Chapter 4 The Morning After and Shocking Discoveries

Hermione woke slowly the next morning to light shining in her eyelids. She blinked and covered her face a little until her eyes adjusted. As she opened her eyes fully she looked around her and remembered what had happened the night before. Her gaze landed on Malfoy still sleeping on the couch across from her. She felt a little better than she had the night before but not too much. She vanished the tea cups and tissues with a wave of her wand. She studied Malfoy's sleeping form and she softened a little. He looked so innocent when he was sleeping. She just wished that that rang true when he was awake, but she knew better. Malfoy was a git when he was awake, but at least while he slept she was safe from sneers, smirks, and the typical 'mudblood' insults. Just as this thought entered her mind her nose began to itch. She scrunched it up and willed herself not to sneeze. Realizing that this was fruitless she quickly grabbed a fresh tissue and sneezed as quietly as she could. Unfortunately, that small noise was all it took for the evil Malfoy to rear his ugly head. He groaned and his eyes blinked open. 'Fucking figures.' was Hermione's thought as his eyes connected with hers.

"Do you always have to be so loud in the morning, mudblood?" He asked with the usual sneer in place. Hermione glared at this only to have his sneer grow larger. Uggh. "By the way, mudblood, your hair is even more of a rat's nest than usual. You look absolutely atrocious in the morning." Hermione felt her blood beginning to boil. That was it! That was the last straw! How dare he! Not only was she terribly sick and beginning to feel as though her head would explode now she had to deal with his rudeness and arrogance this early in the morning? Nope. No way. Not a chance in hell!

"Why, you... you... creaton! How dare you insult me in such a way! In case you hadn't noticed, Malfoy," She practically spat the name as though it were some vile curse that should never be uttered. "I am not the only one who looks positively foul this morning." She smirked as she took in his appearance. If she had thought that he had stuck his finger in a light socket last night it was nothing compared to this morning. His hair was sticking up in basically every direction possible, and was beginning to curl she noticed with a chuckle. He also had bags under his eyes large enough to pack for a trip to Paris, not including the dark circles. She knew that she most likely looked worse, but to see Malfoy in such a state was positively delightful. "I had no idea that your hair was naturally curly, Malfoy. How cute..." She smirked as his face dropped and then let out a huge laugh as she conjured a mirror for him to check his appearance in. This was priceless. It was certainly a memory that she would never, ever forget!

Seeing his stunned face made her feel so much better that she was almost happy that they had both gotten hit with water balloons the night before. There was no way that she would ever let him live this down. Also... how else would she have gotten the chance to see him this way had they both not gotten sick? Ahhh... Today was turning out to be a good day!

A/N: I'm terribly sorry that it's taken me this long to update and that it was so short a chapter, but I actually have a good excuse. I just had surgery about a month and a half ago, so... See? I told you the excuse was good. -------------------- Anyways... I wanted to let all of you know that the next chapter will be considerably longer though slightly more boring than usual. After all they are confined to the room so the really humiliating stuff should be about two chapters away. I am having loads of fun writing this and would really appreciate your input on how I'm doing. Thanks a lot, and the next chapter should be up by Friday at the latest! Til Next Time... Bria