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Chapter 3: Getting Settled
Hermione raced down the hall looking at her half of the map, which still had both dots on it that said Draco and Hermione in red and green.
'At least Malfoy can't even see where he's going yet and from the looks of it I'm pretty close to the room. Just two more corners and I should be there,' Hermione then looked down at the map again, 'Oh no! Malfoy is just as close as I am! How'd the ferret manage that!?'
Draco ran lightly through the halls, even though he couldn't see where he was on the map he could tell by the path on the map that he was very close, just two more corners to go.
'I'll have that room tonight.' He thought smugly as he turned another corner.
One corner left.
Hermione turned her final corner and began breaking into a run just to insure that she got to the room first since she saw no one there.
'Yes! I did it! I got the room!' she thought happily as she ran faster.
Just then she spotted Draco coming around the corner, his eyes widened in surprise and horror as he saw Hermione approach the door.
He immediately broke out into a run and since he was naturally quicker then she was he was covering lost ground fairly quick until he finally was as close to the room as she was.
'This room is mine!' he thought as he reached out for the handle.
'Trip you pure-blooded bastard!' she thought as she leapt towards the door to gain ground and at that same moment Draco had reached out his hand and grabbed the handle.
They both had their hand on the handle and they looked at each other with pure hatred.
"Sod off! I got here first!" Hermione shouted.
"Oh you did, did you? My hand clearly reached the handle before your nasty mudblood hand reached it!" Draco spat.
Hermione scowled, she did not count on a tie. She had thought for sure she had won this contest.
'A tie? So now what? Is that it?' Hermione thought in total disbelief.
Draco glanced up at the ceiling in aggravation, "This is some sort of sick and twisted nightmare."
Hermione glared up at him, "I know its not simply because I don't have dreams with you in them, nightmare or otherwise! My mind would never betray me like that."
Draco's grip on the handle tightened, "You repulse me to no end! Just shut up!"
Right before Hermione could snap back the door swung open unexpectedly and the two of them fell into the room and landed hard on the floor next to each other. The door swung shut behind them and suddenly the fireplace lit up and all the candles and lights went on. The room had one Queen sized four poster, two comfy chairs in front of the fire, two desks at opposite ends of the room to study from, one bathroom next to the four poster and one closet with one large window on the other side of the bed which gave them a view of the lake and mountains in the distance.
Draco and Hermione slowly lifted their bodies from the floor and looked back at the door that had rudely let them in, "Did you open the door like that!?" Hermione shouted assuming he had.
Draco narrowed his eyes at her, "Do I look like a mudblood to you?"
Hermione glared at him venomously, "You are such an ass! I'm sure the sky turned black the day you were born Draco Malfoy!"
Draco sneered, "I was born at sunrise Granger!"
Hermione rolled her eyes, 'Of course he was! Why not?' she thought sarcastically. She then walked away from his side and opened the bathroom door; it was very spacious, it had a Jacuzzi tub and next to that was a shower. Across from that were two sinks with one long mirror going across the wall.
'A Jacuzzi tub, I'm definitely using that for relaxation lord knows I'll be needing it.' She thought as she then turned towards the doorway and nearly bumped into Draco who had both hands leaning up on both sides of the doorframe, she glanced up into his silvery eyes with pure contempt, "Move," she said sternly.
Draco glanced at her fiercely for a few more seconds and then without saying a word removed one hand from the doorframe allowing Hermione room to exit.
He then without looking back at her casually walked into the bathroom and observed everything in it. He spotted the Jacuzzi tub and smirked, 'Oh, I can have fun here.' He thought as he then heard the sound of someone plopping themselves on the bed.
He left the bathroom and turned to the left and saw Hermione lying in the bed, he raised a brow at her, "What are you doing?" he asked.
Hermione glanced up at him and smiled, "I'm resting in my bed."
He gave her a look that suggested he thought she was joking, "Your bed?"
"That's right." She said making herself even more comfortable in the bed.
"In what bloody universe!?" He shouted looking at her as if she was crazy.
Hermione said nothing as she smirked at him in a very Draco like manor. Draco glanced at her in disbelief, 'Who the hell does she think she is? Well, let me just remind her of who I am for apparently she seems to be forgetting.'
Draco walked into the bathroom and started running the water in the Jacuzzi tub, he waited till it was full and then he stopped it.
Draco then walked around the bed and stood beside where she lay eyes closed and then without saying a word he bent down and quickly scooped her up in his arms, "What the hell do you think you're doing!? Let me go Malfoy!" he quickly walked into the bathroom; "You want me to let you go Granger?" he asked.
She rolled her eyes angrily at him, "Yes you bloody git! Let me go!"
Draco grinned evilly at her, "As you wish," he said smoothly as he then dumped her into the Jacuzzi tub that he had filled up with water.
Draco chuckled at the site of Hermione screaming in the tub, "You…you…I'll get you for this MALFOY!"
Draco laughed out loud at her comment and stared at her with sparkling silver eyes filled with a strange glow that Hermione hardly ever saw in his cold eyes, he bent down so close to her their lips could almost touch as he said, "I'm shaking in fear."
Hermione stared at him for a minute in pure silence; she was taken aback for some odd reason, she then snapped out of her little trance and scowled at him. All that while Hermione had taken a glass cup that had been on the Jacuzzi rim and behind her back she slowly filled it with water.
Hermione then smiled when she had finished, "Cool off," she said as Draco looked at her curiously.
She then quickly dumped the water in the cup over his head and got up and out of the Jacuzzi dripping wet. Draco didn't move an inch as she looked down at him.
'What the hell just happened!?' he thought angrily as he rose from the floor and spun around quickly to glare at her.
"You stupid little-" Draco began but was then cut off by Hermione who through a towel in his face.
"Dry off." She said as she then turned around and went out of the bathroom.
Draco removed the towel from his face and scowled, "This is far from over."
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Hermione got her wand and used a Drying Spell to dry her and her clothes.
'I cannot believe Malfoy actually dumped me into the tub! This is only the first night here and I am already furious beyond words.' She thought as she struggled to unpack her things.
Draco then walked in from the bathroom; 'Hell cannot be much worse then this.' He thought as he began unpacking.
They both finished unpacking at the same time and as they both gathered their bathroom items they made their way towards the bathroom. Once again both ended up at the doorway.
"Get away Malfoy, I'm showering first!" Hermione shouted.
"Like hell you are!" he shouted back.
Hermione sighed in frustration, "Ever heard the phrase 'Ladies first'?"
Draco chuckled, "I see no ladies here."
Hermione's eyes bulged and she without thinking pushed Draco away, since he wasn't expecting it he fell over a chair and onto the floor. As he suddenly heard the sound of the bathroom door shut.
Draco put his head back down on the floor and didn't move, "This girl…I can't stand her!"
Two hours later Draco was pacing the room waiting for Hermione to get out. He then banged on the door, "Get out! Its my turn already!"
"Patience is a virtue Malfoy! Learn it!" Hermione shouted back.
Draco growled, he couldn't take much more of this, "Get out or I'll break the door down!"
Hermione laughed, she knew Draco would never do that, "Oh please Malfoy! Just shut up and wait till I get out!"
'Shut up!? She has told me to shut up for the last time!' he thought angrily.
"I don't wait for anyone Granger!" he shouted as he then with one leg kicked the door open cop style.
"AHHHH!" Hermione screamed in shock.
Draco's eyes widened, Hermione had no pajamas on yet, nor any towel covering her naked figure.
Hermione froze in mortification as Draco's eyes went from a look of shock to a look of interest; a grin came to his mouth as he started to look her over.
Hermione realized what he was doing and got out of her frozen state, she scrambled for her towel and immediately concealed herself with it.
Draco sighed, "Leave it to you to ruin a good thing."
Hermione was furious, "Get out!"
Draco laughed, "Fine…I've seen enough to keep my mind occupied anyhow."
Hermione aimed to throw a bar of soap at Draco's head but he caught it in his hand with ease, he merely smirked and tossed it back to her and walked out.
Hermione slammed the door shut and with her wand repaired the broken lock.
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Fifteen minutes later Hermione walked out of the bathroom with her purple pajamas, the shirt was a spaghetti strap lavender tank top and she wore long and baggy gray sweat pants. Draco was lying on the bed with a grin as he saw Hermione exit the bathroom, Draco realized she was avoiding his gaze and he only chuckled.
'Stupid git.' Hermione thought as she heard Draco chuckle.
Draco then grabbed his things and headed for the bathroom. Hermione watched as the door shut behind him.
'I want to get out of here! I hate Dumbledore for doing this to me! Why did he do it? I know if he really wanted to he could've given us separate rooms! Or separate beds at least!' she thought as she took out her book Hogwarts: A History and began reading again for the umpteenth time on the bed.
Within an hour Hermione heard the running water stop and she knew Draco would be out soon, and then the new problem of who would get the bed for the night was going to come up soon.
Just then the door opened and Hermione heard Draco say, "I forgot my boxers out here."
Hermione rolled her eyes as she continued reading the book, "So go get them." She said annoyingly.
"Fine, but if your virgin eyes don't want to be tainted just ignore me." He said as he then walked out of the bathroom.
Hermione put on a curious face as she turned away from her book, "Whats that supposed to me-"
Hermione froze as she saw Draco in his entire naked glory walk over to the closet and pull out his silk black shorts. He turned to see the shocked look on Hermione's face.
Draco grinned, "Like what you see?"
Hermione snapped out of her shock at Draco's conceited words, "No."
Draco shook his head still grinning, "You have always been a bad liar, well I say enjoy what you see, for I guarantee it's the last time you'll get a view like this."
Hermione looked away from him with a hidden difficulty as she tried to continue reading, "You don't see me crying a river over it now do you?"
Draco laughed as he went back into the bathroom with his silk black boxers hanging over his shoulder, then he closed the door and his fake grin faded into a frown.
'Did she really…I mean…if so she's the first girl to ever not…WHO THE HELL CARES!? I don't need her approval!' he thought bitterly as he put on his boxers and brushed his teeth.
Hermione let out the biggest sigh, 'Good lord. Who would've thought Malfoy could be so…so…' she stopped thinking.
"What am I thinking!? Alright he's good looking, that's not a sin to think is it? Its not like he knows what I think anyhow! I still hate him…so no harm done." She said self-assumingly.
A few minutes later Draco exited the bathroom with nothing but his boxers on. Hermione looked at him and said nothing; she was already on her side of the bed.
"I'm not sleeping in the same bed with you." He said coldly.
Hermione shrugged, "Do me a favor then and sleep on the floor."
Draco narrowed his eyes at her, "On second thought, why don't you sleep on the floor?"
Hermione then mumbled a few words and then flicked her wand towards the center of the bed.
"There, now I think we can manage." She said.
Draco looked at her confused, "What did you do?"
"I placed an invisible wall in the middle of the bed, we'll never touch as we sleep." Hermione said as she put her book on the night table next to her.
Draco slowly sat on his side of the bed looking at Hermione curiously, he then looked at the air in front of him and reached out his hand, he then felt something like glass against his skin. He knocked on it and poked it and every other thing, "Not bad Granger."
"Pleasant nightmares Malfoy." Hermione mumbled as she turned off the lights.
Draco scoffed, "I'm already in one, can't be much worse in my dreams."
Hermione went to hit him forgetting the wall was there, "Ouch!"
Draco laughed, "I like this wall already."
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That night Hermione and Draco didn't have much of a pleasant sleep; they both tossed and turned a lot.
Draco turned to his right and then, "Shit!! Bloody hell!" Draco woke up with his head and half of his body hurting, "I hate that damn wall!"
Hermione also turned in her sleep and banged her back right into the wall, "Ouch! Erg…stupid wall."
"One of your more brilliant ideas Granger turns out to be a bloody nuisance!" Draco said as he tried frustrated to get comfortable again.
Hermione sighed, "Well its either sleep with it or without it! Do I really have to hear you tell me which one you prefer!"
Draco mumbled something about, 'Bloody wall!' and 'Touching mudbloods'.
Hermione rolled her eyes, "Thought so."
They both tried to sleep again, this time they both took their pillows and put them against the wall so that if they crashed into the wall again the pillow would cushion them.
Needless to say it was the worst sleep either of them ever had.
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A/N: Haha! God I love that wall! Anyway, tell me what you guys thought and next week I'll have another chapter up and out! Oh by the way, you know about the massive blackout that happened yesterday? I was in that mess…it was burning hot…candles all over the house…watching a dvd on a laptop that only had 26min. of battery power left ::sighs:: shit sucked! But I got power back yay! Was anyone else reading this stuck in the blackout too? Just curious to know lol, let me hear the story from my fellow sufferers! Alright hope you liked chapter 3! Please read and review…bye!