Chapter 13 – Found scantily clad
"Did I die?" I whisper to a foggy white light as I try to move closer to it, "So this is dying, huh? Not much what you'd expect, I thought I'd at least meet God or Jesus, we spend a whole entire friggen lifetime wondering if you exist, couldn't you at least give me a guest appearance or something?" I say sarcastically to nothing in particular. I wonder around aimlessly in the light orangey-pink fog. I see the white light blink at me.
"Hey what are you blinking at?" I say turning to the white light, I feel my body fill with heat and I smell a masculiny sort of smell. My ears twitch with anticipation of a noise. 'That's weird…'
"Is someone here? Can you tell me if I'm dead?" I say frantically. I make to move forward but find I can't move anymore. It feels like something is holding me down.
"Kimmy…" A voice says eerily. I look around frantically through the fog 'what the?'
"Who's there? Mom!" I yell, as the fog spins around me engulfing me in to its depths.
"Kimmy, You aren't dead…" the voice says with a hint of amusement.
"How do I know that? I can see the light blinking at me and I can't feel anything," I say angrily.
"Really? Can you feel this?" The voice says, I feel a prod in my stomach and I squirm.
"Ok, that's scary, if I'm dead, how can I still feel?" I say looking around me wearily.
"Like this!" It says. I hear a swish of what sounds like cloaks or heavy drapes and suddenly a blinding light flashes over my eyes, my arm instantly covers them blocking as much light as it can.
"Am I dead now?" I say, blinking my eyes. I hear faint laughter, which slowly becomes louder. I blink my eyes my senses intensifying rapidly. I feel a slow burning sensation from around my hipbone. I reach my other arm to it and feel something 'Is that a hand?'
"You're not dead, open your eyes silly!" I hear him say. I partially open my eyes, blinking my eyes from the real light.
"I-I-I oh god!" I say as a rush of blood flows through me, my breaths coming out raspy and shallow.
I look up and see I'm in the common room, the blinking light, was from the partially lit fireplace, though it blew out when the curtains flew open.
"Hey are you alright?" I heard Harry say from beside me, his hand now on my lower back.
I fall off the couch and scramble backwards alá crab walk styles into the table behind me. I look up at Harry who looks at me weirdly. "I'm-okay, I'm okay," I mumble, blushing furiously my body yearning for his touch.
"I'm-" I look down and see I'm still dressed scantily clad. "-Going to get ready," I say getting up clumsily and scampering in the direction of the stairs. I walk down the corridor tiredly and push open the door. 'Hmm, I thought our door was on the right? Oh well…'
I hear some snoring and figure everyone's asleep. I walk into the bathroom and turn on the shower. I walk over to the cupboard and take a couple of towels out. 'I don't remember the towels being blue? Must be redecorating' I put both the towels on the rack and slip my nightdress over my head and drop it to the floor.
I look over at the shower it's beginning to steam. 'I should hop in now,' I unclasp my bra and it falls to the floor.
I push open the shower door and slip out of my knickers and step into the shower. I begin washing and use the shampoo in there, which smells incredibly nice. 'This reminds me of someone,' I shrug it off and begin soaping my body. I hear the door open and close again.
"Sorry, Did I wake you?" I say lazily not bothering to have a look. I continue washing, almost done having my shower as the glass door had begun to steam up from my hot shower.
"Uh-uh, no? I always-uh-get up ear-early," A masculine voice says from the doorway.
I turn off the shower wearily as I open my eyes and look through my glass door; I see a plump looking blur and wearily open the door peeping my head around it.
"Oh my god!" I squeal, my face beating with heat. I see more heads pop into the doorway all of them staring at me in all my un-dressness. I slam the door shut and slide down the wall as the shower beats down on me; I wrap an arm around my chest as I sink to the floor, covering as much of me as I can with my other arm.
"What's going on? Who's in ther- " Harry says gaping at my form in the shower.
"Hello?" I say weakly, adjusting my arms. I hear them intake a breath 'God how am I going to get out of this one?'
"Uh a little help would be nice," I said after a while of silence, crossing my legs as Harry rushed forward and picked the towel off the rack and handed it to me around the door covering his eyes with his free hand.
I took the towel from Harry turning my back to them and wrapping it around myself.
I opened the shower door and came out to see every boy in Harry's dorm gaping at me. I blushed if possible a deeper shade of red.
"What are you doing up here in the guys shower anyway?" Harry whispered into my ear.
"I was really tired and…well I just went up the wrong stairs," I said looking at the floor as Harry ushered me past the guys who were hooting with appreciation.
"Come on guys," Harry said shutting them up and pushing me towards the door.
"Are you okay?" he says as we walk into the boys' corridor. I nod my head before realizing something.
"Um, can you do me a favour?" I say quietly. He leans his head in closer, and I feel my body begin to yearn for him again.
"Can-can you bring me-uh back my-uh my…" I gulped nervously "…my lingerie and nightdress are still on the bathroom floor," I say looking at the floor blushing.
We began walking down the stairs and I glance at Harry who's cheeks are slightly pink. "Of course, wouldn't want any of the guys perusing your stuff, it's rude." he said half smiling.
I was about to smile back but lost my balance and slipped onto the common room floor. "Ow," I said rubbing my butt smiling up at him.
"Okay, since I've had my shower I'm going to get dressed," I said as he pulled me up. I walked over to the girls stairs and walked quietly into my dormitory. I saw Hermione shuffling in her bed and ran over to my dresser pulling my weekend clothes out.
I saw her curtains fly open and I pelted into the bathroom. 'That was close,' I ran into one of the cubicles and began to get dressed.
"Is that you Kimmy?" I heard Hermione say from the bathroom door.
"Yeah, I just had a shower I'm getting dresses right now," I said back 'I hope she believes me' I slipped into some fresh underwear and was putting on my hipster dark denim jeans
"Oh, I didn't hear you come in last night are you ok?" she said her feet padding over to my cubicle.
I felt my face flush with guilt. 'Think of something,' "You were fast asleep when I came up," I said as I slipped over my white short sleeve tee.
"Oh-Oh okay, I was just wondering about this book-" she began.
I pushed pen my cubicle and ran over to her "Where is the book? Did you read it!" I said looking intently at her.
"No?" she said eyeing me carefully "Is there something I should know, you're acting all weird and-" I slapped my hand over her mouth.
"Look, something has happened, something big," I said as Hermione nodded her head saying she understood "and Dumbledore isn't sure what will happen about it, I can explain more but this isn't exactly the right place," I said looking around the bathroom.
I took my hand off her mouth and she nodded her head "We can go out by the lake, we can talk there," she said with an obvious look of quick thinking.
I pulled my wand out and accioed my stuff to me, I wrapped a chiffon scarf around my waist using it as a belt and thought of something
"I'll get us some breakfast and meet you down there, but can I have the book, so I can do some light reading while I'm waiting." I said zapping the towel into the boys' laundry basket with my 'special' magic.
"Here," she said accio'ing it to me. "Just wait for me downstairs, in the common room, I'll be down in 5minutes, it's easier that way," she said pushing past me and
Began washing her face. I shrugged my shoulders and walked out of the room towards the common room.
I trudged down the stairs and saw Harry looking anxiously at his hands at a silky material. He looked up and blushed.
"Hey," I said walking over to him. He stood up and held out the material towards me, I looked down and noticed it was my under garments. I blushed.
"Everyone of the guys was looking at me like I was crazy or if something was going on between us it was hilarious," Harry said with a hint of nervousness.
I giggled and reached out to get it. I felt his thumb brush my hand and I looked up into his eyes. "Wow, you have really pretty eyes," I said before blushing and apologizing. I felt his other hand lift my chin up slightly.
"Don't be sorry you have pretty eyes as well," he said smiling. I smiled back feeling my heart racing a mile a minute.
"Kimmy?" I squealed and threw my arms up in surprise; I half turned and almost fell over the table but felt Harry caught me around the waist before I fell.
I looked around and saw Hermione looking over questioningly at us; I smiled weakly as my bra fell on Harry's shoulder, my knickers and nightie landed on the floor beside him.
"Is there something-" she began
"Nope, uh, long story, I'll explain later," I snapped my fingers and a weaved basket came out of nowhere in front of Harry, and me I looped my arm through it before it fell to the floor.
I clicked my fingers and my undergarments had disappeared. I grabbed an apple out of the basket I rubbed it on my chest, cleaning it and lodged it in Harry's mouth. "Thanks," I said hastily pulling myself away from him and dragging Hermione out of the portrait with me
"You've got a lot of explaining to do!" Hermione said shrilly as I dragged her down the corridor.
"I know, some even to myself,"