Down on the Farm

Day 8: THE PARTY!

The next morning was the morning of the party and neither Draco nor Hermione was in a very partiful mood.

Hermione awoke first, and took a shower. She let the water run over her, relaxing her. She used Sweet Pea scented shampoo on her hair and the familiar smell relaxed her even more. She shut off the water, grabbed a fluffy white towel, and pulled out her outfit she had bought just for this party. She put on her aqua, with a dark blue palm tree and sunset print, halter bikini, paired with a white tube top. She also tied a white with black Hawaiian print sarong around her hips. Also she put a pair of blue topless sandals on her feet and a white, beaded, foot thong on her left foot and a plain white toe ring on her second toe of her right foot. She finished the look with natural makeup and no mascara. She had no idea if there would actually be swimming at this pool party.

She exited the bathroom and looked at the clock: 11:30. Well, she wasn't getting Draco up. The party started at one and she knew he'd scheduled a wake up call for noon, so she went downstairs for brunch.

Rrrring! Rrrring! "H-hullo?" Draco said groggily as he answered the phone.

"Wake up you silly, silly, sleepy head! This is your wake up call you asked for sunshine!" and overly cheerful voice said.

"Oh, right, thanks," he hung up.

He crawled out of bed and glanced at Hermione's bed. Empty. Probably went down for breakfast. Could have at least woken me up, Draco thought as he started the water for his shower. He pulled off his clothes and climbed in. He instantly relaxed as the hot water hit him and steam filled his nose. He washed his hair and body, and got out.

Unlike Hermione he could get ready quickly. All he had to do was pull on a pair of orange Hawaiian print swim trunks and a white wife beater. He slid on a pair of black slides and he was set. The clock read 12:20; he had 20 minutes to eat.

He took the elevator to the hotel restaurant and quickly located Hermione. He went and sat across from her and the relaxation both had felt from the shower evaporated.

"Good morning," he greeted in a clipped tone.

"Is it?" You sound upset," Hermione retorted.

"Look, can we please stop being pissed at each other. It takes too much energy," Draco whined the last sentence.

Hermione started giggling, "Okay but no more getting pissed just because you want to, 'kay?"

"Deal." The rest of brunch was spent talking about the people they had met yesterday; both agreed Becky was a bit strange, and Draco said Andi talked too much. Hermione said that's just the way she is and that he'd get used to it. Draco doubted it, but said nothing. Draco could see why Hermione was friends with Kris though; he thought she was pretty cool.

Ding, dong!

Hermione and Draco stood on Andi's front porch waiting for Andi to answer the door.

"Hey guys!" Andi cried as she opened the door. "Come on in!"

"Hi Andi," Hermione said walking in,

"Hello," Draco said following.

"You look so cute, Mya!" Andi said leading them through the house.

"You too," Hermione told her, she was a bit nervous. Andi was wearing a pair of short army print shorts and a pink spaghetti strap Happy Bunny shirt over a white with rainbow spots bikini.

"I try," Andi said as they went through the door to the outdoors.

"Here's the party, actually it's just a few of us, but we'll have loads of fun."

"If you say so," Draco muttered. Hermione elbowed him.

"What he means is he can't wait."

"Oh it's fine," Andi said, waving it off.

"You know Kris and Becky, but you haven't met Michelle and Kristin," Andi introduced. "Mich, KG, this is Hermione and Draco.

"Hi, you can call me Mich," Mich waved.

"And you can call me KG," KG said.

"Well then you can call me Mya," Hermione said.

"I'm Draco and you can call me Draco," Draco smirked as they laughed. "Um, Andi? Am I the only guy here?"

"Oh no!" Andi laughed. "Our boyfriends'll be here soon."

"Okay, good."

"Hello ladies," a deep voice said, "and whoever you are." The voice said to Draco. The guy walked over and slid his arm around Becky's waist.

"Mya, Draco, this is my boyfriend Scott," Becky said. "Scott, this is Draco and Hermione, but you can call her Mya."

"Hello," Hermione said. Draco just nodded.

"Hey," Scott said.

"Oh! There's the doorbell, I'll be back, food's on the table!" Andi said, running off to get the door.

"It's Steven," Kris said,

"How do you know?" Mich, Kris's non-identical twin, asked,

"'cuz, all our boyfriends would just come through the gate, but Steven wants to be with Andi alone," Kris explained.

"Makes sense," KG said.

Just then Andi and a tall brown haired guy walked in. They were holding hands and Andi had a goofy smile on her face.

"Hey, Mya Draco, this is my boyfriend Steven," Andi said.

Quickly introductions were done. Soon everyone was there, Rupert, (Kris's redheaded boyfriend,) arrived with Jared, (Mich's brunette boyfriend,) and Chris, (KG's blonde boyfriend.)

"Okay so-," Andi was cut off as a ton of people came through the gate, separating the group. Who are all these people? Andi thought as guys started diving into the pool and going down the slide. She had to figure where they had come from.

"Hey sweet thang, what's crackin'?" a black haired guy asked Hermione as he advanced on her and grabbed her arm.

"Go away," Hermione said.

"You don't mean that," he said pushing her against the wall.

"Y-yes I-I do," Hermione stumbled over her words. "Get-," she was cut off as the guy crushed her lips with his, shoving his tongue into her mouth. Hermione pushed at him but he wouldn't let her go, so she bit his tongue.

"Ow! You little bitch!" He forcefully started moving his hands up her shirt.

"Let her go," a semi-calm voice said.

The guy stopped but didn't let her go. "Why?"

"Because I said so," Hermione realized it was Draco and mouthed, "Help," to him.

"And you're gonna stop me?"

"Yes," and Draco punched him in the face. The guy stumbled and let go of Hermione. She ran away, and stood next to Draco. "Stay away from her and me. Also if you have any sense, you'd leave this party now," Draco told him in such a voice that no one would dare disobey it. He then led Hermione away.

"Are you okay?" Draco asked. He was trying to stay calm, but he was furious.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Hermione lied, she couldn't tell him. She wasn't ready. "Thank you."

"Anytime," Draco said and Hermione gave him a hug. This time neither stiffened.

Okay, so Becky didn't invite them, neither did Kris or KG. So that means… Mich did! Andi thought as she went to find Mich.

"Mich!"

"Yeah?" Mich turned, she had been dancing with Jared,

"Get these people out of here!" Andi said.

"Come on Andi, live a little!" Mich said.

"I will once these people are gone!" Andi started to raise her voice.

"Andi this is fun!"

"Fun? I don't know half of these people!"

"That's what makes it so much fun!"

"If you don't get these people out of here I'll tell everyone," Andi threatened.

"You wouldn't," Mich looked nervous.

"Oh I would," Andi looked murderous.

"Okay," Mich sighed. "Listen up!" she screamed. Silence, even the music had been turned off. "Everyone who wasn't invited by Andi needs to leave now!" Groaning people started to leave. Once the crowd cleared only KG, Kris, Mich, Becky, Andi and their boyfriends were left. Oh and Draco and Hermione. Everyone slowly made their way to the food table.

"Sorry guys," Mich started, "But, you gotta admit, it was fun."

"Fun yeah," Hermione muttered.

"What was that?" Mich asked.

"Nothing," Draco didn't say anything either. It was Hermione's to share.

"Not as fun as this," Andi said pushing Mich into the pool. Everyone laughed and laughed. Michelle got out of the water and chased Andi around the pool. Being much faster then her, Mich caught Andi easily and drug her to the pool where she pushed her in.

Andi surfaced breathing heavily and glaring at everyone who was laughing. She was glaring at all of them. After a few choice looks between Andi and Mich – the only two who were wet – Mich pushed Steven in. This had a bit of a domino effect and soon everyone had either gotten in voluntarily, or been pushed in.

"Anyone wanna play chicken?" Becky asked.

Everyone agreed, and they played.

"That was fun wasn't it?" Hermione said as she and Draco walked back through the hotel to their room.

"Yeah, I especially liked when I threw you in," Draco smirked.

"Hey! If I had been paying attention you never would have been able to do that!" Hermione said as she put the key into the slot and pushed open the door. She turned back around to see Draco just inches from her.

"Is that a challenge?" he asked.

"N-no," she squeaked taking off for the bathroom.

What am I doing wrong! Draco yelled to himself.

Stop pushing her; let her come to you, his voice answered.

You know what, fine I will! I have run out of ideas and I must be desperate if I am listening to you, (Voice 1)

Or you've just gotten smarter… (Voice 2)

Whatever, (Voice 1)

Why do I feel this way? Hermione asked herself as she showered.

Feel what way? Her voice asked.

All I want is to let him in, but I can't. I won't allow myself to be hurt, (Voice 1)

You won't be, trust me, (Voice 2)

It doesn't matter now I just blew my chances with him, (Voice 1)

You don't know that, let him recuperate and make another move, (Voice 2)

Okay, I'll try that, (Voice 1)

After Hermione got out of the shower Draco got in. While he was in there she started flipping through channels. She found a House re-run and decided to watch it.

Draco came out of the shower just as the show was ending. Another episode came on right after it and Hermione quickly explained the story line to him before settling in the watch it. Things weren't as awkward as they had dreaded, but they weren't carefree either. Something was hanging over their heads and they didn't know what to do about it.

A/N: Now, I don't really like the party part but I do like the ending I added. I meant to add a quick little scene and it turned into a whole page! This story has a bit of a mind of its own, but I think that's a good thing. Helps avoid writer's block.

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