Mia found herself waking up reasonably early the next day, and as soon as she was washed and dressed made her way down the short hall to Draco's room. It was very unlikely that he'd be awake, she was always waking up before him at Hogwarts. And considering how long he spent on smoothing his hair out, he really should be the one getting up earlier. She had decided to go for a black skirt and deep red tank top, with a bikini underneath, in the hopes that he'd agree to go swimming in the pool Mia could see from her room.

She was sceptical whether she'd even get an answer when she knocked on the door, and was more than mildly surprised to see the platinum blonde boy opening it after several seconds, his hair and clothes as immaculate as usual.

"I thought you didn't do mornings?" She questioned raising an eyebrow.

"No, I don't do school. Morning's aren't that bad actually" Draco said, his imfamous smirk covering his features. Did he have to smirk about everything? It almost seemed like a permanent fixture on his face. Giving a small nod, she tried to decide how to tackle going swimming. Asking straight out he probably wouldn't agree, he never did anything other people wanted like that. Maybe she could be sneaky about it,

"I can see two swimming pools and a lake from my room…" Mia trailed off averting her eyes from the grey pair that were boring into hers. Ok, so maybe she wasn't going to be the next super spy…

"No." No? Why no? He couldn't say no, that wasn't fair. What was the point in having pools and lakes and not using them.

"You didn't even know what I was going to say" It was worth a slight protest atleast, even though she knew it wouldn't get her anywhere. And what else would she have said really? Let's go watch the water but not actually swim? No.

"I don't swim" How spoilt did you have to be to have pools and lakes and not even swim… "I will beat your ass at quidditch though" He added, almost as an after thought to distract her from swimming. Really, what was so bad with swimming? Mia loved it. But quidditch was good too. Truthfully, she had been thinking about trying out for the quidditch team this year, she'd always been able to beat Tonks at it as beater when she was younger. And that wasn't just because she'd been armed with a bat. Hopefully Draco had bats…

"Come on" Mia had only just noticed the hand waving infront of her face, forcing images of Draco as a pinata to disappear.

Well, trying to ride a broom in a skirt really wasn't easy. Infact trying to sit on a broom in a skirt wasn't an easy thing. Unfortunately Draco also didn't have bats, so it really wasn't as fun as it could have been, and when taking into account he had the faster broom, races weren't fair either.

"You're a cheat" She muttered landing on the floor and jumping off her broom. If she'd had the faster one he would've lost for sure. "I'm not protecting you from any bludgers when I get on the quidditch team for that" She said grinning, though the grin soon disappeared at the scoff the older boy gave. What was he scoffing about?

"You want to be on the quidditch team?" What was so wrong with that? She'd just proven how amazing she was. Ok, so not amazing, but better than half the people that were on the team last year. Scowling Mia put the broom on the floor and made her way back to the house, a smirking Draco in toe.

"Make me eat my words then, try out" Said the blonde, jogging slightly to catch up.

"I will" She replied, slowing slightly as she tried to ignore his smirk. It really could be annoying sometimes. His opposition with whether she'd get on the team or not was only spurring her on more to try out now, if she could prove Draco wrong it really was an added bonus.

As they walked back up to the house, Mia couldn't help but stop by the lake. Really, what was so bad about swimming? After quidditch is seemed like a great idea in her opinion, the perfect way to cool off. So without bothering to ask the older boys permission, she stippled down to her bikini and dived rather neatly into the ice cold water. Luckily the initial shock wore off after a several seconds, her body quickly adjusting.

Admittedly she'd expected Draco to be angry at her, considering how against he'd been against swimming. So she was mildly surprised to see his usual smirk still in place.

"Cold?" He questioned amusement in his voice as he moved closer to the edge. Really, why didn't he want to swim? Was it because he couldn't? Raising an eyebrow again, Mia swam over to the edge, resting her arms on the bank,

"Can't you swim?" She questioned back, the smirk on Draco's features faltering slightly. What was he hiding?

"I can. I just don't want to" Well then, with that out of the way, she saw nothing wrong with reaching out and grabbing the platinum blondes arm and giving a sharp tug. Under normal circumstances it wouldn't have worked. But when taking into account the fact he'd been completely off guard, the stubborn boy went tumbling over Mia and into the water. She couldn't help but giggle at the look on his face once he resurfaced looking like a drowned rat with his perfectly styled haired all flopped over his face.

"Sorry, you looked hot" She said between giggles, only Draco wasn't finding the funny side and instead was getting out of the lake, sitting on side gasping for air. He really did over exaggerate didn't he. Making her way to the edge again, Mia climbed out beside him, letting the sun start to dry her off. "Cheer up" That seemed to make him annoyed further. "What's wrong?" She really was glad the term 'if looks could kill' was just a saying.

"What's wrong, is we now have to wait outside until my clothes dry and we can go inside" He said, still managing to keep up a decent scowl. That didn't make sense, why didn't he just take the clothes off and go inside in boxers to get changed?

"If you took your clothes off they'd dry faster lying in the sun?" She raised an eyebrow again, starting to feel like she could make them do a dance the amount of times she were lowering and raising them. Draco shook his head hover, almost holding his top to himself. Come to think of it, she'd never seen him without a shirt on. He slept with one on, entered and exited the bathroom in one, basically everything he did involved wearing a top. What was he hiding?

"Why don't you take your top off?" She questioned again, determined to get to the bottom of this. He shouldn't have any secrets from here, especially considering she had none from him. Well, ok maybe a few… but that didn't mean he was allowed to have any.

"You don't want to know" Frowning Mia crawled over beside him,

"Obviously I do, or I wouldn't have asked" Considering he was meant to be smart, why was he trying to guess what she wanted to know. Draco just shook his head however crossing his arms over his chest. Well, that just made Mia more curious, which was never a good thing. "Take it off" She ordered, not caring how bossy she sounded as she attempted to pull it over his head. What she hadn't expected was how determined he would be to keep it on, or the force at which he'd push her way leaving her stumbling into the lake and taking a lung full of water. Ok, so it wasn't nice to be unexpectedly entered into water, she could see why he was so annoyed about that. But that was no way to react at having a shirt taken off. Spluttering, Mia made her way to the surface and out of the lake, not bothering to even look at the blonde boy as she went back up to the house. Only she didn't manage to get far before someone took a hold of her arm stopping her mid step. Pulling her arm free as she turned and crossing her arms, she once again raised an eyebrow. The smirk was completely gone off his features, and the serious look really didn't suit him, neither did what he was hiding.

"You really want to know?" The younger girl gave a small nod, she wasn't going to back down now. Though she wished she had afterwards. Giving a small sigh, Draco let go of her arm, pulling his shirt up over his head and dumping it on the floor. The frown on Mia's features grew as she observed his chest, it looked fine. Better than fine Infact. But she wasn't about to compliment him now. He seemed to realise she was confused however, and gave a small shrug, picking up the shirt and walking ahead of her towards the house. That was when she realised what he'd been hiding…

A/N: Mwahaha cliff-hanger xD I love leaving chapters on cliff hangers I really need to do it more. Anyway, review as always please! Z-Nugget xx