her bare shoulders and positioned her at the window so she could see her house. Both tried and failed to keep their breathing normal and appear unfazed by the contact.
With a tap from his wand the french window's flew open, a cool blast of air making Thea shudder.
"Accio Thea's clothes." Draco said from above Thea's head, pointing his wand around her body and at her house.
A thudding heartbeat passed before Thea's clothes appeared, zooming quickly towards the two. Thea's mouth dropped open moments before the mass of clothes crashed into the two, pushing them both over with a few yells and screams of laughter.
Draco pulled the giggling Thea up and pointed his wand again, making the clothes separate into different piles and fold into different cupboards or hang up in the wardrobe.
Thea laughed with delight and pulled open a drawer that'd just closed, looking at her perfectly stored clothes. Running back to the window her make-up next appeared, flying through the air. This time Draco steered them carefully through the window and onto her dressing-table.
"What next?" He asked with a smile.