This is for those very very angry with me... dont hit me because i try to add excitement to our lives.
Chapter 9: Help somebody
"AAHHHHHH!"
Draco yelled as cold water streamed down his naked back and legs. He looked around the bathroom wildly, looking for the source of his discomfort. There was Granger, laughing her head off with an evil glint in her puffy red eyes. Draco glared at her from his position in the bathtub until he realized that she was coming forward. Thinking about giving her a piece of his mind, he didn't notice that his bruises were mostly gone, that Hermione was exhausted with remnants of tears on her cheeks and that the water was getting warmer.
"Listen here Granger-" he said but she grabbed the shower head and sprayed him directly in the face; the warm water calmed him instantly and kept him silent as she put a liquid soap on a washing rag.
"What's wrong with you Granger? Why are you soaping that up?"
"Oh, so I'm not your 'angel' anymore? I'm soaping this up because even though you are strong enough to yell at me, you have to let your whole body rest in a soothing bath. Unfortunately, I'm the only one who knows of your treatment and of the correct amount that you need right now so…I'm giving you a bath sigh Why I had to be Gryffindor I know now." She lathered up the rag and it began to smell of the ointment from last night
"Why's that?" Draco asked settling back down, hey he was getting a bath from his now personal slave for a few hours, why wouldn't he relax?
"I'm being brave and facing your smelly feet." Hermione giggled while Draco pouted and he scrunched up his face as Hermione began to scrub his face softly
"Don't make that face Malfoy. I'm not doing it that hard." She coaxed and he let his face relax
"It's not that. Are you sure I can't use my arms or nothing?" he sounded like a child but Hermione answered
"Yes. Believe me, I need to get myself ready and I don't need to change your diapers on top of that. I told you to stop doing that face! Honestly…"
"laughter COUGH! What happened to me?" Draco muttered as she went to get his shampoo
"Well, you came back from your meeting beat up. I had to remove your bruising and replace you rib. Now which shampoo: Dove or Herbal Essences?" she held up the two bottles and Draco gawked at her, shocked that she knew his shampoo
"My shampoo! Where'd you get it?"
"Your bag. Now which one?"
"Dove…"
Draco grumbled as she squirted a bunch of shampoo on his head. Now, some of you might be asking why hasn't he gotten out of there. Reason one is that he can't, too weak to move so all he could do is pout and talk. Reason two is that Hermione has her wand in her pocket and he doesn't; he believes that she will hex him into oblivion if he moves. Reason three is that Draco thought Hermione made a pretty decent house-elf. Yeah, he actually thought that. Hermione lathered his hair and he felt content as she played with his hair.
"How do you get it so soft?" she whispered and he chuckled a bit but didn't answer her. They were fine until Hermione had to scrub his stomach. He had kept his boxers on so his waistband got annoying.
"Grr… stupid waistband…" Hermione muttered under her breath but Draco was sleeping delicately when she said this
Hermione grabbed the shower head and gently washed off all the soap from his head down his to stomach. The soap she had used was a combination of the ointment she made and of a scar removing soap and had worked wonderfully to fully remove his bruise. By this morning, it was only a spot light purple where she had to push in the rib. Now, the spot was cleared and all that was left was his pale but muscular body. Nicely muscular body actually, it wasn't too bulky but not too wimpy either, just right…Hermione blushed at her thoughts and tried to wake Draco up.
"'After affect of the hippogriff feathers'. Just as Harry said. Wake up you lazy little snake, we have auditions in a few hours." She looked at the clock and saw it was ten thirty. "I spent an hour and a half getting you clean and whiter than you already are…better be grateful Malfoy."
"Hermione…" Draco muttered in his sleep before he scrunched up his eyes
"What was that Malfoy?" she asked as she turned off the water and watched it go down the drain
"My father… did it…" he groaned in remembrance and woke up to see Hermione's face a inch away from his "Whatthehell! What is it? What happened?" he said but Hermione shook her head and grabbed his towel
"Nothing Malfoy. Just see if you can get up." She watched as he gripped the curtain and hoisted himself up; they didn't hear the door open in the room
"Excellent. Now, come on out Malfoy." He tried to but grabbed his head in a pang of dizziness she felt sympathy pang her heart
"It's ok…just one step at a time Draco….that's it…very good… you're doing great…here you are…" Hermione handed Draco his towel and he dried himself off while Hermione got all of his stuff out
"Do you think you're strong enough to change yourself?" she asked with all seriousness even though Draco thought she was kidding
"You're serious?" she glared at him
"Ok, ok you are. Salazar's socks, Granger, you're too serious right now." He said and he walked slowly into the room and to his drawer
"Well, I'm sorry. But, it was you who was moaning my name just now." That caught him off guard
"Well, you really paid attention to me when I was DELIRIOUS."
"Really? You said it in the shower, you said it in your sleep and you called me your guardian angel last night. So I think you should be trying to pay more attention to what you say when you're delirious." She retaliated with anger as she grabbed the shampoo bottle from the bathroom and faced him
"Next time you come into my room with bruises and a broken rib, don't expect me to bother and make some stupid ointment for you. I was slaving over a boiling hot caldron last night and you can't even be grateful!"
She threw the bottle at him and knocked him in the head. She grabbed her towel and stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her as Draco nursed his head and laughter was heard from around Hermione's bed. Draco turned around and found Harry and Ron laughing at him and on the floor. Draco merely glared as he put on jeans and a blue tee at a tediously slow pace. Harry and Ron stopped when they saw the look of determination on his face when he bore the pain that came from pulling the shirt over his head.
"Hey Malfoy? Feel better at least?" Harry asked and Draco turned to him. He saw genuine concern in Harry's face that looked so much like Hermione's that he let his face soften as he responded
"Yeah. Hey, did Granger really heal me?" his mind was really fuzzy from last night and didn't remember much at all
"You don't remember?" Ron and Harry asked incredulously and Draco shook his head; the boys looked at each other and shook their heads
"Well, I guess it's better that you didn't. You would be embarrassed actually." Harry said and Draco scrunched his eye brows together in confusion
"What do you mean?" Draco put his wand in his front pocket
"You sure you want to know?"
"Well yes. I do."
Ron and Harry looked and each other and Harry laid down in Hermione's bed and Ron hovered over him
"Don't leave!" Harry yelled and he upturned his face as he grabbed some of Ron's hair
"No I won't leave. I'm staying right here!" Ron screamed in fake concerned high pitched voice that matched Hermione's perfectly as he put his hand over Harry's
"Stay angel. Stay with me please my guardian angel!" Harry yelled again and Draco felt embarrassed. This is what Hermione had meant when she said he called her an angel
"Yes! I'm staying with you! But I need you to stay with me! Draco please! Oh I've been so stupid and foolish not to notice this sooner!" Ron cried as he wiped hair from off Harry's forehead
"What's foolish about you? You're lovely just the way you are." Harry's eyes began to droop even more as he played the part when Draco went to sleep
"DRACO!" Ron cried and flung his body over Harry's, whose wind got knocked out of him
"You've gotta be kidding me…" Draco muttered
Harry pushed Ron off of him and shook his head. Ron, not bothering with to realize it was just to show him what happened, was on the floor again rolling and crying with laughter. Draco was red with disbelief as Harry went to the bathroom and knocked. A muffled noise came from it and he knew that Hermione meant 'I'll be out soon'. Harry kicked Ron to make him stop laughing and he pointed to Draco, who was on the edge of his bed looking at Hermione's closet. He went in and grabbed a duffel bag from it and looked in. There was the stuff that she had used to heal the boy. Man, Draco was in some deep ogre dung. He not only had to apologize to Hermione for being rude but he had to also thank her for saving his life.
"Wait…" he said and Harry and Ron looked up at him "If Potter died in the end, how did she heal me?"
"I didn't die. I went to sleep because of the hippogriff feathers in the ointment she put on you." Hermione came out with her towel wrapped around her and hair dripping with hot water
"What are you guys talking about?"
"Last night." Harry said and Draco couldn't bare to make eye contact with Hermione as she looked around
"You acted it out didn't you, guys? I can't believe you." Hermione glared at her friends but Ron stared got this scared look on his face
"DRACO!" Ron cried and hugged Harry again, this time toppling the poor boy and bumping his own head, which caused Hermione and Draco to laugh
"Yeah that's what you get Ron. Can't believe you! I was hysterical last night. How would I remember that hippogriff feathers induce sleep? I was temporarily insane at the time. Honestly." Hermione tossed her wet head and wet Draco by accident
"Um Gra-Hermione?" Draco was unsure how to address her and this was the first time since his sleep that he addressed her first name consciously
"…Yes Draco?" she arched an eyebrow at him and gripped her towel harder
"Um…sorry for…earlier I was…you know…I mean I um…I'm just sorry ok?"
"You're forgiven Draco Malfoy." Hermione said patiently knowing there was something else as this tall boy stared down at her with uncertainty
"And um…I um…."
Draco was never one for being not articulate and this was a first. He never scratched the back of his head or fidgeted around girls but always held a confident swagger and a dazzling cocky smile. Harry and Ron both just looked on as Hermione smirked the Malfoy smirk in mocking laughter at Draco, who held Hermione's look of when she was nervous around guys she liked but didn't know well. Harry and Ron knew both looks and were not shocked to see them on the wrong person. They were together for almost twenty four hours, how wouldn't they get a little of each other rubbed off. But Harry noticed a change in Draco at that moment.
He began to stop scratching his head and bit his lower lip in a wanting manner. He stopped fidgeting and put his hands in his pockets and took a step back from Hermione. His gaze told Harry that he was checking Hermione out and Harry couldn't believe it. Here, Draco Pureblood Ferret Malfoy checking out Hermione bookworm Muggleborn Granger! Harry could almost see Draco undressing Hermione with his eyes and lunged at him, grabbed his arm and dragged him into the bathroom. This of course left Hermione and Ron alone, confused at the most.
"What was that Malfoy?" Harry asked as he pointed at the door
"What'd I do Potter?" Malfoy kept a unmoving stare on Harry and Harry felt like squirming under his gaze, Draco was a bit taller than him why wouldn't he squirm? Harry is not one to back away from a fight but mind you, has he ever started one?
"You were checking out Hermione! What else were you doing?" Harry hissed so loud it sounded like Parseltongue but Draco fazed when being a Slytherin you're not supposed. In fact, he was more compelled on.
"Potter have you seen her? Girl's a Muggleborn but I will not deny myself the simple pleasure of looking at a 10 when I can. Look at the legs on that Gryffindor! Don't tell me you haven't noticed? You may need those glasses but you are straight."
"Of course I've seen her legs! She moved in with me this summer Malfoy. How wouldn't I know them. But Merlin! Make it more obvious will you?" Harry said and Draco gawked
"You live together? With Long Legs?" Draco pointed at the door where a yelp was heard. Both guys knew Hermione was giving Ron a hard time so they didn't worry.
"Yes." What does he want with my life? thought Harry
"Got anything interesting to share?" Draco sat down on the edge of the tub and looked up at Harry expecting something embarrassing about Granger
"Not really…all she does is clean. Obsessively really. And cook. Clean, cook, and even complain about the light bill. I thought that living in the same House as her would get me used to it but Merlin! That girl has some funny laundry though. Hey, don't change the subject!" Draco tricked him...
"HA! 'Funny laundry'? What she got some pajamas with little Hello Kitty or Blue Bear or some muggle thing like that?"
"Actually I was doing laundry and found some Blue Bear underwear of hers. It even had a matching bra. She wouldn't let me do anything but my clothes after that day though." Harry thought aloud and both burst out laughing
"You know Potter? You're not that bad after all. For a Gryffindor that is." Draco smiled a bit
"You're not that bad either Malfoy. For a Slytherin. Allies?" Harry extended his hand
"Allies. But only on this team. And I still get to look." Malfoy extended his hand and they shook (where the hell did i come up with this? Sorry if its so sudden but they have a common interest: Hermione. Except Harry's a friend who's concerned about her and Draco's being a concerned yet pervy boy)
"Just not in front of me. Oh, do it in front of Krum. That'll get him."
"Yeah…his ex and the guy he picked to join his team…together…sounds good." Malfoy left Harry before the Gryffindor could speak to him
"What? Together? Who said anything about together?" Harry followed Draco into the room and instantly about faced and walked back into the bathroom with a heavy blush gracing his cheeks
Now, what can have Harry Potter so embarrassed? It seems that after having thrown out Ron, Hermione decided to get changed. The moment that Draco and Harry had walked in, Hermione was bending down in front of her closet in only her red undergarments. Harry, being a gentleman though not raised one, was respectful enough to about face with a blush of embarrassment. Draco, on the other hand, though raised to be a gentleman, didn't remember his lessons. He merely looked from his side of the room and examined Hermione's legs more. Though you may not be able to see it, Hermione is very grown in this story. Hence, why Draco slapped her on the arse and smirked as she whirled around.
"Who knew you were hiding those under that nasty uniform of ours?" he said and Hermione was bright red with anger, or embarrassment, or flattery, who knows
"Draco Malfoy what are you doing?" she hissed coldly
"Merely getting a closer look of my roommate." He crossed his arms and leaned back on his right foot while Hermione put the shirt she was holding in front her chest
"Out Draco!" she snapped and glared
"Who knew Gryffindors were so…Mmm?" Draco licked his lips but Hermione ignored him and grabbed a pair of blue skorts out of the closet
"Go away Malfoy. I think you're giving me compliments but right now, I'm burning with so much anger at you I don't know how to take it!" she hit him across the face with the shirt and grabbed another one before putting the concealing charm on herself, making her body invisible to Draco. The only way he knew where she was was when the skorts began to disappear
"Oh Granger, you underestimate me. Finite." Draco waved his wand at the direction where the skorts had disappeared and Hermione appeared just as she tripped over the leg and fell on her arse next to her bed
"Ow! Oh, you evil, vile little ferret!" she screeched and she grabbed her towel and covered herself but Draco laughed
"I'm a 'evil, vile ferret' now? Please, you don't really think that of me do you?" he kneeled down next to her and smirked as he saw fire in Hermione's eyes. She leaned in, making the distance only a inch between their faces as to emphasis what she was going to say.
"Do you know how much I hate that smirk right now?" Hermione said before focusing her attention behind Draco
"Krum." She stated and Draco turned around, still staying kneeled on the ground. There was Krum, wide eyed and livid with Ron right behind him, laughing silently at the world renowned seeker. Harry came out of the bathroom at this time, eyes covered with one hand and the other feeling around him
"Is it safe to look now?" he asked and Hermione shook her head
"Yes Harry. My towel's on." Hermione stood up with a tug from Draco as Harry was still adjusting to the light in the room
"What was going on here?" Viktor asked and stared at Draco
"We were merely having a conversation Viktor. Nothing to worry about." Draco then noticed that Hermione hadn't let go of his hand. He stared at her knuckles and noticed how pale they were even compared to his own skin. He looked at her from a side glance and noticed how tight and pinched her lips were, looking almost like Professor McGonagall.
"This is why we couldn't afford to bring in females. You recruits needs to concentrate on winning as a team. Not winning a free night with your teammate." Viktor scowled and Hermione glared while stepping up to him and letting go of Draco
"Is that why Jason was the only one brave enough to pick me? Because you can't afford to have a girl here? I'm as good as any of those guys. I'm even faster than Draco Malfoy, your precious little pick. If the only reason I don't get on is because of my gender, you will have hell to pay in court when I sue." Hermione poked Viktor in the chest and he got angrier than before
"You're going to sue? Who do you think you are Hermione? You're not some little princess here in Bulgaria. You are one of the contestants for a spot on the rookie team. If you think you have power over anyone, you are very mistaken. I definitely have more power than you here." Viktor stepped closer to her and touched the edge of her towel; she flinched visibly and Draco stepped behind her grabbing his hand on her shoulder
"We have practice soon. How about you go and let us get ready, Viktor." He said and Viktor nodded
"You're right Draco. See you all later." Viktor nodded to the boys and whipped Hermione's towel off of her as a goodbye and closed the door behind him. The boys were confused as hell, well, Harry and Ron were. Draco merely picked up the shirt and skorts Hermione dropped and held them up to her. Hermione had stayed frozen in place the minute the door had closed.
"Here, go change and we'll wait for you here." He whispered at her and she nodded. Once the door closed, the three Hogwarts students stared at it a while
"What do you know that we don't Malfoy?" Harry asked but Draco shook his head
"I'll only tell if she wants me too." He stated before getting his Nimbus 2001 out of his closet and sitting on his bed
"I suggest you get your brooms too. We're actually going to play Quidditch today." Draco continued and Harry and Ron left to get their brooms. While they were gone, Hermione came back out.
"You ok?" Draco asked and Hermione nodded
"I'm going to show vile overgrown gorilla not to mess with Gryffindors. How dare he embarrass me in such a manner? He's going down. If someone doesn't hit him with a Bludger today, I'm going to grab a bat and hit him in the nose myself. Break it again just for the hell of it." She ranted as she grabbed her wand and Firebolt and sat next to Draco
"Do Harry and Ron…" she started with a timid voice and he shook his head
"No I didn't tell them anything Hermione. Not to worry. If you want to tell them, I'll leave when they come back."
"No…I don't want to tell them just yet. Let me get through this with a brick wall over my emotions and then you can tell them. I'm probably going to my mum's house for a couple days after this so I can tell her about the auditions."
"And your dad? You going to tell him?"
"Yeah. I'll probably pass by his house a couple hours and tell him about living with Harry and every- why'd you ask about my dad?" I just opened up to him…so easily…ew…
"You said you're mum's house that's why. I was just wondering that's all." Draco muttered Don't need to be such a hippogriff about a few questions
"Oh…so you didn't know that…my parents…were separated?" Hermione looked up at Draco and he shook his head
"No. Won't tell a soul, unless you want me too." Hermione nodded a silent thanks and they sat there waiting for Harry and Ron
"How can we be so civil to each other after so many years of hating? Do you think five years could be forgotten in not even two days?" Hermione asked aloud and Draco shrugged
"How would I know? I mean, I owe you because you saved my life. So I guess that's why I'm nice. You're probably nice because I'm your roommate and you're stuck with me." Draco reasoned
"I dunno. Maybe I'm nice to you because you're so easy to get on with because you're a Hogwarts student. There's only four of us here and I guess that I think we should stick together."
"True."
"Hey. Don't we think alike? I mean, wouldn't you rather be the one to tease me about my hair than some complete stranger who would probably repeat everything you've already said?" Hermione asked and Draco answered at once
"Hey only I get to tease you about that thing on your head! Who else does it so well?"
"No one really hurts my feelings like you Malfoy."
"And no one can punch me or insult me like you Granger." They smirked at each other and Harry and Ron came in
"Its already one o'clock. We gotta go to the pitch." Harry pointed behind him and Hermione nodded, dragging Draco up by his wrist
"Alright Harry. Let's go show those people that they can't mess with Hogwarts." Hermione smirked and the boys agreed with her as they walked down the hall to the elevator
"Hey Hermione, guys. How are you?" Jason jogged up to them with his Bulgaria Centaurs uniform and Firebolt
"We're good Jason. Love the uniform." Hermione said patting his chest and Jason blushed a bit
"Thanks, might be yours soon. How was your first night in Bulgaria?" Jason asked; Draco and Hermione laughed nervously
"Oh fine Jason. Wonderful. A lot of action." Hermione smiled too widely
"I wondered what you guys were talking about a while ago. I saw Viktor stomp down the hallway and some red behind him. Was everyone alright?" Jason looked at Hermione when he said this
"We'll tell you after the auditions Jason." Draco said and they walked unto the pitch, where the others were waiting to begin.