Secrets and Dirty Deeds
By the Barefoot Pianist
Chapter 11
Day One
Carmen woke up with a notion that she was going to succeed. With her mind full of anticipation and positive attitudes, she crept into the boys' dormitory to start the day with a bright and cheerful wake-up call.
The boys' dormitory was darkened, its blinds still drawn over the small and grubby windows high up the wall. Watery light shone through half heartedly, as the common room was situated under the lake. But the sleepy atmosphere was about to be broken into tiny little pieces as Carmen crept up, an evil grin playing at her mouth and her eyes shining like that of a leopard on a pray. She neared the four-poster bed in which Malfoy lay asleep, some what… clumsily. His pillows were thrown to the ground, his sheets were tangled and his arms and legs were sprawling out in odd directions – sort of made him look like a deformed scarecrow. She stood back and examined him momentarily, but then went closer to wake him up. She took in a deep breath, and just as she was about to yell out a "good morning", a sudden enormous snore which made the window rattle, came from one of the four-poster bed and made Carmen jump three feet into the air. Her heart raced, but then subsided a little, when she found the owner of the snore to be Crabbe. Miraculously, no-one in the room woke, nor did they stir in the slightest bit. Carmen gave them all a very strange look and proceeded with her plan.
Carmen, once again crept up to Malfoy, and yelled out, after checking for an on-coming snore, "Rise and shine, Draco Malfoy, it's a beautiful day!"
Silence.
Confused, she tried again.
Silence again.
Frustrated this time, she placed a hand on his shoulder and shook him, but he only mumbled a few incomprehensible words and then continue to sleep. She tried once again for good measure, but with out success. The only reaction she got from him was a garbled, "No mummy, don't let that peanut butter sandwich eat me… no…"
That was it. Carmen was going to get her perfect 'bright and cheerful' wake-up call, whether it was 'bright and cheerful' or not. "Wake up, you fucking lazy shit head! It's morning and the sun is fucking shining away to sunburn your pale ass!! Come on, you stupid nob head!!!" and she shook him from both shoulders, his head lolling from side to side.
Draco began to say faintly, "I'm awake, I'm awake... I said I'm awake! Stop shaking me, woman, I'M BLOODY AWAKE, ALRIGHT?!"
Carmen stopped, after snapping at the realisation that he was in fact awake, getting a little carried away. She stopped, came to her wits and said in a 'bright and cheerful' voice, "Good morning, Draco."
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After Carmen's 'bright and cheerful' wake up, Malfoy never trusted Carmen again – especially in the mornings. Malfoy was the kind of person that was always in a bad mood when woken up, and naturally, everyone just left him. But Carmen's 'wake up call' definitely started off a very 'bright and cheerful' morning. Carmen felt half satisfied that she had gotten what she wanted, but au contraire to Malfoy, after being set into a bad mood for the whole day. Malfoy made sure to warn Carmen that if she was to wake him up again, he wouldn't advise it; otherwise she'd find herself either badly cursed or transfigured into a yak. Carmen warned him that if she were to be transfigured into a yak, she'd be one angry yak and most likely to stomp his four-poster into pieces, making sure every little bit of Malfoy was squashed. Malfoy paled slightly and went on shovelling scrambled eggs into his mouth.
All day, Carmen hung around Malfoy and tried to get some form of speech out of him, or any humanly reactions that might have meant that he wasn't ignoring her. She tried jokes, puns, clichés, contradictions, racist comments, even self hurt. But part from a few annoyed looks from Malfoy, none prevailed and she went to bed with her head empty with ideas, and her body aching from the self inflicted pain. But Carmen was no where from done. She was only beginning.
A/N: R&R please! Woohoo! Australia now has her first Aussie royalty and finally Denmark has a home-grown, Australian princess! Congrats to Fred and Mary! Hm, I remember Denmark… nice place, but cold. I think I spent something like AU$200 on rides at the Tivoli. Meh, it was fun. Anyway, more funny Carmen stuff coming up!