Secrets and Dirty Deeds
By the Barefoot Pianist
Chapter 13
Day Three
Carmen crept up to the bed again the next morning. However upon her arrival, she didn't find Malfoy in the same position as usual. He slept on his back, his sheets laid out perfectly, not a crease in sight and his hands together on his stomach. But Carmen thought nothing of it, and went to put both her hands on his shoulders to shake him awake. But suddenly, two hands grabbed each of Carmen's wrists and with a squawk, she was pulled down towards Malfoy's sleeping body. But Malfoy was no longer sleeping.
Carmen and Malfoy were now face to face, their noses only inches apart, and Malfoy's alert eyes dug into that of Carmen's. "Thought you could catch me again, didn't you?" Malfoy said quietly, through gritted teeth.
"Yes, actually," she replied, her heart starting to slow down. "But I didn't contemplate getting this close to you," she said, observing the proximity between the two.
Malfoy noticed also, and quickly said before letting go of her wrists, "Don't ever wake me up again. Understand? Or you could find yourself in a tricky situation."
"Like what?" Carmen said, rubbing her wrists. His grip was threatening. But an evil smirk came on her face and she said, "Like this?" and she got up onto the bed, closed the hangings on the four-poster bed and straddled him. Malfoy grew scarlet and was unable to look into Carmen's eyes. She gave a short laugh and got off, sat on the end of the bed and said, "You don't scare me, Mr Malfoy." Malfoy shot her a look as she exited the room.
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Damn, Carmen thought as she exited the room. Why did she do that? It was obvious that Malfoy could stand that sort of thing, since he wasn't in to girls anymore. But Carmen thought of the expression she could have caught on his face with her camera if he hadn't been gay and straddled him in the same way. She couldn't help but grin.
Breakfast, everyone was shovelling food into their mouths, opening letters and parcels, and talking. That was when Carmen thought of her actions for today.
"Quid habes primi te?" (What do you have first?) Carmen asked Malfoy who was bighting into a bagel. Malfoy ignored her.
She repeated herself, "Quid habes primi te?"
"Did you say something?" he looked up and asked.
"Narravi ego, quid habes primi te?" (I said, what do you have first?) Carmen said.
"What?" Malfoy questioned, looking at her oddly.
"Quid habes primi te? Netu Latinum agnosces?" (What do you have first? Don't you understand Latin?)
"Huh?"
"Est facilis videre quot ne tenes Latinum. Forsit, est bene si iam incipis discere Latium, hmm?" (It's easy to see that you don't know Latin. Perhaps, it's good to start learning Latin now, hmm?)
Malfoy began to get frustrated. "Great! First you start to ramble on in Russian and now you're speaking… Latin? What are you going to do next? Dress up as a Yiddish grandmother and dance in wooden clogs? Just speak English!"
"Non Dracus."
"No, Draco." Malfoy tried translating.
"Bene."
"Good."
"Te discere Latinum incipis." (You're starting to learn Latin)
"I've no idea what you're saying!"
"Durus." (Tough)
"Ugh!" Malfoy threw his hands up in frustration and walked off. Walking behind him, Carmen smiled evilly and started to get the giggles.
A/N: Please R&R! So, what do you think? Just a little fooling around – never hurt anyone… Ah, I love Latin – best language in the world. Bloody complicated; but good. Just one thing, that Yiddish grandmother thing was my friend Lisa (Alias: Mousie2). At our school, we have this tradition where we have to learn a song, and some people have to prove they know it by standing up and doing it in front of the whole school, and basically, she's dared our English teacher to do just that! While dressed up as a Yiddish grandmother, dancing in clogs and singing in a Russian accent… can't wait. Hehe. More stuff coming up soon!