A/N: I still need you guys! The Christmas: what do you think? If you don't tell me your opinion about it then I'm going to skip it. Nothing is going to happen in Christmas if you don't say anything.
I'm going to a trip for three weeks next month so I'm posting these chapters more often. Twice in a week… I'm doing this because I'm not able to update this story or do another one when I'm there and I want to finish this story before I go there. When I come back I will do another story to you guys!!! Would you like that? It would of course be Draco/Hermione.
DISCLAIMER: I can't believe I actually forgot the disclaimer last time! Oh well here it goes: I don't own Harry Potter though I wanted to. JK created him and his world so she gets the credit. BUT I made this story! So I own this! (Characters are JK's though.)
ENJOY!!!
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CHAPTER VIII – Bath time!
A week passed and Saturday came. Nothing important had happened. Well, nothing important if Hermione's and Draco's silent treatment doesn't count.
On Saturday morning Hermione woke up to a loud thunder. She looked outside through her window. There was a terrible thunderstorm outside. She saw bright flashes of lightning once in a while and rain was drumming heavily against her window.
Hermione never really liked thunder, though she didn't know why. But she wasn't scared of it like Ron was scared of spiders.
She glanced at her alarm-clock. It was ten.
"oh my god!" She gasped thinking it was a school day.
She changed from pyjamas to her school uniform quickly. She grabbed her books and ran to the common room. When she entered the room she suddenly remembered it was Saturday.
'Saturday!' She smacked herself mentally.
She blushed and was happy that no-one did see her. But little did she know. When she turned back to her room, she heard a familiar sneer behind her: "going to lessons are we?"
She turned to see Draco standing there smirking at her.
"and it's Saturday!" He sneered. "Didn't expect that even from you!"
Hermione blushed furiously.
"shut up", she muttered.
Draco burst into laughter.
"and what are you doing here then?!" Hermione snapped. "Shouldn't you be eating breakfast?!"
"I just came", Draco said looking her like she was some kind of an idiot.
Hermione blushed again, if possible.
"oh", she just mumbled.
"well?" Draco broke the silence.
"'well' what?" Hermione looked him puzzled.
"aren't you going?"
"going where?" Hermione got angrier.
"to lessons", Draco asked like it was so obvious.
The blush that had almost gone came now back. Draco burst out laughing. Though the situation was little embarrassing and awkward, she couldn't help but smile. But she didn't want Draco see her smiling. After all she was still angry at him. She turned to leave and started back to her room. Draco still laughed mockingly. Hermione slammed the door behind her. She heard him chortling even though the door was shut. She sighed.
'embarrassing!' She thought.
Hermione thought about what had just happened. She had ran to the common room very scared that she would be late for classes and then the most irritating guy in the whole world had seen her there making a fool of herself. Hermione had acted cool towards him since the detention and now Draco Malfoy was laughing at her stupid mistake!
Hermione slapped herself and tried to forget the whole thing.
Fortunately Draco had left somewhere when she felt her stomach screaming food and she stepped to the common room. She peeked carefully before she stepped into the hallways. She didn't want to face Draco Malfoy ever again.
~~~ Later that day ~~~
"there you are!" Hermione heard near her when she was reading a book in the library.
"Ron! Harry!" She smiled.
"umm… we kinda like… need your help", Ron said glancing at Harry.
"ahh… what is it?" Hermione sighed. "Are you two in trouble again?"
"hehhehhe!" Ron tried to laugh, "we?"
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"it's our homework", Harry explained.
"oh…"
"and we need your help with it", Ron added.
Hermione raised her brows.
"wow! I must remember this: you two actually care about your homework!" Hermione joked, "since when, if I may ask?"
"since when we noticed this is our last year here", Harry said.
Hermione burst into laughter.
"yeah… good point!" She said.
The day had been very stressful. Hermione hadn't just helped Ron and Harry with their homework, she had done them {-- the homework! (ew!)}! She kinda knew it when the guys asked her help.
Hermione needed a nice bath. The thought of warm water and nice little bubbles tempted her.
"annoying clown", she said to the mermaid and stepped into the common room.
It was good that Draco had his Quidditch practice so she could be alone for the evening. Hermione went to the bathroom.
"it's just you and me now", Hermione mumbled to the bath and smiled.
She added some nice bubbles into the water and when the water was almost boiling she undressed herself. She got goosebumps when her big toe touched the water. She slipped into the warm water. She sighed deeply and relaxed. Hermione closed her eyes and thought nothing. Every now and then she played with the bubbles.
Hermione was there a while when she suddenly heard someone coming to the common room. It was probably Draco coming from the Quidditch practice.
'good that the door is locked! Otherwise –', Hermione cut her thoughts off.
She realized she hadn't locked the bathroom door!
"oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!", she repeated in horror.
She heard the steps coming nearer and heard Draco yawn. Hermione tried to grab a towel but couldn't reach for it. Just then the bathroom door opened and Draco came in. He stopped immediately when he saw Hermione covering herself with bubbles.
"go away!" She shrieked.
Draco was startled. He turned quickly to leave but when he almost closed the door, he got an idea. He stopped (Hermione still facing his back).
"well!? What are you waiting!?" Hermione exclaimed.
Draco smirked to himself and turned around. Hermione gathered quickly all the bubbles to cover some parts of her body. She looked very scared.
"what?!" she insisted.
"I was just thinking…", Draco drawled. "why didn't you lock the door if you didn't want me to come here?" He asked and smirked.
"what!? What are you talking about!?" Hermione cried.
"well?", Draco drawled.
"I didn't want you here! Now get out!!" Hermione demanded becoming very furious.
"ok. Wait! I think I'm going to faint!" Draco said imitating what Hermione had done last Saturday putting his hand on his forehead. He of course was exaggerating it. He sat on a chair in front of the bath.
"oh, now I feel much better!" He announced in ecstasy.
Hermione rolled her eyes but soon remembered the situation she was in. She saw her towel next to Draco. Obviously he saw Hermione eyeing the towel so he took it into his hands.
"give it to me", Hermione said carefully.
"this?" Draco asked pointing the towel.
He was obviously playing dum. Hermione blushed. She was horrified.
'why is he doing this?!' Hermione thought.
"pity I don't have a camera with me…", Draco smirked. "Maybe that Creevey creep will lend me one…"
"no!" Hermione yelled.
Draco howled with laughter. Hermione looked around the room trying to find her wand.
'damn!' She thought when she remembered she had left it to her room.
Soon Draco stopped laughing.
"watch for your bubbles", Draco said. "Or things start to show."
Hermione noticed that the bubbles, indeed, were almost gone.
'no! This isn't happening!' She screamed mentally.
She had a terrified expression in her face. Draco noticed this. He gave up.
'she looks so pathetic!' He thought.
"take this", he said and handed the towel to Hermione and with last smirk he started back to the common room.
She looked at him mouth open as he went out of the bathroom.
'at least he's gone…', she thought and twined herself with the towel.
"thanks", Hermione muttered when she stepped back to the common room. "may I ask you…", she said carefully.
"I don't fancy seeing mudbloods nude", Draco answered like he knew what Hermione was going to ask.
Draco never lifted his eyes from his book that seemed so interesting at the moment. Hermione watched him a second and then went to her room.
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A/N: whadja think? Was it good? REMBER TO REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Special thanks to my reviewers:
Melissa – thanks! =)
Totaloser – thank you for reviewing again!
Meg – yeah… good point. But, yeah, she was too tired ;)
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THANKS to KittyCat whose idea was to put Draco bump into Hermione when she's having a bath! (though I didn't do this chapter like you originally suggested) :)
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