A/N: Wow, it's great to know people like this so much. At the other site
there were only like 3 people reading it...then the site shut down...oh
well, here's more story. Also, I finally figured out the paragraph problem,
if you couldn't tell. I'll reload the other chapters when I get chance so
they'll be easier to read.
Chapter Four
The two girls carried on their conversation throughout dinner. Hermione stopped a few times to see Malfoy looking over at her. She still blushed at the thought of the compliment he gave her earlier.
'Maybe he HAS changed', she thought as they walked up to the common room. She pulled her pink satin nightgown over her head and made her way to the Prefect's bathroom. She said the password to get into the prefect's bathroom and let her feet enjoy the coolness of the marble below them.
She went over to the large tub and drew her warm bath, overflowing with bubbles and scents of lilac. Once the tub was full she raised the gown over her head and sank into the warm water.
The intoxicating smells caused her to drift into a state of half dreaming half awake. During this time she had the same dream she had had before she left for Hogwarts, but this time she saw more. She envisioned the roses and the chairs, but also now, her parents. She still could not understand any of this and soon moved onto another dream.
Just as she was about to get out of the tub, the door to the bathroom opened. Startled, she dove beneath the mountains of suds and slowly peeked through the bubbles to see who had entered the chambers.
"What are you doing in here?" she asked immediately before seeing who it was.
"I was just going to take a bath but I see the tub is full." the voice responded. "To bad that's all I can see." the voice joked.
"Malfoy?" Hermione asked embarrassed.
"Yes..." he asked, his eyebrows raised and the ever present smirk on his face.
"Er... have you ever heard of knocking?" Hermione said blushing.
"Heard of it...yes...done it...no." he responded, still laughing at Hermione's embarrassment.
"Here...you can use the tub...Just turn around and let me dress in private." Hermione hissed.
"All right, all right." Draco said. He obediently turned in the other direction as Hermione hesitantly slipped out of the tub and got dressed.
"It's all yours." She said. Draco turned and stood in shock.
"What?" Hermione asked when he didn't move.
"WOW!" Malfoy responded. He could not believe what he saw. Hermione had always looked okay, but in her short, pink, silk nightgown, she was HOT.
"Stop it Malfoy!" Hermione said. "I hate people thinking of me that way." she added blushing.
"Well...you can't help what people think...and I definitely see you in a whole new light now Hermione." Draco responded.
"Don't you dare say anything to anyone about this, I have a reputation to uphold." Hermione said.
"If that's what you want." Draco sighed and began to slip off his robe and get into the tub.
"Oh my god! Please warn me before you do that." said Hermione quickly shielding her face.
"I have my swimming trunks on, I'm prepared for visitors." said Draco laughing.
Hermione left the bathroom and made it back to her room. She pulled the covers over her head and thought of all the emotions she had gone through that day. But the one that made her smile was the feeling she got when saw Malfoy's rippling stomach before she left the bathroom.
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Thanks to everyone who replied. Sorry I don't have you all listed but I'm running on a limited amount of computer time...I have tons of homework tonight.
Chapter Four
The two girls carried on their conversation throughout dinner. Hermione stopped a few times to see Malfoy looking over at her. She still blushed at the thought of the compliment he gave her earlier.
'Maybe he HAS changed', she thought as they walked up to the common room. She pulled her pink satin nightgown over her head and made her way to the Prefect's bathroom. She said the password to get into the prefect's bathroom and let her feet enjoy the coolness of the marble below them.
She went over to the large tub and drew her warm bath, overflowing with bubbles and scents of lilac. Once the tub was full she raised the gown over her head and sank into the warm water.
The intoxicating smells caused her to drift into a state of half dreaming half awake. During this time she had the same dream she had had before she left for Hogwarts, but this time she saw more. She envisioned the roses and the chairs, but also now, her parents. She still could not understand any of this and soon moved onto another dream.
Just as she was about to get out of the tub, the door to the bathroom opened. Startled, she dove beneath the mountains of suds and slowly peeked through the bubbles to see who had entered the chambers.
"What are you doing in here?" she asked immediately before seeing who it was.
"I was just going to take a bath but I see the tub is full." the voice responded. "To bad that's all I can see." the voice joked.
"Malfoy?" Hermione asked embarrassed.
"Yes..." he asked, his eyebrows raised and the ever present smirk on his face.
"Er... have you ever heard of knocking?" Hermione said blushing.
"Heard of it...yes...done it...no." he responded, still laughing at Hermione's embarrassment.
"Here...you can use the tub...Just turn around and let me dress in private." Hermione hissed.
"All right, all right." Draco said. He obediently turned in the other direction as Hermione hesitantly slipped out of the tub and got dressed.
"It's all yours." She said. Draco turned and stood in shock.
"What?" Hermione asked when he didn't move.
"WOW!" Malfoy responded. He could not believe what he saw. Hermione had always looked okay, but in her short, pink, silk nightgown, she was HOT.
"Stop it Malfoy!" Hermione said. "I hate people thinking of me that way." she added blushing.
"Well...you can't help what people think...and I definitely see you in a whole new light now Hermione." Draco responded.
"Don't you dare say anything to anyone about this, I have a reputation to uphold." Hermione said.
"If that's what you want." Draco sighed and began to slip off his robe and get into the tub.
"Oh my god! Please warn me before you do that." said Hermione quickly shielding her face.
"I have my swimming trunks on, I'm prepared for visitors." said Draco laughing.
Hermione left the bathroom and made it back to her room. She pulled the covers over her head and thought of all the emotions she had gone through that day. But the one that made her smile was the feeling she got when saw Malfoy's rippling stomach before she left the bathroom.
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Thanks to everyone who replied. Sorry I don't have you all listed but I'm running on a limited amount of computer time...I have tons of homework tonight.