Chapter 10
Three hours later they came upon a fallen tree blocking their path. It was to large and thick to see over and to tall to seek passage around it easily. Hermione sighed, "Well I guess this is as good as anything." She pulled the miniature tent out of her magic bag and waved her wand around it. "Engorio!" She yelled and threw the tent in front of her as it grew to its normal state. She added a spell for the inner housing to appear and before she even had the protective wards about the camp, Draco had disappeared inside.
Hermione finished outside and after taking one last glance around she ventured inside. To her surprise, all that was to be seen of his 'highness' was his dirty clothing lining a trail to the bathroom. She could hear the water running and a soft humming coming from inside. She walked slowly to the door and placed her ear against its wooden surface.
"I'm to sexy for my body, to sexy for my body, to sexy yeah. I'm to sexy for my lips, to sexy for my lips, to sexy yeah…."
Hermione covered her mouth to keep from giggling outloud. Malfoy was singing! She rolled her eyes, 'Of course he would pick a song that idolized himself!'
Draco was washing the dirt from his hair. He was glad he had stopped putting gel in it and let it grow to shoulder length. He usually kept it held back with a black band, but it had fallen loose from his fit of laughter inside the chamber. He grimaced as the muscles in his arms tightened in pain. Hacking all of that greenery down had pushed them to their usual limits.
"Malfoy! Hurry up! I feel disgusting! I need to get in there also! I'm covered in dirt!" She banged on the door. He stopped the shower and smirked, "No normal water is going to cure that MUDBLOOD. You'll always be dirty."
On the other side of the door, Hermione stood there trying to figure out if she heard him right. She could feel a slight sting in her eyes as the comment took a shot at her heart. She fought back the tears and her face hardened. "Malfoy if you don't get out of there right now, I'll….I'll…. I'll break that damn door down!" She was about to pound on the door again when it flew open.
Her arm was raised in mid-swing. Draco was standing in the door frame stark naked! Hermione brought her arm down and used her hand to cover her eyes. "MALFOY! What in the blazes do you think you are doing! Put a towel on! Some clothes would be better!"
Draco chuckled, " I would have done the whole towel thing but it seems that there weren't any clean ones in there with me." He noticed a towel on the bed. He walked over and started drying his body and hair. He wrapped the towel around his waist and tied his hair back. " Its ok Granger, you can look now, I'm decent."
Not trusting a word that comes out of his mouth, Hermione slowly lowered her hand. When she saw that he in fact was telling the truth, she lowered it all the way and couldn't help gawking at his bare chest. The watched his chest move as he breathed. The muscles had a slight rippling affect as he exhaled.
Draco chuckled, " With all the insects around this place, I thought that you, Miss Smarty Pants, would be intelligent enough to keep your mouth closed. That is, unless you would like something to fly into that pretty little mouth of yours."
Hermione's jaw snapped shut. She hadn't realized that she had been practically drooling while looking at Malfoy. She bit her lip trying to push her unclean thoughts away but dwelling on the fact that he, Malfoy, had just given her a unusual compliment. 'Pretty? Does he really think I'm pretty?'
Draco took a sharp breath in. He was just realizing his slip. He brushed past her to grab a shirt from his side of the dresser. He was mentally smacking himself. 'Now I bet she thinks I fancy her!'
Hermione shook herself free of that un-nerving thought and it dawned on her that he had taken HER towel! "Hey! That towel was for me!"
He smirked looking down, " Oh you mean this thing? Yes I believe it is yours. Pink is not my color." He surprised her by whipping it off and holding it out to her. Hermione couldn't stop herself from letting her eyes wander lower.
"Like what you see Granger? I hear, from my many admirer's, that it is worth looking at. It seems that SIZE does matter." He snickered.
She abruptly turned around, " I don't care what your many SLUT's say and like I said before COVER YOURSELF UP!"
Draco snickered and pulled the towel around himself again. "Geez Granger, you act as if you haven't seen a willy before!" She stayed silent. He could see her body stiffen at the comment and his eyes grew wide. " You haven't have you!" He smiled, " Well at least you got to see the best one for your first time."
She turned around to face him. " I have too seen one before!"
"Books don't count Granger."
She blushed again, this time because of anger. She quickly reached forward and pulled the towel from his body and then stormed into the bathroom. She slammed the door so hard that the sound reverberated off the walls.
Draco stood there looking quite smug. "I think my beautiful body deserves an award." He walked over to the bed and began bathing himself in lotion.