Just A Day
Chapter Six"Malfoy," Hermione whispered.
Next to her, he stirred a little.
"Malfoy, are you awake?"
There was an exaggerated sigh, and then he turned to face her.
"What?" he snapped.
"I can't get to sleep."
"Is that my fault?" he retorted.
"It's that potion," Hermione muttered.
"You and your stupid potions," Malfoy groaned, then sheepishly added, "I can't sleep either."
Hermione wriggled. "It's hot in here. Why is there no air conditioning in here?"
"Well then, take your robes off Granger," Malfoy said.
Hermione twirled a finger at him, indicating for him to turn away. Malfoy smirked and obediently turned to face the wall. Hermione watched him for a while; just to make sure he wasn't going to turn around.
"Are you done yet Granger?" Malfoy said impatiently.
"Obviously not," Hermione replied and she undid the buttons of her robes.
"You know, I don't see why I have to turn away. You're wearing stuff under your robes anyway, which I am going to see you wearing."
"Don't question," Hermione snapped.
Malfoy turned his head slightly to one side, so that just out of the corner of his peripheral vision he could see Hermione throwing her robes onto the bed and straightening out her black singlet top and jeans. He waited for the 'ok, done' from Hermione before turning around completely. He watched in awe as she tossed her hair back and pulled it into a ponytail.
"What? Hello..?" Hermione waved a hand in front of his face.
Malfoy blinked and stopped staring. "How is it possible you do your hair without a brush or comb?"
Hermione grinned, "The plus side of having wavy hair, whether you brush it or not, it looks the same."
Malfoy wrinkle his nose in disagreement and pulled out his own comb from his pocket, running it through his hair smoothly before quickly sliding the comb out of view.
"What's so funny?" he said accusingly as Hermione burst into fits of laughter.
"Nothing," choke, splutter, "It's just that," more laughing, "you look so," intake of breath, "serious about it," Hermione finished and promptly continued her laughing fit.
"Serious about what?" Malfoy frowned.
"Your hair."
"I like it to be neat," Malfoy sniffed indignantly.
"So neat is glued flat to your head?" Hermione rolled her eyes.
"It is not glued flat to my head. For you information, Granger, it is gel," Malfoy replied hotly.
Hermione stifled a giggle at his serious expression.
"It is hot in here, you're right," Malfoy said, pulling his robes off over his head. His shirt momentarily clung to his robes as he lifted them off, revealing just a bit of his well-toned abdomen. Hermione turned her head aside quickly, trying to banish the pink tinge that crept onto her face.
"That's better," Malfoy said, and Hermione turned to face him properly. She resisted the urge to laugh again. He looked, well… ridiculous.
"Now what is it?" Malfoy sighed.
Hermione gestured at his clothes. He was wearing black trousers, a pale blue long sleeved shirt that was buttoned right to the collar, and a dark blue tie, and frankly, he looked like an accountant.
"My father always says to dress proper, not in… in rags," Malfoy said, turning his nose up at her.
"These aren't rags!" Hermione looked down at her faded flare jeans that sat snuggly on her hips.
"Then how is to explain the… damages," Malfoy pointed at the tear on one of the knees.
Hermione sighed, "It's meant to be there."
"Right," Malfoy gave her a confused look. He pulled out a comb again (a different one, from his trouser pocket this time) and went to comb his hair, slightly ruffled from his undressing.
"As for you, you need to get rid of that… choking device," Hermione smiled as she snatched the comb from his hand and reached out to pull him by his tie.
AN: hope that was ok. Sorry it's taking so long for me to update. I was at a bit of a block. Anyways, hoe that chapter was ok. It's short I know, I'm sorry. Anyway, I'll reply to reviewers now. Btw, for some reason the in my name thingo has disappeared. I just looked one day and it was gone. Now it just reads 'electra27'. Odd.
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