A/N: Dynonugget - I agree that I am taking a leap of faith with this one, but I wanted to write something on the lighter side and I don't recall ever reading a story like this before.
And thanks for all the reviews this story has gotten, I've got a million things I can do to this story, lol. And I'm glad you all seem to like it. I do however need to update my other stories so it may be a day or so before this gets updated again.
Last time:
They both laughed and watched the war continue for a few more minutes before going down stairs for lunch. They would have the elves bring lunch to the dock for Hermione and Draco.
Now:
A week had passed since Hermione had come to live with the Malfoy's. and she had to admit she was having fun. She never expected it to be this way, and perhaps a year ago it wasn't, but for now it seemed they were trying to have as normal of a life as possible.
Lucius had continued to wear the shirt as much as he could, said he liked how easy it was to move in compared to his normal clothes. Hermione offered to take him to a muggle tee shirt shop to get a few more so he would have a selection. He agreed and they were supposed to go sometime this weekend.
Last night while sitting and eating dinner, Narcissa and Hermione got on the topic of baking. Narcissa was fascinated with the process and roped Both Hermione and Draco into a baking session the next day. Lucius snickered because he wasn't included, until Narcissa told him he was the taste tester.
Hermione was up first this morning and was kinda looking forward to baking, something she usually did with her mum over the summer. She decided to wake Draco up so he would have time to get dressed before they were to meet Narcissa.
She knocked on his door, but received no response.
"Alright, I'm coming in." she said hoping to trigger some kind of reaction, but there was still no sign of life behind that door. She pushed it open to find Draco deep into sleep.
"Two can play at this game." she said to herself as she climbed into bed with him. Draco had in fact heard her knocking on his door and planned on jumping up as soon as she got close to to bed and scare the hell out of her.
She snuggled in nice and close, just as he did to her, wrapping her arm around his waist. Draco smirked mentally and shifted his weight, wrapping his arm around her so she was trapped. He nuzzled in nice and close, causing Hermione to panic.
"Morning Pansy" he said with a yawn.
"PANSY!!! I'm not Pansy now get off." she screeched, doing her best to get him off.
Draco started to laugh and let her go. "You were awake the entire time weren't you?" she yelled
"Yes, I was." he said with a smirk. He looked to her sleeping clothes and raised an eyebrow, "Why are you wearing a pair of guys boxers?"
"Because they are comfortable, I sleep in them all the time."
"I don't see you as the type to actually buy mens underwear." he said with a chuckle.
"I didn't buy these, I kind of adopted them." she said with a small blush
"Who's were they?"
"Harry's, they got mixed into my stuff last summer and I just forgot to give them back, now he's to big for them so I kept them."
"You are aware that Potter's little prick was snuggled into those right?"
"Oh honestly, They have been washed and trust me, it's not little." She said with a smirk that rivaled any slytherin.
"How in the hell do you know that?" he asked in shock
She didn't answer and walked away back to her room leaving Draco with his mouth opened wide.
Ten minutes later they were in the kitchen, fully dressed.
"Alright Hermione, you've done this before – how do we start?"
Hermione snickered and started to gather ingredients they would be needing along with a big bowl, a couple cookie sheets and a big mixing spoon.
"Okay, this whole thing is actually like making a potion, just with edible ingredients."
Narcissa nodded eagerly while Draco looked bored.
"Have either of you ever cooked anything before?" she finally asked
"No, the elves have always cooked for us. They actually panicked when I told them we were going to attempt to make cookies by ourselves." she said with a small chuckle.
Hermione couldn't help but laugh at the thought of the elves being forced from the kitchen, just knowing the manor would burn to the ground.
"Alright, Dry ingredients first." she said as she started passing things to both Draco and Narcissa, telling them how much to measure out. If anyone would have walked by they would have thought the world had gone mad at the sight of Hermione and the Malfoys baking cookies.
The continued with the wet ingredients and before long their combined efforts had created dough.
"When does it turn into a cookie?" Draco asked, causing Hermione to burst out laughing.
"We have to separate the dough into small pieces and bake them before they become cookies. Grab a spoon and scoop a small amount out of the bowl, then place it on the cookie sheet."
Narcissa didn't miss a beat, she was ready for this. She was the first to scoop and held the spoon over the sheet, giving it a gentle shake.
"It wont drop from the spoon?" she said in a confused voice.
"Use your finger and give it a little push."
Narcissa did as she was told and squealed when the first plop of dough landed on the cookie sheet. Draco followed her actions, well, except for the squealing part, and plopped his own spoonful of dough on the waiting cookie sheet.
"Just keep going, make sure they have two inches between each spoonful of dough, I 'll go start the oven."
The two Malfoys continued to drop the dough while Hermione got the oven warmed up. They both watched Hermione as she placed the cookie sheets in a large oven and closed the door.
"I suggest we put everything back so the house elves don't have a fit." Hermione said, still picturing the panicking elves. The three went to work making sure everything was being cleaned and put in place, unfortunately Hermione didn't see the dropped spoon and slipped while carrying the flour, coating Draco from head to toe.
"You did that on purpose." Draco said in a freaked out voice.
"I did not, I tripped." Both turned when they heard a snickering coming from Narcissa.
"You look absolutely ridiculous Draco." she said while laughing.
Draco bent down and grabbed two handfuls of flour, giving each woman a heavy dusting of the evil white powder. Narcissa gasped, but Hermione smirked, she pulled two eggs from the carton, handing one to Narcissa.
"When you see my fingers cross, throw your egg at him." Narcissa nodded and Draco backed away.
"Why are you two looking at me like that?" He asked in a slightly worried voice. At that exact moment, Hermione crossed her fingers and two eggs flew through the air, hitting Draco in the chest.
Narcissa grinned, "My first food fight!!" she said excitedly before she started pulling eggs out at record speed. Draco and Hermione's eye went wide and the dove for cover, hiding from the giggling blonde, egg wielding woman.
"Do you see what you've started?" Draco said with a smirk
"Oh stuff it, your having fun and you know it." she said as she was hit in the butt with an egg.
They were finally saved when the timer went off. Hermione peered around the corner of the kitchen island, looking for any stray eggs to go flying. When she felt if was safe, she made her way to the oven, joined by Narcissa and Draco. The cookie sheets were pulled out of the oven and the smell of the fresh baked cookies filled the room. Hermione quickly transferred them to a cooling rack and stepped away with a satisfied smirk.
"They look to have come out perfect." Narcissa said with a smile. They waited for about 10 minutes before the urge to try one got the best of them.
"They actually came out good." Draco said while looking at the cookie.
"Good, lets take one to Lucius and pretend we haven't tried them yet." Narcissa said with grin. The three flour and egg covered bakers made their way through the manor and into Lucius study.
"What the hell happened to you three? Was making cookies really that hard?" Lucius asked with raised eyebrows.
Narcissa crossed the room and dropped the cookie into his hands, "I told you that you were the taste tester, if you don't die we will know if they are safe to eat."
Lucius paled but lifted the cookie to his lips and took a small bite. "Hey, these are actually good." he complimented as he took a bigger bite.
The three explained about the food fight then made their way to the bathrooms to clean up, while back in the kitchen were a few angry elves looking at the mess left behind.